Someone said to me that the party vibe had died in South London. I prefer to think things go in cycles. Clubbing must be shooting up to replacing the old growth all the time. So where is this re-birthing of the cosmic Brixton clubbing entity happening now?



Well, once a month, you might see a huge day-glow queue snaking up to the Brixton High Road. It isn’t too hard to find it. An acid tinged anaconda beckoning you towards its subterranean lair for a hypnotic promise of all out crazed fun. You’re a little bemused and excited as anticipation hints at the joys you could possibly be waiting for. Then you’re in; a complex of rooms and annexes, hidey holes and dance-floors. Bright lights and neon edged electricity underline the atmosphere to define a club wound up, ready to explode in to the night. Ibiza Underground is spread across three clubs in the heart of Brixton.



The door closes. Your silence is broken. Your mate comes in, short skirt, blonde hair in a pony tail and little vest top. She plonks herself down on the sofa, grabs the remote and presses pause on your clubbing dreams. “Hang on! We’re not going there..” she moans, “It’s forty five quid to get in”



“Well” says I, floating in on my Buddha cloud of imagined wit and self indulgence. “That may well be the cost, but let’s remember – all your drinks are free. North London? Its taxi, travel, entry fee and with the score left from all that you’ve got enough left for two red bull vodkas.” At Ibiza Underground you can drink like a fish, no money changing hands means no waiting at the bar, really no waiting at the bar – instant service, which ultimately means more time to party.




So you’ve dodged a bullet with the whines and you’re in the party. The place is so massive you square up against the wall as a boulder chases Indiana Jones out of the toilet. You don’t recognise him of course because he look’s different in his neon t-shirt with a days-of-acid smile, you might even say the boulder‘s a figment of his imagination. The place is pulsing like a porn star ready to pump it up and blow off some steam in a hedonistic splash of party sensation. It’s like the music is in the walls of the club, everyone is grinning, caught up in this crazy hypostasis of fun, mirth and madness. Everyone talks to you; everyone’s got something to say and bit of cheeky chat in their back pocket.



What really counts isn’t just Wiley in his new single, it’s the music. Like a Henley high end dealer, I’m just going to pick out the best stuff. The best DJ of the night was without doubt Aaron Le Doubles and was the main act. Kid and play hair and trousers a little bit too tight in the fashion define our hero. Purple jacket and joker smile, the guy’s already dripping with style than The swimming pool at the Playboy Mansion. Now, one doesn’t like to bandy around terms like “superstar in the making”, so I‘m not going to. In every scene there are places and spaces, full of faces, but when you see this young hustler of the beat electric it will take the words clean out of your mouth. I stood in the DJ booth watching art pour out of his fingers; every single detail, every timbre, every note was accounted for. A dynamism and energy evoked from nowhere, like a summoned breeze. Again the music slams, rises, and falls, the crowd locked into the DJ and the DJ into the crowd. To say I’m impressed would be like saying God looked over his creation after seven days and went “yeah, it’s alright”. Watch the name; by my reckoning its going more places than the Internet, Aaron Le Doubles, superstar in the making, and yeah I did just say that. He wants to Double it up.



The rest of the music has a little bit of something house and electro to it. The music policy hits pretty much hits the spot. You can tell by the way people can’t stop dancing that I’m not alone in this thought. I’d like to go out more these days but I’ve come to expect such a high standard from clubbing. If there’s one little thing that’s not right I’m off home. Surprised, I stay at this club from about Ten till Five. Taxi back home and the good mood I’m in lasts and lasts and lasts. So much so I have time to sit back and relax on the sofa and philosophise. As I am doing now, reclining and lining up the tantalising morsels of the night.



Everything goes round in circles; life, death, and even the wheels on my mate Gary’s 50CC Vespa. Some twenty years ago we had the ‘Summer of Love’ and the Dance music explosion. There was a new feeling up in the air, people had fun without boundaries, there was a breaking of the mould that was different from opening the door on a student’s fridge. I’ve been on this scene for years, and some times I think we’ve lost our way. We’ve become too caught up in what’s conventionally cool, or we go out not to have fun or let go, it’s just the thing to do on a Saturday night. Not at Ibiza Underground, it’s good like Dance music come home, the re-emergence of that old time party vibe with the don’t give a expletive as long as we’re having a good time attitude at altitude. Get yourselves down there and grab a slice of it before you miss at and everyone’s talking about it for the next twenty years.



Peace out.

Great review Jack.

Damn straight! The vibe in this place is unreal, simply the best crowd to play to in London, always up for it, always partying!

When I became resident in the new Minimal Techno room at IU, I was a little dubious to think that people would understand the music I was playing but as the months have gone on I have noticed a big change, partiers understand what I'm playing I get requests for some real underground labels, for example; in July I had Marc Houle's new track 'Sand' requested, which, I didn't even have at the time so the guy who asked for it was even ahead of me!

For me, playing at IU is refreshing and it will only continue to grow.

INVITE BUDDS!!!!!

Done!

ahhhhhh go on then I will I will I will!

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who said that? haha

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I with you on this one!!
The first time I ever went it was AMAZING my eyes lit up and my chest was pounding!!
I've played to some crowds but in the balcony room thats just something else! The crowd are nuts!! The whole atosphere is crazy!!
It is something you can't really describe in words. It HAS TO BE EXPERIENCED.
Just make sure if your going you bring as many friends as possible!

That may well be the cost, but let’s remember – all your drinks are free.

not so much of a bargain if you dont drink when clubbing...like me.

I just don't get this night. What's with all the neon shit going on? How is that underground? I happened to be in Brixton at 6am one Sunday morning and the crowd just looked like a bunch of Klaxons clones. Sorry but just doesn't seem like it's worth the money to me.

JackofKats i did not give you permission to start posting again

It's Underground coz the music wicked. All new beats!!!

The colour is not what makes it underground, thats what makes it fun.


And i think that is why the night works so well, coz people who don't get it stay away and we have loads of FUN!


9pm till 6am - FREE DRINKS and an amazing DJ line up over 4 rooms with FULL stage shows playing all things house. All that for £30 if you are a girl and £40 if you are a bloke. That's pretty good value in my book.

It is £20 to get into Ministry or Fabric and then i spend at least £50 to £100 on drink.

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See you on the 20th!

obviously i make the viideos for IU so i'm biased but i've introduced a lot of friends to it that are now regulars. if you like to have a few drinks in a club it can get pretty expensive fast here you dont have to care just pay your money then have ya fun care free. like G said easily spend £100 on the bar some places.

but non drinkers lose out...i just drink cans of coke...and maybe only spend £12 on myself, but prob another £20 buying for others

Well it aint exactly aimed towards the non dirnkers anyway lol

It is aimed towards ppl who like to have a drink and want to hear good music. U cant please everyone.

Well if that is what you spend you would still save money

£20 entry + £12 on cans of coke + £20 buying drinks for mates = £52, but at IU that would be £40.

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Another great thing is you can buy your ticket when you get paid and then know you have a whole night out already paid for on the 3rd Saturday.

i'm more the traditional raver type and prefer other stimulants thanks, but i see where you are coming from Dirty Angel

Fair play dude. You're certainly selling it well. I'm not sure I could handle that many people in neon sunglasses, but maybe I'll come and check one out, if nothing else to see Aaron Le Doubles who sounds shit hot from jack's review.

he most certainly is, all the other residents put on a good show too.