Review: Hybrid @ Sonar (Jan 23/2004)
First, a big thanks to the folks that organized this event. I loved every minute of it!
We came at around 12:00 and the damn bouncer wouldn't let me in because I didn't have 2 ids on me. I didn't know there was a law in Van that said that, in order to get in to a club one must have 2 ids. I left all my stuff in my friend's car, worrying about the sketchiness of the area. So walking back was really annoying. In any case, I had to get my second id and around 12:30 we enetered Sonar.
I've never been to Sonar before. The club's setup was fairly simple, and the laser's couldn't compare to the Guvernment(Downtown Toronto) for instance. The atmosphere was really friendly. Guvernment suffers a bit in terms of friendly atmosphere. Sonar reminds me of Viva (Markham Ontario, North of Toronto) in some ways. Small club with tons of room to dance, friendly people and amazing DJ tallent.
Hybrid was amazing to say the least. They kept the crowed going with their awesome breaks and progressive. I really liked dancing to breaks. It was really really funky  . Every once in a while, the duo would drop really really hard progressive tracks, to which the crowed would go mad.
The highlight of my night was hearing Tears from the Moon(remix?) [Tiesto's version is by far the best  ]. Also, hearing Hybrid drop those 3 tracks for their encore. These 2 last encore tracks were awesome! Does anyone know the name of that jazzy track that they played in their encore. The audience was fairly anxious about having to let Hybrid go, and when the lights have been turned on and the evening was coming to an end, the duo almost played a few more tracks after their encore to satisfy the audience's craving .
Didn't get to meet any Van TAs  . Maybe, next time.
Overall, this was an awesome party. Definitely, worth $15. Clubbing in Van is pretty cheap . A party like this would cost $30 in Toronto or even Montreal. Can't wait for Infected Mushroom at the Plaza on Sunday .
Once again, a big thanx goes to the organizers, Hybrid, and all the people that made it to this event to support Breaks and electronic music!
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Retired TA
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It has like 4 lights...The lighting rig there definitely needs an update 
