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the festival that never was..
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| dEsidEL |
i cleaning around my room the other day and sorting out some old flyers that i had kept from a few years back and i stumbled upon an old Mekka Festival flyer that i saved. for any of you who don't know what Mekka is/was, it was an example of one of the great tragedies of the EDM scene here and what could have been ..
anyhow, i just figured that some of you might be interested to know what potential there was way back when before rave protocols and other blah-hah came into effect..
ironically it also occured the same year that Creamfields NYC and Las Vegas were cancelled due to "poor ticket sale performance"..
here was the dilio:
Sunday, August 5th, 2001
MEKKA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Molson Park, Barrie, Ontario
featuring:
Donald Glaude
Armand Van Helden
Baby Blue Sound Crew
Carl Craig
Common
Danny Tenaglia
De La Soul
Derrick Carter
DJ Dan
Josh Wink
Junion Sanchez
Kenny Glasgow
Misstress Barbara
Roni Size
Talib Kweli
The New Deal
Deep Dish
Grooverider
Doc Martin
Paperclip People
Pharoahe Monch
Biz Markie
DJ Craze
Mixmaster Mike
BT
Paul Oakenfold
Christopher Lawrence
Dave Ralph
Dieselboy
LTJ Bukem
Sandra Collins
Uberzone
Mark Farina
Stacey Pullen
Andy C
Jimmy Van M
DJ Rap
Terry Mullan
Bad Boy Bill
Mr. C
H-Foundation
Max Graham
Martin Villeneuve
Dynamite MC
Methord 11:11 (Live)
DJ Jazzy Jeff
DJ Dopey
Jason Hodges
Crystal Method
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Crystal Method, Roni Size, BT Heading To Mekka
Paul Oakenfold, Mix Master Mike, Carl Craig among other artists to join electronic music tour.
by Corey Moss
The world's top tier of electronic music artists — including the Crystal Method, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Tenaglia, Armand Van Helden, BT and Roni Size — will gather in August for a 10-city North American tour called Mekka. The outing, which kicks off August 4 in Montreal and wraps up September 2 in Los Angeles, will celebrate the launch of Mekka, a global entertainment company focused on the promotion and development of electronic music culture, according to the tour's publicist.
Acts from various genres of electronic music will be represented, from hip-hop to techno to drum'n'bass to trance. Deep Dish, LTJ Bukem, Mix Master Mike, Sandra Collins and Junior Sanchez are among Mekka's other top names. Several hip-hop acts will be announced later this month.
Mekka will include a rare live set by Detroit techno legend Carl Craig. BT, the Crystal Method, the New Deal and Überzone will also be performing live. Working the many turntables on the tour will be DJs Jimmy Van M, Derrick Carter, DJ Rap, Doc Martin, Dave Ralph, Stacey Pullen, Christopher Lawrence, Dieselboy, Mark Farina, DJ Craze, DJ Dan, Terry Mullan, Bad Boy Bill, Misstress Barbara, Andy C, DJ Hype, Grooverider and Mr. C.
Halo and Hipp-E of the Chicago DJ collective H-Foundation, who will also be spinning at Mekka, and Sanchez will mix separate CD compilations in conjunction with the tour. Release dates have not been announced. The tour will be the summer's third major tour featuring electronic music. Moby, Oakenfold, Carl Cox, the Orb, Timo Maas and others will be part of the Area: One tour on July 11 in Atlanta (see "Area: One Festival's Details Come Into Focus"), while Perry Farrell's Jubilee festival, headlined by Jane's Addiction, is also expected to feature top DJs and producers (see "Jane's Addiction Touring In August"). Details for that tour have not been released, though publicists for several electronic music stars, including Size, have said they have been invited to join the outing. Mekka will be held in outdoor venues, such as large fields and fairgrounds. Venues will be announced at a later date. The artists will perform on multiple stages and in tents. Mekka, the company, will specialize in artist management, wireless applications, magazine publishing and music distribution and publishing.
Mekka Tour dates, according to the tour's publicist:
* 8/4 - Montreal, QC
* 8/5 - Toronto, ON
* 8/8 - Dallas, TX
* 8/10 - Jacksonville, FL
* 8/11 - Miami, FL
* 8/18 - New York, NY
* 8/25 - Chicago, IL
* 8/30 - Seattle, WA
* 9/1 - San Francisco, CA
* 9/2 - Los Angeles, CA
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http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/144.../uberzone.jhtml
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| Endlesswave |
| Gah...:whip: I hope we reach nightlife like that again... |
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| charmscars |
| i was so excited about that party- i was all about going to it and then ut got cancelled. i hope there are more day time music festivals in the future, they are so great b/c when you get old like me and you don't want to stay out late/chemically enhance you night then these parties are purr-fect! |
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| dEsidEL |
oh yah .. add DJs like Max Graham and MV to that bill as well .. and more
here were the complete details:
http://www2.tranceaddict.com/forums...12&pagenumber=1
lol... btw. classic posts from that thread!!
| quote: | Originally posted by bluE_Neon
Danny Tenaglia spins da GU series, and its en sick from him so i wud wanna see him
Armand van Halden...nah
H-foundation was here in Guvernment at da begining of june? ne was there? ne suggestions?
Jimmy Van M mixed da Trance Nation America, not bad but dat's da only of wat ive heard from him :o
Mistress Barbara ive heard of da name ne suggestions?
Junior Sanches..wasn't he da Twilo resident? sick dj
dats it :eek: dam i thought oakenfold, bt and dieselboy wud be at least there :mad: still im goin there, never heard live ne of da above dj's live :) |
and this one was posted before DJ Mute was still into trance and 'discovered' the sounds of progressive house :toothless
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceGeek
hmm, line-up sucks for toronto
its not worth it... well maybe i'll go cuz of josh wink, but everyone else sucks... i cant stand danny tenaglia and his faggy house... and dj dan sucks ass! too much house on this party... |
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| Crazy Serb |
^^^
classic... |
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| che |
| That was gonna be a sick festival....i think i still have that same flyer somewhere. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I was so disappointed when this got cancelled. Just glad I got my money back! Would have been legendary though, so many of my all time faves on that bill. |
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| Jayx1 |
I seem to remember that it was molson park that pulled the plug after pressure from the city of Barrie.
2001 was well into the anti-rave frenzy that Toronto experienced. We will probably never recover from it either since the media has now brainwashed today's 18 year olds that "raves are bad and hip hop is cool" |
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