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muahahaha .. make that 3/3
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that's right .. giv me a cookie
anyhow .. i haven't posted a proppa review for any type of party in a while, so i guess this time around i will ..
what can be said? this was hands down probably one of the most anticipated parties of the year. whether you're a Tiesto fan or not, one cannot doubt that this DJ brings about huge attention when he's in town, the hype leading up to this night was flat out off the hook..
the night started off with my friend Peter (Raverfriendly) and Craig swinging by my place around 9:15pm to pick me up. by the time we got to the Docks it was almost 10 PM and cars were litterally queuing up for parking spots everywhere. the queue to get into the club stretched all the way down Polson St. spotted HardcoreTrancer, his sister, and Speedy2k aka. Tiesto while waiting in line. the wait to get inside at this point was about 20-25 mins or so , but the worst was yet to come.
when we finally got inside, the club was already filling up pretty nicely and Sean Miller had taken the decks and did a fine job to set the tone. the free Revs they were handing out started the night off nicely. it seems as if there was only one coatcheck in the club this night (the one located in the sideroom), as the lounge was being used as a chill out area unlike it was during Fat Boy Slim's set there according to rabbitjoker. i was later informed by Wurm that the 2nd floor had a coatcheck, but by then it was completely full. the coatcheck line in the side room was horrendous as it stretched all the way to the patio entrance. spotted a few other TAs in line behind us and waited with LadyLotus and her friend Peter. by the time we got into the actual coatcheck room another crowd of people formed near the coatcheck tables. the entire process took somewhere between 1 hr - 1.5 hrs before we were finally able to get our coats checked. what i don't understand is that they knew this event was gonna sell out but there was no systematic way of making people queue in the club and inside the coatroom which created a huge mass of bodies all pushing to get into the coatcheck room. anyhow, i tried to forget about that bad experience quickly once i got outside as i had been eagerly waiting to party after my Rev buzz was killed in that process.
the Docks itself was decorated very nicely. Project Orange and all the other promoters did a good job of deckin the place out. i'll let the pictures do the talking once ppl here start posting some. by the time we got out of the coatcheck room it was about 12:30am and Sean Miller was still on the decks. needless to say this caused us to miss the pre-meet. the club at this point was beyond rammed especially the area in front of the DJ booth and on the raised podium. Tiesto came on around 12:45am if i remember correctly. He openned with Way Out West - Killa which just about set the entire club crazy. spent the first 1.5 hrs of his set infront of the right side area of the booth with Pete, Craig and chanoa. needless to say the club was so packed at this point that it became almost unbearable standing there. it was pretty much Guvesque in some instances where i was constantly being pushed aside by people trying to walk thru the crowd or while dancing. i'm not gonna go ramble off about this, because quite honestly i've experienced much worse. most of the clubs i hit up in Europe were just as bad if not worse in terms of overcrowding. aside from that it wasn't as if most of us didn't expect the place to be rammed to the given the fact that the show had sold out days in advance.
anyhow, good sense got the best of us eventually and we decided to wander the club in hopes of finding other TAs around. we eventually made our way to the back area closest to the entrance where we saw HardcoreTrancer and his sister as well as Speedy2k again. dnmr soon joined us along with Carney, tha_broad, and jester. the vantage point at this position was actually pretty good since we had ample space to dance and we could clearly see Tiesto. i only wish they put him on the stage for this event since there were so many areas of the club where he was completely invisible when looking at certain angles.
we eventually made our way to the front left area of the club where most of the TAs seem to hav gravitated given the fact that there was plenty of space to dance there. again unfortunately at this angle Tiesto was barely visible and one had to move towards the center of the dancing area to see him. fortunately by around 5am parts of the club actually started clearing up and more dancing space was soon available.
left around 6:30am, because one of our rookies Craig was tired. his first time partying. his observations and sums of his first experience were actually quite interesting and i'll get into it later on another post.
lastly, for those who wanna cut to the chase, here's a more specific breakdown:
Tiesto
- Most of the stuff he played was pretty expected. Lots of tracks off his Just Be album, as well as Parade of the Athletes (which i honestly love), and tracks from Tiesto in Concert II. I'm not really a trainspotter so i won't go into details about everything he dropped. but a few classics were dropped throughout the night, maybe not as much as i would have hoped, but he did do a decent job in terms of keeping it on. overall i would say that his set got me moving through most of the night. there were some dragging moments, but at times he did manage to pick it back up nicely. mixing i thought was decent. it's hard to compare this set to others given the fact that the last time i saw him was in Berlin and in the UK this summer, where he played a devistatingly hardass set esp. at Love from ABove. i didn't expect that type of a set, but what he played was pretty much what i expected for a North American appearance. did he use his 6 hours to the most of his potential? i really can't say, but simply put i wasn't too disappointed at what i heard.
i give it an 8.0
the Docks
check the pictures out for that! props to Project Orange, TR, Destiny, and all others involved tho for giving us a change in the usual party repetoire..
i give it an 8.5
organization
wasn't the greatest. staff finally got the idea about halfway into the night when they started regulating the crowd into the coatcheck room. by then it was a little too late. good thing i got my jacket out before the mad rush when Tiesto finished.
i give it a 6.5
crowd
this is a highly sensitive topic for some, and i know that some of you will probably post that there was a high gino prescence on this night. but again, it's not as if you don't expect to see this kinda stuff. moreover, what does it matter when the end result is the popularization of EDM among all types of people. in all honestly the crowd was very energetic. Dutch flags, Tiesto banners, Tshirts, etc. could be seen everywhere. i even recall seeing some Dutch girls speaking Dutch in the coatcheck room which got me thinkin wtf. i can't compare the crowd to the last time he was at the docks for the goldclub event, but basically everyone who was there was there for pretty much one reason: Tiesto. whether they were fans for the last 4 years or because they heard his track playing on Z103.. i found the crowd to be far better than some crowds i've seen at the Guv on a special event night.
was also nice to see all of the different TOTA crews mixing and mingling. just goes to show you what great a community we've all been able to help build here which in no short order helps make the party experience all the better!
gino concentration: 35%-40%
cracked out 40 year old azn concentration: 20%
male:female ratio (for you TOTA manfests out there): 2.5 guys : 1 girl
Visible TA prescence: moderate
i give it an 8.0
overall
did i hav fun? yes. was it worth the $40 i paid to get in? yes. would i do it again? yeah!
and i think in the end that's all that really matters.
except for sleep , which i think i will go do now ..
:D
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Robben
I'm sorry ahead of time for making this page, but in the tiesto review section, there is a question for people looking for the set listing.
Playlist :
11-12-04
Tiesto SOLO @ The Docks - Toronto, Canada
12:45 - 07:30
01 Way Out West - Killa
02 Leama & Moor - Fact Of The Matter
03 Gabriel & Dresden - Arcadia
04 Quest - The Shepherd
05 Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix)
06 The Ambush - Everlast
07 Interstate - I Found U
08 ID proggy trance - new to my ears
09 Tiesto - A Tear In The Open (DJ Ton T.B. Remix)
10 Portishead - Roads (Sultan & Tonedepth Remix)
11 Blank & Jones - Perfect Silence (E-Craig's 212 Dub)
12 Sander van Doorn - Dark Roast
13 Mojado - Senorita
14 Gavyn Mitchell pres. Mnemonic - Insurrection
15 Ridgewalkers ft. El - Find (Andy Moor Remix)
16 Tiesto - Magikal Circus
17 Estuera - Tales From The South
18 Armin vs. M.I.K.E. - Pound
19 DJ Ernesto - Stop 9.5 (Phynn's Salvation Remix)
20 Tiesto - Just Be (Antillas Club Mix)
21 Tiesto - Olympic Flame
22 Tiesto - Athena
23 Ferry Corsten - Sweet Sorrow (The Thrillseekers Remix)
24 Primer - Everlast
25 Tiesto - Breda 8PM (DJ Montana Edit)
26 Tiesto - Heroes
27 Tiesto - Love Comes Again
28 DJ Tiesto - Lethal Industry (Tiesto 2004 Edit)
29 Tiesto - Traffic (DJ Montana's 12" Edit)
30 Remy & Roland Klinkenberg - Til Ya Drop
31 Mojado - El Toro
32 M.I.D.O.R. & Six4Eight - No Man's Land
33 DJ Danjo & Rob Styles - Duende (Signum Remix)
34 Conjure One - Tears From The Moon (DJ Tiesto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix)
35 Madonna - Die Another Day (DJ Tiesto Dedicated Remix)
36 Thomas Datt - 2v2 (Robert Nickson Remix)
37 Tiesto - Nyana
38 Tiesto - ID (ID # 9 Aria 11-06-04)
39 Fred Baker vs. Nyram - Confirmed
40 Jochen Miller & Cor Fijneman - San Andreas
41 Matti Laamenen - Live
42 Fred Baker - Total Blackout
43 Tiesto - Adagio For Strings
44 Joop - The World
45 Rank 1 - Beats@Rank1.com
46 Nu NRG ft. Gate 4 - Astralis
47 Primo Lux - The Wall
48 Phynn - Lucid
49 Electrovoya - Effervesce
50 Plastic Boy - Twixt 2004
51 Vadik - Fate
52 Riley & Durrant - Feels Like Home (Instrumental Mix)
53 Yahel & Eyal Barkan - Voyage
54 Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave
55 Nalin & Kane - Open Your Eyes (Reworked Club Mix)
56 Max Graham - Airtight
57 Push vs. Globe - Tranceformation
58 Darren Tate - Prayer For A God
59 Marcos - Cosmic String
60 Gouryella - Gouryella
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61 Push - Universal Nation/The Anthem
62 Jesselyn - Omnia (Tech-trance Mix)
there you go. again i'm sorry for making a new topic. |
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