What A Night

If anything, having rested for a week, what I have got is energy. Still out on a limp but still mobile nonetheless.

So first up, The Neccessary Stage's Separation 40.

It wasn't half bad. Timing could have been more polished. Lines could have been better memorised. All in all, should have been more rehearsed. It is afterall a professional effort right? There was a long scene where the entire proceedings was in malay. Much of the audience was lost save for the few who actually understood malay. Not the few of us. But it wasn't a bad production.

So we headed off to Mohd Sultan. No, I wasn't going to pop my cherry. I have never ever clubbed at Mohd Sultan. Not being a snob here. Just that if you have always eaten meepok dry with lard, you are not going to start eating meepok dry with olive oil cause it's healhtier or that everybody else is doing it. So I have never gone to Double 0, Mdm Wong or whatever else is there. We had bak chor mee and drinks at the corner coffeeshop before heading down to 72-13. The new TheatreWorks space.

And guess who we saw, a portion of the audience from Separation 40 as well as one of the female lead, Yeo Yann Yann. We were all chilling out at the attic - Grey Area which was helmed by Reiki and co from the breakinasia posse. Leslie Low and Vivian Wang from The Observatory were there as well. It was the launch of their Olives MTV. Is this track being picked up by local radio yet? Damn....Anyway, it was a nice diversion by pin (pixel-p) before going to Zouk. I personally witnessed the gigantic bean bags pin (pixel-p) was talking about. The bags are about a metre in radius and about 2 feet high. That's huge for a bean bag. The Grey Area was sponsored by Ministry of Sound which is going to open at Clark Quay real soon. Do check out the site. MOS.COM.SG

Zouk was heaving. At least the dance floor was. It was a shame that the club was rather stand-offish on this last night before their renovation (probably gonna reopen in time for MOS's opening). DJB was still spinning followed by Sonny at about 2. Aldrin finally came on at 3.30. Sonny left him with a track that sounded so much like Positive Education by Slam, probably the special edition mix.

Then it was retro mayhem by Aldrin.

Not Over by Planet Perfecto feat. Grace
Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald
Children by Robert Miles
As The Rush Comes - Motorcycle (Gabriel and Dresden were just here!)
Love Story - Layo & Bushwacka!
Seven Days And One Week - BBE
Higher State Of Consciousness - Wink
Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy
Born Slippy - Underworld

And ALL these within the hour. What the hell man. It wasn't a regular night as any regular would tell you. It was just a night for people who grew up with Zouk...It was just happy vibes all around and I'm pretty sure any tourist (I don't mean those with passport, I mean those not in the know) would have enjoyed themselves any way, seeing so many smiling faces.

I don't know how the night went and how it ended. But I am bushed! Couldn't really move too much as my ankle was still rather tight and started to ache. So....

Man...all the basslines, all the acid vibe, all the retro stuff. Give me these tracks if I ever go mambo again man, cause these tracks are my 80s and 90s...