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Shadow Lounge Reunion @ Tottem Gardens/UltraLounge 2-24-07 review + pics
1999. A year which many will call the "golden age of trance." Anthems, melodic, vocal, monster tunes from a time long past.
Thanksgiving Eve 2005. An idea was brought up to bring back the days and tunes of yesteryear, which resulted in a highly successful night at Space.
February 2007. The idea is brought once again, only to another club in downtown Miami, this one being the Tottem Gardens/UltraLounge, which was formerly the Ice Palace and a film studio.
More memories and history were made.
Edgar V and George Acosta brought the old days back to Miami once again in a long, memorable night in THE most posh nightclub I have ever laud eyes on, inside and outside. Several video screens showed pictures of the original Shadow Lounge and its guest DJs, including BT, Sasha and many, many more. Awesome setting for nostalgia.
The night started out with a surprisingly good turnout early, and later it got packed. Nothing but massive, melodic, energetic tunes from the old days delivered by South Florida's best in the main room. WIll post the tracks I IDd later.
Outside in the garden, my bud Eddie G went renegade and played prog trance/trance where it should have been nothing but house sets. 
PWN.
There was a LOT of energy, crowd interaction and everything you could want (including some DAMN hot women) last night.
Quite frankly, I got drunk out of my mind on THREE long island teas and had an absolute GREAT time, and so did everyone else, from what I saw. Great seeing a lot of familiar faces, and a big special thanks goes to Ambs, for if it weren't for her, I would have missed out on the Reunion gig for a second consecutive time. Leaving Eddie G at his home to come back to Weston, he asked me to let you all know his gratitude for everyone coming out.
This was def. a great night and anyone who didn't go missed out. Hopefully there will be another show like this. It is defintely
FOR THE WIN.
Took pics with Eddie G's camera, will upload them later on today, but now it's time for me to crash.
DAMN good night.
DA
Incredible, classics that stand out in different, like I told some of my friends, it reminded me the reason of why I got into this music.
Sad that it was time for my ride to leave quite early, but enjoyed joyfully every-one song that was played out.
While walking to my car, Blue Lagoone was been played in the garden, one of those sweet melodic classics.. Loved loved it, the place, had enough millions of dollars parked in front and in the valet area, it was like looking a prestige imports lot.
I just want to say that this might be my last trance night in Miami and it was GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I missed a lil bit of Edgar's set but not like last years when I was walking in on Xpander [his last song]
This year his last song was fuking crazy. MINISTRY OF SOUND CLUBBERS GUIDE 2 IBIZA *haha*
Johnny Shaker - Pearl River
im in a trance of love
i dont know what im gonna do
i get a little lost thinking of you
I can't praise Edgar enough. I think we all love him. I am definitely going to miss seeing him spin down here cuz if he ever comes to NY it won't be the same. Edgar in Miami > anywhere else. But thanks for all the great memories for like 6 years 
Anyways George shines on Shadow Lounge Reunion nights. Last years was the best. Don't think anything can top that cuz Talla was thrown in the mix and I remember leaving space in broad daylight and it was still packed. Also, heard way more tracks last year [Cafe del Mar..I can hear u calling..It's not Over]
Track of the night was played by Acosta and I love this song because Datt did a lil Edit to it and he usually plays this song out when I see him:
Solar Stone - Seven Cities [V-One's Living Cities Mix]
and omfg how can I forget.. Dude crazy intro by Acosta. I almost cried.
AYLA - ANGEL FALLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I used to whore that song out when I was like 15 in my room [lol I"M YOUNG SO EVERYONE STFU!]
This party is always one of the best parties of the year. Hopefully if they promote it long enough my ass will come back for a weekend 
Oh yeah useless info but it's pretty funny.. I got to meet George Acosta last night.. only cuz HE wanted to meet this crazy bitch. I don't hate him.. I never said I did [well maybe after FRANK CALLED ME!!lol]. I hate the douche bag Kinetic Energy. 
whoever he is.
Pics.
End pics.
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| Originally posted by MeLLyMeL I just want to say that this might be my last trance night in Miami and it was GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
the place was really upscale, too bad i was there for like only 5 mins 
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| Originally posted by Mattivi why your last nite, is it because besides DA and a few other misguided souls, u realize trance is a muddled, confused, lost genre or that your moving out of town? |
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| Originally posted by Mattivi why your last nite, is it because besides DA and a few other misguided souls, u realize trance is a muddled, confused, lost genre or that your moving out of town? |
Great great times....you Floridians are the best to party it up with! Thanks again for all the hospitality. What a beautiful venue, I couldn't get enough of the outdoor part 
Ambs and Mel it was great meeting you!
Definitely died when Angelfalls was played
See??
Didn't I tell you all that it was gonna be banging and to go no matter what?
When DP tells ya sum'thin': Listeeeeeen! 
Gonna add a bit to my review...
David Padilla was supposed to play after Eddie G in the garden, but never showed up. Don't know what happened but Eddie's extended set def. kept people dancing. Also, some dude threw a dollar bill at Eddie because he loved the set so much. At first Eddie thought it was just a $1 bill, but it turned out to be a $100 bill 
On another note, after Eddie G finished the extended set, Joey Velez got up on the decks. He started to play more great shit like he did at Blue during Super Bowl Weekend. Without Party 93.1 to hold him back, Joey Velez is wrecking the shit good and proper.
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| Originally posted by KaiLee Great great times....you Floridians are the best to party it up with! Thanks again for all the hospitality. What a beautiful venue, I couldn't get enough of the outdoor part Ambs and Mel it was great meeting you! Definitely died when Angelfalls was played |
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| Originally posted by DigitalPhoenix See?? Didn't I tell you all that it was gonna be banging and to go no matter what? When DP tells ya sum'thin': Listeeeeeen! |
What a great fucking night!!!
I'm too dead to type a lot right now... but
SEVEN CITIESSSSS!!!, Komodo, Proximus, Out of the Blue..... I never thought I'd hear these tracks live. Good lord are they beautiful...
And the highlight of my night and a track I've ALWAYS wanted to hear live....
GOURYELLA
Thank you Edgar! I thought I was going to cry, seriously
god that track is beautiful!
Last night I realized that it's not that I don't like trance anymore, but that trance from back in the day was FAR superior over trance from now....
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| Originally posted by MeLLyMeL All the above?? lol jk I'm moving out of town.. |
Can anyone of you guys get me whatever this guy had ?
Oh shit.
Leo's gonna kill me. 
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| Originally posted by Mattivi good luck kiddo...soon your avatar will read NYC missing Miami...lol, the pizza up there is great tho, i think if i moved to nyc it would be because of the pizza. |
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| Originally posted by koky69 |
I walked in with sore feets.. but see, when the music its right, there's nothing there to stop you .. CM - Dream UNiverse ( Dumonde remix ) ! Never thought Id hear this live :-)
George played French Kiss and Cocaine for me.
That made my night
who wants to go to this place with me next week??
Hottest. guy. ever.
there's this bartender working there. omfg he's seriously god's gift to my eyes. *drools*
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| Originally posted by bdr222 George played French Kiss and Cocaine for me. That made my night |
Talk about a time machine, last night we all got a ride on one. Caught about an hour of Edgar's opening, and it was right on. Energy galore while setting the plate for the Shadow Lounge ringleader Acosta to level the place. And level the place he did with one great classic after another, leading up to a GA-Edgar tagteam session (which is now a SL reunion tradition). Too many great tracks to remember and I'll leave tracklisting to the trainspotters and DJs on here. Yet ones that I remember and stood out include: French Kiss, Witches, Exploration of Space, Derbus, World in My Eyes (fuckin breakdown still gets a crowd going), Taking Over Space, & Cocaine.
I might add about the venue's location, it's only 2 blocks from Space, so no biggie. And the SL party was actually in the back two areas, as the Mainroon already has an existing open-format/hip hop party. So the venue is actually insane with 3 big areas. That outside area was great, and I could see this as a great venue for conference parties so I am surprised that I haven't heard of any. Only issue I would mention is that whoever tweaked the sound in the trance room overdid it. We get it you have a Dynacord, congrats, now turn it down a little, thanks.
Bottom line it was an awesome event. Many thanks go out to Edgar V and George Acosta for taking everyone on a trip back in time like only they can, and to Dade and the Shadow Lounge crew for putting this together again.
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| Originally posted by bdr222 George played French Kiss and Cocaine for me. That made my night |
Witches was my track of the night!! I fucking love that song! Good times last night! These reunions are the fucking best! Good seeing everyone!
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| Originally posted by bdr222 George played French Kiss and Cocaine for me. That made my night |
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| Originally posted by av1 Only issue I would mention is that whoever tweaked the sound in the trance room overdid it. We get it you have a Dynacord, congrats, now turn it down a little, thanks. |
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