September 7th - Happy Typhoon, Utrecht

Last friday it was the first time that we rocked Utrecht as a dj team. As Critical Mass live ( together with Ludmilla ) we've been here a couple of times including the infamous Mystery Land 'Winter Edition' in 1997 where I rocked with my buddies Drokz, Mouth Of Madness, Weirdo and the rest.

This time, it was Bruce and me rocking stage ( well actually the dj booth ), but the cool party was it was in a rockcafe. Utrecht is a very big student city, so hardcore parties are pretty rare. At this particular location, Stairway to Heaven, it was the first ever harder style party. Normally there are bands playing here, and their is live music. Maybe some soul, or disco music. But now it was happy and early hardcore brought to by For-U productions, MC Tha Watchers' organisation.

Unfortunately the headliner, Paul Elstak, was cancelled but they had a great replacement called DARKRAVER .. Other dj's that night were The Beast, OCD, Mercenary, Freeze, The Menace and the guys of Basic Grooves.

Our setttime was from 2.00 - 3.00AM, and when we arrived at about 1.15AM, it was not that crowded. However, the people that were present, were partying like mad! And that's the vibe we need to have at these early hardcore parties! We played a very nice set and got some serious positive feedback from people in the crowd. GREAT !

Thanks to Tony ( MC Tha Watcher ) for having us at his #oneofthosenights Happy Typhoons.

Partypictures that were made by our own photographer Jasper will follow soon!

April 14th | Pump Up The 90's - Venray

Saturday was a special gig ... it was the last gig that Ludmilla did. Will she ever come back ...? Time will tell. Ofcourse she is the female voice of Critical Mass, and a familiar face. Last saturday was also the last gig for us as live act. If there will ever be another live act, I don't know ...We will see ... ;)

Our gigtime was 11.30 PM till 12.00 AM, and I arrived at 11.20 PM. The place to be : Evenementenhal Venray ( former club Zenith ). Other acts were The Klubbheads and our friends from the Party Animals.

It was crowded! We started off with our 3 radio hits ( Burning Love, Believe In The Future and Happy Generation ) but the crowd was hard to move. Then we went on with Dancing Together. Slowly there were some hands in the air. It was time for some bass! We went on with 'Lift Me Up', a track that was introduced on the Thunderdome IX compilation ( you can download it here : Critical Mass Soundcloud )

After this track, it's remix time! People were ready to sing along, and they did! The 2 Weirdo & Sim remixes were blasting through the speakers and people sang along. Ludmilla got a good goodbye!