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Above and Beyond Review @ The Sound Emporium
Well me and Orzone got inside as soon as the doors opened, I was blown away by the sound setup, it was very very nice. We headed to the VIP area got some drinks chilled there for a while and then headed to the dance floor. At the time the dance floor was pretty good, everyone could dance freely without bumping into others. Then it started to get pretty bad. Lots of people walking through, pushing away and a lot of them weren't even saying a simple sorry. 
then there was this whole train thing (10 or so people just walking hanging on to each other and pushing everyone. I am not a violent person but I felt like punching someone. One guy who walked by elbowed me in my stomach so I couldn't take it anymore. Went to the VIP room DJ booth and enjoyed the music there...
Great music by the way, the bass was a bit overdone though
Just got home, 5:50am...
Dj Goldfinger.....YOU ROCKED MY FRIEND!!!! I could not believe the set you spun....incredible!!!! I was quite suprised that a opening Dj would put so much energy in his set....nothing but top quality epic trance....THANK YOU!!
Above & Beyond.....AMAZING SET!!! the bass did get to me after a while but the music was awesome...all in all heaven for any epic trance fanatic....like me!!
Brett I expect you to do the tracklist as usuall....awesome hanging out with you man...watching you dance just gives me energy!!
I did recognize quite a few tracks but I am too tired to list them right now...
P.S. Kati, I am sorry you did not come, I hope you can understand my situation that I am going through right now.
I left the club past 5 so you probably would not have been too happy about that...
P.P.S. I wont complain about anything but Orkidea was much better as far as the crowd is concerned....more friendly people at Orkidea...
Time for some sleep,
Above and beyond REVIEW
good night alot of nice tracks played.. very smooth set!
good to see the toronto TA crew again.. great club great sound and not too hot haha
tracks played
Oceanlab - beautiful together (signum mix)
ayu - M above and beyond remix
matt cassar - seven days (dirt devils remix)
oceanlab - sky falls down ?? mix
solarstone - solarcoaster (armin remix)
madonna - what it feels like for a gir ?? mix
il caesar - are you afraid of my eyes (?? mix)
james holden - nothing (returning 93 mix)
midway monkey forest
hehe all i can remember lol
great time again.. im exausted and going to sleep now 
great to see you all again.. hope to see you at the next bash!
My review:
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All I have to say is Above&Beyond= GODS
more review later to come..
Discount Bargain Review:
Arrived late due to circumstances beyond my control ..
Venuooo
Setup was very nice. Far exceed my expectations actually since I didn't know what to expect having never seen the renovations made to Turbo before, but wow was it nice. Hansolo (Brett) had told me that the part of the setup was especially done for this event. I personally thought it was a lot better than the Systems main room given the fact that both are relatively almost equal size, actually I would say Systems is about 3/4 but they're comparable.
DJ Goldfinger openned with a stellar set as already mentioned and got the crowd going nice. Fav track was the Madonna - Die Another Day remix..
Above and Beyond
Goodness.. trance that uplifting should be made illegal. Someone could get high from being sober. I'm not gonna bother ID'n all the tracks since I know someone else will prolly do it (and a better one at that), but the set was everything you could want in a full trance set. Only Paavo spun tonite amongst the 3, thanks to DJ Nemesis for the heads up on that since I didn't know what to expect. But seriously, if just one of them could do what they did last nite than seeing all 3 would be sheer insanity.
Hightlight track of the night:
Ayumi Hamasaki - M (Above and Beyond Remix)
Itikia, I dunno if you actually remembered to request this choon for me, but nonetheless now you know why I was flailing my arms at you on stage when Paavo dropped this sick choon ..
Anyways, great set for a great nite. Gotta chance to meetup and talk to Paavo after his set. Totally cool guy, friendly and down to earth. Also got him to sign a flyer for Endlesswave and pimped out Tranceaddict of course .. 
The Crowd
Where would we be without TA ! I'm not gonna divulge into this.. but I give you all permission to use the "A" word .. 
Anyways, I've found that after time you just have to ignore factors that will only ruin your nite and focus on the positive aspects of the whole experience. TOTA massive ownz, no doubt about that. We took over the front and never looked back..
For those of you who know, the great wall of TOTA will be in full effect next time! 
Overall
Great night. Great DJ. Great set in a nice club. And above all, partying it up with great people! Special thanks to Temporal Rhythm & Turbo Parties for putting on an amazing party. Totally needed this dose of trance. Guess I now hav something to do now on Thurs and Sun nites ..
Shoutouts
BigUPS to the usual kru
and here's how everyone looked last nite..
Endlesswave 
Time2Burn 
Gamma 
StereoPrincess 
M�bius 
LiL_Kandi_Angel
Kevin (The Lurker)
sober_24/7
The Highroller 
DJ_Hordash 
the_broad 
DJ Eso
HardcoreTrancer 
Mike S.
jenna_rae
maxtuh
sooper
hansolo 
MissQ 
E-motion
Speedy2k
ukrainianstud
Ziggy + guy with gote
Durafei
NRG2Nfinity - missed ya there bro..
and Stage whistle boy ..
BigUPS to the first time kru
torontotrncelvr (not torontotrance)
Jojo_k 
hysterie
Ray and Marg's friend Roger ..
and..
partyprincess (don't be hatin!) 
Special shouts
Sean - for the ride home!
E2EK1EL - no comment!
Itikia - for making tonite happen..
and his high eminence..
Swamper - for making everything happen! 
Note:
Sorry to the after party crew for our early departure but we had to avoid a possible UGLY scenario with Mama Maronitis' wrath of fury on DJ KURFEW aka. ENDLESSWAVE since we didn't want this poor 24 year old kiddo's head posted thru a skewer on ur next Greek Kebob.
- time for long hot shower and then bed ..
cheers!
All I have to say, is that from the second I walked in, the music blew me away, and it didn't let up untill I left.
Never heard Goldfinger before, but I will definitely be hearing more of him in the future....
Very happy to hear Die Another Day (Tiesto Rmx)
Above & Beyond dj, Paavo was beyond what I even imagined. Played some that I was expecting (Summer Sun, Sky Falls Down) and a shit load of tracks I've never heard before. He had the TA posse bangin' hard!!
I hope Paavo's Toronto debut will be followed up very soon....his mixing was outstanding. Frankly, much better than Tiesto! This is how a trance dj should be.
Long live the afterparty
Once again, the tranceaddict vibe helped push the night over the scale. Peace to all...
Rich
Started the night by chilling outside of Turbo with a bunch of TAs.
Got inside to hear a bit too many big name songs by Goldfinger. This guy does have the potential to play on an international level I think, but the fact that he was playing these songs before A&B came on was just ridiculous. First of all, it was waaaaaaaaaay too much trance for the night, and secondly, when I go to a trance event, I don't want to go "ohhhhhh shit! I KNOW THIS ONE" as soon as I walk into the door. If I go crazy I look like an idiot.
A&B then came on with some soft uplifting trance. Not exactly my cup of tea, but they did play a few good tracks.
Goldfinger came back on and starting delivering some HARD trance, which made me happy. I wish it was like that the whole night .
A few things that killed my night
#1 - Fucking TD Bank. These bastards don't understand the meaning of $20 LIMIT ON A FUCKING ATM IS RIDICULOUS I have been up there THREE times already and they still haven't got their heads to REMOVE IT! So I had to be a bum and get drinks off of other people, who will be repayed next time
#2 My damn shoes have to be changed. These things really kill my feet LoL.
Big ups to the TOTA after party crew, drinking at 9.30am was chillin and jokes.
Shoutouts to all the TOTA regulars.
See you all at Edgar V.
Just woke up. I must say I really enjoyed myself last night.
The club was set up nicely, and seeing how it was my first time there I really didn't know what to expect, but was pleasantly susrprised nonetheless.
The crowd sucked, the vibe was there...but it could have been better. I loved when people pushed me out of their way to stand in my place for 2 secs and then push me away again to leave - some people are such incosiderate f*cks. The guy with the whistle sounded like a dying tweety bird, and I just wanted to finish him off...
The music - OMG 
. That was a lot of trance. That was nothing but trance. Music was pure bliss. Both DJs rocked, but it's especially nice when a DJ has that much energy behind the decks, gets the crowd going much more
Overall it would've been a perfect party minus some of the crowd .
pretty cool night, but it would have been better if i was well-rested before going....i was still all wired from infected mushroom! I was kinda anti-social on the dance floor, but i chilled and met some really cool ppl. I loved the music!!
My Review:
I had a awesome time, what a sick set he dropped!!!!!!!
Goldfinger was already burning the floor, When A & B came on holy cow those tracks, somebody quickly ID
I think he threw Matti Lammanen-Flakes also
The music was great, the vibe was awesome, TR good job on the lighting system, i didnt think there would be a huge turnout i was wrong.
The TA Family was there , big SHOUT OUTS to :
Time2Burn
EndlessWave
HighRoller
Hardcore_trancer
Sober24_7
MIKE AND JEN(I WAS GREAT SEEING YOU GUYS AFTER SOOOOOO LONNNNNNNGGG!!!)
Desidel
ESO
UKRANIAN STUD
NRG2NFIT(SEE I REMEMBER NAMEs)
HANSOLO
SOOPER
DURAFREI
HORDASH
THA BROAD
STEREO PRINCESS & RAY!(GREAT PEOPLE)
PARTY PRINCESS
MOBIUS
First time kru:
Hysterie (great to meet you and chat with you )
I would give this party a 9/10 including some downs of that friggin idoit who got and stage and started dancing like a maniac, oohhh and the stupid friken whistle blower i fel like jamming the thing permanently down his throat!
Re: Above and beyond REVIEW
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| Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit madonna - what it feels like for a gir ?? mix |
Re: Re: Above and beyond REVIEW
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| Originally posted by Rocco Above and Beyond rmx maybe? lol yea there is an AnB rmx... it's SOO much better than Oakie's rmx |
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| Originally posted by maxtuh NRG2NFIT(SEE I REMEMBER NAMEs ) |
Wow, party party party. Partying with you all ownz! Paavo's set was incredible! I had NO idea POS was his OWN solo project in addition to Above and Beyond. I told him that was so cool while I talked to him. Shout outs to you alllllll.
P.S - Nice meeting up with Jojok and Hysterie again (also saying hi to Daniel99? I think her nick is) and your friend Jeremy. I hope you guys got home ok. See you at the next one!
OMG! I dont even know where to start.....I think i know why they are called Above and Beyond, because they went ABOVE ANE BEYOND any expectations I had for last night....for sure....the music fucking OWNED!!....I havent danced that hard in AGES (TIESTO MAYBE??) it was awesome....The vibe all night was pounding...and i looooved every minute of it.....
Big shouts out go to DjEso for gettin me inwith him on guestlist...if it werent for you, I would have missed this..so u get the biggest shout out, hi five, hugs, the max....THANX MAN!!! U DA BEST!!! Nice to meet ur friends too
Theres just way too many of you to mention....LOL...the gino crew..always good to see my fellow people (ha ya right!)...theres too many of you to mention so you all get a BIG FAT MUAHHHH!!!!!(here ill try: Jacob, Ziggy, ur other friend, Margs..u rock!!! (sorry we didnt make the afterparty...we were way too tired an had quite the drive still).. and her bf and their friend, John, Emery, Time2burn (how was LA LA LAND? LOL), um, Chris, Sean, and ya see...im drawing blanks....I apologize for those i missed..MUAH!
So nice to meet Corrine and Carlos for the first time, as well as Jenna and Mike, and who ever else I met.....(i cant remember now)
Del, u had prime spot all night right behind the dj booth...at least u didnt get run over by all the crazies...im not surprised u stayed there all night..good to see ya again tho :P
LOL of course Mirza...I have one word for you: RELENTLESS...lol ur a champ! but i told u that already...LOL.....(talk about a TRANCEADDICT INVASION, hey??? cant wait for the next one! or 2, or 3, 4?)
See y'all ad Edgar V!!!! (woohoo im not goin to NB!!!)
Hey Everyone,
Yet another great trance party thanks to Temporal Rhythym. Thanks for the first class treatment. I have been on this board for some time now, but usually don't post much. But after meeting a lot of "infamous" TA's last night, I felt I should give a shout out to all the peeps I met. There was a pretty good vibe up front. I didnt wander much due to the rest of the crowd. The sound was pretty good and Above and Beyond was awesome. Some real surprise tracks. I have to thank my boys for their support all night, Hans Solo, Sooper, and Paco. These guys are 3 of the best freinds someone could ask for. The 4 of us always party together and the bond we have in incredibly tight. You'll always see us partying our ass of for the love of trance! Next party for me, Ferry at KH. I am looking forward to it so much. Again, it was great meeting everyone, especially all the TA's I got to meet for the first time, it was long overdue.
Sherman
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| Originally posted by tha_broad LOL of course Mirza...I have one word for you: RELENTLESS...lol ur a champ! but i told u that already...LOL.....(talk about a TRANCEADDICT INVASION, hey??? cant wait for the next one! or 2, or 3, 4?) See y'all ad Edgar V!!!! (woohoo im not goin to NB!!!) |
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| Originally posted by maxtuh My Review: I had a awesome time, what a sick set he dropped!!!!!!! Goldfinger was already burning the floor, When A & B came on holy cow those tracks, somebody quickly ID I think he threw Matti Lammanen-Flakes also The music was great, the vibe was awesome, TR good job on the lighting system, i didnt think there would be a huge turnout i was wrong. The TA Family was there , big SHOUT OUTS to : Time2Burn EndlessWave HighRoller Hardcore_trancer Sober24_7 MIKE AND JEN(I WAS GREAT SEEING YOU GUYS AFTER SOOOOOO LONNNNNNNGGG!!!) Desidel ESO UKRANIAN STUD NRG2NFIT(SEE I REMEMBER NAMEs )HANSOLO SOOPER DURAFREI HORDASH THA BROAD STEREO PRINCESS & RAY!(GREAT PEOPLE) PARTY PRINCESS MOBIUS First time kru: Hysterie (great to meet you and chat with you )I would give this party a 9/10 including some downs of that friggin idoit who got and stage and started dancing like a maniac, oohhh and the stupid friken whistle blower i fel like jamming the thing permanently down his throat! |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL and Stage whistle boy .. |
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| Originally posted by partyprincess I told him that I was mad at myself for forgetting my Clear Blue Water vinyl for him to sign, and without saying anything he went behind to the DJ booth and pulled out a copy of Sky Falls Down. He signed it "Love you till the sky falls down (It won't!)" |
Music - 15/10. Musicwise this had to be one of the best parties I've ever been too. Paavo(spelling?) spinned a very very trancy set
with sooooooo many unknown to me tracks. It's like I was hearing a DJ set for the first time. Goldfinger was outstanding as well. I did recognize most of the stuff he played, and pretty much all of it was
banging trance. I'm surprised I've never heard of him before.
TAs - 10/10. Great seeing everyone again. If it wasn't for us that place would have no vibe at all!
Rest of Crowd - 1/10. Let's put it this way, my friend who came from Montreal left the party at 2:30 cause he just wasn't feeling comfortable in that kind of environment. Most people were very hostile(I guess they felt like we were invading their space or smthn), and generally looked very sketchy. I'm gonna think twice before hitting a party at that place again.
I know it is highly unlikely,but did anyone record the set last night by any chance?it would be the greatest liveset ever!!
ooh and when is is Mr.Paavo coming back here??next week?
I wish
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| Originally posted by hardcore trancer I know it is highly unlikely,but did anyone record the set last night by any chance?it would be the greatest liveset ever!! ooh and when is is Mr.Paavo coming back here??next week? I wish |
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| Originally posted by Durafei I heard that it couldn't be recorded because Paavo was spinning a lot of unreleased records. |
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