(once again)
To be 100% honest with you, the newly renovated Tropicana doesn’t look that bad. It had been a few months since I stepped foot in that place, and from the last time I was there, it’s defiantly a big improvement, although it looks like they haven’t finished all the work on it. The floor still bounces, the monitors aren’t strong enough for the system and the tables were setup too low. Those are definitely some things that should be worked on.
The crowd, oh my dear lord. What is it about Tropicana that seems to draw out the thugly jibrats from their reclusive hiding? It was an Echo-invasion of the finest. Not exactly Toronto’s finest showing up for last night.
Now the music was pretty damn good. Decepticon started the night by laying down a poorly mixed hard house set that I couldn’t get into if my life depended on it. I know it, I know Matt know’s it, it just wasn’t his night.
Waxmaster’s set was sweet from what I heard. I spent most of the night during his set either downstairs or out running about. Booty seems to make me hungry for some reason, so I ran up to Queen and grabbed some polish sausage. Mmmmm street meat, that was the highlight of my night.
I got back just in time for Bam Bam’s set (soaked from the blistering rain outside). The last time he was in Toronto was for Gatekeeper when he was promoting a new CD of his. I remember very clearly how much I liked the set, and this time around was no different. Hard House, at its finest. Mass crazy crossfader action all night. Behind the back scratching. Gearing in a sick track for an even sicker breakdown. This man knows his tracks, I was amazed by how at ease he was even though he was throwing down a new track every 30 seconds and mixing them in with such skill. I got to see him up close and personal (with the new Tropicana lay out) and everything I saw I was impressed with. A hard house headliner isn’t exactly something you see everyday (with BBB taking up the newer and more hip ‘disco’ house) so I was happy that he made it to t-dot and I was happy that I went out to hear him.
But in conclusion, I ask myself why did I go to this party? It was only last week that I vowed to stay away from the raveygoodness of parties and concentrate more on the variety of club nights that TO has to offer. I guess the name Bam Bam got me drawn in, but was partying with the ravermassive again really worth it? Ah who knows, I heard some good music and made a night out of it. But with Johnny Fiasco, Charles Feelgood and Mistress Barbara coming into town soon, im pretty sure I know where I will be spending my upcoming weeks.
PS: I have been meaning to do this for ages, I would like to thank the sexy people at the NUMB booth for, well, just being sexy kickass people. Thanx guys.
PaRtYKiD’s rating 6/10
PaRtYKiD
Corey
To be 100% honest with you, the newly renovated Tropicana doesn’t look that bad. It had been a few months since I stepped foot in that place, and from the last time I was there, it’s defiantly a big improvement, although it looks like they haven’t finished all the work on it. The floor still bounces, the monitors aren’t strong enough for the system and the tables were setup too low. Those are definitely some things that should be worked on.
The crowd, oh my dear lord. What is it about Tropicana that seems to draw out the thugly jibrats from their reclusive hiding? It was an Echo-invasion of the finest. Not exactly Toronto’s finest showing up for last night.
Now the music was pretty damn good. Decepticon started the night by laying down a poorly mixed hard house set that I couldn’t get into if my life depended on it. I know it, I know Matt know’s it, it just wasn’t his night.
Waxmaster’s set was sweet from what I heard. I spent most of the night during his set either downstairs or out running about. Booty seems to make me hungry for some reason, so I ran up to Queen and grabbed some polish sausage. Mmmmm street meat, that was the highlight of my night.
I got back just in time for Bam Bam’s set (soaked from the blistering rain outside). The last time he was in Toronto was for Gatekeeper when he was promoting a new CD of his. I remember very clearly how much I liked the set, and this time around was no different. Hard House, at its finest. Mass crazy crossfader action all night. Behind the back scratching. Gearing in a sick track for an even sicker breakdown. This man knows his tracks, I was amazed by how at ease he was even though he was throwing down a new track every 30 seconds and mixing them in with such skill. I got to see him up close and personal (with the new Tropicana lay out) and everything I saw I was impressed with. A hard house headliner isn’t exactly something you see everyday (with BBB taking up the newer and more hip ‘disco’ house) so I was happy that he made it to t-dot and I was happy that I went out to hear him.
But in conclusion, I ask myself why did I go to this party? It was only last week that I vowed to stay away from the raveygoodness of parties and concentrate more on the variety of club nights that TO has to offer. I guess the name Bam Bam got me drawn in, but was partying with the ravermassive again really worth it? Ah who knows, I heard some good music and made a night out of it. But with Johnny Fiasco, Charles Feelgood and Mistress Barbara coming into town soon, im pretty sure I know where I will be spending my upcoming weeks.
PS: I have been meaning to do this for ages, I would like to thank the sexy people at the NUMB booth for, well, just being sexy kickass people. Thanx guys.
PaRtYKiD’s rating 6/10
PaRtYKiD
Corey
