Holy fucking shit: James Zabiela is incredible!! That was the most successfully eclectic set I've ever heard. In just over two hours, the man played techno, house, electro, some borderline glitch hop, a trancey track or two, freestyle scratching (or whatever you want to call it) and drum & bass. I never thought I could hear so many genres in such a short span of time and think highly of the performance, but Zabiela had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. His enthusiasm was infectious. That was dance floor bliss!
He played a version of this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJUponYGrgk (doesn't seem to want to embed)
And his version was so much more magical than the one I've posted. I'm not sure if he dropped a bootleg, or if he was mixing/editing something different on the fly. His version was vocal-less and placed greater emphasis on the first half of the YouTube link. It was so nice. Does anyone have an ID or link? Maybe I'll never get to hear the version he played again though.
Zabiela also dropped Alden Tyrell ft. Mike Dunn - Touch The Sky (International House Mix), and Shazam says he played The Verve - Love is Noise (Tong & Rogers Wonderland Mix), but again, the version he played of Love is Noise sounded different.
Zabiela also created one of my favourite dance floor memories ever tonight. He played this rowdy-ass remix of Marky Mark's Good Vibrations. So much fun! I'll post a video of it later. It'll only be worth listening to since I can't stand still to take a proper video.
I didn't think Simon Jain would be able to keep my interest after such an amazing set from James, but Simon delivered the goods and had me dancing until they closed the place down. He played some insanely danceable tunes, and he finished with Shadow Child - So High (Hot Since 82 Mix), which is just fucking awesome.
The sound at Moskito was top notch, in my opinion. On the downside, they ran out of bottled water, and apparently the bartender's beverage gun was broken. Since I don't drink pop or Red Bull, I had to stick my head under the bathroom tap just to stay hydrated. Fortunately, someone delivered a case or two of bottled water around 3:45am. The place was bumping all night! Some pretty girls, awesome dancers and great vibes.
Last edited by Forever Forward on Feb-24-2013 at 14:10
Feb-24-2013 13:58
The Highroller
ad hoc and ad lib
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Flying over the cuckoo's nest
quote:
Originally posted by Forever Forward
Holy fucking shit: James Zabiela is incredible!! That was the most successfully eclectic set I've ever heard. In just over two hours, the man played techno, house, electro, some borderline glitch hop, a trancey track or two, freestyle scratching (or whatever you want to call it) and drum & bass. I never thought I could hear so many genres in such a short span of time and think highly of the performance, but Zabiela had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. His enthusiasm was infectious. That was dance floor bliss!
And his version was so much more magical than the one I've posted. I'm not sure if he dropped a bootleg, or if he was mixing/editing something different on the fly. His version was vocal-less and placed greater emphasis on the first half of the YouTube link. It was so nice. Does anyone have an ID or link? Maybe I'll never get to hear the version he played again though.
Zabiela also dropped Alden Tyrell ft. Mike Dunn - Touch The Sky (International House Mix), and Shazam says he played The Verve - Love is Noise (Tong & Rogers Wonderland Mix), but again, the version he played of Love is Noise sounded different.
Zabiela also created one of my favourite dance floor memories ever tonight. He played this rowdy-ass remix of Marky Mark's Good Vibrations. So much fun! I'll post a video of it later. It'll only be worth listening to since I can't stand still to take a proper video.
I didn't think Simon Jain would be able to keep my interest after such an amazing set from James, but Simon delivered the goods and had me dancing until they closed the place down. He played some insanely danceable tunes, and he finished with Shadow Child - So High (Hot Since 82 Mix), which is just fucking awesome.
The sound at Moskito was top notch, in my opinion. On the downside, they ran out of bottled water, and apparently the bartender's beverage gun was broken. Since I don't drink pop or Red Bull, I had to stick my head under the bathroom tap just to stay hydrated. Fortunately, someone delivered a case or two of bottled water around 3:45am. The place was bumping all night! Some pretty girls, awesome dancers and great vibes.
Wow, sounds like a great night! Wish I had been able to attend.
Feb-24-2013 15:58
k_dutchak
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2010
Location: Toronto
this party just took the prize away from damian lazarus @footwork last year for the best set ive ever seen live. what a journey. amazing energy that guy brings to the decks(ipad).
Feb-24-2013 16:46
jad
_.spark._
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Toronto
That sucks I wasn't able to make it. I'm glad it turned out to be a great night though. It sounds like he brought his a-game to moskito last night.
Originally posted by k_dutchak
this party just took the prize for the best set ive EVER seen live. what a journey. amazing energy that guy brings to the decks(ipad).
My feet are killing this morning! That was without a doubt my favourite ever! I love the show this guy puts on, he as much fun to watch when he djs as he is to listen to. I think its disgusting that its been so long since the last time he was here, especially when the same "group" of djs keep being cycled through Toronto. I hope someone noticed how packed the club was last night and brings him back again soon!
Ugh so tired and heading out to my mom's bday lunch thingy..... Daughter of the year right here....
A very fun night and good turn out. It took him a while to set up but once he got going after Addy he had the place banging.
He was ALMOST going to end his set with Born Slippy like his Kazantip set.... ugh
Feb-24-2013 18:06
flavor
I am f**king amazing
Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by jad
That sucks I wasn't able to make it. I'm glad it turned out to be a great night though. It sounds like he brought his a-game to moskito last night.
Post up some videos guys.
I have lots of videos, ill post them when I get home tonight
HUGE thank you to the capacity crowd that came out last night in support of White Label's 2nd installment of our PROPER series! And to SOUND MIND, Vibrations, Jain, Addy, Gerbz, Shannon, Kareem, Jocelyn, and my wicked crew OJ, Bertos and Vlad for pulling this night off (wearing ALL hats last night!)
And last but not least, MASSIVE respect to the one and only JAMES ZABIELA. A class act all the way who put on an absolute CLINIC for us all. It's always a pleasure working with talent that shares such a strong passion for the music we all love...and yes WLP has the entire set recorded live in FULL HD and MP3 which will be posted up soon in a new podcast
Rest assured, James WILL be back soon for another UK beat down, but for now...Proper vol. 3???!
Cheers,
BH
Feb-24-2013 21:01
Forever Forward
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2010
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by jad
That would be awesome.
Btw, great review Forever Forward!
Glad you enjoyed! I posted a video of "Good Vibrations" in the thread Italian PoiSon started. Beware: my videography skills might cause epilepsy.
Feb-24-2013 22:15
flavor
I am f**king amazing
Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by jad
That sucks I wasn't able to make it. I'm glad it turned out to be a great night though. It sounds like he brought his a-game to moskito last night.
