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Details... Sensation
Event, Amsterdam Arena, Arena Boulevard 1, 1101 AX Amsterdam
Zuidoost, Netherlands Sensation is a huge ID&T Dance Event
held twice a year at the Amsterdam Arena in Holland. There
are 2 festivals each year now, both the Sensation White Festival
and also the Sensation Black Festival. These events differ
in that people are encouraged to keep to these colours in
order to attend these festivals. Sensation White
Review... One of the world's most celebrated events
once again took place in the Amsterdam ArenA on July 1st,
2006. More than 35.000 people in white attended to experience
the Sensation atmosphere, which featured massive acts, shows
and music to ensure a feeling that was beyond impressive...
Over the years, Sensation has steadily grown to become one
of the world's most anticipated dance events. People from
all over the globe fly over to Holland to enjoy a night filled
with music, entertainment and acts in a football stadium that
can hold up to 50.000 souls. While the show was to begin no earlier than ~22:45, ID&T
decided to already open the doors of the ArenA around nine
o'clock. This seems to have been a good move, because a great
amount of people was already present when yours truly entered
the venue around ten. Daylight was still shining through the
stadium's roof, giving the viewer a very clear picture of
what was going on on the field. The first sights of tens of
thousands of people in white are very, very impressive I must
say. While there was no music yet (just some teasing ambient
loop playing over and over again), everyone kept on cheering
and cheering while being entertained by green guys rolling
around the field in plastic balls. This was actually part
of the theme, more of that later! As nothing was happening yet musical-wise, we had some time
to get a very clear picture of what the stage looked like
and guess around a bit about the theme. From a broad perspective,
the whole thing reminded of a fairytale. Two huge screens
with a countdown clock projected on them were located on both
sides of the field, and right in the middle was of course
the vastly impressive stage and DJ booth. The main element
consisted of a massive round stained glass type of thing,
which looked like it was taken from a cathedral in some way.
In the middle, there was another big projection screen which
showed live streams from the DJ booth, intermezzo movies in
between DJ's and loads more nice stuff to keep the mind entertained.
Mysterious eyes surrounded the DJ booth, spinning around to
ensure a very eerie, mystical vibe to come forward. Above
all this was this huge certain kind of thing that went up
and down all the time during the night. After a five-minute countdown, the whole thing finally started.
And what a start it was! A green-haired guy calling himself
'The Sandman' was the host for the night, with his minions
being weird green puppets who were constantly in search of
someone to catch dreams from. This is exactly what was repeated
throughout the event: every introduction of a new jock consisted
of the search for a (seemingly random) party attendee. As
a show element, a transparant round device was put on the
heads of the randomly chosen persons to 'catch their dreams'.
The coolest thing about this was that short movies were displayed,
showing the contents of the dreams. Ranging from excessive
drinking to orgie-like scenes, this was definitely very interesting
to look at! Roog, Erick E and their MC Gee form HouseQuake, a housey
trio serving as a perfect start for the night. Their housey
tracks with a true summer vibe definititely kept the crowd
going! Steve Angello's massive new single 'Teasing Mr. Charlie'
tore up the floor in no-time, as did a beefy remix of Basement
Jaxx's 'Where's Your Head At' and of course one of thé
hits of the moment, FLG - 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit'.
MC Gee actually did a very nice job; normally, I'm not that
fond of MC's, but this guy just did everything right. A very
nice addition to the set. The daylight already faded away, so the first glimpses of
the massive lighting arrays started to become visible. Full
capacity wasn't reached during the beginning of the night,
but it sure looked nice already.
A sidenote must be made about the crowd. I've never seen
a crowd as diverse as the one on this event! People of every
size, width and age were present, showing that Sensation is
one of the most well-known, mainstream events of the present
day. Most party people were friendly though, and the amount
of beautiful women was quite amazing. The main area had four large bars located in every corner
of it to ensure a steady flow of liquids. I haven't waited
for more than two minutes for my drinks, so a big plus goes
to the catering facilities. There was also enough variety
in food, ranging from fruit salads to hamburgers to French
fries. The payment method was a bit odd though: no coins like
on other parties, but instead a pass which could be bought
for 10, 20 or 50 euro's. It didn't cause me any kind of trouble;
in stead, it's quite handy! No hassling around with dozens
of coins in your pocket (which are lost easily), just one
card to buy everything you need. After Tiësto's performance, our green-haired host returned
for something totally unexpected, yet very well thought out.
As the next DJ, David Guetta (who plays house mostly) would
have a hard time adjusting to Tiësto's trancy sound,
the organisation decided to do things the other way around
and throw in a massive intermezzo filled with a band playing
a mean, raw cover of the Beastie Boys' 'You Gotta Fight For
Your Right' (yeah, a rock song!). Flames ignited from all
over the Arena, and all the lighting turned red to bring forward
a very wicked, devilish vibe. David Guetta started off with his bootleg of 'Love Don't
Walk Away'. Overall, his set consisted of a let of acapella's,
bootlegs of old tunes like Sun's 'Without Love' and even some
classics like Faithless' 'Insomnia' (in a new remix) and 'Meet
Her At The Loveparade'. I couldn't really get into his set,
so I went to sit down and rest a bit to be back in time for
the Megamix. Right from the first edition of Sensation, the Megamix has
been half an hour full of spectacle. This edition was definitely
no exception! Fireworks ignited all over the place, flames
burst out of the DJ booth... wonderful to see. All the biggest
house-hits of the moment were thrown in an amazingly rapid
mix, which made the crowd go wild perhaps even more than during
Tiësto's set. A wagonload of superb lasers cut themselves
through the air, even more fireworks went up, it was crazy!
The biggest hype moment appeared when this year's anthem by
Sander Kleinenberg called 'This Is Sensation' was played.
The place blew up! During and in between the sets, lots and lots of cool visual
entertainment was visible right on stage. Professional dancers,
acrobatic artists, and even people riding on flying horses
were all doing their thing. Live percussion was being played
during Roog & Erick E's set, all making the event an even
more impressive experience. After the Megamix, Swedish House Mafia resident Steve Angello
took over the wheels of steel to let the crowd feel his typical
style. Somehow, it looked like everyone was getting tired.
The party vibe was still there, but it was a lot less present
compared with the performances of Tiësto and the Megamix.
Steve mixed together a selection of the best tunes from himself
and his Swedish friends, including Buy Now - 'For Sale', a
massive remix of Pryda's 'Aftermath', his own 'Teasing Mr.
Charlie' (yes, again!) and a remix of the always returning
'Sweet Dreams', which naturally went down a storm. Apart from
these floorfillers, his set seemed just a bit too deep for
the Sensation crowd.
While most of this edition of Sensation consisted of house
DJ's because of the massive rise of the house scene in Holland
over the past year, there was still time for some proper trance
(next to Tiësto's set). Ferry Corsten only had 45 minutes
to do his thing, but boy did he do well! He played only own
productions, all tunes from his massive new album L.E.F. (which
is also reviewed here on i:Vibes). 'Are You Ready', 'Fire',
his remix for the Prison Break theme song, 'Cubikated', 'Watch
Out', 'Beautiful', 'L.E.F.', he played them all! Ferry's set
also included the most memorable moment of the night. Well,
in my opinion that is. During the breakdown of 'Galaxia',
four people with violins started playing a fantastic classical
interlude, which smoothly flowed into the beautiful main sequence
of Galaxia's melodies. The crowd just stood there, amazed
by the beauty of this intermezzo... truly amazing. The visuals
were also completely aligned with the L.E.F. album concept.
It's a shame that Ferry's album launch party was cancelled
at the last moment back in May, because if he had played a
set like this it would have been a gorgeous night.
In the meantime, daylight returned to the Arena. Benny Rodrigues
geared up to close this edition of Sensation White with a
bang! Known for his combination of house and techno in his
set, Benny spun a raw, harsh set filled with deep, bassy tunes
and wicked minimal house tracks, combined with infectious
vocal tunes to top things off. I don't know any of the tracks
he played, but it surely served as a nice closer. Sensation is an event you just have to experience for yourself.
Seeing thousands of people in white united on one dancefloor
is just plain amazing, and combined with a great show, some
good music and a nice crowd you're guaranteed a night you
won't forget easily. Event's Web Links Armin Van Buuren @ Sensation
White
Sensation White 2009 Video
Sensation Black 2009 Video
Sensation Black Megamix
Yoji Biomehanika @ Sensation
Black
Sensation White Megamix
Armin Van Buuren @ Sensation
White
Sensation White Video
Tiesto @ Sensation White
Sensation 2007 White Video
Johan Gielen @ Sensation White
Darren Emerson @ Sensation in
Antwerp
Fedde Le Grand @ Sensation White
in Holland
Erick Morillo @ Sensation White
in Holland
Tom Harding & Yoji Biomehanika
@ Sensation
Sensation White in Hala Ludowa,
Poland
Sensation White @ Riga Arena
in Lativa
Laidback Luke & David Guetta
@ Sensation White
Tiesto @ Sensation White
Len D @ Sensation Black
Michael Jackson Tribute @ Sensation
2009
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After Roog and Erick E's wicked set, it was time for one of
the biggest surprises of the night. Suddenly, the face of
Maxi Jazz (Faithless' vocalist) appeared on all the screens.
He started telling about Dance4Life, an organisation that
fights HIV and aids by uniting people who love dance music
on parties around the world. The ambassador for this organisation
is Tiësto, who, as a surprise, played a 35 minute set!
Judging from the tracks he played, his set was a bit of a
let-down. He played his remix for Kane's 'Rain Down On Me',
as well as a new remix of 'Lethal Industry' and a tune from
his ISOS5 album, 'Moonlight Party' by Fonzerelli. It did fit
the crowd really well though, as everyone was going nuts completely!
As the cherry on the cake, Tiësto played a brand new
production coming from his hands, being the Dance4Life Anthem
featuring vocals from Maxi Jazz. 
Up next was Sander Kleinenberg, the man who made this year's
Sensation White Anthem. It's actually just an edit of one
his most recent tunes called 'This Is Not Miami', but that
doesn't take away that it's a massive, massive party tune!!
Even bigger and better bits of fireworks exploded in the air
like it was New Year's Day during the climax of the tune,
and with it's beefy, catchy bassline it must have created
an earthquake of 2,0 on Richter's scale with all them people
jumping up and down. Another wonderful thing about Sander's
set was the fact that he wasn't just the DJ, but also the
one who took care of the visuals using DVD's. These were definitely
the best visuals I have ever seen: every tune had a unique
sequence of video's coming with them, perfectly fitting in
with the structure to create an astonishingly great visual
effect. I think Sander is one of the first DVDJ's, and it's
definitely groundbreaking! To complete his set, he introduced
us to wicked remixes of tunes by Fatboy Slim, Underworld and
The Prodigy.
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