Welcome back to our delectations on the Delice Dream Festival, this fourth of five tasking a look at the “before” parties held in the host Hotel bar, four different nights with four very different D.J.’s, two in particular topping the scales superbly, our bite sized summary going like this….

With the Delice Dream festival daytime focus very much being based around the host hotel, the all-in attraction of boozing & cruising proved irresistible for many, meaning that come 8 p.m. each evening, the place to be was in the bar, soaking up the sounds of the various guest D.J.’s. Mind you, having arrived very late on Saturday, we missed out of the first foray, a fashion show by the BelAmi boys, D.J. Soren mixing the music, although the feedback we received was less than flattering. However, come Sunday, we were to pole position to lap up the loveliness of La Demence resident Andrei Stan, who’s set well & truly shone, getting the gorgeous & not so gorgeous looking lot in the mood for more, with rousing renditions that left us & others spinning on our spots. That said, it was a bit disappointing that the planned AussieBum fashion show was postponed for the following afternoon, although there was plenty of entertainment from a drag queen duo & other WE party enthusiasts warming up for the “Attacks” event which followed in the club. Then on the Monday, it was the turn of Belgium again, this time Red & Blue’s Elof De Neve, who proved just what a tremendous talent he is, packing in piles of pumping & heavenly house hits that wowed the warm up wonderfully, he probably more deserving of a slot in one of the main parties, but content enough with his lot, partner to crime J.d. Cerronez entertaining enormously with his audacious antics. Finally for us came Tuesday and our last “before” bash in advance of heading back to London, we very much in the mood to let our hair down with our posse of pals, J.d. particularly providing enough satisfying fun & distraction from D.J. Amine’s dour dance deliveries which proved pretty disastrous, much of the focus on the Delice boys out in the foyer for a photo shoot, especially our man Mourad who was lapping up much of the limelight. So, with our focus on the two brilliant Belgian’s in our full on reflection, it’s “…ready, steady, go for the review…”. (DISCO MATT)