| DJ Sets ::Guvernment Club Nights
N0. 31 RATED CLUB IN THE WORLD BY
DJ MAG
Guvernment
Night Club Details...
Guvernment,
132 Queens Quay East, Toronto, Canada
Guvernment Entertainment Complex
covers 22,000 square feet, boasts 20' high ceilings, and hosts
thousands of Toronto's partying public, weekend after weekend.
Guvernment Entertainment Complex has been voted EYE Magazine's
"Best Dance Club" in 2000 and 2001, while the city
flocks to this party Mecca every week to experience the legendary
staple nights R&B Fridays and Spin Saturdays. A world
in and of itself, the unique architecture of Toronto's largest
nightclub creates a club-land play-land like no other.
While the state-of-the-art sound and lighting blow up the
spot, the rooftop patio and its view of the Toronto skyline
serve to cool of your crew. Whether you're a party of 40 or
4000, we have enough space and booming bass for the biggest
and loudest night you can devise.
Guvernment
Information...
Welcome to Guvernment and Kool Haus.
In this world of DJ's, Concerts and Special Events, music
reigns supreme. Annually tens of thousands worldwide journey
to Guvernment, a versatile club land. A world in itself to
experience, entice and enjoy the progressive sites and sounds.
This multi-faceted venue stands 7 rooms and 2 outdoor patios
strong. No matter what your taste or style Guvernment and
Kool Haus serve up a variety of music cocktails that will
satisfy your urge to break free. Weeknight or weekend we have
everything and anything to offer both private and public functions.
From corporate occasions to club nights, fashion exhibits
to film shoots, private events to concerts, Guvernment
and Kool Haus are dedicated to providing the best in Canadian
and International talent on every level. Maintaining a standard
of ground breaking trend setting excellence, fully equipped
with technically enhanced provisions making this venue the
hot spot in Canada.
It is 22,000 square feet encased by 20'
high ceilings and host to 1600 of the city's party congregation
weekend after weekend. Guvernment Entertainment Complex
has been voted DJ mags 8th best club in the world (1st in
North America). While the city flocks to this party Mecca
every week to experience the legendary staple night Spin Saturdays.
A world of it's own the unique architecture of Toronto's largest
and hottest nightclub creates a club-land play land like no
other. This split level space contains a landing area equipped
with it's own bar and seating that overlooks a sea of people
on the main floor below. With music generated by a world class,
state of the art, digitally enhanced, sound system are waves
of heart throbbing pulsating beats, bass and rhythms. This
computer driven sound system remains to be one of four in
the world! Let the vibrations move through your body as they
wash over the masses. Above the full color laser system creates
an electronic skyline. Guvernment, the center room of
this universe, is just the first stop on this club-land journey.
Home to six rooms and two patios Guvernment Entertainment
Complex encompasses several musical entities seemingly worlds
apart in one prime location.
DJ Mag
Club Review...
Size isn't everything but when you have
a clubbing complex with the scale and girth of Toronto's Guvernment
it definitely counts for something. Sonically superior and
visually overwhelming, Guvernment's vast 4000-capacity main
room is basically big arena clubbing on a stick.
"It's a big room but there's something
incredibly intimate about playing there," explains Markus
Schulz, whose recent 'Toronto 09' mix CD was inspired by his
regular experiences at the club.
"You can really connect with the
audience there - it's a magical vibe. The DJ booth is laid
out in the centre of a pit with boxes all around above you.
You're just right in the middle of it and it keeps you energised
all night.
"Twice I have played six-hour sets
there and there's no let-up for the whole duration - it's
intense from beginning to end."
And it's like that every week. Generating a festival electricity,
Guvernment draws on the force of the biggest names in dance
like a nuclear power station and releases the combustible
reactions just about every single Saturday. Often perceived
as one of the globe's true trance Meccas, in reality Guvernment
is Canada's cross-genre clubbing portal.
Steve Lawler's Viva tour brought the chrome-plated techno
of Dubfire and Nic Fanciulli last June, whilst Sasha and Digweed
chose the venue as the Canadian showcase of their spring reunion
tour.
But to see Guvernment at its most impressive you need to
reach one of the birthdays or the bank holiday events when
the 10,000-capacity labyrinth of the full complex is opened
and consumed. Last August bank holiday, the Labour Of Love
event saw Angello, Ingrosso and Mark Knight hold court in
Guvernment, the globe's most popular DJ Armin Van Buuren went
at it for eight hours in the 2000-capacity Kool Haus, an outdoor
tent hosted MSTRKRFT, Alan Braxe and Steve Aoki, the panoramic
vistas of the Sky Bar were witness to Tom Novy's party house,
whilst the Orange Room rocked to d&b heavyweights like
Fabio. And that's not mentioning the more intimate enclaves
of The Drink and the Acid Lounge.
Epic doesn't even touch it but if there's one thing Guvernment
is, it's an assault on the senses. Even on its most routine
Saturdays, the production in the main room stands up against
most concerts - it's no surprise that acts like The Prodigy
have recently performed in the complex - with its elegantly
futuristic décor illuminated by the best lighting system
in the country, if not beyond.
"Visually it's unbelievable," concludes Schulz.
"They choreograph the lighting perfectly, the mood of
the room evolves and by the end it's a dark, lights-out and
after-hours vibe. It really feels like you get taken down
the rabbit hole."
So when it comes to Canadian clubbing, Guvernment rules.
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