Yes, 'raves' have been made illegal here, so parties are held in business open every week. We have WEMF though, but it passes since it's a festival.

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Originally posted by Abercrombie Yes, 'raves' have been made illegal here, so parties are held in business open every week. We have WEMF though, but it passes since it's a festival.

wemf is done

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damn, I linked this to TOTA but not enough takers.

Malek, agreed it's not about the size as there are other variables (cultural, political, etc). And yeah, TO draws from Buffalo, Detroit, Windor, etc.

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Originally posted by Ravemontreal Once I took a piss in front of everybody at Stereo. Put the garbage under the mixer, and did it right there while people were dancing and screaming. people thought I was playing with the mixer but I was playing with my zizi.

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Originally posted by Enjoy a classic from the aria days: me: are you on TA? girl: uhhhh... im on speed

I used to hit many Toronto massives from mid to late 90's. Destiny, Syrous, Better Days Productions UK, Connected, Dose. They would book big-name dj's, of various genres. Great locations (warehouses, airport hangars, meat packing plants, etc..), well-organized. They normally ended at 8AM. As I wrote in a previous thread, there were also big "commercial" massives (similar to BeB, B&B, Celeb, Swirl) pretty much ended around 99 or 2000. These massives were often at exhibition centres, convention centres (i.e. the International Centre). The city of Toronto banned "raves" on city property / within city limits. Thereafter, the a lot of the EDM scene went more underground and appeared to be fragmented, with one-off events for drum & bass, breaks, psy-trance and so on. With the crackdown, this generated more business for the Guvernment mega-club (has about 6 bars/clubs in that complex), and other EDM-specific clubs, but mainly closing at around 4 to 5AM. The demise of the big massives were also due to several OD's in the late 90's early 2000s by partiers being irresponsible with their consumption. One fatality was at WEMF, one at a Hullabuloo (underground parking). That's from the top of my head. There was extensive media coverage and fear-mongering was rampant.

In a nutshell, Ontario, and specifically Toronto (and the powers that be) are more conservative, less tolerant. The typical party-goer in Mtl is more mature and has more $. I think this is where a lot of big differences lie. You will still find some quasi-massives in Toronto, but I would not consider those at the Guv, as it is a club, and at the Docks as it is an entertainment establishment, and most events usually end there around 5AM (I was there for the Industry reuinon party last Dec). There was an exception or two, usually when Tenaglia spins.

That's my take on things....

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very insightful post. Yeah, it seems Montreal partiers have more edm options and don't feel out of place if older (than say their TO peers), and older folks tend to have more disposable income, indeed.

With all that said, the Guv is def not short on 50-year-old skasians

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Originally posted by Ravemontreal Once I took a piss in front of everybody at Stereo. Put the garbage under the mixer, and did it right there while people were dancing and screaming. people thought I was playing with the mixer but I was playing with my zizi.

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Originally posted by Enjoy a classic from the aria days: me: are you on TA? girl: uhhhh... im on speed

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Originally posted by Spin Laden very insightful post. Yeah, it seems Montreal partiers have more edm options and don't feel out of place if older (than say their TO peers), and older folks tend to have more disposable income, indeed. With all that said, the Guv is def not short on 50-year-old skasians

LOL....yea but I see them at Redlite on a Sat night too.... so there is a "skasian" chapter in Laval too.... LOL

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