TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- Canada - Western Canada
-- The Gastown Easter Heineken Music Experience with PETE TONG & ROGER SANCHEZ

The Gastown Easter Heineken Music Experience with PETE TONG & ROGER SANCHEZ

The team at Cargo is proud to present a very special weekend�

The Gastown Easter Weekend Heineken Music Experience with PETE TONG & ROGER SANCHEZ

WHEN � EASTER WEEKEND:
- Roger Sanchez = Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 � 10PM till 3AM
- Pete Tong = Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 � 10PM till 3AM

WHERE: Fabric Night Club (formerly Sonar) in Gastown
- 66 Water Street
- 2 pieces of ID required for entry

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 22ND� GRAMMY AWARD WINNING



ROGER SANCHEZ - www.releaseyourself.com / www.stealth-records.com / www.rogersanchez.com / www.myspace.com/rogersanchez



Release Yourself is a concept born many moons ago in the mind of the Grammy award winning artist Roger Sanchez. A seminal single (Release Yo Self) under Roger�s Transatlantic Soul production moniker back in 1996, a fully immersive party experience from 2001, a world-shaking radio show and CD compilation series since 2002, and a prolific podcast from 2006 � Release Yourself, like evolution itself, tells us that only the strong survive. So move your ass, stomp your feet, and set your mind free, because the very latest trip in this time-honored compilation series is here. Blending deep house, Latin, tribal and electro-tech sounds, explosive programming with sparks of S-Man magic, the relentless groove of Release Yourself 6 is sure to set speakers ablaze as it�s unleashed on 4th June via Roger�s own Stealth Records label!

The genesis of Release Yourself was certainly shaped by Roger�s life as a native New Yorker. A former student of architecture and a disciple of the legendary Paradise Garage, there came a time, in the late 80s, when he had to choose between a prestigious education at the Pratt Institute and his burgeoning love of house music and club culture. That Roger went on to cement his stellar reputation as a DJ and producer around the world is a testament to his robust belief in the power of music to liberate people, physically and mentally.

The first Release Yourself event took place in June 2001 at El Divino on the clubbers� paradise island of Ibiza. �I named it after my track Release Yo Self by Transatlantic Soul to symbolise what I wanted people to do at my parties,� explains Roger. And, of course, it went down a storm! A year later Release Yourself moved to Pacha, where Roger has been revered as a resident ever since, developing an intimate relationship with the clubbing mecca and its cosmopolitan crowds. Now, in 2007, following an illuminating start to the Release Yourself season at Miami WMC, the party returns to Pacha Ibiza from Monday 18th June, with sunset pre-parties taking place once again at Cafe Mambo. The Release Yourself theme for this year is signs of the zodiac and we can definitely predict that there will be some astronomical parties up ahead, in Ibiza and beyond. You will, for example, be able to enjoy Release Yourself marathons at several festivals this summer, including Mystery Land in the Netherlands and Global Gathering in the UK, so stay tuned.

Meanwhile serving millions of listeners who love to stay tuned is Roger's hugely popular Release Yourself radio show. It smashed onto the scene in 2002 and is now syndicated weekly to 27 stations internationally. With an emphasis on the unique and the upfront, Release Yourself was one of the first dance shows to evolve into a podcast. Indeed, from pimpin� his mix tapes on Broadway in the 80s to spinning digital video discs as he fronts his all-action live S-Men band in the 00s, Roger has always utilised the technology of his time to connect more deeply with clubbers. Launched in March 2006, the Release Yourself Podcast now has 60,000+ bi-weekly subscribers and even won the Best Podcast category in the 22nd International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) during WMC 2007.

So, finally, let�s return full circle to Release Yourself Volume 6. As a 100 percent pure Release Yourself encounter, its sounds flow seamlessly over two CDs, with a sexy, soul drenched pre-party selection chased up by pounding peak time party programming. And since the Basement Jaxx remixed Release Yo Self (�back in the day�), it is fitting that their hot new track Cool It kickstarts 2007�s party CD in a big way. This mix houses an array of upfront tracks, including Agent Greg Vs. Audiopunch�s soaring Symphony of Love, The Nightcrawlers� Push the Feeling On (Belocca's Cheeky Bootleg Mix), and Nick Terranova & Austin Leeds� Dirty Sound ?(Miami Dirt Mix) � all of which will be forthcoming on Stealth.

Says Roger: �The Release Yourself mixes remain a true reflection of what is going on on my dancefloors. The party mix has taken on more modern electronic elements, as have my sets, while the pre party side now incorporates even more variety within its deeper sounds.�

Let�s welcome Cargo�s resident Roger Sanchez back to Vancouver during this special Easter Weekend music experience.

ON SUNDAY, MARCH 23RD� ELECTRONIC MUSIC ICON



PETE TONG, UK - www.petetong.com / www.myspace.com/petetong / www.bbc.co.uk/radio1



I count myself very lucky to be there with millions of people every Friday as all we start the weekend together with my Radio 1 show. According those clever numbers people Essential Selection is one of the most listened to shows at Radio 1, both live and on-line with millions of listeners weekly around the globe. It is also syndicated in over 25 countries worldwide including Italy, Dubai, Canada, and the USA.

In terms of DJing I play clubs and festivals worldwide, gigs I hold dear to my heart included Pacha-Ibiza, Tennax-Florence and Space-Miami. As a producer I have assembled the music for movie soundtracks such as The Beach, Human Traffic and 24 Hour Party People and produced my own material under various guises. I am also the name sake to the film Its All Gone Pete Tong which was released last year. Stepping into the present I have entered the world of Podcasts and Im loving it! My Tongcasts have held the number 1 spot and are downloaded by thousands of people. I also present Fast Trax - a weekly show for mobile network 3G.

I teamed up with Universal Records last year to launch a new Essential Selection Album series. I felt the time was right to return to the world of compilations as dance music and the clubbing scene has been revitalized in the last few years. I truly believe from what Im hearing and seeing that we are in a very exciting and creative period. So far The Essential Selection and Essential Classics albums have been released, with an Essential Mix CD to follow.

I will undertake my fourth season of Pure Pacha, Friday nights @ Pacha Ibiza this summer starting on the 9th of June. Pure Pacha combines musical quality and glamour, with aspiration and escapism. Its a wonderland for grown ups who don�t want to grow up just yet.....! I also bring the Pure brand to bi-monthly parties at Ministry of Sound in London.

In 2005 I finally got some good studio time and collaborated with Chris Cox, James Talk, Paul Harris & Jay P. One of my ambitions is to produce an artist and compose a film score in the future.

It hasn�t always been like this for me, I started out as a mobile DJ in Kent during my teens. When I was at school, hard rock ruled the roost, and I even tried playing in bands, but after seeing a DJ playing actual records at a school disco I decided that looked like much more fun!

One of my first jobs was to DJ at a club in Baker Street called [Family] Function and simultaneously book bands for a weekend alternative night: the first group I hired was the then-unknown Culture Club. Around the same time I also landed a day job at Blues & Soul magazine, I became features editor and began making appearances on the pirates and BBC's Radio London.

At this time dance was still considered a fringe genre and I soon found myself presenting a dance music segment on Radio 1s Peter Powell show. But I noticed that daytime DJs had no control over the music they played, so I launched a soul show on Kent's newly-launched Invicta station. By now I had left my position at Blues & Soul and replaced it with an A&R position at London Records, a job I loved and held in one manner or another for almost 20 years.

I was now in the thick of it all and was hired by Capital Radio to broadcast to the new clubbers, which enabled me to start a label within a label at London. FFRR Records was born in 1988: we hit first with Salt n Pepa's 'Push It' and a whole catalogue of tracks followed. I've been lucky - I grew up at a time when the whole scene exploded, and I worked with a bunch of people who, for a long period of time empowered me to be able to change things.

The biggest change came in 1991, when Radio One recognized that it needed to cater for the new, and permanent, youth culture. I was hired to host a brand new Friday evening show, the Essential Selection. It meant broadcasting to the nation and unlike my daytime predecessors, actually choosing the music too. The Essential Selection spun off a show called the Essential Mix, enabling DJs worldwide to showcase their mixing talents on national radio, and together these led to the Essential compilations.

After all this time I don�t get complacent though - When you're on the radio for so long your audience stays the same age but you get older. The new people come in and think of you as a radio DJ and not a club DJ. With that in mind, I keep a packed DJ schedule spending time on the road, searching out new music and broadcasting from select cities and events en route.

Ultimately People love music whether and how they buy it right now is one thing, but people still want to party and its our job to come up with new parties, new nights, new venues, new themes to keep the scene fresh and exciting.

We�re excited to announce Pete�s return to Vancouver in what will be the ultimate Gastown Easter Weekend Party Experience!!!

For more info see www.petetong.com

TICKETS:
-- the 60 x $60 tickets (which gives entry to BOTH shows) are SOLD OUT.
-- $35 tickets for Pete Tong and $35 for Roger Sanchez are now available individually at Clubzone.

Yup Yup looks good

CARGO TRIPLE COMBO PACK

Just put online is a $90 ticket combo deal which gains you access into:
TALL PAUL - this Saturday, February 16th @ Fabric
ROGER SANCHEZ - Saturday, March 22nd @ Fabric
PETE TONG - Sunday, March 23rd @ Fabric

www.clubzone.com/twisted

when will you guys release more pete tong tix?

why oh why are these awesome DJ's play at Fabric/Sonar. Is there nothing better out there?

quote:

Originally posted by DJ Big T why oh why are these awesome DJ's play at Fabric/Sonar. Is there nothing better out there?

A promoter should take celebrities on Saturday as well and make a carryover from blueprint night.

However saying that, I will be at fabric both night for this.

quote:

Originally posted by Burgoo A promoter should take celebrities on Saturday as well and make a carryover from blueprint night. However saying that, I will be at fabric both night for this.

Apparently Mr. Cargo has a great "in" with the people at Fabric/Sonar but can't get in with the people at Celebs, maybe cause Blueprint throws great shows there...It sounds like its all about who you know!!

We've decided to sell our door sales tickets in advance of the show so now available online are:

50 x $50 tickets for Roger Sanchez on Saturday, March 22nd

AND

50 x $50 tickets for Pete Tong on Sunday, March 23rd.

After these go, that'll be it! -- No tickets will be available at the door and there is absolutely no guest list for either event.

http://www.clubzone.com/twisted

Thanks.

This weekend....

How late is the show going to go on the sunday?

fabric/sonar no more

I just have to rant. Every single time I went to this crappy place, the bouncers were always go up and down the line asking for money to jump the queue. They have the balls to actually yell "$20 per head" to jump the queue and 5 minutes later asked for $30. When someone asked that it was $20 5 minutes ago, he said "What can I say, it's INFLATION" with a big grin on his face.
We complained about this before and we were told they will clean this up and it will be under a new management (I believe it was Kraig that said that). Yeah ... right, the crew stayed the same and nothing changed at all.

Me and my friends agreed that it's no longer worth it to waste our time and put up with them. These thugs always ruined our mood before the night even begins. So no matter how good the show is, it always started badly. I guess I was naive when I thought the new name will maaaaybe give us a better experience since maaaaaybe they actually have different management.

EMPTY PROMISES ... 'nuff said.

PS: This place maybe the muggiest club in Vancouver, it's always hot like hell in there.

Re: fabric/sonar no more

quote:

Originally posted by myth I just have to rant. Every single time I went to this crappy place, the bouncers were always go up and down the line asking for money to jump the queue. They have the balls to actually yell "$20 per head" to jump the queue and 5 minutes later asked for $30. When someone asked that it was $20 5 minutes ago, he said "What can I say, it's INFLATION" with a big grin on his face. We complained about this before and we were told they will clean this up and it will be under a new management (I believe it was Kraig that said that). Yeah ... right, the crew stayed the same and nothing changed at all. Me and my friends agreed that it's no longer worth it to waste our time and put up with them. These thugs always ruined our mood before the night even begins. So no matter how good the show is, it always started badly. I guess I was naive when I thought the new name will maaaaybe give us a better experience since maaaaaybe they actually have different management. EMPTY PROMISES ... 'nuff said. PS: This place maybe the muggiest club in Vancouver, it's always hot like hell in there.

A lot of ppl agree with you myth. I got a boycott on Sonar/Fabric except I thought'd I'd give it a shot lastnight at Pete Tong and see what the fuss is about this "new look." I can tell you nothing has really changed except some lights and cheasy velour fabric being draped on the brick walls. Still got the same old shitty staff and thieves.... I mean bouncers at the door. Just come on over to Celebrities where the bouncers don't play favourites, line-ups move and ticket holders don't have to wait! Just remember it's a hate free environment and have a good time! See ya there.

What new look?
Pete Tong was good tho.
BTW, even the coat check ladies are in this whole mess as well, $5 per jacket? You gotta be kidding me.

Re: Re: fabric/sonar no more

quote:

Originally posted by shampoo A lot of ppl agree with you myth. I got a boycott on Sonar/Fabric except I thought'd I'd give it a shot lastnight at Pete Tong and see what the fuss is about this "new look." I can tell you nothing has really changed except some lights and cheasy velour fabric being draped on the brick walls. Still got the same old shitty staff and thieves.... I mean bouncers at the door. Just come on over to Celebrities where the bouncers don't play favourites, line-ups move and ticket holders don't have to wait! Just remember it's a hate free environment and have a good time! See ya there.

Yeah i really dont like the sonar/fabric either. I laugh looking at my post complaining about the crowd at celebs on Friday, it was 100 times better then at sonar on sat. Only a few dj's will ever get me to go back to Fabric.

Add not functioning ATM's, the bars not accepting credit cards, no ins and outs, and Sonar is in for another name change.

funny, i didnt have those problems with the bouncers or anything last nigth.. guess luck was on my side lol.

pete tong fukin killed it. im aching today and can't walk properly. damn that set was tight.

nice bumping into xtrem & shampoo? at the bars as well..

-peace

Re: Re: fabric/sonar no more

quote:

Originally posted by shampoo A lot of ppl agree with you myth. I got a boycott on Sonar/Fabric except I thought'd I'd give it a shot lastnight at Pete Tong and see what the fuss is about this "new look." I can tell you nothing has really changed except some lights and cheasy velour fabric being draped on the brick walls. Still got the same old shitty staff and thieves.... I mean bouncers at the door. Just come on over to Celebrities where the bouncers don't play favourites, line-ups move and ticket holders don't have to wait! Just remember it's a hate free environment and have a good time! See ya there.

Celebs is good but not great. Come to any major event after eleven, and it's exactly the opposite of what you said. Hour long line ups (ticket or not) and bouncers playing favorites. Happened at Sharam( $40 tickets, not even sold out!) and G&D. Some fridays are good though.

Bouncers always play favorite everywhere. But Fabric/Sonar ones are beyond tolerable.

^ Oh that sucks boys, I can't believe these problems STILL continue
after all the months gone. It's really sad how these issues seem to
be nation wide. I spent some time in Ontario the past Xmas and the
service at the GUV wasn't rather too impressive either. I am however
greatly impressed with Europe and how so far after club and rave events
I was left with a great impression. Everything is handled professionally
and ethically. I was into Heaven in London for Digweed within 5 minutes
as they didn't que up the line so entry was flawless. Same thing at the
Gatecrasher rave, they opened up early and kept people moving inside.
Everything out here seems to be done a whole lot better.

As for Cargo/Twisted, from what I'm told these guys are banned from most
venues around town so Sonar/Fabric is mostly what you'll get from them.
I'm still upholding a boycott of this promoter and YOU should too.

Am I getting old, or are things in this city getting worse and worse?

I went to the MLC for my first time last weekend to Insomnia to see Ronski Speed, Ronny was kind enough to guestlist me. I showed up after 1 as instructed by Ronny and there was no line-up. I got in, and god is it hot and humid in there. Crowd wasn't too bad, mostly people were shuffling their feet to the music until Ronski finished around 4:20ish, and then a hardstyle DJ came on and dropped some hardstyle 140-148bpm whatever track and the dance floor completely filled up, as I headed out the door after a nice 45 min chat with Uzair after meeting him for the first time.

I don't intend on going back there unless the circumstances are similar. I hope another promoter steps forward and brings Ronny back, he wasn't impressed in having to play 'hard,' and I'm glad he didn't. Yeah, he took off the second that hardstyle track was laid on. Lol.

I understand hardstyle and house sell, or at least seem to (I have never figured out if it's because that's what the crowd wants or that's what the crowd comes to expect since that's a majority of what comes these days or is asked of, these days - maybe someone can explain that one to me).

As for the venues, yeah, it gets tougher and tougher. It's been done to death in other threads. There's never a consistent turn out for events, and you can all say you all show up but 20 people isn't enough. It's vancouver. Top 40 sells. Hip hop, rap, rock, it all sells. That's what most people listen to here. FM radio. TV (Much Music). It's what people are exposed to, it's what becomes a part of culture, it's what is. If an EDM can't bring in a consistent crowd that behaves itself, the venue says *uck it and goes back to what sells. You can call it greed, or you can in many cases call it paying the bills. So promoters take whatever venues they can get that are willing to take them, and sorry to say, but only the s*itty venues take EDM events because its risk reward for them. Either they take a risk in doing something different to stay afloat, or they do what every other club is doing, and doing it BETTER than them, and hope they can make financial ends meet.

I don't have an answer, nor do I believe anyone truly does have an answer on how to fix this.

All you can hope for is that a decent promoter gets a decent venue and you all go to it all the damn time. I liked what Danny was doing with Viva long long time ago. Him and Sean ran an event every Friday, same place, same time, and it took awhile but they had a good following after awhile and were able to eventually afford to bring in talented guys who hadn't made it yet, making it more affordable for them, while still bringing in a quality guy every month (Menno de Jong, Niklas Harding, Ronski Speed, Phynn, guys you all know now). Club wasn't the greatest but it was better than some of the other crap ones I've been too, but also a far far cry from some of the nicer ones I've been to. Arpy ran a good thing with Vivid Sessions. Some decent/good locals every week, and it eventually got to the point they could afford to bring someone in almost every week, big names, small names, nationals, internationals. Was great. I'm sorry I couldn't make it out to that very often as by the time I finished hockey on friday nights I didn't have much gas left in the tank.

So if anything good comes along, don't bi*ch, just support it as best as you can (schedule, pocket book aside). I hear Blueprint is doing alright.

If you want to boycott certain groups, go right ahead, that's your call. There's two sides to the coin, promoters are trying their best with a lot of adversity against them (venues/club owners being stubborn, crowds not supporting events, their being zero cultural support for edm in Vancouver, the financial burden, having to make and establish contacts and scheduling to try to convince djs to come here) and there's also some that do business poorly (forcing unfair terms on DJs to play here [I heard this one from the DJ himself, pretty big name guy too], forcing DJs to play styles they don't want to or are not comfortable with, treating DJs poorly when they do come here [again, I won't give out names but a recent DJ came here and had to ask their contacts around town for a place to stay or else they would have been on the streets or paying their own hotel for two nights because of the flights that were booked for them], and other things I can't think of off the top of my head.

I don't really go to events, nor do I know a lot of the people that run them in this city, so take everything I say with a grain of salt, but maybe promoters should turn over a new leaf and fans should try to be more understanding. This should be a joint and unified effort where promoters set up events and bring in talent (big name, small name, local, not-local, whatever) and we just show up and go in with a positive attitude and have fun. 10-20 Years ago they coined the term PLUR. Now it's all about camps and the blame game and no one's willing to take any responsibility for any part of this mess, and how they plan to help fix it, rather than just more blame gamimg. (I already faulted I don't participate enough, but then again I'm not going to every event and bit*hing about all of them either ).

What this town needs is a good ole fashioned REVOLUTION

How about a NON-PROFIT promotional organization? huh?
How about a community of EDM addicts working together to achieve a common goal?

Of course, the above are very possible. However in a society that's fundamentally pillared on greed, in addition to the absence of communication due to egotistical self-righteous mentalities; create an unpleasant working environment.

Before things can change, WE need to change.

I went to see Sanchez on Saturday night. A couple of factors resulted in my leaving after 15 minutes and selling my pete tong ticket for the next night.

1. The coat check lineup was about 30 minutes long, so I ended up carrying around my jacket.
2. No in/outs or designated outside area, so I couldn't have a smoke, or get any relief from the allergies I was getting inside (that was a first).
3. It was packed like sardines and hot (not always a bad thing being packed, but it just added on to the aggravation).
4. Bathroom smelled like sh*t.

Fabric is wack. I'm not going back there and I'm telling my friends to do the same.

Beside the fact that they picked this venue, I don't think its Cargo/Twisted's fault. Come on guys... Red Room, Caprice, Cafe Crepe.. anything would be better. Don't make the experience so unpleasant that it over powers the music we came there to enjoy.

quote:

Originally posted by krysx25 What this town needs is a good ole fashioned REVOLUTION How about a NON-PROFIT promotional organization? huh? How about a community of EDM addicts working together to achieve a common goal? Of course, the above are very possible. However in a society that's fundamentally pillared on greed, in addition to the absence of communication due to egotistical self-righteous mentalities; create an unpleasant working environment. Before things can change, WE need to change.

a Trance co-op?

Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright © 2000-2021, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.