‘Til The End of Time

A live music festival. An after hours rager. A DJ’s personal playground. Wrap all that into one and you’ve got yourself a sweaty dance party known as the annual Time Festival. Toronto hosts numerous music fests throughout the year, but none compare to the unique lineup of Time. Local djs and acts, as well and widely accredited artists like Crystal Castles and Rye Rye all came together to play this all-nighter, harboring an eclectic mix of crowd who know what’s up. With all those factors, you can’t help but get a decent recipe for a great party and potential for petty trouble.

This year’s festival was held July 25th, indoors at The Sound Academy vs. 2008′s August Sunnyside Pavillion setting. Crystal Castles tore up the main stage with their noisy noise and flashing lights, but if you weren’t into that, there were 3 other stages to chose from.

As always, Barletta controlled his room with a twist of a knob and press of a button. Among his followers, Toronto’s Meech with whom I caught up with to ask a few pressing questions:

1. Who are you looking forward to seeing tonight?
Barletta!

2. What was the last good thing you read or posted on Twitter?
That Nav was killing it in the main room tonight.

3. Who do you think is the most underrated artist of 2009?
Barletta, he’s going to be the same or bigger than Deadmau5!

Barletta doing what he does best.

Trying to interview A-Trak, I slyly maneuvered my way onto stage post-set to see if he’d take 3 seconds out of his life for me. He declined. It’s not like I was asking him to take his cap off, come on!

Mario J finished off the night on the main stage and the evening ended around 5:45am, music stopped and the leftovers shuffling out the door into 6am sunlight.

Knee socks beat cleavage, DUH!

Words and Photos by Melania Fedyna