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A Review of Nexus '96 is available
thanks to King Ron's Party Reviews and the Wayback Machine:
"This party was a much anticipated event as last year's
Nexus was quite the big party. This time it was a 3-day event with the pre-party on Nov. 8 at Oasis Nightclub, the after-party on Nov. 10 at Peoples Nightclub, and the main event on the 9th at the Old Strathcona Bus Barns. A huge line-up of over 30 DJs over the three nights were set to play [...] and
Calgary's very own Double D playing for the first time in Edmonton, as well as many Edmonton DJs.
"I arrived at midnight to be greeted with a massively long line-up which I was not too impressed with. But with
1400+(!) people in attendance, it should have been expected. When I finally got in, I scouted out the place. The main room was full of people happily dancing to
acid and trance. The sound was
noticeably loud (very nice!) and lighting was ok. What I thought was pretty original was that there were these
two inflated jumping castles you could climb into and bounce around in situated at the edges of the
huge dance floor. Pretty cool! As well, there was an area off to the side with a mat where the
breakdancers could show their stuff.
"I really liked the way that the
ambient room was set up. There were
mats and rugs on the floor so people could sit or lie down. There were also
couches, cribs, a wading pool filled with something, and even a bed. The atmosphere was very
peaceful with
candles all around, a
trippy oil suspension pattern projected on the wall, and the DJs spinning beautiful
ambient, trance, and jungle. Great set-up overall!
"The DJ line-up was greatly shuffled that night because of
technical problems in the 2nd room which was closed when I arrived. The main room was supposed to be the 'core' room and the 2nd room the 'progressive room,' but that got switched around. DJs such as Nav, Voytek, and Pascal who were slated to play in the 2nd room were moved to the main room. Nonetheless, I was sure that Double D would still play her set.
"Mostly I stayed in the ambient room relaxing and occasionally wandered over to the main room. I wanted to save my energy for Double D. At ~2:30, Pascal came on in the main room, so I headed over to the 2nd room which had just opened back up. Lo and behold, there was Double D starting things up cranking out some
glorious hardcore. I was starting to get really high off her set when suddenly at 3:05 the music went dead. I hung around hoping, praying that the technical problem would be fixed, but alas, at 4am the room was shut down for the rest of the night. Well, it was good while it lasted.
"I didn't stay much longer afterwards. It looked like Tryptomene spinning in the main room, but I didn't feel like dancing anymore. It just wasn't the same after experiencing Double D. I was an addict getting a powerful drug but was cut off before receiving a full dose and lesser drugs couldn't satisfy my hunger."
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Design By Sherridon @ VU.com / printing
Aristocraft Printing
Nov 9
Edmonton Alberta
35+ first class DJ’s take you on a journey to
Nexus
96
10330-84 ave
Old Strathcona Bus Barns
Sponsors
Gravity Pope
CJSR FM88
Funky Pickle
Two Guys With Pipes
Freshjive
Renford Inn On Whyte
Oasis Entertainment
Sunny Spoons Entertainment
Universal Dance Production (Nicky Delaedo)
Peoples Nightclub (10620 - 82 Avenue)
in asso. with…
(???)
presents
Nexus
96
Warm Up
fri nov 8
Cueball (Regina)(deadbeat pro.)
Kaustic (ED)
Newton (ED)
Slacks (ED)
Brainhaus (Devon (oracle café)
Feroshus (Calg.)
$4 Oasis Nightclub
11725b 101ave
Main Event
sat nov 9
9pm-10am
Old Strathcona Bus Barns 10330 84 ave
Core
Double D (Calgary) (house of unity)
Saen DJ (Montreal) (Shumba/ hush records)
Dekozee (Saskatoon) (TPC/PPM)
Edmonton’s Finest
Tryptomine
Code Red
Dragon
Cziolek
Fury
Progressive
Romans (Seattle) (cat in the hat)
Voytek (Montreal)
Pascal (Vancouver (XTC events)
Nav (Montreal) (harmony collective)
Edmonton’s Finest
Davey James
Spilt Milk
Sun. E Smiles
Rawz (dance factory)
Ambient Lounge
Sherridon (Calgary)
Edmonton’s Finest
UV23
CBC
Roel + Ariel
Rocky
Deepsky
DJ Sphere
Cyril
Sync
The Experiment
30lbs of Free candies
Jumping Castle + spaceship + sparklers
toys + break mats + liquid adrenalin + hemp station
pizza from the funky pickle
clean 30,000 sq ft venue
Hi IQ sound + lighting
Fashion Show at 10:30 by
Gravity Pope / Hair & Makeup by Propaganda
Tickets (afterhours discount)
$13 adv
$15 door
Glam Slam (Hub Mall UofA) (439-slam)
Gravity Pope (10442 82nd ave) (439-1637)
Sound Connection (10744-101st) (425 8721)
After Party
Sun 10th
9pm-6am
Ali (Vancouver) (sea 2 sky)
Vibes (Calgary)
DJ Me (Regina) (galaxy lounge)
Andy Pockett
Echo
Geoffrey J
Joy
$6
10620 82ave
People’s Night Club
24hr Info (403) 493-0068 259-Star
http://www.ualberta.ca/~stewartd/sunny/sunny.html
Gravity Pope
Freshjive
enter to win gravity pope gift package W/ purchase of Freshjive clothing!!!
package includes: 2 nexus tickets+ a Tribe Called Quest music pack+ Freshjive and Lush gear. Total value $400! offer end Nov.8
We would like to thank all those who have supported our parties for the last 4 years. We are sad to say that this will be our last main event in Edmonton. Always believe in the spirit of the underground and good luck in the future. P.L.U.R.
Nicky + Shelly
