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Convergeance @The Fridge, London (17th Jan 2003)

Not more Hard House. Well, if you insist....
I spent a good hour beforehand chatting to the bouncers in Fridge bar next door, which meant I was moved straight to the front of the queue, and consequently was the sixth person into Convergeance. Nice.
After making my prescence known to the rest of the CTWers, it was done to some serious boshing action. The main room (a colossal space) was heaving by 10:30pm, and the beats were dutifully supplied by the larger-than-life hard trance god that is Spencer Freeland. Synth riff and snare drum combined to get the party started.
Elsewhere, the second room played a less-hard sound, with the wonderful Miss Tara Reynolds laying down the building blocks for a skyscraper of a set. 
At this point, I was required to look after several of the worse for wear CTWers (cough @Shenlong cough @Ameliainleedscough). Not that it bothered me, but I was gone for quite some time and thus re-emerged into the main room in order to catch Karim laying down an absolutely brutal hard mix, possibly one of the hardest I've ever heard. I can tell a good set because I know I don't own of the tracks myself.
BK followed in much the same fashion, as did the wonderful Phil Reynolds. The latter receiving the response of the night as he teased in his own P.O.S. 51. It was left to the king/queen of hard house himself, @Andy Farley to wrap up proceedings.
Now, hearing @Andy Farley play is special. Hearing him play drum and bass is better, and hearing him do three encores is simply mind blowing. Full marks to him, as he kept the dance floor heaving til the end.
As for the night as a whole, I was surprised to do a hard house event clean, but it is a stern testimont to the sheer energy that Frantic events exude that I was able to do so. 
Put me down for the next one!
TUNE OF THE NIGHT
Sharkboy - Night Watch (or whatever that hard mix of At Night is called)
I think it feels, I think it feels much better at niiiiiggghhht!
Wub Wub
By Wub Wub in Reviews ·

Gatecrasher @NEC, Birmingham (16th November 2002)

Wow, is all we can say for this one. Wow. And that was just the car journey up there! 130mph all the way in an American Import Thunderbird, 150bpm hard house blaring into my ears is definitely the way to get yourself in the mood for an all night stomp fest.
Anyways, enough of that. For a start, a quick shout out to everyone I was in the car park (C3, or 3C, I can't quite remember) with. Especially the gaggle (the correct collective term for a group of cyber kids) that numbered about 50 identically dressed fluoro teenagers opposite us - nice to see some individuality amongst clubland!

Given the length of the queue, waiting time to get inside only amounted to about 20 mins, and thus remains in the 'tolerable' area. Once inside (entering into the Tidy Trax arena - NICE!), the atmosphere didn't really take me. It was a bit too cold in all of the arenas, the music hadn't even STARTED in Gatecrasher main, and the place gave an overall empty feel to it. Still, it was going to get better. A lot better. By the time I'd commandeered a VIP pass and heard Nick Sentience drop Revolution (sans vocals, never heard that before), the grin and gurn double had taken over me.
However, staying in one place for an event like this would mean missing something, so the wanderlust took over. In my travels, I not only managed to meet a variety of new CTWers, some of whom I may have scared, some of whom I definitely scared, but I also managed to see the following;
Underworld for a stunning rendition of new single Two Months Off. You Bring light in, to the darkness....... Superb. Hyde and Smith demonstrated that even without Mr Emerson's dancefloor savvy, they can still rock the joint. Tiesto roadblocking the main arena (I had my own way of getting through the crowds at this point), with a set that I've heard many describe as 'awe-inspiring'. Despite a lacklustre opening half hour, the Dutch dynamo managed to take it above and beyond, and proved to the assembled masses just why he is rated No.1 in the world. X-Press 2 once again tearing the roof off the Bugged Out! arena, and slapping all bedroom DJ's hard around the face with their now legendary six deck, three mixer madness.  Lab4 proving that they are the undisputed kings of underground hard dance, with their staggering 160bpm set ripping through a selection of nu-classics, and bringing their music to a crowd that begged for more. Tidy Boys Well, Amo and Andy need no introduction to these pages, and once again the boys that are Tidy ripped the living [censored] out of the Tidy Trax arena. And not a Blockbuster theme tune in sight. Tune of the Night

This is a toughie. X-Press 2 nearly squeezed it for the singalong that Lazy caused, as did Underworld with the live version of Born Slippy. But even the definitive beer boy anthem (Lager, Lager, Lager....) paled into insignifcance, when compared with the sheer aural orgasm that is;
Lee Haslam - Music is the Drug Tidy Trax' very own Tony P lookalike has created the anthem of many an event this year, and Gatecrasher NEC was another feather in the cap.

Noteworthy Events
The magical mystical journey that many have dubbed, 'Tresh's Adventures' The security jacket, and with it the ability to push through large crowds of people and get away with it. The insanely overpriced (as per usual) laminates. The rather crap chill out room. Two X-Boxes and some overpriced bints charging for massages does not make a good rest area. And why the f^ck couldn't we smoke? (NOTE: I gave up smoking after Global Gathering, but it's the principal....) The numerous ClubTheWorld group hugs that took place.  The area we commandeered at the back of the Tidy Trax arena. And when the music had all stopped, only one thing could be heard above the deafening silence of the main room..... WILL YOU START THE FANS, PLEASE!
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By Wub Wub in Reviews ·

The 1st ClubTheWorld Night @The Edge, Nottingham (6th December 2002)

How long have I been clubbing? It's gotta be since I started Uni, so we're looking at about two and half/three years. In that time, I've had a load of amazing experiences. I've heard 15,000 people chant "Lager lager lager" when Darren Emerson dropped Underworld's Born Slippy. I've pogoed around to 4Motion's Over4Me whilst Andy Farley yelled "Cheese!" next to me. I've sung along to Orbital's live rendition of Doctor Who. I've clubbed for 42hrs straight. I've watched the sun sink into the Mersey at my first ever Creamfields.
But those events are nothing. Nothing compared to what I did on the 6th December 2002. I have had some amazing experiences in and around clubs, but nothing will ever top leading 40 of my closest clubbing friends in a hand clap to Paul Van Dyks For An Angel. It simply can't be beaten.
But that's starting at the end. Lets rewind to a few scant hours earlier.....
I spent the most of Friday afternoon/evening travelling from the south coast of England to Nottingham. Myself and DJTommy kept ourselves amused by laughing at hard house mixes we'd done the night before that 'sounded alright at the time', and generally working ourselves up for the no doubt deluge of debauchery we would encounter beneath the shadow of Nottingham castle. 
On arrival in bitterly cold Nottingham, we were greeted by the presence of @Clubbing Si, @Amelia, @James and @Nick G, who had all chosen to park in the same carpark as us. Who says @SarahPVC can't give directions!

After a brief tour round several of Nottinghams seedier petrol stations (in case you were wondering where the Haribo came from), a rather cold Wub was ready to enter the Edge. Apart from the friendliness of the door staff (no searches, thanks very much....) we climbed the stairway in front of us, and ascended to ClubtheWorld's own piece of clubland.

Firstly, praise must be given to @ElsxBells & @Sophie. Both the girls did a magnificent job on the banners, and the room looked amazing for it. Now, onto the matter of the music. For anyone who has ever received one of @Tony P's mix CDs, we all know he can mix hard house with the best of them. But the question was, could he still cut it with a trancier set? Well, both @SteveSpectrum and him barked a resounding YES to that question, and the tunes flowed like wine all night. My own personal highlight, aside from the pre mentioned PVD hand clap had to be the cheeky Vengaboys bootleg played by Steve. Superb.
I really am lost for words on how to describe the feeling inside the club. If you weren't there, then you can't possibly imagine the buzz and atmosphere of what was literally one big house party. The vibe was electric, indeed the dancefloor literally crackled and bristled (and made the records jump if you danced too much.) Kudos to everyone who was there, I didn't get a single bad word said to me all night.
My only regret is that it was over too soon. But then again, time flies when you're dancing your tits off.

Highlights of the Night;
@CreamyC's outfit. It could only be described as someone vomiting a stars and stripes over Willy Wonka. Meeting all the members who I'd already met, and all the ones whose first time it was. Great people make a great party. The lone barman who watched the carnage unfold. @James' clubbing trousers. Ex-C&A man goes cyber shock! The after party at Bar None (is that the name, I forget). Messy. The after after party at @Shenlong's house. Even messier. And with more rally driving. My water fight with @tidygirl. Revenge will be had.....
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By Wub Wub in Reviews ·

Fantasy Island, Skegness (New Years Eve, 31st December 2002)

It was a cold wet windy new years eve and me and my amigo Chris were going to Fantasy Island. We were full of high hopes for the event as we had never been to a fantasy island event before. After a 3 hour coach journey from Leeds we arrived. We got in straight away, no fuss, no cues, no searching!!!!  When we walked in we gazed up in amazement at this big mountainy, tree covered type thing with a slide inside a massive dome.
One of the main reasons I go clubbing, as like a lot of you clubbers is for the crowd people you meet in the club. As we went walking around at the beginning we started noticing the crowd seemed a little different to what we were used to. Basically 30-40% of people were strutting around with their Rockports, Adidas poppers, chunky gold earrings and Burberry caps at 45degrees on their head! I am not prejudice in any way shape or form but when I saw groups of these people giving the clubbers who were wearing cyber gear or club wear grief I automatically started making assumptions about how the night was going to go. Lets just say my wallet went from open back pocket to zipped up front one, just in case! From this point my expectations for the night seemed a bit lower than before. Don't get me wrong I met some seriously nice friendly people as you would expect to do so but most people did notice this hostility.
There were plenty of different arenas (well they were called arenas but many of them were more like rooms). There was the main arena which had Kelly Lorena and alike on, it never seemed to get very busy and public domain who were supposed to be playing didn't turn up.
The hard trance room which was put on by Honeypot Recordings and Tasty was normally very busy but was a bit odd as it was all carpeted (very strange when dancing your ass off then walking on to hard wood flooring) also at one point when we were in there the sound system kept playing up for some reason. The drum and bass room was what you would expect from a drum and bass room, ie lots of strange smelling cigarettes, mad ass MCing and a bit of an underlying gangster style aggression amongst people. The old school room which was put on by Raindance was full of white gloves, smiley yellow faces, skeleton people and them white face mask things. It was a really uplifting room, it was the room out of all of them that seemed to have the most happy, smiley, clappy people. The trance room was by far the nicest looking room but was always dead and very cold. The house arena I can unfortunately not comment on because I didn't find it!!!! Oooops!! The hardhouse arena was ace, this is a bit of a biased opinion as hard house is my life. It was put on by Goodgrief and Insomniacz. The music was what you would expect with the most perfect choon being played at 12 midnight.. Tony De Vit - I Don't Care, lets just say that was one hell of a tingler choon!!! The hardcore room, put on by Vibelite was not my sort of thing but it was very entertaining with the MCing, video screens, dancers in cages and very intense banging music. This room was packed most of the time and lots of people I spoke to said it was by far their favourite room. There was also a restaurant/caf place for people who could manage some food  or if you fancied a cup of tea!! The food was expensive but I'm not sure about how expensive the drinks were.
After 11 hours of dancing and lots of talking crap to people we got on the coach and headed back up to Leeds on the coach talking lots crap to people on the coach, some people who we were quite sure did not have the slightest clue what they were on about!!!
In conclusion the night was very good because the trouble seemed to keep in certain areas so we stayed away and most people we met had said the same about the trouble.
Best parts of night
New Years in Hard House Room The people we met Bad points of night
Prices of food Attitude from some people Closing at 6 Not enough seats As soon as we got back to Leeds we headed home for a quick shower and change of clothes and back off we went to Sundissential North at Evolution in Leeds.
Sundissential
This was the last Sundissential to be held at Evolution and boyeeeeeeee did it go out with a bang!!!!!! It was one of the busiest Sundissentials I have ever seen. It had the usual DJs i.e. Rob Tissera, Eddie Halliwell, Jez and Charlie, Andy Farley to name but a few. It was Sundissential VS Sundissential North.
There was the usual Sundissential North mad cats that seem to be there every month but most of them seemed to be flagging slightly with it being NYD and most people having no sleep, like my self, but the party went on. The atmosphere was pure electricity in the main room as everyone seemed to be on a mad mission to dance their arses off as it was the end of an era at Evolution. The second room was considerably more chilled out with the choons being quieter and the overall temperature being quite a bit cooler. In the second room it was Sundissential and in the main room it was Sundissential North, not much difference apart from the temperature and the volume.
One of the most amusing parts of the night had to be whilst Illogic was playing a seriously banging set all of a sudden the music cut out. The dance floor stopped all movement and took in a massive gasp of air, then the laughing and cheering began. As you would expect it did not take long until the sounds were back blasting out of the speakers, then it happened again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again!! It seemed to happen about 10 times until eventually the dance floor emptied! Apparently there was a problem with the fire alarms because it was too hot.
At the end of the night there seemed to be an air of sadness that people were not wanting to show because they were wanting to go out on a high note. Rob Tisserra was the man to finish it off in the main room blasting out the Sundissential anthems such as 4 Motion-Over for me and Warrior-Warrior. Even the people who appeared to be flagging during the rest of the night seemed to be able to conjure up the energy to go crazy at the end.
If you have not been to a Sundissential at Evolution in Leeds you have unfortunately missed out on a really unique night, they will have to find somewhere very special to be able to compare with the atmosphere that was generated in Evolution.
After that it was straight to the after party that went on all night. Then finally got to bed some time the next day. Messy but utterly amazing New Years!!
Since writing this it has been discovered that Sundissential is not moving from Evolution, it was an evil, evil, evil rumour that everyone seemed to have heard and believed!!! 
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By FleX in Reviews ·

Tidy Weekender 5 - Prestatyn Sands (Friday 26th - Sunday 28th March 2004)

Friday 26th March
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 27th March

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!
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WiLDCHiLD & Frantic - with Riot! & Nukleuz @SeOne, London (Saturday 20th March 2004)

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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