Over The Edge

UNBC’s Official Student Newspaper

Volume 6 - Issue 9 Feb 07, 2000

By Dana Schwehr

On January 29, 2000,
Vinylution Promotions of
Prince George hosted Eon
Sunrise 2000, the first big
rave of the New Year at the
Roll-A-Dome. They brought
Victoria’s DJ Yoseff up to
share his style of progressive
house and trance with the
ravers of Prince George, and
he had the crowd dancing full
out.

Yoseff is a resident of Lush
on Saturdays at the Limit in
Victoria, where he spins with
Mason and Brent
Carmichael. Because he has

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two DJs to cover for him in
Victoria, Yoseff can also have
his residency in Toronto, spin-
ning one Friday a month at
The Spincat. This suits Yoseff
perfectly. “You either turn in to
a club DJ, or you travel; and
I'm lucky, | get to do both.”
Yoseff’s brand of house has
also entertained protesters in
front of the Victoria
Legislative buildings, as well
as at several outdoor parties
that Etheric Link Productions
has helped put together. He
helped start the idea of out-
door raves to keep the scene
interesting. “In larger scenes,

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you have to keep reinventing
yourself in order to keep it
fun. You know, keep reinvent-
ing your music, the decor, the
location.” The outdoor parties
thrown in the rainforest are an

effort to keep the rave scene ,

on the Island interesting.
The situation in Prince
George is different, however.
The scene is new enough
that bringing a DJ from
Victoria or Toronto is a new
and exciting experience. The
people are open-minded, and
they go to a party expecting
just to have fun. Eon Sunrise
was no exception to the rule.
Opening up the event was
DJ Coal, with his trance and
house set, which got the
crowd ready for DJ Heipers
full on breaks. Monte
Marten’s hard house and pro-
gressive trance set brought
the energy of the crowd to
new heights, and set the
mood perfectly for Yoseff’s
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Yoseff was true to his main
ethic of taking his listeners on
a journey. Like John
Digweed, who is known as an
excellent storyteller, Yoseff
brought the people to a zone.
His three hour set of progres-
sive trance and some pro-
gressive house kept the party
going until 5:00 in the morn-
ing, when DJ Fever B took
over. Fever’s -breaks, hard
house, and _ progressive
trance allowed the crowd to

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mellow out for a while, and
then he started to duel with
DJ Weasel, which brought
the energy level back up.
Weasel finished off the night
with drum and bass, breaks,
and some scratching.

Some people in Prince
George are starting to worry
that the rave scene is starting
to become mainstream. They
are attracted to the fact that

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Victoria’s Dj Yoseff gets the crowd dancing @ Eon Sunrise
2000

so far it has been an under-
ground movement. However,
it has been mainstream in
Europe for about eight years.
According to Yoseff, “I think,
that people in North America
need to get a dose of reality,
and stop worrying about
whether or not it’s main-
stream, and start worrying if
its good”