true, Beyond the Clouds was perfectly fine. but the Terje night will be incredibly rammed - especially as they've completely forgotten to book anyone for room two
― coal, Monday, 23 April 2012 10:18 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah it's not splitting the big draws out over both rooms that causes the issue, although Lowlife was sold out and that was alright WRT dancing space.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Monday, 23 April 2012 10:24 (eleven years ago) link
the number of london club venues that are actively pleasant is tiny though. east village and uhhh, ummm, er.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 23 April 2012 10:29 (eleven years ago) link
i intend to go to this though
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― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 23 April 2012 10:31 (eleven years ago) link
actively pleasant sounds like an unfairly high standard to set to me. i'll settle for a venue that's just not grim and hope the night i'm there for does the rest of the work.
― Upt0eleven, Monday, 23 April 2012 10:33 (eleven years ago) link
So tempted by Bloc. But kinda put off for the reasons Mr DC mentions.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:24 (eleven years ago) link
incidentally what's happening in the dance tracks poll nominations thread? is it still just nominations? i can never bring myself to click on a thread with so many new answers
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:47 (eleven years ago) link
i haven't really been following it enough to know, but I kinda started losing interest when people were suggesting keeping it to house and techno (not that there's any prob with H&T but it does ignore huge swathes of potential noms for better or worse)
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
i am hugely pro limiting it to house and techno, maybe i can psyche myself up to clicking on it again
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
seems like it'll be a good poll! so many classic tracks i'd forgotten about
xp to mattdc..... lowlife crew care about you having a good time though, it's not just about taking your money which is what puts me most of the big venues in london. don't really understand why you'd pay £15 to get into a place that's too rammed to dance and you can't sit and relax and talk. especially these massive event things where the big name djs usually end up playing boring crowd pleaser sets and everyone is just waiting for the hits. blah, not for me.
places i have enjoyed so far this year, boys club in dalston, passion in hackney, new empowering church. seating areas, buffet food, smoking indoors, byob, friendly people, no-name djs, no queues, no aggro.
― Crackle Box, Monday, 23 April 2012 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
Plastic People still seems pleasant to me?
― toby, Monday, 23 April 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
do you still have to queue for 20 mins to get outside?
― Crackle Box, Monday, 23 April 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
not their fault btw, didn't the council impose some sort of zero tolerence bs on them or something? so security went into airport mode
― Crackle Box, Monday, 23 April 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
I still like The Nest.
― Upt0eleven, Monday, 23 April 2012 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
does plastic people still have sauna-like temperatures and no air con?
yeah i like the nest.
smoking indoors = automatic disqualification from being considered pleasant
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 23 April 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
went to andy blake's night in brixton 'world unknown' a few weeks ago...that shit is the real deal!
― tpp, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
a mate of mine goes to that religiously, fucked if i'm going south of the river though
― r|t|c, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
the DARKEST, LOUDEST room imaginable. crazy selection of music: a lot of weird rare stuff i'd never heard but he dropped frankie goes to hollywood at one point heh. he just has the knack for making ppl dance. gay dudes making out at the front, rastas at the back smoking weed. worth the trip i promise!
― tpp, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
world unknown and body hammer are both great nights
― coal, Saturday, 26 May 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
So, I was pressured into going to Bloc (on the Friday only). Line up looks good, and hell if I managed to get home from the shit-pit that is Proud2 I should be able to get back from wherethehellthisplaceis.
― mmmm, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
Not going to free rotation now, almost feel tempted by bloc but when it comes to it...no
― coal, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
bloc line-up = YESbloc everything else = uhhhhhh
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
going to ikonika's ep launch @ rhythm factory this weekend, ft mr beatnick, d££mnds, optimum etc
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Rhythm Factory must have a new booker, they have some great line ups now. Haven't been there for 18m or so although it's metres from my door..
― mmmm, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
I walk past it every day and at some point in last couple months noticrd lineups were suddenly good
― coal, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
also doing happy hour and Thai food again I see. The next Alfalfa night is a possibility.
― mmmm, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
never heard of that night but i like xandru
― coal, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
OK folks, what is up on Friday? i feel like dancing
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
ya i just came in to ask the same question! annual assessment panel on friday, PROPER MASH UP required for us all afterwards.
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
rhythm factory is real close to me too! will keep a eye on the line-ups. could be a return to the golden (actually terrible) days when they were doing t bar at that place by aldgate.
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
i might go to that juan atkins things next friday
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Goddamn it I'd love to go dancing Friday but as ever I'm too poor. Do let us know next time though. Am I too old to be going out all night to clubs at 31 (1/2)? I have no idea of the average age of London clubbers as most people may age from the area I live wouldn't be seen dead at a rave...
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
Bought tickets to Nick Hoppner at Corsica on a whim. (I hate to be going back to Toronto in September, where a year = like 3 weeks here, dance music event wise).
― Hennesy Williams (EDB), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
dj neptizzle in dalston
― just sayin, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Bill Patrick is playing in town on Friday... at the Russian bar... Would go to that if I were around. There isn't a whole host more on (but Sat is a different question). Also dog latin - 31 is not too old to go clubbing!
― mmmm, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
Just booked Ibiza trip again.. (I know it's not London Dancing but I'm excited..)
― mmmm, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
is there even an ibiza thread on ilm? i went a few weeks ago would be fun to talk abt it somewhere
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
yes, there is, no posts for 8 years though! Would like to know your thoughts. I love the place but I know how people hate it...
― mmmm, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
Never been ibiza...or croatia for that matter
Like the look of sunwaves, romania. labyrinth japan looks kinda nice too
― coal, Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
london dancing tips!
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?382040
Saturday, 27 October 2012£15
Room 1 - InnervisionsDixonÂme
Room 2 - Permanent VacationTensnake (live)Todd TerjePrins Thomas
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http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?373082
Sunday, 29 July 2012£10
Studio 4X-Press 2 [4 Hour Balearic Set]Jonny RockCarsten KlemannDerren Smart
Studio 5Prosumer Tama Sumo Elif Live
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Saturday, 7 July 2012 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
Holy shit @ 27th October lineup.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 7 July 2012 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, "Secret East London location" :(
― Matt DC, Saturday, 7 July 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
niiice. i'm trying to take advantage of a relatively free summer as much as possible, so bookended by beauty and the beat next week (has anyone ever been?) and some kind of disco weekender at the nest with aeroplane and todd terje at the end of august, but that leaves me a lot of gaps to fill.
what's the 'secret east london location' thing all about? 9 times out of 10 it's a normal club which they presumably have booked from the beginning, so...?
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 7 July 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
I've never had a less than great night at BATB and the new years party was easily the best night out dancing I've ever had.
Best bit of the night- coming up from the downstairs chill out room to find my sister leading a conga line full of people wearing these comedy glasses we'd bought back from Xmas with the parents. Soundtracked to some ridiculous tribal crusty disco acid funk amazingness through *that* soundsystem. One of the few nights I can look back on where there's no dark /weird /ugly shit everyone just had a blast start to finish.
― Crackle Box, Saturday, 7 July 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Also lol at when the venue owner came over to Cedric to tell him he's got one more song, Cedric kinda looks at the packet out dance floor, turns the volume up and gestures 'I can't hear you' to which owner dude laughed and the party carries on for another hour or so with the lights on.
― Crackle Box, Saturday, 7 July 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
Quite tempted by Diskjokke and In Flagranti in Dalston tonight actually.
Everywhere in London seems to be competing to set themselves up as a shelter for displaced ravers.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 7 July 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
i was at BATB on new year's as well. i think i had a great time but the only music i can remember is the smiths.
― jabba hands, Sunday, 8 July 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
I need to fucking get out more.
― EDB, Sunday, 8 July 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
We went to Fabric in the end, dull and clumpy for the first hour or so and got progressively better. Weird highlight was Petre Inspirescu dropping a significant section of Debussy's La Mer over some skeletal house.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 July 2012 10:06 (eleven years ago) link
usual fabric thing of not putting first guest on till after 4
was kinda underwhelmed by cobblestone jazz:/
― coal, Monday, 9 July 2012 10:14 (eleven years ago) link