Well I'm back at work (back to internet access).

Wow what a great night!
Pre-Party was cool, great to meet more au.ta's!
Fav track, well I would have to say my own one, 7 Cities!! I'm sure everyone saw me running around like an idiot telling everyone it was my record
I can't wait for the next one, I am so impressed with how well the place was set up and how well organised it was!
Thanks Mangler for the dj demo, I listened to it on the way to work this morning, it's awesome!

It was just so refreshing to be able to hear uplifting trance all night

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What can i possibly say... been my first TA meetup/Halcyon gathering and all..

It was truly a life changin moment..

So much trance i couldn't get enough of it until 5:30 when i had to leave, i was too dam tired...

Way tooooo many tracks to name.. which have alll been named, but the stand out for me was Clokxx.. omfg it was MADNESS!!!

Thanks to Chookie & Bragi for the BBQ, and letting me watch the PvD DvD... im gonna go buy it soon, and thanks to the ppl i met on this fabulous night.. can't wait for the next one.. but knowing my luck ill be having to do sum uni crap...

Respect to the the DJ's of the night, you guys defenatelly tore the decks apart with choon after choon after choon...

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This was my second visit to Altitude/Halcyon at Gas (I missed the second one), and the high standards certainly remain.

It was great seeing the tranceaddicts again, I hadn't seen many of you in a while and it was good to have met a few new ones too.

This time there were a few differences from the first one I attended.

The main difference was there were 2 large circular screeens on the front wall on the left and the right, and a rectangular screen in between for the laser animation. A computer wsa placed in the middle of the dance floor for controlling the animation.

It's been a long time since I've actually seen laser animation ata dance music event. My first time was at Age of love 4 on 11 December 1998... they were showing some very impressive full-colour 3D animation sequences, one memorable one was of pac man going around chomping away at rows of pills! My next laser animation experience was at Transmission Hyperspace in February 1999, they showed something that looked like flying over a futuristic world. They were both at the Metro theatre. So it was good to see this kind of thing again. It would have been even better if full colour lasers were used, and if more complex and visually striking animation was shown... the Asteroids game was funny but the novelty wore off after a short while. Still, it would be good to see laser animation again in future events.

There were fewer lasers than in the first event at Gas, though I guess the laser animation and the 3 eye candy screens compensated for that.

The music was brilliant. There aren't many (or any?) other events that I've been to in which the entire night continously satisfied my undying hunger and thirst (addiction) for tasty trance. Many tracks I recognised but couldn't identify, plus many more that were new to me, which I wish I could hunt down.

Some tracks I recognised that haven't had a mention yet:

Riva - Love is the healer
Plastic boy - Live another life
Above and beyond - Far from in love
Scott bond & Solar stone - The 3rd earth

Live another life is an excellent track, I went crazy and had to tell people how much I loved this track when it was played. It has the trademark quality that you'd expect from Dirk Dierickx (M.I.K.E.).

What was the track played before Delerium - Silence?

I think in future there should be someone who writes down every track that is played throughout the night. I'm certain that most of us would agree. djway, is that what you are planning to do?

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Originally posted by Romp Amazingly Hyperdimension of TA has the same birthday as me and not only that but we are the same age! Freaky!

Yes that is bizarre, that we were born on exactly the same date, and that we found out right there and then on the dancefloor!
I think it's very rare to have met someone that shares the same birth date as you!
Also, we wouldn't have found this out if I decided not to attend!

I was feeling very tired on the night, after another draining week working under pressure, so my decision to attend was in the air until the last moments. I'm glad I did!

Have fun this Friday. Even though I'm still staying in Canberra, I'll be missing the event since I'll be leaving for the snow.

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Originally posted by Hyperdimension I think in future there should be someone who writes down every track that is played throughout the night. I'm certain that most of us would agree. djway, is that what you are planning to do? I was feeling very tired on the night, after another draining week working under pressure, so my decision to attend was in the air until the last moments. I'm glad I did!

Hey HyperD. Yeah I'm thinking about it....Prolly will. What I'd REALLY REALLY like to do (read will be working on it), is recording the sets like what has been happening for prog events recently. When an Int'l comes out, all the AU.TA's do the pen and paper thing, it's a site to see! (watching everyone run around going is it this is it that...sooo good!).

Was great meeting you on the night, I've got NFI wot u look like now, but know I met you

--djway

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Originally posted by nervous I admit to not knowing a real lot about breaks, but the two times i did venture up there i was greeted with The Knack - My Sharona(original) and the second time Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit(Original). Had to check i hadn't walked out of bohem into a pub

hehe.. dont know about my sharona, but you probably heard Nirvana vs Adam Freeland - Smells Like Freeland ..

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Originally posted by Hyperdimension Yes that is bizarre, that we were born on exactly the same date, and that we found out right there and then on the dancefloor! I think it's very rare to have met someone that shares the same birth date as you!

Statistically speaking, in a room with 23 people, there's a 50/50 chance of 2 people having the same birthday (not counting the year)... and with 41 people in the room, there's a approx 90% chance of the same

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Originally posted by bragi Statistically speaking, in a room with 23 people, there's a 50/50 chance of 2 people having the same birthday (not counting the year)... and with 41 people in the room, there's a approx 90% chance of the same

Go the B'day Paradox

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You've probably heard that in a group of about two dozen people there is a high chance that at least two of the people have the same birthday. If you've ever wondered why this is so, keep reading. The calculation of probabilities where multiple events are involved can be a daunting task. So, this particular poser has been reduced to a relatively simple calculation and is based on the following relationships: the total probability of all possible events occurring is equal to one (1) it is possible to calculate the probability of a particular event (e. g., no occurrence) subtracting the calculated probability from one gives the probability of at least one occurrence So, in order to calculate the probability that, among a group of people, at least two of them have the same birthday, all we have to do is calculate the probability that none of them have the same birthday and subtract that from one (1). Start with one person in the room, we'll call her Amanda. The probability that her birthday is unique among all the people in the room is one; after all, Amanda is the only person in the room! Now, let Brenda enter the room. The probability that Brenda's birthday is different from Amanda's is 364/365 (we'll ignore leap years in all of this) since there are 364 available days other than Amanda's birthday. With just two people in the room, the probability that they do not share a birthday is 1 x (364/365) or 0.997 and the probability that they share a birthday is 1 - 0.997 or 0.003. In walks Carla. In order for Carla's birthday to be different from either Amanda or Brenda, it must occur on one of the remaining 363 days. The probability that Carla does not share a birthday with either Brenda or Amanda is 1 x (364/365) x (363/365) or 0.992. And, the probability that at least two of the three people share a birthday is 1 - 0.992 or 0.008. We can continue this calculation as each new person enters the room and this is shown graphically below. Shown in red is the probability that no two people share the same birthday {1x(364/365)x(363/365)x ...} for 2 to 50 people. The green line is the probability that at least two people share a birthday. You can see that with 23 people in the room, the green curve has reached a probability of about 0.5 (0.507). This means there is a 50% chance (even odds) among a group of 23 people that two of them have the same birthday

For those who are interested
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/birthday.html

--djway

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Originally posted by bragi Statistically speaking, in a room with 23 people, there's a 50/50 chance of 2 people having the same birthday (not counting the year)... and with 41 people in the room, there's a approx 90% chance of the same

Dude, you're wrong....i thought you were smart?

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Originally posted by Pointy Dude, you're wrong....i thought you were smart?

So did I, but it turned out to just be my butt

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What can i say? How good was halcyon? I had high expectations coming from the reviews I've been getting from the ITMers, but halcyon surpassed all my expectations and what a nite it was. It was my first time there and I'm sure it won't be my last.