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nahhhh...although I did enjoy a number of tracks, for the most part I found Marcus's set to be a bunch of boring generic trance. I guess thats trance for you and I should've expected it. I probably would've enjoyed the set a few years back though
hope everyone does not mind that i posted so many pic's
videos will up soon
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| Originally posted by _tAmiKo_ Sasha, Sorkin, Jordy, Monica - you guys are the bestest crew i could ever ask for... soo dear to my heart i'm soo glad i could share this amazing experience with you.   |
the end!
Markus.
need to buy some hangover pills
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| Originally posted by lexclu full review to come later: just wanted to send a shoutout to stingray, thanks so much for those passes, that was a very nice surprise... from my crew, incl. coqsportif, a heartfelt thanks lex |
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| Originally posted by TranceGrooves so did anyone actually stayed for the entire Rank 1 set or was it too much to handle in one night  |
k, review time!
arrived around 11 with 2famous4u, got in fairly quickly... walked around the complex a bit, KH was fairly empty and hardly anyone was dancing
biggest surprise of the night - Dima! wtf, jokes are becoming your second nature (
)
Nathan was pretty good, although I def liked his set better at State Theater, Life's A Beach party (also was nice meeting him, awesome and friendly guy)
I believe Markus came on a little bit late, but oh boy!! he has not let me know last night 
as always, amazing track selection, the vibe was just unbelievable! tunes of the night for - Helsinki Scorchin', Your Loving Arms, Without you (
), I actually had a more than a live performance of this one
I took like 50 pics of just Markus alone
was it just me, or was Rank 1 playing way heavier stuff than usual? His set at US10 was definitely a bit different.. although I was dead tired by the time he started, Piet def dropped some amazing classics
IM were def NOT my cup a tea
as always great TA turn out, as I told Dave, all the TA's who I love and cherish came last night Mikey (<3), Cam, Sam (my dance partner!), Kat (thank you for the ride and the pass sweetie!), Mada and Kelly!! I love you, ladies, Rob and Dan (Rob thanks for an offer of help, I found myself a ride earlier), SunnyBunny (every party needs a bit of a Sunshine), Pavel, Sean, Brant, Del and his lovely Lady, Dannie & Drew and probably a dozen others I didn't grab to take a quick shot you made my night hundred times more enjoiable!
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| Originally posted by darouge11 motorcycle - as the rush comes(gab and dresden mix) |
such an awesome track!
i had a blast, left around 6ish but was still going.
markus was good, not great. i thought he was a little slow at times.
infected mushroom isn't my style but they did rock, some good beats at times.
rank 1 was amazing!!! first 2 songs or so were kinda slow but it picked up and got me going crazy. too bad i couldn't stay and see more of him.
can't wait for 10years.
met funkycrew and saw a few other TA's, looked like you guys were all having a blast.
see ya all next weekend.
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| Originally posted by King Luis i had a blast, left around 6ish but was still going. markus was good, not great. i thought he was a little slow at times. infected mushroom isn't my style but they did rock, some good beats at times. rank 1 was amazing!!! first 2 songs or so were kinda slow but it picked up and got me going crazy. too bad i couldn't stay and see more of him. can't wait for 10years. met funkycrew and saw a few other TA's, looked like you guys were all having a blast. see ya all next weekend. |
nice meeting ya aka another shirtless dude, rawr
Got there to catch the last half hour of markus schultz, which is who i wanted to see most. I wish i got there earlier 
He was playing some killer tunes. I cant beleive i missed 'your loving arms'...i remember how insane is was when he dropped it a G2 canada day. oh well.
Infected Mushroom??? total cheese fest...I used to like there older psy-trance style. Those s#!ty lyrics and guitar tracks ALL SOUND THE SAME. Left the kool hause to check out Mark Oliver in the guv. Wasnt into his set .
Nathan Barato in the galley killed it while i waited for rank 1. Got bak to KH just before 4 to see IM playing what sounded like the same song when i left earlier. boooo
Piet knows how to build a set. Regardless of Who played before him he got me in the mood once again. Played some killer tunes, and threw in some classics as well. Great time. I am never dissapoined with Piet's sets.
RANK 1 4 LIFE!!!!
no shout outs cause i dont know TA,s...yet, maybe at guv 10 year next week
see ya there
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| Originally posted by pete242 I talked to 2famous4u around 2 am and she told me his set was one of the best things she ever heard. Frig! |
oh well... i went by gallery to check out val and he was doin a sick sick job... good on you my vinyljunkie friend.. :P... ...
absolutley fucking phenominal. markus shulz spun one of the best sets i have ever heard. just amazing. bomb after fucking bomb. i went mental when i heard above and beyond air for life. just amazing. i was speechless. my legs hurt. my back hurts. but if he came back again today i would be on the dance floor shaking my ass again.
i wish they kicked off infected and kept him on for another 2 hours. he was soooo good.
infected mushroom sucked. hands down worst group i have heard. always brings out a shitty crowed.
and i dont know what dj it was but he played daft punk in the gallery. again i wentmental.
Gonna keep this one short...
Made it in around 1AM to a crazy Schulz set that was just banging and got better as the set progressed. Schulz spun just as I expected.
Infected Mushroom definetly has the Kool Haus moving, but psy trance is definetly not my thing, even though they have the hard pounding tunage that I enjoy.
Finally, stayed for the first two songs of Piets set. I heard from a few that he played a great set, but I personally didnt like the way he started off...well I just thought that was def not his style...it was def harder.
The night was a brief one, but I didnt expect much seeing that I just wanted to get out and well...dance...
Mark Oliver's Opening set was just what I needed to get pumped up for Markus Schulz.
Markus Schulz - Great set. I really enjoy it when Markus is on decks spinning great tunes.
I was surprised to see Charles Khabouth and several other management on stage taking stock of Markus and the crowd
Here are some of the tracks Murkus played as part of his so enjoyable set.
Dogzilla - Without You
Alex M.O.R.P.H. vs Rank 1 - Life Less Ordinary
Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Markus Schulz vs Elevation intro mix) - Tune of the night, have been waiting since June to hear this one.
Aalto - 5
Above & Beyond with Andy Moor - Air for Life
Infected Mushroom were very lively and quick paced in their set. I was just waiting for Rank1 to hit the decks.
Rank1
Piet was as good as I had expected. Great closing set for the night.
Plenty of space to dance, comfortable temperature, and great tunes to damce to.
Opening with Age Of Love was just fantastic after IM.
Other tracks of note:
Armin van Buuren - Shivers
Rank 1 - TopGear
Rank1- Airwave
Cygnus X - Superstring
Motorcycle- As the Rush comes
Gabriel & Dresden feat. Molly - Tracking Treasure Down
Armin van Buuren - Controlfreak
Overall I had a great night. Markus is one of my favorite DJs to see live.
Walk Down tune of the night imo...
sick
Shulz didnt disappoint, exactly what i expected from him. Pumping and true trance. I am going to see Shultz everytime he comes to Toronto!
First time seeing Infected, they were pretty cool still. ALtho i dont htink the buddy on the guitar was playing anything. I liked 85% of their set, sometimes the builds were too much but something refreshing none the less.
Rank1: Age of Love W000T, that was a sick opener. Airwave is always great =) a couple more sick tracks that made me not want to leave.
im not at all suprised that markus' set was awesome. everytime ive seen him its always a choonfest
WIKKID WIKKID EVENING
Barato opened and played well - more proggy and techno wizardry.....this DJ can be diverse and I love it when he plays different styles
Marcus played well - Loving Arms got played (G2 REPEAT) but so good because we have never heard it hammered weekly here in Toronto (unless in our own homes) and you know in Europe is was played a plenty - plus a defining track/benchmark of the summer for me personally. Dogzilla....to be said again - Awesome memories for this track and the fact that is seems to have made a comeback (played by Armin/Ferry/Marcus....and others?? is great. Lisa Loo where were you.
Infected Mushroom - 3rd time opening with City of the Future and sounded like the same set from the last 2 times they have spun here - love the energy put forth but to samey same for me and the rock sounds are overutilzed - I love psytrance but this is not psytrance - it is commercial rock trance with a bit of sillyness - good music to kick your pills in but I never last more than hour listening to them - this time they played for that hour and I stayed for only 30 mins.....maybe I missed some good tracks...I will await other peoples reviews to temper if I did miss or make the right choice to change rooms.
Mark Oliver in Guv - played awesome - house electro remixed pop tracks tribal and high octane house.....
Guv Patio - awesome conversations with random people - different vibe - less sketchy and freak festy - thank god there was weed readily available for once on the patio (haha everyone asking for papers and 3 people whipping them all out at the same time......funny quip of the morning a random enquiring "do you have papers??" and I responded "no but if I had papers I would have weed and if I had weed ---- we'ed be happy" 
- pure poetry in the context and environment - I crack myself up sometimes 
No Drink for me tonight (never made it up there - kinda pissed about it actually) but I heard Addy killed it in the Drink musically again.......Habibiiiiii....trademark Indian/Arabic vocal snippet/signature trademark - love it!!
Rank 1 - HOLY MOTHER FUKKER TRANCE CHOONAGE - Soooo hard and techy and trippy - classics thrown in between - Airwave - As the Rush Comes - Greece 2000 - Awakening......(come on people help me out here.....) honestly had more fun listening to this set than out of anything I have this year - make fun and judge me for it but for me personally I loved every moment of his set......when I listen to DJ's I never dismiess them as shit - you will never really hear that from me - NO ONE IS PERFECT and TO BRING IT 100% every time is too high a standard to maintain - no one is 100% everytime in any situation....(unrealistic).....a DJ should have expression and push boundaries - delve into unknown areas when possible - a DJ plays to the crowd (it is his job afterall) but if I don't feel educated from a DJ's set when he/she plays a set here in Toronto (especially an international) - than I feel jipped......dancefloor education is a very important aspect of the "DJ culture/Mystic and Allure" in my opinion - again I have said this many times - a set should contain 50% new tracks - 25% top 40 right now and 25% classics......which Piet did marvelously - he BROUGHT IT UP BROUGHT IT UP - belted out a classic - plateaued - than took it higher... higher... higher... than belted out another Emotional Anthem/Classic either original charting remix or updated - then again took it higher and higher again.....
I literally had my eyes closed and internalized the sounds.....and I was transported to a massive rave/warehouse party in my minds eye - I became the music - moved to the music - became a musical instrument basically.......no word of a lie - because of my ability to sense/anticipate tonal changes and notations in EDM - I was perfectly conducting the beats.....perfect room to dance - the teasing of the tracks - track transitioning - connecting with the DJ - glances - the WIKKID WIKKID mantra - smiles and pumping hard chugging beats.....
IN OTHER WORDS THE BEST SET I HAVE HEARD THIS YEAR........because of a combination of all the right elements at the right time (i.e. friends...NADA WHERE WERE YOU?????? He Played SHIVERS....FTW!!! and it sounded soooooo good.....i screamed "HAPPY BIRTHDAY NADA WIKKID WIKKID!!where are you???? fucking song.....oh yeah! WHAT WHAT.....dance that shit - PLAY THAT SHIT - mix that shit....HOW CAN IT END THIS WAY (WHERE MY NADA AT??) DONT LEAVE ME LOVE ME jesus Nada where are you???...DANCE DANCE DANCE all the while smiling and feeling good about thinking of you presence beside me...Nada if you were there - I was so ready to tear it up with you so I had to dance for the both of us...I did us proud bitch...MUAH!!
Set ended at 6:30 we were left wanting more - bouncers told us to get out...BOO....and Piet came down and talk to everyone - reminded me very much of Christopher Lawrence from a previous Ultraspin event.....sorry Jamie he did not play that Breathing (breaks mix) I am sure he very well might have as he did an awesome job of playing peoples requests and making people feel special by the fact that he played THEIR song....I still think that song requests should be accepted/pondered for play by the DJ in certain circumstances and Piet is one to be interactive with his dancefloor (an awesome quality in a DJ) and a probable reason why we enjoy his appearances here.
I introduced myself to Piet and gave kudos...then went into the main room - brought the WIKKID WIKKID - listened to good house music whilst conversing with good friends on the patio (now satieted musically) and relished the lingering moments of the evening/morning knowing too soon it would be over.....
After partying currently at the moment with Brant and my lovely roomie Trance@Vixen and friends in our new place....in the span of writing this review (2 hours and 27 minutes) - conversations had were nothing but quality and positive affirmations of understandings and respect and what true friends do for each other.
I hope everyone who left this party had a good feeling in general - because honestly - if you dont let the VIBE FUKKERS fuck with your vibe and the beats are good and you create your right head space - you would have had the same experience as I and many people that were there as well......the vibe tonight was different - (loved the lighting and look of the Kool Haus tonight!!) much younger clubgoers - who were up for it and brought it.... and lot of house heads WHIPPING THE TRANCE OUT OF THEIR PANTS!....I loved it - Piet played trance and the normal poo-poo on trance naysayers lost it on the floor..FUCKING WIKKID!
So ya that's about it.....
beyond 10 out of 10
above and beyond it
Thank you to everyone that benefitted from the free passes we had available as promoters - the "TRANCE ADDICTed" crowd was well represented thank you for making my night a success on so many levels.
I did see a huge amount of passes randomly discarded in the club...which made my heart sink.....but none of them had COURTESY OF SEAN CASSIDY - which made me happy ....because that waste of passes made for someone else to pay 15/20 dollars at the door - the least you can do is be honest - will you use them?? if not then please give it to somebody that can....these Ultraspin events are a way to GIVE BACK to regulars and when those "favour" passes that people wastefully and selfishly succeeded in negating their usefulness happened it makes me upset because I could have been given the to be handed out by me for use by guaranteed entry people (my loyal guestlist base) to ensure that the RIGHT people gain entry to the events I promote for.
Guestlist is a PRIVELIDGE and a GIFT - I might as well be putting 15/20 dollars in your pocket - so thank you everyone that made a point thanking me and telling me about the awesome time you had - that is exactly what I love to here - that I made it possible for you to attend and enjoy the music with me.....which is why I thank you for coming out last night and hope to see everyone at GUV 10 YEAR next weekend....a milestone in Toronto clubbing History has been reached - let's celebrate it!
this was my first event EVER and i had such an amazing time. Gota agree that Markus nailed it and a half. Air for Life was sooo amazing live. IM ,although uber cheese i agree, still had the whole place (including me) with hands in the air so you know the did something right. Only stayed for a bit of Rank 1's set, he played siiick music thouhg. Age of Love / Plus Life Less Ordinary, always good. And the track i was waiting for the whole night...E-Craig - Home(vocal mix, i think)....sounds so amazing loud. Helsinki Scorchin deserves honourable mention also, love the build up.
PS. Wish i had some ladies to dance with and not just with my two buddies, lol.
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wow what a review sean so glad to hear you enjoyed yourself.. and thank you!! <3 ya
I LOVE Markus Schulz!! I wanna marry him and bear his children....and I'm not even gay! That's how much I love him. He never disappoints me.
I loved IM's set........THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT......THREE YEARS AGO!!! For fuck's sake guys....if you don't have anything new - stop fukin' touring! Jeesus wept. Seriously...if this had been my first time seeing them, I would have absolutely loved them. Unfortunately, this was about the fifth time I've seen them and I just could not get excited about the same old shit.
Rank 1 started off a little slow. Of course, almost anything would seem slow after IM's 290 bpm shit. He got into his groove eventually...right about the time my last E kicked in....coincidence? Who knows?
obe
ya great night.
markus was going at it!! his set was great but there were a few songs that i wanted to hear and they were never dropped... why would he not drop david west - make you mine?? i think it would've been appropriate. and "year zero" as well
IM sounded different than in the past. it was kinda weird
Rank1 was flying!!! just what i expected! he was really nice throughout the set signing autographs and chilled with the crowd at the end.
big shoutout to everyone!! good crowd!!! great to see everyone woooot 
OH!! and a shoutout to the "bayern munich team" (you know who you are). i should've worn my jersey as well. 
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| Originally posted by Vogon Here are some of the tracks Markus played as part of his so enjoyable set. Dogzilla - Without You Alex M.O.R.P.H. vs Rank 1 - Life Less Ordinary Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Markus Schulz vs Elevation intro mix) - Tune of the night, have been waiting since June to hear this one. Aalto - 5 Above & Beyond with Andy Moor - Air for Life + Helsinki scorchin' Rank1 Opening with Age Of Love was just fantastic after IM. Other tracks of note: Armin van Buuren - Shivers Rank 1 - TopGear Rank1- Airwave Cygnus X - Superstring Motorcycle- As the Rush comes Gabriel & Dresden feat. Molly - Tracking Treasure Down Armin van Buuren - Controlfreak |
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