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Just what the doctor ordered
I've never had a bad time at Circa... With all it's little nooks and crannies, and themed rooms, I can easily call it one of my favourite venues. I couldn't deal with the complex itself yesterday though: The other party they were having in the main room was scary! I LOVE the ballroom. It was secluded from everything else and it had the perfect atmosphere for a techno party. It was creepy-dark in there.. with the occasional blinding strobe lights every now and then (still wasn't as intense as in other clubs.) I came to the agreement with someone that techno crowds are late bloomers. The place was fairly empty when I got there at 10:45 up until 12:00 am. From then on it got packed almost to the tits, with just enough room to kick it. Techno girls <3 Energy levels were dead up until just after 1 am when the zombies finally woke up... and then they tore that place up. Skyrocketing comes to mind. 
Nitin's opener consisted of laidback minimal and tech house. It was slow and set the mood to drink and relax. It's hard to get a crowd going when there is no crowd yet. There were a couple of fun tracks that he dropped that made me spill a few on me... Thx Nitin! 
Metalogic brought the vibe up a notch, but the crowd was still being lazy. Always love watching Kidd play, and when he's playing in Metalogic they always take you for a trip. A bit slower than the last couple of times I've heard them, but they never fail to surprise me with some of their haunting productions. Serious business. I had to stop some conversations midway because it was pretty intense.
Joel Mull took the stage shortly after (can't remember the time) and at first he was pretty dull. I was waiting for my delivery the whole night, and although I had my servings of appetizers, it wasn't enough to satisfy my hunger! After 20 minutes or so into his set, everything had turned 180. The sound increasingly got louder, people were moving, and the place was packed. Suddenly he starts dropping these fierce techno bombs from no where! Unexpected for sure, and the crowd ate it up; everyone accelerated and started givin' er. I love my minimal and all, but this was refreshing to hear. Some of these tunes were so good that they left me breathless. Damn. This continued on for the next couple of hours.
As if Adam Beyer could keep it up... but he did. Surprise? No way.. I knew he was still capable of delivering. In fact, he somehow took it to higher levels of speed and hardness. He was killing us with that hard driving sound... my engine was overheating!  He still has an honourable spot as one of my top 5 favourites. Only minor complaint was that I don't think I heard any of his productions, sadly. But the stormers that he continues with made me forget.
They were going at it back 2 back for the last bit, and their mixing was retardedly good. Didn't hear any fuckups all night. As the crowd died out after 3:30 or so, they finally brought their set down. They were playing tech house, and I even heard some tribal influenced drums in there somewhere. It was different... I could have dealt without it honestly, but it was a good closing sound. Some grooviness and even snake charming sounds were heard. They ended almost up until 5 am, and it's easy to say that everyone left smiling. Couldn't ID too many tracks, but one of the two dropped
Matt Nordstrom - Lucky Drawl (This one's for you Knox!)
It was a memorable night, and one of the better of the year for sure, albeit it ending early-ish. I was too drained by the end and decided to just go home and sleep. There was talk of Beyer playing at an afterparty but I'm not sure if it happened or not.
One more thing.. there were some VERY interesting characters in there  . I put on Nata's eyepatch for a while and wanted to make them walk the plank...but we decided to just swipe them away with our techno swiffers. lol. Kudos to the girl dancing with an injured foot on crutches. She was a rockstar!
Thx to Platform crew for another solid booking.
Last but not least...this was a successful chapter of..
I LOVE MY LIFE 2008!!!
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GWARTQZ!!!!
Last edited by Cribby on Oct-11-2008 at 18:29
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