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[CLICK ON THE PIX TO VIEW MORE] The End, 18 West Central Street, London WC1 Weekly - Thursdays 10pm-4am Not to be confused with Atelier! Okay, so it's at The End [the-end.co.uk], Atelier's old venue. The door charge of £5 before midnight (£7 after) is as reasonable as ever, as are the prices behind the bar. If the staff have changed it doesn't show, as it's still one of the friendliest and most efficient clubs in London. Most of Atelier's former DJs play at Discotec, so the music's not much different, though they are introducing hip-hop to London's mainstream gay scene, courtesy of Q-Boy [gayhiphop.com]. Even the door whores are the same! To be honest, I could have got away with just changing the name and picture on the Atelier page, but that would have been way too easy! Truth is, Discotec is Atelier by another name. It was previously one of the best clubs in London, midweek or otherwise, and if the former promoters were daft enough to abandon a floating ship, then kudos to the promoters who were bright enough to fill the vacuum with a near perfect copy of the original. They could even have called the replacement 'I'll Tell Ya', so that QX wouldn't have to think too hard about rewriting their witty copy... Since it's launch in November 2002, Discotec has remained, sorry, become one of the best parties in London, and the perfect way to start your weekend... unless like me you start it on Wednesday! Following Alan Thompson's departure for pastures new, Discotec has had a succession of hugely popular guest DJs, and I've been lucky enough to catch blinding sets from Jeffrey Hinton (playing funky house in the main room, reminding me why he was such a star at Factory), Rob Sykes, Paul Heron and Luke Hope. Tom McMillan provided a definitive Discotec moment with his relatively unique 21st Century take on 1970s disco, which has been one of the rare examples of an intelligent juxtaposition of the old and new from any of the London scene's DJs. The club just keeps getting better and better, and I've been there a host of time recently, with a succession of Discotec 'virgins', all of whom have left gagging for more. And sign up for the text guest list - via their website above - as you'll get a text message every Thursday, giving you £5 entry all night. And if you're short of cash, you can get in for free before 11pm. There'a also a water fountain between the dancefloors, so you don't have to buy any drinks if you really are that short on dosh.
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Right, you can look at the Atelier page now...
