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Official Review: Ultra Spin 6 - Scumfrog, Infected Mushroom, Dumonde, Dave Ralph (pg. 18)
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| timmyboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by dallastar
what's that m,ean>? |
first 2 lines of the soviet national anthem :)
something like:
"unbreakable union
of national rebulics" |
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| maxpain |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Just a few quick comments here.
Sets:
Addy & Deko-Ze: I missed Dekoze, but Addy's was the only good set I've heard so far from him, and it was a VERY good warmup. I'm definitely going to give him another chance after that - fine work.
Dave Ralph: BORED ME TO TEARS. I think he threw two or three decent tracks for his opening, and the rest of the set proceeded to just kill my buzz completely. He played a bunch of flat, soulless prog and some very mediocre breaks tunes & remixes. Honestly, all I could hear throughought his entire set was the kicks, hi-hats, and what might as well have been white noise in between. Maybe I'm being too harsh, but I've just never had my energy sucked away so fast before.
Infected Mushroom: Excellent performance! It was probably not quite as energetic as the last time they performed in Kool Haus, but they seemed to know the sound system better this time, as it was all very crisp and clean sounding. They dropped several tracks from Converting Vegetarians, including some "harder" remixes of the chillout tunes on CD 2. Sorry, I don't have specific IDs, but overall I found it a very enjoyable set showing plenty of creativity.
Dumonde: Not bad, but nowhere near as good as their Viva set last year. They played more older tunes than I expected and not a whole lot of new or unknown tunes. I'd say their set was leaning more toward the epic trance side than the hardstyle side of the spectrum. Still a solid set though, lots of energy.
Scumfrog: Again, not a bad set, but I expected better from him. I notice he plays differently at Guv than at other clubs, and yesterday's set was far less interesting than even his last GUV appearance. I'm not a huge tribal/"DDTT" fan but I was surprised that he hardly played ANY tribal or even proper house tracks... it was very proggy and even flat at times, and thus a bit disappointing, but still worth hearing.
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Crowd management: Since I always make a point of ragging on the Guv when they screw up, I ought to give credit where credit is due. Setting up the Kool Haus the way they did with the curtains blocking off the outer areas was a VERY, VERY good idea; it kept the areas relatively clear and made it very easy to get to the other side of the room. There was very little pushing and other irritations. First time in a while that I've been to the Guvernment complex and not felt like I was suffocating. And it was easy to find places to sit. Good job guys!
Guvernment main room was also a much smaller crowd than I was expecting... not sure if they limited the capacity last night or whether the night just attracted a smaller crowd than usual, but I actually went back and forth a few times from IM/Scumfrog/Dumonde and never really had to wait or push (except in the Orange Room from 1-2 am, which was still brutal, I really wish they'd put house or breaks in there and move the hip hop to somewhere else like the Drink). An unexpected and pleasant surprise.
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Anyway, all in all it was a solid party, and despite my hesitations and restlessness during the early party hours, I'm glad I went. I got to see lots of people that I hadn't seen in a long time. And it was nice to finally meet some of the new faces - RobbyG, Spam, Vertigo, Karen, and probably a few that I've forgotten (it's been a long day). Thanks for coming out everyone! |
I thought I saw Krusty The Clown:haha: You bash THE GUVERNMENT to death and say you would never come back and then you come back!:tongue3 :stongue: :crazy: |
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| maxpain |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty
BUT there was one thing, and im glad that i went there last night. when maxpain said that guv started listening to complaints about overcrowding i tought he was just yapping, and now i stand corrected. i'm really hard on guv cause of "sardineness", but last night was really like before. it was packed, no doubt, but it was pleasant. there was room do dance, to move around, you could get to washroom in a matter of minutes. good job on guv's behalf, now keep it up :) |
*Bow bow* *curtsy cursy*:happy2: :toocool: |
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| Special K |
| quote: | | BUT there was one thing, and im glad that i went there last night. when maxpain said that guv started listening to complaints about overcrowding i tought he was just yapping, and now i stand corrected. i'm really hard on guv cause of "sardineness", but last night was really like before. it was packed, no doubt, but it was pleasant. there was room do dance, to move around, you could get to washroom in a matter of minutes. good job on guv's behalf, now keep it up |
lol it wasnt super rammed because the dj lineup wasnt anything to write home about ... not because guv mgmt all of a sudden decided that they didnt want to ram the club in anymore...
if guv could have rammed it in that night then they would have (just like every other club in the city would have if they COULD) |
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| maxpain |
| quote: | Originally posted by Special K
lol it wasnt super rammed because the dj lineup wasnt anything to write home about ... |
Hey the DJ lineup was pretty damn good!:tongue3 :whip: :tongue2 |
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| Special K |
im sure it was if your into the music those djs play
but no one on that lineup is even remotely close to the likes of oakenfold / tiesto / avb / pvd / insert other big name "superstar dj" in terms of popularity ... if any of those djs were playing there then it would have been a completely diff story in terms of crowd size / overcrowding etc etc |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spam
I'm starting to figure out why people say Toronto crowds suck. There's no ENERGY in them! |
They suck because they are too busy being miserable about something. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
Hey did anyone go into the patio at the Guv? They turned it into a smoking room and I happened to walk in there for a second to find someone and I think I got cancer from the moment I stepped in. That thing was like a death chamber - to say there was no air in that room would be the understatement of the day. I swear I was choking on my way back to the main room :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: |
note to you: dont go to the patio next time.
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| dallastar |
| quote: | Originally posted by timmyboy
first 2 lines of the soviet national anthem :)
something like:
"unbreakable union
of national rebulics" |
thanks - no wonder I didn't get it! not everyone should know that anthem .. . . rihgt??
:rolleyes: |
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| dallastar |
thanks for all the happy thoughts and compliments everyone - u are so cute!
love y'all too!
'Til next time!
xoxoxo;) |
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| Cyrus King |
| it was nice meeting pettischool... or were you con sur? the brown guy |
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| dallastar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cyrus King
it was nice meeting pettischool... or were you con sur? the brown guy |
i think you mean conesur - |
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