Battle of the Djs.

You'd imagine too many Djs with outrageously different tastes would lead to chaos. But not tonight - not with dazzling DJ Hero in the house. This surprisingly witty game (similar to Guitar Hero etc.) was launched upstairs at Helsinki Club and loads of people managed to resist the pull of downstairs' hammering to have a go at it. Which is saying a lot indeed...

...Because in the main arena there were no signs of chaos, in fact the night was silky smooth music wise. Despite of the kick-arse foreign guests, Orkidea won the "battle" in my eyes - or should I say ears. Some technical problems with the lights (not my lights this time) hampered the feeling at the start of the night, but otherwise there was contentment and pure gratification in the air, which was clear even through the masks. A pleasure to shoot!

So all in all a very successful event from the Misc management team, yet again!

- Fredi

BOOOM!

When I entered Freda 51 and Club Colors yesterday my feet were like macaroni after running the hill up and down many many times.. Sometimes I don't know if the superstar Djs should play first because once again Alex got me and everybody else to the groove already at early hours.

Now I also know that US Djs know good trance. OMG what a basslines! Here are some moments from last nights Colors. Cheers!

Unfortunately I must pass the two next Colors events but I'm 100% sure that you will see mŠssiv Quality photos from other S2 photographers. See you later.

- Timo

Blast away the cheese.

This will be quite a short one as I'm in a hurry and the gallery should have been up and running yesterday (sorry for that guys).

Not my best night, it has to be said. I was still depending on my backup flash-gear due to last night's unfortunate mishap, but at least this time I was mentally prepared for it, so not a biggie.

The music was rocking; I was really enjoying the anticheese blasting.

- Fredi

Hujahaja!

One thing I like in events located somewhere else than in Helsinki is that the production is done usually much better. Better lights, better sound, same DJ's, interesting decorations etc.. There is an easy explanation to all this, and it is called "money". In helsinki everything costs two to three times more than f.ex in Kotka, so with the same amount of Money you just get more.. Much MORE!

Bujashaka really shaked the place. They had special effects from Pyroman including waterwall, CO2 cannons, Heavy fog, Confetti cannons and some other stuff. Light tech came from AK Sound including brand new Robe lights which were a bit like alpha beams, but much more nicer to photograph. Sound system was from HAD Audio which kicked ass like no other PA system used in events at Kotka - HAD's strenght is in overall clear and dynamic sound which has powerfull bass section without hurting your ears - really rare combination in clubbing enviroment.

But enough with the tech babbling! This was pretty different event. Bujashaka had DJ Yuhis for starters giving electronic tunes from classics to nuskool stuff, GroovX -band playing finnish groove stuff (Aki Sirkesalo, Suurlähettiläät, Janne Komi etc), then CeeMon & Hege spinning Hiphop and the last but not the least, Top Billin DJ's! Really different kind of event and hopefully people got the best of the night, at least I did!

- Karo

Funky!

This is more an archive mark than a complete event gallery. Anselmi Kuusisto and I were spinning records at Puuhaphiits birthday event (Crush Coctail bar) and here are couple of photos from that night. The main reason why there is not more of these, is that we spent over 2 hours behind the decks, so there wasn't mush time to take photos. Some of the photos are taken by guests at the event and I have no idea who took them, but here they are :)

- Karo

Right. What a night.

First of all, it was great being back at DTM / Danceteria with Add2Basket, Heikki L, and Mr A's birthday bash. There were loads of people about, and the wicked set by the boys meant the dance floor was even steamier than usually.

But for me, the night was mostly about technical pickles. To cut a long story short, a critical component of my flash system got lost in the midst of the whoops quite early on. I won't include too many excuses here but suffice to say, I was fairly peed off by this. Luckily, I managed to work around it by "borrowing" a bright light pointed at people by some guy's video camera; cheers for that!

And when he ran out of light, I took a cab and fetched my old backup gear. At the end of the night, I was sort of enjoying this technical deja vu and managed to get a decent gallery together; enjoy! Hopefully I will get my flash system together soon, but in the meantime I also shot at Colors the next night - keep an eye on that gallery tomorrow!

- Fredi

Tech-Trance for life

To be honest I wasn't sure what to expect from the 2 Dutch Djs last night. Both of them have been my favorite producers in early 2000s. I haven't seen them playing before live, only on Youtube.

When Ernesto vs Bastian started with their first few tracks I was sold, Amazing energetic trance and tech-trance tunes from both stars. Surprisingly there was no basic proggy or cheesy trance that normally almost everybody plays nowadays. I could even feel the excitement even on my photographing. I was jumping all over the place with a big smile on my face.

"7 days and one week" until the next event :) See ya soon!

- Timo

Something old, something new, and music for life.

It was interesting to see the new Freda51 bathing in Colours 10th Anniversary Tour, because the club has seen so many different faces along the years. Thank god the current concept of this semi-huge club (folk music...) was hijacked with first-rate trance Dj's, and the evening didn't let anyone down! Probably because the doormen were polite enough to instruct anyone trying to come in to sing their heart out on the karaoke arena to go home...

Being an old-school trance fan, I was hoping to hear more classics during the night, but nevertheless, the sets by Matt Darey and Agnelli & Nelson were hugely satisfying, and the crowd of the night seemed to agree. Both Dj's seemed to have a blast too!

Shooting wise, the evening was okay. No major drama one way or the other. But hey ho, Danceteria rocking at DTM this Friday! Catch you there.

- Fredi

NOX!

Club Tall Trees was the place for a mad Judgement Sunday earlier this year, and this massive club in North East England really showed what clubbing in UK is all about! Unfortunately the venue management is no longer organizing events at Tall Tree's (the recession biting everyone's arse), so we were lucky to witness one of the last evenings at this renowned club. (www.clubtalltrees.co.uk)

The place was jam-packed, but to our surprise they didn't even have all the arenas open (the venue can hold up to 8 000 people) - so it wasn't that heaving after all. Interestingly, they had implemented a no-glass policy at Tall Trees (awesome) and sold laughing-gas (NOX) at the bar (bizarre).

Judge Jules played to a sweaty crowd warmed-up by Yoji and Aly & Fila, and delivered his hammering set with such style that the night turned into an exciting mayhem. To finish off, Lisa Lashes lashed down the place with furious anger - and really didn't look too bad doing it.

Thanks to the rubbish bureaucracy at Tall Trees, my shooting at the club was quite restricted - hence the gallery is rather small and doesn't really meet my standards. But hey ho, this is me joining SESSIONS2 - you'll get a better taster of my style soon enough (Colours 10th anniversary Gallery coming up).

- Fredi

Kazam

No story available. Obviously Mikko had enormous trouble with the smoke at this event. These photos were extremely difficult to edit but here they are anyway .. almost seven months too late, sorry.

- SESSIONS2

Howdy!

I must say I really enjoy my Saturdays at Club Colors. This time we had a change to enjoy good trance music with Matt Darey and Agnelli & Nelson. These guys have been my favorite producers in past years. I also had a opportunity to test wireless flash the whole night and it was really fun, thanx to Kinli. :)

We really had a blast last night! Enjoy the photos..

- Timo

Oh yes, he REALLY can!

Mr Erick Morillo..! I had a chance to go and check out Morillo at Pacha/Ibiza, but I had something "better to do".. luckily this time I hadn't.. He really rocked! Altho the house clubbers in finland are quite passive, they seemed to enjoy this night extremely much! There isn't really a lot to say about Morillos mixing - you just HAVE TO experience it yourself! Photographing was quite fun for a change, hope you enjoy these photos!

- Karo

Yes he can!

Morillo kicked arse last night in Helsinki. All I could do was smile when watching him play. What a feeling! I hope that you all can "feel the same" from the pics. The night was definitely worth it even though the weather was a bit crappy. See you in the next Colors event ;)

- Timo

Once more I'd like to congratulate Ari and Ironraver for their birthday.

The place was beautifully decorated with balloons, lots of them. :) Thank you for nice night and very good music. You cannot get enough of trance classics, seriously. Some pics from the event...

- Timo

Ladiez And Zzentlemen!!

Paul Van Dyk, one of the big stars for me when I was 18 years old.. damn, 11 years ago.. Well anyway! Massive start for Colors's 10th anniversary celebration!

I have been a bit tired lately just because there is too much to do but not enough time to for relaxing - I was not at my best at this night, but here is what I managed to get for you to see. The lightning was a bit difficult with Alphabeams and lots of smoke, but thats life :) C u next time!

- Karo

Mmm!

Hush is a small club in the heart of San Antonio and it is well known for the quality house music and extremely warm athmosphere. The place is all red (as you can see from the photos) and cozy. Just to make a note, hush has been voted to be the best bar in San Antonio Awards in 2008. Their residents are Jimi Deja, extremely skillful DJ and our beloved Miss Divine who is also a resident for a well known record label Defected! People come to Hush to start the night and getting into the mood of clubbing - and Hush really gives good vibes - atleast I didn't see any sad faces coming in our out!

The place has Nexos sound system that has been installed all over the place, it works in balance even when you move around the place; you can still talk with your friends and the sound is clear everywhere (no ear exploding experiences in this place!). Hush is definately one of my favourite spots in Ibiza and I really enjoy the place and the smiling happy staff from door to the bar!

This gallery is photographed between the 14th and 16th of September and is the last club related gallery of Ibiza from our 2.5week holiday trip. I will most likely visit the island again next year!

- Karo

Web: Hush Ibiza

Cheers!

Three words for the night with Paul Van Dyk: Hot, Steamy, Crowdy! It was nice to see all the people dancing in every corner of Freda 51. The place was absolutely full!

This is my first gallery at Sessions2. I Hope you like it!

- Timo

Boomboomboom!

I visited Es Padaris for only 40minutes or something. The music was not ment for me (cheap britsih NuNRG / HardHouse) but the crowd was dancing mad!

The place is very interesting and one of the "must check out"-places at Ibiza. I only got 6 decend pictures out, but they pretty much show what kind of interior is there at Es Paradis! Hopefully you enjoy this miniminigallery :]

- Karo

Web: Es Paradis

Boom!

When we arrived Eden, Timo Maas was giving massive sounds to the audience. Timo Maas was one of my favourites 10 years ago and I still liked what he was doing, altho I'm "a bit more" into house music nowadays :) The place was packed. I tried several times to go to the dancefloor for some shots but I found it to be impossible to fit there as no one was coming out from the floor. Here are the photos, hopefully you'll get a clear picture about the event!

- Karo

Web: Eden Ibiza

<3!

What a night it was! Orkidea showed yet another time why he is regarded as the best DJ in Finland. Great tracks, smooth mixing and that minimal charismatic performing - that's all you need.

I had fever, but was really satisfied I didn't stay at home in bed. This ONE was just something not to miss :)

- Juki