well from the dozens of texts , shed load of FACEBOOK
msgs , and some ace comments on the couple of reviews so far on here ive had , seems like it was poss one of the best nites ive done, (not my words)
was always gonna be a tough one with 2 P.A.s to orginize ect , but i think it went off boss , hats off to suddi + ian for thier ultra proffesional imput and co-opertation , no diva nonsense off these legends
great to have 2 acts working together not just back stage on the night but the days leading upto the event to make things as EASY as they could for me aka the event ,
its defo a breath of fresh air
theres always a snag or 2 , and this time was no exception ,1st tiny one was the pre bar 9pm -11pm got there in good time to find that even though i had the same set up , same mixer , same decks , same monitor ,the lead from monitor to mixer was missing :S , so had to run next door improvise so grabbed one of the sound guys from the 02 (who was in the middle of a rock show) at 8.55pm he came in and the lead he brought wasnt the right one ,but he had to get back before he lost his job , so then i waited until his mate was on his break to get him come over and sort it out so by 9.18pm it was all sorted , was not aware bout any other probs with the sound system or swiches ect ,as with this 1 in the dug out bieng my 4th one and nothing as far as i know is any different
after all is said n done it is a "WARM UP" pre bar / meet up place ,and in the past mabey the djs who have played early FULL ON peak time sets at full volume has caused confusion :S as to what people expected , TBH thats why i pulled it back to 9.00pm , and prob will later again next time poss 9.30pm with just 1 dj on
as for the pre bar 2 djs all the feedback ive had was they BOTH did play ace WARM UP sets phones: which is exactly what i asked for
, only caught a bit of bods tbh and loved it so ill defo be having you back on at one of my events in 2010
looking forward to hearing ur mix of ur set ,
SO ,then it was onto the main event, I ran round at 10.15pm, had the P.As sitting tight in the dressing room as we all have to wait until the early concert finishes @ 10.30pm which give us about 25min turn around /change over time to set up , a whole dj set up , get the guys pa equiment in place while the staff clear the floors n toilets ect , this is always touch n go to get done before 11pm (as it was a little late on the fpi event ,11.10pm ) but we got it sorted , next snag though was me:$ forgot the visual disc so 11pm had to get someone to drive me all the way over wallasey and get it , once again SI KELSALL you are the man and THANK you once again mate ur a star
so finally got back in bout 11.35 pm caught up with my mate mike who films the events sorted him out
, then caught last bit of BISKITS set on the decks spinning some amazing tunes and had the place place jumping phones: again see u in 2010 mate for another gig ,
then it was TOGETHER took to the stage . the luv bug
and the new version of hardcore uproar (which i knew they was playing) as they are sort of touring playing both versions out
not really my cup of tea TBH ive heard it loads already on the radio ect , but hey to get BOTH versions imo is a bonus no matter which way u look at it ,
then VERTIGO took the to the decks , pacific symphony + fargetta cued up on the 1210s... i knew he would follow the Pa nicley , played a blinder on the decks until the next highlight PA
DREAM FREQUENCY
, amazing PA , ian rang me few days before and was that buzzin he asked could he do more than 3 tunes i said yeah go for it , so EUPHORIA was dropped in phones: the other songs tore the roof off and by this time imo the event was peaking , then the man like plutes took to the decks with 20 SECONDS to comply
phones: stand out tune of the nite for me
loved it , heard 1st few tunes he played then had to go and sort the pas equipment ect , radio mics away so missed last few tunes , was not aware of the problem with the deck till u had almost finished , soz mick :$
so when robbie edwards came on i told him he might have a probelm with one of the decks playing up ,but he somehow managed to work around it ,and as pluto said he did deliver another outstanding set
so well done to ALL the djs
and both the P.As
and very SPECIAL THANKS TO "THE MAN LIKE CUTTER" for keeping the nite together , glad to have to you back up north mate
thanks to all i seen or spoke to off osa , far too many to mention or remember i know LEE FINI had boss birthday nite out , i even came found him gave him the last airhorn
also was a surprise to see blue jammer and his lovley missus
, a nice birthday pressie indeed looked like she loved every minute of it , hopefully see u guys at the next 1 ,
ace seeing Barrie Jay making it down too
,see you back on the wheels of steel @ retro-trax 2010 matephones:
HUGE THANKS to eveyone for supporting this event looks like ive a solid few hundred people off facebook and a few off here who love these events and keep making them so speacial
OHHHH and as always a very special thanks to my lisa for putting up with me , and all your support + helping out with the event ,
xxxx
for anyone wanting news on the events planned for 2010 please add urself to the RETRO-TRAX facebook group ,
c u all nxt year
) and phil(bong) his missus n kraut f the bday prezzie and george best card
but god damn it i tried honest i did
altho i stayed off the drugs this time:| 
i love that tune... thanx 4 the id antz m8, its doing my head in tho trying to figure out where i know from
Robbie was great (mental cube and f de wulf's B sides etc).
but have to say it was a class night again.
