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Posted by captain-2 on Dec-09-2009 19:18:

New in Toronto!

Hi everyone!! I�m new in the City and apart from saying hellow to everyone I wanted to ask for the not so well known places where you can listen to trance music.

I�m from Spain and my first contact with Trance music were the Rank-1-Airwave, Verachocha-Carte Blanche, Destination Sunshhine-Balearic Bill, the gouryellas......

At the moment I like stuff like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYKj___MaQ (amazing from my point of view from 3:32 onwards) and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Gcm0Vqx2o

In the more or less two months i�ve been here i�ve gone to Circa, Guvernment (wasn�t that impressed, i went on a "normal" friday") and the Mod Club, where i really enjoyed the music usptairs. I still haven�t got used to going home that early and ended up in a place called the Comfort Zone but the people there varied greatly to what i had seen in other clubs.

So, any reccomedantions for the type of music you can hear on the links or the ones mentioned above?!

Hope you all didnt�have problems with the snow and rain!

Posted by Intangible on Dec-09-2009 19:24:

Hi and Welcome

First of all... Never go to Guv on a Friday.... Saturday is their EDM night.
Trance is sort of 'dead' in the city... But there are trance events at Guv and sometimes at Vola... Vola is have a big trance night on the 23rd of Jan.
You should also check out The Gift at the Guvernment on the 19th... its a night of classic house and trance.

Keep your eyes on our event thread to see when DJs are coming to town.

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=77

Posted by Engine9 on Dec-09-2009 19:25:

that soulcry song is wicked, thnx for the link

sadly no1 plays hard trance around here

may be sean tyas in buffalo on 18th or ^^^ gift

Posted by Intangible on Dec-09-2009 19:26:

I would also recommend going to Footwork for the tranceaddict party on December 23rd. It will be a great way to introduce yourself to many TAs

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...9&forumid=12&s=

Posted by captain-2 on Dec-09-2009 19:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Intangible
I would also recommend going to Footwork for the tranceaddict party on December 23rd. It will be a great way to introduce yourself to many TAs

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...9&forumid=12&s=

Thank you very much, i�d love to go but i�m off for the christmas vacations those days! Hope there are more Trance Addict parties!!!

Posted by Pure Trance Prd on Dec-09-2009 19:53:

The Trance event at vola is actually january 22nd!!!!!

Pure Trance @ Vola Nightclub

Posted by VDub on Dec-09-2009 20:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Intangible
Footwork for the tranceaddict party

Oxymoron.......

Posted by Intangible on Dec-09-2009 20:36:

quote:
Originally posted by VDub
Oxymoron.......

Posted by xJillx on Dec-09-2009 20:40:

haha guvernment on a friday night... thats a nightmare... i feel sorry for you!! i wouldnt go near that place on fridays...

saturdays, i love it

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Dec-09-2009 20:46:

What made you move here from Spain?

Posted by captain-2 on Dec-09-2009 21:04:

quote:
Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
What made you move here from Spain?

I,m going to be here until sept 2010, completing my studies as a trainee here.

In Spain trance.hardtrance, hardhouse, all died around 2003-2004 as something oriented for the big public and turned into something more underground and more difficult to find. The years that went from 98 to 2003 were absoulteley amazing...

Posted by Pure Trance Prd on Dec-09-2009 21:12:

I was in valencia in 2002 and it was one of the best times of my life. I experience the las fallas festival and endless parties.

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Dec-09-2009 21:14:

quote:
Originally posted by captain-2
I,m going to be here until sept 2010, completing my studies as a trainee here.

In Spain trance.hardtrance, hardhouse, all died around 2003-2004 as something oriented for the big public and turned into something more underground and more difficult to find. The years that went from 98 to 2003 were absoulteley amazing...

Interesting. I hope I'll get a chance to meet you.

As far as music, the same has happened in Toronto. 98-03 were the big years and it has died down a lot. But there are still a lot of trance lovers in the city and surrounding area, so you can usually find trance parties, just maybe not every weekend.

Definitely keep an eye on the events thread.

Posted by captain-2 on Dec-09-2009 21:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Pure Trance Prd
I was in valencia in 2002 and it was one of the best times of my life. I experience the las fallas festival and endless parties.

Great festivals those, although personally i prefer the ones from my homecity (Pamplona).

The Valencia region was/is one of the main ones regarding electronic dance music and started in the early 90,s with many discos and the emerging techno and trance (if you could call it that then) culture .

Another one which i know better is the Basque Country region, with famous discos like Txitxarro, Itzela, Play, and with the greatest dj�ing names in the industry coming over.
Of course Ibiza and the Balearic islands are a world apart.

Posted by Pure Trance Prd on Dec-09-2009 21:24:

quote:
Originally posted by captain-2
Great festivals those, although personally i prefer the ones from my homecity (Pamplona).

The Valencia region was/is one of the main ones regarding electronic dance music and started in the early 90,s with many discos and the emerging techno and trance (if you could call it that then) culture .

Another one which i know better is the Basque Country region, with famous discos like Txitxarro, Itzela, Play, and with the greatest dj�ing names in the industry coming over.
Of course Ibiza and the Balearic islands are a world apart.

I was so close to ibiza and never made it over... thats one of my goals in life is to experience the island.

Posted by captain-2 on Dec-10-2009 00:35:

Great, sure will be nice getting to know you people out in thos trance parties!

With some more time i could write a small guide of what people would here in Spain in the 98-2003 period.

Some other of of my favourites:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ottonel.../74/-l03xwtBBVw

http://www.youtube.com/user/ottonel.../71/bC-rsrTWC8A

http://www.youtube.com/user/ottonel.../41/RgYMKEkxIPY

anyway, you can check my favourites in http://www.youtube.com/ottonelgrande and you�ll find my exactly that..many of my favourites

Posted by Knox on Dec-10-2009 01:55:

This is the nicest "I'm new to Toronto and/or TA" thread I've seen in ages. I'm not a huge trance fan at all but thought I'd post and say....

Welcome!

Posted by v-vaughn on Dec-10-2009 02:27:

Hey and welcome!!
If you're looking for trance parties, it's best to keep your eyes peeled for events at the Guvernment or Vola. January 22nd!!!! Ronski Speed and Stoneface and Terminal, it's going to be serious.
You're in luck, there seems to be a lot of trance bookings coming up already for 2010!
Hope to meet you out!

Posted by Jayx1 on Dec-10-2009 21:43:

Re: New in Toronto!

quote:
Originally posted by captain-2
Hi everyone!! I�m new in the City and apart from saying hellow to everyone I wanted to ask for the not so well known places where you can listen to trance music.

I�m from Spain and my first contact with Trance music were the Rank-1-Airwave, Verachocha-Carte Blanche, Destination Sunshhine-Balearic Bill, the gouryellas......

At the moment I like stuff like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYKj___MaQ (amazing from my point of view from 3:32 onwards) and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Gcm0Vqx2o

In the more or less two months i�ve been here i�ve gone to Circa, Guvernment (wasn�t that impressed, i went on a "normal" friday") and the Mod Club, where i really enjoyed the music usptairs. I still haven�t got used to going home that early and ended up in a place called the Comfort Zone but the people there varied greatly to what i had seen in other clubs.

So, any reccomedantions for the type of music you can hear on the links or the ones mentioned above?!

Hope you all didnt�have problems with the snow and rain!

Bienvenidos a Toronto! La mayoria de musica aqui esta hip hop y top 40. Si quiere trance lo mejor lugar es guvernment. Pero con musica electronica, la mas popular aqui en este momento es house. Las leys aqui son un poquito estupido. no puede beber mas alla de las 2 por la manana. Entonces la mayoria de la gente va a casa temprano. Es la cultura aqui.

suerte!!

Posted by dEsidEL on Dec-10-2009 22:56:

Re: Re: New in Toronto!

quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
Bienvenidos a Toronto! La mayoria de musica aqui esta hip hop y top 40. Si quiere trance lo mejor lugar es guvernment. Pero con musica electronica, la mas popular aqui en este momento es house. Las leys aqui son un poquito estupido. no puede beber mas alla de las 2 por la manana. Entonces la mayoria de la gente va a casa temprano. Es la cultura aqui.

suerte!!

lol @ "no puede beber mas alla de las 2 por la manana"

que probablemente piensa esta ciudad es una mierda ahora

Posted by captain-2 on Dec-10-2009 23:15:

Re: Re: Re: New in Toronto!

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

lol @ "no puede beber mas alla de las 2 por la manana"

que probablemente piensa esta ciudad es una mierda ahora

To be honest, the fact that no alcohol is served from 2 am onwards was shocking at first, but i�m adapting to the situation. Now I meet people and start having a drink earlier. In Spain a normal night for me would start at 11:30pm, and end at 6:30am more or less. But I am enjoying it here, the city is great, Canadians are EXTREMELY kind and helpful people and there always lots of things to do in Toronto.

Today is a very cold day, but guess what, there were mens boots on offer at The Bay and took advantage So it�s just a matter of adapting to the new environment!

Alcohol is also expensive here!!

For the previous posters, great Spanish

Posted by Jayx1 on Dec-10-2009 23:56:

gracias... puede reponde en espanol. Mi espanol no es perfecto pero entiendo mucho!

llegue de Cuba ayer asi que todavia esta en mi mente jajaja

Posted by VDub on Dec-11-2009 00:03:

Todo el mundo quiere ser espa�ol...

Posted by dEsidEL on Dec-11-2009 00:10:

Posted by captain-2 on Dec-11-2009 00:17:

Thanks for the national anthem!!! I still remember that day in which we beat Germany!! By the way I�ll have to ask you places were I can watch World Cup mathces when it gets closer.

In Spanish in case someone wants to practice:

Gracias por el himno nacional!!! Todav�a recuerdo el d�a en que ganamos a Alemania!! Por cierto, tendr� que preguntaros por sitios donde poder ver los partidos de la Copa del Mundo a medida que se acerquen las fechas.

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