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Full review:
Came in about 12:20, and Lawrence was off to a great start. He had a couple of really wicked songs that I wish I knew the name of. Then he went into his psy phase, which I didn't like too much. Don't get me wrong, normally I absolutely love Psy Trance and it was very nice to hear it in the KH (I remember at one point I was like, "Psy? In KH? WTF is going on???"), but I dunno, there was just something off about the Psy tunes that he played. It still had me moving, but didn't have me going crazy like his non-Psy tues. Regardless, by the end of his set he went back to the style he was playing when he came on, and I was VERY happy to hear it. Enjoyed his set thoroughly.
P.S. His set made me wish that Oakie would come back to his Goa/Psy roots.
Markus was great as always. He just doesn't ever dissapoint me, and this is my 3rd time seeing him, and it's the 3rd time that his set consistently stands from the rest of the DJs that play alongside him. He doesn't quite hold that special place in my heart like Dumonde does, but he's quickly gaining ground. I actually enjoyed that remix of Air For Life that he played, which is strange cause I usually strongly dislike that track; it was a much more techier version, and that's probably why I could stomach it this time. It was awesome to hear Helsinki Scorchin' in a club, although I distinctly remember thinking that he should have lowered the levels a bit - the melody was just too piercing for my ears. My Loving Arms was fucking aweeesome. Been waiting to hear that track in a club, and I was pissed that I missed Tiesto purely because of that track, but Markus came through for me that night. Made my day. And clsing with Traffic, wow. I so did not expect that to be played, but it was awesome still. I know people would have bitched and complained if it was the original version because it's Tiesto and all ( ), but Markus played an awesome remix of it, and the crowd ate it up (as did I).
Second Sun, what can I say. Also my 3rd time seeing them, and everytime they performed they play that Crush song towards the second half of their set, so I was thoroughly surprised when they played it towards the second half of their set. They actually started off really nice. The first few tracks were really Housey, and it worked well for them. Then they settled back into their minimalistic live-PA Trance, and it got boring.
Gielen. Honestly, I gave him a shot. After the bore-fest that he was presented with after SS left, I expected him to pick up the pace nicely, but no such luck. I must have waited for something interesting in his set to happen until like 5:20am, at which point I gave up and went home. It was the same stuff over and over and over again - waaay too many builds and breakdowns - he'll literally leave the bassline going for like 15 seconds, and then cut it and go back into the same breakdown over and over. I dunno what the "people in the know" call it, but basically it's when he'll have a synth on loop playing, and he'll bring it in briefly, and the repeat the bringing in and out with increased pace. After hearing that same pattern for like 5 songs in a row, I was just standing there rolling my eyes, and he was acting like he was inventing the wheel.
Overall, I still had an awesome time thaks to Lawrence and Schulz, but I could have left at 4, and not missed out on anything.
P.S. Sasha, apologies for missing your girl in the Orange Room. Totally slipped my mind. In my defence, I wouldn't have forgotten if you were there, so I blame you. 
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and Johan threw down some siiiick classics ("Home" was practicaly the FIRST trance song that I was familiar with AFTER being converted by Oakenfold's Tranceport Album)
a tiny SONY ERICSSON w700i (gold) 
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