Luxy scrape at the bottom of the barrel of cheap innuendo once more this evening, with a night entitled 3P which stands for '3 People', which in Chinese refers to threesomes. At least they are a smirk or two more original than the several dozen promoters across the island who between them can only dream up nothing more imaginative than sticking a pair of breasts on their flyers. Luxy instead have opted for facial shots of people with their eyes either blacked out or whole faces pixellated, a la Japanese porn, although we always thought that it wasn't usually faces that were obscured. We are promised raucous on-stage activities.
However, the club redeems itself in quite a big way tomorrow by sticking on UK DJ and producer Solarstone. He's most often billed as playing trance, but don't let that pigeonholing put you off, as he does have an impressive pedigree, having released his first track on the Hooj Tunes label in 1997. Solarstone's also released a new anthology, entitled, er, Anthology One.
For those still iffy about the word 'trance,' it's electro house a-go-go as Vice deliver their May installment at Hips tomorrow night. Resident Schism will be on hand as always, and the United Nations of Funk people are keeping it fresh yet again with two new guests. DJ Fratzuki will need little in the way of introduction to readers of this column, famed as he is as Taipei's favorite after-hours captain of the decks; Elements has been on the scene for a while but hasn't been playing out all that much of late.
Tonight, Hips will be hosting a Foam Party which may sound like the dullest form of cheap titillation, especially given the flyer has the standard picture pair of breasts on it, nipples cunningly concealed by foam, along with pictures of people at a foam party that is most definitely not at Hips.
No tawdry pictures on the flyer for G-Meet at Club Jump, no sirree. Just cartoons of quite frighteningly well-built guys and it's a men-only night, no less. Party starts at 11pm, with DJs Michael Hsu, Steven, and Stone keeping the music "happy and dark" which sounds like an oxymoron to us, but there we go. B1, 8 Keelung Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市基隆路一段8號B1).
Elsewhere tomorrow serious hip-hop heads have a choice of either the O'Brothaz's night at The Wall, while Baby Yu obviously liked Plush so much that he decided to come back this week.
The latest addition to Taipei's nightlife, Babe18, got off to a less than auspicious start last week. The little sister to Room 18 is reportedly aimed at the same clientele who frequent Lava, particularly the crowd that prefers to frequent drink-all-you-can nights. It's in Warner Village, at the former Barcode location, B1, 18 Songshou Rd, Taipei (台北市松壽路18號B1). After opening on Wednesday night a fire in the kitchen on Saturday forced the basement night spot to close. The Vinyl Word understands that the joint will reopen within the next month or two.
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