Sat 7th april - Godskitchen Bournemouth w/ Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, E. Halliwell

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Posted by Skagdog on Apr-09-2007 10:35:

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Originally posted by moondog

Marcel woods really was set of the night though, although i guess you have to like his sound to appreciate it, which i do
Marcel Woods was awful. How can you come on after PVD then Eddie and slow it down so much I thought it was going to stop. God knows what style it was it sounded like Jungle music to me. Didnt stay that long after he came on. My mate who stopped to the end came back to the hotel and said he has never seen such a crap dj in all his life. Even a lad who is a fan of the rubbish he plays said he wasnt that good. Glad he was on last so we could go.

Was impressed with all the other djs and thought the set times were spot on and the music flowed really well until 4.30.

Wasnt too impreassed with the lighting though. It looked good at the start as we thought when it gets going it would look really good. But when the lasers were not on it looks a bit poo really. Another case of Gods cutting every cost they can.

Posted by Rick D on Apr-09-2007 10:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Skagdog
Marcel Woods was awful. How can you come on after PVD then Eddie and slow it down so much I thought it was going to stop. God knows what style it was it sounded like Jungle music to me. Didnt stay that long after he came on. My mate who stopped to the end came back to the hotel and said he has never seen such a crap dj in all his life. Even a lad who is a fan of the rubbish he plays said he wasnt that good. Glad he was on last so we could go.

Was impressed with all the other djs and thought the set times were spot on and the music flowed really well until 4.30.

Wasnt too impreassed with the lighting though. It looked good at the start as we thought when it gets going it would look really good. But when the lasers were not on it looks a bit poo really. Another case of Gods cutting every cost they can.

everyones personal opinion i guess, i thought his set was good...

i agree about the lighting too, was a bit shite

Posted by stace on Apr-09-2007 10:51:

I thought Ferry was pretty damn good but everyone else was either meh, or in Marcel Wood's case, painful!

Still had a fun night though and danced for about 4 hours straight, go me!

Some piccies up here......

http://www.harderfaster.net/?sid=60...e=1&setid=10897

Posted by Mateh on Apr-09-2007 18:22:

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Originally posted by moondog
yeah, that pretty much fits in with my ratings of the dj's, i wouldnt say PvD was poor though, i always enjoy his sets, although i agree that he has played much better

Marcel woods really was set of the night though, although i guess you have to like his sound to appreciate it, which i do

Definitely agree about Marcel Woods being set of the night, he really played some Filthy tracks. Shame the crowd let him down at the end... I loved his Intro of Cherry blosssom!

PVD was decent... Enjoyed hearing 'Memories from the Future'.

Ferry... Cant remember much of his set I was in a headspin... I do remember him playing Madagascar though

Eddie was fair.

Posted by stace on Apr-09-2007 19:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Mateh
Definitely agree about Marcel Woods being set of the night, he really played some Filthy tracks. Shame the crowd let him down at the end... I loved his Intro of Cherry blosssom!

PVD was decent... Enjoyed hearing 'Memories from the Future'.

Ferry... Cant remember much of his set I was in a headspin... I do remember him playing Madagascar though

Eddie was fair.

Madagascar was defo tune of the night!!!

Posted by SleepingClubber on Apr-09-2007 19:54:

Wood'sy was absolute shite, love his sets but sat nite was a complete wash out! Thought he had might of at least racked out time is running out. Played normal tech trance but finished off with killers mr brightside, whats that all about.
Tune of the night definatly was the new Coldplay mash up of Fix-you that Ferry played, followed very closey by beadrock heaven sent that Eddie slipped in......... TUNE!!!!

Posted by bean on Apr-10-2007 08:08:

i thought eddie, pvd and ferry were sweet, couldnt get into marcel, shame the crowd wasnt there at the end, got freezing in the main room,

does anyone have any tracklist for pvd or ferry?

thanks

nath

Posted by Skagdog on Apr-10-2007 10:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Mateh
Shame the crowd let him down at the end...

The crowd let him down??? If he had played anything half decent than the crowd would not have fucked off home.

Posted by Mateh on Apr-11-2007 12:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Skagdog
The crowd let him down??? If he had played anything half decent than the crowd would not have fucked off home.

Saw him at Trance Energy this year, he played a similar set... and the crowd loved it bigtime!

Lightweights always depart early regardless of what is playing

Posted by jose-fahartose on Apr-11-2007 16:24:

i came from ireland it was unreal! thought some of the tunes that rob tissera played blew my away and as for eddie halliwell and marcel woods thought the way they played was unreal, especially marcel woods - slow filthy tunes! definately worth coming back for

Posted by Piet4545 on Apr-11-2007 18:41:

decent enough night. all djs were okay nothing out of this world, just okay. not much of a woods fan either so i was another to leave when he came on.

Posted by Stu Cox on Apr-13-2007 09:17:

Yeah I've heard loads of people saying Marcel Woods rocked it and I thought he was quality last time I saw him so it's a shame I left a bit early.

Unfortuantely the whole place was definitely lacking a bit of atmosphere - everyone seemed to be up for it near the start for Second Sun but it trailed off... Ferry was ok but not amazing and tbh I expected PVD to be able to inject something but he wasn't reading the crowd at all (would play a dirty/techy track that everyone would start bouncing to then quickly mix it into a string of 5 boring samey trancey tracks) - which I think shows that he doesn't really know what to do anymore if the crowd aren't REALLY up for it.

But then at �10k a set (although admittedly he probably only sees 6 of that), it's no skin off his nose.

Posted by zag2me on Apr-15-2007 22:04:

Thought it was a great night personally although I was bone sober for the entire thing. PVD was great, but ferry stole the show for me. Atmosphere was ok, but didn't seem to be to many mashed people.

Just check out this video I took. more coming soon.

Slinkyhead I saw you didn't I?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIsEiBidQQg

Posted by slinkyhead on Apr-16-2007 11:58:

quote:
Originally posted by zag2me
Thought it was a great night personally although I was bone sober for the entire thing. PVD was great, but ferry stole the show for me. Atmosphere was ok, but didn't seem to be to many mashed people.

Just check out this video I took. more coming soon.

Slinkyhead I saw you didn't I?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIsEiBidQQg

yup you certainly did see me

Posted by Mateh on Apr-16-2007 14:01:

Posted by zag2me on Apr-16-2007 17:04:

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Originally posted by Mateh
Zag what Camera do you have?

Casio ex-s600 6mp, it's such an awesome clubbing camera due to the fact it takes videos in 640x480, quality of video and sound are superb.

Posted by linaszm on Apr-16-2007 21:54:

View quality seems perfect, but sound is a bit squeaky. I've Sony DSC-W70 video quality is maybe a bit worse than yours but sound is way better.

Posted by klago on Apr-19-2007 17:20:

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Originally posted by zag2me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIsEiBidQQg

Thanks for the awesome vid.

Any chance you took one when PVD dropped Super 8 & DJ Tab - Needs to Feel?

My Review:

Second Sun: I had been warned prior to coming that these guys weren't anything special. Was I ever suprised!!! I thought they showed tremendous energy and did a good job of firing up the crowd for the fun to come. The thunderstruck remix was cool to see. Everytime I see a live PA I'm tremendously impressed. This was no exception. I just wish I would have been able to catch NuNRG in their heyday.

Ferry Corsten: I love Ferry Corsten. I saw him play for 6 hours in Toronto in September of 2006. That set was amazing. This one was even better. He has so much fun behind the decks it's incredible. He kept dropping bomb after bomb. All of the huge tunes off of LEF.

Ferry highlights:

Ferry Corsten - Galaxia -> Such a huge trancer with an breakdown of epic proportions. He played it quite early in his set and I thought it did an excellent job of setting the mood. It definiately got me moving.
Breakfast - The Sunlight -> Awesome awesome tune, the crowd really seemed to enjoy this one.
Colplay - Fix You (Ali Wilson remix) -> What is an top notch trance set without a Coldplay remix? Another definate crowd pleaser.
Art of Trance - Madagascar (Remix?)-> This was the biggest tune of Ferry's set IMO. Such a classic done updated for 2007. Thought the roof was going to cave in at this point.

Paul van Dyk: This was my first time seeing him. Ferry had set the bar so high I was concerned that PVD would be a bit of a letdown for me. I'm shocked to see some PVD vets express disapointment or comment that PVD is capabled of a better performance. I don't think I would be able to handle anything better than that set. There is no doubt in my mind why he is the best/#1/whatever dj on the planet. Check that video for the reason why. He did that time after time all night. I really didn't want his set to end but I was starting to get a bit tired and really had come to see Eddie Halliwell on his home turf.

PVD highlights:

FKN feat. Jahala - Why? -> This the track from the video quoted. Watch it and watch the crowd go off. It was intense, and there were many moments like it during Paul's set. I thought he was spot on. He did a masterful job of building it up and then dropping the hammer.
Super8 & DJ Tab - Needs to feel (Wippenberg remix) -> Without question this was the tune of the night. When Paul dropped the bassline after the first break I felt the foundation of the BIC shift 6 inches. The scream from the crowd nearly overpowered the sound system.
Filo & Peri - Anthem -> I knew that Paul was going to play this. You just had to know that this was going to be his closing tune. Personally I think it tries to hard to be an 'anthem'. A bit of a letdown to an amazing set IMO.

Eddie Halliwell: I had only had the chance to see Eddie on one other occasion and he instantly became my one of my favourite dj's. I have an insatiable appetite for any of his liveset and listen to his BBC radio show on a weekly basis. I was so pumped for his opening to his sets because they really are something special.

CAUTION: I'm not trying to slag Eddie!!! I hold him in quite high regard.

Was I ever disapointed!!!! I'm really hoping there was something wrong with the dj setup because that was the most absolute shit opening to a set I have ever seen. I saw some technicians running around so that makes me wonder if everything was in order. Perhaps there was some problem switching over from the left to the right dj setup. Seemed to work fine for Ferry though. Nothwithstanding, the first mix sounded like gunfire; off beat and sloppy. I also noticed a distinct change in the trebley range of the sound system. While Eddie uses the eq's alot I thought that this was the house sound that was colouring the mix. When he dropped the bass after the opening scratchy bit the harshness in the mid and upper range persisted.

I typically love the techy tracks Eddie opens his sets with but these ones didn't feel quite like they went together. Personally, I thought Eddie killed the vibe and did an excellent job of clearing the room. He missed at least 3 cuts early on and was just not on top form. If that was because people chose to leave after PVD or due to the massacre behind the decks we will never know.

It was great to hear Eddie drop Bedrock - Heaven Sent, so nice to hear that on a big system.

Overall I had an awesome time. I thought the decor was top notch and was very impressed with the lights and sound. That was exactly the sort of production I was expecting. The facility was clean and comfortable, we found a super secret washroom what wasn't being used by as many people so that was a major plus. We arrived around 10pm and there were no major queues to deal with. I thought the security staff were friendly. The only way that this night could have possibly been any better would have been the addition of Armin van Buuren in Eddie's timeslot.

Posted by slinkyhead on Apr-19-2007 18:25:

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Originally posted by klago
we found a super secret washroom what wasn't being used by as many people so that was a major plus.

up the escaltors on the left

nice review by the way, glad u enjoyed

Did u just come down for the night or make a weekend of it?

Posted by dj_mdma on Apr-19-2007 18:35:

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Originally posted by klago
Review

I think it just goes to show how spoilt we are in the UK/Europe when we think that an event like that at the BIC is pretty mediocre, yet anyone from over the pond thinks its pretty damn good. And we see the top dance DJ's week in week out and we'll know when they play a crap set...i've seen PvD at least 8 times in the 12 months, and his set that night was poor!!

Posted by dj_mdma on Apr-19-2007 18:35:

Posted by klago on Apr-19-2007 21:46:

quote:
Originally posted by slinkyhead
up the escaltors on the left

You know it!!!

quote:

Did u just come down for the night or make a weekend of it?

Took the train down from Kent. Spent the night/morning in a hotel and took the train back.

Posted by kr00t0n on Apr-20-2007 10:13:

Bit delayed I know

My opinion:

Second Sun: Cheesy and Gash
Ferry: Rocked it, best set of the night.
PvD: Some good tunes, but lots of shit ones and awful progression.
Eddie: Hate him, so went to sit down.
Woods: didn't bother, not my bag.

Videos:

http://www.kr00t0n.com/Videos/Godsk...mouth_07-04-07/

Madagascar was tune of the night for me, along with Galaxia and the now ID'd FerryID1.wmv, which is Lemon & EInar K - Hope (featured in my latest mix )

As you will see in one of my PvD clips, I was not impressed when he sampled FAA, then brought in the gash that is Anthem

Posted by Rick D on Apr-20-2007 18:11:

quote:
Originally posted by klago

I also noticed a distinct change in the trebley range of the sound system. While Eddie uses the eq's alot I thought that this was the house sound that was colouring the mix.

That would have been down to him using a different mixer to PvD, could have also been the issue with the technicalities that he faced when he started. PvD brings his own mixer along with him when he plays that has much better sound quality than the standard DJM-600 (Will i ever stop harping on about it?? No because i have one and they're amazing )

Posted by klago on Apr-20-2007 20:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Rick D
That would have been down to him using a different mixer to PvD, could have also been the issue with the technicalities that he faced when he started. PvD brings his own mixer along with him when he plays that has much better sound quality than the standard DJM-600 (Will i ever stop harping on about it?? No because i have one and they're amazing )

Paul is an Allen and Heath kinda guy isn't he?

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