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[Review] Tiesto @ Crobar May 4th (Round 1)
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| BiG MiKE |
I'm expecting more energy from him tonight. The set was good, especially when he played my request :D But a bit slow. Heard he was tired. He started at around 1:30am and ended a bit after 5am. Let's see how much energy he'll bring tonight!
Tracks I remember:
John O'Callaghan & Brian Kearney - Restriced Motion (Airbase Remix)
Imogen Heap - The Moment I Said It (Airbase Presents Scarab Remix)
Way out West - Don't Forget Me (Tiesto Remix?) <-- Had that Tiesto bassline.
Tiesto - ID <-- New track by Tiesto off his upcoming album. Had vocals.
Bart Claessen - Playmo (1st Play)
Simone Patterson - F16 (Mac Zimms Remix)
Re:Locate - Rogue
Leon Bolier - My Precious (Original Mix)
He played 2 mashups:
Tiesto - Lethal Industry (Mashup?) <--Could've been a track off of Parade of the Athletes under a different name. And the other I don't remember. |
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| neon |
| nice.. now I'm tempted.. |
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| DJ A.K |
Ok, I'll start off by apologizing for the length of the review. I'm still high as ing hell: can't feel my fingers, my computer screen is warping before my eyes, and I'm hearing imaginary music. I just decided to write everything that was on my mind. Thanks for reading!
Overview: Just look at that tracklisting once and you'll know that Tiesto is back in business! His mixing was right on, his track selection was amazing (pure trance), and his attitude was fantastic. The Tiesto of yesterday, with his groupies, long conversations with freinds, and leaving the records spinning unattended for over 5 minutes at a time is gone. The new Tiesto lives, back to the glory of the past. He was also as humble as I've ever seen him --- happy the entire time, no Christ pose, no monitors flashing his name, no non-stop playing of Traffic.
Memorable Tracks: When Tiesto dropped the 1st Play version of Playmo (a song that I've been addicted to recently), I really lost it --- anyone who saw me (I believe one or two tranceaddicts did) can say that I went absolutely nuts and started leaping into the air like a madman. Amazing track, mixed into the set perfectly by a masterful DJ who loved the party just as much as we did. Moving on to the closer, the wonderful Mr. Devant, who practically gave the already near-perfect performance of Tiesto a run for its money. Played solid hard trance followed by some high-bpm electro-house that really turned the party into sheer mayhem. I really would appreciate some IDs (I don't think any TAs stayed for Serge's set though...) on some of the tracks he closed with as they were absolutely fantastic: a perfect mixture between hard narcotic beats (think Infected Mushroom), dark filthy house (think Timo Maas), and containing idyllic breakbeats that made you think you were at a Paul van Dyk outdoor show in 2002!
Crowd: After arriving at 10:30 and waiting until midnight b/c of an misunderstanding with my freinds who I believed to be coming earlier. I waited on line for about 15mins and, after chatting with some interesting folks, got into the club to the sound of Kai. I must say, the crowd looked bad in places --- a lot of huge guidos, meatheads, and FOBs. But the funny thing was that the lovely combination of Kai, Tiesto, and Serge must have made them a lot more mellow than they usually are. I had Guidos apologizing to me for bumping into me and FOBs approaching me to tell me stories about the last Tiesto show that they had gone to. Not only that, but the women were fantastic! All of them seemed willing to party with my freinds and I and all of them were drop dead gorgeous, with or without boyfreinds that were cool enough to let us into the dancing/drinking circles. I know that one of my freinds, who is indifferent to dance music (he doesn't like music at all) and who goes with me to drink and to dance with/pick up women was most pleased, and he left around 3:30 with some amazing chick that was willing to abandon the party just for him (and his huge wallet haha --- rich bastard!). The club was packed like a can of sardines, yet it was oddly fun --- I think that I prefer a packed event like that to a semi-full one, as the sense of comradery that is achieved with fellow clubbers when you're standing back to back is truly the essence of EDM culture.
Tranceaddicts: Finally, I'd like to thank the TAs that made it out to this and made the night all the more enjoyable for me. Thanks Micha --- you really are the man, coming from Amsterdam and having such a huge club experience, it's really an EDM education to talk to you. Thanks to Mike --- though I didn't get a chance to talk to him, I felt proud to be part of and organization that has such illustrious representation on stage (hehe --- what I wouldn't do to meet Tiesto...). I'm sorry to one of the TAs whose name I cannot remember but who helped me search for the right way to party and who is quite possibly the best dancer I have ever seen in my life (the dude that was ripping it up on stage @ Ferry --- as Kadomony and Robdawg say, you have no bones, man, no bones!). Thanks to DJ Skills who I ran into at the end and just briefly said hello to (you really missed out on Serge's set, man --- next time forget about work and follow my advice haha). And last but most definately not least, an enormous thank you to Sveta, who I met for the first time at this party. I had quite a lengthy conversation with her right up until Tiesto spun 'Playmo' and have to say that a conversation with Sveta is enough to brighten even the grouchiest person's day.
Thanks for reading those of you that have gotten this far, and again I apologize for my drug-induced ramblings! |
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| bogartgreens |
nice review, so kai didnt open i guess?
ill prob be there tonight, hope he keeps it up |
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| DJ A.K |
| quote: | | nice review, so kai didnt open i guess? |
Oh man, it looks like I misrepresented the facts... Kai did open, I just didn't describe it too much (very good set --- just a bit too on the 'simple house' side for my tastes)... Serge closed. Tiesto played a 4 hr set from 1:30 to 5:30, then Devant played another 2 hours until 7:30... probably 30 minutes of that was encores... so great. |
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| bogartgreens |
lol, s'all good, i understand if you're not at your sharpest right now
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u goin tonight too? |
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| DJ A.K |
| quote: | | u goin tonight too? |
You have no idea how badly I want to --- like --- I need tonight's party! The only problem with that is I spent all my money last night and I'm not 21, and I can't justify/afford dropping $40 cover and $50 bribe to get in, in addition to all the other expenses that accrue once I get inside. So I'm just going to stay home and sulk :( |
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| Miss Bliss |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ A.K
Ok, I'll start off by apologizing for the length of the review. I'm still high as ing hell: can't feel my fingers, my computer screen is warping before my eyes, and I'm hearing imaginary music. I just decided to write everything that was on my mind. Thanks for reading!
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Oh... my... God... and you were able to bold things and spell everything correctly too... oh my god :haha: :haha: :haha: |
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| DesifromJC |
| Cover was $40??? Even with the B. Rose guestlist? |
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| illmaticnyc |
great review! was he up on the side in the upper booth or on stage?
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ A.K
Ok, I'll start off by apologizing for the length of the review. I'm still high as ing hell: can't feel my fingers, my computer screen is warping before my eyes, and I'm hearing imaginary music. I just decided to write everything that was on my mind. Thanks for reading!
Overview: Just look at that tracklisting once and you'll know that Tiesto is back in business! His mixing was right on, his track selection was amazing (pure trance), and his attitude was fantastic. The Tiesto of yesterday, with his groupies, long conversations with freinds, and leaving the records spinning unattended for over 5 minutes at a time is gone. The new Tiesto lives, back to the glory of the past. He was also as humble as I've ever seen him --- happy the entire time, no Christ pose, no monitors flashing his name, no non-stop playing of Traffic.
Memorable Tracks: When Tiesto dropped the 1st Play version of Playmo (a song that I've been addicted to recently), I really lost it --- anyone who saw me (I believe one or two tranceaddicts did) can say that I went absolutely nuts and started leaping into the air like a madman. Amazing track, mixed into the set perfectly by a masterful DJ who loved the party just as much as we did. Moving on to the closer, the wonderful Mr. Devant, who practically gave the already near-perfect performance of Tiesto a run for its money. Played solid hard trance followed by some high-bpm electro-house that really turned the party into sheer mayhem. I really would appreciate some IDs (I don't think any TAs stayed for Serge's set though...) on some of the tracks he closed with as they were absolutely fantastic: a perfect mixture between hard narcotic beats (think Infected Mushroom), dark filthy house (think Timo Maas), and containing idyllic breakbeats that made you think you were at a Paul van Dyk outdoor show in 2002!
Crowd: After arriving at 10:30 and waiting until midnight b/c of an misunderstanding with my freinds who I believed to be coming earlier. I waited on line for about 15mins and, after chatting with some interesting folks, got into the club to the sound of Kai. I must say, the crowd looked bad in places --- a lot of huge guidos, meatheads, and FOBs. But the funny thing was that the lovely combination of Kai, Tiesto, and Serge must have made them a lot more mellow than they usually are. I had Guidos apologizing to me for bumping into me and FOBs approaching me to tell me stories about the last Tiesto show that they had gone to. Not only that, but the women were fantastic! All of them seemed willing to party with my freinds and I and all of them were drop dead gorgeous, with or without boyfreinds that were cool enough to let us into the dancing/drinking circles. I know that one of my freinds, who is indifferent to dance music (he doesn't like music at all) and who goes with me to drink and to dance with/pick up women was most pleased, and he left around 3:30 with some amazing chick that was willing to abandon the party just for him (and his huge wallet haha --- rich bastard!). The club was packed like a can of sardines, yet it was oddly fun --- I think that I prefer a packed event like that to a semi-full one, as the sense of comradery that is achieved with fellow clubbers when you're standing back to back is truly the essence of EDM culture.
Tranceaddicts: Finally, I'd like to thank the TAs that made it out to this and made the night all the more enjoyable for me. Thanks Micha --- you really are the man, coming from Amsterdam and having such a huge club experience, it's really an EDM education to talk to you. Thanks to Mike --- though I didn't get a chance to talk to him, I felt proud to be part of and organization that has such illustrious representation on stage (hehe --- what I wouldn't do to meet Tiesto...). I'm sorry to one of the TAs whose name I cannot remember but who helped me search for the right way to party and who is quite possibly the best dancer I have ever seen in my life (the dude that was ripping it up on stage @ Ferry --- as Kadomony and Robdawg say, you have no bones, man, no bones!). Thanks to DJ Skills who I ran into at the end and just briefly said hello to (you really missed out on Serge's set, man --- next time forget about work and follow my advice haha). And last but most definately not least, an enormous thank you to Sveta, who I met for the first time at this party. I had quite a lengthy conversation with her right up until Tiesto spun 'Playmo' and have to say that a conversation with Sveta is enough to brighten even the grouchiest person's day.
Thanks for reading those of you that have gotten this far, and again I apologize for my drug-induced ramblings! |
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| DJ A.K |
| On stage --- it was sick! |
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