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About discomatt

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.

Reports – “Praying To Pagano” – Delice Dream Festival – Lovechild “White Party” – Monday 18th April – Preview The Review

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Well, here we are again, reporting on the third of five mainstream parties in the twelve strong Delice Dream Festival schedule of events down here in Calella, Barcelona and whilst the constant clubbing cavorting was beginning to take its toll, we hit Zillion club last night to report on the rapture in bite sized form as follows….. With two terrific… Read more »

Reports – “Cream Of The Crop Carlos” – Delice Dream Festival “WE Attacks” – Sunday 17th April – Preview The Review

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Welcome to the second in our series taking a fresh felt & bite sized look at the succession of Delice Dream Festival parties, this time it being the turn of the Spanish & Victor Pallas’ WE Party to take centre stage, but did “Attacks” live up to its billing?, well this is what we had to say…… Well into our… Read more »

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,… Read more »

Reviews – “Euphoria Erupts Emotions” – Beyond “Midnight” – Sunday 10th April

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In recent times it seems that for a number of reasons, our emotions tend to overcome us, sometimes consume us, occasionally get us into hot water, but on many more occasions erupt from sheer joy (we like these moments), whether it be while peddling around London’s busy roads, sitting in our study while writing about our clubbing exploits, or when… Read more »

Reviews – “Samba Short Of A Shake” – The Week – Saturday 2nd April

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When, with a huge Florinpinas style fanfare in September last year, Brazilians best & most boisterous brand made it across the Atlantic Ocean and landed on London, the air of anticipation of a Rio carnival style clubbing colossus was on the cards, although no one could have imagined just what sort of an impact it would make, host venue Fire… Read more »

Reports – “South Africa Stalls The Show” – Matt Monthly Message – Tuesday 12th April

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Well, it hardly seems days let alone weeks since we were putting proverbial pen to paper to update you on our activity and having launched our monthly message onto our website pages too. But, it is clearly right about what they say when time flies and by george has it, as while it has been close on a month since… Read more »

Reports – “It Does Get Better & It Did!” – Beyond “Midnight” – Sunday 10th April – Preview the Review

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Billed as a special thank you to everyone that had voted for the club in the recent Boyz awards, Beyond was in celebratory mood, swinging open its doors extra early at (as the title hints), midnight, the Terrace Room spilling out into The Chapel and eventually the main space. Now, given the special start & nature of this latest Beyond… Read more »