Review: Carl B at Bank Batroun (27-06-2008)

[Tala]

[align=justify]This night was a very special one. Why? Because a very dear person took charge of the warm up; Khaled was the warm up dj.

BUT before getting into that, I would like to salute Mr. Alain (A-Cube) who smoothly mixed the finest house tracks. It was a pleasure meeting you for the first time while you were delivering the best you have; first impression counts Bravo Alain!

Khaled (Krow or Crow), whose set I have been waiting for so long, went above and beyond my expectations. He took over the decks with a low bpm to match with Alain’s set; he slowly and flawlessly went into increasing that bpm to show us – trance-heads – what Trance is all about!
Crow delivered one hell of a set, combining new releases with beautiful classic tunes. It is now that I understand what Crow meant by "surprises coming up". Bravo Khaled!

Khaled, after he ended his set with Albert Vorne ~ Formentera What, proudly introduced the dj of the night Carl B.
Carl B was so enthusiastic while playing his set. He alternated between uplifting and tech trance, going tech most of the times. I consider his set was fair at times, and was BEAUTIFUL at some other times. His interaction with his crowd was sweet, especially when he left his decks to come down and chat with some of the trancers. It was an honor to have met such a dj and it was amazing seeing you THerz again, it has been a while.


It was such a disappointment to notice that the sound system was not even worth a penny. It was a shame that the speakers were not always working. The sound was not that neat neither.

As usual, many drunk people dominated the dance floor that I even had to slap a guy for touching my waist. His argument was that he wanted to pass and he was trying to move me away. I impulsively slaped him telling him that you can just excuse yourself and I would let you pass, but DON'T TOUCH ME.

Another two guys came over and asked for a picture! I was like "WHAT THE HELL"?! Yeah, it was weird last night. BUT I sincerely enjoyed every bit of it because of our beloved djs.

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[A-Cube]

Thank you Tala for the review...and the pleasure was all mine ...music-wise I think it was a very succesful night...the crowd and sound quality may not have been of the best quality but nevertheless it ended up being a good night...I enjoyed every bit of it...it was even better seeing so many THers there...it was a huge boost to the TH resident DJs ...Carl B played a very decent set very classy...I enjoyed a lot especially listening to Carl's own productions...Amplifying Studio did a great job on this one and the organization flaws are to be accredited to Bank's management...there should have been more security around the DJ booth because people were climbing and started acting all nuts around Carl...all in all I think everyone had a good time and that's what the night was all about...

Dionysos: thank you bro for being once again the first one to be on the crime scene ...

Raneem: great to see you after such a long while!!!

reemze: you are one crazy party animal ...but it was great partying with you

TRANCED: obviously still caught with the music

DJ_TRACID: great to finally meet you Robert!!!

Kamil: we have to continue that football discussion soon ...

Tala: again the pleasure was all mine...glad you enjoyed the set ...

Omar: also great to see you again!!

And the surprise of the night:QULTURE!!!!!!Great to finally see you in person my Jordanian friend!!! Hope you enjoyed your night out ...

And finally thanks to @mr Subzero88 and all the guys for this great night...looking forward for the next one ...

[UnFoRgivEr]

amazing night indeed , almost enjoyed every part of it , but too bad i couldnt make on time to listen to alain's opening , but as far as i know , i am sure u were incredibly awesome like last time michael angelo's , and managing to deliver an awesome set ranging between prog/melodic house music ......
FINALY i met mr KROW in person , i can only tell WHAT A CARISMATIC PERSON he is , he was bouncing inside the Dj boothe like a crazyyyy , seriously wut a lovely person , soooo imagine what kind of music he was playing , perfect transitions and amazing track selection , he knew how to keep the vibe in the club ........
and while all of this was happening , u cant imagine how Carl B was acting , he was like coming to lebanon to only party with us , like we were an old friends of his , chatting/laughing/dancing/interacting with crowd ......
and finaly arround 1 am he took over the decks , slamming Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms 2008 (Ja Sunrise Mix) , and kept on alternating between uplifting and tech , i considered his set 9/10 and thats becoz he played alot of tracks of my own personel favorite , i can almost remember the play list but my mind cant recognise them right now coz i just woke up , hehe ..........
anyway , alot more to talk about , alot of stuff happened , not to mention the malfunction of the sound system there , i go to bank since 4 years and i can really tell u this the first time this kind of thing happens , plus I WISH more advertisement would have been made , not very much crowded last night like angelo's , alot of people entered without paying on the door , but in general i can tell that almost all the QUALITY trance heads people were their , and also ALL THerz were their , enjoyed every minute partying with them , nice to meet u all again , saleem , rima , rania , robert , amr , alain , khaled , serouj , tala , kamil not to forget QULTURE coming all the way from jordan , alooot more i guess and excuse me for not remembering ...... akiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid RANEEM, we went together !!!
great job again amplifying studios for bringing quality Djs , keep up the good work , u have all our support ....

[Icepick]

Damn wish i was there along with my AS partners and TH ppls , but i had to be in bed ready for my officials the next day...hope you all enjoyed your night and i personally think the soundsystem problem was non of AS buisness, bank should have informed us about the flaw before hand...

Again i hope this was a night to remember for all, hope to see all the THers soon...and Khaled and Q, make sure to come back sometime in summer again ! hope you enjoy your stay !

[M&R]

I really enjoyed every single moment ..really liked A-Cube's opening set.
and Krow's warmup and ofcourse CARL B ..
Thats my first time at Bank Batroun, really nice club, djbooth, bar etc..
To the next one

Ill add some pics soon ..

and nice to meet A-Cube(i dnt kno if u remember ) , Crow and @mr
Thanks AS for this wonderful night !

[TranceFusion]

Great night indeed was great to party with the TH group again, and with a new DJ in town! I loved Krow's set and i was happy to finally meet him/you!

Here's the tracklist:
CARL B TRACKLIST
01. Jose Amnesia - Your Loving Arms 2008 (Sunrise Mix)
02. ID
03. Breakfast - The Sunlight
04. Orjan Nilsen - La Guitarra
05. ID
06. ID
07. Carl B - Deliverance
08. ID
09. ID
10. Yves de Ruyter - Born Slippy
11. Carl B feat. Breaking Benjamin - The Diary Of Jane (Carl B Remix)
12. Signum - The Timelord
13. ID
14. Sander van Doorn - Riff
15. The Thrillseekers - Greece 2000 (Marcel Woods Remix)
16. Carl B - Social Suicide
17. ID
18. ID
19. Push - The Legacy
20. ID
21. ID
22. The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Richard Durand Remix)
23. ID
24. ID
25. ID (a Classic)
26. Marcel Woods - Advanced
27. Tiesto - Love Comes Again

[kittie kat]

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[Nicktalopia]

[@mr]

[TranceFusion]

Hahaha Nick! i sure did!

I loved the Classics a lot!
*bows* to:
Yves de Ruyter
Signum
Push
<3 <3 <3 !!!

[Raneem]

[DIONYSOS]

A-Cube delivered one hell of an opening of mostly ProgHouse and some Melodic Techno bliss, putting up a much better set than last time as well, in both selection and transitions. Keep an eye on this promising talent!

Crow delivered what he promised as well. Picking up where A-Cube left of by starting off with some ProgHouse then moving on to ProgTrance, it was a decent selection of both new and old tracks that perfectly fit a warmup for someone like Carl B. The last 1/3 or so of the set was not appropriate IMO, in terms of BPM and genre. Tech Trance doesn't belong in a warmup for a Trance DJ, but it was Crow's first time behind the decks so it's no biggie, that's how you learn! Lovely charisma too between the crowd interaction and the microphone interventions. Good job Crow!

Carl B's set was amazing too. Great taste on this guy and solid mixing. Trance sure is still alive and kicking baby! Very cool and down to earth person as well, I enjoyed conversing with him.

Some sound problems that can be easily fixed next time, and though attendance was great it could be even better with a radio ad as Raneem pointed out, but overall Amplifying Studio and Bank pulled it off once more.

Of course partying hardcore with utter animals called THers was a blast as usual, and the cherry on the top was Qulture showing up unannounced and surprising the living shit out of us! It was great finally meeting you bro, I'm holding you on your promise to come back soon!

Onto the next! \o/

[Raneem]

[TranceFusion]

^ Thx!
You know what positions are Bart Claessen, Jon and Carl B?

[Icepick]