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Official Review: AVB at GUV (pg. 5)
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by tatgirl
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Thanks for helping me get the Armin autograph! :) |
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| Fire999 |
Mark Oliver played a wicked warmup set and I believed his last few tracks include - Nalin & Kane - Open Your Eyes....sounds bloody amazing on the system.
Oliver always graces the decks with amazing epic tunes...the last time I saw him, the whole floor was bouncing to Lustral - Everytime.
Overall, both DJs bombed the decks with their excellent selection of Essential floor-fillers.
Wikkid 7 memories! ;) |
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| jdjd |
This was the best music I've heard at a party.. Armin for 4 hours! Finally got to see that gifted bastard...
Him coming on at 3 actually turned out to be a good thing, some of the people cleared out by the time he got into his set...
MO that guy can mix anything, from prog, house, trance song to song flowing perfect, so much talent...
Armin played alot of epics i have never heard before, I want this set on mp3! You gotta love the song splicing, yet another day with urban train kicked ass...
one of the highlights of the night: hearing the crowd sing ATRC louder than the system! |
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| USMC_Greg |
I started the weekend off with some trance on Thursday night in Ottawa. Had a few beers and heard some sick trance!
Friday night I had some more beers and took in Armin in Ottawa. Unreal set is the only way to describe it.
Then I went to Toronto and took in some more Armin. The first 2 or 3 hours of Armin's set in Toronto was decent. He played like 10 to 12 sick tracks, but too much non-trance tunes for me. Then we went down on the dance floor for the last 2.5 hours of his set and OMG OMG OMG! Ch00n after Ch00n! That last 2.5 hours blew his Ottawa set out of the water. By this time there was enough room to move around and the ch00ns were at their best. Unreal!! I couldn't stop moving!
If Armin was the precursor to what was to come the next night, I couldn't wait to see PVD the next night.
overall Unreal night |
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| Plaptop |
| I need to end a debate.. were the go-go dancers guys or gals? |
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| eternalbliss |
| went to see both armin and pvd....amazing weekend....i have to say i enjoyed armin way more...more room to dance and i couldnt stop dancing the whole night...this is my second time seeing avb...his set was incredible..i also liked mark olivers set before avb...oliver had some really great tracks..and his style was somewhat different than usual ...a little harder and aggressive beats which really pumped me up. |
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| E*Master |
First of all. No matter who will be spinning at Guv EVER again, no matter how big, no matter how inexpensive, no matter what conditions in my favour,
I WILL NEVER VISIT THE GUVERMENT COMPLEX EVER AGAIN!
Allow me to explain. First of all the positive. It was great to see all the TAs and the music was WILD WICKED While I was there and I am Very sure it was for the rest of the night. I had a great time for that part.
Now for the bad.
The crowding of this event was ABSOLOUTELY WORSE that Labour of Love Last year! Everytime I wanted to dance some person keeps bumping into me trying to get by. Every 3-10 seconds I got someone bumping by me trying to get out of the dancefloor NO MATTER WHERE I STOOD!. I was trying to dance with trancekitten in about 5 duifferent places. Left right and center, front back. Everywhere there is someone trying to get by and at some points a whole ing Train of people at a time. Not just one or 2 but 4 or more. We did not pay a total of $53 (on cover, 1 drink each and coatcheck) to be ing Pushed around in a club because it is too packed or by people who can't stay put. I payed that amount to have a great time and enjoy Armin in full force. We were SO ING ANNOYEd by all the people pushing by us and trying to get by while we tried to dance that we left just b4 armin Started. I am sorry but this time, that was too much. How the do u have fun while like one dozen of people per minuted keep bumpinginto u? If I Wanted to be in a pool of human bumperboats and pay more than 50 bucks to do it I would but I was expecting ot be entertained and have a good time.
I would ask for my money back but I know that those people would not give me back one cent. This si why they have all the rooms open, so that they can increase the legal capacity of the club and cash in more on the venue.
Due to all this I have lost TOTAL AND UTTER FAITH of ever having a good time @ the Guvernment complex EVER AGAIN. Someone could give me free tix to any even in that club and I would refuse and encourage them not to go there. I will never EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEVER go that club again even if Jean michel Jarre and Kraftwerk were to do a live PA and IW ass allowed to by pass the line and enter for free.
I have never had as many problems with a club as much as Guv.
Unless this place was under new management or owned by a different person and got the act together then I will visit it again.
I am sorry that I missed Armin, but even this was too much for me. I can tolerate crowding to large degrees but this was far worse than ever experienced. If anyone did not expereince what we had to then I wish I could have been in your shoes and I thank god that u did not have to experience that.
The E*Master will never visit the Guv EVER AGAIN. |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by E*Master
First of all. No matter who will be spinning at Guv EVER again, no matter how big, no matter how inexpensive, no matter what conditions in my favour,
I WILL NEVER VISIT THE GUVERMENT COMPLEX EVER AGAIN!
Allow me to explain. First of all the positive. It was great to see all the TAs and the music was WILD WICKED While I was there and I am Very sure it was for the rest of the night. I had a great time for that part.
Now for the bad.
The crowding of this event was ABSOLOUTELY WORSE that Labour of Love Last year! Everytime I wanted to dance some person keeps bumping into me trying to get by. Every 3-10 seconds I got someone bumping by me trying to get out of the dancefloor NO MATTER WHERE I STOOD!. I was trying to dance with trancekitten in about 5 duifferent places. Left right and center, front back. Everywhere there is someone trying to get by and at some points a whole ing Train of people at a time. Not just one or 2 but 4 or more. We did not pay a total of $53 (on cover, 1 drink each and coatcheck) to be ing Pushed around in a club because it is too packed or by people who can't stay put. I payed that amount to have a great time and enjoy Armin in full force. We were SO ING ANNOYEd by all the people pushing by us and trying to get by while we tried to dance that we left just b4 armin Started. I am sorry but this time, that was too much. How the do u have fun while like one dozen of people per minuted keep bumpinginto u? If I Wanted to be in a pool of human bumperboats and pay more than 50 bucks to do it I would but I was expecting ot be entertained and have a good time.
I would ask for my money back but I know that those people would not give me back one cent. This si why they have all the rooms open, so that they can increase the legal capacity of the club and cash in more on the venue.
Due to all this I have lost TOTAL AND UTTER FAITH of ever having a good time @ the Guvernment complex EVER AGAIN. Someone could give me free tix to any even in that club and I would refuse and encourage them not to go there. I will never EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEVER go that club again even if Jean michel Jarre and Kraftwerk were to do a live PA and IW ass allowed to by pass the line and enter for free.
I have never had as many problems with a club as much as Guv.
Unless this place was under new management or owned by a different person and got the act together then I will visit it again.
I am sorry that I missed Armin, but even this was too much for me. I can tolerate crowding to large degrees but this was far worse than ever experienced. If anyone did not expereince what we had to then I wish I could have been in your shoes and I thank god that u did not have to experience that.
The E*Master will never visit the Guv EVER AGAIN. |
That's unforunate to hear Frank. I had a very similar experience at LoL 2002 and i vowed the same thing. But i have come to the realization that this problem seems to be limited to the Guv main room.
Last nite at PVD, the Koolhaus was very bearable, and infact even comfortable at some moments. I think if you're ever to return, just make sure that it's on an open access nite and just stay in the Koolhaus for the most part. I absolutely loathe the Guv mainroom in so many ways and very few DJ's at all would draw me to stand there for a single night. The Koolhaus is just such a better venue with it's higher ceilings, larger capacity, and strategically placed washrooms.
And no worries, when u hav an army of about 100+ TA's creating space for ya, it won't be so bad anymore truss me .. ;) |
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| tha_broad |
| Its all about being able to create ur dance space and keeping it....I always ceate dance space....its pretty easy...its keeeping it that kills me sometimes |
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| HappyToday |
| quote: | Originally posted by tha_broad
Its all about being able to create ur dance space and keeping it....I always ceate dance space....its pretty easy...its keeeping it that kills me sometimes |
I second that....lol...keepin it is what really kills me. :happy2: :happy2: |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by HappyToday
I second that....lol...keepin it is what really kills me. :happy2: :happy2: |
yah esp. when like Conan the Barbarian plows thru the crowd .. |
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| HappyToday |
| quote: | Originally posted by dEsidEL
yah esp. when like Conan the Barbarian plows thru the crowd .. |
Indeed.....lol....so true. :happy2: |
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