"Don't watch the DJ, YOU're the show." and the Design of Clubs
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it was like this when I went, I'm fairly sure. different to those layouts:
I'm sure my scale is out, but I'm pretty confident on layout
it was like that in 2006-7-8, and like that on its closing night too
yes, those speakers you can see on the right form the wall of speakers that separated the dancefloor from the rest of room... you can see the dancefloor really isnt all that big, but it was nothing but speakers on all sides. and usually pitch black and full of smoke
Fez909
toilet expert
I was already going to post this video - which I'll never tire of watching or posting - but you set it up nicely. Thanks
I never went, but I regret it all the time. My ex girlfriend went and said it was amazing. It looks, and sounds, like the perfect night to me now.
To me Fabric never felt like a small or intimate venue, even in the smaller rooms.
I'm going to Phonox tonight and I definitely appreciate that they put a sticker over your phone camera. Of course you can pull it off but it sets the tone.
I like the sound of phonox.
the last really good nightclub I went to was the short lived Dance Tunnel in dalston... much the same as plastic people. there are some ok places in hackney wick but they're a bit big and trendy. I'm sure Fold is good but not really up for the hours and the journey.... I follow the gay club scene in london by proxy these days (ie i get someone else to go and then tell me about it, and then tell them how all their "new" music was done better in the 90s)
the last really good nightclub I went to was the short lived Dance Tunnel in dalston... much the same as plastic people. there are some ok places in hackney wick but they're a bit big and trendy. I'm sure Fold is good but not really up for the hours and the journey.... I follow the gay club scene in london by proxy these days (ie i get someone else to go and then tell me about it, and then tell them how all their "new" music was done better in the 90s)
shifting gears
Well-Known Member
This is pretty bang on with my recollection of it, and I went there at least 10 times I reckon
Very fond memories of Moodymann on the mic in his inimitable drawl “I’m taking requests y’all, and I ain’t playing none o’ that KDJ shit… I got some Prince for ya, I got some Parliament for ya”
Then later “my man said play something from Detroit, so imma play something from Detroit”
Drops Seven Nation Army
Scenes ensue
Phonox is interesting but it is essentially a shiny bar with a relatively mainstream crowd that they have made into a good clubbing venue by installing an excellent sound system and driving forwards a brilliant music policy. So hats off to them.
I don't know if I'd travel for it, certainly the railway arches provide venues more suited to underground, intimate nights, but it's a 20min walk from home so I really appreciate it. Also I'm 50 so I don't really travel for anything any more and generally party infrequently and only south of the river.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
I really like Phonox for all the reasons you say (especially the proximity to home). Haven't been there for a while but the last few times the atmosphere has been a bit 'laddier' than it used to be.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I liked the layout of Heaven. Especially the chill out bar upstairs. A DJ there playing room 2 funky house but no actual dancefloor up there
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Soundshaft was good. DJ up by the toilets iirc. Dancefloor below. Bar out of the way. Plenty of sit bits.
I don't mind a facing the DJ dancing crowd tbh. What I don't like is clubs where the flow of people from room to room cuts through the dancefloor. Not a problem at Scala but was at Hidden and the 2nd room at ministry.
I don't mind a facing the DJ dancing crowd tbh. What I don't like is clubs where the flow of people from room to room cuts through the dancefloor. Not a problem at Scala but was at Hidden and the 2nd room at ministry.
Yea this is right. Bar was on the left as you faced the front/booth, speakers and curtains separating the bar area from dance floor. Open but gave an extra bit of separation. Fat system. Went to a few FWDs in early days and often hardly anyone there
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
And sometimes the area full of polystyrene balls that you lay down in. That was amazing..
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
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The biggest trend in British dance music isn’t DJs rinsing Spice Girls edits or men in dressing gowns playing trance on TikTok, depressing as those actualities may be. No, the real shift underway is that clubs are in decline. Festival lineups may be packed with cost-effective DJs, but dedicated...
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'Are people talking about dancing instead of doing it?' For some reason made me think of this thread.
Guilty as charged tbh.
zedr
new but not *that* new
I've actually felt the opposite. I've been sober and not been out properly for 5 years, but hear about way more free/squat/warehouse parties than I ever did when I was going out. Think, annoyingly, I've finally got to know the right people just as I'm no longer interested in going out.The Academisation of Rave: Is Everyone Talking About Dancing, Rather Than Doing It? | The Quietus
The biggest trend in British dance music isn’t DJs rinsing Spice Girls edits or men in dressing gowns playing trance on TikTok, depressing as those actualities may be. No, the real shift underway is that clubs are in decline. Festival lineups may be packed with cost-effective DJs, but dedicated...
'Are people talking about dancing instead of doing it?' For some reason made me think of this thread.
Guilty as charged tbh.
I wonder how much this is a case of the journo getting older, going out less and reading more books.
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