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Review: UltraSpin - BT, James Holden, Ferry Corsten, etc. - 03.08.03 (pg. 12)
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| rabbitjoker |
Ok I am now recovered from the weekend (after taking the afternoon off work today).
After no sleep on Saturday (after Johan) I went downtown to the meet-up at the flatiron and firkin (was only there like 10 minutes). There was a damn blizard so the drive down the 404 was -way- fun, lots of cars in the ditch, etc.
Then to top it all off, I dent and take the finish off my damn wheels on my car (thanks NinjaPimp for the pics of the pothole).
So off to Corsten at 10pm, line-up is no problem, coat-check no problem - and the club isn't packed.
Abby was good, BT's set was great for the last 30 minutes, and Holden was very mello until the end.
Ferry rocked the joint and was awesome! By 7:30 I could barely stand and the last song I heard was solar stone 7 cities (i think) - then i left. Ferry is friggin AMAZING!
Good to see everybody, good to meet the people I didn't meet before and I look forward to seeing everybody at Mauro!
Sorry this is short, but duty calls.... |
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| Dj Smitty20 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee
:rolleyes:
well alot of us wrote long reviews..not to be quoted and commented on but for our own satisfaction to share our point of view...if it was really important u couldve asked for comments in ur post
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No man, it's alright. I was half joking...it's just that I always get responses on Tiesto.com. Whatever though....no big skinny. |
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| DJ El Kay Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Smitty20
No man, it's alright. I was half joking...it's just that I always get responses on Tiesto.com. Whatever though....no big skinny. |
hahah..cool cool..
well if u think about it, on tiesto.com, its not split regionally and 98% of the posters in this thread went for the event and think similarly, so there isnt really much difference in what their impression was than with urs or mine...(jsut analysing a situation..my 2 cents):D
anyway..
once again
HEIL HOLDEN |
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| <tuss> |
well what can i say, that was the best damn birthday party i've ever had!! met a few TA's there, dudes from michigan were cool. yeah im the dude with the goatee from calgary, and i like smoking my weed in the kool haus when holden and ferry are playing,lol. im not good with names but hello again to all of you that i met. :D
i missed most of BT cuz of the most retarded coat check ever, long story, then the bartender girl had to have been the BIGGEST bitch i have ever met. she was so rude i poured my drink all over her bar after she made it for me and told her she could off, needless to say i found a nice bartender who appreciated that it was my b-day and that we were going to be spending crazy amounts of $$ on drinks. so BT got cut, but holden came on right after last call, and , awesome, what a wicked guy, he actually shows some enthusiasm while playing his set, and his tunes :eyes: exactly what i was expecting to hear, met him too, funny guy, sure likes to talk.
ferry , well, yeah, he was spot on, danced to his set start to finish, tune after tune, that's why i love trance.
cant wait to come back, hope ultra spin becomes a monthly thing or something, cuz calgary is kina lame for big ass pound you down to the ground with my sounds clubs.
cheers. |
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| halo20 |
Trainspotter of the night goes to: Malice
Nice work man. I totally forgot about that 16B track. |
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| DJ_Eclipse |
| quote: | Originally posted by Malice
This is one of those set's that i wish was possible to get my hands on, as it was probably better then most mixes he has available for d/l at this moment. |
I agree 100%. His "World Tour Tokyo" DVD/CD that I picked up in Amsterdam is wicked too. |
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| tatgirl |
| I picked up that cd in Amsterdam too! I want the new release tho- Washington, DC!!! |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ_Eclipse
I agree 100%. His "World Tour Tokyo" DVD/CD that I picked up in Amsterdam is wicked too. |
exsqueeze me .. ? URL ? details ?? :p |
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| TranceXtasy |
Personally the best parties I have been to have featured Corsten, and this time around was no exception. This man was absolutely off the charts. Words can't describe the bliss I experience at this party. His music was phenomenal and enticingly energetic. He took me to another world! Mark Oliver was also great as he was tearing it up at the Guv.!! I left soon after BT came on, it seemed like Addy, BT, and the last 30 minutes of Holden's set which is all I saw, were very disinclined and lethargic. That's my opinion anyways, as I am not the biggest fan of Prog. The TA turn out was incredible, TAs were all around, which was a real treat. Shouts out going out to all of you who made it out, and I am glad to have had the opportunity to meet a few of you for the first time.
P.S I'm still recovering and trying to assimilate this experience into my everyday reality. |
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| djarecebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by
cant wait to come back, hope ultra spin becomes a monthly thing or something, cuz calgary is kina lame for big ass pound you down to the ground with my sounds clubs.
cheers. |
If spin became a monthly thing, I'll probably be there all the time :D Detroit is lame as hell when it comes to clubs too, we need like the guv and kh. we're gonna have pvd coming to a club here next month, its about the size of a small lounge or one of the small rooms in the guv complex :) TO KNOWS HOW TO PARTY! |
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| Trigger |
Had an ok time I suppose. As good a time as you can have at that place. If it wasn't for Ferry spinning that night, I would not have come out. Just so tired of the Guvt, their inability to properly execute an organized setup of a night and their security. Really now guys get your together...its been far too long running this so called complex and not being able to figure out how to move people through the place. It was absolutely ridiculous how security could not decide if they wanted people moving from Guvt to KH via the outside tent or through the Orange Room. Everytime I went one way, they told us to go the other way. Then they started holding people up even though there was plenty of room in the KH. Their staff is so out of sync that its not even funny. Why not just leave it up to people which way they want to go? Leave both options open that way the flow of traffic is divided - not that it was really that bad, it was only because security was interfeering and trying to 'regulate' it that things got stupid.
Made it in for the tail end of BT's set which I was really impressed with. Not really knowing what to expect, I was glad to hear some nice hard, funky type beats in there which seemed to have the dance floor going pretty good.
Not a big fan of progressive but enjoyed Holden's set as he threw some nice trance in there and had a few good hard beat type tracks.
Enjoyed Ferry's set tremendously and glad he went long until they asked him to close up. Amazingly down to earth guy, having no problem signing the tons of stuff people were handing him, taking pictures and talking with everyone. Holden was also good in this area and good to see him hanging out for Ferry's set and even helping tweak the audio system. As good as their sets were I have to say I was not impressed with the audio or visual setup.
Compared to when Goldclub sponsers the events, this was absolute . Considering the quality events these guys usually play, it really must have been a step down for them. Like really, what was with those stupid squares hanging from the ceiling near the entrance doors? They cut off all the light if you were sitting up in the couch area and blocked the view of the stage. Absolutely stupid. The lighting was pure crap - never seen it so dark in KH before. The stage setup was pure ass with those lame visuals they were throwing up there. What was up with that? There wasn't even anyone working the visuals...just a projector sitting there. No effort at all put into this. I can see now why they were only charging $15 - aside from the DJs, they had no overhead costs!
So to sum it up, I give:
music: 9/10
audio/visual setup: 2/10
club organization: 1/10
Really if it wasn't for the music, we would have taken off an hour into the night! Shouts to tatgirl - nice meeting you. |
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| TranceGeek |
| quote: | Originally posted by djarecebo
If spin became a monthly thing, I'll probably be there all the time :D Detroit is lame as hell when it comes to clubs too, we need like the guv and kh. |
i wouldn't count on guv commiting to something like that :/ |
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