Bal En Blanc, 4/20, Montreal, Canada
Easter! Canada! White Party! Spring is here!!!!
In Bass We Trust went international for the first of several
trips abroad in 2014 over Easter Weekend. The city of Montreal was simply amazing
and we are planning to throw a party there in the near future. We arrived a few
days early to check out the city, meet some local club owners and chat with a
few notable local house DJ’s, like the amazing Ohm Hourani who originally hails
from Jordan. Check him out.
The venue, the Palais De Congress was gargantuan, featuring
three arena sized rooms, each on it’s own bigger than most event spaces. It
just so happened we made it for the twentieth anivarsary of the event. It’s
been going on a long time! The theme for this years festival, held yearly on
Easter Sunday was ‘Palace of Wonders’ and Alice in Wonderland the inspiration.
The building was decked out with Cheshire Cats, white rabbits, Mad Hatters,
giant smoking caterpillars, life sized playing cards and scantily clad dancing
Alice’s, Queen of Hearts. By the time we made it through the VIP lines and the Fulsom Prison-esque security screens, the place was already starting to fill
up and the opening acts were warmiong it up. Before the night was over, more than 15,000 people dressed, all in white, many
in creative costumes, would be passing through the doors.
The crowd was as massive as the building and by midnight nearly all three
arenas were packed to capacity. Luckily we had V.I.P. passes and were able to
walk freely to the fronts of all the stages as fast as we could walk, because
it would have been quite difficult to get anywhere close to several of the acts
otherwise. While we spent most of our time glued to the Carl Cox stage, but we
ventured in all three arenas to catch a little of all the acts.
One arena featured mostly trance music. Headliners on the
night were Adrew Rayel and New World Punx (Marcus Shulz & Ferry Corrsten).
Of the great acts in support was notably Giuseppe Ottovani who had a great set.
The arena we spent most of our time listening to amazing
house music was the Carl Cox and friends arena. The room opened with Monitor,
an amazing duo of underground minimal house producers who are from Montreal and
regularly headline at Stereo. Monitor was followed by Paskal Daze who was
equally impressive. Real house music in this arena; and Nic Fanciuli delivered
plenty of it. Carl came on to headline for several hours and the room closed
with the techno queen, Nicole Moudaber.
The main arena opened with Domeno followed by Paris &
Simo. As the crowd built, Dyro then Dannic got this up to a bouncing fever
pitch. We were happy to see so many of these acts for the first time, including
the next act Carnage. This man destroys. Decimates. Amazing. With the crowd
bouncing, the next act came on. The feature act for the show no doubt,
Hardwell. This youngster had the energy and charisma on display that garnered
him the spot as the #1 DJ in the world on display his entire set. Deep Dish
closed out the night and finished off any linger of hope to make it home to New
York without a long nap.
Some Songs Played:
Monitor & Paskal Daze
Several Times – Mind Against
Big Ben – Ilan Bluestone
The Green Machine – Phillip Bader
Changing Steps – Gel Abril
Finder – Ninetoes
Autum Vibes – Big Lolo
Nic Fanciulli
The Tide – Mark Fanciulli (Joris Voorn mix)
Everybody Be Somebody – Ruffneck (UK mix)
Pompeii – Bastille (Monsieur Adi mix)
Benediction – Hot Natured (Nic Fanciulli mix)
Roco Coco – David August
Carl Cox
Bang’t – Geeman
Wonderland – Chris Count
Infinity – Dennis Shperd
Got That Swing – Mr G
Dyro, Dannic & Carnage
Dirty Funkin Beats – Chuckie (Diamond Pistols mix)
Reload – Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin
Bounce Generation – TJR & Vinai
Dyro & Dannic
Go Down – Dyro
Make it Bun Dem – Skrillex & Damian Marley (Alvin Risk
mix)
Bang (The Underground Don’t Stop) - Garnier
Promises – Nero (Calvin Harris mix)
Synthemilk – Daddy’s Groove & Congorock
Now - King Britt & Astrid Suryanto (Sharam Crazi mix)
Adam Beyer
Say What – Gary Beck (Adam Beyer mix)
Hardwell
If I Lose Myself -
One Republic & Alesso (Alesso mix)
Ping Pong – Armin Van Buuren (Hardwell Mix)
Everybody is in the Place – Hardwell
Spaceman – Hardwell
Lose My Mind – Brennan Heart & Wildsylez
Deep Dish
Your Body – Mike Monday
Flashdance – Deep Dish
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