"Breakfast" at The Egg Club Review

“BREAKFAST” AT THE EGG – SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER
REVIEW FOR DISCO MATT WEBSITES &
FOR SEENQUEEN.COM



Ever since we had been speaking about fitting in a trip to The Egg, post the Revolver re-launch party, with our D.J. friend, Lee Yeomans, we were not sure exactly what to expect. Egg has the reputation of being quite “straight” but with definite gay undertones and very different in style & feel to our usual after hours destination, Beyond at Area in Vauxhall.

However, we are always game for new experiences, so it was with little persuasion required, that we made our way, with Lee, Max Sanna, J.C. & Tamsin Roberts, up to this unique venue north of Kings Cross. Having negotiated a cab outside The Astoria, we spent the journey listening to one of our favourite compilations, Live at Industri 2, just to get us in the mood. And that it did, as we swung in-front of Egg’s doors, we clung hold of Lee, negotiating the amazing array of security and paying our way into the club.

Having only been to The Egg twice, we were at the mercy of our friends, who knew the venue like the back of their hands and soon, found ourselves winding up the labyrinth of stairs and into the main room. It was fair to say that the crowd here was very straight, although with Lisa German on the decks, the music was a superb mixing of techno beats with hard house tunes to get “Breakfast” well and truly started. The room was so hot, we were close to stripping down to our waists, but not one person had their tops off, we realising, it just doesn’t seem to be done here.

Taking a moments respite from the incredible heat of the dance floor, we popped back down the stairs for some fresh air and bumped into Elliot J Brown on our way, who immediately invited us to the top room, where he, Per Q.X. and other Gutterslut folk were taking care of proceedings. Away from the “straightness” of the main room, we soon found our place in this much more gay environment, the crowd very typical of the peeps that frequent Gutterslut. Fresh from their party at Images, it was clear Per & Elliot were in the mood to entertain and what can only be described as top notch beats sounded out across this heavenly space right at the top of the venue (it felt like being very close to heaven too!). With Elliot behind the decks, Per added to the now electric atmosphere, sounding out noises from his trademark megaphone, also allowing some of the revellers a go.

It was clear that Lee, J.C. & Tamsin were also enjoying the music up here and when Max eventually joined us, the troupe was complete as Elliot handed over to Per, who played an awesome set, keeping us glued to our dance spot, but trading sexy moves in true go-go fashion. By now the main room was a distant memory and we could have stayed in the top room all night, but rather found ourselves taking regular “chill out” trips to the open area and engaging in plenty of chat with fellow clubbers, all intent of making the most of the whole experience.

When we found ourselves back on the main room floor, we spotted that Lisa had handed over to the superb Guy Williams who set about delivering a fantastic mix of what we will describe as diet techno, chunky hard house and energetic mixes (is that O.K. Guy?) that simply transformed the main room. The feel of “straight” had changed towards an altogether more gay vibe as the genius behind the decks had everybody moving and shaking to their hearts content. Out of the corner of our eye, we spotted scene face Ramon and said our hello’s, also catching a moment of Guy’s attention to praise his arrival and toast some fabulous music.

Now our allegiances were torn between the main room & the top floor, do we do Gutterslut or stick with Guy? It was such a difficult choice, we shared our time between the two, savouring everything that was brilliantly gay about both floors in this supposed straight venue. Mind you even the heterosexual’s looked a tad gay, but far removed from the crowd we are used to in our after hours haunt Beyond (apart from Jamie Head of course!). And speaking of Beyond, as we were having such an amazing time, all plans to vacate Egg in search of hedonistic gay partying in Vauxhall were dispelled in an instant.

With Max retiring for the day, it was down to Lee, Tamsin & J.C. to keep the party atmosphere alive and we succumbed fully, wearing our energy levels down close to breaking point, the pilgrimages to the outside space providing the relief our legs needed. However, the inevitable happened and when the Gutterslut boys hung up their boots and Guy handed the reigns of the main room, a pumping one at that, to Lady Bianca, we had to pull on all our energy reserves to see us through to our final curtain call at just after 10.30. Tamsin kept us going on the main floor, her brilliantly red (literally) hair making her easily recognisable in the crowd, but even her exploits couldn’t hold us in position.

So waving goodbye to our crew, to the Gutterslut boys and other familiar faces, we staggered out of The Egg and a short walk to our adopted bed for the morning to rest our weary bones after two wonderful parties, Revolver at The Astoria and “Breakfast” at The Egg.

Well, what was our verdict on The Egg? There is no doubt it is predominantly a straight club and in the main attracts that sort of crowd. But with enough of a smattering of gay folk, and with Per Q.X, Elliot J Brown & Guy Williams adding to the gayness, it was about enough for us to savour & enjoy. All three delivered pristine sounds and made the night for us. We think, without them, the club would have been too straight for us and for this reason, whilst we really enjoyed the whole evening, we would need to carefully consider a re-visit.

So a special thanks to these guys, as well as Lee Yeomans, Max Sanna, J.C. & Tamsin Roberts for making our trip to “Breakfast” at The Egg great. In such company, we would definitely see ourselves visiting again. (DISCO MATT)