Nick Withycombe

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:04:28 +0800

A carpeted dance-floor? Someone needs to be shot for that one. Great dance music is about dancing for hours. Dancing for hours is about not caring about what you look like, who you are, or where you are. Is it any wonder it just hasn't worked in Shanghai? Paul Oakenfold, one of the best djs in the world, came to dkd and they of course decided to sell far too many tickets so in fact no one could dance at all. Square pegs into round holes....

Dan

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:16:19 +0800

Is it just me or does this Sasha guy look like Ed Norton?

mozambique

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:54:47 +0800

I want to comment on last year's venue. There were 3 sections where the gig was happening. The dancefloor, the bar and the (shall I call it?) patio. So the fun was trying to dance to his music on a carpeted dance-floor. Not only that, we were not allowed to smoke nor drink in the dance area. In the bar area, the only drinks that were available were Chivas, Red Bull and water (I think). You can hear the music and groove along whilst holding a plastic cup full of the incredibly awesome concoction of Chivas and water within the bar area. The only catch is you can't smoke in there. And then there was the patio. Where we party people can drink and talk and smoke....to no music. Yeah sure you can hear the bass pumping whilst the floor gyrates beneath you but its hardly satisfying is it? I might be wrong... I think there are people who appreciated the clown (was it?) on stilts sitting on a mobile ladder thingy; who was being pushed around the 3 areas whilst giving out roses to clubbers. And the GOBO lights that pranced around displaying the Chivas logo. That was an experience of a lifetime. So Sasha is coming back yeah? To VIP room...the fancy-named club with no dancefloor? Oh dear. The misery of the punters.

Shanghaiist: Sasha strikes back

Nick Withycombe

Dan

mozambique