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| WildChild Vs
Scream |
Date:
Sunday 4th May 2003
Address: Coronet, 28 New Kent Road, London,
SE1
Occurrence: One-Off
Hours: 8pm - 8am
Ticket Price: £15
Dress Code: TBC
Genre: Trance, Hard House
& Funky House
Capacity: 2100 |
| Line-Up:
Signum, Cosmic Gate, BK |
I was really excited
before this night, not only because of the line-up
but because of this being a new venue and I had
not been there before.
Don’t you just love going to new venues? The
feeling of excitement and adrenalin running through
your body as you try and imagine what it looks like
in your mind. Well I definitely knew that the venue
had recently been refurbished at a whopping 2.5
million so I thought it was worth getting excited
about.
We arrived at about 11pm and fortunately there was
only a small line-up outside so we were in the club
as quick as a 60 second freefall. With the venue
housing 3 cloakrooms we didn’t have to wait
long at all to put in our bags and jackets.
As you walk up a short flight of stairs into this
venue, there is a corridor on the left and on the
right leading into the main room. In between these
corridors is another flight of stairs taking you
up to the other levels.
As you walk into the main room from the left corridor
there is a huge and very impressive bar which almost
runs the entire width of the room. The dance floor
is behind the bar and you can see the awesome green
lasers projecting around the room while you get
a drink, very impressive.
Automatically you get a good vibe about the place.
It is very spacious and splashed with funky colours
blues, pinks and purples.
There are two walkways on either side of the room
that lead onto the dance floor. One leads down a
short flight of steps and the other continues alongside
and is a mini platform that looks over the dance
floor on each side about a meter up.
The main room is huge. The ceiling is very high
and I was surprised that the music did not echo.
The DJ’s were situated up onstage at the back
of the room. This was the trance room. The toilets
are situated near the bar and were very clean, equipped
with their very own attendants.
Up on the next level is a much smaller room with
a bar situated on the other side facing you as you
walk in. This room was used for the harder stuff.
Up another flight of stairs on your right was the
funky room. An even smaller room which also had
a bar. There was a very different crowd present.
I don’t know if it had anything to do with
the name of the event but it seemed to me and my
girlfriend that nobody had made an effort with their
appearance. Obviously there were the normal cyber-kids
with their glowsticks in hand, but everyone else
looked a bit sloppy. That’s just my opinion
anyway.
Down in the trance room Signum played an absolute
cracker of a set and lead the crowd on a journey
through some very uplifting tunes of utter heaven.
It wasn’t a sellout crowd, but those that
were there seemed to enjoy themselves nonetheless.
As at every trance party the cyber – kids
were smiling from ear to ear as they reached for
the lasers cutting out shapes in the air. The music
was very uplifting and “in the clouds”
if you like, a little too much for me. Cosmic Gate
was in sublime form and also played a blinder, just
feeding off the crowd’s vibes and keeping
them “in the clouds”.
I didn’t really give the hard house room a
chance as it was very hot in there and I had to
get fresh air on the stairs every five minutes.
But it was packed to the brim in the usual antipodean
fashion and everyone was all smiles. The funky room
was a bit disappointing and never really took off.
Another disappointment was that there was no where
to sit and chill out throughout the night. The balcony
had not yet been opened and was still apparently
under refurbishment. So there were people sitting
in the corridors and in every corner.
All in all
it was not the night I had expected it to be. I
never really got into the music and the atmosphere
did not generate into one that it should of being
a trance party. But the sound was great and the
venue is superb (hopefully the balcony will open
soon). |
Venue: 9
Music: 5
Crowd: 5
Sound System: 8
Total: 27 / 40
Rating: Silver Award |
| Review written by:
Luke Day |
luke@uk-cl.co.uk |
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