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The set lists as posted showed DJs (such as Drag'n'Fly) going on at 6, so it appeared that the party would go 'till 7. When you can't dance until 4am because of a lack of room, that extra hour is crucial.

alrighty, time for my review. i'm gonna get the bad stuff out of the way so i can focus on the good things.

bad:

* lineup to get in. waited an hour and a half to get in, pretty brutal. only two people searching too, kinda dumb for all the people coming in.

* coat check. not so much the way in (yay for butting in line ) but more so on the way out. way too many people for those three people behind the counter to handle. and plus, they opened up doors to let the cold air in, and i was freezing my ass off. can't imagine how all the raver girls who were half-clothed were feeling.

* amount of people. i didn't find it too packed in there, but for dancing-wise, it was. had no room to do any moves, hardly any room to glowstick, or anything. just stomp to the beat pretty much, hehe.

k, and now the good. and was it ever good!

* meeting up with graham and kevin in the tent! HAHAHA, craziest shit ever! i see some dude break some orange ultras and i was like "wtf is this shit..." look over, he's doing some good shit, so i walk over... "GRAHAM!!!! WTF!!! YO!!!" hahaha. that was great! then i look around and kevin's right beside me! lol. i was attracted by the light, hahaha. oh, hilarious.

* graham's statement about the countdown.

quote:

Originally posted by The Highroller "HAPPY BUMBOCLAT NEW YEAR!!!!"

ROFL!!! i almost died laughing at that, hahaha. too funny

* music in the tent. hearing some awesome techno (tribally at times too) made part of my night. very very sick. but wtf was that when grimace, or dominic or whoever was after them came on. 8 mile theme!?!?!?! fuck that. all the thugs doing the arm thing to the beat, pissed me off so much. if i wanted to hear that, i'd go to the local clubs here. at least he mixed it into some hardcore, but after 2-3 mins!!!! goddamn, that was really dumb. *insert my thug imitation here*

* after the wikkid hardcore set, we made our way into the main room to see madam zu. OMFG. CRAZY. it was really hard to categorize her set, but i'd say it was hard trance, overpowered by nrg. goddamn that was awesome. seeing everyone go crazy, dancing. look up at the booth, the madam mixing, the overheard view on the lcd screens of the madam, i had a huge smile on my face. at the point no matter what happened after that, my night was made. this was what i have always imagined raves to be like, and it hit the bullseye. sorry if that's lame, but at that point it seemed like a true underground scene. i wish i could explain it more, but it's too hard. just, AMAZING.

* NIPPLE SLIP! rofl, that was so stupid man, "omg! a nipple!" hahaha, but who cares, it was fucking hilarious. i wanted to get a pic, but she was always staring right at me, and made me feel uncomfortable, hahaha.

* jelo and dekoze. W. T. F. the things everyone said about these guys, were dead on. they go fucking crazy behind the decks. got me into it SO MUCH. both of them doing the hardcore headbob, their great mixing skillz, holy shit. and the tracks they played, great range. some house, tech-house, techno (mauro picotto - bauguette, or bangkok, i need to check) it was sooooo gooooood. and the random screams dekoze would do when jelo put the volume down for a sec, lmao. that was so crazy, hahaha.

* drag n fly. HOT DAMN! ezekiel (formally sos2) you were right man. he was psycho. biting a record, hopping around in the booth, ontop of the booth, pouring water or sprite into some dudes mouth, lmao. and he played some good tracks too. dumnode - can you dig it (jam-x and leon's mix) was the one i could point out. love that track, hehe. he put out a huge amount of energy, it was madness i tells ya.

* meeting up and having a mini-TA meetup. great to meet you sage, looks like you had a great time man. and flec, good to see you again, i recognized you immediately with your starchild shirt, hehe. and graham and kev, great to party with you guys again.

* meeting other people. k, i was pretty lame and stereotypical raver, but i brought a notepad and got people to sign it flame me now, i dont care, it was funny, hehe. adn there was this one girl who said to me and graham "i love you two." i was like, hmmm... mind game! "yeah, we're twins!" ... "no you're not, your eyes and eyebrows are different!" ... "so? i didn't say we were identical twins." ... "are you lying to me?" ... "why would i lie to you? that'd be stupid." ... i'm a clown met some people from torontoraves, which was pretty cool as well.

all in all, i had a wicked night. huge thanks to nikish for going down with me, and hooking me up with a place to chill (am i a part of the russian massive? ) huge thanks to the dima's, hehe. and also olya for putting up with all of us candy kids, hahaha. also sly, hulla should be fucking crazy. first one! and also inna, an amazing girl i met. purple heaven should be most enjoyable, with you there! ^_^

ahhh, so many memories of that night will be with me for a while. unlike talla, which was a blur, hahaha damn it, i wanna relive that night again

taking everything into account, that was probably one of, if not, the best new years i have had. (totally different than drinking with friends, and watching tv, lol)

peace, Ken

oh, p.s.: the pics will be up soon. need to sort through them

p.p.s: the pics are up here

K, here's my review ;-)
The party was amazing. I'm not gonna mention any bad points, nothing extra-ordinary happened, and whatever downs we had have been mentioned already and were to be expected...nothing is perfect.
Music was outta this world...I was virtually ripped apart between the club room and the tent. Track selections kicked ass everywhere...so much energy, fun...fucking AMAZING music, loved every second of it.
Happy people, had no probs with anyone...didn't get to see the lasers cause we came in a bit late...another time. Venue wasn't hot...big +!
I'm not gonna hail any particular DJ, every1 I've heard has done an exceptional job, big props for that to all of them!
There were 2 similar remixes of one track played in the main room...one was played by Madam Zu, i believe, and another either by Dekoze/Jelo or DragnFly, if any1 would ID it, I'd be greatful.

I haven't met someone whom I really wanted to see...

Props to the ones that made it:

Todd - Happy Birthday dooode! Sorry we couldn't go to your party, 11 peeps in a van that holds 8 isn't much fun for a long drive... ;-)

Ken - Been a pleasure traveling with you...I should smack you for not introducing me to TAs...but...how could I stay mad at you...? hehe. And yes, I believe you have passed the initiation to join the Russian massive, and now you may be called an "Honorary Russian in training". ;-) It was fun chilling with u during those couple of days.

Dima(HM)& Olya - Huge thanks for EVERYTHING to both of you! Hope we weren't too troublesome...

Maya - awesome seeing you again! Better be at next PH! Check out "Toronto Star" if you wanna see pics of you! hehe ;-)

Artem - Dude honestly couldn't remember you...hopefully we'll meet up at some parties in the near future. (PH?)

Dima(malish) - Loads of fun! Take it easy!! And look after your tongue dammit!

Dima(another one) - We must've been cloned...too many coincidences happening that night... ;-)

Sly - Glad I've met you! Enjoyed your company after the party.

Inna - :-) Best of everything to you.

Anton & Lena - always happy to see both of you. :-) Thanks for hooking every1 with rides.

Goodvibezz - nice seeing you again...got icq or any equivalent?

Tony - sorry for not giving u a call in advance. Good thing we've met up even though it was the fucking end of da party...

Temporal Rhythm - Ari? I thought I saw you by the entrance...had no clue you were involved with this event, should've gotten that favor from you... ;-)

Mel - too bad I didn't meet you there, kinda hard to point peeps out when venue is full..

Also met FreakyJunglist and a buncha peeps I saw at Viva during Talla 2XLC who acknowledged me as "that glow-stick guy"...hehe..Show yourselves people! I was the guy dressed in black with black bandana tied around my head for most of the night...over 5'11" tall.
Sorry if I've missed any1, feel free to kick me(no drop-kicks plz) next time we meet.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to EVERYONE!! Have fun and enjoy yourselves like never b4!!!

- Nikita

P.S. Halcyon_Tempest wth is wrong with you? They didn't look into your 100 pockets cause they were trying to get the line MOVING! If any1 wants to bring a weapon in, they'd do it ANYWAY, and there's nothing u can do about it!! BIG props to security for being so very friendly all throughout the night and for making things easier for all of us.

Those pics are awseme! especially the ultra glowsticks, they look crazy.

The statue of liberty guy <--

nice pics, but on page six of those pictures, i think i see a blue tube, looks like a bong. better not show that to mommy. bwahahahaha.

Wicked !!! Everyone had fun ... don't get me wrong, I had fun until the breakz came on. You can tell the crowd NRG was gone when Groverobber was on the decks. Caddy had to get the crowd screamin' and cheerin' (IMO that's a cheap way to get there attention for breaks.) Madum Zu refreshed the vibe and NRG of the crowd. Too bad I left early but, I'm VERY glad you guys digged Jelo vs Dekzoe and of course DRGNFLY !!! <-- Told you soo (about both acts)

I really wished Destiny could of put this party in a bigger venue.

bigger venue and more people. the more the merrier (as long as there is ample room).

FOUND THIS on TORONTOJUNGLE

Posted by OrginalVibe

First I would like to say Happy 2003 and send special shot outs to all those that came out and supported this event. You helped make this one of our best parties yet! Moreover, I would like to thank all of our dj's and mc's for not just performing but doing a steller A + JOB ... YOU ALL ROCKED THE PLACE!!!!

The vibe in this party was amazing but obviously there are some issues to be addressed:

1) Overcrowding - First off, there were issues with the tent as a giant garbage bin behind the club (which was suppose to have been moved) prevented us from using the size we wanted - aprox 40 feet larger!! Also and most unfortiunlty, the clubs in house security 'snuck' in a couple hundread people which was totally unfair. I have herd reports that at the times when we had held/closed the door, secuirty was taking bribes for as low as $10 to let people in. This was totally unaceptable as it is not fair to anyone that had to pay any of our ticket prices. It also defeated my purpose of stoping/closing the door when I thought it was going to be to crowded. The situation is being delt with and if we have another party at this venue (or anywhere else for that matter) we will do all that is in our power to make sure this never happens again! I am glad to see that 99% of everyone did not let that bother them and still had a wicked time...maximum respect goes out to all of you!!!!

2) The "Lasers" - Wow are those things amazing!!! They were not shut off but actually stoped working sometime after midnight. Luckily, we still amazed your visual needs with our surprise fire work and rocket display. Again - something beyond our controll.

3) The party ending at 6:15 and not 7:00 (as originally promised) - As everyone knows the police have never liked raves. There were about 10 squat cars in the parking lot at 5:00 telling us they were going to shut the party down imediatly for reasons that were compleate b.s. We managed to convince the cops to let us go for one more hour. We were somewhat lucky in that department but it still sucks as the plan was to extend the party to 8 AM since there were still so many people haveing such a good time.

Besides the above things mentioned the party was a complete success...the flyer said "let's show the world our scene lives on" and thanx to each and everyone of you we did just that! So our bigest shot outs and special thanx goes out to all of the ravers that showed up to our party and helped us proove that raves are far from over. I hope to see each and everyone of you again at the next Destiny coming your way SATURDAY MARCH 15th.

originalVIBE out.

http://www.torontojungle.com/intera...472&whichpage=2

oh so thats why it was shut down.. damn.

fuck da po-lice!

My review:

Ok, got there around 10:15 and there's a huge line-up!!! A few of us managed to get in 2 minutes before 12 for the countdown, but that sucked since i wanted to be comfortably in and not in my coat at that time. The pyro was pretty cool, not anything extrodinary, but good enough. The place was packed, but it wasn't to bad in the 19+ area where there was room to dance and where i was for 90% of the night and met up with E2EK1EL_D3!!! First time at Viva and i thought the set up was cool... not as nice as the guv, but still had some good stuff like the screens everywhere, so you could see exactly who was spinning at the time.

Total Science of course were amazing, with Q-Project being the better of the 2... i like how he's creative with his mixing and just doesn't mix and that's it.... plus he played, Bad Company's - "Hornet" which i wanted to hear probably the most. Loved the set!
I went to the Tent just for a walk around during Unabomber and Conradi's set, which did not take long at all for me to get to, and was suprized on how nicely set up, sound, and heating was inside the tent... very good job as it was not cold or damp at all in there. Would've stayed in there longer, but i wanted to be with friends in the main room, and listen to more TOTAL SCIENCE!!!so i left.
One Thing that dissappointed me about the TS set, and we all know what and who it was by now... CAddy CAd is fucking horrible... please Destiny if you're ever gonna throw a party with DnB/Jungle and you can't find anyone else for an Emcee, then just don't get anyone. Caddy Cad ruined alot fo tracks as usual. I can't remember how many times i've been to parties and this guy just took the fun away. Other then that Total Science was great!!!
Next up Grooverobber spinning breaks. Now when it comes to breaks i like them either Trancy or very dark like dnB. Grooverobber played nothing but "Shake your ass" breaks. Those breaks aren't my thing, so i just socialized during that time. Ended up meeting Madame Zu, talked to her, and got a picture with her, which was nice... she's a great person to talked to, one thing she said was that she was suprized how packed the place was, and we all agree on that.

After Grooverobber, Madame Zu came on and played a wicked set that got me dancing for a bit. She was playing one of the best live UK Hardhouse set's with a touch of Nu Nrg that i've experienced this year. The crowd was loving it... got to hand it to her for making my night complete!!!!

After her set my friends and decided to take off to my house for another 12 hour afterparty.

The Vibe at Destiny was great, and was cool to see everyone united like that for a change. We need more parties like this!!!! But we need more Trance, that was the only dissappointment for me.

E2EK1EL_D3 your fucking hype man... it was great talking to you again and there's more wicked shit comming up too, so i'll see you again!

The ratings:
Music: Total Science - 8/10
Madame Zu - 9/10
Other set's were just like backround music for me, since i wasn't paying much attention to them.

Decor: 7/10

Sound: 10/10
.... The sound was perfect high's and low's were eq'd to their best!!! Maybe not the loudest sound system i've heard but definitely the cleanest and totally crisp.

Vibe: 9/10
.... you could pretty much talk to anyone.


I'd like to say thank you to Destiny for bringing back a great party... this was the best New Year's parties that i experienced in Toronto in almost 3 years!!!

"2 years later .... we get a review by Malice"

NO MORE CADDY !!!

It's to bad .... that night of J-Majik & Tee Bee, the MC of the night is going to be Caddy again

If this party didn't have Jungle or Breaks .... the turn out wouldn't be that great. I've noticed the alll age parties are having a every LOW turn out now. Jungle/DnB is still big but, not as BIG as previous yrs.

It's all about the 19+ <---thank GOD

Wow - sounds like an amazing night - I wish I could have been there! Other than being REALLY packed it seems like the night met and exceeded many people's expectations and I'm glad to hear the scene does indeed live on.

I have got to say I also had a great time playing a party in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for NYE - about 3000 people in front of me in the trance room totally going off - it was a blast. The party itself had about 6000 spread over four rooms. I will definitely make sure I try and get back there sometime soon - but not if I have a party here as well! hehe

Further to Jesse's comments up top, I have now got a full picture of the night. Yes - we sold out on the tickets but it was not us who oversold the venue. Unfortuneately the club owners decided to let in more people than we wanted because they were their "friends" - their "friends" ended up numbering over 200 people. Had this not happened, the volume of people would have been fine - there was no money made for us by this decision as these people were all let in for free or close to it by the security working in the club. Obviously this is an issue we are taking up with the club, but not something that will change a night that has already occurred. Being that everything else was absolutely stellar, I hope you can overlook this and remember all the good stuff from the night.

OS/2
-back in Canada!

and a great night it was!

quote:

Originally posted by The Highroller and a great night it was!

OS2 is a great guy and any party he throws will alwasy be great.

YO YO YO
CHECK DEN OUT SEEN !!! <--- Joking about that coomment

New Pics I found on TJ.com

http://ensim1.canadadream.net/~ican...03/nye03_01.htm

MALICE, Aren't you gonna post your pics up ? I want to see the one you took with your gf and Madam Zu.

I see mot10n...

http://ensim1.canadadream.net/~ican...Picture-004.jpg

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Originally posted by Dr. Z I see mot10n... http://ensim1.canadadream.net/~ican...Picture-004.jpg

haha, yup!

crazy thing was, i went down with nikish, and we chilled at his friends apartment all day, who runs that site! i met so many awesome people that day too, of which i hope to see at purple heaven (and one even sooner... )

shoutouts:
nikish: thank you tons for letting me come along. i know we will have many more parties together
dima1: very cool talking to you, i know we will talk more. how's the hair?
dima2: you were so chill, especially new years day...
dima3: wahh, happy hardcore will never die! see you at hulla for sure!
olga: thanks for putting up with all of us, you were very relaxed about everything
sly: man, another awesome person! hulla will be amazing, i can't wait.
inna: ahh, the treat of the day i can't wait, see you very very soon

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL_D3 YO YO YO CHECK DEN OUT SEEN !!! <--- Joking about that coomment New Pics I found on TJ.com http://ensim1.canadadream.net/~ican...03/nye03_01.htm MALICE, Aren't you gonna post your pics up ? I want to see the one you took with your gf and Madam Zu.

Can't post them... no scannner!

Ken .. if i didn't know any better, i;d say u were turning Russian

just make sure u find urself an Asian gf hehe ..

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Originally posted by dEsidEL Ken .. if i didn't know any better, i;d say u were turning Russian

this is true! haha

quote:

Originally posted by dEsidEL just make sure u find urself an Asian gf hehe ..

too late! refer to above!

quote:

Originally posted by dEsidEL Ken .. if i didn't know any better, i;d say u were turning Russian just make sure u find urself an Asian gf hehe ..

what like the one in your avatar? i'd hit it!

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