Review: The "New Basement" - LOCO, Sunday morning

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Posted by jon jon on Jan-29-2008 19:54:

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-29-2008 19:56:

Posted by WillyWonka on Jan-29-2008 20:12:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
NO!

It is (the new) Basement.

Back in the day it was a club called "Bassmint" (with the stories of that place deserves it's own thread).

Fixed!

Posted by rabbitjoker on Jan-29-2008 20:16:

quote:
Originally posted by WillyWonka
Fixed!

That's right. Bassmint was in it's own league of crackyness (nothing around today compares).

Posted by WillyWonka on Jan-29-2008 20:25:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
That's right. Bassmint was in it's own league of crackyness (nothing around today compares).

Agreed.

Last year I was suppose to check out Francois K. at Crosstown the new venue, but never made it. Cracks me out to hear this "new place" has better ventilation than CZ. The old "bassmint" you had to bring your own respirator and carry an oxygen tank of your own to survive its madness. PURE CHAOS!!!

Bassmint was still the sketchiest afterhours I'd ever been to followed by Spincat or whatever it was called.

Posted by joinT on Jan-29-2008 20:26:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Back in the day it was a club called "Bassmint" (with the stories of that place deserves it's own thread).

QFT. I remember that place..

Posted by rabbitjoker on Jan-29-2008 20:29:

quote:
Originally posted by WillyWonka
Bassmint was still the sketchiest afterhours I'd ever been to followed by Spincat or whatever it was called.

LOL! That is exactly was I was going to say.

Bassmint & Spincat (Isabella & Yonge I think) were way more intense (like camping...) than anything I've ever seen before.

Posted by WillyWonka on Jan-29-2008 20:30:

Blast from the past, we used to go to Bassmint right after Limelight closed on Wednesday nights!

Posted by Ni-Cd on Jan-29-2008 20:59:

Bassmint, lol...

Re: ventilation; to the defense of Zone...there wasn't nearly the amount of people sweating it up @ Basement compared to a typical zone day.. As it starts to fill up on weekends, I'm sure there will be rising concern regarding the air quality. Nothing compares to zone on new years day though... it was like walking through a wall of water, everywhere you went. Unreal. Portable oxygen is a great idea.

Posted by afterhrsgurl on Jan-29-2008 21:42:

quote:
Originally posted by WillyWonka
The old "bassmint" you had to bring your own respirator and carry an oxygen tank of your own to survive its madness.

LOOOL oh wow

Posted by london_ta on Jan-29-2008 22:58:

Let's talk about the sketchy girl who WAS promoting for The Basemen Saturday night outside of Footwork.

I was waiting outside Footwork in my car for some friends to grab there coats. This girl sees me roll down my window to have a smoke. Instantly she darts across the street towards my car.

Girl: �You wanna come to this after party?�
Me: �Ummm� maybe. Where is it?�
Girl: �Here take these� *gives me a bunch basement promotion card*
Me: �Ohhhh I heard about this place. I was actually thinking about checking it out one day.�
Girl: �Umm you should like totally come to it today��it�s like, like it�s wicked�.. like, like we have dj�s�.. and like, like its gonna be awesome.�
Me: *I burst out laughing at her* �Yeah I know Paranoid Jack, Dj Rudee and El Duran are playing there now�� I�ll like, like, like maybe checkout�. *I rolled up my window as my friends all laughed at her*

I ended up at zone that morning. At 2 pm I decided to check out �The Basement�. I drove all the way over to it, paid for parking and the fuckin place wasn�t open. The door was locked and it looked like nothing was going on inside.

Anyone know whats the deal with that? It closes at 5 pm???

NOT BEING A PROMOTER. I heard from a few people it was a good spot to checkout. The girls to guys ratio is a huge bonus from the flood in boys town at cz.

Posted by kotsy on Jan-29-2008 23:56:

When CiRCA opened I immediate had a hate on because I'm a loyal Guv patron. Now the loyal CZ fanatic is peturbed by this 'new basement.

Like CiRCA, I will definitely check this place out and see what it has to offer. Competition brings out the best in everyone. Hell.. maybe CZ will end up lowering it's cover (I heard it used to be 10 or 15 when there were 3-4 other after-after hour clubs in TO).

I hope it does well as it's always nice to have a choice of what to do at 7am when Guv kicks everyone out, lol. The furniture definitely sounds more comfortable than comfort zone's.. what's the deal with that??

Posted by Ozmozis on Jan-29-2008 23:58:

quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
I hope it does well as it's always nice to have a choice of what to do at 7am when Guv kicks everyone out, lol. The furniture definitely sounds more comfortable than comfort zone's.. what's the deal with that??

The couches were definetly comfortable!

Posted by barbina on Jan-30-2008 00:10:

quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
The furniture definitely sounds more comfortable than comfort zone's.. what's the deal with that??

i love the zone couches. its all about your state of mind not the materials.

i may check out this place.. not for a long long time though.. im new to zone and i think im sticking with 1 after hours for the time being

Posted by Sasha on Jan-30-2008 00:24:

Posted by samhouse on Jan-30-2008 03:01:

great thread!!!

totally didn't expect it to head in this direction when i answered Sheldon's review earlier.

This word "loyalty" has been poppin up alot lately. Not in a good way either. This i hope is a trend that discontinues sooner rather than later.

also london_ta it probably shut down early. As mentioned in this thread it empties out by mid-morning (between 11 and noon) so that might have had something to do with it.

Posted by Stilez on Jan-30-2008 03:22:

talk about couches... I remember the Bassmint had some wikkid ass couch lol..aka mattress if memory serves me correct.

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jan-30-2008 03:35:

Re: Re: Review: The "New Basement" - LOCO, Sunday morning

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
If it is 178 Bathurst

I was at a techno party at 178 Bathurst back in December, and the space was called "BLAK" then!

You walk down an narrow alley and enter into the basement of a building. There are essentially two 'rooms' that wer created at the party I was at.

Place had a great feel.

Loved it. Was a great night of techno. If we're talking same place (178 Bathurst) then I'd love to hit it up on a morning for some good party times!!

EDIT:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
It was named "Blak" the latter part of 2007. It is the same location - yes.

AHhhh!! That clears it up! SAME PLACE! Nice.

Posted by samhouse on Jan-30-2008 03:40:

yeah i stopped by on a friday night not too long ago to see The Pharmacist play. It was called Black but that was probably the name of the night. Jelo was there too earlier this month.

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jan-30-2008 03:51:

quote:
Originally posted by samhouse
It was called Black but that was probably the name of the night. Jelo was there too earlier this month.

Nope, that was what the venue was being called, Sam. "Blak."

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-30-2008 17:23:

Based on this thread alone, I think I may go on Sunday. lol

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jan-30-2008 17:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Button
Based on this thread alone, I think I may go on Sunday. lol

PROMOTION WORKS!! haha lol

Posted by Rook on Jan-30-2008 17:44:

same

Posted by breakawayj on Feb-01-2008 19:09:

The "club" is called BLAK.....The party is Called "Loco" lol I've never seen so much confusion about one venue lol....

i've heard only good things though and you cant go wrong with that DJ line up.....i miss hearing those guys rip it up

will eventually check the place out.....my boss is actually a part owner haha

Posted by kotsy on Feb-01-2008 20:03:

Who's going to Loco this Sunday?

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