Verslag van A Nightmare in Rotterdam, 16 december 2006

After the very successfull edition of Thunderdome two weeks ago at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht it was now again time to travel to the city of Rotterdam once more to visit the next spectacular event: A Nightmare In Rotterdam - Enter the Timemaschine, beeing held at the Ahoy. For this big event Mid-Town was able to present a great line-up with many famous artist devided over two areas. So with everything set for a great night again, Ron, Volker and I got on the road and arrived at the Ahoy after two hours of driving. The parking was for free, and so I immediately made my way to the vip entrance.

On my way in I could hear that the guys Vince vs. Panic started their performance with Evil Activities & DJ Panic - Never Fall Asleep, DJ Vince - Here Comes The Pain, Art Of Figheters - Bombermen, DJ Dione - Energy Overload, het nieuwe E-Noid - I Don't Give A Damn (Nosferatu Remix), Neophyte & Evil Activities - Put It To Music, DJ Dione & Dr Z-Vago - Depth Of Bass, DJ Bike - Bike's Drum, D-Passion - Put Things Right, Evil Activities - Sick Of My Life and Hard Creation - We Won't Have It. It's always amazing and surprising to see what Vince & Panic can do with the turntables. Respect! Next to come was the live performance of Marc Acardipane feat. The Ultimate MC from Frankfurt Germany. They continued to deliver a serious amount of hit-records, as tracks like Inferno Bros - Slaves To The Rave, Marshall Masters - Stereo Murder, Leathernecks - At War, Nasty Django - Hardcore Motherfucker, PCP - Drunken Piece Of Shit and Turbulence - Six Million Ways To Die all came flying by in one cool mix with a load of digital effects worked in between a very good first performance of this German Guy. During their perfomance I first saw the two massive lasers working in full effect. And even the lightshow wasn't amazing and there seemed to be almost any decoration, it was just right to focus the view on the impressive stage with the „Enter the Timemaschine“ cube in the middle of the stage.

After Marc Acardipane had cleared the stage, DJ Paul and DJ Neophyte started their battle with the well known Fuck Off - Offensive Intro and continued to deliver one hit record after another. Neophyte & Evil Activities - Bottoms Up, Neophyte & Evil Activities - Invasion,Tommyknocker - learn from the Pain,DJ Paul Elstak - I'm Hardcore Till I Die, DJ Paul Elstak - Ready For Judgement Day, DJ Nosferatu & Ophidian - Psychiatric Ass, Hard Creation - I Will Have That Power (Stunned Guys Remix) and DJ Paul & The Stunned Guys - Hardcore Taking Ove, came all flying by in a really fresh and kicking way.Respect to Paul Elstak and Neopyhte for this great DJ-battle ! For me personally this was absolutely the best performance of the evening!

It now was time for the sound to go from the Present style of Paul Elstak & Neopyhte to the early Sounds at the Battle from The Viper and DJ Partyraiser. And even if this performance had a few little flaws, it was much better than the other performances I had seen from Partyraiser through out this year. Their choice of records fitted me also better than usually, as it included tracks like DJ Isaac - Bad Dreams (Remix), DJ Paul - Play My Game and DJ Isaac & The Viper - Trigga Finga. A good and solid performance of these two guys.

Coming up next was the live-performance of the Traxtorm Gangstaz Allied from Italy. Because I decided to walk through the hall to shoot some pictures I only caught a few bits and pieces of his set, including his own top productions The Stunned Guys - You Will Die, The Stunned Guys - Hymn, Tommyknocker - Revolution, Tommyknocker - Demolition, Art Of Fighters -Earthquake, Traxtorm Creatures Allied - Final Disposal Of Outer Power, and I can assure you that during their performance almost every single one was on his feet! I hereby bow my head for this great performance of Traxtorm Gangstaz Allied. For sure this half hour of Italian Hardcore was one of the highlights of this evening. The atmosphere was also getting better and better during this set. Respect to the Italian Hardcore-Junkies! But after a short stop at a merchandise-stand, where you could buy almost anything from caps and shirts to the latest Nightmare Outdoor, I made my way back to the backstage area, because it was almost time for the set of Nosferatu vs. Predator. The dancefloor immediately became very crowded, when they opened their set with DJ Nosferatu - Unnacceptable (Endymion Remix) followed by a track called DJ Nosferatu - Language Of Rhytm and many other early floorfillers like Chosen Few - The Name Of The DJ, Diss Reaction - Jiieehaaaa, Wedlock - I'm The Fuck You Man, Predator - Mind Of A Lunatic, Vanugenth The 5th - Here we Go again and Tiny Tot - Discoland (DJ Isaac Remix) ! One of the two reasons I didn't want to miss this event was the Now following live-act: Evil Activities ! These three guys from Rotterdam took over the place immediately, just by screaming the two words Do You Like Bass, which obviously was going to be the opening-track of their performance. What followed was an half hour filled with Almost every hit record they made the last years, like One Of These Days, Bigger Than Ever, MCs & Djs, Never Sleep Again and State Of Emergency. At this time of the evening the sound level was at its maximum and the atmosphere at its peak ! Following Evil Activities live-act, Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo started their battle, which contained a lot of cool mixing and a huge number of hit records, like Critical Mass - Burnin Love (DJ Weirdo & DJ Sim Remix), DJ Dione - Pain Till I Die, DJ Mad Dog - I Love Hardcore, Bigger Than Ever, G-Town Madness & The Viper - Here It Comes, The Stunned Guys & Tommyknocker - Your Choice, The Masochist - Killing The Remix, Live At London, Wonderfull Days, Menace 2 Society - Chronic Disorder and Project Omeaga - Prednison ! The honour to finish off this event with their harder early sounds had Neophyte aka Bodylotion. But because Ron & Volker and I were already too drunk to maintain to the end, I only caught a glimpse of their performance on my way out. I heard them play Make You Dance, No Worries, Fuck Martina, Mellow Moenie Mauwe and Ik Wil Hakke ! To bring this report to an end, all I've got left to say is that this Edition of A Nightmare in Rotterdam was a complete success - great location, great music, great artists and a great atmosphere, free parking and toilets and a firm but always firendly security staff. See ya all next year on the next edition !