great review!
i'm glad you had fun out there, maybe i can join you all for the next show, i heard there were rumors of AvB coming to richs (?)

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We were talking about that last night, Dreamer and DD said it was supposed to be happening in December so we shall see, after this Im sure it cant be far off, with the kick off great names are goin to start pouring into Houston.

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Top Tracks ATM
Nikola Gala - Blue Impulse
Ozgur Can Feat. Nick Beman - Not Even Winds
Powerplant - Turn It To Gold (Madoka's Mix)
Sultan & The Greek - Wadi (Original Mix)
Carlos Vives - Comu Tu (Paul Oakenfold Mix)
Bjork - Violently Happy (Mercurio Mix)

lol @ the girl climbing and messin the deck

First off, first track was by Agoria. There are a buttload of remixes and diff names, so do a search on "agoria - marche" As far as the remix he spun its most likely like:

01-agoria-la_onzieme_marche__phil_kieran_remix


Here's my review, short and sweet:

First off, the sound system wasn't good. Quite a bit of distortion, not enough bass. I've definitely heard worse though.

Second, hot. With 30 bucks a person, you'd think they could afford to keep the AC on for one night, let alone for a "promotion" for spundae as well as the club.

Third. I was not impressed at ALL with carnahans set. Quite frankly, I couldnt wait till that guy stopped spinning. Was sick of it. Ofcourse, once tiesto came up, it all changed. Bad DJ off - Good DJ on. Once agoria was thrown down, from there on I knew it was gonna rip up.

Fourth, I guess I definitely saw more gay guys than you van. I dunno. I got nothing really against gay guys, but i think we can all agree seeing guys go at it and shit isnt exactly something you wanna see. Every club will have its share, but this one, as expected, had a bit more. Forunately we had our own set of girls with us, and there were others, so it was ok.

I guess last, would be the bathroom lines. No biggie. The worst part imo was just the sound system and the lack of AC. Other than that, Tiesto was solid.

If you're wondering who I was, well, I was one of the guys with the blonde girl on his shoulders near the right side of the floor (facing tiesto). I'm sure we passed each other a couple times.....

Alright here we go...

Vanfecto, great review man, and seriously you were inspiring myself and alot of the other clubbers there with your awesome energy bro, it was contagious. Let me start off by saying that the tracklist was awesome and I had a GREAT time listening to the music and dancing and seeing Tiesto perform. Apart from music and Tiesto, the other factors that combine to make a night SUCKED. I am talking about the crowd, the vibe, and the stupid shit people were doing. First off, a group of 5 or 6 stupid bitches (sorry, but they pissed MANY people off) were climbing on the railings to get eye to eye with Tiesto, blocking the view for EVERYONE behind them and as the icing on the cake, one bitch picks up the needle spinning Nathan Fake - Outhouse, record skips, everyone's like "WTF!" I've seen Tiesto many times before, and it was easy to tell he lost his vibe after all that shit. People kept climbing on the railings throughout the night, security guards told them to get off, they kept climbing back up, etc. Tiesto was losing his vibe, but his DJing skill was intact and tracklist was intact. He was not as happy and as energetic as in other sets. The second and final gripe I have was about the crowd in general...
DJs feed off the crowd, they feed off the response of the crowd... Tiesto kept dropping amazing tracks and the only part of the dance floor that was really feeling the awesome energy was the top left corner, near the DJ booth, the TAs were there representing...

Did you guys notice when everyone in our corner was chanting "TI-ES-TO, TI-ES-TO", he looked over at us and started dancing, he was loving it.

Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes starts playing, we all agree to sing along... hands in the air... etc... I look around me and behind me... the rest of the crowd were just looking up dumbfounded as if they did not have a fuckin clue to what was going on... as if they didn't know what to do in a night club... that brought the whole club energy down quite a bit.

There's nothing like seeing a club explode, the entire crowd has their hands in the air, singing along, or just feeling the vibe. The crowd at this club was lacking alot of emotion.

Enough bullshit... the fuckin tracklist ROCKED and I had an awesome time... great meeting VanFecto (keep that energy up bro!), Daydreamer, Digital Breach (drunk bastard! haha), and Mavo, and I rolled up there with The_One and Rememberence_, had a badass time with everyone, tranceaddicts UNITE!

I was apparently the only obsessed dumbass writing down the tracklist, but I enjoy doing it... so here goes the tracklist in order!!!

1. Agoria - La Onzieme Marche (Phil Kieran Remix)
2. Nathan Fake - Outhouse (awesome early set song)
3. Three Drives - Carrera 2
4. BT - Force of Gravity ( ?remix? )
5. Firewall - Sincere
6. UNKLE - In a State (Sasha Remix)
7. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Adam Freeland Remix)
8. ?
9. Skin - Faithfulness (Tiesto Vocal Mix)
10 DJ Tiesto - Traffic
11 ?
12 En Motion - Getting Away With It (Thrillseekers Instrumental)
13 Conjure One - Tears from the Moon (Dj Tiesto Remix)
14 Dj Tiesto - Flight 643
15 ?
16 ?
17. Mark Norman - Stream
18. Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes (Sweeping Strings)!!!!
19. Evanescence - Hello (Trifactor vs G&D Remix)!!!!
20. ?
21. Marco V - Loops and Things Relooped (awesome track)
22. Andy Hunter - Go (Antillas Remix)

The list is accurate EXCEPT for number 12, although it WAS a thrillseekers production for sure, but I forgot the exact melody.
The absolute BEST MOMENT of the night for me was the mix between Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes into Evanescence - Hello!!!!!!

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Last edited by Ibiza Dreams on Oct-25-2003 at 20:09

FUCKIN AWESOME, FUCKIN AWESOME, F U C K I N A W E S O M E ! ! ! ! !

What a crazy ass night! As soon as his set was over, Tiesto got out his special marker came straight to us (vanfecto, emerald, and myself.) No matter what event, you'll be sure to catch us at the front! When Tiesto handed back my Nyana, some stupid fuck stole it right out of my hands and took off, I had to go hunt his ass down in the club. but anyways...
Indeed, it was an excellent night for us all, and as for the club… an exceptional venue for a high-status performer such as Tiesto and hopefully Armin. A first-class dance floor and DJ booth accompanied by an unmatched light/laser and sound setup configuration. In my opinion, Rich’s is a fortifier to the Houston club scene, and because of that I believe that we will begin to see more than Tiesto and Oakey in the future.

Last edited by prestige on Oct-25-2003 at 20:55

OMFG. Last night was the best night I've had in so long!! I strolled into the club around 11PM because I wanted to skip past most of the intro DJ's. The first DJ I heard was playing some good choons, I was listening to Gamemaster while standing in line to get in. But that other DJ Sean Carahan (spelling?) really sucked in my opinion, to be honest I just wanted him to get out of the booth and bring on the Tiesto! Sean had the trend of playing a really good song getting me all excited then changed it to something lame! But omfg when Tiesto walked up to the booth the entire club went INSANE! The once spacious dance floor was packed full of people, elbows were all in my face. I can't rememeber all the tracks and what order they came in but particular favorites of mine was when he dropped Traffic, ATRC, and Hello. And when the entire club was singing ATRC it was very touching Tiesto tore that club apart it was so great I am so happy I drove from Austin just to see him. I wanted to get his autograph on my ticket stub but he didn't come over to the people on the right side of the booth, only the left

The club itself was all right, I didn't even know it was a gay club till I read the posts above. I guess I was in my own world. I can't believe a fucking bottle of water was $4, and you know they kept the A/C off just do poor suckers like me would have to buy 6 bottles of it just to not pass out > I thought the sound was good and the lighting rack was really near when it moved at differant angles n stuff, @ first I thought it was about to fall onto the crowd so i moved away from under it lol

And I just want to express how angry I was at the girls who climbed onto the booth rails and fucking leaned OVER the tables on the verge of falling onto them. I watched in horror as Tiesto very nicely gave the "no no, step back" hand gesture followed by a smile. But thank you mister Sean Carahan for bumping into Tiesto's back resulting in making Tiesto skip the track

so much fun.

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Originally posted by prestige FUCKIN AWESOME, FUCKIN AWESOME, F U C K I N A W E S O M E ! ! ! ! ! What a crazy ass night! As soon as his set was over, Tiesto got out his special marker came straight to us (vanfecto, emerald, and myself.) No matter what event, you'll be sure to catch us at the front! When Tiesto handed back my Nyana, some stupid fuck stole it right out of my hands and took off, I had to go hunt his ass down in the club. but anyways... Indeed, it was an excellent night for us all, and as for the club… an exceptional venue for a high-status performer such as Tiesto and hopefully Armin. A first-class dance floor and DJ booth accompanied by an unmatched light/laser and sound setup configuration. In my opinion, Rich’s is a fortifier to the Houston club scene, and because of that I believe that we will begin to see more than Tiesto and Oakey in the future.

I'm not sure what/how many other clubs you've been to, but the sound setup was terrible man. The bass was light, the treble was distorted. The lighting wasnt bad, but there werent any lasers. There was zero AC, The dance floor was also a little too compact, the bar tending was slow, bathroom lines were extensive. The vibe was there, but only in groups. If you left and walked around, you'd see it drop immediately. The security was also crap as well. That girl coulda literally just knocked over the decks if she wanted to.

Tiesto did his job. His set was solid, his enthusiasm was there. Every single negative from last night was because of the club. I personally am hesitant to go back, and the only reason I was there last night was simply because Tiesto isn't exactly a "regular" to houston.

Good party nonetheless. I can't help but say it coulda been even better if some of the factors i mentioned were resolved.

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Originally posted by SportTrance I'm not sure what/how many other clubs you've been to, but the sound setup was terrible man. The bass was light, the treble was distorted. The lighting wasnt bad, but there werent any lasers. There was zero AC, The dance floor was also a little too compact, the bar tending was slow, bathroom lines were extensive. The vibe was there, but only in groups. If you left and walked around, you'd see it drop immediately. The security was also crap as well. That girl coulda literally just knocked over the decks if she wanted to. Tiesto did his job. His set was solid, his enthusiasm was there. Every single negative from last night was because of the club. I personally am hesitant to go back, and the only reason I was there last night was simply because Tiesto isn't exactly a "regular" to houston. Good party nonetheless. I can't help but say it coulda been even better if some of the factors i mentioned were resolved.

Unfortunately, all this Sporttrance said was true... what seemed to have happened was that Rich's wasn't exactly "prepared" for a DJ like Tiesto to come spin at their club. It's ridiculuous how CLOSE any of those girls were to knocking over one of the turntables, that should never be possible, because of security or because of barriers at the dj booth. As sad as it may be, DJs tend to frequent the clubs they have the best times in the most... and if an environment such as the one last night continues, Rich's won't be getting many visits by the greats of electronica.

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Originally posted by Ibiza Dreams Unfortunately, all this Sporttrance said was true... what seemed to have happened was that Rich's wasn't exactly "prepared" for a DJ like Tiesto to come spin at their club. It's ridiculuous how CLOSE any of those girls were to knocking over one of the turntables, that should never be possible, because of security or because of barriers at the dj booth. As sad as it may be, DJs tend to frequent the clubs they have the best times in the most... and if an environment such as the one last night continues, Rich's won't be getting many visits by the greats of electronica.

well, it was better than M-Bar, hella better than lotus, and roxy fo sho

Yeah thinking about it again I agree with those who said the sound system was hardly prepared for a DJ like Tiesto. And yeah again the girls on the railing was ridiculous. I mean sure it was so cool to see Tiesto up close but in my opinion I found it very disrespectful to Tiesto himself by distracting him from his work while he has to worry about some dumb bitch falling onto both tables...I found it amusing how this girl had this dumb banner she showed to Tiesto saying "DJ TIESTO PLEASE PLAY DELERIUM - SILENCE. WE LOVE YOU!!"

Im so happy he denied the request, what I would do if I had to hear that song again for the 9,392,001'th time.

No thas nothing I shit u guys not when I say this, this guy next to me who attempted to steal our recs at first, he then leans over and says "Man this is great, Bad Boy Bill is awesome! " Also to be perfectly honest I did think the bass was a little light, like when stream was on I was like man can we get more bass?

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Top Tracks ATM
Nikola Gala - Blue Impulse
Ozgur Can Feat. Nick Beman - Not Even Winds
Powerplant - Turn It To Gold (Madoka's Mix)
Sultan & The Greek - Wadi (Original Mix)
Carlos Vives - Comu Tu (Paul Oakenfold Mix)
Bjork - Violently Happy (Mercurio Mix)