My post on Groovanauts.com forum:




Well I just got back from an all night trip up to DC to see Paul Oakenfold.

It wasnt really for me, but for my friend who really wanted to see Oakenfold, just because its the only Trance DJ he knows.

So we left at 6:30 from good ol Blacksburg VA and headed 4 1/2 hours up to DC. Got in Nation right around 11:30

Nation is a great club and Im happy to be back for a Buzzlife event. I missed Sandra Collin's set except for the last couple songs and they were pretty bangin'! she had the whole crowd bumpin!

Oh yeah 1 more thing, it sucked that they shut off the front room. It was just the main floor that was open and it was extremely crowded. Not much fun.

So anyways Sandra leaves around 12:15 and Oakey takes the decks, everyone is cheering Oak-En-Fold!! and Oakey takes off where Collins left him, some nice floor-filling progressive, really hard and bangin.

I have no idea what the first couple tracks were, but I thought to myself that we were in for one hell of a set because these were pretty bangin' tracks i never heard of! It was pretty funky hard tribal tracks.. So i was getting into the groove, I was showing my friend around Nation, going upstairs and to the back and stuff

Well then I hear a most familiar track start... As The Rush Comes.. ok well yeah i guess every DJ needs to play it, but c'mon Oakey don't u have the newest promos and stuff? But I sang along with like everyone else..

Then things started getting bad. I don't know if Oakey decided to cheese out tonite or what..but he started playing old and cheesy kind of tracks. I was expecting some new and unheard of progressive or uplifting trance, but instead he played some really old and mainstream stuff.

What I can remember:
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
Eminem- (whatever that remix of his Nobody listens to techno, im not sure what it was called)
Underworld - born slippy (oakenfold remix) -actually this song was alright, first time hearing it.
Some remix of Prodigy -smack my bitch up
DJ Ton TB- Electronic Malfunction
and after Ferry Corsten- Rock Your Body, me and my friend left. Not because we were disappointed.. My friend actually had a great time, but he has class at 9:30 am

So we drove all thru the night back down to school.

In conclusion, Oakey mixed flawlessly, great! exactly what I expected.. but Trackwise... i feel highly disappointed. Oakey you can play new stuff! Why did you play old tunes from the summer?

Well he did play some nice fillers in between the cheese that was pretty good.. but i dunno.

It was nice meeting up with some Glow Fiends as well, I hope you all had a great time.

I did have fun, because Nation is just like that..the vibe and soundsystem are great... but overall, Oakeys set just didnt do anything for me.

Huh?


I thought Oakie is playing NEXT week on the 26th?

did I sleep through a whole week?

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"The mind is like a parachute, it works better if it's open."

Well, crap on me!

They had him play on a Weds in the middle of the week! Motherf**kers!!!

Damn, sorry man. I was all pumped to see him next week on the night BEFORE Thanksgiving.

Glad you had a good time.

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Oh man that sucks! Yeah I know there was a ton of confusion about him either playing on the 19th or the 26th.

Some flyers and emails came out that said he was spinning on the 26th, but Buzzlife came out and said it was a mistake. The 19th was the actual date.

I'm sorry you missed him man

like mebot said didn't do anything for me but hte club is great i was really impressed by the dance floor, lights, system..i wish they could do the glow evnets there wow.....

some cheezy tracks...some good ones...but dindt' feel special.....i guess it really had alot to live up to after pvd at the roxy and armin at glow...oh well...yep met up with soe of the glow folks and danced all nite and i'm hurting now...gonna be a nice chill weekend....defintely not going to MOS in atlanta lol
nik

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So it wasn't me!

I knew I read that he was playing on the 26th! Bastards.

I've seen Oakie before and knew that this time around would not live up to what I've seen he could do. I love Nations, and love Buzz even more.

I remember the first time I went there was '99 when they reopened Buzz after a year closed. Damn that was crazy, they had to NOT met in 2500 people. I almost lost my job because of that, but it was worth it.

Oh well, maybe next time.

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You know what's sad? When people listen to electronic music SO much that they start noticing every little goddamned thing..."Oooh that's cheesy"..."OMGWTF he played As the Rush Comes". Every forum I've posted my review about yesterday gave me hell about Oaky. Good lord and gimme a fockin break! Lay off the trance pipe mang. And thank God I don't know every track by name, I'm spared the dissapointment and/or humiliation. There's no reason anyone should be listening to THAT much electronic music.

If you have that problem, I suggest tou switch genres for a while... say classical from the Baroque era. See if you can name Bach's every track.

i really wish i could have made this one, but i'm sure he'll be spinning on a weekend soon. my friend who was there called me while he was playing as the rush comes...to all of you who are sick of that song...i could never get sick of that song!

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Originally posted by Tr4nceMa5ter You know what's sad? When people listen to electronic music SO much that they start noticing every little goddamned thing..."Oooh that's cheesy"..."OMGWTF he played As the Rush Comes". Every forum I've posted my review about yesterday gave me hell about Oaky. Good lord and gimme a fockin break! Lay off the trance pipe mang. And thank God I don't know every track by name, I'm spared the dissapointment and/or humiliation. There's no reason anyone should be listening to THAT much electronic music. If you have that problem, I suggest tou switch genres for a while... say classical from the Baroque era. See if you can name Bach's every track.

SALL Gravy

PLUR

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Originally posted by skytrancegirl i really wish i could have made this one, but i'm sure he'll be spinning on a weekend soon. my friend who was there called me while he was playing as the rush comes...to all of you who are sick of that song...i could never get sick of that song!

yea you missed the show sky...but nothign special...but some of the tracks like as the rush comes was defintely great


but cheez lol some madonna remix

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Originally posted by Mebot DJ Ton TB- Electronic Malfunction

Wow, I'm surprised that he played this song

How long did he play for, 2 hours? I don't see how you can start off with tribal prog songs, then play this? Doesn't seem like it would fit (flow) in that type of set hehe, but Oakenfold can do whatever he wants I guess

Anyway, thanks for the review and I'm glad you had a good time. He's coming around here soon and I'm still debating to go or not and this review helped.

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Originally posted by Freeza Wow, I'm surprised that he played this song How long did he play for, 2 hours? I don't see how you can start off with tribal prog songs, then play this? Doesn't seem like it would fit (flow) in that type of set hehe, but Oakenfold can do whatever he wants I guess Anyway, thanks for the review and I'm glad you had a good time. He's coming around here soon and I'm still debating to go or not and this review helped.

I havent seen Oakenfold spin in almost 2 years, so I really had no idea what to expect from him this time around. I didnt go and check out the tracklists section of any of his recent gigs, so i dont know what type of set he was going to play.

I remember someone saying that he played in SOuth America, and the set was really tribal and breaky, lots of breaks.. SO i dunno, i guess at first, the first couple tracks seemed like it was going to flow in that direction..

But yeah you're right..hahaa Oakie can do watever he wants.

Oh yeah he played ,i think for 3 hours. since it was a special night it was advertised from 9-3am.. he took the deck at 12:10 or so.. I left at 2:30... so i'mnot to sure if he kept playing after that.