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Review: Dec 24, 2003 Christmas Bash @ Viva!
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| Magnetonium |
WOW!
What a night it was. First of all, I gotta say that this was the best experience I had at a nightclub up-to-date. :eyes: The two most prolific DJs of the night, Walter Rosatti and Mark Oliver had AWESOME sets and fantastic, flawless mixing all night long! The crowd was AT LEAST 1500 people (IT WAS PACKED LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN VIVA BEFORE!). Previous time I was at Viva, Walter had a fine set with some minor problems (not his fault) :nervous: , but this time he dropped all-around awesome tunes with flawless mixing, and I danced my arse off to his entire set! He had this style of techno similar to the style Marco V spins ... I loved it! :eyespop: Both of the DJs were awesome, and it was hard to decide who I'd give the vote as the DJ of the night ... Mark Oliver had fantastic trance set with many lovely tunes, pretty much a trance review for the year 2003, I'd say! Thanks a lot, DJs, u2 were awesome! As for the Dutch DJ, I didn't really notice him, he came on and then left so fast ...
Ikitia - OK, my name WAS NOT on the guestlist (WHEW, the price was $25 anyway)!!! None of the regular TAs showed up (what a shame, it was an amazing night!!!!!!). I want to thank the two Asian TAs (please post messages, guys!) for spotting me and introducing yourselves - it was lots of fun dancing and chatting with you two all night long! :crazy: :eyespop: SHAME ON THE REST OF YOU, WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS ... WOW! There was all kinds of stuff played ... first Walter spun some hard techno, then he played some classics, then added a couple of uplifting tracks ... Mark started off a bit hard, but by the last hour he was pouring on lots of lush uplifting vocal tracks ... and the last track of the night was so ... so ... so ... BEAUTIFUL ... "Goodbye" (can someone please tell me the full ID for that tune!!!)
Here's some on the notable tunes that were played that night ... There are too dam many to mention, so I'll quickly jot down the ones I can remember at the moment:
New anthems: Rock Your Body (played TWICE*), The 7th Dimension, Beautiful (played TWICE*),
There were a lot of classics spun by both DJs (WOW), of course, many of these were remixed, but here are some ...
Binary Finary - 1998
Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel (played TWICE*)
Ferry Corsten - Punk (some new remix!!)
Sasha - Xpander
Other notables:
Solid Globe - North Pole
Benny B. - Satisfaction (two different remixes of this track were played, and the original too! too much!:nervous: )
DJ Tiesto - Traffic
Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (new remix, cant recall the name of it at the moment = IS THERE A DJ out there who doesnt spin this track in his sets?? MUHAHAHA ...)
There were a lot of new trance tracks played, primarily of uplifting nature, and many I heard, just dont remember the names ...
* - thats funny, somehow it coincided for both Walter and Mark to spin these tracks, and few others ...
Overall, I'd rate the night 85/100, with the deductions coming primarily from LOTS OF PEOPLE SMOKING - IT WAS HARD TO BREATHE AT TIMES, SOME PEOPLE WERE ON WEED AND SMELLED LIKE SH-T, and the place got a bit too crowded at one point. Ventilation wasn't working too well that night either ,... UGH
Oh, and one more thing ... I had a bad week, but this Christmas party will be an awesome memory forever, and since today's my 20th birthday (TODAY!!) it was an awesome "present"!:eyespop: :tongue2 |
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| itikia |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
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Ikitia - OK, my name WAS NOT on the guestlist (WHEW, the price was $25 anyway)!!! None of the regular TAs showed up (what a shame, it was an amazing night!!!!!!). |
Magnetonium, the only reason you got for $25 is because I had spoken to the club earlier in the week and they were expecting you! I was at Christmas dinner and only got there at 3am.
Glad to hear you had a great experience!!
Cheers,
itikia |
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| SKELETOR |
im so jealous!!!
but atleast u had a good time :toothless |
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| Pettiscool |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
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and the last track of the night was so ... so ... so ... BEAUTIFUL ... "Goodbye" (can someone please tell me the full ID for that tune!!!)
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It was probley Andrea Bocelli - Time to say goodbye. Sounds like a fun night. |
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| Magnetonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by itikia
Magnetonium, the only reason you got for $25 is because I had spoken to the club earlier in the week and they were expecting you! I was at Christmas dinner and only got there at 3am.
Glad to hear you had a great experience!!
Cheers,
itikia |
Hmmm ... well, I came in, oh, first of all, they had some technical problems and the club opened at after 10:30 PM. OK, I came in and asked for the guestlist, and asked a reservation for Phil (me!), and the booth lady looked through the papers several times but didn't find it. I talked to one of the non-Asian people who work in the place, and the bouncer, explained them the full situation (I dont think they knew about TA.com), but they weren't gonna help me. Good thing the price was $25 before 11PM (the price was $25, yes, thats right! Well, at least at the time I got there!). ... Lucky! |
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| Time2Burn |
| quote: | Originally posted by Pettiscool
It was probley Andrea Bocelli - Time to say goodbye. Sounds like a fun night. |
Prolly was Futura - Goodbye. Mark likes to dust of that track at times especially for the holidays. :D |
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| Magnetonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by Time2Burn
Prolly was Futura - Goodbye. Mark likes to dust of that track at times especially for the holidays. :D |
I'll check out both suggestion to see which one was the right one, but looks like this one is it! Thanks. It was a classic-trance//dance sounding track with beautiful female vocals (not really vocals, she only said a few words in the the song, including "Goodbye" ... beautiful voice though), AND MARK OLIVER REALLY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB INTO STRETCHING THAT SONG INTO LIKE 10 OR SO MINUTES LONG! WOWOWOW! HE STARTED IT AT AROUND 6:53 AND ENDED I THINK A FEW MINUTES AFTER 7AM ... thats why I spent like another 10 in the coat-checkout line, lol ...
Oh, and by the way, I was listening to some tunes today, and I remember couple more tunes that were played at the party:
Sensation 2003 (when this theme was played, THE CROWD LITERALLY WENT NUTZZZZ!!!)
Coldplay - Clocks - I thought it was the 12 Inch Mix version played, but it wasn't ... it was harder version ... dont have itt |
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| itikia |
Some pictures of the night will be up shortly!
Phil -> Next time you come up to Viva your in for free, happy?
Cheers!
itikia
PS> New Years Eve @ Viva is only a couple of days away!!!! |
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| sky-evo |
This Christmas was the BEST ever!!
Hard opening kick ass music lots of memoriable tracks!!
Nothing beats as the rush comes inside ViVa
do any of u know what remix is beautiful dat was dropped that nite??
btw Magnetonium were u the one up infront with the hat and taller than everyone else in da room ??? :|
I am not sure if it was u dat me and my friend came up to.
NeWaYs dat was the BEST nite ever!!!
oh yeah what's the line up gonna be like for new years eve beacuse I am considering changing all my plans for a nite @ viva |
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| iLL |
| Sounds like the classics were off the hook... extremely jealous |
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| itikia |
Here are most of the pics. I managed to take about 20 pics in total.
^^The new Catalyst visual system!
Viva logo on one of the big screens.
Looks like a TA in the crowd, hands in the air!
Goldfinger on the mike.
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| Magnetonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by itikia
Here are most of the pics. I managed to take about 20 pics in total.
Looks like a TA in the crowd, hands in the air!
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That's me! I am the guy with that KIA hat, the tallest guy in the front :o :D . You guys should've came up to me and introduced yourselves, would've been cool!!!
Itikia, sorry I am complaining so much ... well, I got the price that I was looking for, there were only minor problems ... I'll see if I could come to the next party at Viva (I know what it is :eyespop:), it's far away and I might be working! :nervous: :disbelief
Also, how come people were allowed to bring cigarettes in (some smuggled weed and stuff in them), while I wasnt allowed to bring in a sealed packaged little bag of hard candy ... Alright, enough with criticism! |
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