The Guyvermentary - Guyver's first visit to NZ| "Question: What do you get when you mix up Guyver, 9 Lasers, UV Decor, 2 Live Acts, several hundred mad-for-it clubbers, 2 rooms and a bunny rabbit? Answer: The Launch of Tidy Trax New Zealand |  |
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The harder generation touched down last Friday (17th) in Auckland, a true rendition of what the future will bring and the NZ launch for Resonate 3. Gorgeous local lass Hoover Kitty kicked the night off setting the pace with fine hard trance that began to gather a crowd from the word go, whilst PhunkyDave span some funk in the second room for those who wanted a little more pace in the night so they weren't injected in the deep end. Speaking of the second room, the theme for the night was UV and the décor was that of a fluro space setting, much of which was 3D and shimmered between the small lasers. I spy with my little eye, something that resembled a spaceman with young Guyver's face on it.
Matt Camp then stormed the second room with some house beats which quickly evolved into euphoric trance. A gaze of amazement spread through the main room when the first of our live acts touched down, Leighton hit the wheels of steel whilst Ilfe performed live on the electric violin and ended some time later with a cracking rendition over 'Malice In Wonderland'.
 | As the clock stuck one, our international visitor and special guest Guyver took centre stage with a spectacular lighting laser display, we were literally struck from all corners and we all got ready to crank. Guy certainly let his fans know he was there, truly a wicked performer dropping anthems such as Black Spider's 'Save Your Life', 'Serious Sound' and much to the delight of the crowd his remix of Lab4 Candyman. |
Justin Sane followed pushing the tempo up one more notch with some fast, thick hard house which got everyone's temperatures rising with Rachael Auburn 'Satisfaction' and BK and LAB4's 'Final Chapter'. Changing rooms featured upcoming local heroes The Filterbrats who spread their weight across 4 turntables, 2 mixers, bongos and scratching, whilst Munta kept up the pace in the main room with a mixture of new and old classics. Did anyone else notice the appearance of the bunny rabbit shaking his tale and giving out plenty of bunny love? I know I got my photo.
Last performance in the second room came from the bouncy orange mohawk man known as Chelfyn, playing some phat acid techno which was finished early for our last act in the main room... There's only one way to finish a night like this and that's with local hero Taz, out of the frying pan and into the fire, we all charged hard for everything we had and right up to 6am it was still packed. The familiar cry of 'One more!' soon became a satisfying scream as the night wound up with the original Lab4 'Candyman' on none other than +8. My legs may never be the same again! A truly fantastic night, loads of give-aways and just hang on whilst I get my diary to reserve the date in advance for the next one."
Review by Justin Sane.Chelfyn and I had an awesome weekend. The
Tidy Trax NZ launch had top tunes, top production and a totally up for it crowd. I went to the aiport early in the day to film Guyver's arrival, and then he was whisked off to the record shops to sign things. After that it was off to the
UpFM madhouse for Jarra's drivetime show. Poor
Guyver patiently signed things and did interviews before he was released to his hotel for some sleep. The club filled up by midnight and it went off all night. The photos are up at
UpFM,
Hardhouse, and
Twisted and the feedback has been awesome.
On Saturday night
Kells had her nipple pierced live on air. I can't really remember much about today.
