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Review: J00f at Republik (sept 11/12, 2005)
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| J.L. |
I know I don't normally post much here or put myself on roll calls, but i'd thought i'd post a review on an excellent night at the republik.
I actually liked it quite a bit b/c it was sunday night, b/c it meant the club wasn't massively overpacked and i had tons of room to move around without feeling like the place was empty. The bouncers were also very kind and never pushed me around and were very courteous.
I was dissapointed at one point at the night at the "asian" crew that kept pushing me around when i was trying to dance. Some of the girls had no manners at all and kept pushing me or randomly touching me. Now, being myself asian, I found it extra irritating b/c the asian culture involves politeness and courtesy to others. Oh well, can't ask for too much. Actually, it was just a select few that were a bit pushy... The vast majority of them were great and giving lots of space.
Another thing I was a bit dissapointed at was the smoking... Being a non-smoker, I don't mind if people smoke, but just not right in the middle of the dancefloor.. People need to breathe while they dance... My friends smoked too and I was cool with that b/c they actually know not to smoke in the middle of the dancefloor but in the upstairs lounge instead.
Now on to the music... I'm not sure who was in the main room before J00f came on, (I think it was Goldfinger?) but he was doing great with the Tribal Techno stuff, although I thought his transition near the end to a more trancier sound wasn't pulled off as well. J00f started a bit slow, but kept building and building and by halfway through the set, the whole place was pounding and he didn't even give me a chance to rest for about 40 minutes since he was totally controlling my feet. Thankfully, he died down a bit for a while and allowed me to rest for about 10 minutes, but then started up again and ended an awesome set (IMO) some version of Faithless - Insomnia... 2 thumbs up for this man :)... I didn't catch the guy afterwards, as I left right after J00f ended at roughly around 4:30. Loved the Trance that he played.
BTW, I think on the dancefloor, I was basically right behind the TranceAddict crew who I think were at the very front, so if you saw some crazy short haired chinese male full of energy with a beige polo shirt inside out going at it the whole night, that was probably me hehe.
Thank you Republik for such a great night!
8/10 |
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| Swamper |
w00t.
That was a fun night! J00f played some sick psy and I was loving every second of it...
I left soon after Deko-ze came on - it wasn't easy though - he was dropping New Time New Place... mmmm
Time to sleep.
(Oh ya - Chanoa - you were like a whirlwind on the dancefloor - watch out!) |
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| Endlesswave |
Heheheheh. Thanks TO ALL OF YOU, Yeah YOU for making my night no my BDay as fun as hell. :) More of a decent review to come... ;)
P.S.Andrea! Wtf you came out of nowhere! lol :) |
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| zoogla |
LOL!!!!!!!! Andrea---"a whirlwind" "coming out of nowhere"...:p I say she's a "breath of fresh air"!!!! More on this awesome girl later... ;)
Got there at around 11 to see my man Dennis Hahn spin some CLASSIC TRANCE...I loved every second of it, bro...in fact you were my favorite that night!!!! No joke...
Wow, heard Goldfinger for the first time. He dropped Blank&Jones - Perfect Silence (thanks, Josh, for IDing it for me) which totally blew my mind. He played some SICK, DEEP house music. The whole floor was totally pumping to it.
Then J00F came on and the walls fell apart. Wow, I've never heard trance played like this before. Never knew trance could be in the same sentence as "dark" or "dirty"...WOW :eyespop: The bass was pumping so strong that my back practically gave out. *note to self: no softball tournaments and all-night parties in the same day...especially when they follow two straight late nights of dancing* ;)
I've still got classic trance in my pants (hehehe n00bl4r) so Dennis Hahn is still king! :D
So Laura and I were gonna leave at about 4:30 when j00f was still playing because she has a 9 am class AND has to drive all the way back to Hamilton (whoa you're hardcore, girl! ;)) so as we were leaving, out the door and towards the parking lot, ANDREA (chanoa) came RUNNING at us!!!! Wow, I was never so happy to see her smiling face, because I was so drained from the music...btw...I also have some bad stories about a few of the Asians that were there; I've never been pointlessly shoved before and I wasn't too happy about it...hehehe Laura broke it up! :p...
...anyway, so Andrea comes up and we tell her, "oh man we're so tired; we're heading home" and she's like, "OH NO YOU DON'T! YOU'RE HEADING BACK IN WITH US!!!" and with that energy and excitement Laura and I head back in and lasted another good HOUR...Andrea you effin' rock!!! Thanks for keeping us going that much longer and making my night THAT much more fun!!!
But eventually, I HAD to leave (even Andrea couldn't hold my spine into place :p) so Josh, Laura and I head to McDick's where I had a whole meal and they had nothing (hehehe fatass) and it was really a pleasure hanging with you and chatting.
I love TOTAs...really missed you Nada and Jenn :( |
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| hardcore trancer |
| All I can say is that Toronto needs more J00F :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: :crazy: :crazy: . |
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| nusty |
just got home now to waterloo from this. deko-ze was awesome for the first hour of his set tonight but then we headed out. Saw most of dennis's set and loved. He even played my two favourite tracks from his purple room set the other night and set my night off to a good start. Goldfinger was good but I found myself constantly wondering where this set was going knowing he was opening up for joof... ended being an ok transition and I agree that the tribal percusive stuff were his better parts on the night.
Joof tore the place a new on dropping some of my favourite psy classics including the astrix track with the heavy gitaring in and the "player" sample in it, the place was going nuts.
A couple of the asians girls aparently didn't notice me in front of them as they ploughed through me... I mean I guess I understand, I'm only 6'2" and 195 and blend in easy into a crowd of asian girls reaching 5'2" with heels.
And then there were a couple that noticed me a bit too much and started grinding my leg! When I walked away the one gave me a pouty face and asked if I liked her dancing. The dancing was fine but the dry humping was where I drew my line tonight.
In general I thought white girls were sleazy to hip hop but apparently give some of the girls from last night a dose of psy trance and it brings out some interesting sights on the dancefloor!
(ie the girl in front of me between two guys, first guy is grinding his crotch into her ass, second guy is in front shaking his head back and forth while the girl rubs her face all over crotch)
...note to self play more psy trance. ;)
The rest of the crowd was awesome and dancing up a storm and I got to hang out with a bunch of great TA's and even meet a couple noobs.
Now for some sleep before class at 10am. (it's now 7... come to think of it, why bother sleeping?) |
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| naesean3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
w00t.
That was a fun night! J00f played some sick psy and I was loving every second of it...
I left soon after Deko-ze came on - it wasn't easy though - he was dropping New Time New Place... mmmm
Time to sleep.
(Oh ya - Chanoa - you were like a whirlwind on the dancefloor - watch out!) |
TRIPLE WOOT!!!
Awesome night at Republik - got there nice and early 10:15 - Dennis played a VERY good opening set - nice and proggy - little vocals - good b-lines. Thanks for playing Perry O'Neil- Myst and Yilman Altanhan - Eighties (REQUEST) among others :eyespop: :eyespop:
Brad Goldfinger - first time hearing this guy spin - pretty good stuff - went up to ID a track he was spinning and ended up sharing a cigarette with the guy - nice track selection - good energy.....
JOHN 00 FLEMING!
WOW!!
His style has changed a fair bit since I first heard his sets back in '98/'99 - miles away from his singles FREE/LOST IN EMOTION on (REACT) pure PSY tinged trance with loads of dark undercurrents. It has been almost 10 years since I first delved into psy-trance (Man With No Name/Juno Reactor/Prana/Astral Projection) from '96-'98 those dark sounds (as well as those of Drum&Bass - METALHEADZ) owned me.
The synthlines tonight - INSANE!!!!!
Mike Schryer - WHERE WERE YOU! - YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS SET!!!!
Oakenfold and Sasha have in the past championed this sound and I have a feeling it may have a resurgance in its cycle. People were losing it hardcore to the beats tonight - John's crowd interaction was superb and the energy in the place was amazing......
TOTA's represent - fast and furious they did play - and we all threw it down in fine form FRONT AND CENTRE.
Tis true when you showed up Andrea (totally unexpected) I was like WTF!!!! WIKKID!!! And you were right in there - busting it out like you had been there all night - slowly getting lifted to the elevation of elation we were all feeling at the SICK sounds being coaxed out of that PIONEER mixer (twisted flanging).....haha you gave us LIFE - THANKS SPITTY!!!! ;)
We had a good group of us there.....Del, Shane, Dave, Andrew, Laura, Fahad, Chris (HAPPY BIRTHDAY), Tyler, Bobby, Josh, Andrea, Hardcore trancer and sis (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!) Marcusus, Maxtuh
(|3 |_ @ Z 3 |) thanks for the cd bro!!!) plus others......:crazy:
Hey boy - Hey girl - Superstar DJ - Here we go!!!!
Deko-ze also spun a tight set - HOLY - LSG/OLIVER LIEB!!!!!!
Michael Babb is such a versatile DJ!! a nice transition from JOOF's hardstyle into his own signature dirty bassline beats - that MURDER WAS THE BASS/TIEFSCHWARZ mashup - Love Bizarre and more.......
My ass is officially PWNED - my legs a wreck - dancing like a MOFO for 5 hours straight - IN YOUR FACE - EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE!
Thank you every one for coming out - tonight was a blast - funny people mentioning the Asian invasions/perversions - I was like "MEH -ya better look/watch out - ROUND EYE is throwing down MAD skillz - destroying the dancefloor - HARDCORE!!"
WOOT WOOT!
9.5/10
Sunday parties rock!!
(somebody had better have ripped that - Jenn???? anyone record this set!!!! INSANE!!! LOVED IT!!!:eyespop::eyespop::eyespop:)
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
All I can say is that Toronto needs more J00F :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: :crazy: :crazy: . |
^^^^^^^^ 110% IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ON THIS ONE BUD - INSANE!!! - wikkid meeting you and your sister tonight - she was FUN FUN on the dancefloor! :D
P.S. Del - you've got moves man - WIKKID!!!! ;) |
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| iLLnaDa |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
I love TOTAs...really missed you Nada and Jenn :( |
so happy to hear it was good!!
I was in bed when i got ur txt msg and i was like ahhhhh should i go now and call in sick tmrw morning..nah i couldn't do it :nervous:
but im so glad it was good!!
pics anyone??? |
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| magikb |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
I love TOTAs...really missed you Nada and Jenn :( |
I am sooo glad you had a good time Fahad :)
Trust me.. I was listening on the radio through the live feed and I was debating to go down around 1130pm and then decided to continue to keep on doing the work I was doing.. but I listened to the whole set and recorded it :)
and to top it all off.. I woke up brutally ill this morning... stuffed up, migraine, vommiting.. so I had to call in sick to work anyhow :mad:
ok.. I'm out.. back to bed I go :( |
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| maxtuh |
HOLY ALL I CAN SAY IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!
AND I FINALLY GOT TO MEET JAYX1 w00t! thanks for the great light show man!:D
THE TA's were in full force and wicked!
It was nice to meet all of you including you andrea,chris,sean,navid,tylor,andrew,fahad thank you bro for the hookup on the glist! marcus i was looking for you outside once i left couldnt find you was there till about 4
DJ Chiclet is one amazing party girl! You rawk girl! and so does shannon!
sorry if i missed out anyone. to end of the night with a bang i get pulled over on bloor for driving 65 in a 50 zone!? WTF!!?????????
Luckily the officer she was extremly nice! and told me that you have no convictions and a amazing record , so be nice and she let me go without anything w00t!!! |
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| Scot @ SJIRadio |
| Unreal set from everyone last night! John 00 started of a bit to trancy for me, but when the techy sound took over I died (in a good way). For those that left before DekoZe good into his groove, around 4:45-5 he made a very gradual move from hard tech trance to a really REALLY hard tech house and then into hard house by around 5:15. Awesome sets from everyone last night :cool: |
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| Flec |
and to think i almost didnt go to this party......
IM NEVER GOING TO EVEN THINK ABOUT MISSING HIM AGAIN!!!! |
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