After two intense nights of raving and completely screwing with my biological clock,  I gotta say I’m kind of happy i got two  very relaxed days. It allowed me to try and catch up on all the songs i heard over the weekend. Turns out I’m probably gonna need over a week.  Aight so as you know on NYE Fred and I went to Red-Lite to see Cosmic Gate & Avicii. Problem is we, or anyone else for that matter had no clue that Avicii’s set started at 5am, so we got there at 11 and got to see all the resident djs play, mostly, they sucked. At least we got it better then Toronto, cops cancelled Avicii’s set, suckers. Anyways once Avicii showed up it was sick, living up to my expectations from Electric Zoo. It’s incredible to think that he hasn’t been djing for very long and he’s this good. I mean come on, even i look older than this guy, ok maybe not but its close… Here are some highlights of his set:

Swede Dreams – Avicii (I tried to find this song after hearing at Electric Zoo and gave up shortly after, then it got released or something)

Drowning (Avicii’s Unnamed Mix) – Armin Van Buuren

…loved the original, love the remix.

Jailbait Insomnia (Avicii Mashup) – Avicii vs. Faithless

Ah, the cryptic Maxi Jazz lyrics are classic, just classic. And finally my favourite Avicii song of all time:

My Feelings For You – Avicii & Sebastian Drums

Hopefully Fred will be able to put in a video he took of the best 8mins or so of the set.

Aight, so when he was done, Cosmic Gate came on but unfortunately the crowded sucked some serious balls (stupid Laval), and Fred forced me to leave early. Their set was sick but I think people were too tired to enjoy. Funny side story: The next night at Circus, Nic Chagall (1/2 of Cosmic Gate) was hanging out at Circus with all the other world superstar djs there and at some point, Jon (from Circuit 12) crossed him in the bathroom and cam to get me. So obviously, as anyone else would have done i  presume, i started running towards where he was, totally bowling over some girl in the process. In my defence, she should not have been between me and Nic Chagall.  Anyways so we get to him and wait awkwardly while he finishes his conversation with some other dude and then we start talking and I apologized for Red-Lite sucking balls and he agreed with me. Anyways, we talked a bit more and it turns out he’s fucking nice and he’s now my new idol. But back to the music now here are  some tracks they played:

Back to Earth (Arty Remix) – Cosmic Gate

(Really sick track, I love the Jochen Miller Remix as well)

This Light Between Us (Dabruck & Klein Remix) – Armin Van Buuren

(This picture really does not do him justice… he usually wears a hat.)

Alright so that was just night number one. On the second night we were blessed to see Marcus Schossow and Simon Patterson (and meet Nic Chagall, aka Jesus).

Schossow was not at all what I expected, in a good way. He actually gave the best set of the weekend. He’s a bit chubby for a dj (see picture here), I found that pretty funny too. When he came on i actually thought he was a sound technician or something, shame on me really.

The Emergency (Marcus Schossow Remix) – Bt & Andrew Bayer

Love Comes Again (Bart Claessen Remix) – Tiësto feat. BT

You’re Not Alone (ATB Remix) – Olive (this track has the most majestic vocals)

Simon Patterson came on later, and just like Schossow it was complete energy the whole time. I mean, when you open your set with some Marcel Woods, it’s a good sign of things to come.

Tomorrow – Marcel Woods (one of my favourite tracks at the moment)

Without You – Dogzilla

So before I end this incredibly long post by my standards, fairly short by Justin’s though, I would just like to share with everyone that GARETH EMERY IS BACK IN MONTREAL FEBRUARY 25TH AT CICRUS AFTERHOURS!!! Thats right mofos (20$)!!!

We also have a crazy January/ February with Ronski Speed, Wippenberg, Benni Benassi and Gareth at Circus and Paul Van Dyk at Theatre Telus. In March we got Marco V at Circus also. Man i love that place. And don’t forget Bal en Blanc in April with Tiësto and Above and Beyond already confirmed.

For those of you in University, good luck going back to school and for those of you in Cegep, fuck you.

A full two weeks without a post makes for sad times but hopefully you all have been having some fun without us. I’m still grieving about how M. Night Shyamalan completely ruined The Last Airbender but at least I’ve been able to rejoice in the new Eminem album which is seriously sick and worth listening too. Also, I’ve been watching a lot of old school Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and I’m just wondering why I ever stopped watching it. So many life lessons to be learned but so many sexual references in each 30 min episode that it makes you wonder why its a show for kids. So to start it off, here’s the most badass theme song of all time, remixed.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Mustard Pimp Remix) – Will Smith

Aight aight but now to the real stuff. I’ve been listening to hours of podcasts recently basically because I’m bored and because they’re full of crazy music. Like the title says its mostly trance or variations mostly because I’ve been listening to Trance Around the World, A State of Trance and Club Life.

To kick it off here’s some tech-trance by Dutch Dj Marcel Woods.

Inside of Me (Dub Trance Version) – Marcel Woods

Now for some of the chillest shit I own. First of all  Avicii’s remix of Bromance (no intro for all you build-up haters) which I’m truly dying for Tiësto to play on Sunday. Secondly, what probably is one of my favourite tunes of the summer so far, a classic remix by Above & Beyond. And finally, Estiva with one of the hottest tracks of the moment and I’m sure you’re gonna love it.

Bromance (Avicii’s Arena Remix) – Tim Berg

Home (Above & Beyond Remix) – Chakra

The Kingdom – Estiva

And finally, directly from Gareth Emery’s Garuda label,  Ben Gold goes crazy with this track, definitely something to dance to.

Sun Stroke – Be:Gold

Aight and before I forget, Above & Beyond is coming out with their new compilation album Anjunabeats 8 on the 17th and its going to be insane, trust me.

Oh and sorry, once again when I try to tag they give me a stupid error message, sorry…