“IN THE DEEP WATER END”
BARCODE VAUXHALL – SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER
EVENT REVIEW
There is no doubt that when underground club sensation, Crash, launched itself onto an unsuspecting public, choosing a railway arch in Vauxhall to do it, the then pretty much unknown suburb south of the river, started to hit the gAylist headlines. Yes, there had always been places like The RVT, & The Market Tavern, as well as specialist haunt The Hoist, but when other clubs followed Crash’s lead, Vauxhall really took off as a destination to rival Soho, although there was always a distinct lack of a quality bar offer in this new hotspot in town, certainly one strong enough to compete with the offers in its larger & more popular gay village up town. But when Troy Weir & his team decided it was time to stretch their legs & open a sister branch to its Soho venue, Barcode Vauxhall pretty much elevated Vauxhall to a one-stop shop for many, with now a bar come dance venue also feeding into the myriad of club brands & events for which this part of London has now become famous for, very much securing its place on the clubbers destination map.
Indeed it would be fair to say that Barcode Vauxhall pretty much transformed the scene down in Vauxhall, in lots of ways adding the missing link to a multi pieced jigsaw of pubs, clubs & events, many of which are still going strong today. BCV, as it is often referred to as, has also sported some amazing nights, the queen of the all for us being Industri on a Thursday, which has transformed our clubbing & socialising life, very much being the lynch pin in our weekly calendar, BCV itself quite often now serving as the perfect starting point for a night or indeed weekend of clubbing. But whilst a whole host of other nights have sprung up over the four years of its successful history, it is the regular Saturday nights that seem to continue to reign supreme for BCV, when straight forward music from some of the best D.J.’s on the London scene, keep the offer uncomplicated and the crowds packing out the place. Yet, when something just a little more special gets thrown into the mix, what usual turns out to be a brilliant & uncomplicated night anyway, is even more thrilling a prospect.
And this was very much the case with our latest foray into a BCV Saturday, when delightful D.J. and pal to boot, Nick Tcherniak took the opportunity to launch his new collaborative smash track “Deep Water”, a wonderful piece of work put together with studio partner & iconic Trade D.J., Steve Thomas, this being the follow up to their amazing record “My People”, each getting the backing of a veritable feast of top notch jocks, both in playlist, live sets & remixes, but also with the backing of the record label, Sorry Shoes. So, not only were we about to savour one of the best nights we had enjoyed in BCV in a long time, but we also had the thrilling prospect of a special back-to-back set by Nick & fellow tech house tower of strength, Hifi Sean Dickson, who himself had already given “Deep Water” his own psychedelic house mix treatment and was to prove the perfect playing partner for Mr Tcherniak in the new look dance bar. But it wasn’t stopping there, as up front were terrific talents Terry Vietheer & Sharon O Love, with the whole line up being crowned by the might of Gonzalo Rivas, who would see the crowd through until the 7 a.m. finish. So, how did our night turn out? and what of the new track?
Arriving at just after 10 p.m., we found the front bar already brimming with party heads & clubbers, some using BCV as a warm up for other events across Vauxhall, plenty of Megawoof types circling around, as well as pre Queer Nation’ers also warming to the beats of Terry Vietheer, who had kick stared proceedings on this record launch night. And to the D.J. booth was where we headed virtually straight away, catching up with Terry between his track selections, both reporting on the heavenly time at Hola just two days before, plus sharing our joy to be savouring a Saturday totally devoted to BCV for a change. With pal Stephen arriving, we grabbed refreshments at the bar, but with him seemingly distracted, we found a spot away from the mad rush for drinks, to soak up the superb sounds Terry was turning out, deep & groovy tech house that had us spinning on our spot in an instant, soon being joined by Industri pals Chris & Kim, as well as a returning Stephen. But, spotting the arrival of Hifi Sean, we headed over to say hello, both keen to find out whether the man himself, Nick Tcherniak, had arrived for the start of proceedings down in the dance bar. With Sean off in search of his back-to-back playing partner & we embarrassingly mistaking a man behind the bar for our “Deep Water” mix master Nick T, we quickly retreated to our former spot to twist & turn to the tremendous tech house fuelled set Mr Vietheer was spinning, our devotions to the front room being far longer than we had planned, but for good reason.
But it was the “Deep Water” record launch we were here for and with pal Stephen choosing Queer Nations company over ours, we sunk into the dance bar and headed for the new look & postioned D.J. booth at the far end of the space, finding a perfect spot to catch both Nick & Sean in action, both taking roughly 30 minutes stints to serve up a constant stream of scintillating tech progressive & awe inspiring beats, that had us burning up our corner in an instant. With the room rapidly filling, the lighting & lasers at full tilt and the sea of mirrorballs on the ceiling adding to the already amazing atmosphere, we were very much in our element and loving every minute of it. Then, to add to our delight, we were joined in our corner by a host of familiar faces, including Lizzie Jane France, whom we had exchanged dancing moves just weeks before in Brighton and who had been commissioned to add the vocal twists to “Deep Water”, her arrival sparking a rendition of the record from behind the booth, to her sheer delight and to the rest of the room.
Now the event was in full swing, the music at fever pitch and the atmosphere explosive, our excitement brimming over with extravert dance moves in our corner, all being captured for posterity on video by an exuberant Nick, Lizzie with her dark glasses on & pouting at the camera, us ducking & diving in dance delirium and even Mr Dickson included in the fabulous footage, Nick then getting a taste of his own medicine, as the camera lens was turned on him when he took back to the decks. And, as if the music wasn’t amazing enough, Mr Tcherniak then pulled out a prolific re-mix of former hit “My People, superbly re-worked by Alan X, which, without question, was our record of the evening (if there had to be one from the string of scintillating sounds we had been treated to all night), his “peephole” version a bouncy uplifting & vocal drenched triumph that must surely hit the big time very soon, especially with a forthcoming official release on the Sorry Shoes label.
So good was the night & the time we were having, not to mention the company we were keeping, we hardly paused for breath in the remaining moments of Nick & Sean’s stupendous back-to-back set and were very much in fine fettle, were content to stay right through Gonzalo’s set too, but an unfortunate encounter further up the bar brought a rather swift end to our evening, the euphoria of the special “Deep Water” record launch night at BCV somewhat tarnished, although fortunately only temporarily. So, we waved our goodbyes to Nick & Sean, as well as Lizzie and her posse and made tracks for home, the superb sounds still ringing through our ears & the memories of another superb Saturday courtesy of Barcode clear as crystal in our minds.
To sum up the special record launch of a night with one word is really quite simple, it was outstanding! Yes, we may have missed Sean’s own mix of the track “Deep Water”, but with a further rendition being turned out by Nick to accompany all the other terrific tracks, pretty much sealed the deal on the night for us. Not only was the music magnificent, the company captivating and the atmosphere amazing, but in the new look set up in BCV’s back room we have a new found friend & dancing spot and one we look forward to re-visiting very soon. As for Nick & Steve’s new track, well it is certainly destined for great things and with it already having cracked the top 20 on two major download charts, plus having gotten the remix treatment by over five artists, we are very much in the deep water end with this release and loving it. (DISCO MATT)
Postscript
“Deep Water” remixes are available for download on Beatport at the following link https://beatport.com/de-DE/html/content/release/detail/277517/deep_water_remixes, while you can catch video footage of the record launch at BCV, (sound tracked with “Deep Water” of course) at http://youtube.com/watch?v=HH4PH3DTcN8. Plus, why not check out Alan X’s remix of “My People” at http://soundcloud.com/alanx/my-people-alan-x-peephole-vocal-remix-v3-mstr which is a pumping vocal version of a truly brilliant track.
BARCODE VAUXHALL – SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER
EVENT REVIEW
There is no doubt that when underground club sensation, Crash, launched itself onto an unsuspecting public, choosing a railway arch in Vauxhall to do it, the then pretty much unknown suburb south of the river, started to hit the gAylist headlines. Yes, there had always been places like The RVT, & The Market Tavern, as well as specialist haunt The Hoist, but when other clubs followed Crash’s lead, Vauxhall really took off as a destination to rival Soho, although there was always a distinct lack of a quality bar offer in this new hotspot in town, certainly one strong enough to compete with the offers in its larger & more popular gay village up town. But when Troy Weir & his team decided it was time to stretch their legs & open a sister branch to its Soho venue, Barcode Vauxhall pretty much elevated Vauxhall to a one-stop shop for many, with now a bar come dance venue also feeding into the myriad of club brands & events for which this part of London has now become famous for, very much securing its place on the clubbers destination map.
Indeed it would be fair to say that Barcode Vauxhall pretty much transformed the scene down in Vauxhall, in lots of ways adding the missing link to a multi pieced jigsaw of pubs, clubs & events, many of which are still going strong today. BCV, as it is often referred to as, has also sported some amazing nights, the queen of the all for us being Industri on a Thursday, which has transformed our clubbing & socialising life, very much being the lynch pin in our weekly calendar, BCV itself quite often now serving as the perfect starting point for a night or indeed weekend of clubbing. But whilst a whole host of other nights have sprung up over the four years of its successful history, it is the regular Saturday nights that seem to continue to reign supreme for BCV, when straight forward music from some of the best D.J.’s on the London scene, keep the offer uncomplicated and the crowds packing out the place. Yet, when something just a little more special gets thrown into the mix, what usual turns out to be a brilliant & uncomplicated night anyway, is even more thrilling a prospect.
And this was very much the case with our latest foray into a BCV Saturday, when delightful D.J. and pal to boot, Nick Tcherniak took the opportunity to launch his new collaborative smash track “Deep Water”, a wonderful piece of work put together with studio partner & iconic Trade D.J., Steve Thomas, this being the follow up to their amazing record “My People”, each getting the backing of a veritable feast of top notch jocks, both in playlist, live sets & remixes, but also with the backing of the record label, Sorry Shoes. So, not only were we about to savour one of the best nights we had enjoyed in BCV in a long time, but we also had the thrilling prospect of a special back-to-back set by Nick & fellow tech house tower of strength, Hifi Sean Dickson, who himself had already given “Deep Water” his own psychedelic house mix treatment and was to prove the perfect playing partner for Mr Tcherniak in the new look dance bar. But it wasn’t stopping there, as up front were terrific talents Terry Vietheer & Sharon O Love, with the whole line up being crowned by the might of Gonzalo Rivas, who would see the crowd through until the 7 a.m. finish. So, how did our night turn out? and what of the new track?
Arriving at just after 10 p.m., we found the front bar already brimming with party heads & clubbers, some using BCV as a warm up for other events across Vauxhall, plenty of Megawoof types circling around, as well as pre Queer Nation’ers also warming to the beats of Terry Vietheer, who had kick stared proceedings on this record launch night. And to the D.J. booth was where we headed virtually straight away, catching up with Terry between his track selections, both reporting on the heavenly time at Hola just two days before, plus sharing our joy to be savouring a Saturday totally devoted to BCV for a change. With pal Stephen arriving, we grabbed refreshments at the bar, but with him seemingly distracted, we found a spot away from the mad rush for drinks, to soak up the superb sounds Terry was turning out, deep & groovy tech house that had us spinning on our spot in an instant, soon being joined by Industri pals Chris & Kim, as well as a returning Stephen. But, spotting the arrival of Hifi Sean, we headed over to say hello, both keen to find out whether the man himself, Nick Tcherniak, had arrived for the start of proceedings down in the dance bar. With Sean off in search of his back-to-back playing partner & we embarrassingly mistaking a man behind the bar for our “Deep Water” mix master Nick T, we quickly retreated to our former spot to twist & turn to the tremendous tech house fuelled set Mr Vietheer was spinning, our devotions to the front room being far longer than we had planned, but for good reason.
But it was the “Deep Water” record launch we were here for and with pal Stephen choosing Queer Nations company over ours, we sunk into the dance bar and headed for the new look & postioned D.J. booth at the far end of the space, finding a perfect spot to catch both Nick & Sean in action, both taking roughly 30 minutes stints to serve up a constant stream of scintillating tech progressive & awe inspiring beats, that had us burning up our corner in an instant. With the room rapidly filling, the lighting & lasers at full tilt and the sea of mirrorballs on the ceiling adding to the already amazing atmosphere, we were very much in our element and loving every minute of it. Then, to add to our delight, we were joined in our corner by a host of familiar faces, including Lizzie Jane France, whom we had exchanged dancing moves just weeks before in Brighton and who had been commissioned to add the vocal twists to “Deep Water”, her arrival sparking a rendition of the record from behind the booth, to her sheer delight and to the rest of the room.
Now the event was in full swing, the music at fever pitch and the atmosphere explosive, our excitement brimming over with extravert dance moves in our corner, all being captured for posterity on video by an exuberant Nick, Lizzie with her dark glasses on & pouting at the camera, us ducking & diving in dance delirium and even Mr Dickson included in the fabulous footage, Nick then getting a taste of his own medicine, as the camera lens was turned on him when he took back to the decks. And, as if the music wasn’t amazing enough, Mr Tcherniak then pulled out a prolific re-mix of former hit “My People, superbly re-worked by Alan X, which, without question, was our record of the evening (if there had to be one from the string of scintillating sounds we had been treated to all night), his “peephole” version a bouncy uplifting & vocal drenched triumph that must surely hit the big time very soon, especially with a forthcoming official release on the Sorry Shoes label.
So good was the night & the time we were having, not to mention the company we were keeping, we hardly paused for breath in the remaining moments of Nick & Sean’s stupendous back-to-back set and were very much in fine fettle, were content to stay right through Gonzalo’s set too, but an unfortunate encounter further up the bar brought a rather swift end to our evening, the euphoria of the special “Deep Water” record launch night at BCV somewhat tarnished, although fortunately only temporarily. So, we waved our goodbyes to Nick & Sean, as well as Lizzie and her posse and made tracks for home, the superb sounds still ringing through our ears & the memories of another superb Saturday courtesy of Barcode clear as crystal in our minds.
To sum up the special record launch of a night with one word is really quite simple, it was outstanding! Yes, we may have missed Sean’s own mix of the track “Deep Water”, but with a further rendition being turned out by Nick to accompany all the other terrific tracks, pretty much sealed the deal on the night for us. Not only was the music magnificent, the company captivating and the atmosphere amazing, but in the new look set up in BCV’s back room we have a new found friend & dancing spot and one we look forward to re-visiting very soon. As for Nick & Steve’s new track, well it is certainly destined for great things and with it already having cracked the top 20 on two major download charts, plus having gotten the remix treatment by over five artists, we are very much in the deep water end with this release and loving it. (DISCO MATT)
Postscript
“Deep Water” remixes are available for download on Beatport at the following link https://beatport.com/de-DE/html/content/release/detail/277517/deep_water_remixes, while you can catch video footage of the record launch at BCV, (sound tracked with “Deep Water” of course) at http://youtube.com/watch?v=HH4PH3DTcN8. Plus, why not check out Alan X’s remix of “My People” at http://soundcloud.com/alanx/my-people-alan-x-peephole-vocal-remix-v3-mstr which is a pumping vocal version of a truly brilliant track.
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