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    • Maria
      ATOMIC ENERGY was my first attendance of this event. Hearing so much about it from @Lisa and @Tony P over the past MONTHS, this kind of event has always interested me and I have always wanted to go. It's much different from the mainstream events such as Frantic and Wildchild, as the music policy doesn't fall into the same category as hardhouse ! This event was brought to you by Psy Trance, Freeform, NRG etc  the most intelligent form of music that takes you on a journey throughout the whole process of the night, in fact, it's the type of music that attaches itself to you and grows on you. I found myself in a state of disbelief as to why I hadn't attended to any of these type of events before, to which I am kicking myself very badly for ! Unfortunately, Atomic Energy was the last event for a while to which I am real saddened by, as I thoroughly enjoyed this night but it was sods law that the time I DO get to be a part of it, it's the last one, but, I am hoping it makes a come back with a more successful future in terms of being PERMANENT. The event was held at Mass in Brixton, and what a lovely little club it was, too. I had never been to Mass before. In fact, I had never been to a club in Brixton before, and more often than not, when going to completely new events that are held in new clubs that I have not been to before, it would usually take me a while to settle in and suss out the crowd. Thankfully, through being in regular contact with Lisa and Eryk, they rest assured me, that, the Atomic Energy crowd are the friendliest people you could ever meet and that we would be well looked after ! Anyway, lets cut to the chase.
      We started off in the Prince Of Wales Pub in Brixton to meet a few fellow clubbers whom we had planned to meet up with to go in the club together. These people had been to Atomic Energy a fair few times, so it was nice to sit, have a drink and talk about the event itself and be told what to expect, what the club is like, how many STAIRS there are (a winding spiral stair case going up to FOUR floors !) and such like. Totally excited, I just couldn't wait to get in there, look around and hear some different music, for a change !
      We got to the club around 10:30pm(ish) and were fronted with all these stairs. It was quite funny, because not only does this club cater for your clubbing and musical needs, but they also help keep you fit with the amount of stairs that were fitted into this building ! I know I counted them all, just to add to this review, but sadly, I think I lost count after 40 ! We first checked out the Balcony Room (after putting in our coats) where Mattie C was playing. Words cannot describe at how, as soon as I got into that room, I was immediately roped into this music he was playing. For a warm up set, infact, for the FIRST set of the night in this room, he was amazing. The music was so intelligent, so moving, and so journey-like .. I could go on and on .. It was just spot on. The better thing about his set was, that, sometime after the event, Eryk had said that he played with NO monitors for most of the duration of his set ! This in itself tells me, this guy is good, and the quality of his set was unbelievably MIND BLOWING. Well done that man is ALL I have to say ! This room had a fair amount of people in and I think I only seen around THREE people sitting down and everyone else just being pulled into the quality music that was being played. I loved the decor, the funny stuff being displayed on the projector screens either side of the room like a PARK BENCH, just, THERE on the screen. Random, but funny. I love the kind of un-normal stuff I see on these things in clubs. It's quality ! I was also VERY impressed by the bar fashion in this room. In fact, in ALL rooms. No hanging around waiting to be served, the staff were very consistent, unlike other clubs I have been to, I find I am always stood there waiting for the staff behind the bar to finish chatting about whatever with each other. So thumbs up all round up in here !
      Next room we took a gander to, was the Psychedelic Room. Iain Coleman B2B Fordy were playing. This room had SUCH a comfortable feel to it. Again, the decor in here was bloody fantastic. UV material of different yet interesting designs, plenty of sitting spots, a bar and a stall for Chai Tea ! It was like a little home from home in terms of the comfortness in here. It wasn't a HUGE room, but I MUCH prefer the small back rooms in clubs these days, where it feels, personal, if you like. The dance floor was half crowded, as the Psy Trance they were playing, was unbelievable. I wasn't even a quarter of the way to being in the slightest bit drunk yet, but I was again, taken away by all these little noises in these tunes being played, and picking out little samples that I recognise from some excellent Psy Tunes I have spent a lot of time listening to in my own time. I was sat very comfortable listening to it all, until Gamma Goblins came on. Oh boy, never have I jumped up so QUICK from my seat to get up on that dance floor and tell everyone This is mine and Lisa's favourite tune ! It's off the Hallucinogen album ! haha dear god, I was like a little kid jumping around like a loon being over excited because it's almost Christmas Day (or something like that). This tune put me in my place for the whole duration of the night .. I was WELL up for it. Hearing this tune assured me even more this event is something my inner soul has been EAGERLY waiting for (haha). It felt good and got me up on the dance floor for the best part of an hour until I looked at the time and thought .. right, time to go check out Group 185, a recommendation from Lisa, so up we all went back to the Balcony Room.
      Coming back in here, more people were filling it. I started to recognise some faces from www.harderfaster.net, which was nice, because the people I had already met previously at other events, were all sound, so I was really looking forward to talking to some new people, which is the best part of my night, at any event, as always ! It was fully kicking off in here, the music was great and the Group185 DJs were playing ! They were amazing ! Nice to hear some different style again. Some nice Acid pumping hardhouse. Not the usual samey music you hear at other mainstream clubs  this was just a constant euphoric heartbeat that you just didn't want to take yourself away from. Some people have said to me in the past why do people love the bass line so much ? well, people have different opinions when it comes to the composing of music and beats, and for me, the bass line is the outline of a good track, especially if it is an acid bass line and has a thriving feeling to feel the natural adrenaline of excitement running through your body and blowing your mind apart. I just love this feeling ! I remember telling one of the dancers .. some people come out to get extremely messy and drink silly amounts, fall over and not remember what their night consisted of, but listening to this type of music certainly puts things into perspective It really IS, about the music but in my own opinion, you have to be into it, to totally appreciate it and it's many forms, and listening to the 185 DJs really rocked it for me, I enjoyed every single minute of their set. I couldn't possibly tell you what track names they banged out, because if there is one thing I am particularly useless at, it is definitely recognising track names. I just think I need to take some time out and listen and revise then get put to the test on The Weakest Link haha !
      All I was really looking forward to now, was meeting @Eryk Orpheus and be there for his Live PA. This guy has really grown on me since listening to his own produced CD that Lisa and Tony brought with them to Tidy Summer Camp, last year. Everyone LOVED his stuff, it was very different from what we all would go out and listen / dance to, and everyone wanted a copy of this CD ! It pushed to 01:45am when Eryk was set to play  it was like waiting for the grass to grow 10-inches in the space of as little time as possible, that's how excited I was to see him play, haha. I just had to get down on the main dancefloor to be there and see him behind his set up. Everyone just had the look of let's av it on the their faces, and in no time at all, Eryk started playing some wicked tunes, some of which were my favourite and got me going like a nutter in a nut house ! Tunes such as; Atom-E What Must I Do ? and I'm The Daddy really WERE, crowd pleasing tunes indeed, BUT, the best part about this set, was Eryk behind his set up. None of this boring type just standing there waiting for the next tune to mix in, but just going with the flow to his music. When a beat kicked in, he went with it. He progressed his up-for-it actions with the direction to his music. This is the type of LIVE ACT/ DJ that you would recognise / believe, they are well into this industry, because, they LOVE it, and I think it was down to Eryk being so into his set and seeing the love for his own music and the crowd, that it added a blast of energy to his crowd who reacted in such a unique way. I had a lad come up to me saying You know what I love about Eryk, it's the acid he supplies to his music  more acid Eryk ! haha CLASSIC. Another thing I was pleased to see, was the fact that already composed CDs by Eryk Orpheus and Group185 being handed out as a freebies to the supporters on the dance floor. Absolute quality.
      I really enjoyed being part of the crowd at Atomic Energy after being nagged to go so many times in the past. Not long after Eryks set, we headed home as we were shattered as we had a bit of a late night before (but I made it this time hehe). The club itself I thought was fantastic and I don't have a bad word to say about the whole night. It definitely seems that this type of music is far more to peoples preference than I had originally thought, and now I am questioning myself why I have not attended these type of events before now. It was such a good feeling to be out when the majority of the people were actually there for the music and not out to get nutted as most do week in, week out ! The atmosphere was spot on, the people were friendly and on the same level / wavelength as every other person there, and the comfort level was just the best.
      Although I was really looking forward to going out to meet new people and be in a different location / scene, instead of the usual same thing like Wildchild etc, one of the main reasons I came out to this event was to see the DJs that I have heard nothing but good praise about from Lisa. She has always nagged me to attend this event but I never managed to get to one. Something last minute had always cropped up, or, I was feeling too hazey from the night before. Lisa has shown me some light in the music that they play at Atomic Energy, the times I have spent weekends at her house, and it was thanks to her that my musical preference has been extended over the last 12 months, and there is nothing better than being OPEN MINDED about music, something I never was when I first got into the clubbing / music scene. A few friends were going to Atomic Energy that I hadn't seen in ages so I wanted to see them also, but primarily, I wanted to go show some support for Eryk Orpheus and put a face to the most amazing music he has composed and sent to me, to which puts something different in my disc changer at home ! The guy is great  it was great to meet him and get chatting to him and see how excited he also was to play his set. I also got introduced and was chatting to Dave from Group185. Eryk and Dave I have to say are two of the most friendliest, normal people, who are DJs, I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Totally coming down to the same level as yourself, and I'll be honest, you don't see this with most DJs in today's music circuit. I do hope that Atomic Energy will make a re-appearance, because I can assure you, I will most certainly be making that regular re-appearance at this event in the future !
      Big up Atomic Energy !!!
      Words by @Maria
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    • Bukey
      In the name of fundraising for a good cause a friend of mine and I headed to Residency, a hard dance night in Cheltenham. I dashed down from Birmingham by train, where I was picked up by Lorraine and whisked across to Enigma. From the second we arrived we were made to feel welcome by security, venue staff and clubbers alike.
      Talking of security, when we did arrive we witnessed a group of undesirables being refused entry in what must be the friendliest manner I have ever seen. Security remained pleasant, even when faced with a bit of defiance from those being refused. Security also made sure that a female that didn't really seem like a hard dance person knew what the music policy was so she didn't pay to find out that it was something other than she expected.
      Security chatted in a friendly manner to people in the queue and as they searched them, and then remained low-key all night. They were present but not in people's faces, and they didn't barge through people nor give an air of superiority that sometimes makes you feel like they're looking down on clubbers.
      From the door, you go up stairs and walk straight onto the dance floor, meaning that the atmosphere hits you right away. This is a great idea. The dance floor was then overlooked by a balcony on two sides, which included a bar and the DJ box. A quick wander round also found a chillout backroom with comfy seating.
      James Ellis, one of the three promoters and residents at Residency, came bounding along upon spotting Lorraine and I. He recognised our faces from playing at Sundissential recently. James explained a bit about the history of Residency and that practically everyone knew each other.
      This certainly showed, but not in a cliquey way that could possibly be imagined from a very close group of clubbers and friends. Rather, everyone was friendly, happy and smiling throughout the night - they couldn't be nicer. We were welcomed with open arms by the Residency faithful, and almost everytime we spoke to someone they would introduce us to friends of theirs.
      One thing I've noticed missing from clubland recently is this level of friendliness. It wasn't all that long ago when a smile or a nod towards a fellow clubber, whether a friend or a stranger, would see a shaking of hands, a hug, or at least a "Having fun?" type comment. This was definately present at Residency, and it all helped towards what was a great night out.
      The laser was on early, and the music was loud from the start. Each DJ managed to raise the roof a couple of times, and Rob Tissera certainly had practically the whole club stomping for his entire set. Nick Rafferty also helped out taking a bucket around for a charity collection after his set, a great gesture in this team effort.
      Residency really is a team effort, and that's why it works. The effort is made by clubbers, guest DJs, residents, the venue, security and crew alike. It makes it what it is, and gives it that extra "something" over many other events.
      Residency is going weekly Saturdays from the 5th February, and this is a challenge that the promoters seem to be looking forward to. They're working on several ideas to take an already great night to even newer heights. It's an exciting time to be a clubber in Cheltenham, and for anyone thinking about making the trip to visit I would highly recommend it. For anyone that says the hard dance scene is dieing or unpopular, I say visit Residency. Cheltenham has been holding a secret that I'm sure clubbers would love to experience and enjoy as much as we did.

      Review written by @Bukey for ClubTheWorld

      UPDATE: The night raised £1,057.23 for the Tsunami Appeal.
    • Bushy
      With the awesome success that Tidy have had up my neck of the woods in Prestatyn, I made my way down South to the even sleepier seaside resort of Camber, with great expectations. After a 2 day expedition that saw 7 hours of the 2 days on the road (thanks for driving @Dawn), a night in Andover as @Lisa and @Tony P's lodgers (thankyou both) we arrived at Pontins!!!!
      @Shaney_R and I jumped out so we could get in as Lisa, Tony, Dawn and the rest of the crew were yet to collect there tickets! Shane and I approached a entry area, and were surprised there was no queue, we were given the briefest of searches and let into the grounds. We then went to collect our Laminates and find Scream, who we bumped into enroute to laminate collection. He had queued almost 2 hours to check into the chalet and collect the keys.
      Once we got into the chalet we realised they were very similar to those in prestatyn, a little larger maybe, although the quality wasn't as good as Prestatyn. The Chalet layout was really difficult to get to grips with, as they were all crammed in together in joined quadrants, also the number sequences didn't seem to run correctly, which would have been a nightmare come 5am on either of the mornings. Luckily we were placed directly behind the queen vic!
      We then made our way out of the grounds to head down to a pub and grab a few beers with the crew waiting for their tickets. Eventually we all made our way in, and then had to use mobile phone navigation to find Dawn with our luggage in her car. Which was the other side of the complex. Once we'd got the luggage back we all decided to get into the tidy mood by starting to get completely star spangled. I shaved off my beard to leave my tash for the weekend  Bushy ala El Greko, although I have been told I looked more like the bloke out of Dirty Sanchez. Lol
      As we entered the venue for the first night that was to be Tidy Summer Camp we all waited in anticipation for what was ahead. We ventured upstairs to Arena 1  Friday Night Live, we were welcomed by some wicked sounds courtesy of the Talented Champion Burns, as they toiled their way through track after track the arena got busier and busier then hotter and HOTTER!!! It soon became unbearable and we headed off downstairs to arena 2, where it was time for the Dark Destroyer Mr Glazby to take control of the decks.
      As we entered the sound was fairly good, but not what we've come to expect at a Tidy Weekender, Glazza was throwing out some cool techno which I'm really liking at the moment, but then..he started to mix. He mixed like he had ski gloves on, not what I've become accustomed to from the man I call, GOD! I had to leave as every mix I heard him play was out by a mile. I returned to the chalet to collect The Dawn! She was feeling ok now, and told me I was a bad man!
      As we walked back into the venue we just caught Glazby leaving looking less than happy. After a quick chat he informed me in between a foul four lettered tirade that there was no monitor in the arena. God was less than happy.
      So I popped back into arena 2, and that's where I spent the majority of my night, learning to cope with missing beats at every mix. Paul Maddox was slamming out the tunes by now, and did the best he could, due to circumstances. I stomped, I sat, as did a lot of people.
      One thing that struck me with Summer Camp, was the attendance. Apart from the main arena everywhere else seemed to be a lot quieter, also in my opinion all the rooms were smaller than them up in North Wales.
      Up next was Nick Sentience, he played a nice hard set that got the room pumping big time, especially when he dropped his remix of Hostile. As he did, Maria came flying over at me and ripped me up out of the floor and forced me to dance in a comatose state.
      The rest of the night has become a bit of a blur, as I stayed downstairs in arena 2, up next was BK, now from what I remember he played a rather techy set, which I recall really enjoying, but since then I have chatted to a few people about his set and they said he didn't play anything techy. So I am stumped, although i do remember a remix of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit which was rather dirty.
      After BK had completed his set, up stepped Ed Real, and delivered a stomper. Halfway through Ed Reals mash up, I decided it was time to call it a night for the arenas, and make my way to the chalet..
      Upon arriving at the chalet, Frazzle and Liam headed off to their chalet to get changed then make their way back to our chalet.
      As many of you experienced at the last Tidy Weekender, a chalet party including myself and shaney are rarely quiet affairs, and this didn't dissapoint. Frazzle and myself armed with his Scrumpy cider went to work on it, which led to allsorts of mischievous goings on.
      As the messiness of the Saturday morning took its toll, people filtered off to their respective chalets. Frazzle, Lisa, TonyP, Maria and myself headed to Lisa's chalet and decided to sample a bit of Psy-trance. I remember the first few tracks then nothing. Apparently we had it on 3 times!
      Then some more Scrumpy, and then back to my chalet to prepare for the Saturday night.
      Saturday night did not have the best line up in the world, hence going into the arena at Midnight. I didn't even bother going into the pressure cooker upstairs, which was arena 1. Frazzle and myself headed for the hardcore arena for a bit of Kevin Energy, and then Ham. Damn I forgot how good hardcore was.
      Then we headed for a bit of a chillout in the arcade, as we prepared for my first ever experience of Proteus, a finnish bloke by all accounts, in the HQ sponsored arena. As we went in as he started up his set, I was shocked by the image in front of me, a gothic lunatic, dressed in leather with black lipstick to boot.
      One word described this man  AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Quite easily, the set of the weekend, He was everything, everyone else wasn't. From his mixing to his tune selection, his appearance to his damn good entertainment skills. I honestly believe this bloke enjoyed himself so much that while he was dancing he forgot he was actually on the decks, as he would run from the front of the decks back round to mix. I didn't stop dancing for the whole hour. Frazzle was that bowled over by him he fell over at least 6 times during his set. I got a little scared at one point as some meathead came up to me, he had muscles on muscles, put his arm round me and said in a deep dutch accent YOU LIKE THE PROTEUS YA I thought he was rather up front, but I was like yeah.YEAH.  I was a little worried. He went on his rounds doing the same to everyone, when he approached frazzle, he hid behind me!
      If you have not seen Proteus, you have to make the time to see this man! WOW!!!
      The hour just went too quickly, but once the man had finished we went for a well deserved rest, and grabbed a bottle of water to rehydrate.
      Once we had regrouped after the vicious onslaught of the man from Finland, we headed off into the 3rd arena again hosted by Brisk's Next Generation Records, we kicked up a storm as Ponder & Mc Elmo took us to the next level with awesome hardcore sounds. As we waited to see who the special guest was.. hmm I wonder.
      4am saw the arrival of none other than Brisk, who played as per norm, an absolutely devastatingly good set, from one stomping track to the next, he had the 3rd arena rammed, and this arena definitely needs to be bigger at the next event as it was pretty busy the whole night.
      Finishing off with some gabba that would make you turn in your grave, he played out in style, giving a big speech at the end, and also pressing for a bigger arena!!!!
      Once again back to the chalets, once again not quite sure what happened was right, but It was fun. More scrumpy, more fun with the electric shock machine and air ball gun. (Crill has video footage)
      Then onto Sunday night.
      As we headed out, for the final night of summer camp, everyone was in fairly good spirits. Once again the main arena was Hot as Hell, as we avoided it for the first hour or so, as we went and listened to Colin Barratt, who played a nice uplifiting techy set to warm us up nicely for the rest of the night.
      Then we headed up to the main arena, caught a bit of Anne Savage who played a solid set, although the drum n bass we had heard all day had taken its toll on Frazzle and he was dancing in a DnB stylee to hard house, which was quite funny.
      As the night drew on, we were treated to a B2B set from Paul Glazby and Andy Farley, even though the music was just background to me by now, then also to finish off was Rob Tissera. The night got fun as everybody had the fake tash syndrome.
      Afterwards everyone was once again back at our chalet for the closing hours of Summer Camp.
      In all honesty I had more fun in the chalets than I did in the arenas, this was a bit of a disappointment.  Ok it was tidy's first attempt, but the whole event seemed disorganised, rushed and thrown together. It was a new venture, but knowing Tidy, they will persevere, and get it right eventually.
      Thanks to everyone who played a part at the weekend for me. Also all the staff at Tidy and Pontins (Camber sands).
      @Bushy
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    • Phil B
      Finally the long awaited day had arrived, the Frantic Euphoria Album Launch. I had been looking forward to this event ever since the booking arrived. Not only were ClubTheWorld lucky enough to be co-hosting a room, but it was with our friends from Niteclubbers. After getting myself ready, it was time to head off down to the pub to see Louise before I set off and to meet up with Sue. A quick pint and the farewells said, it was time to set off to pick up the other member of our party, Amy. A quick swap of cars and we were on our way!
      We were soon in London and made our way to the meet-up at Spoofers, where we met up with some ClubTheWorld and Niteclubbers members that were already there. With the drinks and chat flowing, more and more members arrived at the meet and the anticipation to get to The Rocket was growing.
      Finally, we gathered everyone together and made our way to the venue. I had never heard of The Rocket until this event and had only seen the preview photos a few days previously. I was really looking forward to checking the venue out. We entered the venue after a brief check by security and walked into the foyer. Getting to the counter I was introduced to Amanda from Frantic and we ventured into the club. A bit of confusion followed as we tried to find our room, it wasn't supposed to be open until midnight but everywhere we went Djs were kicking out the sounds. A quick check back at the foyer and the room we had just left was ours. The club had filled up quicker than expected and Richard Launch was warming the crowd up after his spot upstairs in the main room. After dropping off our bags it was time to explore.
      We headed upstairs into the main room where we were greeted by a huge canopy hung from the ceiling, with an already busy crowd enjoying the talents of Justin Bourne. The sound system was booming, so much so I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck vibrating to the beat! Not long after we entered the room Justin's set came to an end and K90 took to the stage playing his trademark anthem style including tunes such as Breathe and Red Snapper. The room was filling up fast and we found ourselves being forced further and further towards the back of the room. A quick check of the time and we headed back downstairs to the ClubTheWorld Vs Niteclubbers room.
      Up on the decks was Manjit, playing a trance orientated set that were getting the crowd into the stride of things. I spent most of the following hour chatting and catching up with other members.
      As Manjit's set drew to a close we headed up to the front as Big Ben, the first of the Niteclubbers DJs stepped up to the decks. I had never seen Ben play before, and I have to say he played a tight set with a nice selection of tunes bringing the crowd up a notch. As each set ended my eagerness to get up there grew.
      Next up was ClubTheWorlds own Tony P. It had been a long time since I had seen Tony play and was looking forward to seeing him do his thing. Tony built his set well taking the crowd up another notch from where Ben had left off. A good variation of styles and more tight mixing and I found myself having a stomp to some class tunes. Tony looked like he was really enjoying it, his trademark cheesy grin was out in force!
      Stepping up after Tony was Niteclubbers second DJ of the night, Paul Wilkerson. I had previously seen Paul play at Liberation Vs Hardware in the Web Wars room, so I knew we were in for more quality mixing and tunes. Paul certainly didn't disappoint either raising the steaks yet further. It was good to catch up with Paul again, quality bloke.
      Finally it was time for me to take my position up behind the decks. All the DJs before me had played superbly and had a set a high standard for me to follow. Pulling the first tune out of my bag, I had a feeling this was going to be a set to remember. Looking into the crowd it was great to see a lot of familiar faces which always helps me settle in. Boom, we were off! The time behind the decks seems to go so fast and before I knew it, it was 4.30am. Reaching into my bag I brought out some promotional CDs which went like hotcakes. On producing the second handful a mad rush on the decks occurred which I could only describe as quite scarey! Continuing with the set I kept pulling out the tunes which I hoped would keep the dancefloor happy. It was a great crowd to play to and whenever I looked into the crowd I was greeted by lots of happy, smiling faces. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Dickon climb onto the staging and my heart sank as my time was over. Expecting to hear Last one I was pleasantly surprised as I was asked to carry on. RESULT! With a huge grin, I accepted the opportunity and continued to play. Another 50 minutes and it was time to play my last tune.
      I thoroughly enjoy my time behind the decks when I truly feel myself. I like to think that I take my clubbing attitude with me when I get behind the decks and show the crowd that I love what I do.
      I would like to take this opportunity to thank Will, Dickon & Amanda for allowing ClubTheWorld and Niteclubbers to co-host the room, and to everyone else at Frantic involved in the night for making something that I'm sure a lot of us won't forget in a long time. Also, a big thanks goes to James for having me represent ClubTheWorld as a DJ and to all the members for giving me their support, it's appreciated more than you know.
      Once again, it was a pleasure to see Vince and Paul, and to meet Ben and all the other members of Nitecluubers.
      It was a great night and I hope that we are able to be involved in more things like this in the future.
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    • Bushy
      Friday
      Well, well, well. After months of anticipation it was once again time for the weekender madness to take over the lives of 3,500 clubbers. Pontins in Prestatyn was the venue, as the sleepy holiday resort on the north coast of Wales was transformed into the capital off all things Tidy. After Tidy Weekender 4 finished, and all the tears were shed at the end of another weekender, I don't know how people stayed sane as they waited for instalment number 5. Well, they did, and they came to lose their sanity for 72 hours, once again.
      For the 5th round of Tidy's addictive weekenders, they incorporated a military theme, as we arrived, and collected our chalet keys and laminates, Sgt Pickles and Major Mozart were seen walking around in full officers uniform. For the first time at a Weekender event, Tidy issued a dress code for the Friday night. Camo. This had not gone down very well with numerous message boards, including CTW. So the dress code had been relaxed a little, and everybody was asked to wear at least one item relating to the military, even a green coloured top was good enough.
      Checking into our chalet, we realised we were just around the corner from the VIP area, which was housing a lot of people we knew. Our chalet number was 189, which now has legendary status, but that will be brought up later in the review. We sorted ourselves out, ready for the night ahead, had a quick scout round the area, to see who was in close proximity, we had @Frazzel's chalet and @Clubbing Si's chalet, and we paid them a quick visit, and then headed off back to 189.
      A quick change into me camo outfit of green cargo pants, army surplus t-shirt, and helmet, I was ready to advance from my trench and go over the top for the first time this weekend.
      Once inside I entered the main arena where Riley and Durrant were playing some lovely trance to start the weekend off, I have a memory of them dropping bullet in the gun and going crazy to it. As they were reaching the end of their set, I headed off to the toilets. Inside taking a slash was none other than Lee Haslam, what was to follow was the first bit of comedy to a very funny weekend. Two randoms were taking a slash near Mr H, and having a bit of a convo with him, to which I thought nothing of, until I heard them giving him a bit of hassle, banter style, and then came the punch line, the giggle bit. So Lee, tell me, do you ever do any scratching? You know, like Eddie Halliwell Lee Haslam replies, No lads, I don't to which they reply. It's a corker Yeah that's right, the only thing you can scratch is your arse! I thought it was that funny, I nearly pissed on me boots. Lee took it all in his stride, and was having a laugh with them. It was a scene I think I will never forget.
      Once I was back on the dancefloor, as in true Tidy Weekender style, I lost everyone. I went back to where we were all dancing, and lo and behold, @jellybabyuk, @Scream, @SexyNic and @Tresh had all disappeared. Then @Shaney_R appeared from nowhere, asking me where everyone was. Cue, mission round the dancefloor, through the arcades, into arena 2, and back to where we were dancing, only to find everyone back there. I'm sure they do it on purpose and follow you around the venue.
      So once were all united again, it was time to take a proper look around. As Lee Haslam set about making people dance, we left and sampled arena 2, which tonight was Yoji & Friends This is were we bumped into the likes of @LiamStyles, @Crill and @Frazzel, getting on down to some filthy hard beats from Oliver Klitzing, anyhow, smirking at his surname was not on anyones mind, as everyone was there for a brilliant blend of Hardstyle that would make your eyes water even if the sound system was a little below a standard you'd expect from tidy. After a stomp to him, for most of his set, we set off next door to Arena 3, and into the aptly named funky room  Make love not war. As soon as we got in, I got dirty looks from Shane, for taking him into a funky room, but Tresh, Jellybaby and I were going nowhere, and started to funk it up big time, to the Trophy Twins, as they played some great vocal house that just put a big grin on your face. We lasted about 15 minutes in there, as Shane came running in to tell us the Tidy Boys were about to start. 
      As a lot of you may know, my opinion recently of the Tidy Boys, is not exactly colourful, BUT, their set intros at Tidy Weekenders are NOT to be missed. Last time they flew out of cardboard boxes in full cyber, this time was something completely different.
      The lights went down, and as only Tidy do, their intro was littered with samples from a selection of Tidy Releases. Being the National Anthem Theme in Arena 1, all the old faves were littered in the intro. Music is the Drug, Man On The Moon and Coming on Strong to name a few. Then with a flash bang of a firework Amo and Andy flew across the stage suspended from the ceiling on cables, in full combat gear and imitation machine guns. Once they had their fun, with pickles doing random somersaults while attached to the cables, they unhooked, and came running round, winding the ram-jammed arena up into a frenzy. Amadeus runs over to the decks and starts to mix in the first tune, as Andy Pickles runs around from one side of the stage to the other. By now everyone is smiling, screaming, jumping and pointing in unison at the boys tidy. The atmosphere is near explosive as Amo does most of the mixing while Andy Pickles does the entertaining. Tidy mentioned that they had sorted the heat problem in Arena 1, well this was its first test, and I have to say it had failed, as it was as hot as any of the previous events, and it wasn't long passed midnight!! As the temperature soared, I had to get rid of the helmet. So Tresh and I headed back off to the chalet, to change me headwear. 
      We arrived back from the barracks about an hour later, feeling very spongy. As we hunted down Jellybaby, we went into Arena 2 again, and caught some of Adam from Lab4. We stayed in their for about 5 minutes, I decided it was too hard for the mrs and that she wouldn't be in there. I remember saying to Tresh on the way out that the music was proper nosebleed stuff he thought I said I had a nosebleed lol. Eventually we met up with Jellybaby in the arcade. She was having a conversation with a jonny Knoxville lookalike through the glass. It was weird. 
      It was now about 2am, and I couldn't quite get into what was offered from tidy. The night seemed to go into a slump, and I couldn't get out of it. I decided to go back to the chalet again and to try and bump myself up a bit, you know, get back into the swing of things. Tresh joined me. I think it speaks for itself what went on in the chalet. I felt like a sniper while we were there, hiding in a hole for ages, until the right opportunity arose to pounce out and get back into the action.
      Upon re-entry into no-mans-land, we headed straight into the arcade, hooked up with the platoon at the previously arranged rendezvous, and marched into Arena 2, to do battle with Yoji and Friends. Once inside we met up with Liam, Crill, Frazzle etc. and joined forces to do battle with Sterling Moss. This was the first time I'd seen him, as I stupidly passed up the chance the previous week after wildchild, all I can say is I was highly impressed. His mixing was spot on, his in-set effects were awesome, and tune selection was fab. I was later told, that he played a average set, by his standards. I was shocked. I stomped the hardest I had all night, and then I heard One Night In Hackney for the first time. I was in my element. Then a girl appeared behind the decks, and just lifted the needle off the record that was playing, and she looked all confused. Sterling Moss then jumped up, grabbed the girl and pushed her over to the bouncers as the girl shouted abuse and the crowd laughed and jeered. 
      Dawn later told me that the girl walked straight past the security, onto the stage while Moss was looking through his record bag. The girl was seen throwing water over the bouncers later. I don't know what happened to her, but she was far from with it. I wanted what she'd had!
      Mr Moss came to a close, playing on til about 04:10, as Mr Headliner, Yoji Biomehanika messed about with a Apple Laptop to get himself set up ready; the Arena suddenly became very busy. I believe people come to see his hair just as much as him play, as he took to the decks with white streaks in his long locks. As Yoji set off with his first tune, you could tell the sound system was not gonna handle it. Distorted sound from the speakers said it all; this system could not handle Yoji. It was a shame, as I looked forward to hearing Yoji, as the only previous time I heard him was a year before at TW3, where he rocked Arena 1 on the Saturday night. This time though, it was Arena 2, with a sub-standard sound system. His first mix in my eyes was terrible, as there seemed to be a herd of wilder beast running through the arena, which was deeply disappointing. It didn't seem to bother the majority of the crazy loons in this Arena though; they danced like mad, and made lots of noise. Sadly I found the second mix as the first, coupled with the sound system, it just wasn't going to keep me in there for another 40 minutes or so until 5. 
      As we left we peaked our heads in for 5 minutes worth of Cally & Juice, who seemed to be playing to a half full arena, which was a shame, as they played a couple of good tracks. I would have stayed but the disappointment of Yoji's set took me down, and I just wanted to get back to the chalet for the upcoming madness that would be the Friday Night Afterparty!!!!!!!
      As far as afterparties go, this was a lighthearted affair, with various comings and goings from certain people, in short the likes of Liam, Crill, Clubbing_si, Highlander, Moo and the ever-present Tresh. As we all know what goes on at afterparties that the likes of this group of people I've mentioned attend, I'm not going to go into too many details. We basically got smashed and had a wee chat and dug the odd hole here or there, for people (including myself) to fall into. Liam seemed to be forever at the table, playing about on the surface with his flexible friend. Shaney_r by now was getting into the swing of it, and the entertainment was about to begin. If you haven't met Shane, then I can tell you that he is without doubt the funniest person you can meet. Whether it was just random comments directed across the chalet, or just actions he was doing, everyone just sat back and took it all in. The highlight was the random screams at people walking about outside, he didn't know them, he didn't care.
      Moo kept saying to me, that Shane was crazy, and he'd never seen anything like him. When the oxford dictionary people put their word explanation in, it should read:
      Random (Ra-n-dom)  Shaney_R
      As mid-morning approached the party attendees dispersed back to their own chalets, or off to someone else's. We just chilled out, and got our heads down, ready for the Saturday night.
      Saturday

      After Friday night and Saturday mornings escapades, we were all a little worn out, and I have to say, for the first time ever at a Tidy Weekender, did everyone in our chalet get a bit of kip. We all awoke at approximately 6pm, and decided to get a shower and a bit of grub. So on went the water heater, and on went the cooker. Wet bodies and wet pasta was the order of the day. 

      Once we were all fed, and all cleaned up, we all milled about our chalet, other peoples chalets, and just got back into the swing of things at our own pace. We popped round to @Clubbing Si’s chalet, to find everyone still totally wired from the previous night. Also took a visit round to see Frazzle and co. also popping in to see 879 at his chalet too.

      As the Saturday night kick off fast approached we all sat around debating whether or not to make an early start on it or to hang back a bit and let it get going. We all decided on hanging five apart from @Shaney_R who decided it was his mission to go and see Caroline Banx, after falling hopelessly in lust with her at Wildchild the previous week. So of he went, he says he was the first in there, and that she played a storming set. 

      We headed in at about 22:15, as Anne Savage was due on, but she had swapped sets with Charlotte Birch, so we had a bit of a stomp to her, before going through to the boys room, in arena 2, to listen to a bit of mixmag future hero Guffy. Once he was done up stepped Tidy’s new Whizzkid, the Magnificent Colin B. Playing a nice tech fuelled set to start with and then finishing up with beats that pounded our senses good and proper. This was by far my favourite set of the weekend, it had a bit of everything, and had balance. The room was only 2/3rds full, but my golly gosh that 2/3 of a room were subjected to some great mixing and an awesome set, which strayed away from the norm, that hard house delivers of late. As his set came to a close, the arena filled up for an established tidy whizzkid. Guyver.

      After a very disappointing set at Magna NYE, @Guyver really had to deliver to get himself back in my good books, and to be fair, he started off fairly well, and was keeping a nice flow going with some stomping tunes. This unfortunately died after a while, and my scheduled meet up with @Ikon was on the cards, so I had to leave young Mr Mearns to entertain a mad for it crowd of hard house nutters, who seemed to be having a jolly good time.

      I met up with @Ikon outside Arena 3, the next generation hardcore arena, and stepped inside for a bit of a boogie, well, a hardcore bounce. After trying to keep up for about 10 minutes I decided to get out and to try to breath as the temperature in there was easily in the 100s. Once back out into the arcade, we had a quick chat and I introduced him to a few members from the site, then we made our separate ways. 

      I headed back into the boys arena, where @Guyver was finishing up, and I have to say he closed a lot better than I have ever heard him finish before. He played some stomping tunes, as next up was Ingo. 

      The lights went down low, and Mr Ingomells entered with his remix of Brainbug Nightmare, this set the tone for his set, and what a set it was, dark pounding sounds with an evil stab to them, the whole of arena 2, jumped and found an aggression to their rhythmic pogo-ing, and arm waving. Emma and I sat up on the seats overlooking everybody going mental. 

      About 20 minutes before Ingo finished, Emma decided she wanted to go back to the chalet, as she said she had heard a similar set from him loads of times before so off we went. At the time this seemed like a great idea, as Mark Eg was scheduled to play next, but, Ikon told me that he had spoken to the boy Eg and that he said he was on last. So I thought I would go back to the chalet and chill for a while and then go back in for 4am and have it large to Mark Eg for the last hour. Oh how wrong I was. Ikon.. Cheers.

      So once back in at about 03:30, we entered the Boys arena again, and there laying out tune after tune of euphoric hard dance was none other than Mr Rob Tissera. Tresh and I had a right good ole knees up and kicked it for a while, enjoying the euphoric sounds that was drumming out of the sound system. I remember Rob Tissera going on til about 4:15am, and I decided it was time to go back to the chalet, and get some pre-after party messiness going. So as Tissera hammered out bring the lights down to a frenzied room of clubbers I gave it all I had before walking to the shop, collecting a couple of pints of milk, and then heading back to the chalet. Little did I know what was to follow!
      @Bushy

    • Maria
      Wildchild Vs Frantic @SeOne celebrates its next event with a bang. SE1 being a great venue, many rooms on offer, a quality sound system and like minded clubbers all in the same venue. What more does any mad for it clubber want ?  
      This was my second visit at SE1, the first being in March last year for Tidy London. I just couldn't wait to get back into that club and be with the precious memories I have of the place from last year ! But more so, I can't wait to be with all my friends from ClubTheWorld, especially with the ones that have not yet ventured into the club that is SE1. They are all in for a right treat.  The build up of excitement was getting the better of me throughout the process of waiting and waiting for this event to finally arrive. When the moment came it was time to get my dancing shoes on and get out there and shake some booty, meet more people and just have the night of my life ! Well, the waiting was no more when the day had finally arrived. We had people travel down as far as Scotland and Wales and even Northern Ireland. All heading down to the big clubbing capital that is LONDON. 
      It was around 1pm when I had got out of bed and after reading numerous texts from the likes of @Bushy telling me he is on the motorway rearing to go; all the way down from Wales. I was feeling sick with excitement. This dude really knows how to party ! After getting a few things sorted during the day time, @James and I left the house about 6ish. Not realising the time, James and I dashed about in such a hurry because there was a ClubTheWorld meet up in the pub All Bar One which cannot be missed because all the ClubTheWorld members were to be here and meet each other and catch up. Some Members hadn't seen each other for months, so the atmosphere in this pub was going to be absolutely BOOMTASTIC. 
      As we were on the road to a night of mayhem, more texts were received on my phone from more Members such as @Ginge. This guy is completely quality and VERY fun to be with. I won't say he is not normal, although I will say, what a damn unique guy he is ! As @Phil B once said "Every household needs a @Ginge". I was almost hyperventilating with pure excitement by this time, and the buzz I had was glowing around me like I had some kind of halo upon my head.
      The traffic upon getting into London wasn't as harsh as I thought it would be for a Saturday night. We had the music on, and could only think about getting to the pub at London Bridge as soon as possible so we could meet everyone and have a few drinks and a bundle of laughs before we all get mega pissed !  
      We got to the pub around 19:45 where the pub was full of ClubTheWorld people. As soon as I walked in, my stomach just turned into jelly because all the Members were there and it was just a massive buzz to see them all. It almost brought a tear to my eye haha. It was good to see some new members too, who got on with everyone. The comfort level was great here ! We venture in and mingle with everyone, meeting the new people and the people we have spoken to but had not yet seen in a long time. @Miss Diddy my partner in crime, hiding in the corner, she just brought an instant smile to my face. Buys me a Smirnoff Ice and herself a vodka and Red bull..1.20 change from a TEN ENGLISH POUNDS ! She knows I'm worth it though  Pretty expensive in this pub it was, but then, we aren't going to be in here all night, are we !
      We decide to end the meet up and start to make progress and move over to the club about 9ish, @Phil B our ClubTheWorld DJ is playing at 9pm to which he cannot be missed !  Although, I did actually miss the set as I had to wait for a few more people to arrive. I was gutted, but none the less, the feedback from his set was good enough for me. 
      Myself, @LiamStyles and his girlfriend @Charlene eventually got the club about 10:00pm where we queued for roughly 15 minutes which wasn't so bad at all. We put our coats in, take a deep breath, and then head into the club which was none other than a mini Labyrinth! 
      We head straight for the hard house room where the Legend @Phil B played, as we knew that is where we will find all the other members. This room was great. Good sound system, lots of people talking about @Phil B's quality set, all UP FOR IT. I just cannot wait for the night to proceed !  
      I pondered into the Trance Arena and just fell in love with the d'cor. It felt as though as was back at Gatecrasher NEC. It was designed in a such a way you just felt at home ! It was lovely. The sound system was quality. Lots of space in here as well which is good for people who sweat just that little bit too much. Let's hope some sort of deodorant can be purchased here 
      I headed back into the hard house room to meet more of the Members that had turned up. New Members such as @Saffy, @Shaney_R, and @Weasel that were a pleasure to meet ! The meet up was massive. Loads of pictures were taken. ClubTheWorld's mission on most club nights is to meet at a certain time throughout the night and get a big group picture taken. At each HUGE event, our target is to make the group picture bigger than the last one. It gets bigger every time !  
      My mission tonight was to remember to go and see @Guyster play his set in the Funky House room. For the last three Wildchild events, I have missed him, and each time I had promised I will be there, but, each time I have either been carried away by some DJ playing out in another room, chatting to people or just generally losing track of time. This time I made it in to see him ! I was very proud of myself for showing up and by the looks on his face, he was proud of me to haha. A few of us went into see him play and it was fantastic. He is great behind the decks, he is like @Phil B. Get's well into his set, always smiling and really entertaining and pleasing the crowd. No wander people like @Phil B and @Guyster gets their sets. They love it as much as the clubbers do ! It was great to see him again  
      I left @Guyster at around 12ish and went back into the hard house room to catch up with everyone. Smyrky was playing on the decks at this time and it was hard. Just how I like it. A bit of filthy music is just what my body needs ! Everyone in this room was ecstatically loving it ! I love looking across the room and seeing hardly one person sitting down. They are on the dance floor where they should be ! I remember one tune being played that all clubbers love Dreams By Miss Shiva. This being one of my personal favourites, bringing back some quality memories, I refuse not to dance ! And so do all the rest of the clubbers.
      I ventured into the Trance Arena where familiar faces decided to wander from the Hard House room. Things were getting a lot fun by this time. The Trance Arena was pretty full, seemed to be everyone's favourite ! JFK was playing. No wander everyone is in here, he is a Trance GOD. Don't ask me what tunes he was playing though, as I think I talked so much to so many people tonight, I just knew what I was listening to what fantastic ! Lots of fluffy cybers with their glow sticks getting right into the music and being blown away by the quality music that is Trance.  
      To my disappointment I had totally forgot that Phil Reynolds was playing and I wanted to see him play. My two let downs of the night was that I didn't get to see him play, and Paul Glazby wasn't even playing  But I did hear that Mr Reynolds played a phat set ! As always !
      Feeling slightly exhausted I decided I would sit and listen and catch up with a lot of the members and see how their night is progressing and are they enjoying what they came out for. Catching up with members such as Louise, our man @Phil B, @Dawn, @Tidy Tart, @Bushy, @Miss Diddy, @Pepsi, @Shenlong and so many more, was just brilliant. A night out on the town purely doesn't feel complete without the members of ClubTheWorld. We all turn a night out into a night ClubTheWorld never forgets.
      The night is slowly heading towards the end. The cloakroom queu is none other than a disaster ! I totally forgot I had my coat hung up back there and thought about just leaving it there as I would have been there for hours. Thanks to ClubTheWorld member @Stu, who had a pass to just walk in front of approximately 200 people and get my coat within minutes was one of the highlights of my night ! Thank you sir !! 
      James and I headed outside to wait for people to come out, both of us almost asleep whilst standing. It seems as tough some of us are getting old as we age ! haha ! We headed straight for the car and sat for a while until we knew most people came out. We couldn't go to the after party as the night we just had at SE1 totally DRAINED our motivation in us to carry on.
      You want the summary of our night out ? 
      ClubTheWorld seems to get bigger and better each time we attend a big event. We have people travel from both ends of the country to come out with us, and hope to succeed in gaining some over seas clubbers in the long term outlook. 
      Our meet ups show outsiders that we are not just people on a message board writing to each other everyday on screen, we are actually a group of people wanting more friends in our group to come out and have some fun with us and enjoy ourselves. We are a community that thrive off meeting new people and welcoming more like minded people in our community. Take a look at our gallery and check the big meet pictures. It can only get better. 
      Thanks to Frantic and Wildchild for giving us all the night of our lives at SE1. I do sincerely hope that you hold many more events at SE1 as it is a thoroughly PHAT venue where I believe, since the recent event, is ClubTheWorld's home. I say this because all the Members loved that place and wish to go there again for the same event.
      Here's to ClubTheWorld and its future ! Cheers !
      @Maria
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    • Bushy
      Magna 7 - 7 Futuristic zones in one spectacular sonic foundry, that's what the flyer told us, and correct they were, an awesome venue slap bang in the middle of the Sheffield countryside. Another part of the flyer said 10pm til 6am, and oh how WRONG they were!
      21:30
      Upon arriving onto the site grounds we were guided down the side of the huge 5,000 capacity complex, which was approximately a third of a mile long, maybe more. The queue was already of the way down the abandoned steelworks we would be entering..EVENTUALLY.
      22:00
      The old steelworks 3 doors are open to the mammoth queue that awaited, I can just imagine that as the first person walked and got searched, Paul Maddox dropped the first beat to an empty main arena! We moved forward about 5 metres, and then bang we stopped. Then the frustration and boredom set in.
      23:00
      We had moved about 100metres. People were jumping the un-manned and un-barrierd queue, which resulted in droves of clubbers losing their patience.
      Emma and I went to purchase a hot-dog, and the first security guard we saw, asked us where we were going, he was stood at the beginning of the barriers, as if we could jump the queue there without being seen! Those barriers started about 100metres from the main door!!!
      By midnight we had moved another 100metres or so. A  of the night gone, and we were still way off the entrance, due to slow moving queue and jumpers. Then lo and behold came a knight in shining armour, a security guard to stop everyone jumping the queue, he was greeted by cheers as he sent the queue jumpers packing to the rear of the queue. He assured us that we would all be in within the next half hour. 20 minutes later the queue starts moving rapidly. Obviously realising they had dropped a huge bollock, they let everyone through with no search, unless you had a bag. Within 10 minutes we are at the entrance. 3 poxy doors, each the size of your regular house door, one for VIPs, and one for regular punters. The VIPs door was empty of queues, but you couldn't go through that door, as it was VIPs, although you end up in the same place.
      12:30
      We gain access, and are in the foyer area, which was rammed, it was so packed in there even a battery chicken would have room for complaint, sardines in a tin? Pfff that's a breeze to this! It was due to the fact that you had to queue to get into the arenas, but only one entrance into the arenas, which were through the face of steel arena. The passageway for this was the size of your garage next to your house, which the car goes in at night. When you've got a 5,000 capacity trying to get in at once, it's a bit of a joke really!
      We fight our way through, and greeted by the first beats of our evening courtesy of Andy Farley, but we carried on for some insane reason to the main arena.
      We walked through the Digital Entertainment Zone, which was in fact a walkway with about 12 Xboxes dotted about, all with the same game on them!
      We arrived at the Main arena. This was impressive, a massive hall which went back about 300 metres easily, and about 50 metres wide, awesome sound system, awesome light display, but still only a double fire door as entrance and another further down as exit. We caught the end of Angel Sanchez, and then the start of Lee Haslam, the place was less than half full, and it was now 01:00. Due to the previous 4 hours of queuing and then instant hustle and bustle, my legs were dead, and I needed a seat, so we sat on the floor, and watched the place fill rapidly before our very eyes, this was obviously due to the fact that they had adopted the lets get everyone in without searches policy.
      Once Lee Haslam had finished up, on came the Tidy Boys, by now I was in full swing, and really getting down with it, along with @Clubbing Si, @Dani Babyboo, @jellybabyuk and @Scream amongst others, they started off their set in true Tidy Boys style, with a sample and a cheeky TV sample too, this time it was til tears do us part, followed by the Blockbusters theme, I hoped for a cheeky I'll have an E please bob but to my disappointment, it didn't come, although, they worked the crowd well with some corking tunes, and their usual antics behind the decks.
      Everyone seemed happy and were having a good time, but everyone you spoke to mentioned the queuing and what a shambles it was. It had certainly put a damper on my night.
      So off we went to the Face of Steel, Lab4. Need I say anymore? YES.
      This was by far the best arena in my eyes, DJ wise, but this is once again were Tidy let themselves down, the lay out and set-up was abysmal, and for Lab4's set the sound was so distorted you couldn't make out what tune was what, what the breakdowns sounded like, all you got was a thud when the kick came in! Needless to say we had left the room before they had finished.
      Off we went to the toilets, which we had to get to through the hardcore bubble, due to the one-way system that was adopted. As we made our way through the hardcore bubble, I couldn't believe my eyes, the steam and heat was incredible, I thought it was a smoke machine but you could tell, it was just pure steam from all the hot sweaty bodies having it large to the pumping 180+ bpm tunes that were getting spewed out!
      Once at the loos, I was surprised to notice that their was one for the blokes and one for the girls, that was it for the whole complex, blokes had 6 urinals, and 2 cubicles, the girls had 4 cubicles, their was a disabled toilet and nappy change toilet also, then at the rear of the foyer, in a small sign was another set of toilets, out in the back, about 20 portaloos, or as they are more affectionately known The Turd Tardis In all that was hardly enough for 5000 people.
      We then battled our way through the Face of steel to get to the main arena again! What a waste of time and energy, on the decks was none other than Judge Jules, playing to an arena that was about a third full, and when he dropped a tune with a J-lo sample in it, I think it started emptying even more! As the say the judge wont budge I can assure you that I did!
      We quick marched it back to the face of steel, where Tara Reynolds was playing an awesome set, by far the best of the night. So needless to say I was back in full swing giving it my all to my first ever experience of Mrs Reynolds live. I know that is not the last time I'm going to be stomping to her ever! The arena was crammed full of Hard House lovers, as she dropped some corking tunes. I recall the 2 base graffiti tracks House always wins and The Hulk which I lapped up with cream! By now I was really starting to enjoy myself, it was an electric atmosphere and the sound system was a bit clearer and crisper in its sounds. I looked at my watch and almost cried as I had just got into it, and the time was 04:00 as BK took to the decks.
      BK went off at tremendous pace and was really whipping the blood-baying clubbers up into a frenzy! He really worked us all up with some solid crowd faves and then some new material to keep us in good trim!
      Before I knew what was going on we had to leave the face of steel as Paul Glazby kicked of his set, as Emma had booked her taxi for 05:30.don't ask. So we had to go looking for Scream, which wasn't exactly an easy task as I had a message from him earlier in the evening asking if I was Bushy! The lad had clearly lost his mind, but hey, we all know that anyway, this was just evidence!
      Eventually we got hold of Scream, in the main arena, he was with @rickd and others, but had gone looking for us, so we hung about giving it some to Lisa Lashes, for 10 minutes or so, until we decided he wasn't coming back! So we headed off for the foyer area, not before we caught another 5 minutes of Paul Glazby, and we had to go.
      It's very rare for me to say this about a night clubbing, but I was glad to be from there.
      In my opinion, I believe that this event well and truly flopped. Although the music was excellent, the atmosphere electric, the complex as big and as impressive as it is, is NOT a suitable venue for an event of this scale. The queuing outdoors could have easily been eased, by opening the doors to the complex a couple of hours earlier, as Helter Skelter did when I used to frequent their events at the sanctuary in Milton Keynes. Inside, there is no avoiding the queuing, as access to certain areas just aren't big enough.
      It is a crying shame, as the venue is amazing. You just think to yourself what could have been. Tidy are also usually spot on with their organisation, but this time it was one big mess. By all accounts they are going back there for New Year, all I say is good luck, I hope it works.
      I know that I for one will not be there to find out if it does.
      @Bushy
    • Maria
      So then, finally, the weekender for Bournemouth was here ! I woke up at around 11am(ish) woke James up; we had to be out of the house soon ! There is nothing better than not being in work and over indulging your self with lots of sleep ! We aren't THAT lazy. Honest !
      We look out the window and to our surprise, WOW, the weather is looking as LUSH as ever, not one cloud in the sky and the sun was just a nice shining star in the sky. HORRAY ! We never had the best of the weather last weekend when we attended GKGG, but this weekend god was on our side. It was all about the sun, the seaside, meeting ClubTheWorld members from the board and also, BEER. WHEY !
      So we dash up, have a shower, pack out bags with some clean clothing, towels etc. Due to having some bad rainy weather during the previous week, we honestly thought, that, the sun wouldn't stay no longer than a few hours. How wrong we were. We decide to wear jeans and a t-shirt and pack nothing more but clean trousers/jeans for the day after. Again, thinking it would probably rain.  Sheesh - read on grr
      We leave our current location, jump in the car and off we go ! It was around 12ish the time we left, so we got some petrol and then headed for the M25. Which was a disaster !
      Anyway, we get to the M25 - cruising with the roof off the car, enjoying the mini heat wave that we had now discovered would be staying for the whole weekend. Yup, that's right. It wasn't going to rain, as we switched the radio on, we heard it stated that what we were driving in, was a mini heat wave that was to stick around for the rest of the month ! Oh great ! We have packed no shorts in our bags. I wander what look we will get from the sunbathers on the beach. Walking around in jeans - we are going to look soooo cooool ! NOT.
      Right then - we get further into the M25 and boy, by this time, the sweat was dripping from us. It was absolutely BOILING ! The heat was pretty unbearable, but we managed it ok and appreciated the sunshine, as we hadn't had much of it during the last few days ! The traffic starts to build up and suddenly comes to a halt on the M25. No word of a lie, we were crawling up the motorway, to which took us at least and hour and a half to actually escape the motorway. During our time on the M25 we switch on the radio for the traffic report, to which, to our surprise, there has been some accident at the top end of the M25. GREAT ! Don't mind me, ill just sit here and burn in the sun. To which, I did  My poor shoulders. Never mind. [censored] happens ! People should take more care on the roads ! grr
      FINALLY, after arsing around on the motorway, almost dying in our own sweat, we come to a junction that is the turn off for us. HORRAY ! This road was a nice clear road, no traffic jams, no diversions etc this was the road that was taking us, to, BOURNEMOUTH!
      As we drive nicely through the breeze of the motorway, we decide to give Kev / @CreamyC a call and see how he is getting on with his journey. Kev, the most dedicated traveller of the lot, had to endure an extended coach journey, to which I think took him about four hours on the coach, in the blazing hot sunshine, in HEAVY traffic on the motorway. I'm not sure how many people were on this coach with Kev, but i'm sure it was VERY hot and stuffy to which poor old CreamyC had to shut up and put, with! aww. Anyway, he hadn't arrived yet although he was closer than James and I were so I gather he would be directing us, as always, when we get there.
      We stop at the services on the way to Bournemouth, as it was high time we got a drink and a nice ice lollypop to cool us down. Not forgetting that we were both in jeans and trainers and were almost melting away into nothing ! These services that we stopped at was pretty dam packed with all sorts of people. Families, couples, OAP's etc all taking advantage of the gorgeous weather we had today !
      Going to have some food like a KFC or a MacDonalds was out of the question. The queues were huge ! I mean, come on guys, you want something nice and cold down your throats, it's too hot for hot food ! hehe We get what we want and then a quick dash to the cash point to put some cash in my back pocket for the weekend ahead. Sorted !
      We head back outside the services for some shade to sit and relax before we hit the road of torture again. We sat in a well nice spot, on some picnic tables, in a forrest-like location, and it was great. Was nice to be out of the sun for a bit but then it was nice to get back init !
      So we head back to the car and carry on driving for the few miles we had left. Within this time we had already spoke to Kev for a second time to which he was already there enjoying a nice pint of ale with the others at the pub. James and I just can't wait to get there ! B&B is all booked so all we need now is to get into Bournemouth and get settled then it's out on the town we go !
      So, we get into Bournemouth's Town Centre. We have spoken to Kev and we are now driving to the meet up point where he will then direct us to our B&B. Before that though, we drive around the Town Centre. It was none other than bloody lovely ! The sun was still shining so we decided to drive down by the seaside before meeting Kev. Oh my, what a sight we saw. The sea was lovely, the beach was PACKED but lovely, the location was lovely, the pier was lovely EVERYTHING, was, can you guess ? LOVELY ! We just need to wash and change, get settled then join the punters in Bournemouth.
      We eventually meet Kev who was waiting for us in his lovely yellow taxi that he had already tracked down. Was ace as ever, to see Kev again. Just seeing him and speaking to him for the odd few minutes before heading to the B&B, I just KNEW, this weekend was going to be HILLARIOUS !
      We get to out B&B, which was called The Marvin Hotel, based on Watkin Road (highly recommended !). Looked very nice outside and just couldn't wait to get in there ! And so in we go, couldn't see anyone, the place looked deserted. Everyone was out enjoying the blistering hot weather ! So, we see the lady of the house. And what a nice lady she was. She didn't know us, but she was pleased to see us, got talking for a few minutes about how far we travelled etc, paid our deposit then she gave us the keys to our room. On we go up the stairs, and this place looked great. Pretty modernised but all the same, you just felt comfortable as ever. The room was lovely. Based on 3 sharing, James, myself and Kev. This is going to be fun.  We had an on-suite with shower, tea facilities, a nice sized wardrobe, bed side cabinets, mirrors, it was lush. We couldn't have asked for better accommodation. The bonus of it all, though, was, that we could come and go as we pleased ! As long as we were fairly quiet though, as she had a young boy. You can't argue with that really can you !
      So then. We are settled. Time to get outside and share the sun with everyone else ! We decide that we would walk down to the Bournemouth beach and all the pubs down that way. So, we got down by the beach, took a few pretty photos (check the gallery), and were looked upon by many people in shorts, bikinis, and there was us, Kev in trackie bottoms and James and I in jeans. WHEY ! How silly we looked ! We weren't prepared for this kind of weather at all. [censored] happens people !
      As we got there, we meet up with some members of the CTW:  @Ginge, @tommy, @ElsxBells, & Daredevil_Tony. It was good to meet up with these guys as it isn't very often you can meet up and have a few laughs around a table of beers. So it was all good baby !
      The first pub we ventured was where we all met. Wetherspoons Moon, in the square. This pub was great - served food and any choice of beer / wine / spirit. It was pretty packed as everyone was coming in to cool down from the heat outside. Me, James and Kev decided to tuck into some food so we had some energy to carry us through the night of fun and frolics that lay ahead of us, and boy, that food was delicious !  And not too expensive either !
      After staying an hour or two in Wetherspoons, we decide it is time to hit anther pub. A pub where they played some music ! Wetherspoons didn't seem to have any pumping sounds and none of us could sing  so the next pub we decided to venture in was a pub that really caught our eye ! Although I cannot remember for the life of me what this pub was called but it had pumping music and was full of people having a good time. We decide to venture in; only, Tony (daredevil_tony) got refused entry ! The bouncers on these doors had decided amongst themselves that Tony had had a bit too much to drink, but the guy was sober ! He may have looked slightly tired as he had attended Slinky the night before, so, he didn't get in, so we did the right thing and left to move onto another pub.
      The next pub to be graced with ClubTheWorld's presence, was, Bliss. Now, this pub indeed was a very CLASSY pub. It was full of attractive ladies and also attractive young men. So if you are down that way and decide you want to have a night on the pull, then this classy bar is for you. But hang on, let me define classy for you. All sorts of women in this place were dressed in skirts, very nice classy tops, nice shoes, all hair done nicely. The men, dressed in very smart trousers, nice classy shirts, and nice shoes and classy hairstyles. We showed them all up. We were far too classy for this pub. We were dressed in such a classy manner, we stood out, like a sore thumb. Our dress code went something like this : Jeans, tracksuit bottoms, baggy jeans, t-shirts that looked like they hadn't been ironed, trainers, rucksacks hanging over backs. I think the only one out of our group looked classy, was Kev. He was kitted out in trousers and shirt and shoes. Fair play. DON'T make the same mistake us pikeys made. Make sure you dress nice. You wont get looked at the we did then  Anyway, enough about the CTW pikeys, let's get into the layout of the pub ! It was lush - it had a spiral staircase that took a lead downstairs, where you could eat in a fancy restaurant area, with waiters at your call to assist you with your meal. They also had a nice sized dance floor for the punters, but it wasn't so full down here, but it was nice all the same ! We were seated around these nice huge round tables to which we got later ordered to move as I think they may have been reserved for other people. People who had taken a keen interest in the restaurant. Ho hum. So we moved over to the bar where we had some fun and Mr_Ginge decided to show us what kind of things he could make with a thousand straws and let them hang from up his nose right round to sticking them in his ears. He was, by far, the clown of the show! Tis all good !  Elly and Tommy had to leave us to go and get their car where they parked it in a car park which was due to be closed at 9pm - so off they dashed and parked up else where and rejoined us. Careful you don't make that mistake if you venture down to Bournemouth ! One funny thing happened at this pub, to which we still look back on and make a little joke out of it. At this pub, Tony (Daredevil_Tony), was in need for a call of nature, so off he went to go to the toilet. By this time I think he was a tad drunk, so he decided that the mens toilets were in the KITCHEN. You know, where they cook the food etc hahaha poor lad walked straight in. I guess it was good that he wasn't THAT drunk, as he may have just found the nearest bin in the kitchen and wooped it out and pee'd. lol. He was directed to the appropriate place to pee by one of the kitchen attendees hahaha
      Ok - so it's time to bugger off from here and go else where and see what else Bournemouths night life has to offer ! So, off we go, to YATES's. This place, from the outside, had the "come on in" feel. It was lit up so well in bright colours and was rammed with men and women all enjoying the nice warm breeze outside. So we decided to go in and see what the inside was like. Yes yes, we do know what the inside of a pub looks like, but let's see how many people are in here and what tunes are coming through the speakers ! WHEY !
      In we go and in here, too, was packed with loads of people. We head straight for the bar, lots of squeezing through the crowd but we got there in the end ! This place was great. A lively atmosphere, friendly people, and a bunch of girls, that seemed to be on a hen night, dressed up as play boy bunnies (i think). One of the girls was carrying around a large vibrator, to which Kev decided to walk right up and have a "touch" of it, to which the girl replied "[censored] off!" haha classy bird ! lol.
      We decide to go outside and catch the breeze as it was FAR to HOT in this pub. Lots of people out here, and even the bouncers on the doors of this pub were pretty level headed and easy to talk too. Some bouncers are just up their own arse to which im sure you will agree ! I think by this time we are all slightly pissed, so, I think it's time James gets his camera out and take a few shots of us all. One spectacular picture taken that always makes me laugh every time I look at is, was Kev and Mr_Ginge. All had bit of "tree" shoved down there t-shirts and was covering their face. How can I explain - they looked somewhat like Julius Ceaser ! It was hilarious to say the least ! There was also some other guy, came out of the pub and went into the corner, trying to hide from everyone (altho it was not discreet to say the least !) taking off his trousers as he was far to hot to keep them on, and enjoy the rest of the night in his boxer shorts ! Didn't get a pic of that one sorry girls ! After having lots to drink at YATES's, we decide to move on and have another look around - although it was getting kind of late at this time and some of us were getting a bit tired. Especially after the bugger of a journey down and the sun draining you so much you don't realise it until it hits you !
      Off we go on another wander, we spot a net cafe. hahah it would be so rude not to go in there and sign onto CTW and rub it in to all the pull outs who never attended. We were all pissed by this time, so we made CTW forums an interesting night. Especially for those who were sat in, on this Saturday night, logged onto CTW, and sitting there continuously hitting the refresh button on their browsers, in hope that someone would entertain them. We saved their day ! hahaha It was fun.
      We decided to go grab some food at one of the take-aways and James being the random photographer that he is, decided to take a few perfectionist shots of the menu in these take-aways hahaha take a look in the gallery if you want to waste some time ! 
      It was getting late by this time so James, Kev and I decided that we would turn in and get some sleep as we had the whole day in Bournemouth tomorrow so we had to sleep our pissed states off and grab some sleep to enjoy more sun tomorrow. So, we said our good byes and left the rest of the gang to it ! ADIOS !
      We got back to our lush B&B and had a few laughs before we went to sleep. Not realising that Kev had asked Tony and Ginge to come back to our B&B as they would have had to go straight back to Northampton, Kev thought that it would be OK that they came back to ours to stay. Bearing in mind that they would have to sneak in our rooms and possibly get caught and for them to pay a bill that they probably couldn't afford, they turned up outside. They rang the door bell thinking we would answer but we didnt ! "We didn't hear the bell ring"  honest ! So the only thing that they could do to get our attention was phone James or Kev's mobile to get us to come down and open the door. But they couldn't get through. The truth has to come out here guys ! - we told them we had no signal, but hey, we switched our phones off ! hehe. But in any case, they found a place to stay, they slept on the beach ! It was time for some sleep now ! Crossing my fingers and praying to the good lord above that Kev doesn't snore or even break wind in his sleep. This would call for a kettle of COLD water over his head if he did. But alas, he was a good boy and slept like a baby. Comfy beds, a cool room which was situated at the front of the hotel so we had the breeze fed through our room all night. You couldn't ask for more that that !
      Ok so we woke up at arund 10am the following morning without a hangover. The plan was, get our arses in the shower (although not together, but it would have been nice. NOT. ) get dressed and then down the beach we go ! We paid up our bill - which was £25 a head at this wonderful B&B, which is a bargain if you ask me !
      We put our stuff in the car and managed to squeeze 3 of us in James' 2 seater car. We get to the beach and then park up. This car park btw, was £6 - REDICULOUS ! But, it had to be done. All parked up we decide to walk along the beach in search for somewhere to eat. As early as it was, the beach, yet again, was jam packed with fit totty and fit men. If your single of course ! We find what the beach is most famous for, a fish and chip bar ! So in we go and get some scran. Nice and cool in here so we stayed in here for a bit as djtommy was on his way down to Bournemouth beach to meet us and spend a few hours with us before we headed back to our own locations. djtommy is from bournemouth (lucky bastard) so if you need to know anything about that location, than tommy is your man !
      We later decide to go in the arcade and waste some money. I guess Kev came out the luckiest of us all. He won some cash on the 10p machines and filled his pockets with silver. He thought he won the lottery ! bless him haha. We all decide to take our seats on the racing cars and all challenge each other, to which Kev came first, twice, I came second, twice, and James came first, once. That doesn't prove that women are [censored] drivers, OK !
      After spending lots of money in the arcades we decide to go for a walk on the pier. Only 40p, and it won't break the bank. It over looks the packed beach and right out into the sea. Lots of boats, fishing boats, and jet skis were all in full motion over the lovely sea to which we watched for a while and by this time I was getting even more excited about venturing on the beaches of Ibiza which is only a few weeks away ! We take some pics on this pier to which you will find in the gallery. It was LUSH !!
      We decided to walk around the attractions and was watching a band in progress, pleasing the crowd and making this the highlight of their day. Watching them march up and down with big drums and all kinds of musical interments playing all sorts of theme tunes. It was nice to just stand there for 10 minutes and watch them perform. Although, they must have been sweltering hot in their massive coats and trousers and hats. But it was profession. They had to do it !
      Sadly, when they finished their "march", an announcement was made over a loudspeaker, that a family had lost their 6 year old daughter, Which wasn't very nice as this place was packed, and the thought of trying to find your missing child in the hundreds of people that were down here today, you would think that you would never be able to find her. I just hope she was found 
      The day came to and end for us now   Kev had to be at his meeting point for his coach home and James and myself had to head home also. It was a bit gutted for us to leave, because it was such a nice weekend, the weather was on our side and we had to end it and go back home ! So we said good-bye to tommy and headed home but we had agreed amongst us, that we will most DEFINITELY be making a return to this wonderful location again, and it will be a long weekend for sure ! It was great to see everyone again and have so much fun, but things have to come to an end 
      James and I left the location and headed back up the M25 to which was not so bad as it was on the way down to Bournemouth. The weather was still pipping hot but we loved it all the same.
      If you decide you want a break from the norm, then I'm going to agree and tell you that Bournemouth really IS, the place to be. You got everything you want right at your feet. So do yourself a favour, and get your arses down their and enjoy yourselves !
      You wont regret it.
      @Maria
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    • LiamStyles
      Erick Morillo at LUSH! was a night not to be missed. After some very last minute phone calls and arrangements, we were making the now legendary drive from my hometown of Ballymena to Portrush.
      We arrived at the club at around 10pm to find no queue whats so ever. After getting searched and paying our way in, we were met by the site of an almost capacity club and rammed dancefloor. Hold on...........its only 10pm! After a quick walk round to meet up with all my friends, we took up our place at the side of the dancefloor. It all begins now...........
      Warming up the crowd at this point was LUSH! resident, and local hero, Col Hamilton. Although his choice of tunes were doing the business, I have to say Col was a bit rocky. A few lost mixes, and he seemed to be struggling. This didnt seem to detour the crowd in the slightest, the already frenzied atmosphere kept things in full flow. We decided to take a seat upstairs in the VIP bar, grab a drink, and take in the madness going on downstairs. Just as we had got the drinks in, Gordy Kyle took to the decks. Gordy isnt a DJ I had seen much of, so was looking foward to hearing what he had to offer. I wasnt disappointed, he took the crowd even further with some awesome vocal led funky house. After what seemed a pretty short stint on the decks, Gordy was replaced by Col Hamilton again. Col redeemed himself from his earlier set, and played some tougher stripped down house that went down really well. By this stage the club was heaving and we were back downstairs and dancing away, awaiting the arrival of the New Jersey legend. Col was building and building on the atmosphere, but then the music was cut and the sound of LUSH! promoter Alan Simpson speaking over the mic was all we could hear. "LUSH! we have some bad news, and some good news" The whole club feared the worst, no Erick Morillo tonight. "The bad news is Erick Morillo has missed the last flight from England, but the good news is we've hired a private jet to fly him here and he touched down in Belfast 15mins ago!!!! " Now I dont know if there was any truth in that statement at all, but who cares. It took the crowd over the edge, and the atmosphere was now doubled. Gordy Kyle took to the decks yet again, and I have to say he rocked it!! He managed to play a set full of stormers, but without stealing the thunder from Erick when he arrived. Full marks to Gordy, I've made a note to come and see you again real soon. Personally his set peaked when he dropped "Linus loves the terrace".
      The music was then filtered down. "Two words for you...............ERICK MORILLO!!!!!" The king of all things Subliminal was given one of the best welcome reactions I have ever witnessed in any club, ever. He had arrived, and it is was plain to see he was taken aback by the response from the crowd. A saxaphone intro washed through the club, the build up was spine tingling and when the beat finally kicked in, LUSH! errupted!! What followed was nothing short of phenomenal, alot tougher than I had expected but all the better for it. His set as a whole was like nothing I have ever heard, new and upfront stormers next to reworked, beefed up anthems. I kept saying to myself "This tune is lethal" but then the one that followed was even better. Quick mixes, acapellas, effects, this man was hard at work but loving every minute. Another thing that I noticed was the fact that he was one of the most animated DJs I have come across. He enjoyed every tune as much, if not more, than the packed dancefloor. The whole club had lost itself, myself included. I dont think I have ever danced so hard in my life! Ericks set flew by in a flash, a quick look at the watch, 10 minutes to go. The music was cut, and i guessed that the usual encore would follow. I was wrong, Erick came on the mic to thank the crowd, he said he would play two more tunes. "The first tune I'm going to play isnt a house record, but its one of my favourite records of all time" No-one in the club was prepared for what was to follow. Lenny Kravitts "Are you gonna go my way" bellowed from the speakers. Every person in the club looked at each other for a split second, then the whole club exploded. Its impossible for me to explain what the crowd reaction was like exactly, but I will say that its something that will stay with me forever. There wasnt a single person that night that didnt understand why this tune absolutely rocked it. The next record was "French Kiss" and was supposed to be the last. Three tunes later and the LUSH! crowd are still going for it, as is Erick Morillo. But like everything it had to end at some point, but when it did Erick Morillo was given another roaring ovation. You could see that he had taken something from his experience at LUSH!, he thanked the crowd once again, and made a promise that he would be back "So soon" Just what we wanted to hear!!
      To finish I'd just like to say a few things:
      To Erick Morillo, what do they put in the water over here? I dont know mate but I think you had been drinking some too!
      To LUSH! and everyone who was there, thank you for one of the best nights of my life.
      And finally, people always go on about how good things were years ago and how things have changed. Well I wasnt around to experience "the good old days" but have to say that surely it couldnt have been much better than this.
      Words by @LiamStyles
    • Bushy
      21:00 Friday 25th July
      I'm in Birmingham New Street, on my way to visit Emma, my girlfriend, in Lincoln, we have a nice quiet weekend planned.
      Then I feel the vibration in my pocket, my mobile phone is ringing, I pull it out and the display shows Clubbing Si (@Clubbing Si). I was then ordered to phone up Emma, and tell her that we were going to Global Gathering, Scream (@Scream) Si had sorted out the tickets!!! They wouldn't take no for an answer.
      10:00 Saturday 26th July
      Scream and I head into Lincoln City Centre, we hit the shops armed with a Store Card and the sales!!!!!
      11:00
      I'm stood outside Hotwax Records with Scream, loaded with a new outfit, including Trousers, t-shirt, and hat, cost not exceeding £25, waiting for the shop to open, so we can get the tickets!!!
      11:20
      We get into hotwax, get the tickets and [censored] off!
      16:00
      We arrive at Long Marston Airfield, Global Gathering, I didn't even get a chance to get EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!! Once parked we made our way to the main gates, where hordes of clubbers queued for what was to be a solid 15 hours of clubbing well dancing in a field!!!
      17:00
      We're in! Its chucking it down, but everyone seems to be extremely happy with the fact they are getting pissed on by the lord! We purchase some Ponchos, for £2 apiece, bargain, we're not getting wet anymore!!! There were so many people running around the Airfield in them, I thought we were in a super hero convention!
      Off we head to the Sundissential Arena, when I say arena, what I mean is a big [censored] off marquee, although due to the popularity of Sundissential, I'd say should have been a bit bigger. Upon entry we are greeted to the sound of BK kicking off his set with Badass, the arena went mental, as BK played a stormer, also throwing in the likes of Hostile, Revolution and Accelerate, the baying loonies lapped it all up, and with such happiness and good feeling. I have to say also that the SS arena looked the busiest by far at this time of day!!
      Once we'd got a bit of stomping done, I spotted a few of the fellow members not too far away from us, the likes of @Bungle, @Bukey, @Tidy Tart, @Mr Moo, @jon_m among others.
      18:30
      By this time it was well and truly pissing it down, somebody hadn't been praying to the lord for sunny weather(possibly me), and the first official Club The World meet was fast approaching, scheduled for 7pm, we headed off to find the elusive Laser Water Fountain, after a good look around and many dumbfounded looks from numerous people, we came across Amelia, who pointed us into the direction of the Strongbow Arena, which is where we all headed!
      Once we got there, we were greeted by many happy smiley faces none from CTW though and some really nice chilled funky sax music, which I'd say gave the bar a very Cafe Mambo feel, I closed my eyes and thought back to last summer, I opened them and my memories were shattered by seeing the pouring rain..Hang on..who cares, I was at Global!!!!! Moo decided to sample a pint of the £3 watered down Strongbow, and I followed suit, I hate cider, but due to the fact it was watered down, that foul taste was not there, instead it was refreshing and tasty. Within 15 minutes CTW members started filtering in, the likes of Tresh, Clubbing_si, Dani, Cyberdonkey, James, Maria, TomD and eventually Dooby!
      20:00
      We all headed off to the SS Arena, hell-bent on getting in some real stomping in, once we got into the now, bulging at the seams Sundissential Arena, Ian M was mixing up a treat for the sweaty, mad for it, hard house nutters, by now I was pretty muntered, and cant remember what tunes he spun although I remember hearing Hostile(yes, again!). Next up though was Mr Paul Kershaw, in my eyes this was the best set of the night, he played a blinder, I didn't stop dancing from the first track to when we left for the Gods Arena, which was at 21:45, why did I leave the arena when I was blatantly having the time of my life? I hear you ask. One word..
      TIESTO
      22:00
      On our way over to the GK Arena the rain had calmed down to a drizzle, but the damage was done, the lush green airfield had been turned into a dirty great big horrible bog, I tried to protect my trainers, but it was no use, it was a case of oh [censored] it, I'll clean them tomorrow!
      Once into the Gods Arena we set up camp about 2/3 of the way back from the huge stage at the front, this arena made the Sundissential arena look like a two man tent, it was massive. I set up camp with Jellybaby_uk, Bukey, Groovester, Tresh, Amelia, Dondo, Scream and Donna.
      The first 20 minutes or so were a difficult period for me, as I was trying to slow down my mental and physical state down to the slower pace that Trance is. Once warmed up and into the groove, I was unstoppable, as Tiesto played some mega Tracks! The GK crowd were going mental, they saw this man as their god and he was preaching, it was one hell of a scene, Tiesto toyed with the crowd as he built his set into one big build up, dropping in a tune which I never heard before, but included a sample from Radiohead, I almost shot my load over the disciples up front!
      We left GK to head back for Lisa Lashes at about 11. Tiesto was on for an hour, but hadn't finished when we left, I later found out to my disappointment that he dropped Suburban Train as his last track! Needless to say. I cried!
      23:00
      Lisa Lashes was spinning vinyl on the wheels of steel when we arrived back at Sundissential, driving some fierce hoover driven tunes through the sound system, to the delight of the manic loonies bouncing up and down in unison, dropping in her own new tune what can you do for me and once again hostile amongst others.
      Before I knew what was going on, Miss Lashes was done and up stepped LAB4, the second time Ive seen them Live! Once again they kicked arse in only the way they can, one word to describe them live is  A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I was waiting for one track to come in, which I liked to think so was everyone in the arena, and when REQUIEM was forced through the sound system, I had a little goosebump moment, as the tingle ran up my spine, with my hands in the air, as the orchestral breakdown pounded through the arena, everyone with their hands in the air, it conveyed a feeling of unity to me, this really was a gathering(Im getting goosebumps just thinking back now). WOW! The kick dropped in and the whole of the arena jumped up and down like a football crowd when their team score the winning goal in the cup final!
      It was then the turn of Rob Tissera, somewhat of a SS god, he didnt disappoint. Starting up with the soon to be released when the sun goes down and then moving seamlessly through a catalogue of euphoric hands in the air hard house. Due to the call of nature I missed half of his set, but when I returned, he was just finishing up, and dropped in the crowd favourite, We come one bootleg.
      02:00
      Back to the Strongbow arena for the next meet!
      We met back up with @Clubbing Si and co. Not surprisingly, we were the only ones at the meet. So we headed back off to the SS arena, only to bump into @James, @Maria, and @DoObY etc. outside the stalls area, which included a herbal high stall! They were on their way to buy some Mushrooms! After chatting for a while, we soon realised it was closing in on 4am, another meet-up. Back to the Strongbow arena!
      04:00
      We turned up and met up with some more from CTW, had a brief chat, and headed back with the original plan in mind..Sundissential! We had [censored] about for 2 hours, some serious stomping was in order!!
      04:45
      Re-entered the SS arena at the far side of the complex, to meet up with @Tony Pand @Miss Diddy, we were all getting it on big time, before I realised that it was Karim throwing out some seriously hard tuneage! And setting everyone up for Mark Gray for the final hour!
      Halfway through Mark Gray's awesome set, which all I can remember hearing in it was PH4, we headed over to the Gallery Arena to see the final half hour of Global Gathering 2003 in with DJ Scot Project!
      06:30
      Once we found @Clubbing Si and co in the Gallery arena we set up to the right of the DJ box, pretty close to the front, to let the Deadly Dread locked Demon serve up some Hard, Dirty, Dark Trance, we didn't stop stomping til the last beat had beaten! Scot Project finished off a perfect night, with his very own Overdrive
      07:00
      Once we got out of the Gallery, you could see the devastation that the rain had caused during the night, although the sun had risen at about 5am, I didnt really take much notice of it, as I had other things to do at that time! Also guess what?!
      The [censored] Sun was SHINING!
      08:00
      Back in the car, @Scream had gone off with @Tresh to find somebody, we eventually got hold of him on @Tresh's mobile, we told him to come back to the car as Donna(his gf), wanted to leave for home! He said there may be a problem, as he was in some sort of hole, I didn't know exactly what he meant, maybe the rain had caused landslides or something, or just a big puddle!
      Once we discovered him, we said our goodbyes to everyone, then made our way home, which took a good 3hours, due to queuing and getting lost!
      12:00 Sunday 27th July
      We get back to Lincoln. Struggle to sleep!
      Roll on next year!!!
      @Bushy
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  • Reviews

    • Maria
      ATOMIC ENERGY was my first attendance of this event. Hearing so much about it from @Lisa and @Tony P over the past MONTHS, this kind of event has always interested me and I have always wanted to go. It's much different from the mainstream events such as Frantic and Wildchild, as the music policy doesn't fall into the same category as hardhouse ! This event was brought to you by Psy Trance, Freeform, NRG etc  the most intelligent form of music that takes you on a journey throughout the whole process of the night, in fact, it's the type of music that attaches itself to you and grows on you. I found myself in a state of disbelief as to why I hadn't attended to any of these type of events before, to which I am kicking myself very badly for ! Unfortunately, Atomic Energy was the last event for a while to which I am real saddened by, as I thoroughly enjoyed this night but it was sods law that the time I DO get to be a part of it, it's the last one, but, I am hoping it makes a come back with a more successful future in terms of being PERMANENT. The event was held at Mass in Brixton, and what a lovely little club it was, too. I had never been to Mass before. In fact, I had never been to a club in Brixton before, and more often than not, when going to completely new events that are held in new clubs that I have not been to before, it would usually take me a while to settle in and suss out the crowd. Thankfully, through being in regular contact with Lisa and Eryk, they rest assured me, that, the Atomic Energy crowd are the friendliest people you could ever meet and that we would be well looked after ! Anyway, lets cut to the chase.
      We started off in the Prince Of Wales Pub in Brixton to meet a few fellow clubbers whom we had planned to meet up with to go in the club together. These people had been to Atomic Energy a fair few times, so it was nice to sit, have a drink and talk about the event itself and be told what to expect, what the club is like, how many STAIRS there are (a winding spiral stair case going up to FOUR floors !) and such like. Totally excited, I just couldn't wait to get in there, look around and hear some different music, for a change !
      We got to the club around 10:30pm(ish) and were fronted with all these stairs. It was quite funny, because not only does this club cater for your clubbing and musical needs, but they also help keep you fit with the amount of stairs that were fitted into this building ! I know I counted them all, just to add to this review, but sadly, I think I lost count after 40 ! We first checked out the Balcony Room (after putting in our coats) where Mattie C was playing. Words cannot describe at how, as soon as I got into that room, I was immediately roped into this music he was playing. For a warm up set, infact, for the FIRST set of the night in this room, he was amazing. The music was so intelligent, so moving, and so journey-like .. I could go on and on .. It was just spot on. The better thing about his set was, that, sometime after the event, Eryk had said that he played with NO monitors for most of the duration of his set ! This in itself tells me, this guy is good, and the quality of his set was unbelievably MIND BLOWING. Well done that man is ALL I have to say ! This room had a fair amount of people in and I think I only seen around THREE people sitting down and everyone else just being pulled into the quality music that was being played. I loved the decor, the funny stuff being displayed on the projector screens either side of the room like a PARK BENCH, just, THERE on the screen. Random, but funny. I love the kind of un-normal stuff I see on these things in clubs. It's quality ! I was also VERY impressed by the bar fashion in this room. In fact, in ALL rooms. No hanging around waiting to be served, the staff were very consistent, unlike other clubs I have been to, I find I am always stood there waiting for the staff behind the bar to finish chatting about whatever with each other. So thumbs up all round up in here !
      Next room we took a gander to, was the Psychedelic Room. Iain Coleman B2B Fordy were playing. This room had SUCH a comfortable feel to it. Again, the decor in here was bloody fantastic. UV material of different yet interesting designs, plenty of sitting spots, a bar and a stall for Chai Tea ! It was like a little home from home in terms of the comfortness in here. It wasn't a HUGE room, but I MUCH prefer the small back rooms in clubs these days, where it feels, personal, if you like. The dance floor was half crowded, as the Psy Trance they were playing, was unbelievable. I wasn't even a quarter of the way to being in the slightest bit drunk yet, but I was again, taken away by all these little noises in these tunes being played, and picking out little samples that I recognise from some excellent Psy Tunes I have spent a lot of time listening to in my own time. I was sat very comfortable listening to it all, until Gamma Goblins came on. Oh boy, never have I jumped up so QUICK from my seat to get up on that dance floor and tell everyone This is mine and Lisa's favourite tune ! It's off the Hallucinogen album ! haha dear god, I was like a little kid jumping around like a loon being over excited because it's almost Christmas Day (or something like that). This tune put me in my place for the whole duration of the night .. I was WELL up for it. Hearing this tune assured me even more this event is something my inner soul has been EAGERLY waiting for (haha). It felt good and got me up on the dance floor for the best part of an hour until I looked at the time and thought .. right, time to go check out Group 185, a recommendation from Lisa, so up we all went back to the Balcony Room.
      Coming back in here, more people were filling it. I started to recognise some faces from www.harderfaster.net, which was nice, because the people I had already met previously at other events, were all sound, so I was really looking forward to talking to some new people, which is the best part of my night, at any event, as always ! It was fully kicking off in here, the music was great and the Group185 DJs were playing ! They were amazing ! Nice to hear some different style again. Some nice Acid pumping hardhouse. Not the usual samey music you hear at other mainstream clubs  this was just a constant euphoric heartbeat that you just didn't want to take yourself away from. Some people have said to me in the past why do people love the bass line so much ? well, people have different opinions when it comes to the composing of music and beats, and for me, the bass line is the outline of a good track, especially if it is an acid bass line and has a thriving feeling to feel the natural adrenaline of excitement running through your body and blowing your mind apart. I just love this feeling ! I remember telling one of the dancers .. some people come out to get extremely messy and drink silly amounts, fall over and not remember what their night consisted of, but listening to this type of music certainly puts things into perspective It really IS, about the music but in my own opinion, you have to be into it, to totally appreciate it and it's many forms, and listening to the 185 DJs really rocked it for me, I enjoyed every single minute of their set. I couldn't possibly tell you what track names they banged out, because if there is one thing I am particularly useless at, it is definitely recognising track names. I just think I need to take some time out and listen and revise then get put to the test on The Weakest Link haha !
      All I was really looking forward to now, was meeting @Eryk Orpheus and be there for his Live PA. This guy has really grown on me since listening to his own produced CD that Lisa and Tony brought with them to Tidy Summer Camp, last year. Everyone LOVED his stuff, it was very different from what we all would go out and listen / dance to, and everyone wanted a copy of this CD ! It pushed to 01:45am when Eryk was set to play  it was like waiting for the grass to grow 10-inches in the space of as little time as possible, that's how excited I was to see him play, haha. I just had to get down on the main dancefloor to be there and see him behind his set up. Everyone just had the look of let's av it on the their faces, and in no time at all, Eryk started playing some wicked tunes, some of which were my favourite and got me going like a nutter in a nut house ! Tunes such as; Atom-E What Must I Do ? and I'm The Daddy really WERE, crowd pleasing tunes indeed, BUT, the best part about this set, was Eryk behind his set up. None of this boring type just standing there waiting for the next tune to mix in, but just going with the flow to his music. When a beat kicked in, he went with it. He progressed his up-for-it actions with the direction to his music. This is the type of LIVE ACT/ DJ that you would recognise / believe, they are well into this industry, because, they LOVE it, and I think it was down to Eryk being so into his set and seeing the love for his own music and the crowd, that it added a blast of energy to his crowd who reacted in such a unique way. I had a lad come up to me saying You know what I love about Eryk, it's the acid he supplies to his music  more acid Eryk ! haha CLASSIC. Another thing I was pleased to see, was the fact that already composed CDs by Eryk Orpheus and Group185 being handed out as a freebies to the supporters on the dance floor. Absolute quality.
      I really enjoyed being part of the crowd at Atomic Energy after being nagged to go so many times in the past. Not long after Eryks set, we headed home as we were shattered as we had a bit of a late night before (but I made it this time hehe). The club itself I thought was fantastic and I don't have a bad word to say about the whole night. It definitely seems that this type of music is far more to peoples preference than I had originally thought, and now I am questioning myself why I have not attended these type of events before now. It was such a good feeling to be out when the majority of the people were actually there for the music and not out to get nutted as most do week in, week out ! The atmosphere was spot on, the people were friendly and on the same level / wavelength as every other person there, and the comfort level was just the best.
      Although I was really looking forward to going out to meet new people and be in a different location / scene, instead of the usual same thing like Wildchild etc, one of the main reasons I came out to this event was to see the DJs that I have heard nothing but good praise about from Lisa. She has always nagged me to attend this event but I never managed to get to one. Something last minute had always cropped up, or, I was feeling too hazey from the night before. Lisa has shown me some light in the music that they play at Atomic Energy, the times I have spent weekends at her house, and it was thanks to her that my musical preference has been extended over the last 12 months, and there is nothing better than being OPEN MINDED about music, something I never was when I first got into the clubbing / music scene. A few friends were going to Atomic Energy that I hadn't seen in ages so I wanted to see them also, but primarily, I wanted to go show some support for Eryk Orpheus and put a face to the most amazing music he has composed and sent to me, to which puts something different in my disc changer at home ! The guy is great  it was great to meet him and get chatting to him and see how excited he also was to play his set. I also got introduced and was chatting to Dave from Group185. Eryk and Dave I have to say are two of the most friendliest, normal people, who are DJs, I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Totally coming down to the same level as yourself, and I'll be honest, you don't see this with most DJs in today's music circuit. I do hope that Atomic Energy will make a re-appearance, because I can assure you, I will most certainly be making that regular re-appearance at this event in the future !
      Big up Atomic Energy !!!
      Words by @Maria
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    • Bukey
      In the name of fundraising for a good cause a friend of mine and I headed to Residency, a hard dance night in Cheltenham. I dashed down from Birmingham by train, where I was picked up by Lorraine and whisked across to Enigma. From the second we arrived we were made to feel welcome by security, venue staff and clubbers alike.
      Talking of security, when we did arrive we witnessed a group of undesirables being refused entry in what must be the friendliest manner I have ever seen. Security remained pleasant, even when faced with a bit of defiance from those being refused. Security also made sure that a female that didn't really seem like a hard dance person knew what the music policy was so she didn't pay to find out that it was something other than she expected.
      Security chatted in a friendly manner to people in the queue and as they searched them, and then remained low-key all night. They were present but not in people's faces, and they didn't barge through people nor give an air of superiority that sometimes makes you feel like they're looking down on clubbers.
      From the door, you go up stairs and walk straight onto the dance floor, meaning that the atmosphere hits you right away. This is a great idea. The dance floor was then overlooked by a balcony on two sides, which included a bar and the DJ box. A quick wander round also found a chillout backroom with comfy seating.
      James Ellis, one of the three promoters and residents at Residency, came bounding along upon spotting Lorraine and I. He recognised our faces from playing at Sundissential recently. James explained a bit about the history of Residency and that practically everyone knew each other.
      This certainly showed, but not in a cliquey way that could possibly be imagined from a very close group of clubbers and friends. Rather, everyone was friendly, happy and smiling throughout the night - they couldn't be nicer. We were welcomed with open arms by the Residency faithful, and almost everytime we spoke to someone they would introduce us to friends of theirs.
      One thing I've noticed missing from clubland recently is this level of friendliness. It wasn't all that long ago when a smile or a nod towards a fellow clubber, whether a friend or a stranger, would see a shaking of hands, a hug, or at least a "Having fun?" type comment. This was definately present at Residency, and it all helped towards what was a great night out.
      The laser was on early, and the music was loud from the start. Each DJ managed to raise the roof a couple of times, and Rob Tissera certainly had practically the whole club stomping for his entire set. Nick Rafferty also helped out taking a bucket around for a charity collection after his set, a great gesture in this team effort.
      Residency really is a team effort, and that's why it works. The effort is made by clubbers, guest DJs, residents, the venue, security and crew alike. It makes it what it is, and gives it that extra "something" over many other events.
      Residency is going weekly Saturdays from the 5th February, and this is a challenge that the promoters seem to be looking forward to. They're working on several ideas to take an already great night to even newer heights. It's an exciting time to be a clubber in Cheltenham, and for anyone thinking about making the trip to visit I would highly recommend it. For anyone that says the hard dance scene is dieing or unpopular, I say visit Residency. Cheltenham has been holding a secret that I'm sure clubbers would love to experience and enjoy as much as we did.

      Review written by @Bukey for ClubTheWorld

      UPDATE: The night raised £1,057.23 for the Tsunami Appeal.
    • Bushy
      With the awesome success that Tidy have had up my neck of the woods in Prestatyn, I made my way down South to the even sleepier seaside resort of Camber, with great expectations. After a 2 day expedition that saw 7 hours of the 2 days on the road (thanks for driving @Dawn), a night in Andover as @Lisa and @Tony P's lodgers (thankyou both) we arrived at Pontins!!!!
      @Shaney_R and I jumped out so we could get in as Lisa, Tony, Dawn and the rest of the crew were yet to collect there tickets! Shane and I approached a entry area, and were surprised there was no queue, we were given the briefest of searches and let into the grounds. We then went to collect our Laminates and find Scream, who we bumped into enroute to laminate collection. He had queued almost 2 hours to check into the chalet and collect the keys.
      Once we got into the chalet we realised they were very similar to those in prestatyn, a little larger maybe, although the quality wasn't as good as Prestatyn. The Chalet layout was really difficult to get to grips with, as they were all crammed in together in joined quadrants, also the number sequences didn't seem to run correctly, which would have been a nightmare come 5am on either of the mornings. Luckily we were placed directly behind the queen vic!
      We then made our way out of the grounds to head down to a pub and grab a few beers with the crew waiting for their tickets. Eventually we all made our way in, and then had to use mobile phone navigation to find Dawn with our luggage in her car. Which was the other side of the complex. Once we'd got the luggage back we all decided to get into the tidy mood by starting to get completely star spangled. I shaved off my beard to leave my tash for the weekend  Bushy ala El Greko, although I have been told I looked more like the bloke out of Dirty Sanchez. Lol
      As we entered the venue for the first night that was to be Tidy Summer Camp we all waited in anticipation for what was ahead. We ventured upstairs to Arena 1  Friday Night Live, we were welcomed by some wicked sounds courtesy of the Talented Champion Burns, as they toiled their way through track after track the arena got busier and busier then hotter and HOTTER!!! It soon became unbearable and we headed off downstairs to arena 2, where it was time for the Dark Destroyer Mr Glazby to take control of the decks.
      As we entered the sound was fairly good, but not what we've come to expect at a Tidy Weekender, Glazza was throwing out some cool techno which I'm really liking at the moment, but then..he started to mix. He mixed like he had ski gloves on, not what I've become accustomed to from the man I call, GOD! I had to leave as every mix I heard him play was out by a mile. I returned to the chalet to collect The Dawn! She was feeling ok now, and told me I was a bad man!
      As we walked back into the venue we just caught Glazby leaving looking less than happy. After a quick chat he informed me in between a foul four lettered tirade that there was no monitor in the arena. God was less than happy.
      So I popped back into arena 2, and that's where I spent the majority of my night, learning to cope with missing beats at every mix. Paul Maddox was slamming out the tunes by now, and did the best he could, due to circumstances. I stomped, I sat, as did a lot of people.
      One thing that struck me with Summer Camp, was the attendance. Apart from the main arena everywhere else seemed to be a lot quieter, also in my opinion all the rooms were smaller than them up in North Wales.
      Up next was Nick Sentience, he played a nice hard set that got the room pumping big time, especially when he dropped his remix of Hostile. As he did, Maria came flying over at me and ripped me up out of the floor and forced me to dance in a comatose state.
      The rest of the night has become a bit of a blur, as I stayed downstairs in arena 2, up next was BK, now from what I remember he played a rather techy set, which I recall really enjoying, but since then I have chatted to a few people about his set and they said he didn't play anything techy. So I am stumped, although i do remember a remix of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit which was rather dirty.
      After BK had completed his set, up stepped Ed Real, and delivered a stomper. Halfway through Ed Reals mash up, I decided it was time to call it a night for the arenas, and make my way to the chalet..
      Upon arriving at the chalet, Frazzle and Liam headed off to their chalet to get changed then make their way back to our chalet.
      As many of you experienced at the last Tidy Weekender, a chalet party including myself and shaney are rarely quiet affairs, and this didn't dissapoint. Frazzle and myself armed with his Scrumpy cider went to work on it, which led to allsorts of mischievous goings on.
      As the messiness of the Saturday morning took its toll, people filtered off to their respective chalets. Frazzle, Lisa, TonyP, Maria and myself headed to Lisa's chalet and decided to sample a bit of Psy-trance. I remember the first few tracks then nothing. Apparently we had it on 3 times!
      Then some more Scrumpy, and then back to my chalet to prepare for the Saturday night.
      Saturday night did not have the best line up in the world, hence going into the arena at Midnight. I didn't even bother going into the pressure cooker upstairs, which was arena 1. Frazzle and myself headed for the hardcore arena for a bit of Kevin Energy, and then Ham. Damn I forgot how good hardcore was.
      Then we headed for a bit of a chillout in the arcade, as we prepared for my first ever experience of Proteus, a finnish bloke by all accounts, in the HQ sponsored arena. As we went in as he started up his set, I was shocked by the image in front of me, a gothic lunatic, dressed in leather with black lipstick to boot.
      One word described this man  AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Quite easily, the set of the weekend, He was everything, everyone else wasn't. From his mixing to his tune selection, his appearance to his damn good entertainment skills. I honestly believe this bloke enjoyed himself so much that while he was dancing he forgot he was actually on the decks, as he would run from the front of the decks back round to mix. I didn't stop dancing for the whole hour. Frazzle was that bowled over by him he fell over at least 6 times during his set. I got a little scared at one point as some meathead came up to me, he had muscles on muscles, put his arm round me and said in a deep dutch accent YOU LIKE THE PROTEUS YA I thought he was rather up front, but I was like yeah.YEAH.  I was a little worried. He went on his rounds doing the same to everyone, when he approached frazzle, he hid behind me!
      If you have not seen Proteus, you have to make the time to see this man! WOW!!!
      The hour just went too quickly, but once the man had finished we went for a well deserved rest, and grabbed a bottle of water to rehydrate.
      Once we had regrouped after the vicious onslaught of the man from Finland, we headed off into the 3rd arena again hosted by Brisk's Next Generation Records, we kicked up a storm as Ponder & Mc Elmo took us to the next level with awesome hardcore sounds. As we waited to see who the special guest was.. hmm I wonder.
      4am saw the arrival of none other than Brisk, who played as per norm, an absolutely devastatingly good set, from one stomping track to the next, he had the 3rd arena rammed, and this arena definitely needs to be bigger at the next event as it was pretty busy the whole night.
      Finishing off with some gabba that would make you turn in your grave, he played out in style, giving a big speech at the end, and also pressing for a bigger arena!!!!
      Once again back to the chalets, once again not quite sure what happened was right, but It was fun. More scrumpy, more fun with the electric shock machine and air ball gun. (Crill has video footage)
      Then onto Sunday night.
      As we headed out, for the final night of summer camp, everyone was in fairly good spirits. Once again the main arena was Hot as Hell, as we avoided it for the first hour or so, as we went and listened to Colin Barratt, who played a nice uplifiting techy set to warm us up nicely for the rest of the night.
      Then we headed up to the main arena, caught a bit of Anne Savage who played a solid set, although the drum n bass we had heard all day had taken its toll on Frazzle and he was dancing in a DnB stylee to hard house, which was quite funny.
      As the night drew on, we were treated to a B2B set from Paul Glazby and Andy Farley, even though the music was just background to me by now, then also to finish off was Rob Tissera. The night got fun as everybody had the fake tash syndrome.
      Afterwards everyone was once again back at our chalet for the closing hours of Summer Camp.
      In all honesty I had more fun in the chalets than I did in the arenas, this was a bit of a disappointment.  Ok it was tidy's first attempt, but the whole event seemed disorganised, rushed and thrown together. It was a new venture, but knowing Tidy, they will persevere, and get it right eventually.
      Thanks to everyone who played a part at the weekend for me. Also all the staff at Tidy and Pontins (Camber sands).
      @Bushy
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    • Phil B
      Finally the long awaited day had arrived, the Frantic Euphoria Album Launch. I had been looking forward to this event ever since the booking arrived. Not only were ClubTheWorld lucky enough to be co-hosting a room, but it was with our friends from Niteclubbers. After getting myself ready, it was time to head off down to the pub to see Louise before I set off and to meet up with Sue. A quick pint and the farewells said, it was time to set off to pick up the other member of our party, Amy. A quick swap of cars and we were on our way!
      We were soon in London and made our way to the meet-up at Spoofers, where we met up with some ClubTheWorld and Niteclubbers members that were already there. With the drinks and chat flowing, more and more members arrived at the meet and the anticipation to get to The Rocket was growing.
      Finally, we gathered everyone together and made our way to the venue. I had never heard of The Rocket until this event and had only seen the preview photos a few days previously. I was really looking forward to checking the venue out. We entered the venue after a brief check by security and walked into the foyer. Getting to the counter I was introduced to Amanda from Frantic and we ventured into the club. A bit of confusion followed as we tried to find our room, it wasn't supposed to be open until midnight but everywhere we went Djs were kicking out the sounds. A quick check back at the foyer and the room we had just left was ours. The club had filled up quicker than expected and Richard Launch was warming the crowd up after his spot upstairs in the main room. After dropping off our bags it was time to explore.
      We headed upstairs into the main room where we were greeted by a huge canopy hung from the ceiling, with an already busy crowd enjoying the talents of Justin Bourne. The sound system was booming, so much so I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck vibrating to the beat! Not long after we entered the room Justin's set came to an end and K90 took to the stage playing his trademark anthem style including tunes such as Breathe and Red Snapper. The room was filling up fast and we found ourselves being forced further and further towards the back of the room. A quick check of the time and we headed back downstairs to the ClubTheWorld Vs Niteclubbers room.
      Up on the decks was Manjit, playing a trance orientated set that were getting the crowd into the stride of things. I spent most of the following hour chatting and catching up with other members.
      As Manjit's set drew to a close we headed up to the front as Big Ben, the first of the Niteclubbers DJs stepped up to the decks. I had never seen Ben play before, and I have to say he played a tight set with a nice selection of tunes bringing the crowd up a notch. As each set ended my eagerness to get up there grew.
      Next up was ClubTheWorlds own Tony P. It had been a long time since I had seen Tony play and was looking forward to seeing him do his thing. Tony built his set well taking the crowd up another notch from where Ben had left off. A good variation of styles and more tight mixing and I found myself having a stomp to some class tunes. Tony looked like he was really enjoying it, his trademark cheesy grin was out in force!
      Stepping up after Tony was Niteclubbers second DJ of the night, Paul Wilkerson. I had previously seen Paul play at Liberation Vs Hardware in the Web Wars room, so I knew we were in for more quality mixing and tunes. Paul certainly didn't disappoint either raising the steaks yet further. It was good to catch up with Paul again, quality bloke.
      Finally it was time for me to take my position up behind the decks. All the DJs before me had played superbly and had a set a high standard for me to follow. Pulling the first tune out of my bag, I had a feeling this was going to be a set to remember. Looking into the crowd it was great to see a lot of familiar faces which always helps me settle in. Boom, we were off! The time behind the decks seems to go so fast and before I knew it, it was 4.30am. Reaching into my bag I brought out some promotional CDs which went like hotcakes. On producing the second handful a mad rush on the decks occurred which I could only describe as quite scarey! Continuing with the set I kept pulling out the tunes which I hoped would keep the dancefloor happy. It was a great crowd to play to and whenever I looked into the crowd I was greeted by lots of happy, smiling faces. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Dickon climb onto the staging and my heart sank as my time was over. Expecting to hear Last one I was pleasantly surprised as I was asked to carry on. RESULT! With a huge grin, I accepted the opportunity and continued to play. Another 50 minutes and it was time to play my last tune.
      I thoroughly enjoy my time behind the decks when I truly feel myself. I like to think that I take my clubbing attitude with me when I get behind the decks and show the crowd that I love what I do.
      I would like to take this opportunity to thank Will, Dickon & Amanda for allowing ClubTheWorld and Niteclubbers to co-host the room, and to everyone else at Frantic involved in the night for making something that I'm sure a lot of us won't forget in a long time. Also, a big thanks goes to James for having me represent ClubTheWorld as a DJ and to all the members for giving me their support, it's appreciated more than you know.
      Once again, it was a pleasure to see Vince and Paul, and to meet Ben and all the other members of Nitecluubers.
      It was a great night and I hope that we are able to be involved in more things like this in the future.
      CTW Photos
       
    • Bushy
      Friday
      Well, well, well. After months of anticipation it was once again time for the weekender madness to take over the lives of 3,500 clubbers. Pontins in Prestatyn was the venue, as the sleepy holiday resort on the north coast of Wales was transformed into the capital off all things Tidy. After Tidy Weekender 4 finished, and all the tears were shed at the end of another weekender, I don't know how people stayed sane as they waited for instalment number 5. Well, they did, and they came to lose their sanity for 72 hours, once again.
      For the 5th round of Tidy's addictive weekenders, they incorporated a military theme, as we arrived, and collected our chalet keys and laminates, Sgt Pickles and Major Mozart were seen walking around in full officers uniform. For the first time at a Weekender event, Tidy issued a dress code for the Friday night. Camo. This had not gone down very well with numerous message boards, including CTW. So the dress code had been relaxed a little, and everybody was asked to wear at least one item relating to the military, even a green coloured top was good enough.
      Checking into our chalet, we realised we were just around the corner from the VIP area, which was housing a lot of people we knew. Our chalet number was 189, which now has legendary status, but that will be brought up later in the review. We sorted ourselves out, ready for the night ahead, had a quick scout round the area, to see who was in close proximity, we had @Frazzel's chalet and @Clubbing Si's chalet, and we paid them a quick visit, and then headed off back to 189.
      A quick change into me camo outfit of green cargo pants, army surplus t-shirt, and helmet, I was ready to advance from my trench and go over the top for the first time this weekend.
      Once inside I entered the main arena where Riley and Durrant were playing some lovely trance to start the weekend off, I have a memory of them dropping bullet in the gun and going crazy to it. As they were reaching the end of their set, I headed off to the toilets. Inside taking a slash was none other than Lee Haslam, what was to follow was the first bit of comedy to a very funny weekend. Two randoms were taking a slash near Mr H, and having a bit of a convo with him, to which I thought nothing of, until I heard them giving him a bit of hassle, banter style, and then came the punch line, the giggle bit. So Lee, tell me, do you ever do any scratching? You know, like Eddie Halliwell Lee Haslam replies, No lads, I don't to which they reply. It's a corker Yeah that's right, the only thing you can scratch is your arse! I thought it was that funny, I nearly pissed on me boots. Lee took it all in his stride, and was having a laugh with them. It was a scene I think I will never forget.
      Once I was back on the dancefloor, as in true Tidy Weekender style, I lost everyone. I went back to where we were all dancing, and lo and behold, @jellybabyuk, @Scream, @SexyNic and @Tresh had all disappeared. Then @Shaney_R appeared from nowhere, asking me where everyone was. Cue, mission round the dancefloor, through the arcades, into arena 2, and back to where we were dancing, only to find everyone back there. I'm sure they do it on purpose and follow you around the venue.
      So once were all united again, it was time to take a proper look around. As Lee Haslam set about making people dance, we left and sampled arena 2, which tonight was Yoji & Friends This is were we bumped into the likes of @LiamStyles, @Crill and @Frazzel, getting on down to some filthy hard beats from Oliver Klitzing, anyhow, smirking at his surname was not on anyones mind, as everyone was there for a brilliant blend of Hardstyle that would make your eyes water even if the sound system was a little below a standard you'd expect from tidy. After a stomp to him, for most of his set, we set off next door to Arena 3, and into the aptly named funky room  Make love not war. As soon as we got in, I got dirty looks from Shane, for taking him into a funky room, but Tresh, Jellybaby and I were going nowhere, and started to funk it up big time, to the Trophy Twins, as they played some great vocal house that just put a big grin on your face. We lasted about 15 minutes in there, as Shane came running in to tell us the Tidy Boys were about to start. 
      As a lot of you may know, my opinion recently of the Tidy Boys, is not exactly colourful, BUT, their set intros at Tidy Weekenders are NOT to be missed. Last time they flew out of cardboard boxes in full cyber, this time was something completely different.
      The lights went down, and as only Tidy do, their intro was littered with samples from a selection of Tidy Releases. Being the National Anthem Theme in Arena 1, all the old faves were littered in the intro. Music is the Drug, Man On The Moon and Coming on Strong to name a few. Then with a flash bang of a firework Amo and Andy flew across the stage suspended from the ceiling on cables, in full combat gear and imitation machine guns. Once they had their fun, with pickles doing random somersaults while attached to the cables, they unhooked, and came running round, winding the ram-jammed arena up into a frenzy. Amadeus runs over to the decks and starts to mix in the first tune, as Andy Pickles runs around from one side of the stage to the other. By now everyone is smiling, screaming, jumping and pointing in unison at the boys tidy. The atmosphere is near explosive as Amo does most of the mixing while Andy Pickles does the entertaining. Tidy mentioned that they had sorted the heat problem in Arena 1, well this was its first test, and I have to say it had failed, as it was as hot as any of the previous events, and it wasn't long passed midnight!! As the temperature soared, I had to get rid of the helmet. So Tresh and I headed back off to the chalet, to change me headwear. 
      We arrived back from the barracks about an hour later, feeling very spongy. As we hunted down Jellybaby, we went into Arena 2 again, and caught some of Adam from Lab4. We stayed in their for about 5 minutes, I decided it was too hard for the mrs and that she wouldn't be in there. I remember saying to Tresh on the way out that the music was proper nosebleed stuff he thought I said I had a nosebleed lol. Eventually we met up with Jellybaby in the arcade. She was having a conversation with a jonny Knoxville lookalike through the glass. It was weird. 
      It was now about 2am, and I couldn't quite get into what was offered from tidy. The night seemed to go into a slump, and I couldn't get out of it. I decided to go back to the chalet again and to try and bump myself up a bit, you know, get back into the swing of things. Tresh joined me. I think it speaks for itself what went on in the chalet. I felt like a sniper while we were there, hiding in a hole for ages, until the right opportunity arose to pounce out and get back into the action.
      Upon re-entry into no-mans-land, we headed straight into the arcade, hooked up with the platoon at the previously arranged rendezvous, and marched into Arena 2, to do battle with Yoji and Friends. Once inside we met up with Liam, Crill, Frazzle etc. and joined forces to do battle with Sterling Moss. This was the first time I'd seen him, as I stupidly passed up the chance the previous week after wildchild, all I can say is I was highly impressed. His mixing was spot on, his in-set effects were awesome, and tune selection was fab. I was later told, that he played a average set, by his standards. I was shocked. I stomped the hardest I had all night, and then I heard One Night In Hackney for the first time. I was in my element. Then a girl appeared behind the decks, and just lifted the needle off the record that was playing, and she looked all confused. Sterling Moss then jumped up, grabbed the girl and pushed her over to the bouncers as the girl shouted abuse and the crowd laughed and jeered. 
      Dawn later told me that the girl walked straight past the security, onto the stage while Moss was looking through his record bag. The girl was seen throwing water over the bouncers later. I don't know what happened to her, but she was far from with it. I wanted what she'd had!
      Mr Moss came to a close, playing on til about 04:10, as Mr Headliner, Yoji Biomehanika messed about with a Apple Laptop to get himself set up ready; the Arena suddenly became very busy. I believe people come to see his hair just as much as him play, as he took to the decks with white streaks in his long locks. As Yoji set off with his first tune, you could tell the sound system was not gonna handle it. Distorted sound from the speakers said it all; this system could not handle Yoji. It was a shame, as I looked forward to hearing Yoji, as the only previous time I heard him was a year before at TW3, where he rocked Arena 1 on the Saturday night. This time though, it was Arena 2, with a sub-standard sound system. His first mix in my eyes was terrible, as there seemed to be a herd of wilder beast running through the arena, which was deeply disappointing. It didn't seem to bother the majority of the crazy loons in this Arena though; they danced like mad, and made lots of noise. Sadly I found the second mix as the first, coupled with the sound system, it just wasn't going to keep me in there for another 40 minutes or so until 5. 
      As we left we peaked our heads in for 5 minutes worth of Cally & Juice, who seemed to be playing to a half full arena, which was a shame, as they played a couple of good tracks. I would have stayed but the disappointment of Yoji's set took me down, and I just wanted to get back to the chalet for the upcoming madness that would be the Friday Night Afterparty!!!!!!!
      As far as afterparties go, this was a lighthearted affair, with various comings and goings from certain people, in short the likes of Liam, Crill, Clubbing_si, Highlander, Moo and the ever-present Tresh. As we all know what goes on at afterparties that the likes of this group of people I've mentioned attend, I'm not going to go into too many details. We basically got smashed and had a wee chat and dug the odd hole here or there, for people (including myself) to fall into. Liam seemed to be forever at the table, playing about on the surface with his flexible friend. Shaney_r by now was getting into the swing of it, and the entertainment was about to begin. If you haven't met Shane, then I can tell you that he is without doubt the funniest person you can meet. Whether it was just random comments directed across the chalet, or just actions he was doing, everyone just sat back and took it all in. The highlight was the random screams at people walking about outside, he didn't know them, he didn't care.
      Moo kept saying to me, that Shane was crazy, and he'd never seen anything like him. When the oxford dictionary people put their word explanation in, it should read:
      Random (Ra-n-dom)  Shaney_R
      As mid-morning approached the party attendees dispersed back to their own chalets, or off to someone else's. We just chilled out, and got our heads down, ready for the Saturday night.
      Saturday

      After Friday night and Saturday mornings escapades, we were all a little worn out, and I have to say, for the first time ever at a Tidy Weekender, did everyone in our chalet get a bit of kip. We all awoke at approximately 6pm, and decided to get a shower and a bit of grub. So on went the water heater, and on went the cooker. Wet bodies and wet pasta was the order of the day. 

      Once we were all fed, and all cleaned up, we all milled about our chalet, other peoples chalets, and just got back into the swing of things at our own pace. We popped round to @Clubbing Si’s chalet, to find everyone still totally wired from the previous night. Also took a visit round to see Frazzle and co. also popping in to see 879 at his chalet too.

      As the Saturday night kick off fast approached we all sat around debating whether or not to make an early start on it or to hang back a bit and let it get going. We all decided on hanging five apart from @Shaney_R who decided it was his mission to go and see Caroline Banx, after falling hopelessly in lust with her at Wildchild the previous week. So of he went, he says he was the first in there, and that she played a storming set. 

      We headed in at about 22:15, as Anne Savage was due on, but she had swapped sets with Charlotte Birch, so we had a bit of a stomp to her, before going through to the boys room, in arena 2, to listen to a bit of mixmag future hero Guffy. Once he was done up stepped Tidy’s new Whizzkid, the Magnificent Colin B. Playing a nice tech fuelled set to start with and then finishing up with beats that pounded our senses good and proper. This was by far my favourite set of the weekend, it had a bit of everything, and had balance. The room was only 2/3rds full, but my golly gosh that 2/3 of a room were subjected to some great mixing and an awesome set, which strayed away from the norm, that hard house delivers of late. As his set came to a close, the arena filled up for an established tidy whizzkid. Guyver.

      After a very disappointing set at Magna NYE, @Guyver really had to deliver to get himself back in my good books, and to be fair, he started off fairly well, and was keeping a nice flow going with some stomping tunes. This unfortunately died after a while, and my scheduled meet up with @Ikon was on the cards, so I had to leave young Mr Mearns to entertain a mad for it crowd of hard house nutters, who seemed to be having a jolly good time.

      I met up with @Ikon outside Arena 3, the next generation hardcore arena, and stepped inside for a bit of a boogie, well, a hardcore bounce. After trying to keep up for about 10 minutes I decided to get out and to try to breath as the temperature in there was easily in the 100s. Once back out into the arcade, we had a quick chat and I introduced him to a few members from the site, then we made our separate ways. 

      I headed back into the boys arena, where @Guyver was finishing up, and I have to say he closed a lot better than I have ever heard him finish before. He played some stomping tunes, as next up was Ingo. 

      The lights went down low, and Mr Ingomells entered with his remix of Brainbug Nightmare, this set the tone for his set, and what a set it was, dark pounding sounds with an evil stab to them, the whole of arena 2, jumped and found an aggression to their rhythmic pogo-ing, and arm waving. Emma and I sat up on the seats overlooking everybody going mental. 

      About 20 minutes before Ingo finished, Emma decided she wanted to go back to the chalet, as she said she had heard a similar set from him loads of times before so off we went. At the time this seemed like a great idea, as Mark Eg was scheduled to play next, but, Ikon told me that he had spoken to the boy Eg and that he said he was on last. So I thought I would go back to the chalet and chill for a while and then go back in for 4am and have it large to Mark Eg for the last hour. Oh how wrong I was. Ikon.. Cheers.

      So once back in at about 03:30, we entered the Boys arena again, and there laying out tune after tune of euphoric hard dance was none other than Mr Rob Tissera. Tresh and I had a right good ole knees up and kicked it for a while, enjoying the euphoric sounds that was drumming out of the sound system. I remember Rob Tissera going on til about 4:15am, and I decided it was time to go back to the chalet, and get some pre-after party messiness going. So as Tissera hammered out bring the lights down to a frenzied room of clubbers I gave it all I had before walking to the shop, collecting a couple of pints of milk, and then heading back to the chalet. Little did I know what was to follow!
      @Bushy

    • Maria
      Wildchild Vs Frantic @SeOne celebrates its next event with a bang. SE1 being a great venue, many rooms on offer, a quality sound system and like minded clubbers all in the same venue. What more does any mad for it clubber want ?  
      This was my second visit at SE1, the first being in March last year for Tidy London. I just couldn't wait to get back into that club and be with the precious memories I have of the place from last year ! But more so, I can't wait to be with all my friends from ClubTheWorld, especially with the ones that have not yet ventured into the club that is SE1. They are all in for a right treat.  The build up of excitement was getting the better of me throughout the process of waiting and waiting for this event to finally arrive. When the moment came it was time to get my dancing shoes on and get out there and shake some booty, meet more people and just have the night of my life ! Well, the waiting was no more when the day had finally arrived. We had people travel down as far as Scotland and Wales and even Northern Ireland. All heading down to the big clubbing capital that is LONDON. 
      It was around 1pm when I had got out of bed and after reading numerous texts from the likes of @Bushy telling me he is on the motorway rearing to go; all the way down from Wales. I was feeling sick with excitement. This dude really knows how to party ! After getting a few things sorted during the day time, @James and I left the house about 6ish. Not realising the time, James and I dashed about in such a hurry because there was a ClubTheWorld meet up in the pub All Bar One which cannot be missed because all the ClubTheWorld members were to be here and meet each other and catch up. Some Members hadn't seen each other for months, so the atmosphere in this pub was going to be absolutely BOOMTASTIC. 
      As we were on the road to a night of mayhem, more texts were received on my phone from more Members such as @Ginge. This guy is completely quality and VERY fun to be with. I won't say he is not normal, although I will say, what a damn unique guy he is ! As @Phil B once said "Every household needs a @Ginge". I was almost hyperventilating with pure excitement by this time, and the buzz I had was glowing around me like I had some kind of halo upon my head.
      The traffic upon getting into London wasn't as harsh as I thought it would be for a Saturday night. We had the music on, and could only think about getting to the pub at London Bridge as soon as possible so we could meet everyone and have a few drinks and a bundle of laughs before we all get mega pissed !  
      We got to the pub around 19:45 where the pub was full of ClubTheWorld people. As soon as I walked in, my stomach just turned into jelly because all the Members were there and it was just a massive buzz to see them all. It almost brought a tear to my eye haha. It was good to see some new members too, who got on with everyone. The comfort level was great here ! We venture in and mingle with everyone, meeting the new people and the people we have spoken to but had not yet seen in a long time. @Miss Diddy my partner in crime, hiding in the corner, she just brought an instant smile to my face. Buys me a Smirnoff Ice and herself a vodka and Red bull..1.20 change from a TEN ENGLISH POUNDS ! She knows I'm worth it though  Pretty expensive in this pub it was, but then, we aren't going to be in here all night, are we !
      We decide to end the meet up and start to make progress and move over to the club about 9ish, @Phil B our ClubTheWorld DJ is playing at 9pm to which he cannot be missed !  Although, I did actually miss the set as I had to wait for a few more people to arrive. I was gutted, but none the less, the feedback from his set was good enough for me. 
      Myself, @LiamStyles and his girlfriend @Charlene eventually got the club about 10:00pm where we queued for roughly 15 minutes which wasn't so bad at all. We put our coats in, take a deep breath, and then head into the club which was none other than a mini Labyrinth! 
      We head straight for the hard house room where the Legend @Phil B played, as we knew that is where we will find all the other members. This room was great. Good sound system, lots of people talking about @Phil B's quality set, all UP FOR IT. I just cannot wait for the night to proceed !  
      I pondered into the Trance Arena and just fell in love with the d'cor. It felt as though as was back at Gatecrasher NEC. It was designed in a such a way you just felt at home ! It was lovely. The sound system was quality. Lots of space in here as well which is good for people who sweat just that little bit too much. Let's hope some sort of deodorant can be purchased here 
      I headed back into the hard house room to meet more of the Members that had turned up. New Members such as @Saffy, @Shaney_R, and @Weasel that were a pleasure to meet ! The meet up was massive. Loads of pictures were taken. ClubTheWorld's mission on most club nights is to meet at a certain time throughout the night and get a big group picture taken. At each HUGE event, our target is to make the group picture bigger than the last one. It gets bigger every time !  
      My mission tonight was to remember to go and see @Guyster play his set in the Funky House room. For the last three Wildchild events, I have missed him, and each time I had promised I will be there, but, each time I have either been carried away by some DJ playing out in another room, chatting to people or just generally losing track of time. This time I made it in to see him ! I was very proud of myself for showing up and by the looks on his face, he was proud of me to haha. A few of us went into see him play and it was fantastic. He is great behind the decks, he is like @Phil B. Get's well into his set, always smiling and really entertaining and pleasing the crowd. No wander people like @Phil B and @Guyster gets their sets. They love it as much as the clubbers do ! It was great to see him again  
      I left @Guyster at around 12ish and went back into the hard house room to catch up with everyone. Smyrky was playing on the decks at this time and it was hard. Just how I like it. A bit of filthy music is just what my body needs ! Everyone in this room was ecstatically loving it ! I love looking across the room and seeing hardly one person sitting down. They are on the dance floor where they should be ! I remember one tune being played that all clubbers love Dreams By Miss Shiva. This being one of my personal favourites, bringing back some quality memories, I refuse not to dance ! And so do all the rest of the clubbers.
      I ventured into the Trance Arena where familiar faces decided to wander from the Hard House room. Things were getting a lot fun by this time. The Trance Arena was pretty full, seemed to be everyone's favourite ! JFK was playing. No wander everyone is in here, he is a Trance GOD. Don't ask me what tunes he was playing though, as I think I talked so much to so many people tonight, I just knew what I was listening to what fantastic ! Lots of fluffy cybers with their glow sticks getting right into the music and being blown away by the quality music that is Trance.  
      To my disappointment I had totally forgot that Phil Reynolds was playing and I wanted to see him play. My two let downs of the night was that I didn't get to see him play, and Paul Glazby wasn't even playing  But I did hear that Mr Reynolds played a phat set ! As always !
      Feeling slightly exhausted I decided I would sit and listen and catch up with a lot of the members and see how their night is progressing and are they enjoying what they came out for. Catching up with members such as Louise, our man @Phil B, @Dawn, @Tidy Tart, @Bushy, @Miss Diddy, @Pepsi, @Shenlong and so many more, was just brilliant. A night out on the town purely doesn't feel complete without the members of ClubTheWorld. We all turn a night out into a night ClubTheWorld never forgets.
      The night is slowly heading towards the end. The cloakroom queu is none other than a disaster ! I totally forgot I had my coat hung up back there and thought about just leaving it there as I would have been there for hours. Thanks to ClubTheWorld member @Stu, who had a pass to just walk in front of approximately 200 people and get my coat within minutes was one of the highlights of my night ! Thank you sir !! 
      James and I headed outside to wait for people to come out, both of us almost asleep whilst standing. It seems as tough some of us are getting old as we age ! haha ! We headed straight for the car and sat for a while until we knew most people came out. We couldn't go to the after party as the night we just had at SE1 totally DRAINED our motivation in us to carry on.
      You want the summary of our night out ? 
      ClubTheWorld seems to get bigger and better each time we attend a big event. We have people travel from both ends of the country to come out with us, and hope to succeed in gaining some over seas clubbers in the long term outlook. 
      Our meet ups show outsiders that we are not just people on a message board writing to each other everyday on screen, we are actually a group of people wanting more friends in our group to come out and have some fun with us and enjoy ourselves. We are a community that thrive off meeting new people and welcoming more like minded people in our community. Take a look at our gallery and check the big meet pictures. It can only get better. 
      Thanks to Frantic and Wildchild for giving us all the night of our lives at SE1. I do sincerely hope that you hold many more events at SE1 as it is a thoroughly PHAT venue where I believe, since the recent event, is ClubTheWorld's home. I say this because all the Members loved that place and wish to go there again for the same event.
      Here's to ClubTheWorld and its future ! Cheers !
      @Maria
      Photos
       
    • Bushy
      Magna 7 - 7 Futuristic zones in one spectacular sonic foundry, that's what the flyer told us, and correct they were, an awesome venue slap bang in the middle of the Sheffield countryside. Another part of the flyer said 10pm til 6am, and oh how WRONG they were!
      21:30
      Upon arriving onto the site grounds we were guided down the side of the huge 5,000 capacity complex, which was approximately a third of a mile long, maybe more. The queue was already of the way down the abandoned steelworks we would be entering..EVENTUALLY.
      22:00
      The old steelworks 3 doors are open to the mammoth queue that awaited, I can just imagine that as the first person walked and got searched, Paul Maddox dropped the first beat to an empty main arena! We moved forward about 5 metres, and then bang we stopped. Then the frustration and boredom set in.
      23:00
      We had moved about 100metres. People were jumping the un-manned and un-barrierd queue, which resulted in droves of clubbers losing their patience.
      Emma and I went to purchase a hot-dog, and the first security guard we saw, asked us where we were going, he was stood at the beginning of the barriers, as if we could jump the queue there without being seen! Those barriers started about 100metres from the main door!!!
      By midnight we had moved another 100metres or so. A  of the night gone, and we were still way off the entrance, due to slow moving queue and jumpers. Then lo and behold came a knight in shining armour, a security guard to stop everyone jumping the queue, he was greeted by cheers as he sent the queue jumpers packing to the rear of the queue. He assured us that we would all be in within the next half hour. 20 minutes later the queue starts moving rapidly. Obviously realising they had dropped a huge bollock, they let everyone through with no search, unless you had a bag. Within 10 minutes we are at the entrance. 3 poxy doors, each the size of your regular house door, one for VIPs, and one for regular punters. The VIPs door was empty of queues, but you couldn't go through that door, as it was VIPs, although you end up in the same place.
      12:30
      We gain access, and are in the foyer area, which was rammed, it was so packed in there even a battery chicken would have room for complaint, sardines in a tin? Pfff that's a breeze to this! It was due to the fact that you had to queue to get into the arenas, but only one entrance into the arenas, which were through the face of steel arena. The passageway for this was the size of your garage next to your house, which the car goes in at night. When you've got a 5,000 capacity trying to get in at once, it's a bit of a joke really!
      We fight our way through, and greeted by the first beats of our evening courtesy of Andy Farley, but we carried on for some insane reason to the main arena.
      We walked through the Digital Entertainment Zone, which was in fact a walkway with about 12 Xboxes dotted about, all with the same game on them!
      We arrived at the Main arena. This was impressive, a massive hall which went back about 300 metres easily, and about 50 metres wide, awesome sound system, awesome light display, but still only a double fire door as entrance and another further down as exit. We caught the end of Angel Sanchez, and then the start of Lee Haslam, the place was less than half full, and it was now 01:00. Due to the previous 4 hours of queuing and then instant hustle and bustle, my legs were dead, and I needed a seat, so we sat on the floor, and watched the place fill rapidly before our very eyes, this was obviously due to the fact that they had adopted the lets get everyone in without searches policy.
      Once Lee Haslam had finished up, on came the Tidy Boys, by now I was in full swing, and really getting down with it, along with @Clubbing Si, @Dani Babyboo, @jellybabyuk and @Scream amongst others, they started off their set in true Tidy Boys style, with a sample and a cheeky TV sample too, this time it was til tears do us part, followed by the Blockbusters theme, I hoped for a cheeky I'll have an E please bob but to my disappointment, it didn't come, although, they worked the crowd well with some corking tunes, and their usual antics behind the decks.
      Everyone seemed happy and were having a good time, but everyone you spoke to mentioned the queuing and what a shambles it was. It had certainly put a damper on my night.
      So off we went to the Face of Steel, Lab4. Need I say anymore? YES.
      This was by far the best arena in my eyes, DJ wise, but this is once again were Tidy let themselves down, the lay out and set-up was abysmal, and for Lab4's set the sound was so distorted you couldn't make out what tune was what, what the breakdowns sounded like, all you got was a thud when the kick came in! Needless to say we had left the room before they had finished.
      Off we went to the toilets, which we had to get to through the hardcore bubble, due to the one-way system that was adopted. As we made our way through the hardcore bubble, I couldn't believe my eyes, the steam and heat was incredible, I thought it was a smoke machine but you could tell, it was just pure steam from all the hot sweaty bodies having it large to the pumping 180+ bpm tunes that were getting spewed out!
      Once at the loos, I was surprised to notice that their was one for the blokes and one for the girls, that was it for the whole complex, blokes had 6 urinals, and 2 cubicles, the girls had 4 cubicles, their was a disabled toilet and nappy change toilet also, then at the rear of the foyer, in a small sign was another set of toilets, out in the back, about 20 portaloos, or as they are more affectionately known The Turd Tardis In all that was hardly enough for 5000 people.
      We then battled our way through the Face of steel to get to the main arena again! What a waste of time and energy, on the decks was none other than Judge Jules, playing to an arena that was about a third full, and when he dropped a tune with a J-lo sample in it, I think it started emptying even more! As the say the judge wont budge I can assure you that I did!
      We quick marched it back to the face of steel, where Tara Reynolds was playing an awesome set, by far the best of the night. So needless to say I was back in full swing giving it my all to my first ever experience of Mrs Reynolds live. I know that is not the last time I'm going to be stomping to her ever! The arena was crammed full of Hard House lovers, as she dropped some corking tunes. I recall the 2 base graffiti tracks House always wins and The Hulk which I lapped up with cream! By now I was really starting to enjoy myself, it was an electric atmosphere and the sound system was a bit clearer and crisper in its sounds. I looked at my watch and almost cried as I had just got into it, and the time was 04:00 as BK took to the decks.
      BK went off at tremendous pace and was really whipping the blood-baying clubbers up into a frenzy! He really worked us all up with some solid crowd faves and then some new material to keep us in good trim!
      Before I knew what was going on we had to leave the face of steel as Paul Glazby kicked of his set, as Emma had booked her taxi for 05:30.don't ask. So we had to go looking for Scream, which wasn't exactly an easy task as I had a message from him earlier in the evening asking if I was Bushy! The lad had clearly lost his mind, but hey, we all know that anyway, this was just evidence!
      Eventually we got hold of Scream, in the main arena, he was with @rickd and others, but had gone looking for us, so we hung about giving it some to Lisa Lashes, for 10 minutes or so, until we decided he wasn't coming back! So we headed off for the foyer area, not before we caught another 5 minutes of Paul Glazby, and we had to go.
      It's very rare for me to say this about a night clubbing, but I was glad to be from there.
      In my opinion, I believe that this event well and truly flopped. Although the music was excellent, the atmosphere electric, the complex as big and as impressive as it is, is NOT a suitable venue for an event of this scale. The queuing outdoors could have easily been eased, by opening the doors to the complex a couple of hours earlier, as Helter Skelter did when I used to frequent their events at the sanctuary in Milton Keynes. Inside, there is no avoiding the queuing, as access to certain areas just aren't big enough.
      It is a crying shame, as the venue is amazing. You just think to yourself what could have been. Tidy are also usually spot on with their organisation, but this time it was one big mess. By all accounts they are going back there for New Year, all I say is good luck, I hope it works.
      I know that I for one will not be there to find out if it does.
      @Bushy
    • Maria
      So then, finally, the weekender for Bournemouth was here ! I woke up at around 11am(ish) woke James up; we had to be out of the house soon ! There is nothing better than not being in work and over indulging your self with lots of sleep ! We aren't THAT lazy. Honest !
      We look out the window and to our surprise, WOW, the weather is looking as LUSH as ever, not one cloud in the sky and the sun was just a nice shining star in the sky. HORRAY ! We never had the best of the weather last weekend when we attended GKGG, but this weekend god was on our side. It was all about the sun, the seaside, meeting ClubTheWorld members from the board and also, BEER. WHEY !
      So we dash up, have a shower, pack out bags with some clean clothing, towels etc. Due to having some bad rainy weather during the previous week, we honestly thought, that, the sun wouldn't stay no longer than a few hours. How wrong we were. We decide to wear jeans and a t-shirt and pack nothing more but clean trousers/jeans for the day after. Again, thinking it would probably rain.  Sheesh - read on grr
      We leave our current location, jump in the car and off we go ! It was around 12ish the time we left, so we got some petrol and then headed for the M25. Which was a disaster !
      Anyway, we get to the M25 - cruising with the roof off the car, enjoying the mini heat wave that we had now discovered would be staying for the whole weekend. Yup, that's right. It wasn't going to rain, as we switched the radio on, we heard it stated that what we were driving in, was a mini heat wave that was to stick around for the rest of the month ! Oh great ! We have packed no shorts in our bags. I wander what look we will get from the sunbathers on the beach. Walking around in jeans - we are going to look soooo cooool ! NOT.
      Right then - we get further into the M25 and boy, by this time, the sweat was dripping from us. It was absolutely BOILING ! The heat was pretty unbearable, but we managed it ok and appreciated the sunshine, as we hadn't had much of it during the last few days ! The traffic starts to build up and suddenly comes to a halt on the M25. No word of a lie, we were crawling up the motorway, to which took us at least and hour and a half to actually escape the motorway. During our time on the M25 we switch on the radio for the traffic report, to which, to our surprise, there has been some accident at the top end of the M25. GREAT ! Don't mind me, ill just sit here and burn in the sun. To which, I did  My poor shoulders. Never mind. [censored] happens ! People should take more care on the roads ! grr
      FINALLY, after arsing around on the motorway, almost dying in our own sweat, we come to a junction that is the turn off for us. HORRAY ! This road was a nice clear road, no traffic jams, no diversions etc this was the road that was taking us, to, BOURNEMOUTH!
      As we drive nicely through the breeze of the motorway, we decide to give Kev / @CreamyC a call and see how he is getting on with his journey. Kev, the most dedicated traveller of the lot, had to endure an extended coach journey, to which I think took him about four hours on the coach, in the blazing hot sunshine, in HEAVY traffic on the motorway. I'm not sure how many people were on this coach with Kev, but i'm sure it was VERY hot and stuffy to which poor old CreamyC had to shut up and put, with! aww. Anyway, he hadn't arrived yet although he was closer than James and I were so I gather he would be directing us, as always, when we get there.
      We stop at the services on the way to Bournemouth, as it was high time we got a drink and a nice ice lollypop to cool us down. Not forgetting that we were both in jeans and trainers and were almost melting away into nothing ! These services that we stopped at was pretty dam packed with all sorts of people. Families, couples, OAP's etc all taking advantage of the gorgeous weather we had today !
      Going to have some food like a KFC or a MacDonalds was out of the question. The queues were huge ! I mean, come on guys, you want something nice and cold down your throats, it's too hot for hot food ! hehe We get what we want and then a quick dash to the cash point to put some cash in my back pocket for the weekend ahead. Sorted !
      We head back outside the services for some shade to sit and relax before we hit the road of torture again. We sat in a well nice spot, on some picnic tables, in a forrest-like location, and it was great. Was nice to be out of the sun for a bit but then it was nice to get back init !
      So we head back to the car and carry on driving for the few miles we had left. Within this time we had already spoke to Kev for a second time to which he was already there enjoying a nice pint of ale with the others at the pub. James and I just can't wait to get there ! B&B is all booked so all we need now is to get into Bournemouth and get settled then it's out on the town we go !
      So, we get into Bournemouth's Town Centre. We have spoken to Kev and we are now driving to the meet up point where he will then direct us to our B&B. Before that though, we drive around the Town Centre. It was none other than bloody lovely ! The sun was still shining so we decided to drive down by the seaside before meeting Kev. Oh my, what a sight we saw. The sea was lovely, the beach was PACKED but lovely, the location was lovely, the pier was lovely EVERYTHING, was, can you guess ? LOVELY ! We just need to wash and change, get settled then join the punters in Bournemouth.
      We eventually meet Kev who was waiting for us in his lovely yellow taxi that he had already tracked down. Was ace as ever, to see Kev again. Just seeing him and speaking to him for the odd few minutes before heading to the B&B, I just KNEW, this weekend was going to be HILLARIOUS !
      We get to out B&B, which was called The Marvin Hotel, based on Watkin Road (highly recommended !). Looked very nice outside and just couldn't wait to get in there ! And so in we go, couldn't see anyone, the place looked deserted. Everyone was out enjoying the blistering hot weather ! So, we see the lady of the house. And what a nice lady she was. She didn't know us, but she was pleased to see us, got talking for a few minutes about how far we travelled etc, paid our deposit then she gave us the keys to our room. On we go up the stairs, and this place looked great. Pretty modernised but all the same, you just felt comfortable as ever. The room was lovely. Based on 3 sharing, James, myself and Kev. This is going to be fun.  We had an on-suite with shower, tea facilities, a nice sized wardrobe, bed side cabinets, mirrors, it was lush. We couldn't have asked for better accommodation. The bonus of it all, though, was, that we could come and go as we pleased ! As long as we were fairly quiet though, as she had a young boy. You can't argue with that really can you !
      So then. We are settled. Time to get outside and share the sun with everyone else ! We decide that we would walk down to the Bournemouth beach and all the pubs down that way. So, we got down by the beach, took a few pretty photos (check the gallery), and were looked upon by many people in shorts, bikinis, and there was us, Kev in trackie bottoms and James and I in jeans. WHEY ! How silly we looked ! We weren't prepared for this kind of weather at all. [censored] happens people !
      As we got there, we meet up with some members of the CTW:  @Ginge, @tommy, @ElsxBells, & Daredevil_Tony. It was good to meet up with these guys as it isn't very often you can meet up and have a few laughs around a table of beers. So it was all good baby !
      The first pub we ventured was where we all met. Wetherspoons Moon, in the square. This pub was great - served food and any choice of beer / wine / spirit. It was pretty packed as everyone was coming in to cool down from the heat outside. Me, James and Kev decided to tuck into some food so we had some energy to carry us through the night of fun and frolics that lay ahead of us, and boy, that food was delicious !  And not too expensive either !
      After staying an hour or two in Wetherspoons, we decide it is time to hit anther pub. A pub where they played some music ! Wetherspoons didn't seem to have any pumping sounds and none of us could sing  so the next pub we decided to venture in was a pub that really caught our eye ! Although I cannot remember for the life of me what this pub was called but it had pumping music and was full of people having a good time. We decide to venture in; only, Tony (daredevil_tony) got refused entry ! The bouncers on these doors had decided amongst themselves that Tony had had a bit too much to drink, but the guy was sober ! He may have looked slightly tired as he had attended Slinky the night before, so, he didn't get in, so we did the right thing and left to move onto another pub.
      The next pub to be graced with ClubTheWorld's presence, was, Bliss. Now, this pub indeed was a very CLASSY pub. It was full of attractive ladies and also attractive young men. So if you are down that way and decide you want to have a night on the pull, then this classy bar is for you. But hang on, let me define classy for you. All sorts of women in this place were dressed in skirts, very nice classy tops, nice shoes, all hair done nicely. The men, dressed in very smart trousers, nice classy shirts, and nice shoes and classy hairstyles. We showed them all up. We were far too classy for this pub. We were dressed in such a classy manner, we stood out, like a sore thumb. Our dress code went something like this : Jeans, tracksuit bottoms, baggy jeans, t-shirts that looked like they hadn't been ironed, trainers, rucksacks hanging over backs. I think the only one out of our group looked classy, was Kev. He was kitted out in trousers and shirt and shoes. Fair play. DON'T make the same mistake us pikeys made. Make sure you dress nice. You wont get looked at the we did then  Anyway, enough about the CTW pikeys, let's get into the layout of the pub ! It was lush - it had a spiral staircase that took a lead downstairs, where you could eat in a fancy restaurant area, with waiters at your call to assist you with your meal. They also had a nice sized dance floor for the punters, but it wasn't so full down here, but it was nice all the same ! We were seated around these nice huge round tables to which we got later ordered to move as I think they may have been reserved for other people. People who had taken a keen interest in the restaurant. Ho hum. So we moved over to the bar where we had some fun and Mr_Ginge decided to show us what kind of things he could make with a thousand straws and let them hang from up his nose right round to sticking them in his ears. He was, by far, the clown of the show! Tis all good !  Elly and Tommy had to leave us to go and get their car where they parked it in a car park which was due to be closed at 9pm - so off they dashed and parked up else where and rejoined us. Careful you don't make that mistake if you venture down to Bournemouth ! One funny thing happened at this pub, to which we still look back on and make a little joke out of it. At this pub, Tony (Daredevil_Tony), was in need for a call of nature, so off he went to go to the toilet. By this time I think he was a tad drunk, so he decided that the mens toilets were in the KITCHEN. You know, where they cook the food etc hahaha poor lad walked straight in. I guess it was good that he wasn't THAT drunk, as he may have just found the nearest bin in the kitchen and wooped it out and pee'd. lol. He was directed to the appropriate place to pee by one of the kitchen attendees hahaha
      Ok - so it's time to bugger off from here and go else where and see what else Bournemouths night life has to offer ! So, off we go, to YATES's. This place, from the outside, had the "come on in" feel. It was lit up so well in bright colours and was rammed with men and women all enjoying the nice warm breeze outside. So we decided to go in and see what the inside was like. Yes yes, we do know what the inside of a pub looks like, but let's see how many people are in here and what tunes are coming through the speakers ! WHEY !
      In we go and in here, too, was packed with loads of people. We head straight for the bar, lots of squeezing through the crowd but we got there in the end ! This place was great. A lively atmosphere, friendly people, and a bunch of girls, that seemed to be on a hen night, dressed up as play boy bunnies (i think). One of the girls was carrying around a large vibrator, to which Kev decided to walk right up and have a "touch" of it, to which the girl replied "[censored] off!" haha classy bird ! lol.
      We decide to go outside and catch the breeze as it was FAR to HOT in this pub. Lots of people out here, and even the bouncers on the doors of this pub were pretty level headed and easy to talk too. Some bouncers are just up their own arse to which im sure you will agree ! I think by this time we are all slightly pissed, so, I think it's time James gets his camera out and take a few shots of us all. One spectacular picture taken that always makes me laugh every time I look at is, was Kev and Mr_Ginge. All had bit of "tree" shoved down there t-shirts and was covering their face. How can I explain - they looked somewhat like Julius Ceaser ! It was hilarious to say the least ! There was also some other guy, came out of the pub and went into the corner, trying to hide from everyone (altho it was not discreet to say the least !) taking off his trousers as he was far to hot to keep them on, and enjoy the rest of the night in his boxer shorts ! Didn't get a pic of that one sorry girls ! After having lots to drink at YATES's, we decide to move on and have another look around - although it was getting kind of late at this time and some of us were getting a bit tired. Especially after the bugger of a journey down and the sun draining you so much you don't realise it until it hits you !
      Off we go on another wander, we spot a net cafe. hahah it would be so rude not to go in there and sign onto CTW and rub it in to all the pull outs who never attended. We were all pissed by this time, so we made CTW forums an interesting night. Especially for those who were sat in, on this Saturday night, logged onto CTW, and sitting there continuously hitting the refresh button on their browsers, in hope that someone would entertain them. We saved their day ! hahaha It was fun.
      We decided to go grab some food at one of the take-aways and James being the random photographer that he is, decided to take a few perfectionist shots of the menu in these take-aways hahaha take a look in the gallery if you want to waste some time ! 
      It was getting late by this time so James, Kev and I decided that we would turn in and get some sleep as we had the whole day in Bournemouth tomorrow so we had to sleep our pissed states off and grab some sleep to enjoy more sun tomorrow. So, we said our good byes and left the rest of the gang to it ! ADIOS !
      We got back to our lush B&B and had a few laughs before we went to sleep. Not realising that Kev had asked Tony and Ginge to come back to our B&B as they would have had to go straight back to Northampton, Kev thought that it would be OK that they came back to ours to stay. Bearing in mind that they would have to sneak in our rooms and possibly get caught and for them to pay a bill that they probably couldn't afford, they turned up outside. They rang the door bell thinking we would answer but we didnt ! "We didn't hear the bell ring"  honest ! So the only thing that they could do to get our attention was phone James or Kev's mobile to get us to come down and open the door. But they couldn't get through. The truth has to come out here guys ! - we told them we had no signal, but hey, we switched our phones off ! hehe. But in any case, they found a place to stay, they slept on the beach ! It was time for some sleep now ! Crossing my fingers and praying to the good lord above that Kev doesn't snore or even break wind in his sleep. This would call for a kettle of COLD water over his head if he did. But alas, he was a good boy and slept like a baby. Comfy beds, a cool room which was situated at the front of the hotel so we had the breeze fed through our room all night. You couldn't ask for more that that !
      Ok so we woke up at arund 10am the following morning without a hangover. The plan was, get our arses in the shower (although not together, but it would have been nice. NOT. ) get dressed and then down the beach we go ! We paid up our bill - which was £25 a head at this wonderful B&B, which is a bargain if you ask me !
      We put our stuff in the car and managed to squeeze 3 of us in James' 2 seater car. We get to the beach and then park up. This car park btw, was £6 - REDICULOUS ! But, it had to be done. All parked up we decide to walk along the beach in search for somewhere to eat. As early as it was, the beach, yet again, was jam packed with fit totty and fit men. If your single of course ! We find what the beach is most famous for, a fish and chip bar ! So in we go and get some scran. Nice and cool in here so we stayed in here for a bit as djtommy was on his way down to Bournemouth beach to meet us and spend a few hours with us before we headed back to our own locations. djtommy is from bournemouth (lucky bastard) so if you need to know anything about that location, than tommy is your man !
      We later decide to go in the arcade and waste some money. I guess Kev came out the luckiest of us all. He won some cash on the 10p machines and filled his pockets with silver. He thought he won the lottery ! bless him haha. We all decide to take our seats on the racing cars and all challenge each other, to which Kev came first, twice, I came second, twice, and James came first, once. That doesn't prove that women are [censored] drivers, OK !
      After spending lots of money in the arcades we decide to go for a walk on the pier. Only 40p, and it won't break the bank. It over looks the packed beach and right out into the sea. Lots of boats, fishing boats, and jet skis were all in full motion over the lovely sea to which we watched for a while and by this time I was getting even more excited about venturing on the beaches of Ibiza which is only a few weeks away ! We take some pics on this pier to which you will find in the gallery. It was LUSH !!
      We decided to walk around the attractions and was watching a band in progress, pleasing the crowd and making this the highlight of their day. Watching them march up and down with big drums and all kinds of musical interments playing all sorts of theme tunes. It was nice to just stand there for 10 minutes and watch them perform. Although, they must have been sweltering hot in their massive coats and trousers and hats. But it was profession. They had to do it !
      Sadly, when they finished their "march", an announcement was made over a loudspeaker, that a family had lost their 6 year old daughter, Which wasn't very nice as this place was packed, and the thought of trying to find your missing child in the hundreds of people that were down here today, you would think that you would never be able to find her. I just hope she was found 
      The day came to and end for us now   Kev had to be at his meeting point for his coach home and James and myself had to head home also. It was a bit gutted for us to leave, because it was such a nice weekend, the weather was on our side and we had to end it and go back home ! So we said good-bye to tommy and headed home but we had agreed amongst us, that we will most DEFINITELY be making a return to this wonderful location again, and it will be a long weekend for sure ! It was great to see everyone again and have so much fun, but things have to come to an end 
      James and I left the location and headed back up the M25 to which was not so bad as it was on the way down to Bournemouth. The weather was still pipping hot but we loved it all the same.
      If you decide you want a break from the norm, then I'm going to agree and tell you that Bournemouth really IS, the place to be. You got everything you want right at your feet. So do yourself a favour, and get your arses down their and enjoy yourselves !
      You wont regret it.
      @Maria
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    • LiamStyles
      Erick Morillo at LUSH! was a night not to be missed. After some very last minute phone calls and arrangements, we were making the now legendary drive from my hometown of Ballymena to Portrush.
      We arrived at the club at around 10pm to find no queue whats so ever. After getting searched and paying our way in, we were met by the site of an almost capacity club and rammed dancefloor. Hold on...........its only 10pm! After a quick walk round to meet up with all my friends, we took up our place at the side of the dancefloor. It all begins now...........
      Warming up the crowd at this point was LUSH! resident, and local hero, Col Hamilton. Although his choice of tunes were doing the business, I have to say Col was a bit rocky. A few lost mixes, and he seemed to be struggling. This didnt seem to detour the crowd in the slightest, the already frenzied atmosphere kept things in full flow. We decided to take a seat upstairs in the VIP bar, grab a drink, and take in the madness going on downstairs. Just as we had got the drinks in, Gordy Kyle took to the decks. Gordy isnt a DJ I had seen much of, so was looking foward to hearing what he had to offer. I wasnt disappointed, he took the crowd even further with some awesome vocal led funky house. After what seemed a pretty short stint on the decks, Gordy was replaced by Col Hamilton again. Col redeemed himself from his earlier set, and played some tougher stripped down house that went down really well. By this stage the club was heaving and we were back downstairs and dancing away, awaiting the arrival of the New Jersey legend. Col was building and building on the atmosphere, but then the music was cut and the sound of LUSH! promoter Alan Simpson speaking over the mic was all we could hear. "LUSH! we have some bad news, and some good news" The whole club feared the worst, no Erick Morillo tonight. "The bad news is Erick Morillo has missed the last flight from England, but the good news is we've hired a private jet to fly him here and he touched down in Belfast 15mins ago!!!! " Now I dont know if there was any truth in that statement at all, but who cares. It took the crowd over the edge, and the atmosphere was now doubled. Gordy Kyle took to the decks yet again, and I have to say he rocked it!! He managed to play a set full of stormers, but without stealing the thunder from Erick when he arrived. Full marks to Gordy, I've made a note to come and see you again real soon. Personally his set peaked when he dropped "Linus loves the terrace".
      The music was then filtered down. "Two words for you...............ERICK MORILLO!!!!!" The king of all things Subliminal was given one of the best welcome reactions I have ever witnessed in any club, ever. He had arrived, and it is was plain to see he was taken aback by the response from the crowd. A saxaphone intro washed through the club, the build up was spine tingling and when the beat finally kicked in, LUSH! errupted!! What followed was nothing short of phenomenal, alot tougher than I had expected but all the better for it. His set as a whole was like nothing I have ever heard, new and upfront stormers next to reworked, beefed up anthems. I kept saying to myself "This tune is lethal" but then the one that followed was even better. Quick mixes, acapellas, effects, this man was hard at work but loving every minute. Another thing that I noticed was the fact that he was one of the most animated DJs I have come across. He enjoyed every tune as much, if not more, than the packed dancefloor. The whole club had lost itself, myself included. I dont think I have ever danced so hard in my life! Ericks set flew by in a flash, a quick look at the watch, 10 minutes to go. The music was cut, and i guessed that the usual encore would follow. I was wrong, Erick came on the mic to thank the crowd, he said he would play two more tunes. "The first tune I'm going to play isnt a house record, but its one of my favourite records of all time" No-one in the club was prepared for what was to follow. Lenny Kravitts "Are you gonna go my way" bellowed from the speakers. Every person in the club looked at each other for a split second, then the whole club exploded. Its impossible for me to explain what the crowd reaction was like exactly, but I will say that its something that will stay with me forever. There wasnt a single person that night that didnt understand why this tune absolutely rocked it. The next record was "French Kiss" and was supposed to be the last. Three tunes later and the LUSH! crowd are still going for it, as is Erick Morillo. But like everything it had to end at some point, but when it did Erick Morillo was given another roaring ovation. You could see that he had taken something from his experience at LUSH!, he thanked the crowd once again, and made a promise that he would be back "So soon" Just what we wanted to hear!!
      To finish I'd just like to say a few things:
      To Erick Morillo, what do they put in the water over here? I dont know mate but I think you had been drinking some too!
      To LUSH! and everyone who was there, thank you for one of the best nights of my life.
      And finally, people always go on about how good things were years ago and how things have changed. Well I wasnt around to experience "the good old days" but have to say that surely it couldnt have been much better than this.
      Words by @LiamStyles
    • Bushy
      21:00 Friday 25th July
      I'm in Birmingham New Street, on my way to visit Emma, my girlfriend, in Lincoln, we have a nice quiet weekend planned.
      Then I feel the vibration in my pocket, my mobile phone is ringing, I pull it out and the display shows Clubbing Si (@Clubbing Si). I was then ordered to phone up Emma, and tell her that we were going to Global Gathering, Scream (@Scream) Si had sorted out the tickets!!! They wouldn't take no for an answer.
      10:00 Saturday 26th July
      Scream and I head into Lincoln City Centre, we hit the shops armed with a Store Card and the sales!!!!!
      11:00
      I'm stood outside Hotwax Records with Scream, loaded with a new outfit, including Trousers, t-shirt, and hat, cost not exceeding £25, waiting for the shop to open, so we can get the tickets!!!
      11:20
      We get into hotwax, get the tickets and [censored] off!
      16:00
      We arrive at Long Marston Airfield, Global Gathering, I didn't even get a chance to get EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!! Once parked we made our way to the main gates, where hordes of clubbers queued for what was to be a solid 15 hours of clubbing well dancing in a field!!!
      17:00
      We're in! Its chucking it down, but everyone seems to be extremely happy with the fact they are getting pissed on by the lord! We purchase some Ponchos, for £2 apiece, bargain, we're not getting wet anymore!!! There were so many people running around the Airfield in them, I thought we were in a super hero convention!
      Off we head to the Sundissential Arena, when I say arena, what I mean is a big [censored] off marquee, although due to the popularity of Sundissential, I'd say should have been a bit bigger. Upon entry we are greeted to the sound of BK kicking off his set with Badass, the arena went mental, as BK played a stormer, also throwing in the likes of Hostile, Revolution and Accelerate, the baying loonies lapped it all up, and with such happiness and good feeling. I have to say also that the SS arena looked the busiest by far at this time of day!!
      Once we'd got a bit of stomping done, I spotted a few of the fellow members not too far away from us, the likes of @Bungle, @Bukey, @Tidy Tart, @Mr Moo, @jon_m among others.
      18:30
      By this time it was well and truly pissing it down, somebody hadn't been praying to the lord for sunny weather(possibly me), and the first official Club The World meet was fast approaching, scheduled for 7pm, we headed off to find the elusive Laser Water Fountain, after a good look around and many dumbfounded looks from numerous people, we came across Amelia, who pointed us into the direction of the Strongbow Arena, which is where we all headed!
      Once we got there, we were greeted by many happy smiley faces none from CTW though and some really nice chilled funky sax music, which I'd say gave the bar a very Cafe Mambo feel, I closed my eyes and thought back to last summer, I opened them and my memories were shattered by seeing the pouring rain..Hang on..who cares, I was at Global!!!!! Moo decided to sample a pint of the £3 watered down Strongbow, and I followed suit, I hate cider, but due to the fact it was watered down, that foul taste was not there, instead it was refreshing and tasty. Within 15 minutes CTW members started filtering in, the likes of Tresh, Clubbing_si, Dani, Cyberdonkey, James, Maria, TomD and eventually Dooby!
      20:00
      We all headed off to the SS Arena, hell-bent on getting in some real stomping in, once we got into the now, bulging at the seams Sundissential Arena, Ian M was mixing up a treat for the sweaty, mad for it, hard house nutters, by now I was pretty muntered, and cant remember what tunes he spun although I remember hearing Hostile(yes, again!). Next up though was Mr Paul Kershaw, in my eyes this was the best set of the night, he played a blinder, I didn't stop dancing from the first track to when we left for the Gods Arena, which was at 21:45, why did I leave the arena when I was blatantly having the time of my life? I hear you ask. One word..
      TIESTO
      22:00
      On our way over to the GK Arena the rain had calmed down to a drizzle, but the damage was done, the lush green airfield had been turned into a dirty great big horrible bog, I tried to protect my trainers, but it was no use, it was a case of oh [censored] it, I'll clean them tomorrow!
      Once into the Gods Arena we set up camp about 2/3 of the way back from the huge stage at the front, this arena made the Sundissential arena look like a two man tent, it was massive. I set up camp with Jellybaby_uk, Bukey, Groovester, Tresh, Amelia, Dondo, Scream and Donna.
      The first 20 minutes or so were a difficult period for me, as I was trying to slow down my mental and physical state down to the slower pace that Trance is. Once warmed up and into the groove, I was unstoppable, as Tiesto played some mega Tracks! The GK crowd were going mental, they saw this man as their god and he was preaching, it was one hell of a scene, Tiesto toyed with the crowd as he built his set into one big build up, dropping in a tune which I never heard before, but included a sample from Radiohead, I almost shot my load over the disciples up front!
      We left GK to head back for Lisa Lashes at about 11. Tiesto was on for an hour, but hadn't finished when we left, I later found out to my disappointment that he dropped Suburban Train as his last track! Needless to say. I cried!
      23:00
      Lisa Lashes was spinning vinyl on the wheels of steel when we arrived back at Sundissential, driving some fierce hoover driven tunes through the sound system, to the delight of the manic loonies bouncing up and down in unison, dropping in her own new tune what can you do for me and once again hostile amongst others.
      Before I knew what was going on, Miss Lashes was done and up stepped LAB4, the second time Ive seen them Live! Once again they kicked arse in only the way they can, one word to describe them live is  A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I was waiting for one track to come in, which I liked to think so was everyone in the arena, and when REQUIEM was forced through the sound system, I had a little goosebump moment, as the tingle ran up my spine, with my hands in the air, as the orchestral breakdown pounded through the arena, everyone with their hands in the air, it conveyed a feeling of unity to me, this really was a gathering(Im getting goosebumps just thinking back now). WOW! The kick dropped in and the whole of the arena jumped up and down like a football crowd when their team score the winning goal in the cup final!
      It was then the turn of Rob Tissera, somewhat of a SS god, he didnt disappoint. Starting up with the soon to be released when the sun goes down and then moving seamlessly through a catalogue of euphoric hands in the air hard house. Due to the call of nature I missed half of his set, but when I returned, he was just finishing up, and dropped in the crowd favourite, We come one bootleg.
      02:00
      Back to the Strongbow arena for the next meet!
      We met back up with @Clubbing Si and co. Not surprisingly, we were the only ones at the meet. So we headed back off to the SS arena, only to bump into @James, @Maria, and @DoObY etc. outside the stalls area, which included a herbal high stall! They were on their way to buy some Mushrooms! After chatting for a while, we soon realised it was closing in on 4am, another meet-up. Back to the Strongbow arena!
      04:00
      We turned up and met up with some more from CTW, had a brief chat, and headed back with the original plan in mind..Sundissential! We had [censored] about for 2 hours, some serious stomping was in order!!
      04:45
      Re-entered the SS arena at the far side of the complex, to meet up with @Tony Pand @Miss Diddy, we were all getting it on big time, before I realised that it was Karim throwing out some seriously hard tuneage! And setting everyone up for Mark Gray for the final hour!
      Halfway through Mark Gray's awesome set, which all I can remember hearing in it was PH4, we headed over to the Gallery Arena to see the final half hour of Global Gathering 2003 in with DJ Scot Project!
      06:30
      Once we found @Clubbing Si and co in the Gallery arena we set up to the right of the DJ box, pretty close to the front, to let the Deadly Dread locked Demon serve up some Hard, Dirty, Dark Trance, we didn't stop stomping til the last beat had beaten! Scot Project finished off a perfect night, with his very own Overdrive
      07:00
      Once we got out of the Gallery, you could see the devastation that the rain had caused during the night, although the sun had risen at about 5am, I didnt really take much notice of it, as I had other things to do at that time! Also guess what?!
      The [censored] Sun was SHINING!
      08:00
      Back in the car, @Scream had gone off with @Tresh to find somebody, we eventually got hold of him on @Tresh's mobile, we told him to come back to the car as Donna(his gf), wanted to leave for home! He said there may be a problem, as he was in some sort of hole, I didn't know exactly what he meant, maybe the rain had caused landslides or something, or just a big puddle!
      Once we discovered him, we said our goodbyes to everyone, then made our way home, which took a good 3hours, due to queuing and getting lost!
      12:00 Sunday 27th July
      We get back to Lincoln. Struggle to sleep!
      Roll on next year!!!
      @Bushy
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