Good night out!!
didn't see much of lawler @ Guv as I wanted to see him on the boat.
Armin was good...definitely parts of it early on were very electroish. Not bad though...I don't know why i can jutst never find anything wrong with his sets. Always a good time.
Funkagenda - Wicked time...quite trancey at parts but very solid.
Lawler - TERRIFIC intro!!! That's always been one of my favourite intros of his and I never thought I'd hear it again. He was easily the DJ of the weekend but I really didn't see much of him at night as I wanted to rest for the boat.
Lawler Boat - The weather settled and it was a terrific boat music wise. Lawler once again was super fun behind the decks.
wanted to go to zone / cherry beach but decided it was time to go home to bed.
mikester69
All I can say is that it was a night filled with EPIC moments
ChemEnhanced
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Originally posted by Shaya007
did you get your period today? LOL
Don't be upset that we're not in sync anymore.
Stilez
I thought all the dj's were amazing from what I heard & saw. AvB was spectacular & playing A LOT harder than I'm used to hearing from him, but I liked it :). However, for me, Lawler was hands down the most insane. He took it to a whole other level.
So what did you all think of the Live coverage on the Guv Twitter & FB accounts from the night? What did you all think of the pics & vids taken from the venue as they happened?
As you're aware, Abort416's friend @pshag was on til 12:30, that's when I took over & was conducting the live coverage after 12:30am for AvB, Lawler, Dirty South, Blake Jarrell, + more. If you're not following @The_Guvernment already on twitter, you should. Big things coming exclusive for Twitter followers. Also, don't forget to add me @stilez if you haven't already.
I know the TA family is one of the most engaging & present in the club and on the net. Hopefully we'll (TA) be the big force behind the twitter #TranceFamily too.
Until the next event.
p.s. Please feel free to leave any constructive suggestions, comments, or feedback. As this was our first 'trial run' in the Guv complex, we're naturally thinking of ways to better enhance end user engagement and interactivity :)
VDub
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Originally posted by Shaya007
did you get your period today? LOL
Shaky video is like blurry pictures...
LMAO!!!
Guest
quote:
Originally posted by Stilez
As you're aware, Abort416's friend @pshag was on til 12:30, that's when I took over & was conducting the live coverage after 12:30am for AvB, Lawler, Dirty South, Blake Jarrell, + more. If you're not following @The_Guvernment already on twitter, you should. Big things coming exclusive for Twitter followers. Also, don't forget to add me @stilez if you haven't already.
I know the TA family is one of the most engaging & present in the club and on the net. Hopefully we'll (TA) be the big force behind the twitter #TranceFamily too.
Until the next event.
p.s. Please feel free to leave any constructive suggestions, comments, or feedback. As this was our first 'trial run' in the Guv complex, we're naturally thinking of ways to better enhance end user engagement and interactivity :)
I was tweeting like a whole new level whore that night lol, was trying to use the hashtag FreedomTO as much as possible to get a trending topic :P I was @georgerimore, thx for checking the low eq's at the KH btw, the was just stupid early on lol, glad it was tweaked a tad :tongue2
On to the review:
Mark Oliver was smashing in the beginning, maybe I'm biased because he's my favorite resident DJ in Toronto, but yeah, very good way to start the night and ease into Blake's set. I didn't stick around for Blake's set that much, as I was trying to find my friends in the 1 million person sauna bath called the main room. I just chilled in the Acid Loung till they finally made it there.
When I was at Funkagenda, I was dancing in the Acid Lounge... I really didn't want to deal with the sweaty sweat filled main room, and honestly he played a really high energy set! Had a few mainstream bangers in there obviously, but played a few of his own edits and mashups that I noticed. Then I made my way back to the KH making the mistake of trying to go back through the KH outside entrance which OBVIOUSLY was one-way, but I was an idiot and didn't think of it.
Sooooo I decided to take a peek and listen to a bit of A-Trak's set... and I loved it! But like someone said in this thread, they had some problems with the sound, they definitely have to get that fixed for future events. I saw A-Trak almost blow a gasket at some of the dudes next to him cause the music was clipping.
I did not like the first half of AvB's set, but I guess this is what EDM has come to nowadays... the second part was pretty good though, even when he did the retarded prayer pose when the breakdown of "Painting Pyramids (I think, I'm absolutely terrible with ID's)" happened then flawlessly transitioned into his famous Jesus pose, I still absolutely love that track on a big system. If you can just disregard all the jesus poses and headphone arm raises then you can at least mildly enjoy sets from AvB. The crowd was digging it up though - he really is a master at crowd control.
I stayed around for MO's closer in the KH and he started off AMAZING. I finally heard "Superman" on a big system, which I enjoyed greatly. To all the haters, yes I like Mat Zo. DEAL WITH IT. But then came Sun & Moon, which I heard waaaaaaaaaaay too many times and resulted in a /facepalm from me (half of the track was enough for me a few months ago). I wanted to see if he'd play something else after that, but he ended up playing another vocal track. So while I thoroughly enjoyed ( :nervous: ) dancing with all the sketchbags, I went on to the main room to check out the last part of Lawler's set.
All I can say was FIRE FIRE FIRE. The man had the crowd eating out of his hand. I dno what else to say. I kinda wish I saw him on the boat cruise and CZ, but decided to take a long nap before hitting up CB.
All in all, a 7/10 for this years Freedom.
P.S. Is it just me or did all the hot girls finally come out of their houses and get back in the Guv? Holy that was amazing at Freedom.
P.P.S Sadly, no funny stories this time, except for a few sketchies taking up half the KH floor to sidestep and dance, but I mean that's just the regular vibe :haha:
1murtz
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Originally posted by chris1011
I did not like the first half of AvB's set, but I guess this is what EDM has come to nowadays... the second part was pretty good though, even when he did the retarded prayer pose when the breakdown of "Painting Pyramids (I think, I'm absolutely terrible with ID's)" happened then flawlessly transitioned into his famous Jesus pose, I still absolutely love that track on a big system. If you can just disregard all the jesus poses and headphone arm raises then you can at least mildly enjoy sets from AvB. The crowd was digging it up though - he really is a master at crowd control.
Here's a vid of that which I recorded
Katsu
First thing i have to say about Freedom 2011 is the crowd. Pretty much friendly all around. Everyone seemed to be watching their step and i didn't feel any pushy douche bags anywhere all night. The crowd was ready to have fun and it showed.
Saw a bit of A-Trak first and he was enjoyable but the sound was meh. DIdn't want to miss Armin so went back in.
I caught most of Armin's set and i have to say that it was quite fun. He kept the pace going with some good tracks here and there with some short filler acid/house/electro peppered on top. For what it was, the crowd ate it up. I kept dancing and everyone around me had all smiles.
Steve Lawler took things to another level as someone else said. He was awesome. I've seen him plenty of times so i know what to expect. The Radiohead track near the end was perfect way to end the night for me.
Overall great night.
Nobbie Q
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Originally posted by 1murtz
Here's a vid of that which I recorded
LOL @ the praying stance. DJ poses have taken a new low, but glad to hear Armin still keeps it real.
exraver
Does anybody know remix of REM, Losing my religion, played in KH around 12.30-1?
Ozmözis
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Originally posted by exraver
Does anybody know remix of REM, Losing my religion, played in KH around 12.30-1?
