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Don't go to an Off The Rails event. I went to see J00F at that same club for that same night and it was some of the worst promoting I've ever witnessed.

One of best parties I've ever been to had Art of Trance, Union Jack, Terra Ferma, etc. Platipus Sound system.... Oct 1999 here in Toronto. Such an epic night. wow...

I still have the flyer on the wall of my office

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Originally posted by Swamper One of best parties I've ever been to had Art of Trance, Union Jack, Terra Ferma, etc. Platipus Sound system.... Oct 1999 here in Toronto. Such an epic night. wow... I still have the flyer on the wall of my office

I'd give my left nut to have a repeat of that night here.

Ferry & Lange in March if anyone is in Edinburgh.

I remember i had a cut out of an ad for a dance party at a Farm Station in the South Island around late 90s/early 00.
Art Of Trance and Terra Firma.
I had kept the cut out for years but didn't realise who it was at the time.
It would have been an amazing experience out in the station.
Imagine that soundtrack to this backdrop.
arg, pics aren't working.
Click if you give a damn

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Platipus Records Check out one of the last singles from Art Of Trance - Swarm including a superb Telefon Tel Aviv remix.

http://www.junodownload.com/products/swarm/1618537-02/


I'm at uni right now, so haven't checked it out yet, just saw it on facebook.

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Originally posted by netroM http://www.junodownload.com/products/swarm/1618537-02/ I'm at uni right now, so haven't checked it out yet, just saw it on facebook.

It's originally from 2009 though, so not all that new anymore.

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Originally posted by skip It's originally from 2009 though, so not all that new anymore.

Ah, I misread the facebook "announcement".

That is fucking massive indeed. I'm really curious to see what kind of style they're into now, and what tracks they will play. I'm hoping for someone to record the sets, but I'm guessing I won't get that lucky.

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Originally posted by AirPole That is fucking massive indeed. I'm really curious to see what kind of style they're into now, and what tracks they will play. I'm hoping for someone to record the sets, but I'm guessing I won't get that lucky.

No cameras (photos ok, no videos tho) during Art of Trance and Union Jack. So I doubt livesets will be recorded but you never know

what a sick line up!

jealous...

Ok who's coming in the end?
I'll have my DSLR and hopefully I'll be able to get around and take some good shots of the night!

Just me and you for definite, it seems. Possibly Watts, possibly Acton.

Wish I could go

EDIT: But I totally am on the remix competition.

Lucky Bastards! I am still waiting for them to come back to Canada.


Del: That was an Epic night for sure. My first party. I'll never forget partying in an underground parking structure.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Just me and you for definite, it seems. Possibly Watts, possibly Acton.

OK cool, it'd be great if Acton were coming too, this way we'd have a little meetup beforehand.

So yeah... this was a fantastic night. Obviously. The Ruby Lounge is a decent venue with a good soundsystem. It's just one large basement space with a dancefloor in one corner and a little curtained off lounge in the other corner. The decor is quite lavish with lots of thick carpet and nice leather sofas, which didn't give it a "grimy underground sweat box" vibe. The only complaint about the venue was due to it just being one large space - when there was a breakdown on one track you could hear the other soundsystem from the other side of the room quite clearly.

The music was even better than I expected. I got there just before midnight, and Simon Berry was on at midnight for an hour long DJ set as Art Of Trance. He played a good warm-up set - didn't bang out the obvious Platipus anthems - and dropped lots of deep but energetic trance. It's quite novel to hear a trance DJ who understands the concept of a warm-up set. The only shame was AOT was only 12-1am, and Union Jack was 2-3am. I was expecting two hour sets from each of them.

A local DJ called Bez 23 was on after AOT finished. At that point I went for a drink and to explore the rest of the place a bit. I ended up in the second room dancing with about three other people to one of the residents, a DJ called Fowler. He was playing a really good vinyl set, playing a lot of techno and dub-influenced breaks. I ended up spending the whole hour in there.

The Union Jack live set was where things went into full-on acid trance mode. They banged it out non-stop for the whole hour, really energetic and shitloads of soaring acid lines. It sounded really good through a club soundsystem, and the crowd were really into it. They held back on Two Full Moons until the encore. They'd finished and everyone was chanting for one more tune, but they were waiting for someone to shout the obvious name, and in the end I was the one who did it. Their live setup is decent, but it was really the strength of the music that carried it. There were a few occasions where a track would end abruptly while everyone was still in full dancing flow, which was a bit awkward. They cut Two Full Moons in this manner, rather than winding it down with an epic outro to finish on. It did feel like their live show was a bit rough, and they need to play more gigs and get a better knowledge of what the crowd are going to react well to. Still, these are minor criticisms, and this is the first time they've taken these tracks out on a live setting. It really didn't detract too much from the fantastic music, it just fell a bit short of the best live PAs I've seen.

Special mention should go to a resident called Nanook who played the final hour. He dropped a really awesome blend of spacey high-tempo techno and face melting psy-trance. His mixing was a bit rudimentary at times - a lot of ambient blending rather than beatmatching, but it was a great mix of unfamiliar music.

Overall it was 4 hours of great music and almost non-stop dancing. The hour spent in the second room really varied it up nicely for me. The crowd was pretty good too, everyone was very friendly and a lot of people grinning like lunatics. It was a real mix of people, from grizzled 40-somethings coming out of rave retirement to stereotypical raver hippies with dreadlocks and bottles of water, the kind of people I didn't think existed in 2011, and everyone in between. The venue definitely wasn't full, I'd say there were between 100-200 people there for most of the night, but there was lots of space on the dancefloor without it feeling empty, and everyone was creating a good vibe.

Sweet.

Ok so I think I know you who are now SYSTEM-J
I took some pretty good shots of the night so I'll post them later once they're edited and all. I'm way too shattered to do anything.
Had a good talk with Paul at the end of their set too!
I'll post my review of things sometime soon too.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J So yeah... this was a fantastic night. Obviously. The Ruby Lounge is a decent venue with a good soundsystem. It's just one large basement space with a dancefloor in one corner and a little curtained off lounge in the other corner. The decor is quite lavish with lots of thick carpet and nice leather sofas, which didn't give it a "grimy underground sweat box" vibe. The only complaint about the venue was due to it just being one large space - when there was a breakdown on one track you could hear the other soundsystem from the other side of the room quite clearly. The music was even better than I expected. I got there just before midnight, and Simon Berry was on at midnight for an hour long DJ set as Art Of Trance. He played a good warm-up set - didn't bang out the obvious Platipus anthems - and dropped lots of deep but energetic trance. It's quite novel to hear a trance DJ who understands the concept of a warm-up set. The only shame was AOT was only 12-1am, and Union Jack was 2-3am. I was expecting two hour sets from each of them. A local DJ called Bez 23 was on after AOT finished. At that point I went for a drink and to explore the rest of the place a bit. I ended up in the second room dancing with about three other people to one of the residents, a DJ called Fowler. He was playing a really good vinyl set, playing a lot of techno and dub-influenced breaks. I ended up spending the whole hour in there. The Union Jack live set was where things went into full-on acid trance mode. They banged it out non-stop for the whole hour, really energetic and shitloads of soaring acid lines. It sounded really good through a club soundsystem, and the crowd were really into it. They held back on Two Full Moons until the encore. They'd finished and everyone was chanting for one more tune, but they were waiting for someone to shout the obvious name, and in the end I was the one who did it. Their live setup is decent, but it was really the strength of the music that carried it. There were a few occasions where a track would end abruptly while everyone was still in full dancing flow, which was a bit awkward. They cut Two Full Moons in this manner, rather than winding it down with an epic outro to finish on. It did feel like their live show was a bit rough, and they need to play more gigs and get a better knowledge of what the crowd are going to react well to. Still, these are minor criticisms, and this is the first time they've taken these tracks out on a live setting. It really didn't detract too much from the fantastic music, it just fell a bit short of the best live PAs I've seen. Special mention should go to a resident called Nanook who played the final hour. He dropped a really awesome blend of spacey high-tempo techno and face melting psy-trance. His mixing was a bit rudimentary at times - a lot of ambient blending rather than beatmatching, but it was a great mix of unfamiliar music. Overall it was 4 hours of great music and almost non-stop dancing. The hour spent in the second room really varied it up nicely for me. The crowd was pretty good too, everyone was very friendly and a lot of people grinning like lunatics. It was a real mix of people, from grizzled 40-somethings coming out of rave retirement to stereotypical raver hippies with dreadlocks and bottles of water, the kind of people I didn't think existed in 2011, and everyone in between. The venue definitely wasn't full, I'd say there were between 100-200 people there for most of the night, but there was lots of space on the dancefloor without it feeling empty, and everyone was creating a good vibe.

Awesome

Really gutted I couldn't attend this

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Originally posted by ponsshin Ok so I think I know you who are now SYSTEM-J I took some pretty good shots of the night so I'll post them later once they're edited and all. I'm way too shattered to do anything. Had a good talk with Claudio Giussani at the end of their set too! I'll post my review of things sometime soon too.

Yeah, I know who you were now. I had an idea that you were the guy with the camera, but there were at least three guys there with cameras and I didn't want to risk asking a randomer if they went by the name of "ponsshin". Also the music was so good throughout there was never really a spell I felt like stopping and having a conversation.

Really wish I could've been there as well. I needa fly over for a nice party some time

Yeah same when I was taking shots, I couldn't really focus on the music at some points which was a shame

To the people who attended this, were you familiar with any of the AoT or Union Jack sets? Was it fair mixture of past and present or most past? Thanks

Thanks for the report. Have seen some videos on youtube of their performance last summer at Ozora and I really look forward to seeing them if I have the opportunity in the future.

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