MATINEE GAY PRIDE 2008 – SUNDAY 6TH JULY
REVIEW FOR SEENQUEEN
As if our weekend hadn’t been busy enough in celebration of Pride in London, with trips to Soho & then south of the river to Vauxhall, not to mention a brief excursion to a new club venture in Kings Cross, all these being sandwiched by work commitments, when Sunday night arrived, we had to call on all our reserves of energy for the one event we were most looking forward to.
Styled as the official closing party to Pride 2008 & billed as the sexiest club night of the weekend, Matinee, for us, always signals a time to really let our hair down amongst one of London’s best looking clubbing crowds, with the atmosphere and music to match. So, despite having pushed the boundaries over the previous 48 hours, we soon found the resolve to hit Farringdon and the wonders of Fabric.
Arriving early for us at just after 11 p.m., there was a small queue to negotiate and once through the doors we made our usual descent down the winding stairs and into the main room. There, we found a select crowd of stylish boys & girls in amongst hunky Latino’s and ardent clubbers, all looking forward to sampling a piece of the Matinee magic.
As we hit the bar for refreshments, we were greeted by the ever present and charming co-promoter of Matinee in London, Oliver M, who had just handed over the reigns in the DJ booth to the cute Eduardo De La Torre. We have said this before, but we find Oliver one of the friendliest and approachable promoters we know and a great DJ talent to boot.
Heading towards the dancefloor, which by now was filling towards capacity, we bumped into a fair few familiar faces as we surveyed the territory from our, by now, customary spot next to the DJ booth. Never disappointing, was the fantastic production that always goes into Matinee at Fabric, with superb signage around the walls and a massive illuminated sign on the stage, creating a brilliant & bright focal point for all to see. As Eduardo pumped out one hard edged tune after the other, the atmosphere continued to build, as did the crowd.
With the Latin influence clearly in evidence, Eduardo handed over to special guest DJ Jordi Lights, who assumed control of the decks and sent us wild with his incredible & trademark euphoric summer sounding music. He pulled out fantastic record after record, including a track synonymous with our trips to Matinee, Toca’s Miracle, which got an amazing reaction from the amassed dancing hunks & party goers revelling in the atmosphere which we have come to love and adore at Fabric.
As if that wasn’t enough, Oliver’s co-promoter Logan then brought out his famous troupe of tanned & chiselled dancers who performed a collection of routines, some dressed in revealing swimwear, others in an assortment of fashions to really catch the eye. Without doubt, each and every time we visit Matinee, we are blown away by the shows which are head and shoulders above any other club offering similar entertainment. So, as with previous occasions, we were spellbound by the action on stage.
With Jordi pumping out sounds well into the 8 hour party, we spotted the Italian Stallion himself, DJ Pagano arrive and knew that he was going to be the perfect end to yet another fantastic Matinee party. And that he was, assuming the decks for the couple of hours remaining and taking us on a journey with his unique blend of hard hitting euro-style techno-esc but nevertheless seriously danceable music.
By the close we were well and truly partied out, so struggling back up the winding stairs of Fabric, we disappeared into the malaise of an early Monday morning Farringdon and home to our bed to dreamily recapture the whole experience.
So, was it the closing Pride party we had expected? With only the main room open and numbers considerably down on what we were expecting, perhaps not. However, you have to consider that this may have been due to regular Matinee Latino’s, some of which we had spoken to previously, deciding against London, instead heading for the fabulous pride event in Madrid. The planned PA was noticeably absent, but that said, you cannot take away each & every one of the following facts, the fantastic music, the scrumptious Matinee dancers, the sexy & good looking crowd, the brilliant atmosphere and not forgetting the most engaging host who looked after us so well. What more could you ask for. In our books, Matinee rules. (DISCO MATT)
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