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Review: LoveMusic @ Sound Academy
Now... I don't usually say this often... but the two hour Satoshi set was the BEST set for me.. EVER!
Re: Review: LoveMusic @ Sound Academy
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| Originally posted by Cribby Now... I don't usually say this often... but the two hour Satoshi set was the BEST set for me.. EVER! |
What an incredible party!!! Martinez Bros rocked the house, pure party toones! Honey Dijon took us a loop. It was my first time seeing her, and she was everything and then some.
Satoshi is in a league of his own. He turned the club upside down. His grungy progressive dark beats completely surrounded me. I danced half the night away with my eyes closed. He is a genius on the decks.
Everyone was on their A game. I'm still shocked that there was not one dull moment. From start to finish the beats kicked my ass.
That is definitely the party of the year.... so far. 
Enjoyed all the sets by the artists in the main room for the majority, but as metioned by Katie and Cribbz already - Satoshi Tomiie took a room that had been exposed to funky/fun/tribal/classic/salsa house (new genre for y'all) - into a complete 180 degree turnaround of mood and sound. Uplifting scary deep prog with sprinkles of sunshine dust. He did what most DJ's can't do in 8 hours, in 2. So much in fact, I forgot to go to the lounge to pick up my gear, only to find the entire room dismantled and my bag/music/camera/recorder/headphones/cables completely missing.
Luckily, the extremely nice and trustworthy sound guy who I met THAT NIGHT did a pretty honest deed and found Carey to drop it off in the office, nothing missing. Sad to think I doubted whoever grabbed it, would at least snag the camera for 'a finders keepers reward' - this guy tracked me down (running) because security told him I was "a kid about to go apeshit'
That's my review. Thank you Carey/Pat and crew for putting on another gem. Looking forward to Love MUSIC v.2.0 - and even moreso - the return of Tomiie, for an open to close epic journey.
Damn it! I am never missing Satoshi again 
I should add that his set last night was better than any previous set I heard from him at Sonic, Boa, or the Docks.... easily. In 2 hours. Ya.
sick!
satoshie is the shit
Martinez Bros. = house with a latin flare (got a little tribally at times too) and I enjoyed it a lot = <3
Miss Honey Dijon = fun, party house (a little darker than the Beats Ahoy set) = <3 <3
Satoshi Tomiie = dark, dirty prog house at its best...it started a little slow for me at the beginning, but the tracks and build-ups got more and more intense as the set progressed = <3 x 10000000
Notable tune for me: Armand van Helden - You Don't Even Know Know Me...I was so pleased to see how many people went totally mental over this track (me included)...lol.
For anyone who was there for the very last track for Tomiie's set, I must get an ID for that. Totally jammed to it like it was nobody's business (with my jacket on...haha).
Best 2010 party for me easily.
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| Originally posted by rabbitjoker |
I missed all this Dark Prog House that you guys talk about lol too bad couldn't make it
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| Originally posted by sticky_shoes For anyone who was there for the very last track for Tomiie's set, I must get an ID for that. Totally jammed to it like it was nobody's business (with my jacket on...haha) |
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| Originally posted by MissK Satoshi is in a league of his own. He turned the club upside down. His grungy progressive dark beats completely surrounded me. I danced half the night away with my eyes closed. He is a genius on the decks. |
damn! Satoshii Tomiie is an exceptional dj no doubt.
I was back and fourth from each room..both had great music good vibe , chill people, i think it was worth the money, each DJ brought their "A" game
After much deep thought and full scientific analysis... I still stand by my earlier post 
It's a real treat when The Sound Academy hosts these awesome all access events; It's refreshing to be at a different venue and frankly, I've yet to have an average time there. Saturday night pretty much tops it all off. No real complaints from me.. the crowd was mixed, good vibes all around. Lots of friendly, free spirited, interesting characters. I'm pretty sure the real Lorraine was in attendance, and if not, then some distant relative of hers 
. Stayed in the main room the entire night, with little breaks. The energy in that room was off the walls; it had a sense of Sonic feel.
Musically, my night couldn't have been better. Caught 20 mins of J-Buttz which enabled us to get slightly wet earlier on in the night. Seriously, latex protection is needed to resist the sleazy music 
The Martinez Brothers definately lived up to their hype; these kids really are talented. I loved every minute of their techy-but-not-boring set. They played a variety of styles, but I would agree that as a whole they played big room tunes!! Sometimes too big for the room.. but the crowd ate it up like it ain't goin' out of style anytime soon. Miss Mmm Hmm Honey Dijon continued where they left off with her bouncy hard house and Chicago booty beats. To say there was a lack of pancake smackin' would be a lie. I enjoyed her Solstice set from 2008 a bit more, but she played really well.
Now.. Satoshi Tomiie the godzilla genius.. I definitely feel like I share a musical connection with him, and besides, wasn't Godzilla a dinosaur? He's been in my top 5 for the longest time, but my interest in him slowly deteriorated, after not living up to the high standards that I had for him during his last few gigs. Somewhere a long the way, he changed his style, focusing more on cookie cutter tech tracks. I felt that his signature sound was missing sadly.. Needless to say, I had a really good feeling about his performance, and he surpassed those top level standards that I had for him by a long shot.
Back in 2006, I experienced the magic for the first time when he played a memorable set at Sonic. Then, it was a spiritual journey, traversing through the light and dark aspects of the afterlife. Fast-forward to 2010: Satoshi brings back his signature sound, not only better than before, but still able to encompass a lot of the newer techier sounds that he's gotten interested in. I could have sworn he cast a spell on the crowd; these mysterious voodoo magicks broadcast through the sense of sound, penetrating our souls and using our energy to amplify his music. He somehow managed to tell a story for the 2hr time slot that he played, with absolutely no filler; just a one way train ride to the underworld. Deep, Dark, Chuggy.. I didn't think such a dark set of that caliber was possible... Digweed ain't got nothing on the chinaman In comparison to his sonic set, there was a lack of lightness to his set, which I found was fitting, considering how happy the tunes had been the whole night. Like Katy mentioned, half of his set had to be experienced with your eyes closed. The best way to describe his set is dream prog. He cursed us and put our minds to sleep, and then he took us for a nightmare ride. 4 am mindfuck tunes for the win. Track of the night that he played was
Santos - Desencadeada
Hearing this live, with the dark, trippy lights as the setting was too unbelievable to fathom. I could only imagine how much more epic his set could have been, if it had been longer, but it was the best and most spiritual 2 hour set I've ever had the pleasure to experience.. and that says a lot! It's going to take a whole lot to top this one off...
Happy Birthday to Knox!!
And Katy, I'm glad you and I got to bond again over our love for Satoshi, cause you and I felt the same bond when he played at Sonic as is written in the review: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...ghlight=Satoshi lol.
All I can say right now is Sastoshi owned us all. Owned. There were moments that I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Spent some time jaw dropped. 
More later....
Fuck. I'm cursing myself for not going last night after reading all these Satoshi reviews.
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| Originally posted by Cribby I'm pretty sure the real Lorraine was in attendance, and if not, then some distant relative of hers . |
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| Miss Mmm Hmm Honey Dijon continued where they left off with her bouncy hard house and Chicago booty beats. |
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| Digweed ain't got nothing on the chinaman |
I forgot to mention.. this is the 3rd time this has happened, but somehow I managed to tear the crotch area of my jeans.. it was really awkward to still dance while worrying that something would show... LOL I need to NOT open my legs as much 
Guv main room was too rammed as usual. Can someone give a review on the organisation of this event? Stuff like room to move, how fast to get in, etc. I almost went to this.
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| Originally posted by Cribby I forgot to mention.. this is the 3rd time this has happened, but somehow I managed to tear the crotch area of my jeans.. it was really awkward to still dance while worrying that something would show... LOL I need to NOT open my legs as much |
lol at cribby tearing his pants.
this particular party had one of the best crowds i have seen in a while. in fact i want to kn ow where these people go on a regular basis so i can go there too.
great times. music was pumpin all around. unfortunately had to leave early in satoshies set so boo urns on that.
cribby - that's my favourite review of yours in a while!! you hit every point SPOT ON, and even threw in some good adjectives here and there 
pretty much everything i have to say about the event you touched on
got in around 12:45am, lineup was QUICK, searching was QUICK, so far so good...coat check lineup was a bit of a bottleneck as usual lol. while waiting in line to coat check i could hear the deep bass rolling in from the main room and new right away it was martinez bros!! walked in and right away could tell the DIVERSE crowd that have joined us on this wonderful nigth I absolutely love docks parties and the crowds it draws!! i agree with margz it was probably my favourite docks crowd ever, and the amount of people in attendance was PERFECT, not too crowded, not too thinned out, we all had just enough dance room to get our grooves on and not get shoved around like a bunch of fish in a holding tank
got into main room, went over to the right side by the bar to meet up with our crew....went to get drinks and was shocked to find out that a tall-boy of moosehead was only $5 whoaaaaaa cheap beer!! that's always a treat to find at the beginning of a night...
i gotta say, without a doubt, that the martinez brother's gets the "most impressive set" of the night for me - they absolutely KILLLLLLLED it. i would describe a lot of their tracks as big room deep tech-tribal house lol - i didn't have high expectations for them so i was pleasantly surprised at the party tunes they were dropping!! watching them up on the stage with so much energy and finesse created an even better party vibe - the one guy was soooooo young!!
perfect openers for miss honayyyyy dijonnnnn! she came on and started some ass shaking house and got us thrusting our pelvises in every way possible 
i listened to about half of her set which was good, but didn't get into it as much as at solstice last year, but that's probably cuz she didn't play nearly as much tribal as last year, but its ok.........because.....
I GOT MY TRIBAL FIX IN LIBERATION LOUNGE!!!! OMG as soon as i walked in and heard addy dropping some serious tunes i just dropped myself and proceeded to head to the front and jam in front of addy. i didn't have a problem being in here till honey finished herself off
track after track, addy had liberation lounge in the palm of his hands, smacking us around with his basslines and percussion ringing in our ears...then...i fucking lost it when he dropped this track
Filthy Rich - Arumba (Original Mix)
i couldn't contain myself, i took on the cribby snake dance and we'll leave it at that for now lol
after addy finished me off i proceeded to walk back into the main room and could tell honey was done as i could hear some reaaaaaaaaaally creepy/dark prog echoing through the doorways...satoshi!! everyone is completely right about satoshi, he was unreal, best prog set i've heard in a LONG TIME, and not only that, it was his evil/dark sound that really got me!!
all in all, i had a BLAST, 9.5/10 party. every dj played amazing, absolutely no complaints at all.
really cant wait for the next docks party, they always have me waiting like a 3yr old boy waitin for next christmas!
ye yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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