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-- Review - James Zabiela @ System May 7th, 2004
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I guess I was the exception to the general consensus because I was much more taken by Steve Mack and Luke Fair's set. I found Zabiela quite disappointing; the beats were quite jarring and resounded in a disjointed mess. Perhaps he was pre-occupied in an experimental state of mind. I found myself leaning against the railing with friends hoping for that magical genius he spread at Labour of Love.

I realise that DJs are entitled to being inconsistent, and maybe he was greatly inspired by his mentor Sasha last summer. I guess the lesson learned is not to expect so much.

To end on a high note, my friends proved to be wonderful companions, and shared my observation. We danced hard for the first few hours, and thank Steve and Luke for that, and shared some good conversation and affection along the way.

I'm glad you came out Erika. Have an amazing summer and we'll rock it at Carl Cox and Tenaglia(not confirmed yet).

To the rest of my companeros, you guys have a special place with me. Thank you for ending the event on a high note. I'm sure there will be many more occasions such as this one to follow.

See you on the 21st!

Canada Rocks!

Wow! Thanks for the nice words people.... & thanks for a great itme in Canada.

James Zabiela

Yet another great night...

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Originally posted by Allegory I found Zabiela quite disappointing; the beats were quite jarring and resounded in a disjointed mess.

I must agree that I was expecting a bit more from Zabiela that night -- don't get me wrong; He has VERY EXCEPTIONAL skills -- loved the way he killed with scratching and using his EFX-500 as usual.. but I thought he would do a little more overlaying than he did (i really enjoyed his Essentialmix when he would overlay some Vanilla Sky samples -- i thought it added to the magic of the set).

And yeah.. he played a LOT of breaks which was good but I thought that the mood was a bit too stagnant during those times earlier in his set.

He's STILL amazing and yes, my expectations were high -- but that's HIS fault for being such a wicked DJ and raising the bar like he did

Anyway, Luke stole the show for me as well!! Friday night's set was BY FAR the best I've heard from him! His track selection was perfect and didn't bore me at all! Way to go Luke! And Steve Mack opened the place up perfectly!! What a great lineup that night.

Shouts go out to Summer21 (Sandra) and Isaac -- Glad you guys had fun that night and there will be many more to come! Nice meeting Nrg2Nfinit and Partyprincess, Goodnet, and it was nice seeing Ahmed (I dunno if he posts here; but he's ALWAYS around till closing time -- always a trooper)and ... damn.. I know i'm forgetting a couple more. I apologize if i left anyone out.

Hello to all my peeps -- love ya guys. Allegory & Mercure -- thanks for the afterparty at your place (sorry i couldn't stay longer; soo tired and I was looking forward to my own comfy bed )

...Till next time!

Max Q

Re: Canada Rocks!

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Originally posted by jameszabiela Wow! Thanks for the nice words people.... & thanks for a great itme in Canada. James Zabiela

Welcome to our world, James! You're officially a TA now!

great seeing you friday nite! even though time just flew by in one big flash!

... it seems malek lived up to his standards & took well care of you in Mtl! i'm glad to know that you finally graced our ARIA's decks! ... nothing but the best for the best!

Re: Canada Rocks!

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Originally posted by jameszabiela Wow! Thanks for the nice words people.... & thanks for a great itme in Canada. James Zabiela

Thanks for a great night James. I love the way you really enjoy yourself behind the decks (yes, we can see the smirks on your face and know you're having the time of your life)

Good call on the StrongBad Tshirt, btw

Come back soon! (maybe you can become a resident at System Soundbar? How did you like the venue BTW?)

Re: Canada Rocks!

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Originally posted by jameszabiela Wow! Thanks for the nice words people.... & thanks for a great itme in Canada. James Zabiela

hey thanks for telling that dood to lay off so i could take the pic...


was a great night....needed more breaks tho



sorry im a breaks whore

haha, JamesZabiela: tranceaddict in training

Btw, James...glad you had fun here in Canada, and please tear the crap out of Poland next friday

Re: Canada Rocks!

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Originally posted by jameszabiela Wow! Thanks for the nice words people.... & thanks for a great itme in Canada. James Zabiela

we hope you did.. and btw i love your strongbad shirt!

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Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee so if any of u are wondering what kinda guy he is, hes the most down to earth dj ive ever met..(well other than a few others..lol) i got his autograph on a flyer of the night and it read: "Thanks - James Zabiela" way cool guy

yeah, thats his trademark.

yeah James, i'm the dude who nagged you into signing a NAPKIN after your last show here in Dominican Republic, since they didn't print out flyers!

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit omg .. i missed the goodnet! ..

!!

Damn this unfair world! Karim .. we'll meet up at another upcoming event and kick it ol'skool for sheezie

FOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHO

ill be here all summer and maybe all year.. so i can be officially be a toronto tranceaddict and by that i dont mean andy's twin

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Originally posted by dEsidEL wow .. Nat and Ryan i was wondering why u guys were MIA .. as for the rest.. let us just say .. and some more .. yea TOTA'z were out in full force as were the US TA'z making the trek up .. shouts to GQstylez and Butterfly420, Summer21 & fiancee, Deana, etc.. nice meeting ya guys .. and to all those faces i haven't seen in so long .. pics coming and all that other blah blah blah .. oh yeah ..

It was nice to finally meet you too, dEsidEL.

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit what a night.. great set by luke fair and wow.. zabiela.. incredible technically.. he was using 1 turntable and one cd mixer the whole night.. and an effects board.. crazy stuff.. scratching amazing like usual hehe great to see all the TA's out.. and meet new ones that ive never known before gqstyles, maxQ, Matt Vagrant and great to see everyone else out as well great night.. personally i think zabiela stole the show.. i left at around 5 so i missed what happend after that.. how long did zabiela go for?

Good to meet you Nrg2Nfinit. It's always nice to meet new people on the board.

Greg (gqstyles)

Definitely one of the best times I've had at Systems. So many TAs out and the vibe was through the roof!! It was a pleasure dancing to Zabiela's set and watching him work that mixer. I'm glad there was so much room to dance and boy did I use it to bust my moves. Big thanks to James Z and also to the TAs for making this an awesome night!!

It was pretty fukin empty for a DJ this dirty. -To the ones I met and exchanged meaningful life changing conversation with- you know who you are.
I would love to get a copy of the tracklisting for this party. The breaks were pretty twisted.
When a DJ is this good, I don't even notice the technalities of their spinning...Half the time I didn't even notice when he threw in the next song.

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Originally posted by DarkWater It was pretty fukin empty for a DJ this dirty.

Yeah.. i agree -- System was Emmmmmmpty considering who was spinning...

What up with that?

Re: Canada Rocks!

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Originally posted by jameszabiela Wow! Thanks for the nice words people.... & thanks for a great itme in Canada. James Zabiela

hey james,

this homo here ---> wanted to take you home that night



next time you are in toronto be sure to avoid him!!!

can a get a mmmmmmbop?

hehehehe I had to

JAMES YOU'RE AMAZING!!!

Monday afternoon and my liver still hurts.
I must have had a great time.
Nice seeing all of you, including those who I forgot to mention in my earlier review.

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Originally posted by Skipper thank god, there aren't any pics of me.

but i haven't uploaded my pics yet

I must say I had am amazing night on Friday. It was the first Great night I had at Systems. The vibe was awsome and James rocked the house. All and all it was a great night and I am looking forward to having many, many more good nights at systems

Still kicking myself for missing this night. Mossey tells me that Zabeila's set was exactly what I have been hankering (hankering? wtf...how old am I?) for......Deeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Really disappointed I had to miss this...I won't be missing JZ next time around, that's for sure.

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Originally posted by angelgirl Still kicking myself for missing this night. Mossey tells me that Zabeila's set was exactly what I have been hankering (hankering? wtf...how old am I?) for......Deeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Really disappointed I had to miss this...I won't be missing JZ next time around, that's for sure.

Yeah.. heard you weren't feeling up to par Heidi... Missed ya that night.

lol Hankering. Wicked

see you next time

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Originally posted by angelgirl Still kicking myself for missing this night. Mossey tells me that Zabeila's set was exactly what I have been hankering (hankering? wtf...how old am I?) for......Deeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Really disappointed I had to miss this...I won't be missing JZ next time around, that's for sure.

sorry you were feeling sick, angel! i've been really ill myself the last two days, but now back amongst the living again! *phew! i know how it feels.

for your consolation, JZ will be back more often from now on!

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Originally posted by disko-kandi for your consolation, JZ will be back more often from now on!

lets hope that...

this homo --> doesnt get any perverted ideas again!!! FOR JAMES' SAKE!!!

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