The clubbing scene got a little bigger over the weekend with the opening of The Face, which has taken over the basement real estate once occupied by Sonic Lemon. Lemon was a dance-past-dawn drug hangout that left a sour taste in your mouth.
The Face is its saccharine-sweet antithesis, with a day-glo dance floor and purple velvet couches. Proprietors of the club are pimping the same top-40 hip-hop heard most everywhere. The drinks list starts with NT$200 Cokes and goes north from there.
Another piece of real estate -- ?albeit a virtual one -- has also undergone a facelift. Djtaiwan.org has spruced things up and added a media upload center for bedroom jocks to have their stuff heard. They've also been co-operating with Expat Radio in Taichung to stream local electronic music.
"Other sites, like Urban People and Taipei Night Life offer a service, but we're more interactive and community-based," said the site's administrator, Ben Goran. Check out www.djtaiwan.org to see what they now have going on.
Tonight there are a couple things on offer, starting with Aston Harvey and MC Sir Real at Luxy. DJ Aston is one half of Freestylers, who have sold half a million records, appeared on Top of the Pops and opened for Lenny Kravitz.
Down the street at JPop Cafe is the Awaken drum 'n' bass party. J-Pop (7F, 98 Zhongshiao E. Rd.
Taichung's Disco Revenge headliner, Andrew Ford, takes it further south to Fusion Groove Lounge in Tainan (483 Yunghua, Sec. 2
Tomorrow night's promising parties on the radar include The Joint, brought by eclectic impresario Marcus Aurelius. He's closed down a roller rink, nearly toppled a tea house and is now gonna boogie with the boys. The Source (1-2 Roosevelt Rd, Sec 1, Taipei (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號) is a gay bar, but with all you can drink for NT$350 (NT$500 for guys) there are sure to be at least a few skirts show up. Some might even have women in them.
Coming up are Ice-T and Afrika Islam at MOS, Friday, July 15; Japanese drum 'n' bass giant DJ Aki, at Partyroom, Friday, July 15.
* Darren Emerson, at Luxy, Friday, July 22.
* Summer Aquarian 2005 Beach party at Baishawan, Saturday, July 23.
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