SENSATION WHITE REVIEW
July 7, 2007 - Amsterdam Arena

ID&T you really fucked that one up. I don't even know where to start. I had already been a little skeptical of the event when I heard the house lineup. Sensation was a party I've been wanting to go to for years, and it had always been trance before. Nevertheless, I knew Sensation wasn't a "trance" party, it was more about what was popular at the time. I've seen the videos, no matter what there was going to be a good show put on with dancers and entertainment and such.

Cale and I got to the Arena around 8:30, it was funny walking around outside the arena where the Heineken Music Hall etc. was and everyone was dressed in white. We go through security and finally approach the inside of the arena and I look in...holy shit...wow...I can't believe I'm really here.

We took lots of pictures, and walked around as the place filled up. We found a great place to see the whole arena basically and watched the opening from there. The first DJ was DJ Mason...who the fuck is this guy...seriously. Absolutely NO flow whatsoever! Not to mention he didn't play a song more than 2 minutes before switching to a new track. I'm no DJ, but his mixing was not very good either.

Next up was Fedde Le Grand. Personally I thought he was going to be shit, but I've heard lots of good things from people who have seen him, so I thought I'd give him a chance. Too bad he blew it. Also shit.

Third, Erick E. I didn't think it could get any worse, but it did! Good thing there was a Wii area where you could play all kinds of games on Wii, Nintendo DS and write on the "Love Message Wall". So we spent an hour basically doing that.

The megamix came on after that and Cale and I went onto the dance floor as they were spinning some trance and mixing in some house as well. The best part was when they ended with Signus X - Superstring...too bad they only played like 1 minute of it.

David Guetta played after that. I've heard some good sets by him so thought I would like his style. Nope. Absolutely terrible. I knew the night was completely over for me when he played "Jump Around - House of Pain" BTW it wasn't a remix...it was the original version of the song...and not a bit of it, but the ENTIRE thing.

Cale and I were looking around at everyone for most of the night, and it sure looked like not too many ppl were dancing. I think a lot of ppl were expecting trance when they bought their tickets not knowing the line up, as Sensation has had trance DJs in the past. A lot of ppl looked disappointed.

Another thing that I didn't like was the lack of special performances. All of the Sensation videos I've seen before had like 10 minutes between DJs where there were dancers and all sorts of crazy antics going on. Those were basically eliminated this year as well in favour of Chinese Dragons dancing around in the crowd instead. Lame.

At about 5:30 we had had enough...we couldn't take it any longer, we had to go. We put in as much time as we could, but it was just unbearable. Thank you ID&T for ruining Sensation for me. It's sad that the best part of the night was playing Wii for an hour.

All in all, I do not regret going - it was an experience and I can finally check that off my lists of things I wanted to do before I die. But I can assure you, I will not be going to Sensation White again (unless I know the lineup before I buy my tickets - which is highly unlikely)

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I'm sorry to hear that Lisa, i'm thankfull i've been to the first edition of sensation in 2000. Dancevalley will be better, believe me. Pray for good weather is the only thing you have to do

BTW the current weather is not normal for summer in Holland. Ofcourse we have some rain but the rain of the last weeks is really abnormal.

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Mason's got a fcuking sick track called Exceeder I've been not getting bored of since January. Here's a link to the track itself on Youtube , and here's the video of his track with Princess Superstar called Perfect Exceeder.



Maybe he produces better than he can DJ.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* SENSATION WHITE REVIEW July 7, 2007 - Amsterdam Arena ID&T you really fucked that one up. I don't even know where to start. I had already been a little skeptical of the event when I heard the house lineup. Sensation was a party I've been wanting to go to for years, and it had always been trance before. Nevertheless, I knew Sensation wasn't a "trance" party, it was more about what was popular at the time. I've seen the videos, no matter what there was going to be a good show put on with dancers and entertainment and such. Cale and I got to the Arena around 8:30, it was funny walking around outside the arena where the Heineken Music Hall etc. was and everyone was dressed in white. We go through security and finally approach the inside of the arena and I look in...holy shit...wow...I can't believe I'm really here. We took lots of pictures, and walked around as the place filled up. We found a great place to see the whole arena basically and watched the opening from there. The first DJ was DJ Mason...who the fuck is this guy...seriously. Absolutely NO flow whatsoever! Not to mention he didn't play a song more than 2 minutes before switching to a new track. I'm no DJ, but his mixing was not very good either. Next up was Fedde Le Grand. Personally I thought he was going to be shit, but I've heard lots of good things from people who have seen him, so I thought I'd give him a chance. Too bad he blew it. Also shit. Third, Erick E. I didn't think it could get any worse, but it did! Good thing there was a Wii area where you could play all kinds of games on Wii, Nintendo DS and write on the "Love Message Wall". So we spent an hour basically doing that. The megamix came on after that and Cale and I went onto the dance floor as they were spinning some trance and mixing in some house as well. The best part was when they ended with Signus X - Superstring...too bad they only played like 1 minute of it. David Guetta played after that. I've heard some good sets by him so thought I would like his style. Nope. Absolutely terrible. I knew the night was completely over for me when he played "Jump Around - House of Pain" BTW it wasn't a remix...it was the original version of the song...and not a bit of it, but the ENTIRE thing. Cale and I were looking around at everyone for most of the night, and it sure looked like not too many ppl were dancing. I think a lot of ppl were expecting trance when they bought their tickets not knowing the line up, as Sensation has had trance DJs in the past. A lot of ppl looked disappointed. Another thing that I didn't like was the lack of special performances. All of the Sensation videos I've seen before had like 10 minutes between DJs where there were dancers and all sorts of crazy antics going on. Those were basically eliminated this year as well in favour of Chinese Dragons dancing around in the crowd instead. Lame. At about 5:30 we had had enough...we couldn't take it any longer, we had to go. We put in as much time as we could, but it was just unbearable. Thank you ID&T for ruining Sensation for me. It's sad that the best part of the night was playing Wii for an hour. All in all, I do not regret going - it was an experience and I can finally check that off my lists of things I wanted to do before I die. But I can assure you, I will not be going to Sensation White again (unless I know the lineup before I buy my tickets - which is highly unlikely)

I'm glad to see it would be as I expected..... pure shit!

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced any party from 2003 and back I only remember bits and pieces...i've combined those memories into one awesome party

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* The best part was when they ended with Signus X - Superstring...

see, when you say things like this I start to think that I could have enjoyed everything else you hated. lol

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* "Jump Around - House of Pain" BTW it wasn't a remix...it was the original version of the song...and not a bit of it, but the ENTIRE thing.

you sure?

ps. loved the review

pps. when you get to ibiza you'll be like "why and what the fuck was I doing in amsterdam anyways" lol

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so you spent your time playing Wii at this party? lol

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Last edited by jon jon on Jul-09-2007 at 16:56

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Originally posted by jon jon see, when you say things like this I start to think that I could have enjoyed everything else you hated. lol

Haha...honestly, I don't know your tastes that well, but I don't know if you would have enjoyed what I hated. Some of the songs I enjoyed, but the flow was just terrible. I would start to get excited and dance and then the DJ would ruin it.

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Originally posted by jon jon you sure?

Cale thought it was, I don't think so. The "jump up jump up and get down" part sounded like the original. I think someone posted on Facebook what the remix was.

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Originally posted by jon jon ps. loved the review

One thing I forgot to add too, was that I LOVED the crowd. Everyone was super nice, not sketchy at all and the place wasn't over packed, there was always room to walk around. The one thing I didn't like, all the smoke!

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Originally posted by jon jon pps. when you get to ibiza you'll be like "why and what the fuck was I doing in amsterdam anyways" lol

Precisely why I wanted to go to Holland BEFORE I went to Ibiza!

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Originally posted by jon jon edit: so you spent your time playing Wii at this party? lol

Only for an hour. I was pretty amazed at the fact that I was at the party, so I spent a lot of time in the stands and looking down from open arena areas and dancing from up there.

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I loved your pics lisa!!!!!!!! Thanks for the reivew though, because we are in the midst of *very* preliminary planning for our own trip next year, and this was something we considered.

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to relive the full Lisa loo in amsterdam experience, Justin has shared the Sensation White sets in the househead thread hah

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Originally posted by jchung52 Sensation White Amsterdam 2007 Sets. Sensation White 2007 Preparty with Junior Jack and Kid Creme [[ LINK REMOVED ]] Sensation White 2007 with Erick E [[ LINK REMOVED ]] Sensation White 2007 with Fedde le Grande [[ LINK REMOVED ]] Sensation White 2007 with Mason [[ LINK REMOVED ]] Sensation White 2007 The Megamix [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

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Originally posted by jon jon to relive the full Lisa loo in amsterdam experience, Justin has shared the Sensation White sets in the househead thread hah

Now you can hear for yourself and let me know if you loved everything I hated! Haha

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House moves my body, Trance owns my soul, Progressive drives me wild

Lisa, when are you going to start putting up some pictures from your trip?

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Originally posted by Abercrombie Mason's got a fcuking sick track called Exceeder I've been not getting bored of since January. Here's a link to the track itself on Youtube , and here's the video of his track with Princess Superstar called Perfect Exceeder. Maybe he produces better than he can DJ.

omg annoying! why did they have to ruin a perfectly good track with that bitch?

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