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Digweed was bonkers! BUT the GUV crowd is too much for me nowadays...

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Originally posted by VDub Because noobs haven't the experience to know what they're talking about...

You're calling me a noob and you've been around here since February of 2008? How rich of you, you plebeian. Get off your fucking high horse. I don't post on here a lot - so much so (or rather so little) my last handle was purged.

Anyway, if you really want to check out my credibility and knowledge, I'll direct you to Googling my name.

The facts are this: Chris was having tech issues. Whether you guys like it or not, this affects the outcome of your set as a DJ (I'm guessing those arguing don't DJ). Diggers' management specifically hand-picks DJs they know and tell them to keep it at a certain pace before he comes on. It's in the contracts they sign with the venues he plays and the DJs who play before him are hand-picked. This only makes sense.

So while you may not of like Chris' set (I didn't think it was too bad), he did his job according to what was given to him.

PS - the last time I was in the Guv DJ booth, Mark Oliver had had custom-machined metal caps to put on the spindles of the 1200s so they wouldn't skip.

If things are still set up that way, I'm guessing Chris probably didn't have access to those. Extreme bass in a poorly laid out DJ booth can cause nightmares with skipping - and with the way the Guv are constantly swapping things in and out, the environment can change rapidly.

the only thing i notice from some of the "vet" reviews is that john digweed didnt have enough epic breakdowns in his set. times change, he dont play dat shit no mo.

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Originally posted by RobotHouse the only thing i notice from some of the "vet" reviews is that john digweed didnt have enough epic breakdowns in his set. times change, he dont play dat shit no mo.

I Loved it...

pardon me for being a noob

and please forgive Vdub for being a noob too

It's all about the ze veteran loop_miester

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Originally posted by MissK The crew was perfect minus a few missing.... Jay and Lar's! Tsk Tsk!!!

agreed one of the few reasons I came out!

I had a blast. Ali and I went with no expectations bc it was in the Guv but Diggers was amazing. His set started of with some groovy prog beats and by 4:45am he was STR8 UP bangin prog but there was still something missing from his set hmmmmm.....

Diggers is good BUT I can't wait to see my favourite out of the two on Nov 6th in MTL!!! for some crazy mindfucking tunage1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great seeing everyone

So I ended my review with a simple wow�however, now that I have rested, I wanted to elaborate a little bit more to justify my reasons for being wow�d.

First. I did not enjoy Chris Fortier. Lack of flow to his set, and just wasn't getting it. I expected John to come on at two, glad he started half an hour earlier. Mark Oliver followed Digweed, keeping that momentum alive. Wish I could have stayed a little longer for the closing, but I was beat.

But I came into this party, for one reason, to see Digweed again. I actually wanted to see him play the main room, and work the atmosphere within those four walls. Sure I saw him in the Kool Haus in April, but Saturday night, to me, was just on a whole new level. I do agree that Digweed builds it up big and drops in low, but this is what I have learned to expect from him lately and this is what I want to hear. Digweed to me, is a storyteller�and a good story has your high points and your low points, good open and a perfect close, leaving you wanting more. This is how I have always felt about his style, from the first time I saw him, and this is why I came to see him play again. He plays out like slow churning water in the ocean, then, like a high wave crashing into you on the beach, and sucking you back in to the water.

I expected dark rolling chugging beats, I got them.
I expected deep heavy bass drops, I got them.
I left this party wanting to hear more.
Perfect story.

As for the vibe of the room, it went off in there on numerous occasions. Sure there is your regular weekly �Guvernment characters�, but that is always expected. I tend to just avoid and carry on with my night. Who are they to me? Nobody. Just another person in the crowd. They have little affect when I�m there to hear the tunes I wanna here and dance my ass off. I was glued to the dance floor for almost the entire four hours John was playing. What�s around me, meh, I've got my space�I�ll dance. If that spot isn�t working, I�ll move on.

Numerous times throughout Digweed�s set, I had to stop, look up and just say �Woah. What was that?�

If it weren�t for Sasha return in November, I could probably say I didn't want to go back to the Guvy this year, as this would have been a perfect last visit to the club for 2008.

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Originally posted by chinamon digweed maintains his #1 spot on my favourite dj list. he should have a quarterly residency.

digweed and guvy were both in top form

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Originally posted by loopdokter You're calling me a noob and you've been around here since February of 2008? How rich of you, you plebeian. Get off your fucking high horse. I don't post on here a lot - so much so (or rather so little) my last handle was purged. Anyway, if you really want to check out my credibility and knowledge, I'll direct you to Googling my name.

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Originally posted by loopdokter You're calling me a noob and you've been around here since February of 2008? How rich of you, you plebeian. Get off your fucking high horse. I don't post on here a lot - so much so (or rather so little) my last handle was purged.

we do not nuke accounts due to inactivity.
also, vdub has been here for many years but with a different handle.

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Originally posted by Knox If it weren�t for Sasha return in November, I could probably say I didn't want to go back to the Guvy this year, as this would have been a perfect last visit to the club for 2008.

Seriously.

Did he play Timo Maas - The Subtellite?

It has been a while since i braved the Guv. but John Digweed is always a good reason to return to the mainroom.

I arrived at right around 1:30, when Fortier was playing his last track, which sounded like complete garbage. As soon as Digweed mixed in his first track there was a dramatic change to the music on that system. I loved the first hour of his set, not too hard or too soft. I was pleased because this hour was a great "primer" if you will, for my girl, who has never witnessed Diggers live. Great programming and smooth as silk mixing. For some reason i felt that the phazon system in that room never sounded so good. The second and third hours got a little harder and the he was starting to drop some more epic tracks during those hours, which i thought went over well with the half of the crowd that actually understood what was going down musically. LOL. The crowd was annoying, but not as bad as it could have been. At around 3:50 Digweed dropped this crazy rolling techno track that im hurtin' to find out about!! Trainspotters? Soon after that i ended up ducking out for some late night take out. I kind of wish i had more in me to hear the last hour of his set. I Heard it was exceptional.

i think the noob vs. veteran arguement is weak...in my opinion there are people like me, who go out to have fun listening to great music and dancing with friends..and can make the best out of any situation by looking past the sketch and the crowdedness (when is guv not crowded) and there are those who go to a club and critique a dj's every move and every track played(comparing the dj to every other previous performance), DO NOT DANCE(seriously wtf), are bothered by sketchy people or little asia or big sweaty muscle guys and expect their every last wish to be fulfilled or else they are totally dissappointed and complain. Or, at least it seems that way with some people...

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Originally posted by Adamo i think the noob vs. veteran arguement is weak...in my opinion there are people like me, who go out to have fun listening to great music and dancing with friends..and can make the best out of any situation by looking past the sketch and the crowdedness (when is guv not crowded) and there are those who go to a club and critique a dj's every move and every track played(comparing the dj to every other previous performance), DO NOT DANCE(seriously wtf), are bothered by sketchy people or little asia or big sweaty muscle guys and expect their every last wish to be fulfilled or else they are totally dissappointed and complain. Or, at least it seems that way with some people...

If you are going to post a proper review then you have to comment on both the negative and the positive....if you don't then you are not making a true review of the night. If you are reviewing the DJ then comment on what you like and dislike about the performance. If you are reviewing the crowd then comment on what you like and dislike.

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Originally posted by loopdokter Anyway, if you really want to check out my credibility and knowledge, I'll direct you to Googling my name.

Seriously? Hahahaha, get bent you fucking douche. I always ask "Who the fuck says shit like that?" and welp, here you are. Congrats on being awesome.

jennypie ftmfw!

Ah shit my bad, he's right.

Googled: "douchebag"
2,060,000 Results

I just remembered this tune from Sat and GOING ABSOLUTELY NUTS


Radio Slave - Bell Clap Dance (mix?)

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Originally posted by iLLnaDa I just remembered this tune from Sat and GOING ABSOLUTELY NUTS Radio Slave - Bell Clap Dance (mix?)

Probably the Slam mix.

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Originally posted by jennypie Ah shit my bad, he's right. Googled: "douchebag" 2,060,000 Results

I googled his name and google said

Did you mean: klopdokter

cockdokter, imo.

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Originally posted by bas Probably the Slam mix.

Git back to the c0r, fanboy.

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Originally posted by chinamon also, vdub has been here for many years but with a different handle.

partyprincess?

diggers

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Originally posted by The Highroller This is my review. Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves, but I just couldn't get into it last night. I guess Digweed's stuff really doesn't do it for me anymore.

I got there with Highroller around an hour into Fortier's set...the sound was SOOOOO horrible I had flashbacks of the KoolHaus experience earlier this year with Digweed.

While clutching my tightening chest and wiping the sweat from my face with the other arm, I somehow managed to clear the stage gustapo and talk to Digweed right before he started his set....just before Tilal could finish saying to me "Get the fuck of the stage...", I managed to tell Digweed that bass was way to high and the mids and highs were fucked...he thanked me...and I thank him for saving the sound.

OK, OK Highroller...I have to agree overall with your synopsis. I enjoyed the set but it was more for nostalgia then anything else. Quite frankly, the best parts of his set for me were some of the techno tracks near the end (in the last 1.5 hours or so). I think our tastes are changing (Highroller and I, and probably others) to a more tekkie sound overall thanks to the recent minimal and techno invasion...so good ol' prog we would have loved 2 years ago just doesn't cut it anymore.

Digweed is a very talented and progressive artist...however, he is no longer "progressive house" for me. His set on Essential Mix last fall (a festival in the UK, can't remember where) and his performance at the boat cruise in Miami at WMC 2008 are what I look to Digweed for now: tech house and some minimal tracks with some rare techno tracks sprinkled in...always some horizontal association on melody to make for a cohesive and very enjoyable set.

I think its great he can switch gears like he did back to prog...but I hope it was a one night thing and not a permanent reversion.

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