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Riot! (Hard Dance Awards Launch Party), 30th November 2003 Reported by Olly Perris / Submitted 01-12-03 15:23 Another month, another Riot!, and without our fix earlier this month, us Riot! inclined people were all gagging to get bouncing and stomping to the hard house beats once more, provided on this very fine occasion by Danny Gilligan, Snake, Ed Real, BK & Lisa Lashes.. Now I'm not sure if the word of Riot! is getting around as fast as an Australian bush fire, but for some reason the Riot faithful packed The End extremely early at this event. By 5pm, the main dancefloor was rammed and the bar/funky room even more so! It seems that people simply couldn't wait to burst through the doors and get down to some serious stompage! I know I was one of those people, and as soon as I hit the dancefloor, Danny Gilligan graced us with some of the hardest warm-up beats likely to be heard anywhere. As a warm-up DJ for this event, Danny always plays an utter blinder and he really got the crowd going. As mentioned on the forums already, it seems like people had 500% more energy & bounce, as everyone was really getting fully into the party mood really early on! Danny's set comprised of some of the biggest tunes of the hour, such as the gigantic OD404 remix of Tara Reynolds' "Mercy" on Tidy Trax - a tune so hard, it almost forces us to fall to our knees and pray, as the tune demands!! Danny also included some classics such as Sentience & Farley's "Checkmate", BK & McCaffer "Gonna F*ck You Up" and perhaps the tune of the year, the obligatory DK "Murder Was The Bass". Danny then handed over to Snake, someone who I'd never seen before, but boy oh boy was I impressed!! After speaking to the people I went to Riot! with this time, as well as some others, we all agreed that Snake's set was the best of the night! The tunes flowed early, with such stompers as BK's "Please F*ck Me" and some other old skool Nukleuz classics bringing the dance floor to the point of no return. But then everyone on the dancefloor spontaneously combusted (metaphorically at least!) to the euphoria caused by the dropping of K90's "Red Snapper". Now we all know this is a tune, but when played right it can cause near-death like effects!! Snake dropped the tune at exactly the right time - Just as the dancefloor was almost full, and when people still had the energy to bounce like no tomorrow. It caused dancefloor devestation beyond belief and typified the Riot! atmosphere - euphoric, happy, and down-right bouncy!! Snake worked his way through harder tunes such as Defective Audio's massive "Bomb Style" and the timeless James Lawson "Energize" (a tune which still gets a massive cheer) before handing the reins over to a very-frantic Ed Real, who seemed to be working at hyperspeed! Ed's set was fast and furious and then some, working seamlessly through massive tunes like Paul Glazby's "Get Down", Defective Audio's future anthem "Decimal Dust" and, er, some trancey tune called "Durban Poison" One of Ed's specialties is he really knows how to hype a crowd and through endless clapping and cheering, Ed managed to get a huge response from the Riot! congregation. But he also managed to get people laughing too...how? by dropping perhaps one of the funniest tunes ever made, "One Night In Hackney" - if any techno purists are reading this, you'll be aware of the huge anthem The Horrorist "One Night In NYC" - well this tune is somewhat of a p*sstake! - instead of an angry man demanding "I f*cked her all night long", we get some random demanding "I stayed there til monday morning!" before the acid squeals come in to take our heads off - perhaps one of the standout moments from the night!! Ed then handed over to a freshly-mohawked BK, who got down and dirty immediately, gracing the crowd with future anthems by Defective Audio, Dave The Drummer/Andy Farley and a MASSIVE new re-working of the Pants & Corset remix of Jonah "Sst Listen", one of the genuine classics of hard house still played loads today - the reaction was deafening, every single person had their hands aloft and the tune seriously did demand one hell of a big stomp!! Unfortunately after this, I had to go because of the lack of trains (due to those bloody engineering works again, *grr*) so I missed the mighty Lisa Lashes, but I'm sure the forums will tell the story!! Riot! comes up with the goods once more and provides yet another wicked event!! Until next time.. (ps: Thanx to gurngirl and Amy&Anders for the photos! ) Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By Olly Perris: Addiction @ Hidden preview: interview with Sean Tyas Interview with Ian H & Matt B of Momentum Interview with Pierre Pienaar aka P.H.A.T.T. From a young gun to an industry lion: Heat/HF Xmas Payback(2back) Party preview with Spencer Freeland Party techno, party music, party animal! The lowdown on hard dance’s newest prodigy, Jamie Taylor The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: gUrngUrl on 1st Dec 2003 22:51.09 Cool review... Lashes played a blinder - prob best set this year! I was just starting to GROWL grumpily that some bod had pilfered my pics without asking! lol Nice one for the creds at the end :P From: cd on 2nd Dec 2003 07:13.59 Great review olly - accurate in all respects, its a shame that snake is leaving us this week as he has really started to come into his own over the past few of months with great sets at HHA, Heat & Riot - a huge loss to the london HD scene! From: Kevin Wilding on 2nd Dec 2003 12:14.42 Spot on review! Enjoyed it from start to finsh, not one bad tune dropped! Bring on the 21st!!!!! From: fire club on 2nd Dec 2003 15:51.37 I don't mind like but I'm sure that first lazer pic is TWIST? From: Lashed-Up on 2nd Dec 2003 18:07.59 Fantastic review Olly and what a fantastic night as always, Riot! never fails to impress! Bring on the 21st, i'm sure the End is gonna rock from start to finish for a Christmas Riot! - never to be forgotten!! Stu x From: gUrngUrl on 2nd Dec 2003 18:44.12 Yeah that lazer pic is Twist! : From: Bosch on 2nd Dec 2003 23:42.35 Once again, Harderfaster reviews appear to be anti-Lashes. As the reviewer pointed out, Riot on this day was particularly busier than usual. One reason why - because the mighty Lashes was playing and the London scence wanted a bit of it :-) From: gravitational pull on 5th Dec 2003 16:48.10 You know I thought Lashes did alright... An enjoyable riot to be sure.. From: sweet_kelly on 15th Dec 2003 09:58.42 I am so, so sorry I wasn't there. But, anyway, u know I love u guys. and hugs for Ed and Nolan. See u guys soon.

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