He actually mashed up his remix of Madagascar into the Richard Durrand mix (Since Richard's mix is actually a mix of Ferry's mix ), was pretty dope

Holy epic trance ftw! \o/

Went to Lily for few hours to check the sound of NuERA. That boy is good, and perfect for warm up tunage before heading to guv. (Well, I did have a few gin caesars with way too much gin to get my head spinning. lol)

Met up Smuncky out of the blue at union and we went to timmy's for a quick fix before getting into guv. No KH line open so I thought line up was going to be long. But the damn dumpster blocked my view and I first thought the line was short, but it turns out the line was around the block. Eh. Met up with few TAs in the line incl my ferry partner Veronica and surprise guests of Cam and Sam. I haven't seen these peeps in a long time so it was good to see them.

Got in after about 15mins in the line. The price was 50bucks at the door. Some people got tickets from wantickets for 25 on the day. LOL.
Anyways, the time was around 115 and Prydz was having fun on the decks. Walking into the main room to the sound of Pryda - Rymd was not bad way to start the night. Gave Prydz till about 2 to give him a listen. Pretty good. Played a lot of his own tunes, but the set seemed really dumbed down compared to some other DJs who can weave a story with their sets. Was still pretty good though.
Love his Mark O hoodlum look with his toque on decks. lol

Someone said something about Stanton Warriors so I went upstairs to check them out. Interesting setup. Seems one guy was cueing up tracks, other guy was fiddling around with the mixer. Started up with some good funky breaks but kinda mellowed out for few tunes and dropped one helluva good tune around 230 mark. The Drink was crowded, but not so crowded that you're feeling like a sardine though. Still not enough room for breakers to really bust a move. Too bad.

Went back downstairs to Orange Room to hear some DnB. I think this is my first time complaining that the bass was too low at guv. Either way, couldn't get into DnB so went to KH for the sound of Ferry Corsten.

Ferry always has a special place in my heart for getting me really into EDM and trance. So I was very excited all week to catch him.
Good thing I went pantless because pants would have gotten in my way.

From 230 till around 430 was probably best trance set I've ever heard. Lots of high energy tracks with kick ass melodies that just got me moving like I haven't moved in a long time. When Stoneface & Terminal - Blueprint (club mix) got dropped, I was howling with glee because it was so fracking good. Probably my trance tune of the year. Bring Stoneface & Terminal to Toronto!!!
Ferry probably one of few DJs that use tech trance (well, techier trance) as a filler to calm the crowd's energy before unleashing more bombs. LOL. There was this one Marcel Woods ish tune that was dropped that was pretty damn good.

The crowd started to empty out noticeably around 400 and the set's energy slowly dropped around that time. (gave me tons of room to pounce around like grasshopper on seizure though) From 430 to 530 was just ok and I think Ferry just went to closing mode after 530 with some classic ferry tunes. He did look very tired, though he was still having a good time on the decks. Oh well. Was very disappointed that he only played until 630, because although KH was only about 1/4 full at that point, those that stayed were the true Ferry Corsten fans and we would have danced our asses off. So because the expectation was an 6hr set till 8am, a lot of people were disappointed. Oh well.

All in all, it was another great event at the Guv. I missed good trance live and I definitely got that with Ferry Corsten. The Guv is one of Ferry's fav venues and he def. brought his A game

Overall: 9/10
Tune of the Night: Stoneface & Terminal - Blueprint (Club mix)

Random thoughts:
-the crowd was def smaller due to Thanksgiving, esp after drinking crowd left. Oh well. More room for dancing!
-the sound system at KH was bang on, except it was just a bit too loud. good to hear the mids (and the melodies!) or else the night would have sucked
-Nadatron... I <3 you. Thanks for challenging me to bring my A game for the night
-speaking of Nada, someone saw Nada without stilettos and was like, oh, looks like Nada is putting herself at disadvantage without her stilettos.
-Smuncky, after seeing Nada bust out one combo of moves that left a hole on the floor. "She's just warming up" LOL
-Saw Del and I almost got to see the Deltron shuffle. bah
-Veronica, my Ferry partner! The night was so much better with your enthusiasm. <3
-it was awesome meeting some TAs I didn't know before
-the NO2 tank outside the guv... it's leaking pretty bad. I'd get the tubes checked out...
-Cale, you owe me for convincing you to come out
-following people were missed out on ferry extragavanza: lisa, danielle, laura, spitty

PS: You can't look dignified when you're having fun!

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Originally posted by 8Wonders He actually mashed up his remix of Madagascar into the Richard Durrand mix (Since Richard's mix is actually a mix of Ferry's mix ), was pretty dope

really? it sounded exactly the same as the version markus played 2 weeks ago to me

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Originally posted by 8Wonders Someone asked me to request it from Ferry, so I did I don't think he would have otherwise

fack. should have asked for Corderoy - Sweetest Dreams (Ferry Corsten remix) instead

so need to hear that live again!

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Originally posted by electro88 really? it sounded exactly the same as the version markus played 2 weeks ago to me

Nope, he mashed it up towards the 2nd half of the track Just shows to prove how similar Richard's track really is

prydz played good but sander owns me.
watching eric was quite the show. he launched the roll over paper towel, launched a glowstick and wouldnt leave that balloon alone. definitely good times.

steve lawler on friday!

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Originally posted by exstasie probably one of the quietest all access events i've been to in the last couple years.

it really did not feel like a typical long weekend in there last night....the only good thing that came out of this was that it simplified the walk to the bathrooms

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Originally posted by chinamon steve lawler on friday!

looking forward to this!!!

Off topic a bit, I think the turnout wasn't that great because 1) Thanksgiving and 2) tickets cost too much for an event with only 3 big acts(price should have been reduced once Junkie XL cancelled)

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Originally posted by 8Wonders Off topic a bit, I think the turnout wasn't that great because 1) Thanksgiving and 2) tickets cost too much for an event with only 3 big acts(price should have been reduced once Junkie XL cancelled)

i dunno dude. as good as junkie xl is as a producer, I don't think he's that big of a name.

though 50 bucks at the door is a bit too steep, even for most all access events IMO

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Originally posted by 8Wonders Off topic a bit, I think the turnout wasn't that great because 1) Thanksgiving and 2) tickets cost too much for an event with only 3 big acts(price should have been reduced once Junkie XL cancelled)

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Originally posted by Yohan i dunno dude. as good as junkie xl is as a producer, I don't think he's that big of a name. though 50 bucks at the door is a bit too steep, even for most all access events IMO

you guys are on crack.
go to other parts of the world and you would be paying that price just to see one headliner.

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Originally posted by chinamon you guys are on crack. go to other parts of the world and you would be paying that price just to see one headliner.

we're spoiled in toronto, we know.

and we're not in other parts of the world

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Originally posted by chinamon you guys are on crack. go to other parts of the world and you would be paying that price just to see one headliner.

The ticket price was based (amongst other things) on the talent that was coming, so there were 4 big DJs on the bill, but only 3 ended up showing up, call me crazy but it would have made sense to lower the price to reflect that, no? What of the peeps that paid to see Junkie but didn't get what they paid for?

I'm not complaining, just pointing it out

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