Resurrection @ Chi: Review(s), Photos, Tracklist and Videos

[Omaro]

A message to the people who actually made it to Chi, please post whatever you think of the night, pictures, etc. and thank you for showing up! I loved every bit of it! (Apart from the bad turnout)

I'll come back to write a proper post later on, but in short, the crowd turnout was awful, but the music was off the hook. Many people were just sitting around the dancefloor on the tables watching, most never even ventured into the dancefloor... The djs were really, really nice, hope they weren't too disappointed with the almost nonexistent crowd, but hey, to whoever missed out: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MISSED!

Tracklist attempt: (Bad one )
Amadeus' first set:
Markus Schulz - Fly To Colors
Super8 & DJ Tab - Suru (Martin Roth Electrance remix)

R. Durand:
Sander Van Doorn - Riff
Toca's Miracle - Durand's 2007 remix/rework

Sean Tyas:
Deadmau5 - Not exactly
Ready To Go (Tomcraft remix)
Deadmau5 - Jaded
ID
ID
Sean Tyas - Lift
Carl B vs. Breaking Benajmin - Diary Of Jane (Sean Tyas remix)
ID
Sean Tyas pres. Logistic - One More Night Out

Fila:
Beauty Hides In The Deep [John O'Callaghan remix]
ID
ID
ID
FKN ft. Jahala - Why (Aly & Fila remix)
ID
ID
Aly & Fila vs. FKN ft. Jahala - How long?

Amadeus again:
ID
Simon Peterson - Bulldozer
Cosmic Gate - Body Of Conflict (Club mix)
Aly & Fila vs. Amadeus - A Dream Of Peace

PICTURES:

In the afternoon, all the djs except Richard were there to see the venue and test the sound system (Richard's flight arrived at night)




Amadeus!


Sean and Chadi




Me with the djs, it's quite hard to believe that I was actually talking and chilling with three of the biggest names in trance! Shows how down to earth they are really!


View from the booth












With Chadi, I was struggling to stay awake in all honesty!






OK, the nightm these shots are not really in order though, had two cameras on Monday (One mainly for pics, the other for videos), thus, it's a bit chaotic (Too lazy to be organized!)

Crow and Fadi/Fila


The djs table!


Amadeys in the mix, playing out a few progressive tunes if memory serves me right before the trance started


It was too hot and still early for the action to start, rnb and hip-hop room


Me with Tyas and Filaaaa!


Fila and Sean with our very own Crow






Richard Durand


RnB room


Entrance of Chi


Amadeus










OK, now the slightly 'better' pictures. These will be in order

Club at around 9:30, practically empty










The djs finally arrive at around 10!




Some randoms!






Crow in a state of trance








Me with R. Durand






Rock!




Amadeus with Durand


Richard Durand in the mix
























Tyas contemplatng which tracks to play


Rock lending a hand to Tyas


Candy, Rock and Tyas!








Aywaaaa ya Crowwww!


Tyas on the decks














T4L! Trance4Life!




Don't ask!




















Filaaaaaa!




Rock with Fila














Chadi and Fadi!




















Amadeus and Rock


Candy and Crow! The Two C's

[Omaro]

[Raneem]

why aren't u sweating guys?? LOL
gr8 pics..loved them!!

[DIONYSOS]

Nice pics! The club looks great too. Too bad turnout was so weak. What does the club play on non-event nights?

[Qulture]

its a shame , such a line up had to be on a monday night , even with 3eid vacation and all ... !!!

it could have been such a quality night ... !!!

[Omaro]

Raneem: Kul hal sweating wou mu 3ajbak?

Dionysos: The club has various nights, usually thought it's house in one room/section and rnb in the other, depending on the night really... Sometimes hosts Indian or Moroccan nights too

Qulture: Actually, it was a quality night in terms of everything apart from the crowd...

[Qulture]

^

dont get me wrong omar , its a top notch quality night in terms of the lineup ! but i meant , in terms of attendance .

I am sure the Djs would have enjoyed it more , if the place was full , no ?

[Omaro]

Wasn't being defensive or anything, I agree, Richard Durand was clearly disappointed and even left early (Right after finishing his set), but on the other hand, if it was held on let's say Wednesday or over the weekend, the place would have been packed with the typical clueless Dubai commercial crowd if you know what I mean... But hey, quantity comes before quality here, and at the end of the day, for such events to become a 'success', you will need the 'clueless posers' and the average Dubai clubber to make it there... On another thought, it was about time such an event took place, cheers to Dreamwave productions for making it happen...

[crow]

Here's my take on the event:
Amazing music
Shitty crowd.

The promoter was somewhat of a clueless dude who just wanted to bring many DJs together for an event. The event could have done so much better. At times like these I wish I was a promoter.

I had a great time with Fila, Amadeus, Tyas, and Durrand. Durrand was disappointed indeed! Coming all the way from Amsterdam on a Monday for a crowdless event is kind of insulting to someone with very good DJing skills.

I loved everyone's set. Just amazing! Respect to each one of them. And here's why:

Amadeus: Amazing kick-off that built space for Durrand and made sure he was on the right BPM. And at the end of the night appearing again with energetic tracks. If there's one thing I really love about Chadi's mixing, its his flexibility.

Richard Durrand: Despite of his disappointment and unnecessary funny yet sarcastic comments about the crowdless club, he did deliver an amazing set! Wow indeed! Here's another thing that took the respect level higher; during the set, there was a breakdown - which I'm not familiar with - where he did play some derbake, or it could have been part of the breakdown itself. Whatever it was, this showed that he was capable of reading more about the crowd and understanding them before he even reached Dubai.

Sean Tyas: Wow again! I was talking to him and telling him and the other DJs not to be surprised if no one showed up. He responded by this: "Dude, it's totally fine! I'll still give it my best. I know for a fact that a gig in a new country is always either a hit or miss." That was around half way through the night before he went on. Later on, when he was checking his CD Case, I asked him what he was going to kick off with. "I have no idea what I'm going to play!" He kicked off with Deadma5 and built up so quickly to 138/139 in no time. Before I knew it, his remix of Diary of Jane was being dropped and I was just going nuts.

Fila: Typical set you would expect from him that would just blow your brains away. I'm not sure how to describe it but respect to this DJ.

Even though the crowd was utter shit, the 4 of them still played amazing sets. I'm sure other big shots in the scene would've just fondled around with the decks for a bit and made a run for the airport.


My pictures will be up around thursday or friday. I would sincerely like to thank the American University in Dubai for its amazing internet connection that allows you to upload at 3 kbps and download at 2.1 kbps.

[RocK]

^ Ure in AUD???? Kahlina nshoufak bil jem3a!!

And next time im so wearing a black shirt
It was a good nite except for the crowd!! Altho come to think of it at least we ddnt have dubai posers!!!
Had an amzing time with all the dj's + got wasted!!! Finally on one night i wasnt the designated driver!!!
But an event like this should be put on a weekend no matter the case!

Hope one day we'll have an event like this In lebanon!! *fingers corssed*

[crow]

^ Oh cut it out with the whole "we hope we get an event like this in lebanon"

mish kil shi dubai gets, lebanon has to get

*runs before being showered with comments*

[RocK]

^ You know ull travel with me and so will omar if we get something like this in lebanon....

*you know im rite*
Offtopic:
Its midterm week in AUD dnt u have to study!?!?

[crow]

Got msn? hellscraper449@hotmail.com

add me now. lets not go off topic.


BACK TO TOPIC
yeah i did go to lebanon for ferry's gig. i experienced it. it was amazing. atleast the crowd is so much better over there.
its a shame we dont have such a crowd over here. im not even thinking about going to pvd's gig.its going to be so packed like last year it wont be even funny.

[TranceFusion]

How did i miss this topic?!
It's really great to see that DJs like Sean and Richard are so down to earth and friendly with clubbers like us! Guys, i'm so jealous you were chatting with them full respect to Sean, he's so right about a first gig in a new country. Fila is a dancefloor destroyer! I hope to see him live in the mix again
Omar you took very very very nice pics!

[crow]