i juss came across this and thought i'd share.. an interesting snapshot of the events from Oct. 1999 leading up to the summer of 2000. I remember that balmy summer afternoon at Nathan Philips Sq. was ram packed with over 10,000+ ppl by around 9pm. It wasn't just simply about 'raves', but the state of the Electronic Music scene here in general. I only dream that these days will someday be relived again in our great city..
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matty
i was there, good old times
djtransid
as was i, some nice memories, i remember going to limelight after iDance :)
m2j
thanks for this.
E2EK1EL
iDANCE!!!!!!!!!! BAD BOY BILL played the best set in TO history @ this event, hands ing down! When everyone pulled out the lightas, it was some sight to see. I wish they had more angles of the video.
Correction, 19,000+ strong. Watching this makes me so sad ... if I had a chance to rewind anything in my life, it would be those yrs. I really wish T.O didn't had to go through this, our scene would be just as big as Europe, maybe even bigger. Remember, the festivals over there are massive and they happen once a yr for each region ... but, we drew in 19,000+ once a month and around 8,000+ every weekend.
RIP Alan and everyone else who passed away that yr from our scene.
Surreal JRS
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Originally posted by matty
i was there, good old times
Pett
we were promised bad boy bill on 4 decks but got 2
he still ripped it up proper thou.......
Endlesswave
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Originally posted by m2j
thanks for this.
+1 The FIRST and real only heartfelt massive from home that I've been apart of. This made things even MORE special because it was the first real party I've been apart of...this started off my partying career so to speak. Thanks to Emery for kicking it off...;) man, now watching these youtube clips are just amazing and makes me feel so sad that our community has turned to over stupid issues, , Fantino said it's not so much of a cultural issue, but the affect that drug dealers have on this cultural issue, THIS CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY CULTURE! (, I went to the ACC for a NIN concert and tried to buy a beer but some ing asshat @ a Metallica concert caused ruckus at an earlier concert which ed stuff up for my ability to buy beer, this is ed up anyone's ability to take action in doing anything similar in the future. All I'm saying is precedence should NOT be set in these cases because if it is, even one time in a seemingly justifiable way then it s things up for situations that are TRULY justifiable... my 2c or a few dollars, I'm a bit buzzed (Jenn's bday thing)...meh....lol
dEsidEL
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Originally posted by E2EK1EL
iDANCE!!!!!!!!!! BAD BOY BILL played the best set in TO history @ this event, hands ing down! When everyone pulled out the lightas, it was some sight to see. I wish they had more angles of the video.
Correction, 19,000+ strong. Watching this makes me so sad ... if I had a chance to rewind anything in my life, it would be those yrs. I really wish T.O didn't had to go through this, our scene would be just as big as Europe, maybe even bigger. Remember, the festivals over there are massive and they happen once a yr for each region ... but, we drew in 19,000+ once a month and around 8,000+ every weekend.
RIP Alan and everyone else who passed away that yr from our scene.
forget Europe .. there are already 19,000+ parties goin on in other parts of North America, even in CANADA..
there's no reason why TO can't as well..
rabbitjoker
Great find Emery! Glad to be reminded of iDance again.
It is a travesty that these type of parties can't be thrown in Toronto anymore. When the public consultations/hearings were going on I met with my councilor/MPP, I forwarded them information the Australian/New Zealand rave act and encouraged them to adopt something similar to the Aussie/NZ protocol.
I think much of the blame should be laid on the promoters/event organizers's moral turpitude and/or questionable business practices and less with the government being overly protectionist.
IMO - in the late 90s/early 2000 Toronto party organizers did too little, too late to ensure safety, order and reasonable care at their events. Only when it looked like they would have government interference (regulation) did they finally take the issue of safety, drugs, license, capacity, security, etc. seriously. Unfortunately by that time the event organizers/promoters were in no position to be trusted to regulate themselves.
Like any industry - if the stakeholders don't act in a responsible manner, government gets involved and s everything up. This is a really good example of such.
Good luck getting anything changed now. No MPP or councilor is going to propose changing any laws or regulations relating to these types of things.
zokissima
IMO, party and scene atmosphere in TO then were way different than now. Inspiring video.
cenik
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Originally posted by dEsidEL
I spent a good amount of space writing about these events in my paper that I posted on here around November or so.
