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destinations, places of interest, clubbing guide, interviews...you have it here @ euphoria [Purple @ Sentosa Central Beach, 23.06.01] [John Digweed @ Zouk, 15.06.01] [Christian Smith @ Zouk, 19.05.01] [Future Shock @ Zouk, 11.05.01] [Steve Lawler @ Zouk, 30.04.01]
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Sentosa’s
Central beach played host to Purple, the bigger of 3 beach parties
that night. 26,000 sq ft of space accommodating two arenas, one stage,
a foam pit and myriad drink, food and novelty stores. 4pm to sunrise
and promised to be a ‘heart palpitating’ event. Adding to the
atmosphere were intelligent strobe lights and two large video screens
showing various animations throughout. At
11pm, the queue into the venue was long but quickly processed. The
main hold-up appeared to be the exchange of tickets for black plastic
wristbands (hmm……didn’t I tie my computer wires up with that?). Closest
to the entrance was the VMP Arena featuring DJ Jacqueen, Jason Chow
and Rico from 91.3FM. Dishing out some of the latest in dance music,
they kept everyone on their feet. It was a Euro sound of choice with
its noted fast paced tempo and beats. A short walk from that was the
Jammerz tent featuring ‘live’ PA from local bands such as the
Bushmen and Opposition Party. They had their share of followers too,
although, some would say they were out of place. It did seem hard for
the live bands to get its footing between the two arenas and its
blaring basslines. Rock music and dance music head on. In certain
areas, it could be described as noise rather than music. Music
aside, what do you get at a beach party? Bikinis, shorts, bare bodies
and more. The event was not short on eye candy. The foam pit situated
in front of the Sundissential Arena was a big draw. At times there was
no room but the enthusiastic lot were more than happy to line the
edges for a piece of the action. Compliments go out to the organisers
for draining off the water/foam and constantly pumping it in fresh
rather than recycling. A game of balance was offered by one of the
vendors. Consisting of a pivoting surf board, the goal was to maintain
your balance for as long as you could. With gamesome bikini clad
females, the tent certainly drew a crowd. Drinks
and food were reasonably priced and this probably helped in ensuring a
satisfied crowd. Otak, chicken wings, chicken tikka, fish balls, nasi
lemak, roti john, etc. All affordable at from $1 to $3. Drinks? Oddly
enough, apart from the standard gin or vodka mixes (with Wall’s
Solero) as well as Kampai (the official drink), red and white wines
were offered. As tempting as it was for friends to chill-out on a
beach with wine, the plastic cups just didn’t cut it. The
highlight of the event was the visit by residents from Birmingham’s
Sunday Club, Sundissential joined by house act, K-Klass. It consisted
of Kenneth Francis, Adrian Luvdup, K-Klass, Little Ms Naughty,
Rockafellas and Boogiemonster. The variety of DJs ensured an equal
offering of styles. Ranging from house to progressive to hard house
and full-on trance. The latter styles were a refreshing change from
techno, house and progressive music which are often heard in the
various nightspots. Current
house favourites such as Stylus Trouble’s Sputnik, Trisco’s Musak
and Mainframe’s Mainframe got people on their feet and partying to
the basslines. Moving up a notch, Utah Saints’ tech induced Lost
Vagueness led the turn in music direction before it launched into
full-on trance. Similar to Slinky, tunes were being churned out of the
sound system. Lucid’s Out There, Cosmic Gate’s Fire Wire,
Moonman’s Galaxia and DJ Rodd-y-ler’s Seductions to name a few. Despite
the variety and profiles of the Sundissential DJs, the VMP tent with
the better known radio DJs (at least in the context of Singapore)
seemed to hold the majority of the crowd. This left only a minor
concentration at the Sundissential arena and unfortunately, this
didn’t quite provide the same energy. This would have been the key
to the true success of the event. The overall atmosphere could be described as relaxed with many also choosing to take a back seat, and observe the ‘festivities. Purple was commendable although the success of Zoukout last year does remain as a benchmark for all promoters, keen on the beach party concept, to challenge.
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