Entering Home nightclub, I succinctly noticed the sparse crowd which differed from previous years. The all engulfing Q-dance train that had the city in its grip over at the Hordern Pavilion had indeed taken its toll on punter numbers, on what I (and many others) would class as one of the most enduring annual club night spectaculars over the past couple of years. With one of the best (if not THE best) local line-ups in hard dance in Australia, Sublime again offered the opportunity for hard dance music lovers to relive some of their favourite tracks played by some of their favourite DJs which had made a real impact over the last couple of years. And even though it was sporting more of a smallish crowd than usual, the eclectic vibe of the night still left a sweet taste in the mouth and in the ears of the dedicated punters.
Some of the most memorable moments included Pee Wee Ferris mixing Delirium’s Silence into Underworld’s Born Slippy, which were always going to be the main highlights of the night. Those tracks that had tattooed their familiar sounds in many punters’ minds had resurfaced, and had been channeled through the strong and intense sound system that spread the abundant amount of bass throughout the main room of Voodoo.
Jumping Jack has long been one of the most famous and respected local DJs within the trance genre, and with every set it’s easy to see why. He embraced the crowd with a well-balanced set of vocal and driving trance. With beautiful break downs and driving rhythms, Jumping Jack once again took the Sublime crowd on one of his awe-inspiring journeys that consisted of tracks like Ridgewalkers feat. El – Find (Andy Moor remix), equivalent to those great sets which have seen him support some of the biggest names in trance including Ferry Corsten and Paul Van Dyk.
The two leading ladies of hard dance in Australia, Bexta and Amber Savage went back to back with many popular anthems from the likes of Scot Project, Marcel Woods and Cosmic Gate. It was a set that allowed me to reminisce on the calibre of tracks that saw hard trance as one of the most popular genres of music a couple of years ago. Lastly, even though the upstairs levels of Home was cordoned off for most of the night, I also had managed to catch a glimpse of Sydney’s lady of House music Kate Monroe who proved to be very fruitful and once again a pleasant change of pace, but it wasn’t for long as I headed back downstairs to hear Archie, Matrix and Shadower also play some more classic hard dance tracks from each of their record collections.
Sublime Easter Rewind, even without the same explosive atmosphere from previous years, was still a great night showcasing the best of trance and hard dance music from the last couple of years, combined with one of the best DJ lineups you can find in Australia.
DJ DIsarray says...
a lil quieter than usual but still great!!!!!!!!!!!