A night of nights, with the line up of line ups, what more could you want? This Godspeed boasted 4 different arenas catering for different musical appetites, serving up UK Hardcore, Trance, Hard Dance, Gabba and Drum n Bass. Due to the many styles of music to wet one’s palette, I did quite a bit of running around in order to catch many of the DJs in action.

I arrived a little after 10pm, just in time to hear the winding down of Kasey’s set. From what I heard, this local DJ put on a fine show, playing a crowd favourite ‘You’re Shining’. Seventy-7 stepped up to the main room decks next and from 10pm until 11pm, he geared up punters for a night of dancing. During his set, the local talent played AMS and Kevin Energy’s ‘Go Insane’, Ephexis & Oli G’s ‘Spatial Innervision’ and AMS’ ‘Chek This’.

I decided to go and check out the other three arenas. Sektile opened the Drum n Bass with some beautiful liquid tracks such as Duo Infernale’s ‘Lost in the World’ and Break ‘Breathless VIP’. The Resonate Trance Room was also opened at 10pm, with none other than Jon G behind the turntables. Trance lovers were in for a treat as the sounds began pumping and the mood was set for the shenanigans that were about to begin. Climbing yet another flight of stairs, I made my way up to the Thrillseeka Dutch Hardcore Room where 2Styliztik was carving up the harder sounds and setting the pace for the night.

The sounds continued being pumped from each arena as the DJs changed. Cosmo Cater kept the trance flowing in the Resonate Trance Room and dropped some crowd favourites during his set such as Matt Rowan & Jaytech’s ‘Tomorrow’ and Maor Levi’s ‘Lital’. It was when he dropped Agnelli & Nelson’s ‘Everyday’ on the decks, that the punters really jumped up to dance. 11pm saw Cryptic take over from Sektile in the Drum n Bass Room. She played the classic
‘Crash’ by Chris Su & SKC, along with many other deep techy sounds that pleased all who were present. Hardcore friend CrakT took over in the Dutch Hardcore Room weaving his usual dark spell over those present, getting them up to stomp. The main room, which was by this time much busier, was full of people dancing to the sounds of Jody 6. Hailing from the U.K. his sounds created a rhythm that was hard not to dance to.

After a dance in the main room, I made my way to the other arenas once the witching hour hit. I then made my way upstairs to the Resonate room, once again, and TiAmos, in his well known fashion of pumpin’ the sound of trance, stayed true to his genre and every one caught a glimpse of him going mental behind the decks. Decipher, who took to the decks in the Dutch Hardcore room, kept the punters moving as he spun his hard sounds for an hour of non-stop stomping.

Operon stepped up to command the decks in the Drum n Bass Room, bringing with him a change in tempo. A more ‘ravey’ DnB sounded from the decks and during his set he dropped quite a few tracks that had the punters dancing, such as DJ Friction & K Tee’s ‘Get Loose’ and Blame’s ‘Red Alert’. Midnight in the main room saw BiPolar take centre stage. I saw these guys close at Darkside and I was very impressed. They did not disappoint this time either. The main room was getting more packed as the night went on and BiPolar continued to drop tracks that moved the entire crowd such as ‘Twisted’, ‘Crack Whore’ and ‘Silence’ to name a few. 

1am came and it was time to go and check out the change of DJs again. The trancey sounds of Dr. Phil infiltrated the walls of Resonate Room. The trance room had a constant audience, which was pleasing to see and to think they say that trance is dead! Decipher gave it for Menace, who spun until 2am in the Dutch Hardcore Room. The Hardcore Arena was one where the sounds were dark and brutal, but this only added to the atmosphere of the room. The party generating Operon stepped aside in the Drum n Bass Room, to make way for the continued DnB spun this time by Erther. It was good to hear some hard DnB, and the punters seemed to enjoy it also.

Weaver took over from the local duo, BiPolar, in the main room. Weaver, hailing from Sydney, is a member of the Raverbaby Crew and he kicked off the Raverbaby Tour in Brisbane with a great set that prepared everyone for what was to come. Weaver dropped his production called ‘Summer Sicy’ and then ‘Rock Tha Party’, which he most certainly did. I was sitting behind the DJ booth as his set came to a close and the punters screamed, from knowing who was up next. MC Destiny (Team Rocket – Sydney), who had been adding vocals to the performances in the main room all night, gave up the microphone for the evening.

2am came and it was the moment every one had been waiting for. Hixxy, Recon, Styles, Breeze, accompanied by MC Storm and MC Whizzkid, took to the Main stage for what was to be the best 3 hours of the entire night. I went upstairs to check out the other arenas before making my way down to the main room for a dance. The Resonate room had begun to dance to the sounds of Anarchy, who played until 4am. Anarchy & Dr Phil provided the awesome dark & nasty Psy to Tech set that completely blew the punters away. Dr. Phil spun more records from 4:30am, when the Resonate room closed.

Angie Summers opened her set in the Drum n Bass room with an epic tune by Noisia and The Upbeats called ‘Sacrifice’, and then moved into some dance floor techstep featuring artists such as Gridlok, Teebee and Skynet. Crossfire took to the turntables in the Thrillseeka room with tracks like Tommyknocker’s ‘Nocturnal Rituals’ and Hellsystem’s ‘Silence’, it is no wonder the punters were stomping to their hearts were content.

I returned to the main room at this point, only to find myself having to push my way through a crowd. The Raverbaby Crew, who were on the last leg of their tour Down Under, drew quite a crowd. The four men, doing a b2b on 4 turntables with 2 mixers, entertained a hardcore loving crowd. It is, therefore, no wonder that the record label has done so well.

At 3am, I made my way up to the other arenas again in time to see De La Haye on the decks in the Drum n Bass room, who opened her set with a ‘Falling 2005’ remix by John B vs. DBA and a remix of ‘Breathe’ by Dance4Life. De Lay Haye played the closing set in the Drum n Bass room, finishing at 4am. Flashpoint was up next in the Thrillseeka room and his set increased the tempo, when he dropped Dione’s ‘Our Future’ and Nosferatu’s ‘Have It Your Way’. Crystal, a interstater hailing from Sydney, took over after Flashpoint, and ended the night in the Thrillseeka room

Meanwhile, in the main room, the crowd grew bigger as the other arenas closed. During the b2b set, there were many crowd favourites played. For the entirety of the set, the dance floor was packed, glow sticks were moving rapidly and feet were flying as tracks like ‘I Adore’, ‘Crazy Love’, ‘Heartbeatz’, ‘You’re My Angel’, ‘You’re Shining’ and ‘Rock Ya Hardcore’ sounded from the main room speakers. The balcony over looking the main room was jam-packed with punters moving to the rhythm. When ‘Just Accept It’ sounded, both MCs began to sing the words, for which they got screams of happiness. Recon got on the mic to sing to the audience live “Right here. Right now. Tell me what I need to know. Tell me what there is to show” and asked every one to sing along with him.

As the night drew to a close, punters screamed, shouted and clapped in appreciation as all four Raverbaby DJs stepped up to the decks in order to mix simultaneously. The time was nearing 5am, and the MCs were calling out to the punters to show the appreciation to the UK talent. All was thought over, when the MCs said into the mic, “Brisbane you have been absolutely wicked! One, two, this one’s for you!” and surely enough Scott Brown’s ‘Boomstick’ sounded on the decks allowing everyone to have one last dance/stomp before the night ended. This last track truly ended the night on a high.

I thought every aspect of the night was fantastic. The line-up for starters, the atmosphere, the track selection, the people enjoying themselves, the intimacy of the smaller arenas, the chill out balcony that allowed punters to relax a little, the décor and the lighting. The lighting and the visuals in the main room were truly awesome. Thanks to Mayhem Productions and Fuze for putting on this night of night, it is not one that I will be forgetting.