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| Originally posted by fayraree Wow, I don't know if it's my old age or dirty tribal, or a combination of both, but I'm broken. |
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| Originally posted by SuperJimbo Did anyone else see a leprechaun?  (P.S. Vibe > C+C) |
Lots of photos from this night at a link I found on HouseAddict.
http://picasaweb.google.com/john.mi...VIBEMARCH172007
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| Originally posted by mickmack i'm with you on that one! it hurt to roll out of bed today... |
Saturday was good times. The party was very well run, and there were no hassles whatsoever. The Liberation Lounge was bumping for the entire night. Every time I went in there, the tunes and vibe were absolutely killer. Although everyone in the Lounge played a great set, I was most impressed with Crandall K and his partner. Their style was a bit more up my ally.
Chus & Ceballos played one of the better sets that I've seen them play. The latter half of their set was especially good. The crowd was very into it by the end of their set. Vibe kind of dissapointed me to be honest. He started off pretty slowly, and then worked his way into some very monotonous techy tribal. I waited it out for as long as I could, but since he wasn't really changing it up at all, I decided to leave. I was more impressed with his set when he was at Sonic back in June.
The crowd was awesome. It was the perfect mix of people. I was actually surprised at how full The Docks was. The promotion team did a good job. It's not easy to pull off a night like that after Lawler, and right before WMC.
I wish I could have had more fun at this party, but I was just exhausted from Lawler the night before.
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| Originally posted by The Highroller Vibe kind of dissapointed me to be honest. |
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| Originally posted by jon jon C&C played... Nic Fanciulli feat. Julie McKnight - Finally Got Lucky (The Junkies vs. Dubfire Remix) (vince of the vinyl junkie's EDIT, how sick is that?) |
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| Originally posted by mickmack sound quality isn't the best in the first clip. |
ok I think i can finally write a review
It was my first tribal event and I must say i had the best time!! Liberation lounge was siiickkk.. Jeff Button ur awesome , C&C ...WOW WOW WOW, Dj vibe was soo impressive, and also a great crowd. I remember my legs were hurtin so much but i couldnt stop dancin.
Saw alotta familiar faces and met alotta TAs..not gonna name em all but it was nice meetin u guys.
overall an AMAZING NITE
aaaaand done
ok bye.
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| Originally posted by urban_legend Wow how the fuck did they make Andains - Beautiful Things so good with that tribal goodness!?!?!  |
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| Originally posted by mickmack |
I had an AWESOME time! The stars were all aligned for this one.
Got there at 11 and there was no lineup to get in...the place was kinda empty as well. The sound system was also very loud and didn't sound to good (the system wasn't tuned properly or something???)
Went to the Liberation Lounge and hung out there for a good chunk of Jeff and Kevin's set. They were doin' a bangin' job!!
Headed over to the main room for C+C and the first couple of tracks were not my cup of tea at all. Had me yawning at one point. But they definitely turned it up a few notches and played a really good set.
Highlight of the night for me was the man closing out the party - DJ VIbe. A simple AWESOME set!!! He was sooooooo much better than the last time he was here @ Sonic on Portuguese Day.
This is definitely the party of the year for me, and could remaing that way for the duration of 2007. I can't imagine a party being better than this. The vibe was awesome, music was awesome, lots of friendly faces, and a couple of unexpected events too. 
Props to the organizers of the event. The decorations were really well done.
I've been listening to nothing but tribal since...
Damn, I guess I just left Vibe too early?
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| Originally posted by The Highroller Damn, I guess I just left Vibe too early? |
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| Originally posted by The Highroller I was most impressed with Crandall K and his partner. Their style was a bit more up my ally. |
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| Originally posted by The Highroller Damn, I guess I just left Vibe too early? |
Seeing these videos makes me wanna build a time machine and travel back to 10pm saturday night and do the whole weekend over again!!!! such a good time !!!!!!!!!
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| Originally posted by dj_souvlaki |
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| Originally posted by Djsketchbag Seeing these videos makes me wanna build a time machine and travel back to 10pm saturday night and do the whole weekend over again!!!! such a good time !!!!!!!!! |
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| Originally posted by T@^K If you watch that video very carefully, you can see my buddy on the platform (to the left of Jay) grab a tableet and put it in his pocket. |
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| Originally posted by Djsketchbag Seeing these videos makes me wanna build a time machine and travel back to 10pm saturday night and do the whole weekend over again!!!! such a good time !!!!!!!!! |
Ni-Cd's Review!
As per usual, CC'd to www.HOUSEADDICT.com!! It was such a great time. This is uber-late getting out...my apologies; hard to strike while the iron is hot sometimes...
It's been a pretty hectic week, so I haven't had an opportunity to complete this as soon as I wished...I usually reserve Wednesday nights for writing, but the (welcome) flip in temperature gave me a bummer of a headache. Whaa whaa whaa, on with life eh?? 
And with that, I present to you:
First and foremost... so that some of you don't waste your ENTIRE night reading this, I've introduced a fast-track method of reading my reviews. I call this... : The Lisa-Loo digest version of Ni-Cd's reviews. This will be like...the cole's notes of my reviews.
So enjoy:
Got there, danced in the liberation room, loved the music, saw the djs, met some cool people up in vip, danced in main room, heard vinyl junkies remix, got flat tire, went home happy anyways. Verdict: great time. /end Lisa-Loo notes. You can stop reading now!
And now for those who like a little more detail:
I didn't plan on attending this event... I had so much going on, and other things to commit the cashola to at the time, like my comic book collection (ahem, I mean, my graphic novel collection). The Walking Dead has a sweet story arch coming up that I truly did not want to miss. So I booked the weekend to spend at home.
With my expectations of not attending this event, imagine my ABSOLUTELY thrilled surprise to find in my email inbox two free tickets courtesy of SLURPY RADIO! I had entered a contest they advertised on Face Book a couple of weeks early--and my name had been selected. I was thrilled! I danced it up with my pet poodle, honey. She was happy for me, then immediately crashed to complete her all-day-nap. Unfortunately, my woman was still recovering from being el-sicko (uber-el sicko...she had to get a cat scan and everything...no worries, she's aok now). So I had two tickets, and needed a dancin' buddy. Cat had told me she probably wouldn't be going to this event, and I love dancin' it up with her, so I totally sweet talked her into being my 'date.' She graciously agreed, and we decided to meet up at the Docks around 10 pm, because we figured it would be super busy.
Talking to other peeps involved in this event, we heard that guestlist would be $35 (yeah...that's REDUCED people... i heard it got around $50 to get in the door!!). And that there'd be virtually NO vip access. VIP is one of those things I wishy wash on...i'll explain later.
So I arrived at 10:30ish after picking up Psiico. As usually, he was a mess from the get go, providing ample entertainment on the way down. I always plan in the back of my head too, that if the cops pull me over and find out my real identity, i can throw psiico at them and make my escape. So really, i'm not that nice of a guy for picking him up. See Psiico? *taps head* i'm always thinkin' buddy. Watch out for me. Dropped at birth was already in line...he gave me the heads up that the bridge was out, and we had to go around.
Ok, driving down the DVP with some fast house tunes pumping and talking to Dropped at birth on the phone...when he said 'the bridge was out' i immediately thought of the general-lee hitting a jump... that'd be SWEET!!
I looked at my Acura and tested the gas peddal, all hyped. Naw...i thought. I better not. So I played it cool. Like Ice-Man.
(I sooo wanna be like Val. Who doesn't??)
When we arrived, parked and looked around...I thought maybe we got the wrong night? The place was EMPTY!! a few cars, a few people in line. I expected huge hub-bub. Lots of cars, limos, full parking lots, etc etc. Nothing of the sort. I got ahold of cat and lined up. There were no cops, so Psiico was safe from me tossing him as a distraction. It all worked out.
When we got to the line up, I said that i had won the SLURPY RADIO / SCENESTER MAGAZINE contest -- and suddenly Cat and I were escorted away from the 'commoner' entrance to the vip entrance. Given special (ohhhh, "special") wrist bands, and welcomed up into the VIP lounge. To be honest, it was a really cool experience...i recommend everyone try it at least once.
When we got up into the VIP i couldn't believe how beautiful it was up there. I snagged a picture...
The ambiance was absolutely captivating. Only problem was...no one was up there yet!! We had the entire floor to ourselves. All the security and bartenders were super nice... talking to us as if we were big-tipping celebs or something. No...uh, i just won a contest. Thanks. haha... the sound up there was sweet too, very clear and pumping. The lighting was sic in that small area. Very intimate lounge feel; great environment if you are looking for it. Too bad it is SO exclusive... given that I like to show up early to shows, and i guess the VIP crowd shows up 'fashionably late' ... we figured we should go downstairs... where our friends and PEOPLE were. heh. But right before heading down, i got a quick picture of Cat and I sitting in the lounge. Brutal picture...but hey, its for the memories, right?
Check out the view of the dance floor from the top....
See how empty the dance floor is? That's because everyone was in the liberation lounge for Irgo & Korhan's set!!!!
After finding out how we went down to the lower level, we found a Herbal Essences booth that was pretty decked out! They had guys and gals filling out a questionnaire, getting their hair sprayed, and then getting their picture taken and displayed throughout the night on a big LCD panel. It was a very cool setup... however, it seemed very tucked away and at the back corner; i'm sure it didn't get nearly the attention it should have...but it was great having that extra excitement back there. It was tastefully done, and fun to get involved with. Me against shameless product placement? Never! *cough, PEPSI, cough*
We then quickly proceeded over to the liberation lounge to hear Irgo & Korhan's set. Jeff Button's set was coming up after, and NOT to be missed either. These guys are one of the major reasons I was so looking forward to this night. They did not disappoint, and the energy was HAMMERING in that room! It was packed!
Love the shirt... Borat! Borat! Borat! I can't say enough about these two guys. Irgo works so hard putting together intimate venues (check out the bus trip coming up!!!) and k-man has some SERIOUS insight into the real mechanics of house music, mixing, and the whole scene. Their experience is priceless in my house music education. Oh yeah...and they can spin too:
Dance dance dance
Even Psiico hit the dance floor dancing hard. I call this move he often breaks out "The suspecting stranger (tm)". No copying folks...that's trade mark infringement.
All too soon, Korhan and Irgo's set was over... then fan-favourite JEFF BUTTON hit the decks!!
We were all sorry to see Sonic go--and I'm sure a part of that is because this guy worked so hard promoting that awesome venue. We all look forward to whats in store in the future. I don't recall who was spinning with Jeff--i could look it up, but my vista-laboured computer is already chugging with enough windows, photoshop, Victor Calderone (evolve) on media player and various MSN windows.... so i'll let you guys look it up.
It was a great TA and HA reunion in the liberation lounge, and I met up with forum sh*t-disturber, JennyPie!! We gabbed it up for quite a while about the lovely ferocious nature of the message boards...
I never mind hanging with Jenny because she has such indepth knowledge of music generally, let alone EDM. It doesn't hurt that she's a hottie, and very Pervvvy to boot either. In true House Addict style. w00t!
Around 1 am, we heard that Chus & Ceballos were coming on, so I headed out to the main room to see what was up...
Hol-ee-cow!! The lighting was INCREDIBLE. The stretched out fabric looked very cool, and later in the night, sort of reminded me of (warning, geek statement) Lt. Commander Data's skin in that star trek movie with the Borg queen. Remember??? (end geek statement). The lights were simply awesome... some of the best lighting I've seen employed at any club. Ku-DOS!
Panning around the room, i spot this giant sparkling object...
I rushed back up stairs to get a better look...
Then I realized I had to go pee. Yeah, i know TMI!! But how often do we talk about the bathrooms? What usually is there to talk about with the bathrooms? Well, I thought there wasn't anything, until I went in the bathrooms in the vip lounge ... these sinks tottaly tripped me out...
See where the drains are? Yeah! They are on the left side of each sink... and each one is slanted... it sort of freaked me out...because it looks more like a slaughter table then a nice cozy place to wash your hands. Like a post-mortem table you see in CSI. :blueeek: So i quickly washed my hands and left--but not before grabbing a picture of myself in the mirror to freak out the two dudes behind me.
(see how freaked i was? My hair is on end. Or...that might just be a bad gel-job. doggnabbit)
Heading back out to the vip lounge, I saw a familiar face and had to say hi...
Miss Raquel of Scenester magazine--and for that night, my sponsor! We had a fantastic chat about the scene, the his, the lows, the critics, the appreciators and on and on. I truly enjoyed the pure energy she brought with a bright out look. She truly has the right people in mind while running Scenester Magazine...those on the dance floor. We danced it up for a bit, when I saw a familiar face trying to get through the crowd, without much success--everyone was stopping him to say hi!
I felt bad taking this guy away from chillin' just to say hi--but he was so gracious giving me a huge hug and asking how everything was going, making the time to talk. I wanted to ask him what he thought to all the crap slammin' going on with his DVD, but never got a chance. He wasn't there to talk shop anyways, it was time to party. I introduced him to my crew. Addy graciously helped me out with some door trouble too--what whhhaaaat. Awesomely gracious of him. BTW, I saw a mix posted on HA overlaying tracks, saying it was inspired by Addy's DVD...i'm glad to see people getting inspired by others passionate in the industry. That's what it should be about!! I wish more people would spend time hyping up the good, then making themselves feel better by being unconstructively critical of others, the scene and the things in the scene. Anyways, on with it--we danced it up, and Kaya Bongo showed up to rap along with the beats!
It's ironic, but I met Kaya bongo the very first time I heard Addy spin @ Guv 10 (I'm such a n00b). And here they were in the same ten square feet again! Full circle people, full circle. I checked for a full moon too. Kaya is a very tasteful Djembe player, and complemented the music nicely--didn't over power it, as so many other hand-drummers tend to do at events.
At that point, Miss Raquel asked if I would be interested in doing an online (internet) interview for a live stream that was pumping from the docks to cyber space. COOOOL! I was game for that! So we headed out side to a hummer that had the feed. However...the hummer's batteries were dead and we had to go back inside to find wifi to get the plan going. Speaking of batteries, mine were dead too--in my CAMERA! I asked security if i could go to my car to nab some new ones... so off i went to my car... I changed the batteries and took this sweet picture of the sky line. Sweet....uber-unfocused sweet. :P
Then I looked down at my car tire...it looked funny. No, not funny. It looked FLAT. SON OF A---!! Maaaaannnnn. Same tire that went flat during decadence, i think. Front left. What is my luck? I hoped that someone had played a joke and let the air out. Well, nothing for it, i had to worry about it later...back inside.
I found the crew dancing it up in a corner of the upper lounge near a huge speaker and danced it up with them. There's this guy, selling flowers. You know, I can't really stand that guy. He's selling flowers, RIGHT THERE. how much trouble is it for some boyfriend to buy their gal a flower right on the spot there? Not much THOUGHT going into it, is there?? Then i looked at Kris & Korhan...
On with our story. At this point, socializing was over for a while, time to DANCE IT UP!!!
So i headed down to the main floor, front left, where a pile of HAs and TAs were gathered to hit the mayhem with their feet.
Seductions Girl, Jen!
Cribby, DJ Sketchbag
2famous4u was up front pretty much the whole night! GREAT energy!
The dancers up front were VERY kewl.... uber-hotness, knew how to move and get the crowd going:
Then my phone buzzed, and it was Miss Raquel, seeing if i was still game for that interview. Sweeet!! I headed over to the right side of the dance floor, and we went up to the lighting control booth. *interest piqued!* I gave a quick hypa review of the BLAST we were all having at the docks, and got a picture...
While i was up there, i had to get some pictures of the lighting control systems (LCS (TM) )
It's sorta funny to be up there, these people have their fingers flying over the controls, while the mayhem of dancers hype it up below...
From this point on, I put the camera away and concentrated on dancing hard... the tunes were pumping, and C&C dropped Vinyl Junkies remix, which I SWEAR had half the crowd go temporarily insane, including myself. The next few hours were a blur of dancing, hugging friends, and grabbing energy drinks... all too soon it was time to go home... there were rumours of zone, but at this point, a memory came flooding back.... my flat tire!!!!
And with that thought, dear readers, I close this review.... there are more thoughts borne out of this... due to the labour efforts of slurpy radio (Samhouse, Lauren Tully) Scenester Magazine (Miss Raquel) and other promotional leaders... there's a whole other world there I hope to explore soon and find out how these people work; they sure bring us some great parties.
Re: Ni-Cd's Review!
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That hand with the black nailpolish is NOT mine 
Fun Review Shel, as per usual. LOL @ The Lisa-loo version
luved the review! lovely photo of us sheldon tanks u
thanks guys! glad you enjoyed. It was uber-late in coming, so thank you for coming back to read it. What a great night hmm? Cribby man, we danced it up for a good portion fo the night. You had a smile ten-parsecs wide the entire time. Good times man, good times.
I have to clarify: in my review, I said 'even psiico danced it up'...well, this guy dances it up EVERY time we're out.. .and dances hard! So if you see him dancing out there, go and join him--he has great energy. But I'll still use him to throw to the cops as countermeasures if they ever find me.
Next up: Saturday March 31st @ the gallery; (or... maybe Footwork for DINSDALE!!!) we're taking some people who have never heard house music, or been to a club, out for the first time; Leap's twin sister. Going to interview them and get their take. Should be a good time!
Awesome reviews , thanks you for the kind mentions of my handiwork , I ended up working 22 hrs straight that day and to see people appreciate my lighting and decor makes it all worthwhile. Also glad people noticed the ball, Jeff BTW you played a killer set , even though i was to busy to stop and hear all of it. carey , thanks for inspiring me to raise the bar
I think we are getting closer to getting the sound right, its s very hard juggling act getting an acceptable sound and keeping the islanders happy , just for once i would love to let the system go all out , anyone who remebers boa would know what an Alpha sounds when its let out of its cage, however although it has been a slow process of re adjusting , and has sounded terrible at times , we are getting there. (usually the feedback here helps me guage the sound)
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