Arrival: Cool warehouse building- we walk in past some of the friendliest bouncers- continue up a few stairs, pass the bit where you pay, and then we're faced with a fork- one room, which is lit with ambient lighting and walls peppered with art soothed by the sounds of trip-hop/ambient/downtempo/dub being spun by DJs:Seda, Pur One, Jon Von & Victor Carrillo, MacaDamion, Dean Paul, N8. The other room which is darker and thumping with some sweet tunes is the techno/minimal/ deep/house part with DJs Fanon Flowers, Kenny Chang, Trichome, Fabian, Joe Bickle, Stan Min on the line up.
Party Scene: We enjoyed MacaDamion's set while observing the artist Pukac painting and also admired other various artwork on the walls of the spacious warehouse. The bar and bar staff was great! The bar was well stocked, with Vodka, Whiskey and Beers (Bud Lite, Newcastle..) all at reasonable prices. Water was $2 :-) We grabbed a bevy and found a seat on one of many plush soft sofa's.. heavenly :-) Shortly there after we were greeted by Kenny and got to speak to him for a few min.
Final Word: The vibe was great, a good variety of people enjoying the music, dancing and artwork. Everyone was friendly and outgoing, so 'Buddha Child' could get down to business and ask club goers at Resonance the question of the night- "if you were a drink, which one would you be & why?" and take their picture (check out subversivela.com/buddhaq) . After midnight we noticed that there were still not that many people in the space, which turns out was a fault of our (not so) friends the Fuzz, the Po-po, the Pigs.. what ever you want to call them. But despite this minor hiccup, which organizer Kenny managed to sort out very quickly, the vibe continued strong, more people arrived and the night got better as it progressed.
All together it was a good night out, we'd go again so overall rating ****
The Details:
DJ/Music: *****
Crowd/Vibe: *****
Bar/prices: *****
Toilets : ***** (no queue & TP!)
Venue: **** (down 1 star 'cause it was ROASTIN' in there..fair play with the fans, and in fairness- it was one of the hottest weekends to date)
Bouncers/Security:*****