To all those that went to Europe this summer....

TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- Canada - Toronto & Southern Ont.
-- To all those that went to Europe this summer....

Posted by High on PSI on Aug-13-2004 16:01:

To all those that went to Europe this summer....

Reviews????? for the parties and your trips in general

What parties you guys go to? DJs you see? What places u like the most? What sik clubs do they got over there?

I'm really curious

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-13-2004 16:07:

i'm gonna try and prepare a grandass review with editted pics of my trip this weekend ..

ps. to everyone who was in BERLIN or GERMANY with me, plz. PLZ. send me ur pics from this city as i lost mine when my daypack was stolen in Prague.. if u need to reach or email them pls. do so at desidel-at-spymac.com

thanks!!

as for ur questions Roj ..

1. I attended the following:

Sonar Festival 2004 - Barcelona
Sensation White - Amsterdam
Love Parade (Fight the Power) & Love from Above - Berlin
Godskitchen Global Gathering - Stratford Upon Avon

2. DJs I saw .. too many ! lol

3. Places that I liked the most, I'd have to say Spain, Italy, and Southern France (in no particular order - southern Europe rulez!)

4. Sick clubs? Roxy in Praha (Prague). The Gallery @ Turnmills and Fabric in London hav some crazy lineups but prepare for a lotta shoving inside.

more to come!

Posted by loconet on Aug-13-2004 16:25:

Small review and some pics from my side of the trip ..

http://scott.telnetd.com/loco/index...on=photos&aid=2

desidel will let me know when we can upload all the pics for a massive TA european adventure gallery

Posted by High on PSI on Aug-13-2004 16:25:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

2. DJs I saw .. too many ! lol

too many djs huh... well which stand out as the ones ud say, rocked the house ? ?

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-13-2004 16:36:

quote:
Originally posted by High on PSI
too many djs huh... well which stand out as the ones ud say, rocked the house ? ?

1. Jeff Mills had the best set at Sonar Festival in Barcelona. They would televise these classic house tracks by artists like Donna Summers on big screens by the stage and there would be another screen on Mills showing him mixing the songs into his techno set.. that was a pretty badass thing to see..

2. Erick Morillo destroyed Amsterdam Arena at Sensation White. Hands down the best set of the night over PVD and Sander K. Everyone went nuts when he dropped some classics like Eurhymics (sp?) and Mammas and Papas and mixed it into his house set. He also had this dirty dirty play on Marco V's - C: del *.mp3 with the craziest buildup ever.

3. DJ Tiesto stole the show at Columbiahalle during Love from Above. He defiantely 1 upped both PVD and NuNRG there that night and was the highlight of the evening. His set featured a lotta unknown tracks that we don't get over here as well as usual classics like Barber's and Love Comes again. One thing I noticed was that he seemed a lot more into his set and played a LOT harder than he does compared to his acts in North America. Just another subtle difference we all noticed while over there..

PVD had the best set while I was in Europe. And fortunately it was during the Love Parade. When he dropped For an Angel it nearly brought me to tears..

4. Carl Cox & Fergie had the most lively sets at Godskitchen Global Gathering. Fergie's entrance included fire extinguishers that he set off into the crowd as while as occasional thrusts of vinyl from the stage. All in all most of the DJs played great sets. It's always nice to party it up with a crowd of thousands who know the music so well and are able to sing along with the lyrics. A truly surreal experience at every party.

parties and sets over there are quite different than how we get them here. i'll elaborate more when I actually post a full out review soon ..

if ur interested , Dance Valley pics are in that other thread.. Hordash and pettiscool were there this year ..

Holland is crazy for those festivals.. everywhere u walk in Amsterdam u see posters posted on buildings and billboards... simply crazy

Posted by ShadoWolf on Aug-13-2004 16:48:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

4. Sick clubs? Roxy in Praha (Prague).

is that the club with 3 levels, the middle one being a "pit" where they play trance?

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-13-2004 17:32:

quote:
Originally posted by ShadoWolf
is that the club with 3 levels, the middle one being a "pit" where they play trance?

it reminds me a lot of System , but a much larger version .. but the main room is in a split level basement .. so i guess u could say it's sort of like a pit ..

i think the club used to be an opera house since it has a balcony.. it's located right beside the Travellers Hostel in northeast Prague

Posted by Creamfields on Aug-13-2004 18:33:

quote:
Originally posted by ShadoWolf
is that the club with 3 levels, the middle one being a "pit" where they play trance?

No, i think you're talking about Karlovy Lazne. I've been there..it's not that amazing.

http://www.karlovylazne.cz/

Posted by Pett on Aug-13-2004 22:06:

Alright ill try my best to describe Europe this summer (party wise)
Ibiza - undescribeable, wicked clubs... specifically space in ibiza, the opening party was disturbing...... Eric Morillo owned everybody.

Barcelona, went to pacha and saw sasha, decent is all i can say.

Love From above and Love Parade. Both sick parties in there own way, like emz said, tiesto was on fire that night. Love Parade was so cool, theres just something about dancing and chasing djs down the street.......

Nature One (near koblenz Germany) - EVERYONE needs to experience this party one day(s). Its a 4 day party if you use the campsite. Absolute madness, 60,000 campers...... im not going to even try....... just go. Hightlight Ferry. Download the set. Blank and Jones were hype too. I also got a good appreciation for techno music at this party.

Dance Valley - another awesome party but some disapointing sets... highlights were armin and Mike.

sorry this is so short but im tired.

Heres the Final DJ list i managed to pull off easily, coulda been a lot more

PVD x 7 (he kept folowing me around)
Nu Nrg x 5 (live and Dj)
Tiesto
Armin
Marco V
Mike
Ferry x 3
Judge Jules x 2
Eddie Halliwell
Carl cox x 2
Digweed x 2
Sasha x 2
Sasha and Digweed x 1
Lexy and K-Paul
Nature One Inc.
Moguai x 2
Dave Clark x 2
DJ Rush
Pet Duo
Chris Liebing
Adam Beyer
Sven Vath
Bad Boy Bill
Tomcraft
Kai Tracid
Westbam
Tube Tech
Tillmann Uhrmacher
Tom Novy
Sander Klienenberg
Johan Gielen
Rank 1
Guy Ornadell (awesome)
Scott Project
Ernesto vs Bastian
Misja Helsloot
Don Diablo
Flutlicht vs S.H.O.K.K
Markus Schulz
MIKE (live and Dj)
Jeff Mills
Eric Morillo
Voodoo and Sereno
Steve Lawler

Country i liked best, as a generalization, Spain.
Eurotrips are cool.

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-13-2004 22:11:

+1 on Spain !! ^^^

Bryan it was awesome being able to partying it up with u on multiple occasions over there..

btw. where the hell did u disappear too that night after Roxy in Praha !?

Posted by Pett on Aug-13-2004 22:15:

^^^
ughhh.... i dont think i was anywhere close to sober so i couldnt tell ya. Got home somehow though. hahaha

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-13-2004 22:20:

we believed that u were seduced by some Czech hottie and led elsewhere ..

Posted by Endlesswave on Aug-14-2004 03:00:

Holland is amazing for parties even only having been to one (Sensation White). Just awesome...
Went to the same parties as Desidel (a bunch of us went as a group) and the ones I went to solo or with cousins were in Cyprus, saw AvB and Markus Schulz back to back in the Pavillion in Cyprus. That was just really cool to see a vibe like that on the island that my background is from. Damn it! I miss Ayia Napa...

Posted by sohaness on Aug-14-2004 04:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Pettiscool
Eurotrips are cool.

good to hear...i leave in 3.5 weeks for a 4 month trip!

steve.

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-14-2004 08:56:

quote:
Originally posted by sohaness
good to hear...i leave in 3.5 weeks for a 4 month trip!

steve.

man hav ur ape suit ready when u go ape !