Motez - Chinese Laundry

Last night we went to Chinese Laundry, a famous electronic dance club in Sydney, situated on Kings Street just near Darling Harbour. I set up a guest list in my name and added everyone to it which gave us $5 off entry. We all had a few drinks in Kellie and Adam's flat, and then took the bus into town to get there for around 11.30pm.

The club is one of the biggest and longest running clubs in Sydney and attracts a lot of attention from famous DJs all over the world. Luckily, because of the guest list, we were able to skip a fairly long queue and everyone got in easily - apart from me because I had forgotten my ID! I managed to sweet talk the doorman with my British accent, explaining that I was new and 'please could he be nice because I had brought at least ten people with me to the club', and although he tutted a lot, he kindly let me. A huge relief as otherwise it would have been game over for me...!

The night that was on was hosting 'Motez', and then the resident DJs 'Peking Duk'. Motez is 'one of the freshest electronic producers since Flume' and comes from Adelaide. He uses a lot of 'garage-infused funk house' with lots of instrumental elements. Peking Duk are two boys from Canberra who were voted In The Mix's top 5 DJs to watch in 2013 and play a lot on a popular radio station out here called 'Triple J' (the equivalent of Radio 1 for us).  

The night was so much fun and it was great to get out with everyone to listen to some decent music for once. We made sure we had a proper look around the club as it's famous for it's decor inside, and particular the large 'garden' smoking area. There were some fairly strange people around, and we tried our best not to let our British accent be heard as people would stick to us like glue if they realised we were English! We partied until 3.30am and then decided to head back - making the amazing discovery that the buses run all through the night!? 

Despite it being pretty expensive, even with a guest list, I'll definitely be back in the not-too-distant future.

I woke up at 1pm today and really should be getting on with doing my RSA and sorting out what work I have to do for my lectures, so better be going....

B