August 07 issue - Out In The City

JUICY PRIDE
The torrential rain that
characterised most of
last month’s Pride day
festivities continued
well into the night, so
it’s no small mercy that Fire
enjoys a location adjacent
to the relative sanctuary
of a railway arch, which
afforded the hordes of
glammed-up clubbers that
had turned out in force
a little shelter from the
driving rain.
Fire has enjoyed a degree of
extensive notoriety of late –
perhaps not for all the right
reasons – but it’s post-Pride
official celebration, hosted
by the team that bring you
pumping Saturday-nighter
Juicy, was proof enough
that the capital’s coolest,
campest and muscled-up
club kids show no signs of
wavering their support for
the venue that brings you
those hi-octane non-stop
whoppers.
The night featured four
rooms of fierce and funky
sounds. Gonzalo, Paul
Martin and The Oli mashed
up the funked-up uplifting
vibes on that lunatic main
floor, while Sean Dickson
and David Jimenez mixed
up more of an electroinfused
and bass-driven
set in Room Two. Over in
the LightBox, Stevie B kept
our hands in the air with an
uplifting set that sent the
temperatures soaring – just
the way we like it at these
massive all-night parties!
Specially-customised
and rainbow-coloured
projections were paraded
across the venue’s recentlyadded
plasma screens,
and the extra-camp
glittered-up Brazilian
go-go contingent gave us
a streaming, saucy set and
left us lingering over their
writhing torsos with keen
and hungry eyes… where
do they find them, eh?
If you’ve not been down to
Fire recently, expect to see
something in the way of
jaw-dropping makeover.
The smaller dance arena
has long gone, replaced
by a swanky, woodpanelled
‘Fire Lounge’ bar
area that wouldn’t look
out of place in Soho. The
Lightbox proved to be
one of the most popular
rooms – with a full-on
light assault on your senses
with a full 360-degree
light-changing experience.
Most of the toilets have
seen a vast improvement,
and the club’s connecting
thoroughfares have been
spruced up – did anyone
else trip the light fantastic
in that amazing colourmorphing
corridor between
the Mirror Arch and the
LightBox?
As is always the case
with Fire, it’s the eclectic
mix of clubbers that give
its rotating programme
of events the edge over
other nights in the capital,
and added international
elements attracted to town
by Pride added to the
madness levels.
‘We can’t thank our regulars
enough for supporting
us over Pride weekend,’
Fire’s scorching First Lady
Megan told us. ‘And a huge
thanks to all those guys that
were only in town for the
weekend and chose Juicy’s
Pride party as their official
after-party – it was an
honour to entertain you all!’
As night gradually turned
into day and the club
magically morphed into
a special post-Pride Later
before our eyes, our
attention turned to the
garden, when the sun
occasionally managed to
break through the clouded
skies that characterised
the month of July, and we
remembered why Fire, and
all the club promotions
that sail within her, are
responsible for so many of
the mind-blowing nights
that the scene has to offer.
Check out Juicy at Fire, South
Lambeth Road, Vauxhall on
Saturday 4 and 18 August.
The crew are also presenting
a special Bank Holiday Orange
followed by an extra-special
Later on 26 August. For more
details of Fire’s upcoming
events, check out the website
at www.allthingsorange.com
WORDS BY RICHARD TONKS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISJEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM ©