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iDance Documentary

i juss came across this and thought i'd share.. an interesting snapshot of the events from Oct. 1999 leading up to the summer of 2000. I remember that balmy summer afternoon at Nathan Philips Sq. was ram packed with over 10,000+ ppl by around 9pm. It wasn't just simply about 'raves', but the state of the Electronic Music scene here in general. I only dream that these days will someday be relived again in our great city..


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i was there, good old times

as was i, some nice memories, i remember going to limelight after iDance

thanks for this.

iDANCE!!!!!!!!!! BAD BOY BILL played the best set in TO history @ this event, hands fucking down! When everyone pulled out the lightas, it was some sight to see. I wish they had more angles of the video.

Correction, 19,000+ strong. Watching this makes me so sad ... if I had a chance to rewind anything in my life, it would be those yrs. I really wish T.O didn't had to go through this, our scene would be just as big as Europe, maybe even bigger. Remember, the festivals over there are massive and they happen once a yr for each region ... but, we drew in 19,000+ once a month and around 8,000+ every weekend.

RIP Alan and everyone else who passed away that yr from our scene.

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Originally posted by matty i was there, good old times

we were promised bad boy bill on 4 decks but got 2
he still ripped it up proper thou.......

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Originally posted by m2j thanks for this.

+1 The FIRST and real only heartfelt massive from home that I've been apart of. This made things even MORE special because it was the first real party I've been apart of...this started off my partying career so to speak. Thanks to Emery for kicking it off... Fuck man, now watching these youtube clips are just amazing and makes me feel so sad that our community has turned to shit over stupid issues, fuck, Fantino said it's not so much of a cultural issue, but the affect that drug dealers have on this cultural issue, THIS CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY CULTURE! (Fuck, I went to the ACC for a NIN concert and tried to buy a beer but some fucking asshat @ a Metallica concert caused ruckus at an earlier concert which fucked stuff up for my ability to buy beer, this is fucked up anyone's ability to take action in doing anything similar in the future. All I'm saying is precedence should NOT be set in these cases because if it is, even one time in a seemingly justifiable way then it fucks things up for situations that are TRULY justifiable... my 2c or a few dollars, I'm a bit buzzed (Jenn's bday thing)...meh....lol

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL iDANCE!!!!!!!!!! BAD BOY BILL played the best set in TO history @ this event, hands fucking down! When everyone pulled out the lightas, it was some sight to see. I wish they had more angles of the video. Correction, 19,000+ strong. Watching this makes me so sad ... if I had a chance to rewind anything in my life, it would be those yrs. I really wish T.O didn't had to go through this, our scene would be just as big as Europe, maybe even bigger. Remember, the festivals over there are massive and they happen once a yr for each region ... but, we drew in 19,000+ once a month and around 8,000+ every weekend. RIP Alan and everyone else who passed away that yr from our scene.

forget Europe .. there are already 19,000+ parties goin on in other parts of North America, even in CANADA..

there's no reason why TO can't as well..

Great find Emery! Glad to be reminded of iDance again.

It is a travesty that these type of parties can't be thrown in Toronto anymore. When the public consultations/hearings were going on I met with my councilor/MPP, I forwarded them information the Australian/New Zealand rave act and encouraged them to adopt something similar to the Aussie/NZ protocol.

I think much of the blame should be laid on the promoters/event organizers's moral turpitude and/or questionable business practices and less with the government being overly protectionist.

IMO - in the late 90s/early 2000 Toronto party organizers did too little, too late to ensure safety, order and reasonable care at their events. Only when it looked like they would have government interference (regulation) did they finally take the issue of safety, drugs, license, capacity, security, etc. seriously. Unfortunately by that time the event organizers/promoters were in no position to be trusted to regulate themselves.

Like any industry - if the stakeholders don't act in a responsible manner, government gets involved and fucks everything up. This is a really good example of such.

Good luck getting anything changed now. No MPP or councilor is going to propose changing any laws or regulations relating to these types of things.

IMO, party and scene atmosphere in TO then were way different than now. Inspiring video.

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Originally posted by dEsidEL

I spent a good amount of space writing about these events in my paper that I posted on here around November or so.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker I think much of the blame should be laid on the promoters/event organizers's moral turpitude and/or questionable business practices and less with the government being overly protectionist. IMO - in the late 90s/early 2000 Toronto party organizers did too little, too late to ensure safety, order and reasonable care at their events. Only when it looked like they would have government interference (regulation) did they finally take the issue of safety, drugs, license, capacity, security, etc. seriously. Unfortunately by that time the event organizers/promoters were in no position to be trusted to regulate themselves.

i agree.. i think the approach was far more reactive than proactive.

The fact that cities such as Montreal, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York, Miami, etc. are holding such events now with the support of their public and local government is what upsets me the most. We don't have to be Europe to experience this type of thing, it's been happening in our backyards for some time now.

It's hard to imagine what our scene could have been like today ..

ahh Idance...what great day that was....bad boy bill, killer....great video....is it available on DVD hehe would be sweet to have as a memory too bad there was no industry documentary

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Originally posted by dEsidEL i juss came across this and thought i'd share.. an interesting snapshot of the events from Oct. 1999 leading up to the summer of 2000. I remember that balmy summer afternoon at Nathan Philips Sq. was ram packed with over 10,000+ ppl by around 9pm. It wasn't just simply about 'raves', but the state of the Electronic Music scene here in general. I only dream that these days will someday be relived again in our great city..

Emz u rule babe - seriously - here is to capturing THAT movement again

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Originally posted by dEsidEL

awesome find! thanks for sharing!

I watched the first bit, but I have to go. I'll watch the rest later. This looks like a really interesting documentary. I wish I was around to experience the raves pre-1999.

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Originally posted by dEsidEL i agree.. i think the approach was far more reactive than proactive. The fact that cities such as Montreal, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York, Miami, etc. are holding such events now with the support of their public and local government is what upsets me the most. We don't have to be Europe to experience this type of thing, it's been happening in our backyards for some time now. It's hard to imagine what our scene could have been like today ..

The thing is, no one can predict the future ... how was PPP know there was gonna be that many deaths in the scene???

I just turned 17... a friend took me down. I remember it very well. Usually things change for the better but it felt pretty good back then. I miss it with the rest of you. It changed our lives forever. Only if we can jump in a time machine and go back, I would do it all over again! Ofcourse i didn't know u guys back then but i would still do it again!

Awesome and great find!

I was there and it was tres fun

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