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Armin van Buuren - 4 hour set at Gas - REVIEW!! (pg. 2)
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| waXology |
| quote: | Originally posted by Romp
lol, I'm still up, what else do you wanna know?
Armin played For an Angel and Helen almost died right there on the spot :P |
i wasnt for an angel it was Finger Burnt - For a Devil
also he confirmed in ther interview that he DIDNT play from the heart raher it was his collaboratio with Airwave called Slipstream!
omg i cant wait for the review! haha!
typing the tracklisting up properly now! |
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| webmeister |
Wow, it's amazing what a few hours of sleep can do for you :)
I feel coherent now!
OK so a review.
I made sure to get there fairly early, because I'd assumed there would a pretty big queue a'la Godskitchen last year. Jump out of a cab out the front of Gas at 9pm, and there is no-one in sight! OK, head for Paddy Maguire's pub around the corner, don't recognise anyone in there either. Oh well, settle in, have a couple of beers and watch the cricket.
Left Paddy's at around 9:45pm, head back to Gas. TA crew is already in force out the front - Cam and Helen with a bunch of friends chilling, waiting for the queue. Finally get in at around 10:30 - place is pretty much empty (unsurprising given we were at the front of the line). Most of the people in there were from TA or ITM, spent a good deal of time chatting to people and catching up etc etc.
By the time Morro took to the decks at 11pm the place was starting to fill up nicely, grooving to some solid progressive trance. Diggs took over for the next hour and dropped in some uplifting classics like Sound of Goodbye. Liquid M were up next and played their trademark brand of stomping hard uplifting trance - they are a quality live act, probably one of Sydney's best...
Halfway through Liquid M's performance, I noticed Helen and Cam go running off - didn't think anything of it. Stupid me - they scored a half hour interview with AvB himself! Bastards!!
Suddenly Liquid M were over, the clock struck 1 am, the house was packed with hands in the air, and the flying Dutchman himself appeared behind the decks. It was Armin time.
What can I say?? His set blew Two Tribes last Saturday out of the water - the mixing was extremely tight and the track selection was spot on. We managed to get pretty much the entire tracklisting, which I'm sure will be posted in the near future, but some of the highlights: Mesh - Purple Haze, Fingers Burnt - For a Devil mixed with PVD - For An Angel :eek:, 4x4 - Indigo, AvB - Yet Another Day, Solar Coaster (Midway mix), Armin's mix of Seven Cities, Frozen February (new Flaming June remix), and of course the incomparable Airwave vs Rising Star - Sunspot (DCML Mix). Apparently DCML stands for Don't Cry My Love - too late :o
Armin made the night, but having all the TAs front row centre took it that notch higher - you guys totally rock!! Thumbs up to Cam, Helen, Adam, Gil, Sidney, Simon (good to meet u at last!), Jon, Hal, Wade, Josh, Spang and Crasher-kid (sorry guys forgot your names :(). Also the lurkers I met - you guys also rock! :D Apologies if I forgot anyone :o
Still can't believe that Armin spun for four hours - it felt like about an hour and a half! He could've played for another four hours and I simply wouldn't have noticed, though I was getting pretty tired by the end.
Only downer of the night for me were those attention whores on the stage :whip: If you wanna dance on the stage, fine, but do it off to the side! I paid money to see Armin, not some sweaty shirtless gurner or fat ugly middle-aged women who can't dance! :whip: Though they were at least moving when we told em to off and get out of the way :D
So sad to see Armin step away from the decks after his encore, but all good things must come to an end I suppose. From what I saw, the place emptied fairly quickly after AvB left the building - would've liked to stick around to hear Stama's set, but I was pretty dead by that stage. Took my leave of everyone and made my way outside, into a cab and home.
What an amazing night - easily the best ever for me. Just having the Altitude DJs play at Gas would've been something special, but FOUR hours of Armin was just one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences! Even Sample Gee and Tom Brown of Nova 969 & the wigga posse was there! Represent! :D
And so the wait for pics begins... :) |
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| dj_helen_k |
oh god..webby remember wehn he payed Purple Haze!!
foook me
that was the first time id heard that out~ dammit!!
and also amazing to hear Nothing - james holdne played again!
omG
waxxy
come on over today so we can type up the itnerview transcript we had with Armin!!!!!! still cant get over that comment..."Hey, come and join me for a drink"
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| Efff_Beee |
Wow! Wow! Wow!
Sounds like it was a GREAT night guys.
Looking forward to the interview Cam/Helen, and some pictures please!
mmmm Armin in 8 hours :) |
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| escee |
haha
ill be dissapointed if i dont see pics/stories of tom brown being owned by the wigga posse. |
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| TranceBunnY |
oMG omg Omg OHHH MYY GODD!
ARMIN was AWSOME
mixing and track selection was unbelievable
the crowd was great
= THE BEST F**KIN NIGHT.
on another note:: Armin is soooooo good to his fans the man is charming.
This doesnt compare to Helens interview but nonetheless :)
I SHOOK HANDS WITH THE MAN .....(never washing it again!) |
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| Romp |
| quote: | | i wasnt for an angel it was Finger Burnt - For a Devil |
Ah I just thought it was some remix I hadnt heard before |
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| jåcë |
oh my
armin does it again
awsome tunes, awsome mixing, awsome vibe and awsome au.ta meetup
all 4 hrs were just magical - he's so much better in a small club I reckon.
tracks of the night for me:
james holden - nothing (returning 93 mix)
solar stone - solarcoaster (midway remix)
push - universal nation (push remix)
4x4 - indigo
viframa - cristalle (katana's intro mix)
downfall of the night - SHOCKING P.A.. my ears are still ringing like a bitch
funny moment of the night - seeing armin being escorted in a mitsubishi charade and saying "Come on, you can give the man a better ride than that!" he just laughed :tongue2 |
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| Tranzmit |
OMFG what a night!!! That was really amazing, one of the best sets i've heard him play full stop. W00t!!!
Er...maybe write more once i've slept since it's 2:20pm :eek: |
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| S_madis |
awesome awesome awesome night, a pleasure as always to be with auta's especially for a hour armin set, big shout to all the crew that I saw ! Jace you rule man, entire night couldn't stop dancing ! Helen and Cam i'm sooooooooooo jealous you guys scored an interview with the main man Armin, Congratulations :) big shout also goes out to crasher kid and webby you guys rule ! and these Ta's that I met for the first time djway and nervous respect to you guys.
What can I say ARMIN VAN BUUREN ! just absolutely awesome I died when he dropped Kansai - Rococco :D as webby was saying only downer of the night was those idiots dancing on stage, blocking our view of Armin, but yeah Armin rules can't wait till he hits our shores next time around. |
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| S_madis |
| can anyone ID the second track armin played ? I know the first track was Robert lidstroem - Recitation (Misja helsloot mix) but the second track he played straight after this, absolute tunage ! anyone ? |
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| jåcë |
hehe good partying with you madis as well as all the others.. web, wax, helen, romp, crasher-kid, gilmista and nixter! we owned that club!
The Green Martian - Wizardry
this killed me |
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