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S & D Review, oh ya and that guy they call JVM
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| UWO Tranceaddict |
Well Well Well.......just as I had expected!!!!!
Hitched a ride in from the country club(oops , i mean Western)at about 8:30......arrived at the very KoolHaus approximately 2 hours thereafter. Pops and I Bought a Frank and some crackerjacks and headed out to field level. Wait a minute, i think i was confused with all of those scalpers......this wasnt the "good 'ol ball game". Anyhow my friend bought i ticket from one of them for a crisp $80 and we proceeded to get in line. Good thing im a lifeguard, because I had to treat a severe case of hypothermia in that line....my own. So i got in the "help" position and crawled to the door. At the door they were selling tickets.....for less than the $100 commanded by the scalpers??, im not sure, but id like to know. It was empty when i got in, but like free alcohol in an AA meeting, i knew the placed would quickly be swarmed. So on to the dancefloor we crept, and the rest was history. 5 hours of progressive trance music which reached its peak at around 3 or 330 in the morning. I think both S & D were equally as good, but im not even really a huge fan of their sound. I knew exactly what they would play, and therefore wasnt dissapointed when I didnt hear anything from the new Rank 1 album. I thought the crowd was awesome, a bit busy at times, but then again "such is life", right? Gave us the boot at 3:59:59, and at 4am the turntables were already on the bus. Once again, we all knew it was coming, no need to comaplain. Drove back to London and was in bed by 6:30(wow, thats 4 hours of driving for 5 hours of partying......not a good ratio)
I went for the experience, and i had a great time. It incredible how many people wanted to wear my cowboy hat for "just a sec" and would come back an hour later. hahaah
I guess you can tell i dont have any homework this weekend.....
Have a great rest of yours! |
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| itikia |
| Excellent review! 5/5 |
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| torontotrance |
Here is my review....friend of mine put it on up ivibes because he liked so much. AMAZING NIGHT!......i remember seeing UWO Tranceaddict and his cowboy hat.
My Review of the Delta Heavy Tour, April 5th/2002
On Friday, unusual things happened in Toronto, we got snow in April but another unusual thing was the Delta Heavy Tour dropping into Toronto. Sasha and Digweed have not played together in Toronto since 1999, so it was a welcome surprise when they said would stop in Toronto.
When we were getting in line for this event, we see two big long Coaches in the parking lot and we conclude that is how the Star Deejays travel around for their tour, in really nice looking coaches.
Well the night started with Jimmy Van M spinning the warm-up set from 10-12AM. But the first thing you noticed in the Koolhaus when you entered it was all the speakers everywhere, lights and screens everywhere. Sasha and Digweed brought the Phazon Sound System with them and a ton of extra lights, screens and other stuff and we playing with 4 decks. I’ve never heard a phazon sound system but it sounds so crystal clear and good.
So Jimmy Van M played mainly banging house and some progressive stuff that most people had never heard. By 11pm, most of the crowd was in the venue and dancing to Jimmy’s warm up set, which was very, very good. Well at 11:56pm, Digweed walks on stage and the crowd goes wild and starts chanting digweed, digweed, digweed. Just then the lasers start going and the crowd starts to go crazy. Well he started with an ambiant sounding track and the crowd was going crazy from start. About 10 minutes later, Sasha walks on stage and the crowd goes wild again, but this time chanting sasha, sasha. Both of them seemed happy that the crowd was so energetic and loud. So John spins for the first 45 minutes and then Sasha changes with him. Sasha’s 1st part was well thought out, very good, very moving. He played more breaks than we are used to hearing, mainly because breakbeat is not very big here yet. 1AM rolls around, the crowd is in Sasha’s hands but I see someone walking in the crowd and sure enough it was john digweed, walking through the crowd and shaking hands with people. Such a nice guy, I tell you. When he was talking to people and shaking hands, he kept laughing and smiling. So then about 45 minutes later, they switch again. John plays some really deep progressive tracks and the crowd is still going nuts at this point. About 45 minutes later, they change again but the tracks that Sasha was playing were very unique sounding and most of us guessed that he dropped a few tracks from his upcoming album. Actually the tracks were so good that most of us concluded that only Sasha could have done it. They changed again and again. 4AM rolls around, we cheer for Sasha and Digweed and the lights come on. Show Over, Sasha and Digweed and the tour pack up and get ready for another city and another set to play. We all go home very, very happy because we got destroyed by Sasha and Digweed and loved every minute of their 4 hour set. We just wish they would come back soon. |
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| halo20 |
It was great to see the boys out tonight.
Articboy, Armada, Evmac, blue_neon, stereoprincess (girl hah) and so many other including Swamps.
The music was phenomenal, the last hour was absolute madness :eek: Props to the boys for putting on a great show. Honestly Sasha's track selection was better, but IMO Digweeds mixing was a lot smoother. I can't wait to see them both again, what a night.
Where are the pictures everyone? C'mon!
Jon |
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| Drunkpolak |
| What a night last night. Everything seemed to be just perfect, unbelievable music, good friends (the retards from western were down), good ladies, and a good overall crowd, not that many sweaty gino's. Too bad they kicked us out at 4, I was not happy and I thought a riot would break out. But overall, I have to say it was probably one of the best nights I've ever had. |
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| Swamper |
I gotta go out now so I can't write much but I will say that the decor/sound were awesome as were most of the ppl there :D
As for the music, the last hour really did it for me, everything before then was pretty typical and not all that special.. The energy level of the crowd was greater in Summer 1999 when I last saw them.
The last 20 minutes were perfect, the harder beats started coming on. :D |
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| trancearmada |
INCREDIBLE ... I was comletely blown away! The funny thing is that I am not very big on progressive.
Nice to see all the TA's, you know who you are!
Will write more, later today. Got to get more rest!:o :o :o slepppppppppyyy........... |
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| Evmac |
Um yeah.. the last half hour was insane! Ran into you ta's right up at the front (u know who u are) never saw the regulars (arctic and armada) but it was way too busy in there.
it was a good show. Worth the 50 beans in my mind...im sure we wont see them together here for a while. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
w0000000
it was a great night all in all.. i got in at around 1:30 with my brother Zing and Nataz.. hehe we left at around 3 pm from ottawa and they followed me down in their rented car .. we got to toronto at around 11:30 pm after alot of detours lol.. great night all in all got in and it was packed... a better crowd that usuall i must say.. sasha played a good set as well as digweed.. the progressive sound was driving and different from the trance i usually listen to.. but still more mellowed out... it was a great experience for sure and i have no regrets for going! :)
Nice to see all the tranceaddcits out there, sarcoman, blue_neon, trancearmada, tranceextacy, Blitz N trance, cloud 9, shmackers, stereo_princess, arcticboy, Swamper and many more which i cant list off the top of my head yet.. oh yeah.. vividboy as well.. hehe :)
The party was kickn all in all.. shout out to my friends back in ottawa for being lame and missing it.. haha :)
swamper.. just wait. till i clear my ext cab.. then your finished :)
-Nrg2Nfinit |
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| sylphin |
| quote: | Originally posted by torontotrance
Well the night started with Jimmy Van M spinning the warm-up set from 10-12AM. But the first thing you noticed in the Koolhaus when you entered it was all the speakers everywhere, lights and screens everywhere. Sasha and Digweed brought the Phazon Sound System with them and a ton of extra lights, screens and other stuff and we playing with 4 decks. I?ve never heard a phazon sound system but it sounds so crystal clear and good.
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what do you mean you never heard Phazon?.. its what guvernment has (main room)
http://www.phazonsound.com/textclient.html |
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| brunette |
I didn't think the crowd vibe was anything special.. but it sure wasn't the usual crowd, which was pretty good.
I posted my review below on "sasha raped me" :stongue:
Basically, I enjoyed the last 2 hours, did not regret paying the ticket price and going, I wanted to see them anyways, but with all the hype around, I was really prepared to be blown away, but... didn't work out. And that 4 am closure cccc :mad: |
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| TranceXtasy |
I'm glad that most of you TAs had a good time at S&D because, personally I didn't. The tickets were way too expansive at $51.25, the line to get in was 45 min for me, and a whopping 80 min for coat check! I spend over 2h waiting in line, and 4h parting. Their set was just plain boring for me, perhaps with the exception of the last hour or so, which was ok. It just seemed like one long beat/track all night long. I just couldn't find the drive and inspiration to loose myself in the music. I guess that I'm truly a trance lover at heart.
Other than that, I was really impressed with the lighting and decor. The sound system was very nice, although a bit loud (earplugs ;) ). It was nice running in to all the TAs once again, and hopefully I will see many of you again, next week at Armin. |
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