Madrid La Nuit: the ABC of clubbing in the capital
LET RITA WORK _(Court) _
Once a month, It is the wildest session of the night in Madrid . Following the British concept of Tea Dance, it is enlivened by performances by transvestites and underground groups, recalling the style and spirit of the parties of the early 2000s (the famous En Plan Travesti). The session aims That Sunday afternoons stop being boring and that all kinds of actions related to glamor be generated, both artistically and in the club scene and fashion, to recover that style within the framework of the Madrid nightlife. All the Madrid “posturing” concentrated in a club . In addition, his party has prospered and is held in Valencia, Gran Canaria, Barcelona and Mexico D.F.
CLUB NO _(Bilbao-Quevedo metro) _
It is a session that continues with the clubbing hooliganism that was the mark of the old Nasti, aimed at the same "integral" indies, already more "older" and with less adolescent tastes. Music is the most important thing at Club No and on decks, CDs and laptops (they play in all possible formats), some of the regulars on the circuit: Eloi Leolento, Pedro Papel, Yayo V. Codesido, Expósito and Soft. Dance music at full rhythm and without prejudice. The ideal club (in the Clamores room: WITHOUT TABLES in the middle) for intellectuals who go out, partiers and nostalgic for the 90s and their gap.
The Clamores without tables, AND OLÉ
KLUSTER _(Bilbao-Church meters) _
It has become the quintessential gay club . In the Changó room, every Saturday his track is filled with testosterone. They all move in the universe of dance music with very lively sessions that go from dance-house to commercial tech-house, but with a point of quality that differentiates them from other types of clubs of the same type, which sometimes abuse the typical queer house tics. For young party boys and old men cycled who go from party to party.
INDEPENDENCE CLUB _(Sun-Tirso de Molina meters) _
It is a benchmark in the scene of commercial indie clubs in the capital . They have a varied and fun program, with the presence of national and international DJs and musicians in eclectic sessions that range from pop and rock, through indie-tronics, power pop or punk to mainstream or technopop. . Its theme nights and big band specials are highly recommended. of all time (although they end up being a hodgepodge of other things...) .
** GABANA 1800 _(Retiro metro) _ **
It's the posh temple of VIP character culture , who in places like this find discretion, security and exclusive areas to have some privacy when it comes to having fun. Its nights stretch to the sound of a careful selection of house, dance and Latin music, without entering the club culture at all and emphasizing more on the VIP room concept than on the disco paraphernalia . Another of the great attractions of Gabana 1800 is the large number of beautiful girls, with class and style who go there to have a drink to mingle with wealthy businessmen, aristocrats, soccer players or actors, who are seen in their private rooms dressed impeccable. Famous, classic nightlife and high class atmosphere in this classic of the Madrid night.
another level
** BEARBIE _(meters Gran Vía - Chueca) _**
It's the first pop session for bears, admirers, trans and night birds , where you can have a great time in the heart of Chueca, in a fun atmosphere. Recover the firecracker side of the bear tribe , which lately was dangerously mimicking the customs and uses of the so-called "musculocas", with house music sessions, "cycled" aesthetics, a lot of pose and little humor. The appointment is Friday and Saturday in long-play. A club with doses of cabaret, dancing and a bit of shamelessness.
JOY MADRID ** (G-Opera meters) **
One of the most traditional and prestigious clubs in Madrid. Through which the most cutting-edge artists and the most sought-after DJs have passed, who have turned this place into a place of worship for international socialites. For the famous wheel of lights on its stage, its cozy VIP boxes and its three super disco floors have alternated personalities from the world of art, music, finance and acting such as Roger Moore, Tina Turner, The Kiss, Boney M, Miguel Boyer, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Cher, Brad Pitt, Lola Flores, Javier Bardem or Pedro Almodóvar . In its thirty years of existence, Joy has hosted all kinds of events (La Antimoda, the Shangay Express Awards, movie premiere parties and concerts) and has been characterized as a nightclub where there is always a guaranteed atmosphere of celebrities, beautiful girls and cosmopolitan people.
WORLD **(Seville metro) **
It is a club capable of integrating electro, disco, funk, afro, trance, techno, minimal, Detroit and house in the same night. His maxim are sounds of funky spirit , in the broadest sense of the term, literally thrown onto the dance floor. Gerardo Niva, resident, promoter and alma mater of the club, takes care of the programming, and Agatha Lucendo is in charge of coordination, promotion and public relations with a master hand. It is, without a doubt, the benchmark for quality clubbing in Madrid.
** EIGHT AND A HALF _(meter Court) _**
It has managed to bring to the masses what in the 90s was rather a minority. Established indie-emo as a mainstream night style. They have earned this status in their own right, after making the thousands of people dance for more than a decade since they opened in June 2000. Almost all the national indie groups that are or have been stars have passed through its stage. Also a lot of international groups and DJs have passed through there at some point in the club's history: The Ting Tings, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Lady Gaga, Stereo Total, Franz Ferdinanz dj set... and continue in the same line.
Electronic Miss Kittin level
STARDUST **(Santo Domingo metro) **
Is he paradigm club of the new sound downloads and the most eccentric glam of the capital of Spain , recalling legendary clubbing venues such as the Lime Light club in New York. Also his club kids like Bali Valiente, Marco Punk, Mercury, Arsenic, Duke of New York or the Desirantes Machines are inspired by the genuine Michael Alig, James St. James, Gitsie, Jennytalia, Robert "Freez" Riggs, Richie Rich, Charlie Borrow "Dash", Amanda Lepore or RuPaul from the Madrid post-clubbing 2014.
ULTRAPOP _(meters Sol- Gran Vía-Callao) _
It's the weekly session. The Forbidden , a session that offers a selection of current, classic or timeless cult songs, but always non-stop dancing and promoting pop aesthetics to the extreme. A session with sparkles of gold, diamonds and fluorine, with aesthetic references to Keith Haring, Jeff Koons or the Valencian Team Limit . All engineered by the great transvestite artist La Prohibida, one of the most important electropop singers on the national scene. The environment is focused on an audience very modern or, boys and girls of all stripes may they always be guarantee of color, movement and avant-garde.
** VERSES _(meters Gran Vía-Sol) _**
It's an ultra-crazy monthly party where there's everything except prejudice when it comes to DJing. Lots of pop, lots of divas and lots of glamor , aimed at a very young "white trash" audience whose religion is fashion, tumblr, instagram, facebook, tuenti, youtube, reality shows and gossip magazines. It has been created by Pepino Marino and Crawford (Divinity bloggers, fashion trend setters, socialites, instagram stars and anti dj's known as the Trend Twins) and Pedriño (QCCMH reality television star, neo clubber, anti dj and stylist). A very cute trio whose musical tastes, culture and image would make any cultureta go gray. And it is that they pay homage to what for a progressive would be the least of popular culture in a session of anti dj's that is the nemesis of "serious" clubbing, and closer to a Disco 2000 passed through the sieve of the icons Iberian pop.
** HEART BAR _(Metro Court) _**
It is the retro-style cocktail bar of the factory of Sergio Ochoa , promoter and artistic director of Zombie Bar and Jacuzzi Club , which has converted an old Irish pub into a place that promises to be the new meeting place for the new generation of modernity in Malaga. All that classic vibe sprinkles it with works by avant-garde art from emerging creators, a very eclectic soundtrack on weekends with ‘moderneo’ DJs like Natalia Ferviú, Fidel Delgado.
Wood, craft beers and great potato omelette
HOTEL OF THE LETTERS CLUB _(Gran Vía metro) _
It is the fiefdom of the cool hunter María Arcas, always attentive to all the nocturnal trends that she brings to this hotel from Thursday to Saturday. Vintage rock, rap, pop, hip hop and techno vinyl sessions. She has introduced samplers and ultra-rare vinyl mixes to the world of DJs, and she mixes Technotronic with Tijeritas, or perpetrates thematic sessions for film and TV soundtracks in a sybaritic revival plan. A very sophisticated and quiet club in the middle of Gran Vía.
** FABULOUS CLUB _(meters Gran Vía-Sol) _**
On Fridays in the El Sol room, he has introduced the rocker/pop/tiki vibe with all its aesthetics and paraphernalia. As a resident (and in charge) is Silvia Superstar from Vigo , putting rock, lounge, wateke music, punk and retro, but also some "modernity" that should never be missing in a particular inferno disk that has brought other sounds to the disco apart from the electronic ones with special guest stars DJs like Carlos Areces, Mario Vaquerizo, Anita Supersoul... and spectacular pin ups like Lovely Libia. It also works as despues de of the Fabulous Bar.
CHICOTE MUSEUM _(Gran Vía metro) _
It has always been one of the essential cocktail bars on Madrid's century-old Gran Vía, but this season it opens a new direction with its sessions at the Sunday brunch: "Sundays are something else" with celebrity DJs playing live as Alaska, David Delfin, Bimba Bosé or Mario Vaquerizo . It is the nerve center of all the most glamorous parties in fashion, cinema and show business. In Chicote, cell phones burn with so much selfie and "famoseo".
** PARADISE CLUB _(Chueca metro) _**
It is “the session of an independent, self-sufficient collective that works as a cell, changing the way of creating, promoting clubbing”. A club full of modernity by the hand of dj Agnes La Sucia , with mid-tempo music that stems from the Belgian underground scene called "popcorn", recovering dark soul hits, or more abstract Deep House sounds, tending towards techno and minimal, and _downtemp_o electronic music. And also concerts by indie groups. Vanguard in Madrid.
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