oks so i guess i'll post a review now .. 
after accidentally almost leaving 1 hour early for work this morning (7:45am) and catching the Vince CArter charity game at the ACC .. i wasn't sure if i'd be able to make it in one piece tonite after comin down with a bad stomach ache earlier in the day ..
anyways .. oks so onto the review:
The Event
What an amazing night. The crowd level in the VIP room I found this time around was just perfect. There was plenty of space to dance. Air circulation was well established, and those AC vents blowing down from the ceiling added a nice touch. Also good to see that the sound system in the VIP was finally fixed up (i didn't notice cutting??) and for some reason the decor and environment seemed a lot cleaner this time around.
I arrived with my co-worker Sean at approx. 11:15pm. By then the VIP was already filling up as TranceArmada was setting the mood inside. I was surprised to see all the TA's that weren't originally on the roll call, that was about 3 times as many ppl !
Anyways, the vibe and energy inside was surreal. It's always awesome seeing some crowd favourite TA DJ's take to the decks as well as seeing new up and coming ones take it to the crowd for the first time. At one moment I looked inside the VIP and then looked outside into the main room. We were destroying it in the VIP! The energy of the crowd and the TA massive made it no other than the place to be. I personally enjoyed this event over the last Invasion party.. and for those coming out thanks for coming out again! TA is definately getting stronger and our massive grows ..
AFter some amazing sets by all our DJ's I finally left around 5am with Endless, Hordash, HardcoreTrancer, and Eso along with my co-worker Sean.
The DJ's
TranceArmada
After arriving just after 11:15pm I didn't have an opportunity to catch all of ARt's set. However, the tracks he was laying down early on was setting the perfect mood for things to come. A very nice blend of prog-house with some techy-breaks it sounded like towards the end.
DJ Möbius
What can I say, such a pleasure as always to hear this guy spin. Imho one of the most technically gifted trance DJ's on TA today. Carlos never ceases to impress me with his track selection and flawless mixing. Really got the VIP room crowd going crazy around 11:45pm and that happy bday throwout for him by JOhn was a nice touch as well. Look out Sept .. big tingz gwan!  
Deep Groove
Great set by 2 amazing resident DJ's of system. After hearing Carlos' awesome set, the crowd was ready to be put into a state of Euphoria. Deep Groove did just that as they dropped an exclusive old school trance set where most of the tunes you would not find newer than 2000. Just some of the tracks dropped include:
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings
System F - Out of the Blue
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar
Art of Trance - Madagascar (System F Remix)
and none other than ..
Binary Finary - 1998 
The songs brought back some great memories of what the old school scene was all about. THe BLC, a great vibe, great music, and above all great people.
Sarah Mixington
For someone who had never played infront of such a large live crowd this girl did not cease to amaze me. A sick techno set that kept the place moving like crazy after Deep Groove's insane classic set. Sarah openned with Underworld - Born Slippy which made the place go wild and kept it banging all nite long. It was nice being able to hear some techno at an Invasion party as we were able to mix it up this time around for a change. As much as the DJ feels she erred on certain areas I thought the mixing was flawless and only after a short hour I was totally spent. Totally looking forward to hearing Sarah spin again at a future event. TOTA has a new Techno Queen!
DJ Precurser
Andrew got the tuff job of cleaning up the night and he did a fine job at that. Dropped a lot of newer tracks for all the hardcore TA's still left in the VIP into the wee hours of the morning. Was great to see such variation in sets with Deep Groove's oldskool set, and then with Andrew's new skool set. Aside from the minor technical difficulties he was having on the mixer, the set had great flow and kept everyone going till the very end. He closed off the night with .. Solar Stone - Seven Cities (forget what mix though) as a fitting end to a very memorable night..
Shoutouts:
BigUPs to the Usual Crew
Endlesswave - DJ KURFEW .. get it ON!
The Highroller - you don't look any older
DigiNut-SACK - sickest dance moves of the nite
DJ Eso - open 24 hours
Time2Burn - no party without the party
lil_Kandi_Angel - watergirl
ryanm - babyface
drgoodvibe - KHALALALA!
DJ_Hordash - representin 90% of TOTA's manhood
HardcoreTrancer - representin the other 10%
Schryer - remember the demo!
jenna_rae - remind Mike about the demo!
charmscars - nice seeing u again for the whole 3 minutes!
ryanmarcus - bigUPS Vagrant for supportin, bring ur partner in crime!
TimeWarp + gf Stephanie - sorry bout the guestlist !@#$% up, glad u guys made it out tho!
Bizz - park on front St. next time!!
DJ Stylez - wickid seein you out, totally didn't expect it
Waxen - sames~! take care of that baby..
the_broad - my fone looks nicer chipgirl
Tordan - where was Rameses??
mecha - are you Art's caddy? where did u guys go ??
sober_24_7 - nice seeing u out again surferboy
Keven (the lurker) - u always seem to be around..
torontobarfly - pls. delete my cameo pics
pixiechick - saw ya , but didn't get a chance to say hi
Kim aka. Hordash's co-worker - Full Cycle Tour!
BigUPs to the First Time Crew
Ukrainianstud - didn't realize u were Ukrainianstud
Rocco - there u met me
Vinder (from Tribe.ca) - 1998!!
Jason? (from TorontoRaves.com) - fluid man ..
Bernard - Man small world.. BCI.. lol
Mr. Furious (from Tribe.ca) - TBK + TA invasion 04!
BigUPs to the DJ's
trancearmada - stay next time
Möbius - happy bDAY - Beach Ball (G&D REmix) haha told ya!!
Deep Groove - oldskool repect..
Skipper - techno queen
rahvin - nuskool respect..
And a special BigUPs to..
Alex and Ariel aka. Deep Groove - for helping us out on the venue
Sean - for my ride home
E2EK1EL - my partner in crime, told u.. WORRY TOO MUCH
and of course his eminence Swamper - for creating this whole mess ..
Finally John and I wanna thank everyone for coming out. As always the TA's make the party. And special thanks to all our DJ's who threw down awesome sets. Hope to see everyone out again for Invasion 04. See you all at Turbo this Sunday!
cheers,
dEsidEL
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Last edited by dEsidEL on Aug-02-2003 at 21:59
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