APEX 2006 Review

[Ree Fresh]

Another awsome gong show at APEX!

First off huge thanks yous to my helpers at the Ree-Fresh stage! Also huge props to all the DJ's I heard great things about ALL of you. Especialy Male Model Machine, Timeline, and Ollie "this is miami" OMG you boys were unbelievable. Too bad about the stage situation with Vision 1 and Soudfunction. Unfortently my stage was put in the wrong place, Sound funktion had to move back, and Vision 1 had to squeez in becase they had a horible issue with power and had to move in last minute. WTF having 3 stages facing each other barly 20 feet apart. All well theres always next year for improvments.

On a better note I give huge props to the stage with the drummer chick way up high and center. Crazy!

Slow DJ's, I had a great time hanging out at your stage. Had some wiked beats all night.
Rhiannon, so nice to finaly meet you. It's been 10 years since I met another Rhiannon <3
Ricco my new best friend, highlight of the party was walking around with the mega phone. Next year we wont have to share :p

Myles, glad you liked my mom. That was awsome lol.

PS: Everyeone please take note. Try not to pee on the cords. One guy nearly "destroyed the rave" doing that last night and the sound went out.

[MissMarz]

ok even tho i'm exhausted here go the shout outs....

rob, alje, mel, arash, amanda - wicked team work setting up stage etc.. without u it wouldnt have happened.

amanda - you are by far the queen of garage.. that set was fucking mint.

amaan - great seeing you, the morning set at LCU was just ridiculous, much luv.

nigel ray, sean g, kenny and rhia - you guys are da bomb, great talking to you last night. :)

agrodave - thanks for the shambala tips ;)

kristine and josh - sure you can catch a ride on the back of the van anytime ;)

skilla in the nilla, rizzo, rhiannon, veni and the rest of the slow djs, you guys were da bomb! everything about your stage was mint. thanks for the fuel.. thos RB's kept me going when nothing else (legal) seemed to do the trick.

shanzy - you're wicked lady, great seeing you too

ollie - my my my ... oh what a set! every fucking time you dont cease to amaze me my dear.. keep it up .

akeel - automatic! thats all i have to say.. fucking tight.

soms- great seeing u last night :) keep in touch

christian - you were waaay too smashed for your own good. nice seeing you ;) must flail more :) way to kick it

charlie - charlie charlie charlie - i have no words man... lol - u know i love u.. even if u shamed yourself. i'm jk ;)

stim j great finally talking to you. your words meant alot ;)

and ofcoarse lady dame - thank you soooo much for hyping up my crowd with me, that was waaay too much fun.. so hawt! many many kisses!

i really hope i didnt forget anyone, i'm much too tired from last night. special thank you to all the wonderful people bumpin to my set.. i honestly had an AMAZING TIME.. that was surreal.

ciao.

[SmokeOne]

Thanks again i can say it enough to all the soilders that stuck arround for my set..I was crasy nervous at the beginning..thanks to shepps for smoking that fatty with me to keep the nervs down. This was my first set that I have played in Van. And I am hoping to play more..I still got lots left..damn security cutting me off on my last track..TraiQ4 man thanks soo much for the support..and keeping the croud rockin till my set. Matty man thanks alot for hooking me up wiht sheps and taking all thoes pics.

If anyone has pics form my set can you please Pm me would be appreciated..I promis toi have my cd out for summerbreaks..so come check my stage out there(stage 7)

[MissMarz]

i was like half dead in the van .. but i heard your whole set dude, and i was impressed. i liked it. props :)

[MissMarz]

Originally Posted by narc

General Review of Apex: An over rated Outdoor Highschool Dance Party for the suburban locals.

bahahha

[B-Funk]

One more apex down the hatch. had a gret time just bombing around to all the stages. had a good time spinning, seemed like lots of people were feeling it.

some guy bangs into my friend when were walking and this guy starts swearing and he stares us down pretty good. so i say "woah easy there man" and next thing you know he runs right up behind me and starts asking "you fuckin say something huh tough guy" and i tell him "man i was just saying fucking chill out" then he shoves me and this guy is taller and built like a football player and he is all reved up getting in my face and i say "look i dont want a problem i was just saying chill out" and he turns around and walks off and so do we. but it kinda pissed me off for a while cuz after how many years of partying i've never had that happen before.

lost my cell phone too. that sucks. if anyone has it or knows of it... it is a grey RAZR. i really just want it cuz it had all my numbers in it.

other than that it was a wicked party. cant really think right now so perhaps i'll have more to say later. thanks to all who were at the leftcoast stage when i was playing. thanks Justin and Rio... do it all again next year :)

[justShell]

Originally Posted by narc

General Review of Apex: An over rated Outdoor Highschool Dance Party for the suburban locals.

couldn't agree more. now on to summerbreak....:)

[euro_raver]

Originally Posted by MStar

They were angel wings. :P
And prolly not many did, because someone pulled on them and broke them very early into apex.

ps: apex rocked! but now im sick cause i drank barely any water.

no.. i saw another that had them on till at least 4

[euro_raver]

whoever was selling the speed garage cd's
they kick ass

[BenGiovanni]

Next year I am bringing a cellphone charger to plug in at a stage... too many txts killed my phone...and thats crucial at Apex...especially with the amount of people there.

This years Apex was undoubtfully packed... more than ive seen it to date. But the stages... seemed like a low budget version of last years, too many recycled ideas with very insignificant changes added aside from the Shark Tent and some small details that some stages did (Different ways of setting up the dj booth, lighting positioning, dance floors etc.) Creativity was decent... allot of fabrics used to make the stages more vibrant with the lights. A decent amount of the stages had weak sound, but everyone still gave their 100%, I heard lots of stories about people getting ripped off for sound, but in the end bussines is bussines, first come first serve. LCU had a problem with the power... wrong adapter so the potential of their stage was brought down dramatically. Is it me or was the Raw Perspective stage the only renegade stage at Apex this year?

I was however impressed with security, the full force worked from the back evacuating the place... also doing quick searches along the way. It was soo funny seeing EVERYONE drop what theyre doing to go stash their booze... fucking funny.

The Vision1 stage was wicked, loud sound, small, got to the point, nicely decorated, you can harsh see the "Evolve" touch put to it. It was rockin all night. The diversity of the line up was great to see becuase I did notice this year "HOUSE" was the dominant genre. Id also like to menchion there was allot of great talent.. its about time I saw some new names, aswell as old ones.

As for shoutouts... my mind is a little fuzzy from the consumed booze and the effect it has on the liver...

Gia... "Hmmm..Im gonna style my hair, before we get there." *sticks head out window while driving*
Cody... Jager...didnt drink much of it, must eat more next time... especially for my fast metabolism.
Stef... GAT!
Kat...FUCK YOU... that seriously hurt.
Maggie... Great set, honestly.
Wyatt... "Dude man, take the mic away from him....like fuck...seriously!"
Aman... Dude! Miami is over there!
Jeff Daniels... Fuck I harsh owe you, next time ill bring a cell phone charger... finding people is impossible without a phone.
Shawn...thanks for having my drunk ass play on your stage... oh man I hate your american dj cd players.AHHH
Dean... what can I say, the VERY DRUNK MC.

[LastWerd]

so many people! Spent most the night telling people they can't set up tents right infront of our promo tent and can't set up tents streching straight across from the bushes to the main stage. People need to walk; geez!

The line seemed to be way better this year. I didn't wait in it but when I went to get a power cord from a friend in line; the line seemed better then last year.

Need more washrooms and bigger concession. That was nuts!
I can imagine how hard it is to plan an event for 10,000 people though.

Good times, things seemed to run pretty smooth. Good work guys!
I got a good night sleep and was one of the last groups to leave.

25 hours at APEX the a few hours at Cultus lake (first time ever being there).

Over all good weekend and our promo tent was a sucess. People wern't used to seeing a promo booth; they all wanted glow sticks! "That way ravers ->"

Looking forward to next year!

[rustybob]

After still basically no sleep, here's some thoughts:

-Vision1 stage was the best in my opinion. Great tunes and a great crowd all night.

-Sir Kutz ripped it up.

-Impact ripped it up.

-Ollie Ple ripped it up.

-Raw Perspective got the shaft on location. I think only once I found the entrance on the first try.

-I actually really liked the Slow DJs stage. Every time I went by there, they were always playing some really good tunes.

For those going to Shambhala, I'll see you there. For those that aren't, I've got plenty of good batteries, and a couple new memory cards for the cam, so there'll be plenty of pics from there.

[liquidblue]

Good Apex. The vibe was decent.

SOOOOOO many newbies there, gotta love it.

Vision1 Stage was excellent.

and I def agree, the line was muuuuch much better this year.

So yeah....

It was a rather uneventful night......

But the line up was infinately better. If you think you stood in line too long, buy a VIP ticket next year.

The porta potty incident was the bane of my night.

[Vitamin-X]

Good times..

Parked on the road in the "we don't want to go through the roadblock section".
Lineup was easy, Vip= ten people in line.

Can't beleive I ran into so many people I knew.
Most stages were rocking it.
It was hard finding the entrance stage during the night, I think I kept walking around in circles lol.

More washrooms, larger concession, more neon, more more more more :)
<--- Had fun

[Alex]

^ ya for the extra 20bucks VIP was def. worth it

[Vitamin-X]

^ Got my ticket late. So it was really only about 11 bucks more.

[NeVeRLooKBacK]

Originally Posted by Pussy*Kat

Dave: Hope your ok, i heard some things

DONT WORRY I AM ALIVE AND WELL!
I heard those lovely things too
3 phone calls this morning having people flip out
hahahahahaha! oh man... what a night
I must say it was definately a good way to end partying in BC
first party was apex and it was also my last and seeing how I am moving so very very soon I dont think I should be going out that often anymore
but thanks to everyone for a great night! sorry to have worried so many people I dont know where those stories came from

[b0ld]

what was the story?

[Webber]

first apex and i had a blast, i'll definitely being doing it again

thanks to anyone who helped me out - sending me to the right stage and such

[Vitamin-X]

Yeah, I had no idea what stage was which, I just kept following the tunes.

[Kandyapple]

Good apex but I totaly wish I was there a lot earlier. I was glad I already had a ticket when I got there, because I b-lined it right for the upgrading booth when I saw the line up.
Spent most of the night just wandering from stage to stage and then passed out in my tent for a good 3 hours. :p
Seemed like a good party but I didn't have a lot of jam so I didn't end up dancing very much. And wow it was cold.
I was bundled up in two sweaters. I'm looking at all the girls running around in their underware and thinking you girls are fucking NUTS!!!! lol

PS: did anyone happen to walk past the couple fighting and rolling aorund in the grass out by the cars in the morning. Yah that was our friends. lol

[BongMan]

Apex was good listened to some fine house music all night long. My party didn't really begin till the morning though, hahaha sun up gin and juice Patty.

[DJ Loki]

Oi so tired! I had a great time playing again despite what seemed to be extra drama and bullshit this year. Ah well. Big thanks to everyone who was rocking out when Centurion and I played from 3:30 to 5am on Mnemonic. Seeing you guys go nuts makes it all worthwhile imo... :D

Also everyone who was asking for CDs, sorry I was teh slack and didn't bring nearly enough with me but I'll hook y'all up with a free download instead. Check the link in my sig for more details!

Thanks again Canada, and can't wait for next year!

:D

[BongMan]

Also, to add sitting under a thermo bag with Ebbo (Dave) and my buddy Russel lookin at the stars while on some mushrooms was pretty damn cool.