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quick synopsis of rock star wknd
Lutzenkirchen & Tone Depth at UN - I knew TD would deliver but Lutzenkirchen was a great booking. Excellent warm up for Carlo and the crowd was great, cute girls and not too packed but busy enough. A Stereo-worthy set from both!
Carlo Lio - good warm up by Sqillace, sure it was deep loungy tech house and a bit slow paced but perfect warm up for Carlo. Carlo converts two more new fans, my friends were blown away. He has the pace, the track selection, the smooth builds and massive drops, the productions, the layer, effects, everything down pat. My fourth time, looking forward to number five already, good move by Stereo to give him a residency as this guy will get everyones feet moving, from the nOObs to the techno elites 
Ingrosso at Lamouche - jammed packed, tons of energy and the local schooled Ingrosso. Good techy set by Stef Agostino. Ingrosso was not that good at mixing, imo, and I've actually enjoyed Angello's sets much better than both Axwell and Ingrosso, premixed or not
But with SHM trying to make inroads into the mainstream, their sound is getting far too watered down a la Guetta and Deadmau5. With Guetta, I remember World is Mine being a pretty epic production, he hasn't come close to touching that track. Same thing happening with SHM? Probably...
Digweed at Circus - very dark, very proggy, I liked the set more than the crowd, but that's a personal thing. Also, they still need to tweak the noise at some points but I really appreciate that Circus listens to its customers and is putting itself on the map.
Piknic Electronic - went from 3 to 6PM before the rain started coming down. Smooth deep tech set by Lebaron or Monitor?? Only caught the dirty opening track by MB before running for cover and nap before Carl. That was a terrific three hours in any case. Love the crowd at Piknic, I need to go there more often next year.
Carl Cox at Stereo - way too hot, way too overpacked, way too uncomfortable. Moudaber was excellent and I actually enjoyed her set more. CC's set was a bit flat; however there were some absolute gems in the track selection, very funky Carl set. But by then I had finally ran out of steam as the harsh conditions at Stereo finally used up my last reserves. I left at 830.
In any case, the wknd was easier to accomplish than I originally thought. We ate well, did our supplements like glutamine and multi's, whey shakes etc, didn't drink a lot night before Piknic and we stayed away from Gonzales products so we could actually sleep a bit in-between gigs. This is not something I do often or even recommend but when you have a visitor flying all the way from Van, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do so the person can maximize the wknd.
yours truly, AW.
PS, good sound systems and occasional edm tracks at Wanda's and Kingdom 
PPS, anyone who went to Gareth Emery in Ottawa or EZ, feel free to post some comments.
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| quote: | Originally posted by Ravemontreal
Once I took a piss in front of everybody at Stereo. Put the garbage under the mixer, and did it right there while people were dancing and screaming. people thought I was playing with the mixer but I was playing with my zizi. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Enjoy
a classic from the aria days:
me: are you on TA?
girl: uhhhh... im on speed
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Last edited by Spin Laden on Sep-08-2011 at 18:17
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