[ Review ] - Wildchild vs Frantic

[Maria]

Wildchild Vs Frantic @ SE1 - Saturday 20th March 2004

 

Wildchild Vs Frantic @ SE1 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 Hailo 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 Benson 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, Liam 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 Benson 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 Bensons 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 décor. 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 Sue, 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 Benson. Get’s well into his set, always smiling and really entertaining and pleasing the crowd. No wander people like Phil and Guyster gets their sets. They love it as much as the clubbers do ! It was great to see him again

 

I left Guy 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 que 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 Lewis.

[Lisa]

great review hon, sums CTW & Wildchild nights up nicely. We are a good bunch of peeps on this site & we all get along, very rare, for a large group to hit it off & get along, but we do & we do it with style, cheers everyone, you are all kerwality, Roll on the next one & as Maria say's huge thanx to Wildchild & Frantic for giving us all the oppotunity not only to meet up at a class event but give our CTW dj's a chance to play for US ALL!!

 

 

[James]

As Lisa says, great review - really does sum up 'what we do' / 'who we are' nicely

 

And would just like to echo what's been said and said again - that we are very grateful to the people at Wildchild and now Frantic for all the excellent opportunities they've given us and the DJs. Quality.