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Dream Creator 2013 (festival Des Djs De Québec 2013)
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My review of Dream Creator 2013 (FDJQ 2013) [ www.facebook.com ] I'm saying it right now, this year's Dream Creator Festival wasn't as great as we all expected. The festival had too many barriers to deal with, starting with legal, competition and organization issues. We went from a few thousands of ravers in 2012 to 200 - 300 this year... Anyways, let's talk about this later. The most important point at this edition of Dream Creator: the music. I'm saying it often and many international DJs across the world agree on the fact that Quebec City has the best scene in the world. Its people, its music and its culture make every event a major happening. As an example, this year we had two 2-hour sets by John 00 Fleming, one on Friday at night and another one on Saturday in the afternoon. The whole Trance/Psy Room line-up (in order of appearance): Friday 18:00 - Mind Exposure 20:00 - Will Angers 22:00 - John 00 FLeming 00:00 - JOHN 00 FLEMING versus SEVEN WAYS 00:30 - Seven Ways 02:00 - Symbolium 04:00 - CHURCH (Hommage à Infected Mushroom) Saturday 14:00 - FloydianChild 15:00 - JOHN OO FLEMING 16:00 - TAO-TAO 18:00 - RECK 19:30 - Dave Nadz & LeBlanc 21:30 - MAGNUS 23:30 - MAGNUS versus SEVEN WAYS 00:00 - D.j. Ross 01:30 - HORIZON 03:00 - Virtual-Light 05:00 - DJeff Friday - Day 1 I really wanted to arrive in time to hear Will Angers at 8 pm, which is perhaps the Trance DJ who plays the most underground you could hear. He is the king of Progressive Trance in the province and he proved it once again in a 2-hour set, blending together inspirations from CJ Art, Ovnimoon, Basil O'Glue... giving you an unique take on Progressive Trance. John 00 Fleming entered the booth at 10 pm. He opened on 2 or 3 Progressive Trance tracks (Airwave) then moved onto more Progressive and darker Techno for some time before going to deeper Progressive Psy-Trance and "turbo'ed"/Full On Psy with Seven Ways after. At all it wasn't like J00F's set at Montreal in May. We assisted to a demonstration of his real DJ powers, the full John 00 Fleming in his entireness like the one I saw at Quebec City's Black Light 2011, he played without any limits, to a crowd that reads him, this time. That set goes in the books along Black Light 2011. Thank you J00F. Video 1: [ www.facebook.com ] Video 2: [ www.facebook.com ] Video 3: [ www.facebook.com ] John 00 Fleming couldn't resist teaming up on the decks with one of his favorite DJs: Seven Ways. Let me know if I'm wrong, but I think Seven Ways is the first DJ who doesn't produce who had a guest mix on Global Trance Grooves. It simply means Seven Ways is as good as that. John 00 Fleming versus Seven Ways is another highlight for me. They were able to keep a certain envelop to the music all the time, I never expected the team up to be that successful. In a way you can say they are made for each other. We should have John 00 Fleming versus Seven Ways each time J00F is booked in Montreal or Quebec. Video of John 00 Fleming versus Seven Ways: [ www.facebook.com ] After the versus, Seven Ways took the mix alone, needless to say how perfect it was. It was similar to his set last year at Dream Creator 2012. He's still up to his reputation of best local DJ. Unfortunately, I was exhausted after Seven Ways so I couldn't really stay longer after. Saturday - Day 2 The day started of really nice on what I heard best in my life in terms of day set. Mr. John 00 Fleming did a proper Progressive Trance set and we can even say an Airwave tribute by the same time. The set had so many Airwave tracks that I lost count of them. If I would play during outside during the day, it would be exactly like this, the same and exact way, trancy and progressive. He did not forget to crank us up with some progressive techno tracks in the middle of the set. After, I went inside to listen to Sam. Very good Psy-Trance set, lots of progressive. First time I'm seeing him mixing and satisfied. Dave Nadz & LeBlanc went on at 7:30 pm. From what I know it was LeBlanc's first gig since he stopped being a Techno DJ years ago. Their set was hard and driving, tech and uplifting. They played some of their upcoming releases along with this outstanding mashup of them: John O'Callaghan - Stresstest (John Askew Remix) with Paul Oakenfold - Bullet in the Dark. It is a dancefloor destroyer. Video: [ www.facebook.com ] Magnus, the other headliner, started to mix at 9:30 pm. Magnus has his own style, it was banging Full On Psy-Trance with pure Uplifting Trance breakdowns for 2 hours. Very refreshing. 2 hours later, Seven Ways versus Magnus. My heart was about to leave my body so I sat and listen instead of dancing, trying to keep my remaining energies for Ross. Still the best of the best as you could expect from such a team up. Fortunately I rest a bit before Ross' set, it was the highlight set of the festival because it was the most diversified. I don't think this year I heard better music than at Dream Creator 2013, it was by far the leading event for any Trance Music purists, every set has been mixed beyond the standards. Whereas every DJ played a set mainly centered on one sound or one specific genre, Ross distinguished himself by playing a set so diversified that all the zombie among the crowd suddenly "zombie-resurected". Ross was the shotgun in a Resident Evil game. Tech-Trance, Full On Psy, old school Techno then going back to Full On again... It was the set that the crowd enjoyed the most in 2 days of festival, and we should hear it again! Guys, do some pressure on Ross for making him re-record the set. Horizon stepped on the decks after, a DJ known in the underground scene for being a pioneer. He didn't disappoint and delivered the merchandise just like I heard him for the first time at Black Light 2012. Ross, myself and the gang had to leave an hour after Horizon began, so we couldn't hear Virtual Light, hopefully he's playing at Mind Over Matter II. As said above, this Dream Creator was only for the music, as a party it didn't really stand. Legal, organization and competition. Those 3 words were the key points for having a successful Dream Creator. The main point that drown the festival are the legal issues. Unlike the previous years, the city didn't really authorize an outdoor rave this time, so they were forced to close all the outdoor rooms at midnight. Adding to that the official title " Festival de DJs de Québec 2013 " for differentiating themselves from raves. They had so many other legal issues that listing them would be endless. The organization didn't help too. By cancelling the outdoor rooms, they had to reschedule the 75 DJs that were already booked. Example: " Paris Hilton has been booked for outside at 2 am. Where is she going now? We booked all the DJs before organizing that part of the event. Oops. So now we must figure out a solution instead of cancelling everything. I think I got it, let's do 75 DJs in 3 days instead of 1 night! Superb! Master plan! YES!" No. Not only they falsely envisioned a 3 days festival branded as a 300 000 clients event, but they had the arrogance to think that people will bother to show up twice for an international headliner who played on Friday and Saturday (John 00 Fleming). Without mentioning they want to attract a rave crowd at an event starting at 6 pm and ending at 5 am. Does not compute. The timeslots and rooms have been remade over 100 times on the event page, Sunday has been cancelled without even announcing it, re-scheduling over and over again, promotion... This year's organization was a total mess seriously. The security was another thing overly abused. Did you ever witness security do a search on your car in the parking? Me, never. I thought only the cops were allowed to do that. Last thing that drown Dream Creator is the competition. You had OpenMind, Osheaga, Snoop Dogg and 15 other big festivals at the same time. Laugh but people in Quebec City that are going to see Snoop Dogg can also attend Dream Creator, it is a small scene. I think it pretty much sums up all the issues this year at Dream Creator that should explain the lost from a few thousands of tickets sold to 200 - 300. Even great music can't substitute an organization. Dream Creator is the foundation that holds Quebec City's house of cards, most of the city's promoters play a role in it (reminder: over 70 DJs booked in a small town), whether it is direct or indirect. If the same kind of edition is announced next year, a huge part of Quebec City's scene should disappear in a near future. |
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