Randomland: Rebelution

[why not]

i was relatively impressed with Circa for the Justice night, but coming back there tonight for Randomland has totally convinced me.

the last time i saw this wide of a mix of people partying together was more than ten years ago in the rave heyday. ginos, hipsters, trannies, art fags, freaks, normals, ravers, ect.

i love that they're putting the freaks at the forefront, forcing the normals to adjust.

i love that the overall spectacle is more important than the DJs.

i love that i get lost trying to find my way around.

i love that it's already hard to tell which costumed characters are actually employed by the club, and which ones dressed up all crazy on their own accord.

i loved that i brought my dad and he had lots of fun (he said this was the best legal club i'd brought him to since roxy blu).

junior sanchez played mainly baltimore club beats, which surprised me. actually, in general i find it surreal that an obscure regional urban genre like that is suddenly the defacto soundtrack of hipster-douchebag land these days, after at least a decade of only being played in baltimore clubs for a very different audience.
nevertheless, it's fun music to dance to, and works well for a mixed crowd that might rather be hearing top 40 hiphop than underground dance music.

i honestly think that this club (and in particular the friday nights) will change toronto clubbing in a profound way.

 

[billy]

junior sanchez played mainly baltimore club beats,

which is?

 

[tobywan]

I really, really wish I would've brought my camera...just, wow.

More later, but man was that ever a shitshow of a great time.

p.s. Boles, your dad rocks.

 

[why not]

which is?

dude, just google "baltimore club"

it's that break-house-hiphop-mashupish kind of shit you hear everywhere lately.

hollertronix, spankrock, diplo, et al are mainly responsible for introducing it to hipsters, although from what i hear, the original b-more guys aren't too impressed with how it's been appropriated and marketed. then again, before this it didn't really leave that city, and at least now some of those guys are getting gigs outside of their home town.

 

[rulz]

i had great time for a brief hour and some i've been there

again - sound in main room is amazing !

crowd was definately a weird mix i could dig it loved the lower dj booth and fact that you could actually dance behind djs awesome!

ran into a bunch of people i would never expected to run into, totally awesome !

unfortunately my GF's best friend got kicked out for "being too drunk" while she still could walk and talk better than most people in the club could at that time and then there were couple of dudes in main room just smashing into people pushing them swearing and all the other drunken shenanigans and security did nothing while they did clearly see it

BS situation if you ask me

totally ruined the night for my girl and bummed me out too

later on security was really nice and brought out jackets from coat check to my kicked out friends

Mario J and Kenny Glasgow totally kicked ass though what a nice change from Sanchez


unfortunately place felt bit empty after last call i hope they bring more people consistently

and Kenny G is the MAN for the main room

 

[billy]

dude, just google "baltimore club"

it's that break-house-hiphop-mashupish kind of shit you hear everywhere lately.

hollertronix, spankrock, diplo, et al are mainly responsible for introducing it to hipsters, although from what i hear, the original b-more guys aren't too impressed with how it's been appropriated and marketed. then again, before this it didn't really leave that city, and at least now some of those guys are getting gigs outside of their home town.

instead of googling it i asked you because you were there and are paid to know this kind of shit, right? besides, you answered it anyway! thanks. i hardly go out at all anymore so i haven't heard a note of it.

 

[skyparty]

we were on guestlist, and yet still couldn't get in? we did arrive a few minutes after 2, but i found that odd given it was open until 4 or so....they told us "the bar is closed" ya we know? we're here to dance? boo that.

 

[StreetDreams]

So after the madness at Justice I went back for round 2 @ Circa: RANDOMLAND!
It was a lot smoother getting in last night and there was no problem with the list hook up. This time I got to check out all the rooms I missed or werent open the night before. The Ball(s)Room was an experience in itself and was full of great party people all night...heard professional widow in there!! The washroom room and the other small (blue) room on the top floor were pretty cool too. This time they had the bottle service and stage area open too so you could walk around and get really close to the djs/stage. The crowd was a great mix as mentioned before and everyone I ran into was having a blast and really friendly. The security and staff are top notch and all the little details and art displays keep things interesting as you wander between rooms. Caught some of Kenny Glasgow in the main room and he was ripping it up. It was nice because at that point there was lots of room to dance right up on stage. Good job AD/D and Circa...I will be back!

 

[Snapple]

dude, just google "baltimore club"

right. one last question then about this new, hot, muzik saving genre of hip hop. does anyone know if the the 410 Pharoahs are named as such as each individual in the group apparently weighs at least 410 pounds? i can't find the answer to that anywhere on Google. so Tribe I turn to you .....

 

[The Truth]

it funny how a city with four djs and one club gets a whole genre of music named after it...lazy fuckin journalists!

 

[FrItZ~tHe~KaT]

i was relatively impressed with Circa for the Justice night, but coming back there tonight for Randomland has totally convinced me.

the last time i saw this wide of a mix of people partying together was more than ten years ago in the rave heyday. ginos, hipsters, trannies, art fags, freaks, normals, ravers, ect.

i love that they're putting the freaks at the forefront, forcing the normals to adjust.

i love that the overall spectacle is more important than the DJs.

i love that i get lost trying to find my way around.

i love that it's already hard to tell which costumed characters are actually employed by the club, and which ones dressed up all crazy on their own accord.

i loved that i brought my dad and he had lots of fun (he said this was the best legal club i'd brought him to since roxy blu).

junior sanchez played mainly baltimore club beats, which surprised me. actually, in general i find it surreal that an obscure regional urban genre like that is suddenly the defacto soundtrack of hipster-douchebag land these days, after at least a decade of only being played in baltimore clubs for a very different audience.
nevertheless, it's fun music to dance to, and works well for a mixed crowd that might rather be hearing top 40 hiphop than underground dance music.

i honestly think that this club (and in particular the friday nights) will change toronto clubbing in a profound way.

this review has truly motivated me to go check out Circa regardless of who the dj is. Everything you've described in this review is what I've hopiong to experience ever since I've moved to TO but sadly only seem to find wicked dj's with a crowd full of old jaded chin strokers.

 

[why not]

it funny how a city with four djs and one club gets a whole genre of music named after it...lazy fuckin journalists!

you're talking about B-more?

while i'm far from an expert on the style, the name wasn't invented by journalists as far as i know. it was just a pretty straightforward description of what it is, used by those involved - club music from Baltimore.
it's a lot better than some of the other slang terms used to describe it:
knucklehead, thump, and dew doo beat.
oh yeah, there's also 'gutter music', as used by Aaron LaCrate, but word is that he'll get beat up if he ever goes back to Baltimore for making up the term and supposedly misrepresenting the history of the style.

my impression is that it was a pretty insular scene from the early 90s until sometime last year.

besides, it's not like detroit was a huge city booming with techno clubs in the mid-80s either.

sometimes influential music ends up coming from small places.

 

[why not]

right. one last question then about this new, hot, muzik saving genre of hip hop. does anyone know if the the 410 Pharoahs are named as such as each individual in the group apparently weighs at least 410 pounds? i can't find the answer to that anywhere on Google. so Tribe I turn to you .....

i'm guessing that 410 refers to the Baltimore area code.

 

[Snapple]

ah. that would make sense. but i like my explanation more.

 

[Big Boss]

i



unfortunately my GF's best friend got kicked out for "being too drunk" while she still could walk and talk better than most people in the club could at that time and then there were couple of dudes in main room just smashing into people pushing them swearing and all the other drunken shenanigans and security did nothing while they did clearly see it

BS situation if you ask me

They have to be careful with any possible charges they get, because of all that jazz with the AGCO. Better safe than sorry!

 

[tobywan]

Yep, a blast for sure on Friday night and can't say enough good things about what an overall club experience it is. Efficient door/guestlist staff, and friendly/effective security.

Came with a couple people who're there for the first time, and they left with good impressions. I caught some really good house in the bathroom bar just before midnight, was that gli*tch? from here on Tribe? If so, good on ya!

Junior came on around midnight and as mentioned, dropped a set of mainly Bmore, which he did quite well and his mixing was bang on. And the girls were just goin' crazy to this shit, like the sound just inflicted them with the urge to dance like ho's. damn.

Ha, and outside I got involved in quite the conversation about the Penguins (re: my black penguins cap) with some girl from Pittsburgh, that was interesting.

Didn't stay too long, but it was all well by that time...lookin' forward to heading back.

p.s. Did I mention the girls there were friendly!?

 

[Flashy_McFlash]

Is Randomland having any kind of to-do for Halloween next weekend? I'd love to head back next week after taking this week off.

 

[gl*tch]

Yep, a blast for sure on Friday night and can't say enough good things about what an overall club experience it is. Efficient door/guestlist staff, and friendly/effective security.

Came with a couple people who're there for the first time, and they left with good impressions. I caught some really good house in the bathroom bar just before midnight, was that gli*tch? from here on Tribe? If so, good on ya!

Yup! That was me!

 

[rulz]

man i'm really impressed by randomland yet again

yesterday for just over 2 hours there i had more fun than at any other party in a while

adidas giveaway was a bit too much to handle in terms of dudes shoveling each other but otherwise music was top notch (acid house/ breakbeats/ older hip hop)

didn't hear Kenny Glasgow but Mario J was average a bit too many wierd breakdowns


yey to randomland !