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The night began with a song; “Dumonde - Tomorrow (DJ Jam X and de Leon remix)”. The one Dumonde song that has always stuck in my head that I recently deleted by accident, I had Cale (Vertigo) send me in the morning during my early morning Dumonde listening. Oddly enough, it would also close out my night as well… but we’ll get to that in a moment.
First off I will state that this review is of course about Ultra Spin 6 which had many artists, however I was there mainly for Mark Oliver and Dumonde than anyone else, so of course it is a bit biast.
Kandaio and I drove down and parked just before the regular dinnertime from London to Toronto. We planned to go shopping, as I needed a new shirt for the night, and then we were going to meet-up with DJ Ampz and get to our interview with Dumonde. As we were walking towards the Eaton Center, we got a ring on our phone from Ampz stating it was interview time NOW and to meet him at the Pantages Hotel in the lobby.
When the men themselves arrived we ended up in their hotel room ready to conduct the interview. I’ve done a few interviews in my time and I can tell you that this interview had to have been my favorite. Never have I seen two guys, though so tired, have so much energy and humor while tackling the tough questions Ampz and Kandaio threw their way (RJ’s question especially). This interview will be featured both on Ampz’s radio show Amplified Radio and Kandaio’s TranZaction, both of which are on ETN.fm. So tune in to check out what an experience we had (many plugs to TranceAddict on here, so it’s a definite listen).
The night began arriving with VIP under Scumfrog as we entered Kool Haus at around 10:30pm. We checked out both Kool Haus and Guvernment but decided to stay in Guvernment as things filled up. We were with people who hadn’t been to a big club at all before, so it was great seeing their reactions as things progressed. We got up in the booth with Mark for a while as his set was going on. Touque on head and rocking out as usual, he delivered, literally, one of the most energetic and powerful sets I’ve specifically heard him do to date.
Then it was off to Kool Haus to watch Dave Ralph finish up. Much to my amazement for someone who has never been to KH, there were a whole tonne of retarded people waving flags around everyone jumping up on stage and acting like complete morons. Now, I know the music is suppost to set you free but this was ridiculous. Fine, you’re from Israel, good for you; I’m from Canada, do you see me waving my flag everywhere like people don’t know what the country is? Especially as Infected Mushroom took the stage in a PsyTrance run, the crowd surged and began to get pretty ridiculous. The people I was with decided they’d had enough of that scene and we took off over to Guv for Scumfrog.
Problem two for my night; there wasn’t a time in my life other than last night that I wanted to gauge my ears out with a metal poker as we were forced to listen to hip-hop in between the magic that is dance music. An interesting point was that everyone was dancing the exact same; something I guess listening to trance for so long I have come to forget. Hip hop; if you can’t grind, you can’t dance. Anyway, enough of my rant.
After some Scumfrog and girl watching (holy watermelon’s Starsearcher!) we headed back to Kool Haus in preparation for my main attraction; Dumonde. We got there just as they were setting up on the stage. We did our re-introductions and away they went. Their set started in normal Dumonde form, except for the fact that Infected Mushroom had changed the entire configuration on the system around and it was wrong for Dumonde. They scrambled for the first few tracks but got everything in order after that. These boys were here for a show. Such great entertainers, throwing their arms in the air and pumping their fists in pure Dumonde fashion. Then things took an interesting turn. Jurgen jumped up on the stage with a bottle of champagne and started passing it out first into cups, then directly into the mouths of some lucky fans. That my friends, is one hell of an icebreaker! The night progressed into some of my favorite tracks including the newly released Singularity 2005 (which we had a nice little preview of in the interview). Through the fever of their show Jurgen continued to impress by running around, handing out drinks, pouring booze, signing autographs, the whole deal. They are true entertainers. Not only entertainers, their mixing was flawless. I had a prime seat; directly beside them for most of the show so I could see exactly what was going on. As the night came to a close, they brought out what I had been waiting for all night; Tomorrow (DJ Jam X and de Leon remix). The crowd seemed to get a sudden surge of energy and lose control as they belted out this final tune.
The night ended but it was not the end of this report. Ampz, Kandaio, and myself then went out for breakfast at Eggspectations near the Pantages Hotel where the guys were staying. After quite a fulfilling meal (of Hamburgers for Dumonde, oddly enough) and some great conversation, we parted ways as the fact that it was still early Sunday morning began to set in. We hopped in the car, picked up our friends from their hotel and like true troopers in the art, drove our asses back to London. So, after a quick nap I bring this to you after nearly 35 hrs awake.
Special thanks to Shaya for all his help and of course getting my photo’s on LuvtheGuv. Awsome again man! Thanks!
To all the TA’s from last night; once again it was great seeing everyone! I of course can’t remember all the names but my camera lens will do all the name shouting for me.
Jurgen and Dominik; if you are reading this I would personally like to say thank you. As I said earlier in the night, you were one of the reasons I began to enjoy this music so much. Thank you for an unforgettable night. We will be speaking with you soon.
Check out all the pics on TO Hosting courtesy of RJ at http://www.tohost.ca/4gallery/categories.php?cat_id=175 and luvtheguv at http://www.luvtheguv.com/gallery/album428 and in a day or so my website at http://chrisallen.kandaio.com.
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Last edited by Chris Allen on Jan-31-2005 at 04:22
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Late short Review..
