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Sudbeat Showcase: magic formula
Stereo — 230325 — Hernan Cattaneo, Simply City, Graziano Raffa, John Cosani
REVIEW WORD – SUDBEAT SHOWCASE MARCH 25, 2023 –
READING : 4-5 min – *(Translated from french with www.DeepL.com/Translator )
Hi! We know each other. If not, we still know each other.… Than Hi! 🙂
After such an experience, some of you know me, I love to share some reviews of the feelings I lived with you… here we go before the next weekend. I know, it’s a bit long, but cheer up! It’s a few minutes, for eternity… Let’s jump !
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MAGIC FORMULA!
Let’s be honest, SUDBEAT found the recipe, and we tasted it with joy when Hernan Cattaneo, Graziano Raffa, Simply City and John Cosani came
WHAT a party!
First of all, of course, thanks to the STEREO MONTREAL team for having created the conditions for such an experience!
You will agree with me that the evening of March 25th was absolutely one of those nights that ranks in the “legendary” category. And this, for multiple factors…
FIRST THIRD OF THE NIGHT
First of all, the first third of the night, from the opening until six o’clock, was excellent with the Italian dj @Graziano Raffa and our friend Simply City aka Cesar, who contributes to the history of Montreal music with his SUDBEAT tour from which he just came back from South America.
(At the beginning of 2023, for two months, Simply City went to meet the dream of his life by joining extraordinary people who inspire him and allow him to grow. It’s great to think that our friend from here in Montreal, a “Stereo resident” will be representing our culture and pride on the biggest stages with THE best).
SECOND THIRT
The second third of the night was simply masterful with the arrival of the maestro from 06 am to 1 pm.
I think we heard sounds and rhythms that are unique in humanity… The concordance of the light shows in symbiosis with the musical explosions gives the shared experience in the room something magical.
The crowd was very receptive and so connected in the moment… I don’t know if it’s just me, but I thought I observed a behavioral evolution of the crowd as the hours went by;
Did you notice that at the beginning of the night everyone dances a little more individually, or in small groups with their friends.
But as the night progresses, a form of sharing and empathy is created with all the other faces you see as the hours go by.
I felt like the more hours passed, the more love, smiles and kindness there was in the crowd. The movement was very smooth and I didn’t get pushed around all evening. I don’t know about you, but I had the impression that it was very civilized at SUDBEAT…
Indeed, when the music and the rhythm rock you without shattering your soul or your dance steps, you are left with a state of mind without aggressiveness and open to the environment. That is to say the others… Haaaaaaa the advantages of the PROG! Wonderful
Maestro Cattaneo divinely owns the music and renders it to us with surgical precision. Like you, I probably still have the rhythm and flashes of sound in my head, mixed with the bright colors and lasers that bathe the place… By the way, congratulations Luc LHeureux for your impeccable work as always.
Anecdote
At one point I pass a guy while dancing, but it seems to me that I saw him playing in the booth earlier… So I ask him, and yes indeed, he confirms that he is the 1st Dj I saw at the opening: Graziano Raffa!
Wow! the guy is having a great time, it’s great to see him like that! In fact, I ran into him almost every time he took a game brake, because he had one of those fun to come and dance! The guy between his games gets down on the floor, and dances! Fantastic!
LAST THIRD
As for the last third of the night which was from 1pm to 5pm, I rate them as perfect. I can confirm that the guys from SUDBEAT have deployed an excellent recipe! The B2B2B2B was perfect, with an exquisite fluidity between the artists, and as SImply City says in his Post, it was improvised, but wow! What a result!
And if I’m not mistaken, that’s where we had the chance to hear John Cosani, who brought a very nice organic touch, with very groovy instruments and rhythms. I say BRAVO to the Maestro and the whole team for generously featuring all the SUDBEAT djs, as well as Mr. Cosani, with 2 or 3 excellent appearances in the 3rd third. Thank you!
It was during this time that we were able to ask our friend Cesar to help us sign the cap of our friend Clea, who had taken it with a Sharpie hehehe Very kindly Hernan Cattaneo agreed to affix his mark to the delight of Clea (*This is the photo of this article)


Another beautiful moment took place somewhere in the early afternoon probably, as I cross again the Dj Graziano Raffa dancing at the left entrance that leads behind the dj booth, I ask him first what country he comes from;
-“I come from Italy my friend” he answers me…
I then tooked a few moments with him, and ask him ;
– tell me Dj, do people dance like this in Italy, or elsewhere in the world?
He took a deep breath, looks at the room and answers me with such a bright face;
– Man! I will tell you, there is NO OTHER PLACE like this on the PLANET! Yes of course people dance, they have fun, but we don’t see dancers like here! They are animals and…. I don’t know man (and he puts both hands on his head while looking at the room). It’s incredible man, nowhere people dance like that, like animals! It’s never enough…
And he repeated
– On the entire planet earth, all around the WORLD, this is the onlyest place like this for the music man…
– Thank you DJ, welcome to Montreal…
– It’s amazing bro…
and we parted.
In front of such happiness I made a small statistical calculation of the chance that each of us have to be present in such a magic place on earth, exactly as he mentioned. It’s amazing…
Think about how lucky you are: Your individual presence at a Stereo party represents 0.0000000125% of humanity (let’s say you are 1/8,000,000,000 of all).
And when you are amalgamated with the 800 dancers who fill the place, you are part of the 0.00001% of the world’s population that has the privilege to share such extraordinary moments, and to literally fill up with universal energy… with Love!
Of course, these numbers are so abstract that it’s almost intangible, but for the mathematicians, or the reflective ones, it may offer a beautiful perspective of our incredible chances to have access to this temple… In any case, it gives me the measure of luck to be here, alive and happy, while there is so much suffering elsewhere on the globe. Gratitude to have access to this 0,00001%… With YOU!
Yes yes, you are the other player in the success of these evenings! Thanks to you for all that you bring, Mathieu, Fadi, Luis, Emilie, Solange, Santo, Jino, Alain, Gail, Christian and other friends of infinity… You dancers were super beautiful and smiling, it seemed that you were happy! It’s contagious! Like these three smiling guys who took a flight from… Saskatoon! Expressly to come and dance! wow! Just wow!
Finally, on my way out of the temple, I had one last chance to bump into Dj Graziano at the end of the night, on the sidewalk, and he was totally under the spell of his visit, along with the John Cosani team, Simply City and the Maestro himself. Thank you SUDBEAT for being there! You’ll be back…
Thank you Mike and Tommy for putting together the right conditions to keep this place alive.
We are a tiny percentage, but thousands to live 100% of happiness when we go to conect in the beat and the vibrations of STEREO MONTREAL.
Gratitude.
Have a great week, and vibrate
**Found the links of your SUDBEAT crew here
https://www.facebook.com/sudbeatmusic
https://www.facebook.com/hernancattaneo
https://www.facebook.com/SimplyCityOfficial
https://www.facebook.com/grazianoraffaofficial
https://www.facebook.com/DJJohnCosani
And the review of Fadi here
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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