Chris Lake & Andy Moor @ Biel

[rob]

[Nino]

Chris lake arafleh 3ishte !!
i left @ 4:30 so andymoor was not on stage yet !

[ZG1AppOlyOn]

I really hated the night, Who the hell would put a house DJ before a trance DJ, and not any trance DJ, Andy Moor, i mean common when andy took over there was only 10% of the crowd left, and everyone was too tired or too angry to enjoy it.

I had to endure 2 hours of pure housy torture in order to enjoy 45 mins of quality trance, and after that i had to leave because i wasn't feeling well. was it worth it? Hell yeah, 10 mins of andy moor are enough to put a smile back on my face, but i still cannot forget my and everyone else's frown while the E hippies jumped around during the annoying the first 3 hours i was there.

on a brighter note, the venue was ok, the set up was nice, and the sound quality wasn't bad at all. But for next time at least respect the basics, Trance First , House Later. Andy Moor is not a followup DJ , what the organizers did was just disrespectful, and that look on andy's face as he was walking out was more than enough proof.

So even though everyone considers this event a success, i consider it as one of the worst events i've ever been too. because i've never had so much rage and anger build up in me for 3 hours.

[TranceFusion]

Nino: Andy started at 3:30am

ZG1AppOlyOn: i agree with you. Andy is not a followup DJ. I'm sure that Chris is a great guy and a DJ, but his set is one of the worst i've ever listened to that i even consider Danny Howells' set better. I was like begging for a suicide during those 2h! Andy really deserves a really big crowd! I hope that someday he'll see that in front of him in Lebanon.

[..!߮ah]

[quote="Trancer1084"] Some ravers were acting like kids! Playing the train and going in circle... Kindergarten?


yea Trancer1084 u're right..it was probably their first event in life..anyway dont u guys think that these event(all of it) should be 18+ ???
anyway i think Frechy B's next event will be much better...(Hernan Cattaneo and Paul Oakenfold are next...)

[TRANCED]

Well..
Good for all of those who did enjoy the event, however i wasn't really one of them.

I went to Biel, so eager to watch ANDY MOOR & Chris Lake. That's what the whole campaign and flyers made me think i'd be seeing anyways..
First of all, there was Maximus on the decks, followed by Cesar K, great job both of you.

At around 1:00, Chris Lake took over. I believe House lovers enjoyed his set very much. I am not a House-fan but i tried to enjoy myself as much as possible. Now the thing that really got on my nerves was that Andy Moor's entrance was so delayed, till 3:30, which i don't think was fair at all.
Trance lovers who were anxiously waiting for Moor's set were really devastated!! I heard rumors that Moor himself delayed his entrance, but still, no matter whose decision it was, it just wasn't a fair thing for the crowd. If 2 Djs were mentioned on the flyer, i guess both should be on stage before 3:00 am!

I know Lebanese are clubbing Gods and would keep dancing till sunrise, but 3:00 am is late, and is a time when many people would prefer to go home. That did happen actually, by the time Andy Moor got on the decks, half the crowd had already left,which was predictable, ESPECIALLY under the current circumstances... Half of the crowd left without even seeing the Dj whom they were there to see in first place!!

Andy delivered an amazing set, at least the 1 hour i stayed to witness. Track after track, it was mindblowing. I would have loved to stay and listen to all the tracks, but i was so exhausted by the house music beats in my head, and frustration building up!

Set up was great, a bit too dark, fire-puffers were nice, but what is up with the dancers????
Seriously, why does everything has to be so cheesy cheap, and lame? Do we need some girls shaking their asses and flesh near the dj booth for us to enjoy music? Dancing is acceptable, but those girls were not even close to dancing! I mean many people already showed up for the event knowing there wouldn't be all of that sexy-flexy dancing stuff, WHY bring the whole thing 1 step behind? Really hope next time it would be some professional dancers doing the job, or even no one! Music shall be enough!

That's it all in all. Fair event imo. Good luck for the next ones.

ooh! And Saleem!!!! It IS ZOCALO (Niclas Harding Remix)!!

[Nesta]

[TranceFusion]

[Trancelvania]

[rob]

[Nino]

[TranceFusion]

rob: yes. Chris' set S-U-C-K-E-D...
Nino: Liqweed was... everywhere! everytime i saw him he was in another place

[reemze]

I would like to add my voice to the many people who did not enjoy this event.
In 2005, I became extremely excited about an Andy Moor gig here in Lebanon.
Unfortunately, he was only on for around 45 minutes and obviously became pissed due to that.
When I heard that two years later in 2007, Frenchy B had organized another gig that would bring Andy Moor to Lebanon, boy was I excited.
Andy Moor is THE greatest trance innovator that I, personally, have ever heard of.

It's TOO BAD that he was treated as a follow-up DJ.

Everyone has spoken about the night itself, so I won't go into too much detail, but I will criticize every thing that in my opinion was just simply wrong - for the simple reason that I absolutely DESPISED seeing Andy Moor frowning on both occasions that he's been in Lebanon. He surely does not deserve to frown.

First of all, one chapeau bas to Frenchy B for keeping the gig on under these circumstances. I seriously mean it - Lebanon should not be taken as a country that is overrun by violence and terror, and holding this gig in addition to holding Sleepless the following evening after helped portray Lebanon as a country that is standing strong. I know most of my friends and I were looking forward to change our mood after the past day and night made us extremely depressed. Which was what made us even more excited about the gig. Which was, consequently, what made us even more horrifyingly annoyed about what happened.

As Rob said - and I quote - "Chris Lake sucks ass."

Indeed, he truly does.
To be honest, I enjoyed the little I heard from Ceasar K's set - I was surprised to see he used vinyls! He's quite a talented DJ.
And yes, he has way better talent than Chris Lake.

Moving on, not only did the flier state: Andy Moor and Chris Lake - but so did that little sticker they put around our wrists. Andy Moor and Chris Lake. Logically, I'd expect Andy Moor to go on first. So did Rania. So did Kamil.

However, Chris Lake was brought on first.
I, like many others, were okay with this at the start. We thought that a couple of hours of Chris would be okay, and then we would have all the Andy we could handle.

However, not only was Chris Lake brought on late - his set just extended. On and on and on and bloody on... Frenchy, didn't you calculate that under such circumstances, ravers would definitely NOT stay on the dance floor until 9 am? I know so many people who had come specifically for Andy Moor, however, because of the previous night's events, had to leave while Chris Lake was STILL ON. He played for way too long.

Most of what he played was cheese, but that's my own opinion.
That doesn't mean I just stood there all night. I jumped, raved, danced, did some moves, whatever - just trying to get into the mood. Because I'd tell myself - now Andy will get on. Just wait a couple more minutes.

I have no words to express the amount of (d.isgust for those who are wondering, lol at the emot) that I felt as 3:30 rolled forward and Andy Moor got on the stage.
Maybe I'm this emotional because I wanted Andy to have a nice view of what Lebanon is.

Unfortunately, he was left with 1/4 of the crowd that was "raving" to Chris Lake.

What made me admire Andy though, was that he was interacting with the crowd all the way through the mere HOUR that I got to see of him. He'd wave and point at the crowd, then give out hand gestures asking everyone to come closer and group together.

When I recognized the very first beat of YearZero, I jumped onto the railing (and I didn't give a rats ass about the security guys ) and screamed: ANDYYYYYYYYYY YEARZEROOOOOOOOOO in so high a tone that left me with a sketchy voice until today.

When he pointed at me then winked, I was grinning at everyone like a maniac.
That's what I'll never forget.

So Frenchy B, you gave me memory that will remain with me for quite a long time.

However, if you had carefully calculated and estimated what was to go on that evening, you would have given many more people those same memories.

(And you would've gotten better reviews.)

Anyway, that hour I got to see of Andy was as unforgettable as the 45 minutes I got to see of him in 2005.

Hopefully sometime in the future, we all get to properly experience Andy in action, for longer.

[Moudy]

[mzy]