Reports – “Oppulent Opener” – Delice Dream Festival “1001 Nights” – Saturday 16th April – Preview The Review

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Welcome to the first of what will be a whole series of our bite sized reflections that will capture each & every party we visit in the twelve strong schedule of events that make up this year’s Delice Dream Festival, the five day gathering in Calella that captures 25 performer, 16 D.J.’s and over 70 hours of clubbing & cavorting, truly evoking the festivals strap line “No Time To Sleep”. And what better way to start but from the beginning, the gatherings first club event “1001 Nights”, which took place at host clubbing venue, Zillion, a mere 10 hours ago, our short sum up going like this……

With certain events having crystallised our decision to make it down to Barcelona’s Calella resort for the five day Delice Dream Festival of events, we landed on the host hotel not long before the start of the first full-on clubbing event, “1001 Nights” kicking off at midnight at club Zillion, just a hop skip & jump away from our home for this, our five day frolic with all things Delice. So, slipping into smoothing more appropriate for this first of many parties, we arrived at the club’s doors not long before 1 a.m., being greeted by the ever smiling Delice head honcho Anthony Lille, the stresses & strains of masterminding this huge festival undertaking hardly showing on his face. With arrival formalities over we were down into the club in a trice, the opulent feel reminding us a little of Cafe De Paris back in London, although without the huge sweeping staircase & the bright chandelier lighting, although with regal seating around, balcony’s encapsulating the dancefloor below & a stage area at one end, the venue was very much shaping up to be the perfect place to hold this first of five main parties. And with Enrico Arghentini kicking off the musical proceedings with pumping euphoric & vocal house, the real curtain raiser was the first a many showings on the stage by the drop dead gorgeous Delice Boys, all dressed in Arabian costumes & exuding masses of middle eastern mystique & magic, as the flexed their taught muscles & moved to the music magnificently. With our supposed relative anonymity being broken within minutes of arriving, first by a handful of familiar faces from London, one based in Barcelona, then by D.J. Andrei Stan, but moreover by a very forward & obliging Diego Lombardi of Muccassassina, our night definitely ended up being a Delice Dream of a four hour frolic, second D.J. Luiggi performing a spectacular set, a good 1001 times better than the last showing we had seen at Red & Blue in Antwerp. So, with so much more to say, it’s “…Ready Steady, Go For The Review…” (DISCO MATT)

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The History........................................................Created in 2008 after a short period of blogging under his real name, the pseudonym, “Disco Matt”, was born on the back of a reputation for being London’s original party boy having partied and clubbed across the London gay scene since in mid 1990’s.........................................................Through his series of blogs via individual blogging pages which soon morphed into a full blown website (http://discomatt.com), Disco Matt established himself as an independent journalist come columnist who quickly gained a reputation for supporting & promoting one of the world’s most prolific clubbing scenes. He previewed, reviewed & recommended London gay clubs, as well as the diverse gay/metrosexual London club/bar culture, linking to & reviewing the scene top D.J.’s and generally covering the gay scene including international gay events....................................................Regularly reporting on the top events across the scene, Disco Matt’s reviews, over the years, developed a strong following, not just by clubbers, D.J’s, promoters, music producers & scene faces, but people far and wide that were looking for an insight to the incredible scene that was London. He also previewed upcoming events that signalled, either a major change or update of existing clubs, new ventures on the gAylist/metrosexual scene, or where he considered events that deserved more comprehensive coverage to that provided in other posts.............................................However, having pretty much reached the top of his game in his chosen specific field, due to a number of personal predicaments, challenges & changes in his life priorities, Disco Matt parked his writing and operation in February 2014. While the burning desire to continue remained, what this much needed period of inactivity did provide was the time & space to re-think & re-focus his activities on a broader spectrum of media and entertainment............................................................So, following this long two year lay-off, he built up the foundations for this diversification into the areas of film, theatre, radio & television where his reviewing, recommending & reporting was to be replicated & resurrected, also pointing his promotions through more visuals & video's linked to all these areas along with his core activities and passions ................................................................................The Present....................................After another (shorter) period of lay-off from mid 2016, a life changing event reignited his passion and early into 2017, Disco Matt has delivered on his promise for a new, more modern look to his website, shedding the old & tired skin in favour of something far more in keeping with the times and with his blogging roots. And he has waived a fond farewell to his clubbing days, this having also been ditched from his site & activity, rather now just focussing on the genres of film, theatre, radio, television, video and of course, music, in so doing, aiming to broaden his appeal to a much wider audience interested in the latest most cutting edge areas of media & entertainment.............................................................................His aim is to be highly regarded across the industry for his writing in these fields and ultimately become a full time critic in film &/or theatre.