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[23/11/2019] Qlimax - Symphony Of Shadows [NL]

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GianaWana
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Re: [23/11/2019] Qlimax - Symphony of Shadows [NL]

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speaking about music sets
the qreator 6/10(good to hear some 2011 stuff but too much tnt overplayed and new music,not good for a qlimax opening)
keltek 8,5/10 (all great tracks,new stuff,fate or fortune, ti sento, some edits.. well balanced mix)
sound rush 8,5/10(besides it feels like almost a remake of 2018 set, they played also new music, put the right classics, 2008 anthem and like thiz :fist:, great show with people chanting, and good energy, i really enjoyed it, even if it is the cheesy side of hardstyle, it was energetic and well balanced also with some rawish by them :dance: )
anthemshow 5/10 (the show was good, the moment NO, i can't find words to describe my opinion, just questioning why doing this,anyway was a kind of "surprising people" and thats ok,but comparing to 2008/2009/2011/2012.. meh, the zatox and dbstf anthemshow was the best imo)
headhunterz 9/10( the orange heart show was an highlight of the night, a girl behind me was crying, anyway lot of tracks edits energetic stuff and emotional stuff, he know what to do) _O_
DBSTF 9/10 (nothing to add, all you need in a set, dbstf will bring to you.)
bfront 7/10 (of course was a great set, i know it's not his fault but Q decision, but he had not much new stuff to fit 1 hour as i expected, and he didn't play NOTHING about bfrontliner. but anyway i enjoyed the good tracks he played)
rand 9/10 i like more rand's set nowadays than in the past, great tracks and energy, nice to see the reggae guys singing and dancing.
d sturb 7,5/10 (i heard half set, it was dope but sometimes repetitive imo, but thats the raw problem.)
rejecta 7/10 ( i didnt feel like i expected, maybe because tracks were cut off quickly, i don't know, but still good music)
radical redemption 8,5/10 (he killed it,amazing impact, sometimes too much breaks but overhall crazy)
miss k8 9/10 (i expected less, but she did an awesome set, not much breaks but all straight like it has to be, not bad for an image artist, great job to keep hardcore alive)

phuture noize and endymion surprise good but it's annoying to see this kind of comparison only to promote a track, it's a festival,we dont want business stuff.
happy about those singer joining, always good to integrate it during the set, i told multiple times about these elements that were missing from 2013 till 2017, they listen to the crowd vision finally.
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Post by KiLLu12258 »

for me one of , if not the best qlimax ever. stage and especially the lightshow was super amazing.

also i had the feeling that they improved the sound? it was loud as fuck and the bass was shaking your body (L)

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comfreak wrote:Was Headhunters showed on the live stream? i can find nearly all artist on youtube as stream reupload but not HH (yes, maybe not uploaded yet)
To answer my question: yes it was not uploaded yet.

On this youtube channel you can find all restreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-mtF4 ... bhw/videos

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Post by Pinago »

I watched the livestream and it was very nice qualitywise.

I‘m a Fan of dbstf, hhz and d-sturb. I also enjoyed the set by B-Front, for my Taste it was finally more variable.

The Ran-D set was boring, he is a good producer and the Kicks Sound fat but it‘s just top Boring when you compare this to other rawstyle Acts like D-Sturb, e-force, delete, Rejecta.

Good Job Q-dance, was nice to listen. Next year I will be back again in the Dome.

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Holy guacamole, jesus christ. That was freaking awesome. The sound system was just intense, big up to Q for pulling that off. I know they probably drowned lots and lots of money in this over the years now and after the sound limitations I was sure we‘d have to live with worse sound. But wow, the pressure and clarity this year was unrivaled at that loudness. I had to leave shortly before Miss K8 and it was almost completely quiet outside. How the fuck do you pull that off. Heads off to those sound engineers!

I liked the stage and the backlit canvas, played very well with the shadows theme. Also it wasn‘t really „not-moving“ just not as transforming as other years.. bit you only have so many options of doing that, I‘d rather them not wasting them all in a couple years. The transparent screen was really cool combined with the second behind it. The intro with the woman performing between them with the hands in front of her, that was pretty awesome!

Musically it had its ups and downs, but the sets were all executed extremely well and it came down to personal taste for me. The concept of the Qreator was odd, I‘d rather seen Zany.. I know it‘s probably a figure for Dediqated but for now the spot seems to have been wasted.. it was a mixture of refreshingly old tracks and fucking overplayed openers. I mean, lots of people actually sighed together with me when The Realm came on. Keltek was 10/10 for me, crazy energy! Sound Rush was technically great, I don‘t really care for them though - went for a drink and watched from the deck. Could‘t resist a few moves with those new kicks and a few classics though. DBSTF, D-Sturb, B-Front where godlike!! Ran-D was moving the crowd real good as well, took a break there though. Headhunterz is putting out extremely high quality tracks and the set was quality, I just don‘t like break-dominated sets so it felt a little dull to me at times.

Rejecta felt like he should have played before D-Sturb as a transition, he was actually going softer then D-Sturb? Radical was extreme, quite bizarre actually. Comes down to preference of course - but that was cringy to me.

All in all it was fucking beautiful!

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Post by Bigblock »

Skape wrote:
Stage was great, loved the design and all the little details, I don't understand people complaining about the no-transformation stage, like if it has always been a rule for Qlimax stage (we only had 2 transformation stage in 9 years, 2013 and 2018). People act like spoiled children and can't even enjoy the amazing production Q-Dance delivers anymore.
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ehm 2016 =? Hello ? xD Best Qlimax ever in my opinion .
Qlimax 11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18

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comfreak wrote:
comfreak wrote:Was Headhunters showed on the live stream? i can find nearly all artist on youtube as stream reupload but not HH (yes, maybe not uploaded yet)
To answer my question: yes it was not uploaded yet.

On this youtube channel you can find all restreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-mtF4 ... bhw/videos
That channel got shut down, any suggestions where else we can find the restreams?
Qlimax: '14,'15,'16,'17,'18,'19,'22,'23 - HB: '15,'17 - Q-Base: '17 - Defqon.1: '16,'17,'18,'19,'22,'23 - Return of Hhz: '17 - Dediqated: '20 - X-Qlusive Holland: '22,'23 - Mysteryland: '22,'23 - Freshtival: '23 - Hardfest: '24 - D4L '24 - Intents: '24

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Post by Skape »

Bigblock wrote:
Skape wrote:
Stage was great, loved the design and all the little details, I don't understand people complaining about the no-transformation stage, like if it has always been a rule for Qlimax stage (we only had 2 transformation stage in 9 years, 2013 and 2018). People act like spoiled children and can't even enjoy the amazing production Q-Dance delivers anymore.
_O_
ehm 2016 =? Hello ? xD Best Qlimax ever in my opinion .
Not a real transformation stage for me, we "just" had the wings moving.

But I agree it was the best Qlimax stage with 2014 :p

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Post by comfreak »

Pkay wrote:
comfreak wrote:
comfreak wrote:Was Headhunters showed on the live stream? i can find nearly all artist on youtube as stream reupload but not HH (yes, maybe not uploaded yet)
To answer my question: yes it was not uploaded yet.

On this youtube channel you can find all restreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-mtF4 ... bhw/videos
That channel got shut down, any suggestions where else we can find the restreams?
Ha, I knew this will happen - got them on my hard disk for sure :P

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Post by GianaWana »

guys but what abut the official qdance photos?
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