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Location: The known universe.
REVIEW: Deadmau5 @ The Guvernment Dec. 26
Well since none has been started, I'll go for it.
I got there late, in a sense, because it was 10:45 and the lineups were massive. It didn't matter which door you were heading for as each appeared as nasty as the next one. My peoples and I were in the guestlist lineup for about 45 minutes before we got in. Then to make matters worst, the coatcheck line was about 30 minutes long too. I wish I had a drink in my hand to pass the time better!
The place, as an understatement, was packed like I haven't seen it in quite a while. Of course Mark Oliver was blasting out the tunes in the way we expect of him. Just to get from here to there was a feat onto itself. I never realized the Mau5 would attract this kind of crowd. Inch by inch I managed to get right up to the front to join the rest of the sardines. When Mau5 was spinning up the beats the front crowd had a bad habit of swaying side to side. It was like being caught in some kind of undulating ocean current, and never mind the constant screaming from the group that surrounded me.
I've never heard Joel perform before and I was very impressed. Sure he playing some of the stuff you normally hear on the radio, but he also blasted out some very hard beats that really lent to a high energy feel. The crowd was outta control and everyone was glued to the dance floor to the very end of his set. He did an encore 5 minute set to please his starving fans. I didn't know most of the tune names, but I'm sure there are a few TA's who will step up and be heard.
After his set, I spent the rest of the time grooving in The Gallery to Deko-ze's wicked style. I got some good footage of him too (20 minutes) that I'll post separately. I never tire of his energetic style!
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Dec-27-2009 21:29
Jayx1
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all i have to say is:
uhhhhhhhh paco... can you give me something to bang my head on??
track of Mau5s set for me!
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Dec-27-2009 21:43
chinamon
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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Markham, ON
as i was on my way downtown, one of the girls in the car spoke with her brother who was already in line around 9:40pm and said it was already about a 30 minute line. i got there around 10:30 and saw the line went all the way down queens quay. LOL wow
the club filled in very early. i looked around at 11pm and the place was already half full. mark played a very nice opening set. joel went on around 1am and had the entire club on the tip of their toes for the entire set. it was intense.
its great to see joel has this kind of pull. i would love to see him with a boxing day residency with ink every year.
ps. that rage against the machine track is
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Dec-27-2009 21:43
jsibilin
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Registered: Sep 2007
Location: South Etobicoke
nice review francis really like that pole you got hooked to your cam!.. i agree guv was a sea of madness! spent maybe half an hour on the main floor and I couldn't take much more of it. I took a vid just to show how crazy it was just trying to keep still. My night started off by skipping like an hr's worth of time and just got in b4 12. Got to hear some amanda astra in the acid lounge. I still had my jacket on and decided just to chill cause I knew coat check line would take a longer then I was waiting in line(about 40 min). guv needs to re-do their coat check and ticket booth.. I left around 2 ish ... tune of the night goes to the rage against the machine - killin in the name of remix? wow wtf...and omg
i luv the guv...
oh.. only spent 30 bucks with parking.. maybe 6 bucks in gas!
cheap night
Dec-27-2009 21:46
Prometheus Xex
Still alive.
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: The known universe.
quote:
Originally posted by chinamon
as i was on my way downtown, one of the girls in the car spoke with her brother who was already in line around 9:40pm and said it was already about a 30 minute line. i got there around 10:30 and saw the line went all the way down queens quay. LOL wow
Perhaps many listened to both yours and Shaya's warning to come EARY EARY EARY !!! That they did.
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Originally posted by jsibilin
... really like that pole you got hooked to your cam!..
That thing was a last minute ghetto piece of hardware I made, and it extends too. I have a "real" one but it's larger and perhaps a pain to hold on to during the night. If it wasn't for my ghetto extension the videoing would have been much different.
I ended up going to this party at the last minute after getting smashed at boxing day house party that ended early and had nothing left to do but hit the guv and continue the mayhem. So i arrived at around 2:00am and surprisingly, despite reports i heard from people earlier, the lineup was not too bad. It did take about 30 minutes to get in tho, so that was surprising to me considering Saturday night's party had only one headliner. So upon entry i was disapointed to see that the place was a definite sardine can. I enjoyed Deadmau5's set, but had to take breaks to get out of that main room for 15 mins here and there. All in all it was fun but i wish there was more room to dance and to move freely!!
Upon arrival and entry I was really worried about how this night was going to go. I headed straight for Gallery, and didn't leave once. I didn't catch a single second of Mau5, which didn't bother me because I've seen him before.. Gallery was crazy! got to see the junkies and Deko-Ze both for the second night in a row and they were incredible!
I love seeing Deko-Ze in Gallery, he was the first I ever saw there, and always kills it
I passed through main room one more time on my way through to coat check, but after what was just going on in the almost pitch black gallery, I had no interest in stopping to soak anything in.
It ended up being a WAY better night than I expected!!
<3 Gallery!
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Dec-27-2009 23:27
Rukes
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
quote:
Originally posted by jsibilin
tune of the night goes to the rage against the machine - killin in the name of remix? wow wtf...and omg
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of (Deadmau5 Remix) Special for the UK audience after The X-Factor thing.
Dec-27-2009 23:36
dgame
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Registered: Jul 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
Amazing night! For the ones who were there till the end, can you id a song for me... I think it was the second or third last song played, everyone went nuts. I know it's not much, but it's all I remember
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Dec-28-2009 01:54
jchung52
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djm mixer?? why the change?
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Dec-28-2009 03:06
chinamon
el shit disturbo
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Markham, ON
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Originally posted by jchung52
djm mixer?? why the change?
yeah im pretty sure it was the djm-1000
i remember one point when joel looked at me and pointed at the mixer and the thing was redlining. lol. he fixed that quickly.
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Dec-28-2009 03:07
jchung52
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quote:
Originally posted by chinamon
yeah im pretty sure it was the djm-1000
i remember one point when joel looked at me and pointed at the mixer and the thing was redlining. lol. he fixed that quickly.
well the reg 1000 is there, but joels using the 800 rather than the a & h. curious as to the change
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