Event: RMI Trance Xplosion
Place: Arena Hall at Poznan, Poland
Date: 10-02-2007

Timetable:
18.00 – 19.00 warm-up
19.00 – 19.50 Neevald & Maxx
19.50 – 20.40 John Hetmond
20.40 – 21.30 Turbo vs Ando
21.30 – 23.00 Sander van Doorn
23.00 – 00.30 Remy
00.30 – 03.00 Armin van Buuren
03.00 – 05.00 Markus Schulz
05.00 – 06.15 Angelo Mike
06.15 – 07.00 Conrad Paja


Trip
I got on the train at 12:30 pm and it wasn’t good in the beginning. There were no free seats in the carriage. Luckily at next station I found 2 seats so I could sit down with my mate who just joined me. After 10 minutes at next stop 4 mates got on the train and our whole group gathered in one place.
About 4 pm everyone of us had his own seat, but another problem arose. We were out of beer already so we started looking for it. We wanted to buy it at the stop but the train was late, so we couldn’t leave it for a longer time risking that we wouldn’t see it again. After all we bought beer from a guy in other carriage.
I also accompanied my mate to get to the last carriage to buy cigarettes. We both were so bored after going through all those crowded passages that we decided to find another way back. As soon as the train stopped we jumped out and ran ahead to get into our carriage before the train would start moving. It must have been a funny scene to watch. No more adventures after that, in the train of course
At 6 pm we arrived at Poznan and we were trying to find the way to Arena Hall. Firstly we took a wrong tram, then we couldn’t find an address of girls apartment. Finally we managed everything, found the room and bought some vodka. While girls were preparing in the bathroom we drank our cola flavored drinks. When girls joined us we all raised our cups to a great party.
While going to Arena Hall it was so freezing that one mate started to feel badly. We wanted to get to the Hall as fast as possible.

The Arena at last! We went through quick search and woohoo we are in. We left our jackets in cloak-room and moved to the dance floor.


Event
9 pm
We mixed with the crowd and did a little warm-up before Sander. I looked around the Arena and took first pictures inside. I don’t even remember what tunes were played I was so excited.




Sander van Doorn
9:30 pm
Sander appears on the stage and spins remix of classic King Of My Castle. Nice track to start, it was trying to say hey don’t stand still there! Quick transition and Hard Dub of WYN comes in! Wooo my favorite track of past few weeks. Beautiful guitar lead and the bassline filled the whole place. People start jumping and Sander pitch up the tempo. He doesn’t spare us anymore, tech-trancers have begun. Access wasn’t my tune but I fully enjoyed Direct Dizko. I took a breath during next track and prepared my arms for true trancer Close Horizon \o/ It works soo good live! Ok enough for waving, tech mix of Analog Feel starts. The crowd goes mad during the break. Bang bang and real roof breaker shows up – Control Freak. People loved this one. Next track is omg, Needle Werk. I cumulated such a mass of pure energy during the break that I danced my ass off when the track kicked back. Give a break Sander! But noo, he didn’t stop banging. Later I even didn’t know when each track started or ended. I must say Sander shook the whole place and turned it upside down. He closed his blowing set with Are You Fine to cool us down a bit. Even though I didn’t hear Grasshopper I loved the whole set.

Tracklist:
01. Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Remix)
02. Nic Chagall - WYN (NC's Hard Dub Reedit)
03. Ron van den Beuken - Access (Randy Katana Remix)
04. Club Scene Investigators - Direct Dizko (Sander van Doorn Remix)
05. Leon Bolier vs. Astrid - Crazy People (Alternative Mix)
06. Thomas Bronzwaer - Close Horizon (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
07. Cosmic Gate - Analog Feel (Rank1's Digital Rehash)
08. Randy Katana - Sex (Original Mix)
09. Armin van Buuren - Control Freak (Sander van Doorn Remix)
10. Gleave - Needle Werk (Original Mix)
11. Dj Tiesto - Flight 643 (Richard Durand's 2007 Remix)
12. ID
13. Jamaster A - Bells Of Tiananmen (Airbase Remix)
14. Sonicvibe pres. Vardran - Lightform (Vardran's Chunky Funky Mix)
15. Remo - Con - Cold Front (Bart Claessen Remix)
16. ID
17. Kyau & Albert - Are You Fine (Original Mix)












11:10 pm
After Sander’s set we left the dance floor and went to a beer tent. We filled up with drinks, ate some snacks and had a rest before Armin.

Armin van Buuren
12:35 am
I entered the hall just as Armin showed up with fireworks and I missed the intro with heartbeat. The dance floor was full so it was hard to get to the front this time. I don’t remember all tunes Armin played and I can’t remind them because the first hour of his set wasn’t broadcasted.
Anyway, he starts slowly and the visualization is very simple. A movie is showed on the screens and few lights are blinking. But not for long … After breakdown Armin starts jumping and the crowd follows him. Finally something is happening and YearZero comes in \o/ Nice red flames on the screens light up the stage. Before 1 am lasers were turned on for the first time. Armin’s logos appear on the screens, Armin himself communicates with the crowd and the visualization becomes beautiful.
At 1 am the show began. The climax of Louder was one of the most stunning moments ever. Armind icon flying on screens, all 10 lasers moving around and flames burning the stage. Wow it was amazing! Well, it wasn’t huge comparing to Sensation White but the atmosphere was better. Standing below the stage, hearing Jennifer Rene’s voice, watching lasers and then feeling the heat from the flames on your body ohh .. Ok, I’m still there
Show keeps on going and then breakdown of Aria Epica begins. Purple and red lights everywhere, big lasers, the crowd starts claping with Armin. Boom! Everybody is jumping. Next is Ascent, Armin thanks and bows to the crowd, my tear drops. I didn’t have to wait for another breathtaking moment. 3 great tracks in a row: Communication, Firefly and Carabella. Armin was enjoying Communication as much as we all did. Then beautiful melody by Mike Foyle, I fell in love with that track. And the third, one of the few uplifters I enjoy – Carabella. Arms were in the air every break \o/
Later Armin started playing harder. A pity he played Mac Zimms Remix of Take Me Away, I don’t like it that much. Heading to the end of the set he spins boring Sail and surprisingly mashup of beautiful Satellite. I forgave Armin everything. The last track … Love You More. I would like to hear Burned With Desire instead but I don’t complain. I’m surprised he didn’t spin Future in the end, you can hear it everywhere these days.
In conclusion I enjoyed the set a lot. Well, I should say Armin’s performance. He is amazing. He was rising his hands, clapping and dancing all the time. And I almost forgot, he was jumping with Polish flag during one track. Great to watch! Of course technically he didn’t disappoint.

By the way, I went to buy water and energy drink during those tech tracks so I was well prepared for Markus.

Tracklist:
Gareth Emery vs. Lange - Another You, Another Me (Terranova and Austin Leeds Mix)
Andy Moor vs. Orkidea - YearZero (Andy Moor's Second Light Mix)
Jose Amnesia Feat. Jennifer Rene - Louder (John O'Bir Remix)
Signalrunners pres. Syndica - Aria Epica (Bart Claessen Remix)
Armin van Buuren vs Rank1 Feat. Kush - This World Is Watching Me (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Michael Dow - Ascent
Dave202 – Torrent

Armin van Buuren - Communication Part 3 (Coldware Cold Remix)
Mike Foyle - Firefly (Original Mix)
Galen Behr vs. Hydroid - Carabella (Galen Behr vs. Orjan Nilsen Remix)
JamX & De Leon - Elektrisch (Mark Sherry's Outburst Instrumental Mix)
Sean Tyas - One More Night Out (Original Mix)
4 Strings - Take Me Away (Mac Zimms Remix)
Abel Ramos - Electro Fun (K System Bootleg)
Way Out West - The Fall (Richard Durand Remix)
Aly & Fila pres. A&F Project - Ankh (Breath Of Life) (Original Mix)
Armin van Buuren - Sail (Original Mix)
Ronski Speed vs. Oceanlab - E.O.S. vs Satellite (Ronski Speed Mashup)
Armin van Buuren Feat. Racoon - Love You More (Vocal Mix)













My short videos. Video quality is not bad but the sound buzzes like hell
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1932290715 The beginning
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1932366458 Armin kicks off
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1932438374 Laser show
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1932543161 Louder
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1932728184 Firefly
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1932856642 Armin jumps with Polish flag

Markus Schulz
3:05 am
I didn’t took many pictures during Markus set because firstly I didn’t have much free memory in my camera, and secondly I wanted to focus myself mainly on the music.
So there he is, the man of the night, Markus Schulz!
Markus opened his set with some short Intro Cut of Louder and then mixed it straight to Another You, Another Me. No useless breaks here, my legs just keep on moving. I really liked the next track. Nice melody and sweet vocals with the hard beat hooked me up. After second break YearZero comes again. I didn’t stop dancing this time, the camera was still in my pocket. Later I heard Without You Near vocals to my surprise. I didn’t know that remix but it worked good on the dance floor. The next track, Playmo just speaks for itself. The ground was shaking and I danced real hard. I always wanted to hear it on huge sound system. Then Simulated breaks in and it reminded me Sensation White. I calmed down a little but emotions didn’t drop. Suddenly lots of confetti fell down from the roof. Great moment, I didn’t expect something like that. After taking all those papers out of my shirt I continued dancing. Good danceable mashup was followed by Venus. I love that groovy bassline and the lead melody \o/
Powerful Megashira warmed the whole hall later and I danced my ass off again. It’s another track that sounds great live. I didn’t pay much attention to the next two tracks, however the first deep bassline is a killer. Then I Am started and Markus put his hands in the air. It's a nice track and it is still growing on me. After that 5 moved the crowd, nothing special for me though, I find it rather overrated. I slowly started feeling tired but tunes kept me on the road and I awoke at Future. The reason I like Markus Remix so much is the way it slowly builds up the tension and releases it as the track kicks off - quality.
It was almost the end of the show and Markus spins Without You. Nice melody with breathtaking break and the beautiful guitar. Wow that track really cheered me up. The outro played along and I thought it was over. It became quiet and only beat could be heard. But I was wrong another beat was coming in. When I heard characteristic sound I was amazed. OMG it’s Panta Rhei !! I thought Markus forgot about it because he didn’t play Red Sky either. But how he could not play Polish track in Poland … Well, he is a genius! The way he mixed the last track is class. Wooo finally the tune kicked off and Markus raised Polish flag to the air, it was a wonderful view. Lovely breakdown starts, people whistle and clap their hands. My heart beats faster and faster. Bam! The final melody comes in! \o/ Pure ecstasy, If I only could I would just rise to the air. Panta Rhei has beaten them all!
At the end Markus walked down from the stage and signed autographs but I didn’t even notice that. I went to take a seat and then enjoyed Angelo Mike set from the audience.
And that's all.

Tracklist:
01. Jose Amnesia Feat. Jennifer Rene - Louder (Intro)
02. Lange vs. Gareth Emery - Another You, Another Me (Terranova & Austin Leeds Remix)
03. ID
04. Andy Moor vs. Orkidea - YearZero (Andy Moor's Second Light Mix)
05. Dave202 - Generate The Wale
06. Markus Schulz and Departure with Gabriel & Dresden - Without You Near (Alex M.O.R.P.H.'s Sacred Light Remix)
07. Bart Claessen - Playmo (1st Play)
08. Marco V - Simulated (Original Mix Marco Vs 2006 Edit)
09. Rex Mundi vs. Ronski Speed - The Perspective Space (Markus Schulz Mashup)
10. Stoneface and Terminal - Venus (Markus Schulz Edit)
11. Marc Marberg vs. Kyau & Albert - Megashira
12. Dogzilla - Your Eyes (Original Mix)
13. Re:Locate Feat. M.I.D.O.R. - Alcatraz
14. Markus Schulz vs. Chakra - I Am
15. Aalto - 5 (Original Mix)
16. D-Factor - Mystique
17. Starkillers vs. Seal - Killer (ID Remix)
18. Mojado Feat. Mr. Sam - Naranja (Dimitri Andreas Remix)
19. Joop - The Future (Markus Schulz Remix)
20. Dogzilla - Without You (Dogzilla's Dub )
21. Sonic Division & Spyschool - Panta Rhei


Panta Rhei







Final Thought
It was an awesome event. I have never danced so hard before. I felt pain in my feet for 3 days but it was worth it. The sound level was very good. Not quiet, not too loud. No buzzing in the ears next day.
I hope you all had a nice read.
I would like to thank all my mates for a great time during trip, and inside and outside the Arena Hall. You rocked! Greets to Julia, Ewa, Krzysiek, Marek and Marcin. Hope to see you again soon.
Big thanks to Marek for sharing his pics.

Btw, no drugs were used before or during the party and even during writing this review

Nice pics mate, looks like a good read as well

great review , Dmin

looks like you had something beyond a great time

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

loveeeely piccas.

keep them party reviews coming! loveee to read them. (shame on me for not doing my job )

Sick ass Pics wish I was there. Dam ...

Nice one!! Crackin pics!