[damon]

7:00pm and still no reviews? Wtf?

PS. I had a dream this party got busted. For realz  ::)

[acidity]

BEST MOP PARTY EVER. Period.

Review later as I recover from the assault by Ooze, Facehead, Konflux and Ctrl+Alt+Del.

[damon]

BEST MOP PARTY EVER. Period.

That's obvious  😉

I want moar.  8) especially when my sinuses are killing me  >:(

[Sudo Make Install]

the only thing busted is me. Holy crap I am sore. Probably no real reviews yet because everyone is still recovering.  It was a stompin' throwdown for sure.

[Ascension]

WOW, what a freakin awesome party.  I first want to say thank you to Mindoutpsyde for this amazing experience, you guys have been constantly raising the bar and outdoing yourselves and everyone's expectations.  It was great to get to help setup and see the full transformation of the venue.  All of the deco was awesome, loved the chill altar, strings about looked sweet in the blacklight, raindrops everywhere and those amazing MOP banners!  One thing I noticed and was really excited about was the number of people that came “early” (before 10 or 11pm), great to see the come early, stay late mentality spreading.  Konflux seemed pretty impressed at the number of people that were still going in the morning.  It was great to finally meet some people I've seen at parties, but never introduced myself to- Scatter, Geal, Chris, Paradigm.  I also had a great time chatting with Facehead about music and actually suggested he pick up an album he didn't have yet (Penta-Portuguese Abduction) since his set had a lot of similarities to that style of dark psy, but just not as fast.  I was also seriously impressed to see him helping out cleanup!  One of the headliners walking around with a trash bag!  No where else would this happen but in the family we call the psytrance scene.

DJs in both rooms from start to finish were ON FIRE!  I'll start by saying how awesome it was to see the chill room fully on and apreciated all throughout the night.  Great music and vibes the whole time.  I only caught parts of people's sets, but they all sounded good.  Props to Terry (PSI Fu) on his first performance, sounded great!

The main stage was just amazing.  Trevor and Phil were rockin the opening set- loved that unreleased Meta track.  Chris played some awesome, energetic music that really kept the vibe going.  Nick threw down a shroud of nasty darkness- I need to get more albums that you have cause I love every one of them!  Scott and Igor continue to created ridiculously awesome live sets.  Such high energy and perfect flow.  I love the techy/energetic feel that you stacked on a wave of dark basslines, it was like an acid techno and dark psy fusion-so cool!  Facehead tore everyone up!  I was soooo proud of everyone for being able to keep up with his high bpm onslaught!  So many good dark and twisted sounds were played and mixed together with unbelievable precision.  I loved the blend of pumping basslines with an array of sweeping sounds and unpredictable eery noises.  Konflux threw down a great set as well that flowed perfectly.  Ctrl:Alt:Del- freakin wow man!  Not only did he throw down an amazing set with an awesome progression, but he had so much energy on stage it was infecting everyone dancing.  His set was a relentless attack of energetic tracks.  I can't even put it into words, but there was just such an amazing amount of energy flowing through the speakers that got everyone goan!  Paradigm and Airyck played an awesome morning set.  It was great to see you guys keep the energy level high even in the morning.  It was a refreshing burst of wonderful music, uplifting and powerful!

Thanks again Mindoutpsyde, everyone that helped setup and tear down and everyone who brought their energy and positive vibes to the party!  I can't wait for the next one!

Liza, I hope you had a great time at the party, despite being sick.  It was a good one to end on and I am sooo sad to see you go.  I wish you the best of luck in Russia and you should definitely look into the psy scene there (if there is one).  I feel blessed to know you and am glad you found our scene before you had to go, your energy and positive vibes flowed throughout and affected everyone such a good way.  I will miss seeing you up front by the speakers, dancing from start to end.

[paradigm]

well heres the review from the cynics corner….

Actually it was a great party, and aside from a few things ill bring up, certainly MOPs best. Very professional, not just a bunch of kids doing it anymore but a pro crew doing it right. The new Mindoutpsyde banners are awsome and add a real touch of legitmacy to it all. The dancefloor was jumping thick all night long, the vibe was fantastic and i had alot of chats with people both new and ones that ive only been aware of but not really talked to.

Musically all the lives were great. I only caught Oozes 1st track, but it was really good. They actually have a morninng-ish track with a  virus synth and screaming 303 in it…. Nice.
Facehead was awsome, really high speed fast night music. But unlike every other night producer that makes 160 bpm plus music, Facehead doesnt cram it full of too many sounds and go overboard with glitch work.His stuff was very minimal which let it be that fast with out being too over the top. It was really a good balance,
and normally im not into anything above 150.
Konflux's music has developed tremendously since i last heard him. Very thick, chunky non-dark night time music. Great rumbling basslines. Total “brown note” stuff as Igor pointed out.
Crtl Alt Dlt, wow… great performance, amazing freaking music…… i want to play some of this guys tracks. He sure threw down, and had alot of fun doing it.

Now as for the critical stuff. I wont delve into the details of the bullshit that went down with the man. Im sure most everyone in attendance was aware of it, but ill leave that for the orgs to divulge what they want to regarding it. Its their business so ill leave that to them. Just needless to say it resulted in a last minute change of lineup for the last set, and had me playing a tag set along with Ayrick.

Now that was fun, his and my styles really seem to mesh well, and dancing around together on stage decked out in Xcience shirts was great, hope to do that again and represent the crew proper like.

However, and this goes for both rooms. Both sets of cdjs were really bad, and not a single dj that wasnt on a laptop gave a good performance. The tunes might have been great but the dj mixing was terrible all night. Thru no fault of the dj's themselves but thru equipment.
On the main stage, one of the decks would never line up and would either jump forward or backwards. Collsion, Aktif Ayrick and myself all struggled to land a clean mix all night long. Now im glad the crowd enjoyed it none-the-less, and didnt really care, and really when the vibe is that thick no one does, but im so hyper critical of myself, that well ……. well my ego wont let me not say anything.

As for the 2nd room, I think i was the only prog dj,not on a lap-top. Might have  missed one but not sure.
Anywas though as Machi has stated before, while Stantons might work ok for full on (and they do, ive played a few ok sets on em before) but for prog which require much more precise pitch setting and control they do not. My set was terrible. However again the tracks i guess made up for it, and i had the 2nd room packed. I thank everyone that enjoyed it and danced anyways, and sufferd thru a hour and a bit of sneakers tumbling in a dryer.

So in final, great job guys, you just keep raising the bar everytime, great choice on live acts for sure. Well balanced thought out lineup,… but next time please….
Pioneers only…..
and do some test mixes on the equipment the night before….

[Ascension]

Yeah I noticed that too Paradigm.  I was REALLY suprised to hear everyone who wasn't on a laptop miss a beat match on a few occasions through their sets.  I was wondering if it was equipment too since some people looked at the stuff like wtf happened when they'd hear it double beat.  Most people recovered fast enough and at least didn't swap basslines when it was mismatched too bad.

The decks on the main stage were Abe's which I know he traded for like 6 months ago and one stanton was nick's and the other was someone elses.  I know that some people can only mix with vinyl control so it's hard to get 2 pairs of 800s.

[Sudo Make Install]

I always tell DJs to bring their own equipment as a backup in case situations like that happen.  Unless you are bringing your own equipment, its ALWAYS a gamble. 

[HARDKORNATE]

I always tell DJs to bring their own equipment as a backup in case situations like that happen.  Unless you are bringing your own equipment, its ALWAYS a gamble. 

It costs $75 to rent a pair of CDJ-1000's and an 800. It's worth it.

FACEHEAD. WOW. Definitely the best psy set I've ever heard. We're definitely bringing him to Minneapolis soon.

Ctrl-alt-del was REALLY good as well. All of us can learn from him on the stage presence thing. This dude will go far.

Thanks for an awesome night MOP.

[acidity]

Finally recovered to write a review though my body is still sore. Let me start off by saying: WHAT A CRAZY PARTY!!!! The energy was so relentless that I came back from the party and had to put on my iPod and dance alone in my bedroom till 1PM on Sunday. YES, it was so CRAZY!

So ladies and gentlemen, let me put down my views on the unrelentless all out no holds barred assault called RAINDANCE!

Deco
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With no prevailing confusion over venue like Tribe Connection, we were able to put all our energy in setting up the place and wow what a result. It was fun throwing down the strings randomly to make the design. Raindrops were crazy and Energons and Carli's altar in the chil stage – AMAZING! The two big MoP banners were icing on the cake. Loved when I saw that everybody was involved from 4PM in setting up the place. Great to see so much energy being put in making the whole experience extra special. Special props to Carli, Enbergon, Blake, Mallory, Ravuah, Alan, Jason and everybody else if I missed your name.

Music
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I dont know where to start. Our best lineup ever. Everybody complemented each other in perfect way. Relentless music with fat basslines allowing nobody to stand for a moment. The crowd replied back by dancing it all night and not giving up.

Due to some technical problems, music started at around 7:30. What a groovy opening set by Scatter and Alien Audience. Was only able to hear it in breaks as I had to be in the front gate but loved whatever I heard. It was so great to hear one my current fav track – Total Control by Braincell. Made me smile like a mad-man. Heard first half of Collison set and loved it. Had to miss Aktif and Ooze set as I had to help Ctrl+Alt+Del freshen up.

Facehead – WOW! Have heard him before but this one was extra special. Not dark and edgy as I was expecting but completely groovy with that extra fat punch. Great set dude.

Konflux – Missed his set in Gemini last year (as I was sleeping…..haha…yes, I was sleeping). No was was going to miss this time and man, was I up for a treat. Pure organic sound. One of the best nighttime music I have heard. Danced my ass out.

Ctrl+Alt+Del – Needless to say but it was the best set of the party for me. Unrelenting power from start to end with tracks after tracks keeping up the tempo and natural full power progression. Great energy behind the decks like a mad-man. Forced everybody to dance extra hard to appreciate what he was throwing down. Loved his produced tracks at the beginning and end. Great stuff and looking forward to more tracks from you buddy. Always wanted to show the mid-west crowd how we do it back in India and boy did he IMPRESSED! Personally, I love it when DJs dont do too much effects on the CDjs and just let the tracks play as it is.

Had to miss the morning set (or rather was not in a mood to dance) due to the sad incident. Too bad it was such a great dampener as I was looking forward to the morning.

I was able to hear for 15 minutes each of Paradigm and Anand's set and loved it whatever I heard. Paradigm was spot on with his progressive tracks. Was amazed to see so many people dancing in the chill room. Anand with his Goa tunes, killer scenes!

Crowd
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OMFG!!! Atleast 250+ attendees and I have never seen so new faces before. But they were no newcomers in any sense. Both the rooms were packed from start to end. I was really surprised to see such a balanced numbers in both the rooms. Guess people just loved music in both the rooms and I believe there was something for everybody throughout the night. Everybody showed their most respect for the venue. Great to see everybody being so responsible. Three cheers to you!

Did I mention about the energy shown by everybody? 🙂 Man, WOW! Dancefloor was packed from start to end. AMAZING – that is all I have to say. Bunch of my friends from University and came for their first psy party and when they left – WOW was just the word on their lips.

Great props to Abe, Nick, Chris to get this party down. I am so proud that I have been with associated with such a great group. Love you all. Was great seeing you all. Geal, Scatter, Anita, Nate, Mosser, Katie, Jessica, Naveen, Anand, Blake, Mallory, Rachel, Jillian, Rick, Airyck, Trevor, Facehead, Konflux, Scott, Igor, Ravuah, Vishaal, Jason, Josh, Amanda, Uday, Arvind, Delna, Liza, Leo and many many many many more!

All in all…..another satisfying weekend! Love you all…

BTW, Facehead – you are awesome. It was so great to see a headliner helping out in cleaning and as Ascension said, its only in our psy scene that you will see this thing happeneing. Props to you brother.

[psilopsyben]

wow I'm still tired.  I had an awesome time.  Thanx guys.  I loved most of the music.  Facehead blew my mind.  There were some sounds in his live pa that I didn't even think were possible.  wow.  I can't wait to see him again at MEMF.  He's lookin forward to seein me hit 250 bpm there as well.  🙂  I'm sure I had a fun time mixing, (I don't remember it at all for some reason;) ) as I got some great reviews, and I always mix better when I'm havin fun.  Very profesionally done party.  It sux about the man comin down, but hey, I come from the old school rave scene, and one arrest at a party is nothing.  You live, you learn, you get your shit taken care of.

[Blaize224]

Wonderful experience, great energy!

There were many, many awesome sets rockin' the hall of fame all night long. Usually I'll find myself in the chill room for some of the harder sets, but I just couldn't pull myself away from the wall of speakers. I had a lot of fun dancing most of the night and didn't take much time to sit and chat~ thanks to all the dj's and dancers for keeping the high energy all through the night. I always love to see other people really let loose on the dance floor ~ It's like seeing their happiness and joy take physical form  😀

I think that the highlight of my night was the combination of listening to, and WATCHING CTRL:ALT:DEL perform  😮 So much of his intensity came from his stage presence, thanks MoP for introducing me to such a great artist.

I was very impressed by how many people helped in set-up and break-down. I've been to events where it takes hours to get this stuff done. With so many hands helping out it only took a fraction of that time. It was great not feeling exhausted by the time the party was just getting started. Thank you to everyone who helped contribute to the alter in the chill room, all of the additions added much character to the piece. Big thanks to Cory for giving us the geode and waterfall to add to our collection!

It was great to see everyone enjoying the atmosphere. I was so caught up in the excitement I barley took any pictures . . . anyone have any to share?? 

[cosmicvibrations]

this was an AMAZING event for me, though a few strange things happened with people i had told to come, & other little things like that. i was still glad to be even slightly involved with this party.

the music was the best i've heard at a psy event – cntrl+alt+del was by far my favorite. some of his set almost sounded like dark, yet funky goa. also really dug paradigm, psilocyben's & cybershaman's sets in the chill room.

really dug the deco, good job on that guys. :]

i was really looking forward to the morning set, but i have to admit, i was also in no mood for dancing.  :-

as always, great meeting more wonderful people! love to all.

<3
leo

[PookztA]

WOW! I knew this one was goin to be amazing based on the verbal support and energy we were receiving from people, but WHO COULDA SEEN THIS COMING!?

1st off, ATTENDANCE

We definitely saw at least 250 through the door, not counting people that came early to set up and help out. What was so awesome, is the amount of NEW FACES we saw. Ritesh said that no one was a “dance floor noobie,” meaning that even the NEW FACES stuck around til the bitter end, stomping their hearts out! So many college kids came out, got sucked in, and were pro-stompers by the end of the night. 

As for out of state attendance, i was very pleased… although we were obviously missing some very essential, very energetic people from the more mature side of the scene. Missed Robyo, Damon, Pauldo, Jeff Benner, Roboto, and others… its alright though, because the next one at this place will be EVEN BETTER, just you wait! 😉

2nd off, MUSIC

WOW WOW WOW, all sets went well beyond my expectations, even more so for the out-of-state sets! Trevor and Scatter flowed very well together, bringing goa-like melodies on top of energetic, groovy beats. Very good to get the vibe going, even with the half hour delay, perfect track selection to pull people in to the trance! Chris and Nick threw it down as usual, glad to see my boys still investing lots of time into planning and practicing their sets, and executing on point! The Ooze gets better everytime, im not sure how it is since they arent constantly presenting new material, but the way they introduce their sets, arrange their tracks, execute the mixes, and get the crowd into it, is unbelievable everytime. The name fits the act, you guys are truly PRIMORDIAL OOZE! Facehead blew me away, had NO IDEA he was busting out high BPM stuff! expected slower, more crunchy stuff, but got fast, high energy, super crunchy electronica! Konflux was great, hadnt heard him before, so it was awesome to hear him lay it down. Deep, Deep bass, and some bass lines were broken up which was a nice change of pace. Felt dark, but friendly, even proggy at some points, which was awesome! CTRL+ALT+DEL, OH MY LORD. This man is an INDIAN MASTER! It was like a dark wizard casting spells and sending energy out every extremity of his body. What a great experience, what a great artist, what a great performer! We have GOT to bring him back! BOOM!

Gnomes of Destruction: very pretty stuff guys, very melodic, groovy, bass heavy progressive.  I expected more destructive type music, but im glad you went with what you did because you got that crowd moving! At points, we had both stages packed with dancers! CyberShaman also laid down an extra special set, his last for a while at MOP events since hes moving to CA, and it was thick and juicy with breakbeat BASS. PSI FU tore it up, did not expect that quality of mixing for his first time out here! Paradigm had excellent track selection, and people were dancing pretty consistently throughout his set. Anand did a great job of mellowing out the crowd with great, spiritual-inducing ambient / downtempo tracks. bTsunami also has a really cool style, I can feel his prog trance influences through his music, very awesome stuff.

3rdly, Miscellaneous

Setup was amazing, a collaboration of so many people from Iowa and out-of-state! People coming together to create string art, hang rain drops, stack speakers, hang tapestries, create altars, etc.! Special thanks to Derrik and Carli for providing so much extra black light, and for creating that magnificent, detailed altar in the chill room! Awesome!
Clean up went amazing, from what I hear, so many people helped clean! Thanks to everyone for sticking around til the end and making things go quickly 🙂

As for my arrest: My arrest was unrelated to our events in anyway. During the Summer of 2006, I had a minor legal offense, which I thought had been cleared. Unfortunately, I was wrong, and unknowingly, I have had an arrest warrant out since then… nearly 2 years ago!!! Upon greeting the police at 5:30am when they stopped by to check on the event, I proceeded to go outside to talk with them a bit. I gave them my background information, which was ran through the system. My warrant came up, and I was arrested immediately. It sucks I was never officially contacted by the police regarding the August 2006 warrant, I have been living in the same residence for over 2.5 years now, and had they ever cared to find me, they could have sent me a letter asking me to turn myself in… LOL. This was simply horrible timing, as the police discovered my warrant approximately 15 minutes before I was supposed to tag. Sincere apologies for all that had anticipated my and Airyck's tag, and that danced / partied any less due to the incident.  I promise I will make it up to you someday!

We will surely keep it Goan folks, so thank you for your support, and please keep bringing your awesome energies to Iowa!

BOOM!

Abrahm

[Robyo]

I am bummed that I missed raindance! My ride bailed on me at the last minute.

However, I did record a mix in tribute and hope to have it posted soon!  😉

@Abe: Never have I heard it that the cops notify a person when they have a warrent for them. Sure, it would be nice, but they prefer to just wait till you get stopped for something and then: double whammy! Sorry to hear about your altercation, bro. Hope it works out!

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