Revolver Shake, Rattle & Roll Club Review - July 2008

REVOLVER – SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL – SATURDAY 26TH JULY
REVIEW FOR SEENQUEEN


It seems hardly a month since the last instalment of what has become for us, a must visit event, when Scala opened it’s doors to the brilliance of Oliver Mohns & Logan Schmitt in the form of Evolved Events and their recent venture Revolver. The hype surrounding this month’s outing was amazing and expectations for a fantastic party were high, knowing the reputation of Oliver & Logan for putting on spectacular parties.

So, it was just before midnight that we graced the doors of Scala to the welcoming tones of Door Host Mark, who ironed out a small technicality with our guestlist inclusion and whisked us through the doors and into the reception area. There we were greeted by the enigmatic Minty, who had been brought into the Revolver team, as hostess, so we were somewhat surprised to see her stuck behind the desk. Nevertheless, she looked resplendent in a slinky white and silver number, which was screaming to be showed off in the club, sadly to no avail.

With Minty waving us through, we ascended the stairs and entered the foyer bar, where a collection clubbing boys & girls as well as familiar scene faces were gathering, all seemingly arming themselves with refreshments for the long night ahead. Sneaking in amongst the crowd, we indulged in our customary shots of Sambuca, then colliding back down the stairs, toasted Minty’s magnificent arrival on the Revolver team.

Back up the stairs, we entered the main room and looking across to the regular D.J. booth saw it distinctly void of Eduardo de La Torre, who we had exchanged greetings in the foyer bar upon our arrival. To our amazement and surprise, looking over to the stage, saw the team had dealt an inspired move by placing the DJ’s & booth centre stage, thus creating a whole new atmosphere to the main room and, for us, being the focal point that we believe the D.J’s should be.

It wasn’t long before the crowd began to swell and friends of previous Matinee & Revolver parties soon amassed, including our fierce partner in crime Lexi, whom we had shared a fun evening only recently at Gutterslut. Eduardo had assumed the decks and was pumping out his familiar set of harder edged house tunes to an ever increasing and adoring audience. With the realisation that only the main room looked open, we spent no time searching the labyrinth of corridors up and down the venue, rather concentrating our energies on the main room.

As always, the Evolved events team had gone to town, adorning the walls of Scala’s cavernous spaces with Revolver banners & signage and with the huge plasma screen flicking slides of casino tables & 007 shots, really set the scene for the shake, rattle & roll theme, which we had seen plastered on all the promotion and advertising days & weeks before.

It wasn’t long before we immersed ourselves into the electric atmosphere of Revolver at Scala, which we have come to love & adore, positioning ourselves just above the main dancefloor and with friends by our sides, we were in the perfect vantage point for the show that was to come. And what a show it was, with seamless music precision by Eduardo, blended in the arrival of the superb Powder Puff Girls who performed their latest record release to massive cheers and whoops from the captivated crowd. Moving in complete harmony, these girls just blew us away and in doing so, gave the best performance we have seen at any Revolver party so far.

With the show over, Eduardo resumed control of the decks and continued to woo us with his music choices and style, sending us crazy on our spot, hands waving in the air & spinning around as we sought to compete with the sexy go-go’s who had taken situ on the stage and main floor podiums.

A brief respite saw us returning to the foyer bar, where Alessandro was spinning some fabulously scrumptious house tunes to a select crowd, clearly intent on partying away, so bumping into yet more friends we extended our stay here, dancing and soaking up what was a very different atmosphere to the main floor.

But it was the main room where we saw out the rest of the party, enjoying the lovely Oliver M on the decks, he then going back to back with Eduardo de La Torre. Some other DJ’s billed were noticeably absent, but it didn’t detract too much from the evenings proceedings, as we slid gently towards dawn & the five o’clock finish.

So, was the party a success? Well, it is fair to say that it wasn’t as busy as we had expected & despite the fabulous show, and the alternative post show go-go performances, refreshingly different to Revolver’s sister party, Matinee London, there was something a little amiss, although we still can’t put our finger on it. The crowd were as scrumptious as ever, it wasn’t that, but maybe the numbers, or maybe people are not just used to partying in Kings Cross yet.

Oliver & Logan work extremely hard on laying on a great party and despite what we have said, they certainly achieved it again. Speaking to Oliver after the event, it is clear that he is passionate about what he does and in our view is a fantastic club promoter who deserves all of our respect & support.

With so much competition around, the last Saturday of the month appears to be a “hard nut to crack” but if there is anyone that can achieve it, it is the Evolved Events team. The inclusion of Minty can only make for even better parties to come and we will continue to support this monthly outing as best & as much as we can. (DISCO MATT)