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Paul Oakenfold @ Aria (Saturday 29th June)
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i just came back from Aria , and i never remembered myself dancing all night long before , maybe Oakenfold is hypnotizing ?
over all it was good , let's focus point by point on how was the place :
-the music : Oakie is a Trance DJ , yes guys i said a TRANCE DJ , not breakbeats or prog (like people keep on saying nowadays) or maybe it was an exception for Montreal ?? i doubt it anyways . He played many trance tunes (that mostly i don't know about) and he closed his set with CJ Bolland - The Prophet and William Orbit - Addagio (it was remixed with a vocal tune).
-the venue : I've never seen Aria packed that much , maybe at Misstress Barbara 3 or 4 weeks ago ? there was no place to dance of course but at least there was enough cold air in many places . I think Aria has set a new record , i'm gonna say there were 5000 ... maybe more maybe less :)
-the crowd : haha as expected there were a lot of those we were making fun earlier , aka "paul van oakenfold the famous dj whose name is on internet" , a lot of Oakie's real fans , and as usual a lot of HOT CHICKS , God i love this city ;)
-the man himself , Oakie : well he's not called "Oakie" for nothing , i mean he's really short (like Ferry Corsten) and he does a lot of his special moves while mixing , dancing and stuff . Somehow , i noticed something really weird , the guy was just relaxing , unlike other djs , he doesn't spend time looking for his vinyls or cueing , once he put a track he just sits back , and watches the crowd haha . I felt like the set was pre-recorded , i'm pretty sure he knew what he'd play all in advance , even his track selection was extremely small , 8 or 10 vinyls and 3 cds , that's all !!
-the TAs : it's always great to party with you guys , ZinG ahlamalek TechnoFreak El-See & all the others i've seen . See you all at the next event ;)
i think that's all , if i remember something else , i'll add it later . Gonna watch the world cup final , DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES !!!!! :D |
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| DJHappy |
Vai La Brasil, O Penta Eh Nosso !
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| mastercongo |
| well if he's a trance dj how come there is not a trance track on his album bunkka? only breakbeats. ;) well i guess i will regret missing this but hey hopefully digweed will make it up to me hehe ;) |
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| Biggy |
I will not say Paul is better than John Digweed but this time Paul played better than any Digweed sets I have heard for the last 4 years!!
Paul rocked the place! |
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| El-See |
Oaky was good....but he has a special style, that I do not particularly love.
It was not barely as good as Johan Gielen last week!! But still, I enjoyed the evening.
See you guys at Rank 1 |
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| TechnoFreak |
Whats up all...
Only had about 2 hours sleep so bare with me... I got there at 3:30, really lste compared to what I thought I was supposed to be there at.. Listened to Oakies last hour, and that hour to me was very good, he played awsome songs, I really had a great time, for that hour... after that I think DJ One was spinning for something like 2-3 hours, and he played some really good songs, and was impressed... But, I was most impressed when Maus came on, she was incredible for a DJ I hadn't heard of before (well, maybe a couple of times)... I love good looking female DJs... I was really tired when she came around, but saw her in her groove with the crowd, and I caught my second wind from her...
The place was really packed, the most I've seen Aria in a long time... Although the vibe was awesome, there were very many people... I highly doubt there were 5000 people, I thought it was more around 2000, and i think thats pushing it a bit...
I was very glad to meet TAs such as Taha, Malek, Zing, and all others... Biggy I was really happy to have met you, and thank you so much for an awesome night, and your great hospitality, you really know how to throw a party. Also, thanks for letting me in the DJ booth, I just wanted to see from upclose what it felt like, looking at the crowd a little closer, and everything...
All in all, I had a great time... Aria kicks ass...
TechnoFreak |
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| delstar |
oakie is one of the probably the best track mixer ever...
u never see him freaking out or getting anxious on mixes....the guy has been mixing for over 20 years, he can mix without headphones |
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| robR |
last night was a good time. oakenfold put on a sweet show and the dj that played after him, dj one i think???, was pretty good aswell. hope everyone else that was there had a good time aswell, wish i had been able to meet some of the other TA's that were there, I asked a bunch of people there if they were TA's, sadly most of them had no idea what i was talkin about so i told them to check this place out sometime.
:toocool:
anyone remember some of the tracks he played last night??? |
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| DJ Charlie |
| quote: | Originally posted by delstar
oakie is one of the probably the best track mixer ever...
he can mix without headphones |
Impossible... No dj can mix without headphones...
if he did well it was a recorded mix playing on CD or he did a playlist and mixed it on CD... |
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| Biggy |
I have seen many dj's mix without headphones!!
This is not impossible man. |
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| sohaness |
i heard that on some nights, tiga used to mix without headphones @ sona...
steve. |
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| DJ Charlie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Biggy
I have seen many dj's mix without headphones!!
This is not impossible man. |
You've seen wrong my friend
NO DJ CAN MIX WIITHOUT HEADPHONES
 hehehehe :tongue2 |
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