XVI closing its doors.
a staple of the Ottawa rave scene and nightlife community is closing its doors on January 1st of the upcoming year. a site known and loved by many for well over a decade, brought together by hard work and a love of electronic music in a ‘big city with a small town mentality’ it will be sorely missed. many a Badman met, communicated and gathered ideas and information because of XVI and its longstanding relationship between Ottawa area ravers and club-goers. the banter, the friendships, the drama, and the music shared by so many not only from Ottawa, but all over Canada and even other places around the World will never be replaced.
thank you, Graham J, from all the Badman Press family for keeping such a wonderful place to express ones-self, share music, get the latest event listings or just blow off some steam around for such a long time.
for some of the reasoning behind the decision you can check Graham J’s post here.
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RedEyz
December 16th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
DAMN!!?!
just like The Well, Atomic, Bowggy & Organised Sound – the end of a great era in Ottawa’s underground electronic music scene. I honestly thought it would just be there forever… much love to Graham & co. for all the work and love that went into the site. wow. sadddddddddddddddd.
December 17th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Jesus, I remember signing up on there in like 2000 or 2001, can’t believe it was like 10 years almost!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
I’m very thankful XVI was there to introduce me to all these ppl in Ottawa who shares similar electronic music cravings. I’ll miss the dark blue.