Last
night Nation Nightclub hosted a revival of
90s rave culture with Cream Reunion.
I
dropped by to the Liverpool venue with a gang of friends and watched
the AWESOME X-Press 2 on the decks. You might recognise the name from
this 2002 classic.
It
took less time to drive there from Manchester than it did to actually
find a parking space in Liverpool once we got there, but we
eventually got parked up and dived into Fleet St Baa Bar. Good eye candy.
We moved on to Nation after a drink. At first I thought we'd got
there too early as there was no queue on the door, but the club-
which was a lot smaller than I thought- took a long time to populate
and never filled. The cool air let me keep my blazer on for most of
the night, which was the last thing I'd have expected for a club of
that type. I'd imagined it as being a similar size to Amnesia in
Ibiza, home to the last Cream night I went to.
The club itself is a classic rave venue- probably a former cotton
mill or warehouse, cracked stone floors, overhead metal piping.
I
recognised the odd song here and there, like this one:
But a
lot of it was lost on me, I'm afraid. Unlike The Warehouse Project in
Manchester, there was no information on set times so nobody- not
regular customers or bar staff- who had any idea who was playing.
Good company and some good music. I plan to spend more time in
Liverpool soon. Great city.
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