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HeatUK CD Launch Party - Review Reported by littlemissgenki / Submitted 27-02-03 00:11 It's 5am and wherever I look I'm surrounded by happy smiling people. A packed main room is going off to one of the UKs hottest hard house DJs, while in a second room a hard dancing mob are being taken to new levels by the unique sounds of one of London's coolest new DJs who somehow manages to blend together all manner of hard, progressive and brazillian house. In another room funky house is the order of the day with a crew of funksters bringing euphoria to many a face, while in a fourth less packed more chilled out but nonetheless house-pumping room a relaxed congregation bliss out. Four rooms of house music at 5am? Where the hell am I? Obviously not the fridge or camden palace, but this is far too funky, friendly and intimate to be Hard House Academy...How many clubs in London can boast four rooms of happy smiling people dancing to house music at 5am? Read on and be enlightened dear reader... This was not a French revolution nor was it a frantic revolt: this was the birth of a prodigious sun, a sun that's not only too bright to be covered by a blanket but one we can all play with. This was a milestone for the Heat team for it showed that last month wasn't just a one off freak show @turnmills to give the jet set of the gallery a bit more time to clock up some frequent flier points--this was the launch of which I have no doubt will be one of the best albums of the year. It was also a well planned manoeuvre by the not so twined auzzies Damo and Anton that went far beyond teaching a few of the boys the haka and sending them to the gulf to scare saddam. This was a non aggresive non passive assault on basically any multi conglomerate of a fat cat business who think they're too big for their boots, cos after all there's only so many times you can fold one peace of paper: heat are a new page in this book we call clubland, so turn the page and warm that glowstick thats almost spent all its magical glowing chemical... Walking into Steve Blake playing Times Like These to a packed main dance floor impressingly illuminated by a red lazer was my first defining moment of what was to be a fantastic evening. But why dance to a James Lawson track when you can hear it from the man himself? At first glance the next generation musicmakers room was quieter than usual, but edging up to the front I realised that a change was going on, and James was just starting out. The atmosphere was charged as a handful of dedicated fans quickly became a full room of hard out clubbers in what seemed like a couple of tracks...but who's looking at their watch when one of the HeatUK CDs' favourite stars is lighting up the room? Lawson not only captures the incredible energy that is HeatUK, he takes that energy and turns it into more incredibly original hard dance music. What else can I say? You really had to be there... After some temporary insanity in the main room bouncing around to Spencer Freeland's liberating hard dance it was time we checked out the funky room, which had become as busy as the main room in a very short time. The Ignition Crew had things all under control and I would even dare to say that the atmosphere rivaled the main room--it really was that good. And as for the music....I edge around the decks trying to ascertain if that really is a very funky housey Another One Bites the Dust only to see Timo Mass's Special K on rotation. Ahh, the source has been identified and all is clear--until something suspiciously like Led Zepplin starts creeping into the mix--but that can't be right...or can it? If the funky eclectic breaks weren't enough to have the crowd eating out of the palms of their hands or should that be their fingers on the needless, the fabulous energy of the crew themselves would surely win the non-funkiest cyber over--I saw a good few converts anyways! Lost in the mix, I’d forgotten that one of my all-time favourite DJs was due on in the main room. We get there to see Paul Glazby conducting a packed dance floor into one hell of a rhapsody with his driving beats and harder than life mixes, and can’t help but dive into the moshpit-like area in front of the DJ booth for a good hard bounce around. Now there’s been a bit of debate on this site lately about the nature of the sound systems at various clubs round town, with a couple of regulars arguing over who has the best. I’d have to say that Turnmills is definitely right up there, and my opinion was only reinforced on this night. The combination of the awesome sound system, which is surely helped by one of the best DJ booths around, sublime lights (who could ever get bored with those lasers?!?) and superbly charged Heat atmosphere made this night an unforgettable experience. If you found Glazby too hard you couldn't find much more of a haven in the future musicmaker room where perhaps the hottest thing to come out of brazil since the samba, Mr Eduardo Herrera, was taking people to places they then couldn't get to without a prescription; the energy that fills the room when this man plays leaves the hairs on your kneck standing on its ends. So many of the tracks he played were so very different to what you hear in clubs at the moment, so we had to ask him, where on earth does he find his records? The man himself told us, 'I spend time in shops listening...no feeling...the records and when my spirit gets with one of them a sale is made.' Well, we're obviously not the only ones sold: when you're an up and coming dj you sometimes need a little support from your friends and this dj has the up and coming djs as well as the established, not so much to support but to watch as a star is born again this side of the equator. We spotted Spencer, Brad Thatcher, Steve Giddio, Tom Neville and a good few more getting down and dirty to Eduardo--but then, we're not one to gossip! Not even dirt on the needle at the beginning of his set put Eduardo off--in fact, if anything it gave him the focus to turn around and blow us all away in a more refined and calculated manner. If you want to see the man in action check out Substancia at the Retox Bar in Covent Garden this Thursday 27 Feb, where Eduardo and Tom Neville will be emitting b2b rays of funky, brazilian and progressive house oh, and their magnetic and energetic selves. Eduardo had us dancing our whatevers off, to the extent that we decided to take one of those well publicised chill outs that rumour has it are very beneficial for ravers, and hence we finally found Turnmill's hidden treasure...the Annexo Bar. After a rejuvinating chilled out drink and smoke, complete with candles and a telly for those really needing a break and perfect for a sit down and dance up, I realise it's more than high time I was back in the main room to see the man of the night, Heat's one and only resident and producer of the wonderous bit of plastic and oil that we're all here to celebrate…but alas, too late! Marc French is on and the crowd are loving it as he plays a superb selection of HeatUK CD tracks and some of his ol' favourites, including the classics 99.9 and Ignition, which combined with the red, yellow and green lazers can't help but equal pure clubbing bliss. If you don't believe me, get the CD and you'll get an incling of how great a set Marc played. It's no coincidence that he's gravitated to the home of the late great Tony de Vit, put it that way. We celebrated the Heat CD launch in the best way we could--in the main room at Turnmills, surrounded by the happy Heat crew and friends, with the best hard dance music around. It’s easy to see that clubbing is different things to different people, but at Heat, it really is all about the music. Four superb rooms of house music still going off into the wee small hours of the morning--and the bigger longer hours too. From the high energy super lasered intensity of the main dance room to the chilled out cool of the Annexo bar, who could ask for more? I've been trying to recreate the night ever since, thrashing the CD full of all my favourite familiar sounds, which should get me through until the next Heat event, reservoir gods, when all our favourite suspects come back out to play and you can experience four rooms of happy house music at 5am for yourself. The next Heat event is Reservoir Gods on March 8th - for full details click here. To purchase the limited edition HeatUK CD and check out the eflyer for reservoir gods, check out www.heatuk.info With thanks to mrbicgit for the use of his photos Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By littlemissgenki: HeatUK (The DVD) – From The Backyard To South West Four - World Premier Preview: Interview with SnowBall Productions Paradise City 001 Preview: From free parties in pubs to private jets—interview with Antiworld promoter Enrico Sorbello Blatantly Brisk: interview with Paul Nineham Paradise City 001 preview: interview with Mauro Picotto Never Enough Maria: Interview with the Queen of Hard Dance The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: KeLSTa on 27th Feb 2003 21:51.45 Big congrats to you Damo and the all the crew, you certainly deserve every success! Looking forward to possibly seeing a Heat tour over in Oz.

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