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damn, just noticed the server is down there. keep trying back or look for loopz on soulseek.

paolo's latest mix can be downloaded from: http://www.coded.org.uk in the music section. mix is called 'loopz' tracklist: 1 ) dj buck vocal samples / leaf 2 ) ec1m – ec1m 3 ) nuddles – locked on (original mix) / bedrock breaks 4 ) dylan rhymes - stereo (meat katie remix) / w9y 5 ) sons of slough – check out yer pa / w9y 6 ) dylan rhymes – stereo (locked loop) (meat katie remix) / w9y ( 2 ) 7 ) lee burridge – do you smoke pot? / tyrant 8 ) brass monkey – lo life / grooves 9 ) lee burridge - do you smoke pot / tyrant (2) 10 ) medicine8 - universal personal / regal 11 ) habersham – inconstant / 12 ) sons of slough – unknown / 13 ) tech phunk – body phunk / 14 ) silencer – rollin’ n’ controllin’ / critical mass 15 ) flow – sparkle (intro) / low pressings 16 ) dopplereffekt – infophysis (edit) / dataphysix

if you want a taste of paolo's talents, check slsk.com and search for paolo mojo or music is freedom. there are 3 volumes of 'music is freedom' as well as several groovetech sets. if you dig around hard enough you should still be able to find his guest mix from john digweeds KISS show in london too.

nice to meet you hotass!

happy bday frank!!

whoop... the future of miami. the breeding ground.

migs!

i'm SOOOO there!!

conceptually it works however it's blasphemous to use the name... sad really.

demi's gonna rock it! this will be demi's 3rd miami date in the past 12 months and it's grown each time. we're becoming his home away from home

FUCK YEAH!!!

unfortunately tyler has been postponed until february, but he IS coming! to make up for it... maze has added dj three to the mr c lineup! and we're working another special guest for feb 7. stay tuned.

more to come

looks like the british ARE coming!

i loved lola. although it could have been so much more. it just seemed like they had the perfect venue yet didn't want to spen the money on any of the nights. it will be missed.

oscar played a wicked opening set as well. really great night all around.

tenaglia was simply amazing saturday night! best i've seen him since his wicked sept 2001 set @ space.

i agree diego. conference is VERY important for them.

I finally got a host sorted so you people that have not been to maze yet can have a look at what's in store for you when you come out. http://www.snez.net/chris/maze

biz... what's the price after midnight?? i don't get off work til around 12:30 am and won't be able to get there any earlier than say 1am. thanks bro!.

happy birffday girl! nice day to be born eh? a huge party just for you every year!

again andrew... why? give me reasons why. thats all i ask.... don't resort to personal stabs. give me some dj's and how you'd sell them. why should somebody being them? what is the economic benefit?? what are you trying to sell?? educate me...

andrew bro, don't take this personally.... but there are a LOT of factors that go into the club industry that i'm affraid you just don't grasp. if liquid is your basis of success, and putting to you the same way round about shadow and groovejet... if liquid was such a success where is it today? things change. people want new venues. plus, if you figure in the cost of many of the dj's that shadow and groovejet brought down you'd realise it isn't easy to have a smaller venue and deal with over inflated dj prices. just cause a club eventually closes it's doors does not equate to failure. economics change, crowds change etc. maze has the size and capitol to bring in talent that groovejet and shadow could no longer afford and crobar is just unwilling to pay. why progressive? it works. it's underground enough that it apeals to the music heads. it's accessable enough that it can be sold to the masses. the dj's have enough hype and music sales, cd's other international reputations that you can have something to sell them on. it's a genere that has worked well in the past down here. i agree that it isn't what it once was, but it still works. again, if it didn't... why did several thousand show up to crobar on a monday night... outside of season no less. to see sasha? andrew, i have lived in miami for 13 years, i have been clubbing for for close to 16, and i have been following one form of dance music or another since the mid 80's. not trying to toot my horn here, but having knowledge and experience is a lot more than having an opinion. explain to my why you feel your thought and ideas would work in miami. please don't resort to "miami sucks" or "and its never about the music here its about trends". give me a solid educated point of view. trends are followed globally. at any given time at any given club in the united states you will find a MUCH larger % of "cluless" people in a club. please back up your thoughts and tell me why a club should book some of the talent you want to hear? what will sell it? why should somebody come see/hear these dj's? don't give me the "things are better in NYC" argument. you are not in NYC. you have to deal w/ what you have. besides, i know for fact the venues up there are hurting as much or more than the venues here. the population of that area is 5-6 times that of miami/ft laud/west palm... there is obviously no shortage of people to put in venues there.

fallen clubs that built the foudation of the scene as it is today.... groovejet, shadow lounge and crobar all built their reputations bringing in the likes of dave seaman, sasha, john digweed, nick warren, steve lawler... all progressive dj's. and with those dj's comes hype. i agree 100% w/ dade. hype sells 95% of the people that go out. sasha pulled several thousand out on a monday night. real failure there. just out of curiosity andrew, how long have you lived in south florida and how long ago did you get into the clubbing industry?

i agree w/ what's been posted above for the most part. in my opinion level has never been a major player in drawing the crowd that crobar/space/spin and now maze are targeting. i have never really liked level, in the few years it's been open i have only had reason to go there a few times. so if they closed or remained a hip hop dominated club, i could care less really. i have never taken that venue seriously. space/spin have indeed pulled in the big dj's and with them the big #'s. they have a sound to the venue and with that sound they have the correct dj's for the most part as residents. their dealings w/ the bullitt roster have built them a solid reputation although most of the dj's on that roster are very "tenaglia" ish. nothing wrong with that. it works for them. i have to give biz some major props with the things he's doing w/ lunar sessions. it's really the only original thing that space has going that differs from the norm miami tried and true. spin is a venue that is nice, but i just don't believe in the place. it's bee associated w/ the VIP crowd for too many years under other management and names. that whole block has in fact. plus the whole place just comes off as space on the beach.... only not as good. the place looks like everytime something at space breaks, they just pull out a replacement from spin and drive it over the causeway. they keep it open just to keep it open... to say they have something open on southbeach. and what is up w/ the huge pictures of dj's such as john digweed... he's never even played spin? i'm curious to see the new space. i just hope (and doubt) they have learned from past mistakes how to treat patrons. i'm sure the new system will rock. i remember when space first opened how good it sounded. they added some sound to fill the middle of the room and it just killed it for me. now it's too loud. the last few times i've been there, the sound has been horrific. they push that system way to hard. louder does not = a better vibe. trust me. crobar... this just makes me sad. i used to have so much fun in there. they used to bring so many good dj's. but recently the place has just become commercial crap. i know it sells, looks good on paper and in the bank... so good for them. but it really is a shame. in my opinion, crobar should just sell itself for what it has become. a cheesy tourist destination. the only night they have going that i semi regularly attend is back door bamby. still loads of fun in there! crobar should stick to pete tong, get fat boy slim and they'll do fine. stop bringing dj's like josh wink and let somebody like maze do that sound. now for maze. this place has the highest potential of any place down here in years. the sound is by far the best in miami, possibly best in the country. unfortunately politics seem to come in to play for this venue. it's a catch-22 for them. all the big draw dj's down here are loyal to other promoters and/or venues, yet the club is so big it's almost impossible for them to build anything new. it's gonna take a lot of hard work to make this venue work to the general clubber. they have all the pieces in place and a phenominal staff. they know how to treat their customers. but over and over again i hear those exact same words. "really great place, sound, staff" etc... now it's just a matter of getting the talent in there to keep those people that are so impressed w/ the venue coming back every friday. saturday will do well no matter what in my opinion. if maze sticks by it's guns they will succed. last night was a really good night upstairs. that is a MAJOR start in the right direction for them. all in all, the clubs really need to stop working agaist each other so much. it just stiffles the scene. politics suck the life right out of it. if i ran all these clubs this is what i'd do.... leave level as hip hop. close spin altogether. move that trance night from spin over to space w/ george and edgar bring in the big trance dj's on the roster like PVD and tiesto once in a while. keep oscar on and add stryke to saturday nights then rotate in the "outside residents" a couple times a month on saturdays. crobar, i'd leave as is. commercial. all nights would stay the same. maze, i'd throw as much money as i could to hire carmel. bring in big dj's a couple fridays a month. add to that 2 more local residents (ahem austin leeds and jon cowan ahem cough) . do a monthly PMS style party and leave saturdays as they are. level- hip hop space- trance fridays acosta, edgar, PVD, tiesto. tribal house/techno saturdays oscar, stryke, tenaglia, lawler, deep dish, carl cox etc... crobar- commercial fridays and saturdays. tong, fat boy slim, robbie riveria, jules etc maze- progressive fridays digweed, sasha, (give space $$ for howells) burridge, sander etc. circuit house saturdays calderone, ruhauffer, monty q etc. everybody wins. but hey... it's not a perfect world is it?