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Posted by SPANIARD on Sep-30-2007 14:56:

Review: John 00 Fleming @ Stereo

Before I start, I just want to say that if I'm breaking any rules by posting a review from an event in a different city, I'm sorry and it wasn't intended.

Alot of people on this board that I had met before leaving would have loved to hear what happened, so for you and everyone else, this is what it was . Navid (hardcore trancer) and I left Toronto around 9:40am, just missing rush hour. It took us record timing to get to Montreal but once we got into the city, saying the traffic was a mess would be the understatement of the year. We were stuck for atleast 2 hours because of an accident with no exit in site. We finally found our hotel (by pure luck lol) and crashed there until we would leave for Stereo which btw, opens at 2 am .

Now, before going into the club, I had heard that it is a top club worldwide so with that I was foolish enough to make assumptions that it was a huge complex, strict(er) than usual dress code and maybe stuck up stuff. Luckily enough, I was wrong about all three. The venue's decore reminds me alot of Footwork. If you've been to both, you can probably see the resemblance, the only difference being that Stereo has a much higher ceiling, is a larger room and a way bigger sound system. They also don't serve alcohol. The staff, like everyone we met in Montreal, seemed like they could not do enough for us.

J00F walked into the club around 3am, so Navid and I looked at each other saying 'shit man, there's no one here, if he goes on then it's kind of insulting'. He didn't go on, instead he chilled out in the DJ booth listening to Insomnia who was the opening/closing DJ for the night. I know she's a TA, so if you're reading this, great job. Some songs I remember were...
Aalto-'Five'
DJ Preach-'Broken Inside' (Hearing a Preach production in MTL )
Bedrock-'Heaven Scent' (Greg Downey Remix)
Armin-'Control Freak' (Sander Van Doorn Remix)
Filo & Peri-'The Anthem'
Tiesto-'Lethal Industry' (Richard Durand Remix)

Around 3:45, it was time for the reason that we had made the journey. J00F came on and not only did he bring out the best in Canada's best sound system, he made everyone dance like tommorow would never come. This might have been the best set I have ever heard live, it was just so intense. I'm pretty sure he didn't play any tracks that he had played at Freedom, but some that I had noticed were...
Chakra-Opacity (Chakra new remix) <-Insanity!
Vibrasphere - Isolation
Solarscape - Zen (Alucard Remix)

Unfortunately, his set was just over 2 hours, but what a memorable time. He had to catch a plane to San Fran for love fest, so it probably explains alot. John never hesitated to take pics, talk to fans after his set which is always great to see. The look on his face when Navid told him we travelled from Toronto was pretty priceless.

We got back to the hotel around 7:30, grabbed breakfest, took a nap, and hit the road. Beautiful day to drive back with weather that could not have been better. All in all, a well spent 2 days with only good memories. If anyone who is reading this has not been to Montreal for a party, check it out because it is like a different world compared to Toronto (you make up your mind on how to interpret that).

Cheers

Posted by Orko on Sep-30-2007 16:31:

Glad you had a good time in Montreal Spaniard! It's always a nice feeling when all that effort is actually worth it.

But next time you make an epic journey, to see a trance god, you call more friends .

Posted by TranceGrooves on Sep-30-2007 17:26:

TRANCE lives through DJs like JOOF and few others.

Awesome review Ben

Posted by SPANIARD on Sep-30-2007 19:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
Glad you had a good time in Montreal Spaniard! It's always a nice feeling when all that effort is actually worth it.

But next time you make an epic journey, to see a trance god, you call more friends .

Next time, Bobby, next time!

Posted by me@t k@tie on Sep-30-2007 20:17:

quote:
Originally posted by SPANIARD
Next time, Bobby, next time!

Next time, you better take me with you too!

Posted by hardcore trancer on Sep-30-2007 20:24:

It was such a unforgetable night and everything was just perfect,I really couldnt ask for more.Montreal rocked so much eventhough we didnt stay for that long.I will def be going there more often and the long drive is totally worth it.

J00F played such a good set,very smooth and flawless.The sound system at stereo is somethig on it is own.One of the best analogue systems that I have ever seen.

The crowd in Montreal is such a good crowd,very different from Toronto.Everyone there respects eachother no matter what and they truly love their music.

so here are the ratings

Music: 10/10

Stereo: 9.5/10 (didnt get a 10 since they dont have lasers :P

Crowd: 8.5/10

J00F:

Thanks Montreal for the good times and I shall be back very soon.

Posted by Matt on Sep-30-2007 22:55:

Is John making a Toronto stop?

Posted by Tunnel Rat on Oct-01-2007 00:41:

Nice reviews....and nice to hear you had a good time.
But did you honestly think J00F would disappoint??

Posted by hardcore trancer on Oct-01-2007 02:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Matt
Is John making a Toronto stop?

I actually askd him about that and he said very very soon.

Posted by hardcore trancer on Oct-01-2007 02:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Tunnel Rat
Nice reviews....and nice to hear you had a good time.
But did you honestly think J00F would disappoint??

Not once has he disappointed me out of all these times that I have seen him.I really dont know what I would do if J00F didnt exist!!

Posted by Yohan on Oct-01-2007 02:38:

quote:
Originally posted by hardcore trancer
I actually askd him about that and he said very very soon.

Early Dec w/ Chris Lawrence IIRC

Posted by hardcore trancer on Oct-01-2007 04:52:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
Early Dec w/ Chris Lawrence IIRC

Damn that would be awesome.

Posted by SPANIARD on Oct-01-2007 12:45:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
Early Dec w/ Chris Lawrence IIRC

Posted by Yohan on Oct-01-2007 12:50:

quote:
Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Damn that would be awesome.

Yep. According to CL's site, 1 Dec

Posted by sufee_b on Oct-01-2007 13:12:

Re: Review: John 00 Fleming @ Stereo

quote:
Originally posted by SPANIARD
Before I start, I just want to say that if I'm breaking any rules by posting a review from an event in a different city, I'm sorry and it wasn't intended.

I'm sure that with all the absolute mind numbing garbage discussed in this forum, a review of a DJ/event from another city is nothing.

'00' is 1 of 2 maybe 3 Trance DJs I would go out of my way to see.

Posted by hardcore trancer on Oct-01-2007 14:44:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
Yep. According to CL's site, 1 Dec

Fuck I just realized that this would the same night as John Askew,and now if J00F in included on that list as well it would be insanity!!!They better all be at Kool Haus tho

Posted by SPANIARD on Oct-01-2007 17:12:

Would be awesome to have J00F there, too bad he's playing in Australia the day before...still hope he can make it!!

Posted by Yohan on Oct-01-2007 17:14:

quote:
Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Fuck I just realized that this would the same night as John Askew,and now if J00F in included on that list as well it would be insanity!!!They better all be at Kool Haus tho

I may have gotten Askew and j00f mixed up

Either way, both Askew, j00f plus CL would mean trance orgasm and I die

Posted by TranceGrooves on Oct-01-2007 19:45:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
Either way, both Askew, j00f plus CL would mean trance orgasm and I die

me and Ben were just talking about that earlier. 2 words come to mind when i think of those 3 in same venue at same time.

Holy SHIT!!!

Posted by Endgame on Oct-01-2007 19:55:

Great review - thanks Ben!

Askew and J00F in the same night would also blow my mind!

Posted by E2EK1EL on Oct-01-2007 19:57:

This is why I respect the "OO"

I've seen him play to an empty room and packed house, he doesn't give a fuck, he plays excatly the same ... like it's his last gig ever!

RESPECTZ!!!!

Posted by Yohan on Oct-01-2007 20:00:

quote:
Originally posted by TranceGrooves
me and Ben were just talking about that earlier. 2 words come to mind when i think of those 3 in same venue at same time.

Holy SHIT!!!

Hear us Guv.

Make this an Ultra Spin night!

Posted by Orko on Oct-01-2007 20:23:

quote:
Originally posted by E2EK1EL
This is why I respect the "OO"

I've seen him play to an empty room and packed house, he doesn't give a fuck, he plays excatly the same ... like it's his last gig ever!

RESPECTZ!!!!

We could only hope for such effort from most DJs.

Then again, with his health problems, maybe he should play this way? He has dodged death a few times now.

Posted by adi26 on Oct-01-2007 23:23:

quote:
Originally posted by hardcore trancer

Music: 10/10

Stereo: 9.5/10 (didnt get a 10 since they dont have lasers :P

Crowd: 8.5/10

Crowd 8.5 really ????

I hate Stereo cos of the overdose of homosexuality that comes along with it...

Last time I was at Stereo...I saw soo many couples grinding (which is okay but not very cool cos grinding does not go very well trance dancing)...

but then I saw more Gay grinding than regular grinding....thats just pushing it too far...fuckin Stereo...

Posted by SPANIARD on Oct-01-2007 23:50:

quote:
Originally posted by adi26
Crowd 8.5 really ????

I hate Stereo cos of the overdose of homosexuality that comes along with it...

Last time I was at Stereo...I saw soo many couples grinding (which is okay but not very cool cos grinding does not go very well trance dancing)...

but then I saw more Gay grinding than regular grinding....thats just pushing it too far...fuckin Stereo...

We were told by many people that trance nights don't bring out that kinda crowd and I would say it's an accurate statement. From what I saw, it was about 25% gay and the rest were just people that wanted to have a good time. The bouncer told me that only Victor Calderone and David Morales are the DJ's that bring out the entire community and if it bothers you, don't come. From my experience, everything on this short trip went against the stereotypes (no pun intended lol) of Montreal that Torontonians have 'built up'. I wish(hope) that everyone could have a similar experience because I brought back nothing but amazing memories.

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