Reinforced, Syrous #17 - September 20. 1997 Options Rating

[Eddie Machete]

one last party i went too
proubly the tape that gives me the most chills
hearing that fucking intro
i was about 5 feet in the air after that first rewind

[Eddie Machete]

tapes were garbage
bass heavy

[giannibats]

I can't believe that I missed that party after all the years of waiting for GQ to come to a party in Toronto! I'd love to hear the audio.....any chance of it getting posted?

[sigma]

Audio will be posted soon my friend
still have to encode them.

[sigma]

AUDIO: Dj Mickey Finn {A}{B}{C}{D}

WARNING: Audio is distorted.

Audio now online. Part 2 b (D) online soon.

[giannibats]

Thanks Sigma. GQ is just outta control!! My all-time favourite. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you making all this rare material available....Thanks again.

[sigma]

np bud
part D online later.

[sigma]

Audio for part D is now online.
Listen

[Eddie Machete]

nice good hearing that one again
much appreciation

[DJ LethalRush]

thanks to Rick for pointing me to this site..

thanks to everyone for posting all this nostalgia up for me.

I've loved breakbeats/techno/jungle ever since the very beginning. I'd collect and scrounge tapes from everywhere that I could; an ancient Krome + Tyme tape i found sticks out in my mind at the moment.
anyway i was at X-Static all the time; I'd collect every flyer available there, week after week; I knew every DJ and MC who was performing, all the details; everything. I never went to any of those parties (too young, and strict parents), but I seriously felt the excitement. (sorry for this rant but im feeling really nostalgic). I'd stare at those flyers on my wall while lying in bed every night and every morning.

I can't believe all these flyers and mix tapes here. Every single one makes me so nostalgic; and I haven't even actually been to any of these early parties.

This event (Mickey Finn + GQ) was the first "rave" jungle party I've ever been to in my life. It stacked up to be everything I'd ever dreamed about a rave to be. Man, I can still feel that excitement of getting inside in the pit of my stomach.

Anyway;
Quick story from that night:
I remember when Mickey Finn's set just started. It was absolutely MAYHEM. The photograph I have in my mind's eye is one i'll never forget - all the lights were blarringly on, everyone's hands were up, and i could barely here GQ over everyone's yells and cheers.

Anyway, the quick story is:
I had left my jacket in the corner of the warehouse under some grill metal stares. When it came time to leave, I picked up my jacket and found it to be covered in a considerable amount of PUKE.

Normally, this would have totally upset me, or anyone for that matter, specially considering it was my first rave that i had spent yeeears hyping up in my head..but.. I didn't care at ALL. That was part of the excitement for me - the grunginess and dirtiness of it all..

anyway.

thanks for allt he work everyone has done here to put up these flyers and tapes. brought back those butterflies in my stomach.

EZ

Saro - DJ LethalRush

[sector7g]

I remeber that party well. For some reason though I remeber how loud everyone screamed for Mickey Finn at the intro (Crazy!) but even after the first tune played it was still really loud andno one around me was still screaming. I wonder if the record had a crowd recorded on it. I know everyone really screamed for Mickey but it just seemed to go on for too long...

[Murk-E]

One of my 1st raves....brocked out wit alot of people this nite.....i remember when mickey dropped warhead....my chest was pounding cuz of the mushrooms i ate...

[rickiedee]

boh!!!! chris thank you for finally posting this mix, this wuz my very first party ever and probably one of the best no doubt. i remember being in the lineup of this event, and the huge metal door wuz just rattling so bad, it gave me tingles all over my body. when i got inside it wuz so loud that i just instantly wanted to dance real hard and i wuz totally sober at the time too. it wuz defenitely the first time i ever was subjected to so much bass. i just cant believe i lasted as long as i did because i never wuz really used to staying up all night, because i wuz only 15 at the time and i wuznt introduced to chemicals or anything until the next year, i wuz purely into pot and beer. anyway thanx again chris this is a mix that i will cherish for years to come, also big up on the high quality flyer posted here, ill be snatching that as well, peace.

[Angelus]

another great Syrous party ! had an amazing time.

i remember the venue was soooooo rammed i was @ the back of the government & couldnt move lol it was shoulder 2 shoulder in many parts.

pure vibes

[charade]

I think this was the tape the blew the speakers in my parents minivan. I find that on a lot of Toronto rave tapes you can't really hear the crowd but on this one you can tell the vibes were heavy. The first fifteen minutes are sublime. So sad I missed this one. You must have had the dat running for someone else's set. Sniper? Mystical?