Reviews – “Scorcher Of A Start” – Beyond “Summer Season Launch” – Sunday 5th June – Bite Size Review

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Scorcher Of A Start

Looking back across the last few weeks of our clubbing schedule, we can count on less than one hand the number of Beyond parties we have failed to attend, in fact since returning from South Africa in March, we count just three that have missed our rapturous radar. And during that time we have experienced some truly tremendous turns by this awesome afterhours, each & every party seemingly getting better & better, or at least matching our excitable expectations. That said, Beyond has not been out of our firing line either, certain developments in recent months not going down that well with us & many others, but with much, if not all of those issues now put to bed, some already reported in our most recent fresh felt reflections, this weekend was to prove the opening of a new chapter in our love affair with this, our favourite club of all time. And what a weekend to open this new chapter, as Beyond was celebrating its summer season start and one that should see the brand go from strength to strength, not just here in the capital, but internationally, as Beyond continues its 2011 world tour.


But, while reports were coming in about how prolific Paris was for Beyond just hours before in the French capital, it was London we were concentrating on, the now familiar messages from our pal & dream team resident D.J. Steve Pitron, enquiring as to our whereabouts, saw us surprise him at Area’s entrance just in advance of his set start, a tricky negotiation of the new security support staff slightly halting our main room advances, this distraction allowing us to catch up with both Jamie Head & Jonny Marsh in the newly named “Classix” Terrace. But with our ears already pricking up to the pumping Pitron purge, we quickly found our spot & was quickly as swiftly noticed by the main man along with Brazilian Bel, who was already whistling (or was that tweeting) her way through Steve’s superb selections, while Smalls was also adding her own magical touch to the amazing Area lighting. Finding our dancing feet with relative ease we soaked up what can only be described as two hours of towering tracks from the man in charge, our emotions ranging from complete laughter as cries of “MAATT” kept coming our way, to those trademark tears as Mr Pitron pulled out tracks that he knew would fray our fragile feelings, “Offshore”, “Starry Eyed” & “Waiting For You” to mention a few, while another invite into the D.J. booth doing just that. But with this elevated spot sounding more like an aviary, Brazilian bird Bel tweeting with her mouth while we tweeted with our phone, this Beyond summer season opener couldn’t have gotten off to a more scintillating start.


Dream Team Boys

With our other tip top dream team resident Mikey D back with a bang, his arrival erupting even more of our emotions and with Steve stunning set over, Mr Dower delighted a packed & pulsating main room, drenching us & them with track after tremendous track, one choice very much summing up our euphoria with his delightful delectations, “Feelin Good In Every Way” just minutes in yet signalling a remainder of his set that was staked with scorching sounds, Area’s main room now at full tilt, the lighting the atmosphere & the dancers all playing there prolific part in making this yet another  brilliant Beyond to add to the trophy of terrific turns over the last few weeks. And the magical moments were being crammed in too, not least as Mikey dipped his head over the D.J. booth and exclaimed “where are the tweets”, to find us responding, “we are right here tweeting for you”, but also by the beautiful Naomi Ruiz, a welcome return to the Beyond fold, who continued her hilarious bowing at our feet, the call of “Emperor” erupting our laughter, while Bel’s whistle tweeting was the best, that “aviary” comment from Steve up there as another classic. But with The Sharp Boys doing Beyond main room every bit of justice as had the two boys before them, while Fat Tony turned out truck loads of terrific tunes in the Terrace, very much affirming his position as a rightful dream team resident, plus with Tom Fuller’s tom foolery keeping us entertained till well gone midday. Add to that a sea of familiar faces that passed by our spot to say hello and we couldn’t have asked for anything more, save a liaison with Paul Heron which we were also graced with, this international playboy D.J. making a bee-line for us in a hugging embrace just before our Beyond curtain call at not long before 1 p.m. (yes you heard it right!)

Well, what did we think of this Beyond “Summer Season Launch”? Well, it’s probably plain to see that we have a truly terrific time from start to finish, from the minute we stepped into that marvellous main room, until the minute we left it, each & every moment was as magical as the club is colossal. It was so good to see promoter Jonny Marsh on duty for most if not all of the morning, it was great to see the return of Naomi Ruiz to the fold and it was amazing to see new team members, heavenly hostess Altina Ha & delightful dancer La Menor, adding their own dynamism to the exciting new Beyond chapter we find ourselves in. But moreover, this scorching summer season opener has to be down to the scintillating sets from all of the D.J.’s on duty, each & every one of them deserved of their places in the dream team of residents, we finding it difficult to separate the stack of superb sets we were so privileged to enjoy, and whilst there have been some truly spectacular Beyond parties over the last few weeks, this one ranks with the best of them and on reflection was probably the best for so many reasons. (DISCO MATT)

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Postscript

Having re-styled our fresh felt reflections into this new “Bite Size Review” format, we have moved away from quoting much of our nibble size review tweets verbatim. However, these remain an important part of our new review process, ones which you can follow at http://twitter.com/discomatt by either tuning in live or by checking at your leisure, even adding your own live responses, leaving us to say, make sure you “Go There! Be There!, Tweet Tweet!!!”
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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.