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| Originally posted by devnull Sound Academy |
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| Originally posted by Skipper Where would you even put Sven in Toronto outside of guv? |
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| Originally posted by geroin 99sudbury imagine? |
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| Originally posted by Skipper Where would you even put Sven in Toronto outside of guv? |
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| Originally posted by kotsy silver dollar |
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| Originally posted by thesauce23 win! |
So I gave up waiting for Papa Sven to come to Toronto, and made my pilgrimage to Germany to see him this summer. Words cannot do justice to how good a DJ this man is.
He did have some of his antics in tow, but his set was much more than that. Sure his cooky dancing, and fan interaction was fun to watch, but honestly, I didn't even need to watch the stage most of the time.
The event was Greenfields in Munich, the 10th anniversary. The line up was STACKED: Sven, Marco Carola, Fanciulli..and more. I got there a bit late, and came into Carola just destroying the smaller stage. The guy has so much control, and definitely knows his music. But, we got word that Sven had already started on the big stage, and with it being 6pm, I was happy to hear that, because I knew he would be closing it out at 10pm.
Sven's biggest gift is track selection, as is the case with a lot of the older DJs. The art of mixing wasn't big when he started out, and you can tell; he is a dodgy mixer sometimes, but you just don't care mostly. He had a great knack for picking songs that you get lost in; but not only picking songs, but stringing them together. (imagine that!)
He took a lot of washroom breaks, for what reason I don't know but he really didn't spend a lot of time actually on stage. Did the set suffer? Not one bit. Most of the time the song he left on, while he disappeared was killer, and you didn't even notice.
It was raining almost the entire night, and just pouring for the last two hours, but nobody was moving, including myself. He had an incredible build, which showed a lot of patience. My gripe with a lot of DJs today, is that they don't build to the end. They build for a while, you go crazy, then they just loose direction. With Sven, it was clear that he was driving you home.
Over all the sounds of the set were varied, with techno undertones at all times. Lots of melody, some clicks and clacks, but just good groovy tunes for the whole time. Honestly, I love his sound because is the perfect mix of trance and techno. It has the melody/rhythms of trance from the late 90s, but the polished feel of modern techno. Needless to say, the 4 hours were too short.
I have never enjoyed really long sets, and I think 2 hours is best for most DJ's. This was probably one of the best sets, I have ever heard in my life, no joke, and that is over the course of 10 years of partying. Go figure, it took me 10 years to see this guy, and I'm just mad I cannot see him more often. Germany sure is lucky.
This event was the highlight of my entire trip to Europe, and I will never forget partying in the rain, at a golf/polo club, with fireworks going off, and stomping around in the mud. The crowd was amazing, the sound was amazing, and the music was hypnotic.
Go see Papa Sven.
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Random things from the festival:
1) As I was walking in, they were throwing out a giant german man, dressed head to toe in leather. He was probably 45, 280 pounds and 6 foot three. He was crying like a little girl in German. Hilarious.
2) I went to go to the washroom, and took my ear plugs out to ask the security guard where the washroom was. After I take a leak, I am surrounded by 6 police officers who are accusing me of having drugs. Apperently the first guy mistook my ear plugs as drugs and radioed ahead to the others.
As I was getting searched I put my arms up, in typical pat down fashion, and the cop says:
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| Sir, put down your arms, this is not America. |
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| SIR, PUT YOUR AMRS DOWN, THIS IS NOT AMERICA |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Awesome.
LOL at the cop story. We should grab a beer or 2 before the summer's up dude.
Really well written! Your descriptions made me close my eyes and I could vividly picture dancing in the rain to Sven! Took me back to DEMF. I totally agree with you about his 90s melodic infused-modern techno sound. So fucking good. I don't think he left the stage at DEMF really...funny how he went to the bathroom so many times during the festival lol 
If you have any pics or vids from this festival, please share!
I think most 'musicians' get a free pass in the behaviour dept.
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| Originally posted by Orko |
Saw Sven twice this year.... got a a 2hour punch of him at DEMF which was amazing...
But then got to see him do his 10hour set at his Love Family park this year... how that man did 10 hours and made all of fun, relevant and build over that long is amazing! He was having so much fun, epic tunes, really threw a great festival for Frankfurt.
Spectacular, the closing 30mins were just something in absolute awe that you witnessed, the fireworks, the confetti, him on the mic mixing broken horrible German accented English then into German again.
Got to see Cocoon in Frankfurt as well, what nice cool club.
Sven is the man!
I'll never forget Sven @ DEMF. Unreal...
I'd honestly consider traveling to Europe just to see him at an outdoor festival if I had the time off work.
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| Originally posted by Orko |
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| Originally posted by jsibilin ^ hahaha i love sven and would see him in Ibiza when I get the chance as for his antics LOVE EM! the best vid though would have to be this: |
I'd be extremely pissed off at that set up. Too many people in my work space
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| Originally posted by Yohan I'd be extremely pissed off at that set up. Too many people in my work space |
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| Originally posted by MSZ Sync button that hard to press these days huh? |
Lol i sounded mad
01 Flying Lotus Feat. Thom Yorke � Electric Candyman
02 Matthew Herbert � It�s Only (DJ Koze Remix)
03 Shed � Day After
04 Rachel Row � Follow The Step (KiNK Beat Mix)
05 Boris Werner � Set It Off (Makam Orchestra Drama Remix)
06 Daniel Stefanik � Rush
07 Marcel Fengler � Frantic
08 Stephen Brown � Fuego (Ben Sims Remix)
09 Psyk � Distane
10 Urban Peace � Get Up (Clap Yo Hands) (Blake Baxter Get Lifted Mix)
11 Tuff City Kids � SFS
12 Eats Everything � Vertigo
13 I:Cube � Transpiration
14 Margot � Liuff Settanta
15 Gary Beck � Before The Crash
16 Harvey McKay � First Strike From Mars
17 Manic Brothers � Black Bay
18 Donna Summer � I Feel Love (Sterac Instrumental Dub)
19 Gregor Tresher � About A Good Place
20 Guy J � Fixation
21 Terranova Feat. Thomas Hoffding � Question Mark (Adam Port Remix)
22 Delano Smith � Inspiration (Reconstructed By Makam)
here is a better quality file.
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer GAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. |
Sven isn't weird, he's just German.
This is still my fave video. Wonder how his jaw felt the next day
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