Chicks That Mix / Resident Evol.

By Dana Schwehr

The first party of the 2001-
2002 school year was a joint
production put on_ by
Vinylution Gatherings and
China White Productions, on
September 8, 2001. In fact,
this was the first party in the
seven-year history of Prince
George’s rave scene to be
hosted by two different pro-
duction companies. Despite
this fact, it was an extremely
well organized event, with
three different stages and
eighteen DJs, showcasing a
multitude of different tech-
niques and types of music.

Chicks that Mix was the
mainstage, featuring Prince
George’s female talent, as

well as the headliner of the
event, Vancouver’s Miss
Innocent. Miss Innocent has
been entertaining crowds
with her brand of techno, acid
and hard trance since 1998,
and has rocked the stage in
places such as New York,
Ottawa, Orlando, Calgary,
and Edmonton, as well as her
native Vancouver. Saturday
night was no exception, and
she had the crowd dancing all
through her two hour set.
Also making an appearance
was DJ Trancexual, a.k.a.
Scotty Oh, from Vancouver's
D’oh Boy Productions. Clad
in a dress to fit in with the rest
of the crowd that played the
mainstage, Trancexual threw

crowd wild. Of course, the
night would not have been
complete without the local
female talent assembled.
Jellyfish Production’s
Catastrophe threw’ down
some hard house and speed
garage, while Vinylution’s
Jaxx debuted and rocked
with her hard trance set. Pow
rocked with her drum ‘n bass
and breaks, and ending the
night was the high-energy
drum ‘n bass of Jessica.
China White's stage,
Resident Evol, had _ the
sounds of resident DJs Hush,
Insomniac, Devious,
Ganhada, and DJ Kyle, as
well as the disco house

sound of DJ Dart. DJ Kyle —

producing a unique blend of
tech house that drove the
crowd wild. With Insomniac’s
progressive trance and tech-
no, hush’s techno, and the
hard house of Devious, the
Resident Evol stage present-
ed an amazing variety of
music that kept the people
dancing until the end of the
night.

The decision to add the third
stage, Renegade, was made
at five o’clock that day, and
was a welcome surprise.
Breaks, drum n’ bass, speed
garage, hip hop, and trance
were featured here, and if
there was less room to
dance, it was more than
made up for by the quality of

lineup were Derwin, Derival,
Spanx, Mr. Wright, Dust,
Jekobe, and Jeff Reed, from
various production compa-
nies around Prince George.
It all added up to an amaz-
ing night, where no one could
get bored due to the smor-
gasbord of musical talent.
Prince George will look for-
ward to more joint produc-
tions in the future, after the
success of this event.

down the beats and drove the

and Ganhada battled it out,

Backyard Barbecue VII

by Dana Schwehr

The Seventh Annual
Backyard Barbecue was an
immense success from an
artistic point of view. With
seven acts, covering genres
of music as varied as alter-
native, hip-hop, and Celtic,
the stage was rocking all
night long.

First up was Third Wave,
an amazing alternative act.
They rocked the stage with
their original set, which was
innovative, varied, and high
energy. This was a perfect
act to start off a night of
amazing music. Following
Third Wave was
Vanderhoof’s Big Bone
Daddy, who entertained with
their bewildering array of
Pearl Jam covers. They
were done very well, and got
some brave members of the
audience grooving to the
sounds. Next was Prince
George’s Skin Cell. Skin
Cell won the Battle of the
Bands 2001, and they man-
aged to show everyone why
they won. With their set that
included a good selection of
music from their second CD,
as well as an amazing cover
of “A Hard Day’s Night’, Skin
Cell set the mood for the
rest of the evening.

The next band up was
Edmonton’s Fifth Season.
They showed the audience

how it is done back East,
and one would have to say
that they do it quite well.
Their set brought the energy
level of the audience
through the roof, and the
band was quite good at
including the audience in the
show. They proved that the
indie scene is where it is at.

At this point in the show,
there was a transition from
rock to hip hop. Vancouver's
Lost Tribes of the Sun’s
combination of three MCs
and one DJ got the audi-
ence dancing and cheering.
At one point, one of the MCs
showed the audience his tal-
ent at beatboxing; the art of
creating an entire song with
one’s vocal chords, and is
also known as vocal percus-
sion. Their spontaneous and
fun act was the perfect lead
to Maestro.

Maesiro was the next man
of the night, with his East
Coast brand of hip hop. With
DJ Kemo backing him up,
Maestro had the audience
enthralled when he _ per-
formed “Let Your Backbone
Slide”, “Stick to Your Vision”,
and other hits. Audience
participation was the key to
this show. Maestro had the
audience cheering, singing
along, and at one point, had
had the MCs in the audience
onstage freestyling.
Moezine Hasham,

Mohammed Habib, and
Scott E. all had the chance
to strut their stuff onstage
with Maestro himself. Also,
Maestro had about thirty
UNBC girls kicking it
onstage at one point in time.
But this was nothing com-
pared to the anticipation for
the final act of the evening,
Spirit of the West. They
started their high-energy
show, despite intense tech-
nical difficulties that would
not allow some instruments
to be played. They played
for a full half an hour, and
then the police came to shut
the show down. Spirit of the
West did not even get to
play their most cherished
and beloved song, “Home
for a Rest’, which was most
unfortunate. There were
many people in the audi-
ence who went to the
Backyard Barbecue for the
sole purpose to hear that
song.
Despite the early demise of
the festivities, and the
restrictions on the beer gar-
dens, the Backyard
Barbecue went amazingly
well. Let us hope that it will
be a tradition that continues
in the future.

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