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Posted by eRRaTiK on Apr-12-2004 01:05:

April 24: Utopia - 9th Birthday

10 hours of absolute birthday party madness.

To celebrate their 9th birthday, the team at Powerhouse have spent the last 11 months developing and constructing the biggest and most mind-boggling party they have ever created.

Behind the scenes is buzzing with excitement as technical experts from around the nation wait to unleash the awesome spectacular they have created for Utopia, 9th Birthday!!

To produce the most wicked and wildest party ever held in Australia, Powerhouse have gone all out and expanded production, lighting, lasers, visual and sound technology like never before. Come and take part in this exclusive event and be prepared to dance and party until dawn.

UTOPIA ARENA
Main Room 10pm - 8am
UTOPIA MIX

LAB 4 (UK) EXCLUSIVE 90 MINUTE LIVE SET
THE PROPHET (NEL)SCANTRAXX
ULTRA SONIC (UK) MC/DJ SET
MALLORCA LEE (UK) ULTRA SONIC/PUBLIC DOMAIN
DAVID FORBES (UK) / RED MONKEY RECORDS

PEE WEE (SUBLIME)
NIK FISH (VENOM MUSIC)
BEXTA (PLASTIC)
NERVOUS (TRANSMISSION)
MATRIX (UTOPIA)
WEAVER (RAVERBABY RECORDS)
MC LOSTY (BIG DAY OUT)

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GODSPEED ARENA
Main Ballroom 10pm - 8am
HARDCORE - GABBER - FREEFORM

BILLY 'DANIEL' BUNTER (UK)
TASTY & HONEY POT
SHARKEY (UK) DJ/MC SET
THE PROPHET (NEL) EXCLUSIVE OLD SkOOL HARDCORE SET

SPELLBOUND (JUICY RED APPLE)
CRISIS (PROGRESS)
MARCOS (HAPPY VALLEY)
TEAM ROCKET (MUZIKAL KLOUDZ)
SUAE (GODSPEED)
CRYSTAL (THRILLSEEKA)

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BREAKS ARENA
Grand Foyer 9pm - 8am
BREAKS : DRUM AND BASS : HIP HOP

Q45 (SUBLIME)
RELFUX (BLUEPRINT)
pH (BPM RECORDS)
RITUAL (ROLLERS MUSIC)
MATT (SUBLIME)
KAYLA (SUBLIME)
NEO TENG (BALANCE)
ABEL (HAPPY VALLEY)
D-TECH (GODSPEED)

LOSTY & ELROY (AUS)
LAND OF THE LOST

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MASHUP ARENA
Sports Hall 9pm - 8am
TRANCE : HARDHOUSE : BANGIN'

FREESTYLES (PERTH)

YOSHI (FRANTIC)
CHESTER (UTOPIA)
ANDREW JAMES (REVOLUTION)
AMBER SAVAGE (PROGRESS)
FLIPSIDE (TWO TRIBES)
PHASE ONE (GODSPEED)
TOM E (FANTASIA)
VIXEN (ICEBOX)
ARCHIE(ENDORPHIN)
MC OBI (UTOPIA)

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More info here

Bring on the candy ravers coz i'm there!

(shite, originally left out the internationals lol)

Posted by webmeister on Apr-12-2004 03:29:

rofl

NOW WITH MORE HYPE THAN EVER BEFORE!!!!!11!1`1

Posted by Hyperdimension on Apr-12-2004 14:44:

quote:
Originally posted by webmeister
rofl

NOW WITH MORE HYPE THAN EVER BEFORE!!!!!11!1`1

Hahaha

They are good quality events though... no other large dance music event in Sydney comes close to the exceptional standard of Utopia. They've built up almost 10 years of experience. The marketing hype is somewhat justified.

I feel that the recent Transmission was far more overhyped for what we got. I cringe at Transmission marketing.

Posted by hugoboss on Apr-12-2004 15:54:

Would like to see Sharkey again, but couldn't really care less about anyone else.

Utopia's are always good production wise but their music policy has really only appealed to the rave and hard dance crowds, hence why (I'm pretty sure) their attendances have plateaued since 2000.

Posted by spec on Apr-19-2004 04:31:

I'm going to Utopia. Anybody else planning to attend?

I'm a big fan of Yoshi, he's great live, as far as local djs go. So much energy.

Posted by eRRaTiK on Apr-25-2004 13:38:

Well I had a great night. Admittedly not as spectacular as last year's event but still a good production nonetheless.

I was a bit worried when we rocked up around 10.45pm, went into the main arena and it was at most half full. Walked around for a bit and by the time we got back, Bexta was ready to go and that's when it started picking up. From that point on it just went nuts!

Lab 4's set went off, pumped it up really hard after Bexta (doin it for the ladies). Ultrasonic followed but were only so-so.. they were a lot more active last year (mainly due to that crazy MC).

I know it's a good night when I can dance for over 6 hours even when I couldn't recognise any of the tunes.. well i did spot "Wind it up" but i can't remember any others lol. Cool crowd too.

Pictures here.

As you can see from the pics, lasers were great (missing those reflective spheres though!).

Oh and if anybody could ID this track that'd be appreciated

Posted by muli on Apr-25-2004 14:05:

WTF!! LOL

Posted by eRRaTiK on Apr-25-2004 14:08:

that's called.. "fark forgot to print the set times"

Posted by webmeister on Apr-26-2004 01:15:

Thanks to Utopia for keeping all the candy ravers at Utopia and not at Progress with Misja

Glad ya had fun mate, any other TAs go?

Posted by Solstice on Apr-26-2004 02:17:

i ended up making it out there last night, very tidy party if i do say so myself. The only set i realllly got into was lab4's, its great to go back to the hard trance every once in a while.

Oh - and on the topic of set times, they had them printed out and left in flyer size form on a few of the tables as you were walking in, very fucking handy. If only 2 tribes could of given us the same courtesy...