Decided to check this out last minute, and SO glad I did.
Got there fairly early with my girl, and Mario J was warming up the room. Played lots of fun, bumpy electro and the kids were loving it. Busy P (I believe), followed... and he had the crowd by the balls right from the get go. Loads of personality, said some pretty funny on the mic, and he even had the balls to drop "Sexual Erruption" by Snoop, just before he finished his set. LOL. ing stellar.
There was a bit of a break before Justice took to the stage and it took a while before they came on. Up until this point in the show, the production was pretty basic, with the exception of the lighting in the main room which is just amazing now. There was a huge buzz in the room and you could tell the place was ready to explode once the main act took to the stage.
The lights went off completely, and the crowd went mental. By this point, the main room was wall to wall, and even the upper VIP level where we were was packed... ON A MONDAY NIGHT. What a way to start a set. The speaker stacks had lights coming from them, the whole front of the stage had crazy robotic lights that would come and go, and of course Justice had their signature 'cross', right in the center of it all.
I wasn't at Daft Punk, but last night I got a feeling that this is the next closest act to them globally. Musically they are very similar, and production wise it's pretty damn close. They played most of the tracks from their 'cross' album, with a lot of re-edits, and a few surprises along the way. Half way through their performance, we decided to venture down to the main floor, where it was pretty much a rock concert atmosphere. Body surfing, ing mosh pits, and people just losing their . Highlight tracks for me were 'Never Be Alone' (unknown edit/remix), and Phantom Pt. II. So sick.
I've gotta say, I don't think I have ever heard the main room at Sound Academy sound as rich as it did last night. The bass was so full, but not over bearing, and the clarity was great even in the upper level above the dancefloor. I'll definitely be checking more shows out in the future based on the improvements of this venue alone.
Most random, crazy, amazing Monday night I think I've ever had.
English Rachel
I text Rogers for a free pair of tickets but I didn't win otherwise I would have been there.
Sounds amazing!
hazelnut
i couldn't go at the last minute because of family stuff. sigh.
sounds like it was a good night tho!
Dj Gracjan
sounds mental!! I wish I was there. Thank you for the great review Jeff! Brings a smile to my face just reading it because I can try to picture the madness.
Jeff Button
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Originally posted by Dj Gracjan
Brings a smile to my face just reading it because I can try to picture the madness.
This is pretty much spot on as to the vibe/madness that was last night @ Sound Academy.....
patpicos
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Originally posted by Jeff Button
This is pretty much spot on as to the vibe/madness that was last night @ Sound Academy.....
sounds like MSTRKRFT with a bigger setup and older tracks
nigel2k
Great night!!!
Geoffb3
ty, wish i went to the one in nyc
Dj Gracjan
thanks for the vid Jeff! totally rockin! my friends went last night bastards! :whip:
oh well hopefully next time :)
SgtFoo
I was amazed with the whole production... not only were the tunes great, but the lighting was stellar.
I could guess that the crowd was 60% rockers/myspace yuppies and 40% everything else... including those who enjoy bangin house like this.
I could also guess that the 60% of the place that thought of these guys as a rock band would possibly think very differently if someone tried to tell them that Justice is primarily house music above all... and not a rock band.
I was disappointed to see the moshpit and short people getting trampled.
This clashing of rockers with nightclubbers left the room in much disarray as the clubbers don't wanna deal with the crowdsurfing and loads of violent shoving and pushing. As I see it, we could have done without the excessive crowding.
There's definitely 2 genres colliding into a new step in the progression of music genres.... ppl are seeing blurred differences between a rock concert and a DJ/LivePA performance night. I think it's a great thing.
Even the audio setup for the show was different. I'm 90% sure that Justice was sending out no more than 2 channels of distinct audio.... and the show may likely end up on a tour DVD cuz they were mixing 6 channels to a recording .... there's 5.1 right there.
tobywan
Jeff pretty much hit the nail on the head with his review, couldn't have explained it better myself...there were a few moments you thought the building was gonna come down due to the enthusiasm of the crowd and some crazy tracks that were dropped (especially by Busy).
First time at the *new* Sound Academy, and thought they did a fantastic job all around from an event perspective...(except I understand they did have a bit of a backlog with the main coatcheck, but that's what happens when 95% of the people in attendance all go there at the same time).
Good times indeed.
SuperJimbo
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Originally posted by tobywan
Jeff pretty much hit the nail on the head with his review...
Jeff was/is so f*&*^ing excited, he has been swearing up and down to me all week that he is going to strap a gigantic neon cross to his back and play ELECTRO this Friday at MOD...:haha:
