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Still need to sleep, but I'll write a review now.
Coming from Kitchener, I spent a total of about 7 hours on buses, waiting at the terminals, and wandering through downtown Toronto tonight. Greyhound is a pain in the ass. But it was soooooooo worth it.
Walked in to Mark Oliver playing Deadmau5 - Clockwork. Perfect. ^_^ He did a great job of setting up the night.
Piet played a really solid early set and threw down a few good tunes. I was very happy. mmm Chakalaka. ^_^
But the real story of the night was Gareth Emery... or, excuse me, Gareth FUCKING Emery. This guy has been on fire for some time now and I was thrilled to finally get a chance to see him live (was this his first time in Toronto?) His style is one that I really enjoy; he plays trance, but with a lot of groovy house and electro influences. Kinda like Ferry Corsten, but more progressive, not as cheesy, and not as abrasive. And holy fuck... he delivered. I did not stop dancing the entire time.
My tune of the night was one of the last tracks he played: Dennis Sheperd - Run Away. This is more or less an Ian Carey-style hands-in-the-air big room house tune with an electro bassline. But Gareth sped it up by about 8bpm and used it to tear the Guv a new asshole. I couldn't believe that he played it, but it worked SO WELL.
Menno played WAY harder than he did the last time he was here. His set pretty much sounded like BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM << trancey melodic breakdown >> BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM etc.
He played really well with a lot of energy; some good tunes here and there, a lot of Sander Van Doorn, Wippenberg, etc. My personal preferences lean much more Gareth's style than the stuff Menno was throwing down, but Menno did get me moving and completely destroyed Guv's dancefloor by the end of the night, so I don't really have any honest complaints. He played a lot of remixes and mashups of classics too... Rapid Eye - Circa Forever, Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes, Binary Finary - 1998, etc.
Jennifer Rene..... LOL. She's like the Sarah Palin of DJing.
Jennifer trainwrecked her first transition. HORRIBLY. I was truly in disbelief... I mean, I've heard the stories and all, but to actually be in Guv and witness a trainwreck that terrible coming from an international DJ was really quite shocking. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised.
Anyways, Jennifer crowd-whored for her whole set, waved her arms around, played a bunch of tracks with her vocals in them and sang along, and trainwrecked some more. The tunes were actually not that bad. But the act in the DJ booth was... sufficiently bad that it was funny. She trainwrecked about 40% of the time, I think (although I left around 6, so mayhaps she got better for the second half of her set...? :P)
I walked into Guv knowing about 2 people there, but met a lot of TAs throughout the night, and even ran into some old friends. You guys are awesome, and I really should come out to Toronto to party more often.
My legs hurt. Time to go lie down.
Cheers,
~ Elyot
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