“LOVE SHINE A LIGHT”
LOVECHILD SUMMER – SATURDAY 12TH JUNE
CLUB REVIEW
In an interesting conversation just the other day, it was remarked by a friend that “love has the greatest meaning of all” and if you have been in love at some stage in your life, as we are sure you have, you will understand exactly what he was on about. But what does this have to do with clubbing & indeed Lovechild? well, more than it would seem, as not only has our love affair with clubbing lasted the longest of any so called “love” we have had & held, but we have really come to adore Lovechild as a clubbing event. And this love & passion for the club shows through in the promoter & his team, Alex Erfan & his merry band of Lovechilders being truly devoted to the club brand, this shining through in everything they do, which means that Lovechild has become, for us, one of our most favourite Saturday nights.
So, there is little that keeps us away from a Lovechild event these days and this was very much so of the latest instalment, which gave a major hint towards the summer and, following importing some special international D.J.’s & P.A. stars in recent events, decided to go back to basics, showcasing the amazing depth in its London based D.J. resident team, but with the addition of two Terry’s that would make a considerable splash. With our sights firmly set on Vauxhall and another love-in with Lovechild, we took our usual warm up route via Barcode, although after some upsetting & unwelcoming treatment at the door, our mindset was somewhat off put as we approached Fire, although this was soon amended by a resplendent Roni Inan, who grabbed us by the arm and swung us past the queue, through the entrance and into the club.
The first sight we saw was a rather fetching dancer swinging round a pole, making a considerable opening impact to this latest Lovechild outing, although Roni was keen to whisk us further into the club, first over viewing the already filling main room dancefloor and then swinging us into the “love” lounge, aiming straight for the bar and arming us with refreshments to get the night going with a bang. And quite a bang it was, as not only did we find ourselves immersed in amazing company, but we had two rooms of terrific tunes to choose from, with young blood JC Christopher fighting off a nasty ear infection to whirl up a storm of funky chunky & uplifting beats in the main room, then the more pronounced tech & progressive cool rhythms of new boy Terry Vietheer’s in the lounge. But such was the company in this intimate little space, that we lay out hat here for a while, soaking up the smooth sounds the handsome Mr Vietheer was selecting, our mood heightened more by the people around us, Danny Shubert & pals and the polish boys Norbert & the naughty Mariusz, with whom we had shared some raunchy moments in past clubbing exploits.
But, the main room was to draw us for a while, as a gaggle of gorgeous go-go’s ascended the podiums and began to strut their stuff on the stage, stripping down to barely nothing, the two muscular hunks in the middle swinging & showing off their appendages with great gusto, the gay paparazzi in place to snap suitable shots, Seen Queen’s head poncho arriving just in time & squeezing into prime position to capture more than an eyeful of the audacious action in video footage & picture poses. From our vantage point by the D.J. booth, our eyes were short of popping out with the overt display unfolding before us, even the music machinations of Tony English, who had assumed his position behind the decks, couldn’t divert our attention. With most of this sex fuelled stage skulduggery normally reserved for the contact room next door, it was the main room that was grabbing the early plaudits from the punters, poor old Mattias drawing the short straw yet again, but playing some fantabulous progressive pumped sounds to a select smattering of devotees to his cause, in the usually much more popular mirrorarch space.
With the first of many stage showings by the delicious dancers over, we headed back into the lounge, re-joining pals Mariusz & Norbert, our timing pretty much perfect, as scene favourite Brent Nicholls had assumed the decks, straight away delivering a whole string of his trademark “nu funk” inspired tunes, that had us moving & grooving in moments, Mariusz trading erotic & energetic dance steps with us, adding to the already amplified atmosphere. Each record that Brent was choosing, saw an increase in the pace of our activity, not to mention the volume of fellow followers of his sounds, the lounge swelling to near capacity as one tremendous track after the next caught the imagination of hoards of hedonists to the Nicholls mission statement of music, tracks like “Check It Out”, “Musical Freedom” & “Back On Black” getting our loins lunging & our arms alive with action. But like Beyond just a week before, one record emerged as the tune of the night, although this time is was the guitar tastic, dirty vocal & funky beat drenched “My Girl” which captured the moment beautifully, playful poses between Brent in the booth & us on the dancefloor erupting into hilarity as we shouted out whoops in time to the track & strummed our imaginary guitar to the beats.
Barely being able to tear ourselves away from the lounge, we occasionally sought to update ourselves on activity across the rest of this Lovechild love-in, the main room well & truly rocking in the hands of guest D.J. Terry Bryan, a talent really familiar with playing at Fire, yet nevertheless hooking the crowd with his huge hits, the man really in his own purple patch of perfection at the moment and loving every minute of it. But further advances found us checking out the contact room, although not quite as far as the play area behind the D.J. booth, rather catching the attention of the delectable Dorin, working hard on the lighting & pyrotechnics as ever, then spotting Paul Heron behind the decks, saying our hello’s and then soaking up some of his sounds, the room eventually filling out with Paul finding his form & stride, paving the way for the finale of bello Alessandro Londra, who stormed the contact room with his scintillating Sicilian splendour, treating a now full room to some terrific tech, electro & latin infused sounds, that saw the room pump and pulsate right through till the 7 a.m. close.
However, as good as things were in the other rooms, it was the lounge that received the lion’s share of our devotions, as not only had Terry Vietheer enthralled us with his set, Brent Nicholls then having blown our minds & drawn on our irrepressible energy with his barnstorming beats, the third protagonist to our musical affections, Gabrielle Cutrano hit more than a hint of our sweet spots with some truly Trade style lite lounge styled tunes, one particular track by Rick Nicholls (how appropriate) really doing it for us. But for reasons best known to themselves and despite a reasonable crowd savouring Gabrielle’s delectations, the curtain was drawn on the loveable “love” lounge proceedings, which kind of brought our latest Lovechild event experience to an end, we choosing to head across Vauxhall to continue our partying in the hands on Beyond at Area, in the capable controls of Mikey D, Steve Pitron & co, as well as special guest & Berliner friend, Eduardo de La Torre.
So, what did we think of this latest Lovechild instalment? And as a result, is our love affair with Lovechild as strong as before? Well, it would be fair to say that the numbers were improved on the last outing, although at no stage was the venue packed & full. However, with the breadth of D.J. talent on show, what actually happened was that the rooms balanced out nicely, giving everyone enough space to dance without feeling cramped, something which we personally prefer. Terry Bryan came up trumps in the main room for sure & Alessandro really stole the contact room show, but for us our love affair with Lovechild was liberal the most in the “love” lounge, a space that has well & truly grown on us, not just at Alex Erfan’s Love event, but at recent A.M., Orange & other special parties in Fire. Yes the decor is a bit over the top, but there is something quite special about the space and on this occasion, both Terry & Gabrielle complimented the magnificent musical mastery of Brent Nicholls, who yet again proved more than his worth with a prolific performance. As for Lovechild, in the words of the moving moments from our favourite film, The Fifth Element, “...she needs your love...” & “...there are beautiful things like love...” and we all need a little love in our lives & Lovechild gives out plenty, so yes, our love affair with the club is as strong as ever, even more so with our new adoration space. Bring on the next one and let love shine a light again. (DISCO MATT)
LOVECHILD SUMMER – SATURDAY 12TH JUNE
CLUB REVIEW
In an interesting conversation just the other day, it was remarked by a friend that “love has the greatest meaning of all” and if you have been in love at some stage in your life, as we are sure you have, you will understand exactly what he was on about. But what does this have to do with clubbing & indeed Lovechild? well, more than it would seem, as not only has our love affair with clubbing lasted the longest of any so called “love” we have had & held, but we have really come to adore Lovechild as a clubbing event. And this love & passion for the club shows through in the promoter & his team, Alex Erfan & his merry band of Lovechilders being truly devoted to the club brand, this shining through in everything they do, which means that Lovechild has become, for us, one of our most favourite Saturday nights.
So, there is little that keeps us away from a Lovechild event these days and this was very much so of the latest instalment, which gave a major hint towards the summer and, following importing some special international D.J.’s & P.A. stars in recent events, decided to go back to basics, showcasing the amazing depth in its London based D.J. resident team, but with the addition of two Terry’s that would make a considerable splash. With our sights firmly set on Vauxhall and another love-in with Lovechild, we took our usual warm up route via Barcode, although after some upsetting & unwelcoming treatment at the door, our mindset was somewhat off put as we approached Fire, although this was soon amended by a resplendent Roni Inan, who grabbed us by the arm and swung us past the queue, through the entrance and into the club.
The first sight we saw was a rather fetching dancer swinging round a pole, making a considerable opening impact to this latest Lovechild outing, although Roni was keen to whisk us further into the club, first over viewing the already filling main room dancefloor and then swinging us into the “love” lounge, aiming straight for the bar and arming us with refreshments to get the night going with a bang. And quite a bang it was, as not only did we find ourselves immersed in amazing company, but we had two rooms of terrific tunes to choose from, with young blood JC Christopher fighting off a nasty ear infection to whirl up a storm of funky chunky & uplifting beats in the main room, then the more pronounced tech & progressive cool rhythms of new boy Terry Vietheer’s in the lounge. But such was the company in this intimate little space, that we lay out hat here for a while, soaking up the smooth sounds the handsome Mr Vietheer was selecting, our mood heightened more by the people around us, Danny Shubert & pals and the polish boys Norbert & the naughty Mariusz, with whom we had shared some raunchy moments in past clubbing exploits.
But, the main room was to draw us for a while, as a gaggle of gorgeous go-go’s ascended the podiums and began to strut their stuff on the stage, stripping down to barely nothing, the two muscular hunks in the middle swinging & showing off their appendages with great gusto, the gay paparazzi in place to snap suitable shots, Seen Queen’s head poncho arriving just in time & squeezing into prime position to capture more than an eyeful of the audacious action in video footage & picture poses. From our vantage point by the D.J. booth, our eyes were short of popping out with the overt display unfolding before us, even the music machinations of Tony English, who had assumed his position behind the decks, couldn’t divert our attention. With most of this sex fuelled stage skulduggery normally reserved for the contact room next door, it was the main room that was grabbing the early plaudits from the punters, poor old Mattias drawing the short straw yet again, but playing some fantabulous progressive pumped sounds to a select smattering of devotees to his cause, in the usually much more popular mirrorarch space.
With the first of many stage showings by the delicious dancers over, we headed back into the lounge, re-joining pals Mariusz & Norbert, our timing pretty much perfect, as scene favourite Brent Nicholls had assumed the decks, straight away delivering a whole string of his trademark “nu funk” inspired tunes, that had us moving & grooving in moments, Mariusz trading erotic & energetic dance steps with us, adding to the already amplified atmosphere. Each record that Brent was choosing, saw an increase in the pace of our activity, not to mention the volume of fellow followers of his sounds, the lounge swelling to near capacity as one tremendous track after the next caught the imagination of hoards of hedonists to the Nicholls mission statement of music, tracks like “Check It Out”, “Musical Freedom” & “Back On Black” getting our loins lunging & our arms alive with action. But like Beyond just a week before, one record emerged as the tune of the night, although this time is was the guitar tastic, dirty vocal & funky beat drenched “My Girl” which captured the moment beautifully, playful poses between Brent in the booth & us on the dancefloor erupting into hilarity as we shouted out whoops in time to the track & strummed our imaginary guitar to the beats.
Barely being able to tear ourselves away from the lounge, we occasionally sought to update ourselves on activity across the rest of this Lovechild love-in, the main room well & truly rocking in the hands of guest D.J. Terry Bryan, a talent really familiar with playing at Fire, yet nevertheless hooking the crowd with his huge hits, the man really in his own purple patch of perfection at the moment and loving every minute of it. But further advances found us checking out the contact room, although not quite as far as the play area behind the D.J. booth, rather catching the attention of the delectable Dorin, working hard on the lighting & pyrotechnics as ever, then spotting Paul Heron behind the decks, saying our hello’s and then soaking up some of his sounds, the room eventually filling out with Paul finding his form & stride, paving the way for the finale of bello Alessandro Londra, who stormed the contact room with his scintillating Sicilian splendour, treating a now full room to some terrific tech, electro & latin infused sounds, that saw the room pump and pulsate right through till the 7 a.m. close.
However, as good as things were in the other rooms, it was the lounge that received the lion’s share of our devotions, as not only had Terry Vietheer enthralled us with his set, Brent Nicholls then having blown our minds & drawn on our irrepressible energy with his barnstorming beats, the third protagonist to our musical affections, Gabrielle Cutrano hit more than a hint of our sweet spots with some truly Trade style lite lounge styled tunes, one particular track by Rick Nicholls (how appropriate) really doing it for us. But for reasons best known to themselves and despite a reasonable crowd savouring Gabrielle’s delectations, the curtain was drawn on the loveable “love” lounge proceedings, which kind of brought our latest Lovechild event experience to an end, we choosing to head across Vauxhall to continue our partying in the hands on Beyond at Area, in the capable controls of Mikey D, Steve Pitron & co, as well as special guest & Berliner friend, Eduardo de La Torre.
So, what did we think of this latest Lovechild instalment? And as a result, is our love affair with Lovechild as strong as before? Well, it would be fair to say that the numbers were improved on the last outing, although at no stage was the venue packed & full. However, with the breadth of D.J. talent on show, what actually happened was that the rooms balanced out nicely, giving everyone enough space to dance without feeling cramped, something which we personally prefer. Terry Bryan came up trumps in the main room for sure & Alessandro really stole the contact room show, but for us our love affair with Lovechild was liberal the most in the “love” lounge, a space that has well & truly grown on us, not just at Alex Erfan’s Love event, but at recent A.M., Orange & other special parties in Fire. Yes the decor is a bit over the top, but there is something quite special about the space and on this occasion, both Terry & Gabrielle complimented the magnificent musical mastery of Brent Nicholls, who yet again proved more than his worth with a prolific performance. As for Lovechild, in the words of the moving moments from our favourite film, The Fifth Element, “...she needs your love...” & “...there are beautiful things like love...” and we all need a little love in our lives & Lovechild gives out plenty, so yes, our love affair with the club is as strong as ever, even more so with our new adoration space. Bring on the next one and let love shine a light again. (DISCO MATT)
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