Clublife 3 years Birthday celebration and upcoming psy trance party

Hi all!

Hope you had fun this weekend, I sure did. Finally managed to make it to Brennan Heart gig (3rd time was indeed the charm) and it was worth the long time coming. I did manage to get ticket to previous ones, but always got ill before and had to sell the ticket sadly. But what a night, time to re-live that one verbally:

So our friend Clublife turned into a toddler last night. How time flies when you're having fun and wíth this club and their friends we really have been spoiled, as we were last night once again. Smiling faces all around, atmosphere through the roof and literally the upstairs balcony's floor was jumping. Literally. I could feel it bouncing while sitting thanks to raving people with smile on their faces. Is there a better way to spend your saturday night than with friends and other happy ravers?

Lucky Chucky had the honor of kicking the night of for the Birthday vip crowd and he played one killer set of good quality hardstyle. Sweet! Too bad only vip ticket holders were allowed to enjoy his set though. He is one helluva talented (will be repeating this word) dj, who should get more exposure. See him play somewhere? Check him out!

The clock hit 10 p.m. and time to open the gates for the hungry masses. I was honestly waiting for an invasion at this moment, but none came. it came later, closer to main man. This has been trend lately, which in a way I do understand, but still feels bit shame from artist point of view. Parties are coming like concerts: you go in just in time to see the headliner and then leave. Luckily some people did arrive early on to support local players and show them respect they deserve. Sorry, got bit sidetracked there... Mastraton was two man army of heavy beats in a Qult / Geck-o hard edm vein. Not exactly my cup of tea, but good way to build the night. The lads seem to enjoy themselves on the stage and got crown moving and warming up for the rest of the night. Somehow they have been flying under my radar totally, but they did have solid selection.

Next hour and new player in tha house! And at this moment the gates of hell (aka the 2nd stage) were opened. One didn't have time to snap fingers before the party was in a full swing on 2nd stage. That room went from the first beat completely BOOM and atmosphere erupted with positive energy. And Madshifta really knew how to get that crowd going with his selection of melodic hardstyle and put on energetic performance too. You really could feel him smiling there, there was just this positive energy soaring through the room that makes these parties so special.

In main arena Second Level showed crowd how to rock the party big time! He was also filming his new video. That might've been partial reason for his enthusiastic and ducacell bunny stage show, but who cares. I never got into this edm/big room/electrohouse sound he played, but that is just me. Rest of the crowd disagreed (luckily) with me and they loved it. Ok, I might not have enjoyed musically his set, but he is really talented young lad, who clearly does what he loves and it shows. And most of all, he knew how to both read and work the crowd. Full points for him on this! Second level put on an energetic stage show with jumping around, mcing and made the crowd jump on palm of his hand. And he did warm the crowd in an incredible way for Brennan Heart really hyping up the him by doing a countdown of how many minutes left. Somehow his energetic persona even got me into his set, which is unheard of with edm! And another thing he did, was blow the roof off the Circus. My guess is Second Level will make if far and deserves it! 

Time to kill another one. While Second Level blew the roof off the Circus, Brennan Heart blew that bloody roof to the orbit (hopefully no airplanes were harmed in this). Second Level built the crowd's energy in an incredible way and Brennan made that energy explode with Imaginary, his first track, which send goose bumps down my spine and arms. As I said, I've waited for this moment a long long time and seems like I wasn't the only one. The set was just what I was expecting from him: good, solid hardstyle. I was in nirvana of pounding beats and smiling faces all around me. This is the moment when people in upstairs balcony made the floor jump. Literally. I don't remember this happening ever since Massive Attack gig in a tent at Juhlaviikot, so it was amazing to feel it again. That was one of those moments, you know, when you remember why you love clubbing so much: It is magic moments like these thatr you share with your friends and the crowd and feel unison with the strangers around you, who have come together to party their asses off. And the best part was all people smiling and and that positive vibe going through the Circus. I spoke with my friend of this and she said that this is unique for these parties and heavy metal gigs. True. Different genres, but dedicated crowd, that comes together their sanctuary for the love of music and that music alone bonds people together.

Next stop, beauty and the beat: Djane J7. I had an honor of doing a interview previously with Djane, which can be found right here on this blog! Commercial break over and I'll get back on track. Djane really took me by surprise with her set. It was lot rougher than I've come to expect from her and it was exciting to see new side of her and Djane rocked once again! I think this is just logical progression for her and no wonder she got residency on Toxic Sickness radio. Sadly quite a lot of people decided to leave after Brennan, but the ones who stayed were having it large. At this point I really saw how cleverly the running order was created. The night progressed to the last infernal minutes really well building it more and more, taking us on a musical journey through various genres. And this kind of genre blending is, in my humble option, a good thing. it is same thing I try to do with this blog: expose people to something they might not normally listen to or are bit more unfamiliar with and might discover new genre. Djane always has fun on stage and she loves every minute of her set and it can be seen and felt. 

Sasha F & Digital Mindz together can only mean one thing: Raw, hard and energetic. And right I was. Both are big players in the raw scene and no wonder. Thank you guys, I just got more into rawstyle than I've been before! Rock-solid selection and another terminator duo who aims to kill yer feet. Excellent set! Catch Sasha F live at Rawzone. Click here for facebook event page. I can just say wow. Their selection had this raw energy pumping from the speakers that rocked the remaining enthusiastic crowd. 

The good, the bad and the Sith aka last slayers of the night. What kind of madness can be expected when you put together incredible Mindcore djs (Zerathep, Waily, Skitzofrenik), Proteus and surprise surprise: Brennan Heart? You get World War 3 on stage, that's what you get! For this fiery, friendly battle I am just speechless. No egos, just group of friends having a blast on stage and rocking the crowd. Too bad many people missed this! If your feet weren't screaming for mercy before, now they were. As for this war I just don't know what to say. It really felt that these guys ran out of time waaay too soon!

Happy Birthday Clublife and thanks for the amazing party! And thank you fellow ravers who were here :)

Want to challenge yourself to try something different and maybe a notch easier (well at leasr bit slower)? Try this:

✪ Sonic Booking Label Night 15.04.2106 The Circus ✪

SONIC STAGE LINEUP

BLiSS (Sonic Booking / IL)

PAINKILLER (Sonic Booking / ES)

A-TEAM (Sonic Booking / IL)

MIAZU & POLLY (Kosmos Festival / POTB)

NEBULA MELTDOWN & PROTEUS (Suntrip Records / Kosmos Festival)

KORENTO & E'SUP (Bitch Family / Yövuoro / Kosmos Festival)

CHILL STAGE LINEUP

KRYPTINE

COSMIC TOUCH

RUSKOTASKU

The Circus, Salomonkatu 1-3, Helsinki
Date: Friday, 15.04.2016
Doors: 22:00-04:00
Age: K-18

Tickets:

LIPPUPALVELU (Ticketmaster)

Early BIrd ticket 18e - limited amount!

Regular ticket 23.5e

Cybershop ticket sale starts Fri 12.02.16 Bring exact amount!!!!

Regular ticket 21e - limited amount !

Clublife & Mindcore presents Radical Redemption & Angerfist party report & Clublife easter thursday revealed! (hardcore/hardstyle/hard trance)

Since Juha at Kehto won't cover this party, we decided that I'll be the one to tell you guys of the hardcore parties in Finland and abroad (when I make it). This time around it was Clublife and since I ain't a bit sleepy, I'll write it now, since I got big news too!

What can I say? This was truly historic event in finnish hardcore scene and it was totally rocking. The minute they opened the doors, there was already a line outside Circus. This doesn't happen too often so I really was shocked almost of this! Last time it happened in Hardstyle Festival and that was in 2014. Eventhough the line was quite long, we got all in quickly, which is a big plus, when it's freezing outside, but not inside. Far from it.

It is really good to see promoters working together and pushing the genre forward in our small country. It isn't first time Mindcore and Clublife have joined forces for maximum impact and they never fail to deliver! I've been at Mindocre parties too and they been top notch everytime and I hope to see more of Mindcore parties in the future! Both Clublife and Mindcore never fail to create epic party! If you see either organizer's party, be prepared for epic night out.

First up djs Neon and Triton. These 2 always deliver with maximum impact. Loved every minute of their set, which was just perfect way to kick the evening off. So beautiful melodies and you really could see them having good time behind the decks. They even played classic by RMB and that brought memories back from the mid nineties, when I saw them live. Was it really that long ago? Sigh, still that track (Spring) gives me goosebumps as do most of RMB singles. They just have so many memories in them. Sorry, got sidetracked a bit there. So back to business. Really melodic and energetic set, well done lads!

Next up was Zerateph who was wearing a mask and black hoodie. Now we moved to harder sounds which was logical progression and worked really well. The sound volume could've been bit higher, but good set! Sometimes a bit raw for maximum impact on me, but no complains anyhow from me, And the mask was cool! Might've been Kylo Ren mask, someone correct me if I'm wrong and seeing Star Wars everywhere. The energy lever did rise during his set and evening progressed really nicely. Running order was well-planned, eventhough Waily and Radical switched places. This is where the dancefloor started to get more audience and they showed their respect to Zerateph.

And so we come to Waily next. He really knows his art and did some scratching, which really takes skills to get it right. And he did it. Nice change of pace in the middle of set, when he started blasting hardcore and I got nothing but good things to say of his set. Waily always has energetic stage persona which is fun to watch and selection which sounds really good to my ears. At this point had to get something to drink and to sit a bit. Waily kicked the big gear on with his set. Dancefloor really rocked well and got quite crowded. We did hear his bootleg of Jukka Poika's reggae hit Silkkii, which created a wtf looks on my friends faces. Good bootleg, if you ask me! And heard Scooters Move Your Ass hardcore version, which slayed the floor. This is how you should remix or create a bootleg: respect the original but deliver something new to the track. And that version knew how to do just that. Golden oldie for new crowd.

Don't fuck with the Radical! I didn't really know what to expect from him, but boy did he nail it! One of the best sets definetly of the evening might even be no less than best one. Really balanced set of hardstyle/rawstyle and bit hardcore thrown in the end. Really well balanced and built set, no wonder he has such a loyal following. I always liked his productions and now I know why he is called One Man Army. That he truly is. He came and slayed my feet completely, blimey what a set honestly! I know I'm repeating myself here, but he put up an energetic show and has incredible stage charisma. He really gave 110% of him during his set and I'd call him Radical The Feet Slayer after that set. He really tore the roof off the Circus. As I'm writing this, my feet still ache from raving.

Raise your fist...for Angerfist! Radical slayed my feet and thanks to raising my fist, now my arm hurts too. So by this point, you can tell the party was excellent. Let me start with that I do have big respect for Angerfist. He has created his image really well with mask and a hoodie. That alone sets him apart from rest and is recognized by just seeing a record cover or any merchandise. His set logically contained a lot of his own productions and tracks from his latest album Raise & Revolt. Were there too many of his own productions is matter of opinion but for my liking yes. Voice Of Mayhem always delivers as well does Dance With The Wolves and Dortmund 05. The set was lot harder than I expected and was build around his own productions. The set worked well and blew the last remaining bits of the roof skyhigh and there was lots of fist in the air. But for me, it was bit of a disappointment, but hey, you can't nail it everytime. Might've been since I didn't get into the latest album that much, since it had some tracks that sounded fresh, but most were same old same old. In good as well as in bad way. Depends on your view. After this, feet slayed and fist raised, I had to leave since friend of mine sprained his ankle.

This was truly historic night in finnish hardcore history! Extra lightning and smoke machines really worked well and I hope to see them in the future too. Incredible party, now time to hit the hay and chill down a bit first with Parralox's electropop.

Oh yeah, the easter thursday main artists were released and this is another one history in the making!!

Yup, you DID read right! Frontliner is back! He reaally rocked at Helzinki Hardstyle Festival in 2014 and I'm really thrilled to see him again! Neophyte need no introduction, now does he? Legend, one of the grand masters of hardcore, This will be another epic party thanks to Clublife!

Place Circus Salomonkatu 1-3 Near Kamppi Shopping centre
time 22-04
• Ticket sales starts on Sunday 17.01.16
• All ticket prices includes 2,5e service fees

★ Early Bird ticket 22,5e - limited amount !
★ Regular ticket 27,5e
★ VIP ticket 32,5e - limited amount !

Tickets can be bought from Ticket Master / Lippupalvelu http://www.lippupalvelu.fi/?language=en-us