Saturday 3rd May will,
as the song goes “be a night to remember......"
Now a rationed Cream fan, the excitement alone of
returning to the home of Cream to listen to the
Ibiza sounds of DJ's such as Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto,
Guy Ornadel, Louis Edwards, Paul Hillier and John
Carter to name but a few was nearly to much to take
but I managed not to wet myself.
The old goose bumps returned walking towards the
club and seeing the trusty old smoke machines bellowing
from the heavily manned entrance and the thump of
music in my DD chest.
I was relieved to see that the venue itself had
not altered and neither had Cream's up for it crowd,
which was buzzing more so than usual. Shoulder to
shoulder with other clubbers and dripping with sweat
after being in there forty minutes, I felt like
I was back at home and cared not about the creases
appearing in my designer dress or the legendary
mud splashed up my pins!
The Annexe was our first stop, an excellent choice
if I do say so myself. Already full of geared up
Jon Carter fans, he dared not disappoint and warmed
us up with a mixture of funky and uplifting tunes
not too hard and not to soft just righhhhhht. As
well as a bouquet of new mixes there were also a
few classics which he played to his advantage taking
the revved up crowd up and down like yoyos. It wasn't
too busy at first so there was room to jump around
and such like behavior, but as the club filled up
so did the Annexe and the heat became too much and
a move was on the cards.
After a celebrity spotting-less visit to the VIP
area which was used as a cloakroom, due to the amount
of fellow ravers in attendance, I went to the bar
and got on the tequilas to calm my nerves in preparation
for Tiesto's set! As the bar was jam packed we went
in to the main room armed with a bottle in each
hand.
Tiesto made the main room worthy of its name, it
felt like an illegal rave bouncing from side to
side, arms up in the air and eyes closed (Not that
I've ever been to one)! His amazing set consisted
of banging and original trance. His uplifting tunes
had the whole room flying, literally! Indisputably,
he took the crowd back to Cream in Amnesia while
still wowing us with progressive and captivating
unheard sounds. After an hour or so, we ventured
to the courtyard.
Again jam packed, Paul Van Dyk aka trance master
had the roof off when we arrived, mid set. Here
we experienced a totally different atmosphere
to the main room, but still electric. Churning
out trance as only he could, the room was full
of experienced, not easily pleased clubbers. Justifiably,
they were more than satisfied as his set was second
to none and programmed to perfection. No room
for jumping up and down in here, dirty dancing
to dirty music was the mood and we loved every
minute!
After a good few hours of full scale partying
we drifted back to the annexe ready to collapse,
but again we were wiped up into another frenzy
as Louis Edwards had a now heaving crowd screaming
with delight as he banged out an amazing compilation
consisting of Kylie, Justin Timberlake, Vanilla
Ice and the trusty old Liverpool favorite "tag
team back again...whoop there it is.....",
as well as slipping in some breakbeat, which is
becoming increasingly popular within Liverpool.
A fantastic ending to a fantastic night! Louis
in my opinion should definitely receive the gold
medal of the night for the way he connected with
the Liverpool Crowd.
As usual, the security was tight which helped
achieve Cream's world famous safe, friendly atmosphere.
As anticipated the Ibiza feel was more than captured,
a huge success, and an exciting taste of what's
to come this summer over in the Balearics.
This night proves as James Barton and his team
do time and time again that it doesn't matter
where you are with Cream and it's organisation,
your guaranteed a top night with a top atmosphere,
top music and of course a top crowd!
Clubbers Comments
Helen McCormick - "I've been looking
forward to this for ages, I'm a big fan of Paul
Van Dyk, his set was amazing, I'll be going home
content tonight"
Rebecca Martin - "The atmosphere here is
wild, I love it, there's no posing or moody vibes,
just nice people enjoying themselves, this is
what clubbing is all about"
John Beaumont
- " Worth every penny, I can't wait to go
to Ibiza!"
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