I Love Kiksu was a very well organized and successful trance event – there aren’t too many of those these days. I was surprised how early the dance floor got crowded – I was expecting people to stay home longer after such a warm day, but it seems you can always trust trance fans ;)
Jokke started the night with 100% vinyl set, plenty of great oldish tracks and fresh releases. A great warmup from the guy who has been keeping the scene warm for god-knows-how-many years. It was great to get to play after him. After a couple of trys with pretty new tunes I decided to count on tracks with were a bit more familiar. Not surprisingly, a bit more technoish tracks like Boogie Nights and Surin remix didn’t go down too well, but I was happy of the reaction to the proggy and even houseish tracks like Mystify remix and Sweet Harmony re-make. It’s good to see that you don’t need 145bpm energy trance anymore in a trance event to push the spirit high and get the hands in the air. 127bpm and well fitting bassline will do just fine (Jaytech/Dinka, anyone? ;). DJ DNA finished the night well with his stage charisma and driving two hour trance set in a true I Love Kiksu stylé :)
Big thanks to Denis for the invitation and to Seppo and the whole crew for the great hosting. Below is the tracklist of the night.
DJ Orion @ I Love Kiksu 4th Birthday
Brothers and Sisters acapella
Oceanlab – Miracle (Fletch remix)
Serge Devant – Sweet Harmony (Jerome Isma-ae remix)
Dinka – Out of Bounds
Meck – So Strong (Dub)
Super8&Tab – Helsinki Scorchin’ (Michael Cassette remix)
Dennis Sheperd – Infinity
Shiloh & Marcus Zuhr – Boogie Nights
Quivver – Surin (Lutzenkirchen remix)
Gareth Emery – This Is That
Claes Rosen – Mystify (Dinka remix)
DJ Orkidea – Metaverse (Gareth Emery remix)
Joonas Hahmo – Cocktail Bar
Menno De Jong – Solid State feat. Re:Locate – Gareth Emery Remix
Kris Benton – Final Race (Flash Brothers remix)
Aalto – 5
Uriel – Horizon (Hydroid remix)
Tiesto – Urban Train
Carrie Skipper – Time Goes By (Super8 Deep mix)
Super8&Tab – Elektra
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