J00F is one of my biggest inspirations, superstar trance/prog-psy DJ, consistent flawless transitions in all his radio shows, live sets, and probably live. I haven't seen him, and I wish that he came near me

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I didn't see this thread until just now. Did you go?

I'm really surprised you have no real knowledge of Fleming; you seem very knowledgeable about the wider scene, and Fleming isn't exactly an obscure name that you would never have come across.

I've seen Fleming four or five times and he is always good. I met him at the start of this month actually; he is a very nice guy and has an amazing thirst to keep music decent and away from commercialisation.

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Originally posted by JonDC I'm going to this night too - absolutely can't wait. Fleming is by far my favourite DJ. I would describe him in one word as 'serious', which you just don't get with many other trance (or psy trance) DJs, in my opinion.

There's a great quote from Fleming where he says something like 'my aim has always been to have fun while being serious,' and I think it really sums up his DJ performances well. He proves that you can play deep, dark and hard without compromise, yet still have a great time and an enthusiastic crowd.

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Originally posted by Domesticated I didn't see this thread until just now. Did you go?

The night is this Friday - I'll be sure to post a review :-)

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Originally posted by Domesticated I didn't see this thread until just now. Did you go? I'm really surprised you have no real knowledge of Fleming; you seem very knowledgeable about the wider scene, and Fleming isn't exactly an obscure name that you would never have come across.

I should still be going, although my brother is being a bit of an unreliable wanker currently so I may have to crash at a friend's instead.

I'm not a massive psytrance fan, and I rarely go and see big name DJs. I have some of J00F's compilations and remixes from ten years back when he was playing more uplifting and proggy trance, but I haven't kept up to date with him because I haven't kept up to date with psytrance.

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Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

The night is apparently being broadcast live on AH.fm too. 10:00PM - 6:00AM GMT (excluding Solarstone's set though).

Someone needs to record!

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Originally posted by BeatsAndBeyond The night is apparently being broadcast live on AH.fm too. 10:00PM - 6:00AM GMT (excluding Solarstone's set though). Someone needs to record!

And upload it.

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JOOF = completely epic. DO NOT MISS A CHANCE TO SEE HIM. <----(period the end)

One of the only trance DJs I would consider seeing nowadays. Has brilliant crowd control and chemistry, full of energy and life, very humble. Great programmer and like Rebel9 mentioned, solid mixer. Don't think I've ever heard a bad transition from him. He has complete control over his crowd. Starts deep and proggy and perfectly progresses into full-on psy.

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I went, but I didn't stick around long enough for J00F. Got there at 12.45 and the DJ, who I assume was John O'Bir, was already banging out 140bpm fluff trance full of yearning male vocals and bucolic chords. J00F wasn't due to play until 4am and I couldn't meet up with Jon because of some confusion. After 30-40 minutes I realised there was just no way I could stand three more hours of unicorn trance leading up to J00F. So I left.

I had plans to go back at 4 for J00F, but we got side-tracked and it never ended up happening. I know I barely gave it a chance: maybe I'm completely wrong and it turned around after I left and maybe I'm just being an over-critical, cynical prick, but I felt like I'd pissed away £13 for the door ticket.

If I go to a night, I want it to build up properly. I don't want six hours of peak-time, with Jon O'Bir dropping anthem after anthem before 1am. If a DJ is playing four hours before the headliner, he should be warming the night up, not blowing his euphoric load as many times as possible in the time-slot. I knew that there was no way I was getting any deeper proggy stuff from Solarstone, or any prog-psy from J00F.

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Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I went, but I didn't stick around long enough for J00F. Got there at 12.45 and the DJ, who I assume was John O'Bir, was already banging out 140bpm fluff trance full of yearning male vocals and bucolic chords. J00F wasn't due to play until 4am and I couldn't meet up with Jon because of some confusion. After 30-40 minutes I realised there was just no way I could stand three more hours of unicorn trance leading up to J00F. So I left. I had plans to go back at 4 for J00F, but we got side-tracked and it never ended up happening. I know I barely gave it a chance: maybe I'm completely wrong and it turned around after I left and maybe I'm just being an over-critical, cynical prick, but I felt like I'd pissed away £13 for the door ticket. If I go to a night, I want it to build up properly. I don't want six hours of peak-time, with Jon O'Bir dropping anthem after anthem before 1am. If a DJ is playing four hours before the headliner, he should be warming the night up, not blowing his euphoric load as many times as possible in the time-slot. I knew that there was no way I was getting any deeper proggy stuff from Solarstone, or any prog-psy from J00F.

Ha - I had the exact same situation at the start of this month. J00F was preceded by Blank & Jones and then Cosmic Gate. However, he basically played what he wanted, as if he had not had anyone play before him.

You missed out hard.

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Is this how trance line-ups work, then? Everyone plays their own set regardless of the line-up and time slot? If I'd have known, I wouldn't have left the flat until 3am. As it stands, by 4am I was out of money and sobering up again so I just packed it in.

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Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

That's a shitty time slot, most people who party that late are really hardcore, I would stay for 2am, but if I was out all night, 4am is too late. I can understand your predicament, it would suck to have to listen to crappy trance for an hour before the guy you wanna see. I'm sure J00F rocked anyways, I bet you did miss out

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