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Wicked Wicked night!!!!!!had a blast seeing Oakie for the first time...he started with world on fire n didnt look bak

id hrd from a frnd abt liquid todd n wasnt really looking forward to him but he impressed me too with his industrial type sounds

n then thrs mark oliver..silence!!! the mans awesome...whos the song ''open your eyes'' by? wicked trak

WHAT A NIGHT!
Mr.Oakenfold's set was by far the most memorable one of his todate in the city of TORONTO , You can always tell if someone enjoys playin' the GUVERNMENT MASSIVE and Oakenfold was indeed the proof of that!
The latest in Trance/Progressive music was played on during the two hours of Oakenfold's performance. The oneTrack that really blew everyone away was The remix of a U2 song done by the "OAK MAN" himself..(Beautiful Day-U2 Paul Oakenfold 2004 mix]

And as always MR. MARK OLIVER put on one HELL of a PERFORMANCE for both opening and closing of this highly anticipated event...


The highlight of the night for me was when Mark Oliver took over the Microphone while still mixin' one last opener track which had turned the clubbers to a frenzy and said

" Hi my name is MARK OLIVER AND I'M THE RESIDENT D.J OF THIS CLUB"
AND THE CROWD CHEERED ON!

TUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!


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Actually, I think this was the best set I have ever seen Oakenfold spin. One massive hit after another - it could have been a Tiesto set, really.

Stuck around till they kicked us out. The gang that was there till the end was totally into Mark's set (and he was spinning an incredible set), so the diehards got a 45 minute encore of incredible tunes. Loved what he did to "Time" and "Not Alone".

The crowding thing? It's all about finding your space. Stand next to one of the smaller stages. Stand to the forward part of the club between the speaker stacks. What you want to do at all costs is stand right in the middle where people are constantly crossing between the washrooms and the smoking area. I was just behind the small stage at the front, and it wasn't too bad at all.

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Originally posted by chrismack Actually, I think this was the best set I have ever seen Oakenfold spin. One massive hit after another - it could have been a Tiesto set, really. Stuck around till they kicked us out. The gang that was there till the end was totally into Mark's set (and he was spinning an incredible set), so the diehards got a 45 minute encore of incredible tunes. Loved what he did to "Time" and "Not Alone". The crowding thing? It's all about finding your space. Stand next to one of the smaller stages. Stand to the forward part of the club between the speaker stacks. What you want to do at all costs is stand right in the middle where people are constantly crossing between the washrooms and the smoking area. I was just behind the small stage at the front, and it wasn't too bad at all.

Yeah, getting ON the stage works too I conveniently found out.

oh man after reading all the reviews i really wanna kick myself for missing this event......the tracklist is sweet.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker I don't like to bitch about a good night so after posting Boo #2 (#1 was crowd danger) I will stop: Boo #2: SOUND SYSTEM. I believe there were some technical problems with the sound system during Oakie's set. A little bit in to Oak's set I noticed the mids/low-mids drop out I saw Oakie looking around wondering the same thing. All night I just wanted louder mids (the melodies in the mid-range didn't stand out enough).

dont worry RJ you are not alone, the past couple of times i have been to guv the sound just hasn't been up to par, i always seem to want more out of it, i hate the way the sound is only good in the center and shit else where, there is definity slacking in the sound department at the guvernment and i wish they would do something about it.
i know the have a mega increadible sound system already so in that case they should fuckin set it up right, or maybe even upgrade to the one that the docks has.

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Originally posted by chrismack The crowding thing? It's all about finding your space. Stand next to one of the smaller stages. Stand to the forward part of the club between the speaker stacks. What you want to do at all costs is stand right in the middle where people are constantly crossing between the washrooms and the smoking area. I was just behind the small stage at the front, and it wasn't too bad at all.

When walking around in GUV just stay close to walls and stick to the outer part of the club where everyone is coming and going
The small stage near the dj booth has some space to move around and below there and in its surrounding area is usually pretty good as well

Everyone was dancing and sweating to the tunes so there wasn't much of that posing crap with barbie dolls running around in stellettos making weak attempts at trying to dance and failing miserably and guys being afraid to mess up their spiked up hair in the mainroom the way it is at some of these top 40 type of clubs Some chicks were throwing off their shoes and going nuts on the dance floor so it was fun times at GUVERNMENT last night indeed

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker I don't like to bitch about a good night so after posting Boo #2 (#1 was crowd danger) I will stop: Boo #2: SOUND SYSTEM. I believe there were some technical problems with the sound system during Oakie's set. A little bit in to Oak's set I noticed the mids/low-mids drop out I saw Oakie looking around wondering the same thing. All night I just wanted louder mids (the melodies in the mid-range didn't stand out enough).

were you standing on the stage? i was for Liquid Todds set, and the same thing happened, the mids kept cutting in and out.

When i moved down to the floor, everyting was ok, it seemd lke it was only in the booth.

damn i thought you techies would already know the answer to this one........
its when the dj turns off the monitors in the booth, it effects the sound on the stage.

Had a BLAST with all the TA's. Suprised to see you all there. Ryan and I thought we'd be the only ones!

The fun ended when the GUV became an overpacked sardine can/sweat bucket... I've NEVER seen it like that before. A HUGE fight broke out right infront of me and thanks to Ryan I didn't fall on my face from being pushed around. Needless to say the fight killed the mood and we left. I'm really dissapointed...

I was OVERLY impressed with LOL that's why I gave this venue another chance, but for future I will ONLY go when the entire complex is open. More room to breathe!

Ryan, Max, Greg, Spam: had an amazing time dancin' up a storm with all of you!!! THROW THOSE ELBOWS You made my night. Till next time my friends

Callie
xo

OOPS... almost forgot.. Nice to meet dnmr and Andielips

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Originally posted by Pettiscool damn i thought you techies would already know the answer to this one........ its when the dj turns off the monitors in the booth, it effects the sound on the stage.

exactly- if you haven't noticed yet, unless you're ON the dance floor, centrally positioned between the speakers, you got sound fall off. There are no speakers anywhere near the stage- you are dependant on the DJ's in booth monitors for an added boost.

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Originally posted by Shaya007 WHAT A NIGHT! Mr.Oakenfold's set was by far the most memorable one of his todate in the city of TORONTO , You can always tell if someone enjoys playin' the GUVERNMENT MASSIVE and Oakenfold was indeed the proof of that! The latest in Trance/Progressive music was played on during the two hours of Oakenfold's performance. The oneTrack that really blew everyone away was The remix of a U2 song done by the "OAK MAN" himself..(Beautiful Day-U2 Paul Oakenfold 2004 mix] And as always MR. MARK OLIVER put on one HELL of a PERFORMANCE for both opening and closing of this highly anticipated event... The highlight of the night for me was when Mark Oliver took over the Microphone while still mixin' one last opener track which had turned the clubbers to a frenzy and said " Hi my name is MARK OLIVER AND I'M THE RESIDENT D.J OF THIS CLUB" AND THE CROWD CHEERED ON! TUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! 7

i saw your pics on luvtheguv.com, thanks for them!

you were taking pics of the same dancer at the front, who i was picturing. What did you look like? what were you wearing? i was at the front during all of oakey;s set, didnt move! no way was i missing a single beat.

I was the guy wearing a black shirt, with Oakenfold written on the back

the evening was awesome.

oakenfold kicked it up and stayed on.

he took it up to some interesting spaces, most notably with "Beautiful Day" followed by a brief sampling from U2's "Ultraviolet" from Achtung Baby ("Sometimes I feel like/ I don't know/ Sometimes I feel like checking out/ I wanna get it wrong/ Can't always be strong..." rocked out right in the back of the main room, a lifted my attention to those bloody asian hoardes that are so over-bearingly protective of their space.

mark took over the decks from paul quite nicely at first, but disappoints when he goes into his usual electro-heavy-thumping-darker-vibe selection. he practically always does this. and is a bit odd considering he's doing the dj thing professionally. one woold expect a greater versatility coming from the resident dj of Canada's top club.

shaya007, love your pics but why do all your pictures go to the O-Town types in the guv? lots of way cooler people on and about the floor that rely less on the support of gel and semi-translucent sunglasses for an edge. expand the variety of your subjects, man!

shout out to John from Sheffeild, who rocked on the floor like no one's business.

shout out to erica, the freezie girl, who has to deal with the crowd and pickup artists.

and shout out to the guv dancers, for taking my libido to 11. grrr.

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Originally posted by Transistance it sux tho how he only played for like 2 hours

this is exactly why i wont go
see 'em outside europe again

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Originally posted by theseeker lots of way cooler people on and about the floor that rely less on the support of gel and semi-translucent sunglasses for an edge. expand the variety of your subjects, man!

sunglasses for an edge? most of them with sunglasses were

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Originally posted by Callie5 Ryan, Max, Greg, Spam: had an amazing time dancin' up a storm with all of you!!! THROW THOSE ELBOWS You made my night. Till next time my friends

Which reminds me... PMing Swamper

Great to see you and Ryan out, I didn't expect to see you guys there at all.

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Originally posted by theseeker why do all your pictures go to the O-Town types in the guv? lots of way cooler people on and about the floor that rely less on the support of gel

Hey dudeman - just cause I wear HAIR WAX (not gel) doesn't mean I'm not cool or an o-town member.

I think you're jealous of our nice coif..

What a night!

WOW!!!!!

What an amazing night, oakie was way better than I had expected. Great meeting Erin and bf and partying with ya all night. and Andielips and Callie5, randomly in the orange room bathroom. BTW, for thopse of you who never go into the orange room, you really should go check out the new reno, its amazing in there now.

And then there was MO.... who once again rocked the place and surprised us all by spinning till about 8am. We love you Mark.

To everyone else that was there great to see you all and we'll party again soon.

Danielle

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Originally posted by theseeker mark took over the decks from paul quite nicely at first, but disappoints when he goes into his usual electro-heavy-thumping-darker-vibe selection. he practically always does this. and is a bit odd considering he's doing the dj thing professionally. one woold expect a greater versatility coming from the resident dj of Canada's top club.

He should play more of his "electro-heavy-thumping-darker-vibe" selection because the heavier and darker the better!!!!! Different strokes for different folks but he didn't disapoint at all from my perspective and I could listen to Mark Oliver spin forever! He doesn't even spin too hard though because a lot of the time I am hoping for him to play harder and darker stuff instead of soulful type stuff.

He gets involved with the crowd and knows how to get them into it and can basically play any type of music and do it for long periods of time with his super dj endurance and his mixing is crazy too so there isn't much more I would ask for from a dj unless I want him to dress up like a red dragon and spit fire from his mouth which would be cool too LOL

Edit: Damn beer

O well Im glad I didnt talk to him or her then..

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Originally posted by bpm687 I remember her holding on to my shoulders to follow behind me becuase I was able to make it through the crowd.. She was like thank you for getting me to the bar ot something like that..

Ahem, ah She is actually a He.

i wouldnt call marks set dark....... heavy yes.
hard crisp clean basslines (the soundsystem sounded mint latenight)..... a bunch of techno and a bit of hard ass techy tribalishy stuff mixed up with marks regular bangers (murder was teh bass and such)
DDTT?!?!?
ha.

Versatile? Considering a 9 hour set from Mark Oliver usually consists of trance, prog, breaks and house id say hes very versatile. In fact i remember the days when he used to play some amazing rare groove and funk sets.

I personally love techno and find it much better club music than the constant up and down of trance. But hey thats just my opinion.

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Originally posted by TrueToTheCrew Ahem, ah She is actually a He.

mega-owned


LOL

I didn't read all 8 pages of the thread, but yap iut was good timez once again.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 because the city wont let it happen thats why These smoking laws are pure bullshit and now you see the result. And it will only get worse now that the province has introduced legislation to ban indoor ventilated smoking rooms. But hey thats democracy in action for you right?

Again....nothing to do with what I wrote...I made an observation/suggestion & you rant on about this crap...whatever dude....deal with it

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