Recommends – “East Is East” – Weekend Best Bites – Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th February – Newsletter Part One

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With the weekend looking like a quiet one on the capitals clubbing circuit, we decide to split out our best Bites into their own newsletter, picking on an exceptional east end event to fly the London flag, while its international for our other two, we heading east & then further east, this before milking a marvellous meet you should make.

 

 

While having seen a string of new club launches in the first three weeks of February, some spectacularly superb others brilliantly bad and one undeniably ugly, it seems London at least is taking a breather before a spring tide that will see some significant shifts in the scene, much of it currently being carried out behind closed doors, although the fruits of this labour will soon be showing their hand. So, while the capitals clubbing circuit cues itself for the changes, we or meets microscope offshore, splitting our Best Bites into their own newsletter part, the “East Is East” theme however driven by an exceptional east end event that is, by far, the highlight of an otherwise lacklustre London weekend of winners.

 

 

So, straight to the east end event we go and it couldn’t be anything else on this last weekend of the month, as the way out & whacky Gutterslut returns to East Bloc in Shoreditch, the club now into its seventh year of pulling punters away from the norm and into the alternative, the halcyon days out in Hackney still marvellous memories, while in East Bloc, promoters Per QX & Nicholas Fisher have found a fabulous & brilliant bedfellow. And, with a Saturday schedule across the scene sporting nothing in terms of what we would call big brands, Gutterslut stands out proud & tall in a poppy field of fallow frolics, meaning East Bloc is likely to be yet another roadblock this weekend, as it was last for SOS and the week before last for DISH. However, it’s Gutterslut we are talking about here, the team chomping at the bit after taking a well earned & deserved break in January following their fantastic festive frolic, Nic Fisher taking hold of the reigns while Per is back in Sweden for the massive Melodifestival, Nic ably assisted by none other than Miss Crystal MC, who will oversee the two sound spaces, the rave room welcoming special D.J. guests Femi B of Discotec fame and one half of Maze & Masters, Bryony the beatmaster in question, Mr Fischer also having his deck spinning say. Then, across in the DiscoSlut space, the legend that is Princess Julia stars alongside Gutterslut regular Thirsty Kirsty, while with images across the club brought to you by PRICKIMAGE & The Dalston Gay Mafia, there will be plenty of visual as well a sound sensual to stimulate your minds bodies & souls at this superb Saturday spectacle. With doors opening at East Bloc from 11 p.m. and the club running through to a planned 6 a.m. finish, entrance is a mere £8 before midnight or £10 thereafter, further event info available and out at http://gutterslut.net &/or https://facebook.com/events/341721782607813/.

 

 

For our next two Best Bites, we head across to the continent, landing over the channel in France, well Paris to be exact and the scintillating Scream, a captivating club which has been popular with Parisians and visitors from much further afield for over fifteen years, while drawing in some of the best D.J. talent from the international circuit, recent guest including Pagano, Steven Redant, Danny Verde, Phil Romano & Guy Scheiman, while the soon to be released from our Premier Protégé Player status, as he spreads his wings as we hoped & intended, Zach Burns, flew the London flag back in January. However, this coming Saturday (23rd Feb), the clubs promoter Ludo Scream & his terrific team look to Spain and one half of recording label Guareber, Nacho Chapado to sort the sexy sounds, the theme of this week’s party being “Casanova”, Mr Chapado joined in the Scream spotlight by over ten, as Ludo explains “…very hot, cute & horny boys…”, host Nicolas Nucci sure to see the stage shows stretch right through the night, while resident D.J. Tommy Marcus will also be on hand to spin some sounds at the start and then maybe at the end too. However, with a second space that is pure pop music and then a third room that is dark (you know what we mean), Scream is diversity & dynamism personified, while the party goes on after Scream’s doors close at 6 a.m., as the marvellous Ben Manson brings the afterhours aplomb, “Wake Up”, kicking off from 7 a.m. at Theatre Rouge and welcoming David Judge & Sebastian Reyes to the decks.  So, if you happen to find yourselves in Paris this weekend, the Scream’s “Casanova” & then “Wake Up” are the places to be & be seen, further information on both a party cluck away at http://scream-paris.com.

 

 

Onwards to the third of three and we really move east this time, a lot further east across Europe in fact, as we make it to Milan and The Farm, a new(ish) club on both the Italian & international circuit scene, but one that has developed both a resounding reputation for throwing a prolific party, as well as attracting a fervent following. And this is perhaps that, like a lot of our continental clubbing cousins, The Farm often welcomes D.J.’s from beyond its borders, our brilliant Belgian beatmaster, Elof de Neve one, while Hifi Sean, Ivan Gomez & Dani Toro are among a stable of stars that spin this marvellous meet’s decks. Plus, just two weeks ago, the club played host to Matinee, who extended their “Pervert” party theme to Milan, having already played out right here in London, the event a virtual sell-out we are told, perhaps as special guest Dick Ray headlined an event that, judging by the photo’s, was packed & pumping, this on top of the previous week, when Elof starred and, by all accounts, stormed the place. This week however, on Saturday (23rd Feb) in fact, the team roll out there also very popular night, “Animal Instinct”, sporting resident D.J. stars Andrea Appolloni & Davide Paoni, they joined by rotational resident Dani Toro, who jets in from Barcelona especially for the event, so sure to draw mounds of muscle-bound Milano men & their followers. And with the club opening at 11 p.m. and running through till 6 a.m., if the last two weeks alone are anything to go by, then you would do with getting there early, further event info & other details out at https://www.facebook.com/events/495242307188806/ & http://thefarmmilano.com.

 

 

 

Right, well that’s our three Best Bites for this weekend, but before we head off to Short Shout a selection of shindigs in part tow of our weekend newsletters, we promised to milk a marvellous meet that we think you should make, Matinee returning to Paris this Easter Sunday (31st March) for their first “La-Leche” party of 2013, this Parisian party the biggest production outside of Spain and the best Matinee party outside of Barcelona,  the D.J. line-up quite dream worthy as this Spanish super clubs latest resident D.J. Javier Medina, as well as long standing star J Louis, are flown in to join our Parisian pal Leomeo, while our Belgian beatmaster Elof de Neve jumps the border especially for the event, this definitely one for your disco dance diaries, more detail out at https://facebook.com/events/203927216412350/.

 

So that’s it, our “East Is East” event picks, one for London, one Paris & one for Milan in our most internationally inspired Best Bites yet, while watch this space for more weekend choices to come, leaving us to simply say, to “Be There!” you need to “Go There!” (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.