Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

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  • Homegrove
    Are you Kidding me??
    • Jun 2004
    • 2957

    Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

    Very self indulgent so beware:

    Arrived to Helsinki in the early afternoon still slightly hung over from Tim Davison's brilliant gig in Turku the night before. Quick bite to eat then had two parties to attend before going to Redrum where Nick was playing that night. Felt absolutely rude at both places for staying for so little a time.

    When we got to Redrum about an hour after it had opened there was already a short queue to get inside. Everybody was early tonight since there were no advance-tickets and it's a small, intimate basement club which holds about 300 people in my estimate. Could be wrong, I'm usually quite intoxicated there.

    Indoors, the first DJ of the night, Coma was on the decks, doing an absolutely brilliant job in delivering the warm up. Like the other two DJs on tonight he's also one of the people I looked up when starting messing with the decks myself, and still do. Josh Wink's Dolphin Smack sounded absolutely amazing.

    Which takes us nicely to the sound in Redrum. It's the only club in Finland with a Function One-system and people playing there usually take full advantage of the really beefy sound it provides.

    Orkidea came on next at midnight to do an hour. He kicked it up a notch with a bit more German influenced sound and got people nicely prepared for Nick Warren to start at 1 PM. I still think that that For What You Dream Of-remix is a pointless travesty though.

    Nick then kicked it off with Cr-78 - 2 Plus 1 Equals 24 and for the next two and half hours I remembered why I love progressive house. Pretty much perfect music, perfect programming and perfect mixing (the Babicz remix of Spaceman into Dundav's Sparkling Stars was especially inspiring). The man could also read a crowd... He seemed to be able to perfectly tune into the dance floor and take it just where it wanted to go.

    He finally ended the set with Thin White Duke's remix of the new Depeche Mode-tune, Wrong. I thought the ceiling was going to collapse at that track.

    Then naturally an encore was in order and for that he choce Joris Voorn's remix of Robert Babicz's Dark Flower. Tells something of that DM-track that it sounded a bit flat after it.

    Then it was a short walk to crash at my friend's apartment which felt long as it was absolutely freezing but I've rarely felt happier after leaving a club.

    More spotting from a Finnish-forum:
    Cr-78: 2 Plus 1 Equals 24
    Guy Gerber: Timing
    Bernie Blackman: Town Of Sorrow (Mic Newman Mix)
    Hideo Kobyashi: No Nothing
    Slam: Positive Education
    Delphic: Counterpoint (The Chain Mix)
    Way Out West: Spaceman (Robert Babicz Mix)
    Way Out West: We Love Machine
    Way Out West: Future Perfect
    Petar Dundov - Sparkling Stars
    Gui Boratto - No Turning Back
    Holden & Thompson: Nothing (Dub)
    Sabres Of Paradise: Smoke Belch II (? Remix)
    Depeche Mode: Wrong (Thin White Duke Mix)
    Robert Babicz: Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Mix)
    Sono - Take Control
    Radioslave - RJ

    A youtube of the encore:
    Forward thinking house music
  • floridaorange
    I'm merely a humble butler
    • Dec 2005
    • 29116

    #2
    Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

    "Perfect Music from Nick" well said and great review! Really anticipating his WMC set now : )

    It was fun while it lasted...

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    • coliver1980
      Platinum Poster
      • Aug 2008
      • 1862

      #3
      Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

      Sounds good mate. Looking at the footage, it's a very intimate venue.

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      • AntonyM
        DUDERZ get a life!!!
        • Oct 2004
        • 6415

        #4
        Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

        Nicky is so stellar dropping so many new and old tracks in his mixes, old school baby, Smoke Belch and Positive Education, look out.
        Originally posted by Shpira
        So came back last night...
        Sven Vath was amazing...he played a god damn killer set...ended up going to that and came to at like 10 am in some whore house in south Amsterdam...no idea how I ended up there...friday was a bit of a blur got really drunk and visited several parties can't remember a whole lot to be honest hehe...saturday was probably the best day that I recall...started up in the nearest coffee shop and going from party to party...beautiful woman, beer and weed...finished the night by taking some shrooms and listening to an amazing elke kleijn set...sunday...i met a nice girl who worked at one of the coffee shops and ended up talking to her for like 6 hours...was supposed to meet her at some DnB party...but instead went for a steak and walked around red light district bars drinking and smoking...monday took it easy went to a coffee shop and took a taxi to airport....

        All in all...I think I will be going back there some time soon
        Originally posted by Illuminate
        Let me get this straight.

        So white-middle class Americans have been told by their Television sets to be fearful of:

        1. Mexicans/Latinos from the South bringing drugs and killings n' shit.
        2. African Americans cause mos def they are raging a race war and want to occupy America like how the plebs occupied Wall St.
        3. Iranians/Afghans/Any one of middle eastern origin to be quite frank, cause you know Islam...
        4. North Koreans/Chinese cause you know everything...

        Am I close here?

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        • DIDI
          Aussie Pest
          • Nov 2004
          • 16844

          #5
          Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

          That is a nice taste of what to expect April 10 !!
          Originally posted by TheVrk
          it IS incredible isn't it??
          STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
          Simply does not get any better than Hernan
          The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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          • The One
            Addiction started
            • Jun 2004
            • 385

            #6
            Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

            Originally posted by AntonyM
            Nicky is so stellar dropping so many new and old tracks in his mixes, old school baby, Smoke Belch and Positive Education, look out.
            Classics revisited by way of new mixes..

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            • feather
              Shanghai ooompa loompa
              • Jul 2004
              • 20895

              #7
              Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

              Originally posted by Homegrove
              He finally ended the set with Thin White Duke's remix of the new Depeche Mode-tune, Wrong. I thought the ceiling was going to collapse at that track.

              Then naturally an encore was in order and for that he choce Joris Voorn's remix of Robert Babicz's Dark Flower. Tells something of that DM-track that it sounded a bit flat after it.
              Nice nice.

              [youtube]bTAEsbXf9Qw[/youtube]

              The middle of the track is wicked with those classic DM drums and Gahan's vocals coming in.

              i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

              Originally posted by Hoff
              a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
              Originally posted by m1sT3rL
              Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

              I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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              • Shpira
                Angry Boy Child
                • Oct 2006
                • 4969

                #8
                Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                I don't know I really felt he lost the plot lately...maybe I am wrong but he seemed to be recycling the same set for like 3 years...but from what I see no Yeke Yeke in this set
                The Idiots ARE Winning.


                "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
                Mark Twain

                SOBRIETY MIX

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                • i!!ustrious
                  I got some N64 Games Yo!!
                  • Mar 2008
                  • 12308

                  #9
                  Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                  ^ serious? the new wow content is proof he hasn't. yeah some of his more recent sets are okay imo, but overall they're all still top drawer. him and jody need to play together more often -- that would go off. reminiscing on their soma 2002 set, werd.


                  sweet review man, sounds like you had a great time.
                  (((( }-d|-__-|b-{ ))))

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                  • Shpira
                    Angry Boy Child
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 4969

                    #10
                    Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                    No don't get me wrong...he is a good dj nothing can change that... its just that I listened to him a couple of times and it was almost the same set...except for exit 2006 that was more like the wmc 2006 set than anything else (with the Martin Luther King vocal)
                    The Idiots ARE Winning.


                    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
                    Mark Twain

                    SOBRIETY MIX

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                    • feather
                      Shanghai ooompa loompa
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 20895

                      #11
                      Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                      When was the last set of his you heard?

                      i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

                      Originally posted by Hoff
                      a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
                      Originally posted by m1sT3rL
                      Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

                      I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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                      • sakio pod
                        SALAD TOSSER
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 6034

                        #12
                        Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                        after hearing digweed drop WRONG friday night can't wait to see nick this friday

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                        • ganjamo
                          Platinum Poster
                          • Jan 2006
                          • 1373

                          #13
                          Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                          Last time i saw nick was at GU:Lima and that was one of the best parties ive ever attended. Its a completely different experience when a DJ knows how to take the crowd on a journey, and not drop bombs like many of the current DJs that are around.
                          Dont panic, its organic.

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                          • sakio pod
                            SALAD TOSSER
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 6034

                            #14
                            Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                            just seen this...what a voice track

                            Gui Boratto - No Turning Back

                            man my buddy loves this track must sound sweet live

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                            • DIDI
                              Aussie Pest
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 16844

                              #15
                              Re: Review: Nick Warren in Helsinki 21.3.2009

                              Originally posted by ganjamo
                              Last time i saw nick was at GU:Lima and that was one of the best parties ive ever attended. Its a completely different experience when a DJ knows how to take the crowd on a journey, and not drop bombs like many of the current DJs that are around.
                              I so agree with you !!
                              Originally posted by TheVrk
                              it IS incredible isn't it??
                              STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
                              Simply does not get any better than Hernan
                              The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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