Thursday, September 13, 2007

One Crazy Night in Singapore

After no actual gigs in Singapore (but lots of useful jamming and networking) we were nearing the end of our stay when suddenly two brilliant offers came our way... Ministry of Sound, with resident VJ Mo Selle and DJ Godwin; and also Goldie, yes GOLDIE at a small but very hip club called Home. The problem? Both on the same night! What to do? Toss a coin? Nooooo! we didn't want to miss out on either. So, we did what we've done before in desperate times - Jasper and I split to do two gigs at the same time.

Although I would have loved to co-VJ with our good friend VJ Mo Selle, Jasper was really keen to VJ for DJ Godwin at the Ministry of Sound. Also, since I was sick Jasper was more up for the equipment-laden dash between the two clubs at 1am. They're both on Clarke Quay, but on opposite sides of the river.

As you can see, it was a pretty quiet night (everyone was at Goldie!) but Jasper had a really good time VJing with Mo and Godwin.

Meanwhile at the Goldie gig, I was having one of my most enjoyable VJ sets ever. We'd spent 2 days in the hotel room prepping as we knew this gig would need a LOT of fast, gritty visuals. We'd been shooting street art in Singapore as we like to use local content - and funnily enough one of the shots was of an artwork done by Perth street artist Yok. Small world!

Look to Goldie's right... the best seat in the house - a webcam :P

Kat VJing for Goldie... Goldie's known as the godfather of Drum n Bass / Jungle and he certainly lived up to the title. The beats were hard, fast and dark all night long - and he played for over three hours! Note to self - find out who the MC was, as he was excellent. Hope to upload some video of the set as it really was an awesome gig - one of our best.

..and kinda getting in the MC's way. But he was very nice :)

Jasper got one good shot of Goldie.

We were too busy to go and get drinks from our Rider, so the fab tech Chris delivered... A jug of Red Bull and Vodka, with straws. Best rider evvvvahhh!

The night at Home Club closed with DJ Ming, who spun a very cool set. Although we were fading fast by then. At 5am we said our goodbyes and went back to the Hotel - flying out the next day, and have to check out by noon. Arrrrrgh!

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