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| Originally posted by Ninjapimp What can I say that hasn't been said??? Great party, great mixing (especially Orkidea), and great people. Glad to meet so many of you guys. Special thanks to El Kay Dee and infinity HiGH for putting up with my slight detour  getting up there. It was awesome meeting up with you guys, even though our meet-spot was ghetto.....  (Note to self: Neither of you would be my map guys in a rally  )Does anyone have somewhere to host pics? I have hosted some of my favs in my personal album, but I don't really wanna put them all there. Here are a few (resized for you dial-up'ers) from last night: |
THIS IS THE BEZT PICTURE OF THE WHOLE NIGHT:
PROPS TO NINJAPIMP
OMG!
That was THE BEST party of my life! OMG... I'm absolutely amazed.
I must say: I LOVE TA's!!! 
*mwah* to all of ya. 
It was tons of fun meeting so many of you last night, many for the first time.
Shout-outs to: Endlesswave (Endless props for introducing me to all of this!), RJ (Tons of fun and the best conversations!), Elmo-On-XTC (Always fun to be around.), mot10n (Workin' the ladies.
), Hordash (Off the wall.), Swamper (What you've started is insane! Awesome stuff.), Durafei (The only other TA on the bus and the best russian ever!), SAGE (Thank you so much!), LKD (Pure smiles.), Tatgirl (Nice meeting a female TA.), rubyriva (Flattering T.O. with her props to our parties.), Maxtuh (Nice meeting you.), Highroller (You know what you're good at, nice stuff.), Az (Still towering over us.), Margaret (Another female TA!), Loconet (Loco, como siempre!), Mike (Nice to meet you!). I know I've missed some, but shout-outs to you too!
TA's made the night! There's no way it would've been the same without the us. 
The DJ's were awesome. I cannot complain about a single song. It was all heaven to me. I, like others, did have some asking me what I had taken, lol. (Before I even drank.) I could've and would've liked to go on for hours and hours! 
For some reason, I walked into Viva (when there were only a dozen people in there) and was surprised that it was smaller than I had imagined. But in the heat of it all (literally too, lol) it looked so much bigger, packed with partiers.
As for the four friends that I brought along with me: The one guy was a bit too blown away by it all, lol. One of the girls loved the music, but tired quickly. The other two girls weren't crazy about the music, but loved the whole thing. They found the fact that everyone's there for the music, not mackin' (like in the clubs they're used to), to be interesting and pretty cool. All of the others that I invited along and met up with there, said that they loved it as well. Let's see how many I can recruit for next time...
Rave reviews from me. I'm so looking forward to the next one.
-Priscila
Awsome party , great music, great people.
Shout-outs to all that attended and whoever didnt go, YOU SUCK!
so who else thinks we should wear name tags next time? 
That was an exquisite party to say the least!
I won�t be long since I had only 2 hours of sleep after that madness, so let�s hope you can decipher my assessment
Orkidea:: sheer class! I found it peculiar to acclimatize to such elegantly uplifting sounds as soon as I stepped in the club; nevertheless his music was inimitable. I didn�t talk to a single person who recognized more than a couple of tunes from his set.
J00F:: the man bored me for a good part of his set, but as the night progressed he picked it up and came back to whoop my ass with vengeance at end. [ anybody remembers that �witch�s tune?�? wtf was that, that beat was out of this world ] The psychedelic trance was an unexpected touch, even though Halo called it well in advance. Well done mate.
Deko-Ze:: the man owns me! Tribal, progressive, techno then all out of nowhere for an angel!?! That was so unexpected, it was an absolutely brilliant incorporation. Everything aside I�ll just say GATEX+BAGUETTE fuck me I got destroyed!
Hartec:: his rigid hardstyle drained the little energy I had left after such a journey. You can�t get beats like this anywhere else in Toronto, I know you read this board so I�ll praise you once again brother, it was a job well done! The harder the better & more Rotterdam Hardcore plz!
And what better way to end the night than with Feel the Silence. What a moment�
Cheers
I�m off to sleep and I�m gonna let Liam turn this thread into his stylin�profilin modeling portfolio
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| Originally posted by loconet so who else thinks we should wear name tags next time? |
And I thought I was the only one thinking that!
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| Originally posted by loconet Awsome party , great music, great people. Shutouts to all that attended and whoever didnt go, YOU SUCK! so who else thinks we should wear name tags next time? |
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| Originally posted by halo20 Infinity_High: Brotha, you were making the funniest faces in the end. Did you enjoy yourself? It's always nice to rock the floor with cha. |
I'm guessing my faces were something like this?
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| Originally posted by infinity HiGH ...or swamper should provide us with custom t-shirts with our names written on them |
(I knew I forgot some more shouts)
Hordash: I realize you like dance music a little harder than myself but you had enough faith in J00F to stay till the end, I love it. I thought a lot of the sets last night, made us all happy. A little of both. Nice seeing you out buddy, fuck digweed? haha I was up for some fun.
Sooper: One of these days we're gonna have to sit down, have a coffee and figure out that fucking mystery. haha Cuz that is pretty funny. I only ran into you for a couple seconds at a time, but nevertherless you're always sporting an excellent vibe.
O,k,
stoned review in da house....
i cried at the beginning. very nostalgic for me. as some can remember! very uplifting and emotionally charged. what a start to the night. and here we go.
i was surprised at the beginning of the set. started off really high energy,which is unlike orkidea's style. but i enjoyed it anyhow. no real cheesey shit.
the last hour got my ass shakin'. none stop. he tore it up.
i picked him after tiesto to make it as one of the top ten. at only 25, i think a few more years and he might be the next to make the top ten.
he didn't play the matrix track he produced, that was a dissapointment.
he was above and beyond many i've heard before, and his set was a far cry above 00's.
done and done,
peace
spaceman
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| Originally posted by infinity HiGH ...or swamper should provide us with custom t-shirts with our names written on them |
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| Originally posted by AmbiguousBliss Good idea. But if that doesn't happen, I'm getting my own! |
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Originally posted by Bizz  - *sniff* |
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| Originally posted by cycloptor i say to you. where were you at state01 and wintergalactic beforehand. |
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee THIS IS THE BEZT PICTURE OF THE WHOLE NIGHT: PROPS TO NINJAPIMP |
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| Originally posted by cycloptor on another note, from what i've read a lot of people seem suprised my orkidea and how fucking good he is. i say to you. where were you at state01 and wintergalactic beforehand. |
wow! looks like u all had a blast!! i think i wish i was there!!
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| Originally posted by trancearmada Flemming what can I say, I thought he had the worst set of the whole night. Nice first part of the set, but than he went goa and I was like WTF? (DISCLAIMER: Before you go and start flaming, think about what others said about Ivals, they did not like him, but I loved him) I know Flemming is notorious for playing some of it in his sets, but my God enough is enough. He went on for at least 2 hours with it if not more. I used to like Goa in '96-'97 period but than it before I got into trance and later progg and techno. And has anyone noticed he used 95% CD's when he spun? WTF? None the less he spun a few good tunes. |
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| Originally posted by cycloptor same here i hate missing orkidea, my favourite dj, i cry. on another note, from what i've read a lot of people seem suprised my orkidea and how fucking good he is. i say to you. where were you at state01 and wintergalactic beforehand. |
but I knew that Orkidea was amazing from others, and from the sets I've downloaded by him.
Delivered goods!!!!!
Finally we get 2 headliners and they both kicked ass!!!
This is the third time for me seeing Orkidea and he delivered once again. His mixing was pretty much dead on, and did a great job bringing in each track. Orkidea, at some points, i felt were a little slow, but i have to say the last hour of his set was incredible.
Orkidea played:
Altas - Compass Error (Tarrentella vs Redanka Remake)
Fluid In Motion - Insurgery
Flash - The Day After (Perfecto remix)
U2 - Staring At The Sun (Brothers in Rhythm mix)
Dj Tomcraft - Loneliness
Orkidea's set 8.5/10
Flemming... I haven't seen this guy since WEMF 2001, i thought he was amazing and better this time around. Solid mixing all way through. Now, i'm not much into psy, but lastnight JOOF did a crazy job on making me love his set. Even though he didn't start playing the banging tracks right off the bat, i still thought he had the top set of the night.
Flemming played:
Junkie XL feat. Saffron - Beauty Never Fades
Fluid In Motion - Insurgery
Bk & Nick Sentience - Flash (Original Mix)
Faithless - God Is A Dj (Astral Projection remix)
Energy 52 - "Cafe Del Mar 2002 (JOOF remix)"
JOOF's set = 9.5/10 (no dissappointments)
Since i was way to tired after being up for an extremely long and hard day and having very little sleep the night before, i ended up leaving early during dekoze's set. so no review on that other then his opener snipet from "Beauty Never fades" and going into Ashtrax - "Digital Reason (Ogenkt Clinic mix)" was cool i guess. And always the predictable "Baguette" (Dekoze's all-time fav track) mades it's appearance... great mix job though!!!
I give this party a 8/10... only problem i had was that the sound was way too loud... earplugs is a must for next time, and the other problem i had was that even through Viva a decent venue, it's also is dirty venue... plus the decor could use an upgrade, this place reminds me of the docks main room only alot smaller. The dj's lastnight were great though, so that makes up for it.
Btw we need to know the track played right after Atlas - "Compass Error", it was the first track that the crowd really reacted to early in Orkidea's set.
Oh my god, what an amazing night!!! Music was good all night (not amazing), my favourite was Orkidea. Dekoze was good, but I've seen him much better (i.e. much harder), and Hartec was as I expected from what everyone said about him, liked the second half of his set better.
But the real treat was the absolutely amazing atmosphere created by all the TA's and TA friends. I was expecting more of a genoish crowd, and in fact the crowd turned out to be one of the best ever. Oh, and Viva, WOW!!!
Thanks so much to everyone for a great night, see you all soon hopefully. Special thanks to Swamper and Itikia.
Wow. What a fantasic night. I'm very happy I decided to go last minute. I needed this, my cheeks were literly in pain by the end from smiling so much throughout the night.
I got there at about 10pm and there couldn't have been more then 2 or 3 people on the entire dance floor. In the words of xtollo "It feels like a highschool dance". Everyone was standing around the sides of the event.
The first DJ on was playing hard for an opener set and I don't think a lot of people were ready or capable of jumping right into the party like that. Good mixing, and in hindsight it was a good way to let the crowd know that they were in for a night of bang'n trance. By 11pm the place had tranceformed. I turned around and it seemed like instantly 200 more people came from nowhere. By this point there were more bodies on the floor but it seemed only to be the case because all of the couches on the sides had been filled up.
Orkidea,.... um wow. This set surpassed my expectations and was increadibly melodic (in a sort of overdrive distortion kind of way). I was having a blast within 10 minutes of his set. Somewhere in the middle of the set my night took a turn for the worse with an unfourtunate run in with a single security guard who felt he had the right to throw me out his way dispite having easily 7 feet on either side of me go around. Worst part was, he was half my size (made me feel like pushing him out my way next time!) and there was no apparent reason for his behaviour (ie emergency that he had to get to). This jerk dampered my next 30 minutes after which the music was so good it put me back in a excelent mood again.
J00F was great. He mixed in a lot of psy trance (borderline goa at times) which was energetic and nice to hear out. Most of the crowd seemed to like it as by this time the place off the hook. It got more insane when the epic stuff got dropped in from time to time.
Dekoze was so into it it perked me back up and got my sore ass dancing again. It was very diverse set begining with Techno to hard trance, to breaks, to melodic trance... It was all good and the crowd loved it. Fantasic mixing the whole time on his part. Wow.
To sum it up: Great crowd, everyone behaved themselves from what I saw and I met a lot of fantasic people as well as many good friends. Great music, no, really great music and a amazing sound system to go with it! Great lazers and lighting (except for the cartoon characters dancing that was on at the begining, that made me feel like I was in kindergarden.... kindergarden kids should not be at raves, therefore this doesn't work). This is probably new favourite venue. Thank you Viva and everyone who was there for a very memorable night.
nusty.
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J00F track from last night
This track was played towards the end of J00f's set (4:35am ish) (4th or 5th last track, I'm guessing). It was a really melodic trance track (as opposed to the psy stuff he was also playing) with about 4 buildups /breakdowns. I think the track played right after it was done by astral projection. The track was off of a CD since there was no record on either deck at the time.
It probably one of the last one or two melodic /epic trance tracks of the night that he played.
The synth line was incredible and kept being rebuilt.
There were no vocals. The next track to have a vocal was the second one after this with a robotic vocal in the begining right before the bass dropped. (I'm hoping people can work backwards and remember the one I'm trying to get at.
I wish I could give more info.
This sounded about a year ahead of most current similar trance.
thanks for any and all help.
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| Originally posted by nusty J00F track from last night This track was played towards the end of J00f's set (4:35am ish) (4th or 5th last track, I'm guessing). It was a really melodic trance track (as opposed to the psy stuff he was also playing) with about 4 buildups /breakdowns. I think the track played right after it was done by astral projection. The track was off of a CD since there was no record on either deck at the time. It probably one of the last one or two melodic /epic trance tracks of the night that he played. The synth line was incredible and kept being rebuilt. There were no vocals. The next track to have a vocal was the second one after this with a robotic vocal in the begining right before the bass dropped. (I'm hoping people can work backwards and remember the one I'm trying to get at. I wish I could give more info. This sounded about a year ahead of most current similar trance. thanks for any and all help. |
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee and does anyone know if the girls in the pic below are TAs? |
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| Originally posted by loconet so who else thinks we should wear name tags next time? |
I was like WTF !!! Watching the hot azn bartender chics helped ease the pain but just a little 
I got there around 12:30 and they didn't have any that time. Does anyone know if they were serving them before? Luckily I finished off a pack of revs before I came in so I didn't feel like having a word with management 
ya, they were definately serving Rev's before...
...and how can you ppl drink that, to put it lightly, crap?
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