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From The End to Guanabara - what's good on this week

by Jonny Oakley*

London Dynamite review

Easily 10 steps ahead of everyone else, The End Features some of the most dynamic DJ talent in the capital. Check out one of London’s finest sound systems purring out a tight, dry bass, ideal for anything more tribal and tek. Located in the West End, its only 5 minutes walk from Holborn Tube, just off New Oxford Street. Look for the bright, blue building. Part of the experience includes the long queues to get in.

What’s On PARTY!

The End – drum and bass/dubstep/house/techno club – is celebrating its 13th birthday of house residents MNS2 (considered by many as the one of the UK’s best house nights) with a PARTY on Friday 25 (entry £12 b4 11pm; £15 after) April. Main room and the lounge line up includes Fedde Le Grand; Joey Negro; CJ Mackintosh; Brian Tappert; The Jinks. 22:00-6:00

The Music

The music varies throughout the week depending on who’s djing, anything from soulful house, deep house to killer electro-techno. With Layo and Bushwacka stirring it up, the weekdays are just as good as the weekends.

The Place

A metallic staircase takes you down to this iconic, mid-sized underground club, where the main room consists of 2 arches with the DJ booth right in the middle of the spring-loaded dance floor. The End is also host to its sister venue, The AKA bar (which has an illuminated 15m bar and was the original DJ bar in London), mixing together every Saturday to create the legendary ‘As One.’ Attached to the main lounge is a smaller room, which often outpaces the main room when it everything goes off. London’s most famous after hours party is held here every Sunday morning to 4am.


The End

18 West Central Street

Holborn

London WC1A 1JJ

www.endclub.com


Check out the London Dynamite agenda for the week!

Thursday 24 April - LIVE MUSIC!

Guanabara: www.guanabara.co.uk
Parker Street, London WC2B 5PW Tel:0207-242-8600

Playing LIVE at Guanabara are LIQUIDIFICADOR including the talented song writer, guitarist and singer Menino Josue whose prism like music resonates with a unique mix of Brazilian folklore, Bossa Nova and Samba in addition to modern jazz/funk influences: £5 after 9pm.

Kiss Club: myspace.com/pedeserraforall
4 Wild Court, Holborn WC2

The best BRAZILIAN FORRO PARTY in London! Live music with Trio do Mangue

Friday 25 April – LIVE MUSIC!
606 Club
90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0QD Tel:0871-971-7103

See SAMARA perform LIVE at the 606 Club. Samara is a 7 piece Latin Jazz/funk band led by alto sax and flute player Steve Rubie: Admission £12.


Favela Chic: www.favelachic.com
91-93 Great Eastern Street, London. EC2A 3HZ Tel: TUBE:0207-613-5228 OLD Street

LE WEEKEND at Favela Chic Baile Funk, samba and bass with Gringo de Parada: £10 after 9pm: 6pm-1am: www.myspace.com/gringodaparada

Saturday 26 April – LIVE MUSIC!

Guanabara: www.guanabara.co.uk
Parker Street, London WC2B 5PW Tel:0207-242-8600

THE SPIRITUAL SOUTH WITH DJ MARK bring an underground vibe to the house. Live Rio-style samba with Ritmos Da Cidade. Expect hypnotic musicians, singers and dancers: £10 after 8pm.


Sunday 27 April - LIVE MUSIC!
Notting Hill Arts Club: www.nottinghillartsclub.com
Notting Hill Gate W1

GEISHA DISC0 – which stands for an adrenalin pumping night with house and minimal beats including Geisha dancers, live bands, live visuals and djs: 5pm-1am: free b4 8pm: £7 after


Monday 28 April – FUNK IT UP!

Bar Rumba
36 Shaftsbury Avenue, London W1D 7EP Tel:0207-287-6933 TUDE: PICCADILLY CIRCUS

Monday is FREEDOM night with hip hop/funk/R&B/D&B: Free b410pm, £5 after.

Tuesday 29 April – LIVE MUSIC!
Salsa!:www.barsalsa.info/html/Tuesday.php

96 Charring Cross Road, London WC2H 0JG Tel:0207-379-3277 TUBE: TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD

FORCA BRAZIL hustles the dance floor at Salsa!. Free b49pm/£4 after

101 Bar:
101 New Oxford Street, Holborn, London WC1A 1DB Tel:0207-379-3112

Funk it up with SALSOUL night at Bar 101 with remixes and Latin influenced tracks.


Wednesday 30 April – DRINK IT UP!
Metro Club: www.blowupmetro.com/location.aspx
19-23 Oxford Street, London W1D 2DN

This is INDIE POP NIGHT at the Metro with djs Senjay, George and guests. Hose spirit + mixer is only £2 all night; 2-4-1 bottled Carlsberg is £3: Admission: £3 b4 12/£4 after with flyer otherwise £5.


London Dynamite Top 5 London Clubs:

1) Fabric

Charter House/2 Farringdon Rd, London EC1M 3HN Tel:020 7336 8898 TUBE: Farrington

With 3 dance floors - including a vibrating one – (not for those sensitive teeth) this is still London’s embassy of cool: Fabric LIVE Fridays are a must.

2) Pacha

. Victoria, Terminus Place, London SW1V 1JR TUBE: Opposite Victoria Station
Housed in a sumptuously decorated 1920s building. This house of funk even has a stained glass ceiling.

3) Notting Hill Arts Club
21 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JQ: Tel:020 7460 4459 TUBE: Notting Hill
Laid back club in one of London’s most fashionable areas. Raw live sounds featuring anything from leftfield electronica to nu jazz.

4) Egg
5-13 Vale Royal, 200 York Way, Lower Holloway, London N7 9AP: Tel: 020 7609 8364 TUBE: Kings Cross
As close to Ibiza in London as you can get. Three cosy dance floors plus an outdoor courtyard with a club focus on live music and visual arts.

5) Plan B
418 Brixton Road, Brixton, London SW9 7AY: Tel: 020 7733 0926: TUBE: Brixton
Urban South London chic club attracting a multi-cultural crowd. Top of the range hip hop nights played out in a funky concrete and wood interior.


*London Dynamite is a new weekly column from Jonny Oakley. You can check out the latest clubs, the hottest gigs, the occasional interview and the recommended top 5 lists every Thursday

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