What a mighty show that was. A great night with fantastic music, Fedde, dBerrie and Martin had all of New City Gas groovin' to their songs of preference and choice.
Luckily my ears weren't too poorly damaged after waking up yesterday morning (ear plugs can do wonders), but I can promise you that I'm still on the post-set high.
New City Gas, what appears to be an abandoned building along Rue Ottawa (Griffintown), took all of its first comers by complete surprise with its interior design and set up. Nothing too extravagant, but enough space to pack in enough energized youth that you'll leave clinging to idea and need for your own personal space and fresh, crisp air. A venue that, only begun being the talk of this past summer, has seen many of the big named DJs (David Guetta, Tiesto, Moby, Benny Benassi, Laidback Luke, Porter Robinson, and this past weekend, Fedde le Grand) and will continue to grow into (what will be) the Bell Centre for EDM performances.
Although it looks, "sketchy", when you're trying to find the venue for the first time, its isolated location is perfect for all of us who just love feeling the bass lines rip through our very bones. The sound system is ideal and meant to contain all the bits of frequencies used to create the tunes we all know too well (and some not at all). The employees are friendly (although sometimes understaffed and not always appreciated by those attending), and the atmosphere is just fantastic.
This brings me back to praising the sets performed by Fedde, dBerrie and Martin. Spinning tunes that I haven't heard in months, to tunes that I knew all the (short) lyrics to, these three have made my weekend that much more memorable! Unfortunately for dBerrie, he had to go through the dreaded (and a nightmare for all performing artists) sound outage/technical difficulties... multiple times through out his set. His drop would be coming around when suddenly, as we hold our breath for that filthy bass line, our ears are met with an unfamiliar and unwanted high buzzing. The first time around, the audience laughs it off and encourages dBerrie to get through. But come the 6th-7th time, one starts to hear the reoccurring boo-ing taking place amongst the (spoiled) youth.
Fedde. Oh Fedde. The very man who introduced me to the EDM genre and got me hooked in 2005 with his "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" single. It has been 7 years since I first heard that track, and within those 7 years, I have never been to one of his live sets. I have seen him in person before, once at the International Airport of Toronto on my way back from Miami in May 2012, but that was in passing and I was too shy to go and say, "hello" and "thank you" for having changed my life in a musical sense.
New City Gas, what appears to be an abandoned building along Rue Ottawa (Griffintown), took all of its first comers by complete surprise with its interior design and set up. Nothing too extravagant, but enough space to pack in enough energized youth that you'll leave clinging to idea and need for your own personal space and fresh, crisp air. A venue that, only begun being the talk of this past summer, has seen many of the big named DJs (David Guetta, Tiesto, Moby, Benny Benassi, Laidback Luke, Porter Robinson, and this past weekend, Fedde le Grand) and will continue to grow into (what will be) the Bell Centre for EDM performances.
Although it looks, "sketchy", when you're trying to find the venue for the first time, its isolated location is perfect for all of us who just love feeling the bass lines rip through our very bones. The sound system is ideal and meant to contain all the bits of frequencies used to create the tunes we all know too well (and some not at all). The employees are friendly (although sometimes understaffed and not always appreciated by those attending), and the atmosphere is just fantastic.
This brings me back to praising the sets performed by Fedde, dBerrie and Martin. Spinning tunes that I haven't heard in months, to tunes that I knew all the (short) lyrics to, these three have made my weekend that much more memorable! Unfortunately for dBerrie, he had to go through the dreaded (and a nightmare for all performing artists) sound outage/technical difficulties... multiple times through out his set. His drop would be coming around when suddenly, as we hold our breath for that filthy bass line, our ears are met with an unfamiliar and unwanted high buzzing. The first time around, the audience laughs it off and encourages dBerrie to get through. But come the 6th-7th time, one starts to hear the reoccurring boo-ing taking place amongst the (spoiled) youth.
Really? Was that really necessary? It's not like the poor guy planned this all out. There isn't really any one person to blame for this (seeing as all performances go through the standard soundcheck pre-show). It would go between a sound shortage to what then sounded like a loose connection between systems. As a performing artist, I really felt for him. I would probably storm off in frustration as well come the 6th-7th time this happened too.
But, because of the great team the venue has, this problem was (eventually) fixed and dBerrie would always come back strong and got the crowd moving again! Kudos dB, you killed your set despite the technical difficulties! And don't sweat it, it happens to the best of us!
Fedde. Oh Fedde. The very man who introduced me to the EDM genre and got me hooked in 2005 with his "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" single. It has been 7 years since I first heard that track, and within those 7 years, I have never been to one of his live sets. I have seen him in person before, once at the International Airport of Toronto on my way back from Miami in May 2012, but that was in passing and I was too shy to go and say, "hello" and "thank you" for having changed my life in a musical sense.
As you can see by the photos, the light show that is coordinated with each set is beautifully dramatic. Fedde kept all of us on our toes and kept us moving. After a set like that, I do not regret buying my ticket for this event one single bit.
I look forward to Fedde's future sets in Montreal and know that I'll be just as impressed, if not, even more!
For more dBerrie: http://soundcloud.com/dberrie
Cheers,
C. x
