Chew The Fat! 11th Birthday

Chew The Fat! 11th Birthday

14 October, 2008
by: Austinraustin

Chew The Fat! at The End incorporates electronic music (and its related genres) into an orgy of love for all sounds technological, and for its recent 11th birthday party, Fat! showcased why it’s still one of the premier nights in London for electro fun.
  
The End's epic main room is where the action truly kicks off. Staccato strobe lights and booming dance beats punctuate the floor, lending themselves well to the careless club kids letting loose to the music. Everything happens underneath a laser display that would be considered cheesy if it weren’t so damn mezmorizing. Indeed, one of Chew The Fat's main strengths is its tendency towards hypnotism. Minutes blend seamlessly into hours, mirroring the electronic beeps and fidgets from the DJ booth. 
Tonight's skilled DJs highlight the repetitive aspects of electronic music in the best possible way, reiterating and replicating the most powerful bits from their tracks.

Electro heroes Duke Dumont, Micky Slim and The Rogue Element were the most recent hosts at Fat's birthday bash, and they certainly deserve the crowd of admirers lingering next to the music booth.  Everything about the atmosphere tonight adds up to something akin to a sensory depravation tank – in that the best moments come when immersed amid a crowd of like minded clubbers, all flailing to the same repeated musical baseline.

Without the labyrinthine corridors and passages of larger electronic clubs, The End benefits from a calculated, and perhaps even charming, claustrophobia.  As a space, the club has always been a venue that fosters anonymous intimacy with those around you. The End's relatively small size isn’t the only aspect contributing to this sense of community, though the close proximity to your dancing neighbours surely helps with the intimate feel. Rarely do you see anyone standing up against the wall; the majority of people attend Chew The Fat! to dance, not to pose. Thusly, the prevailing mindset is one of egalitarianism, not elitism.  Nights here are for the true electronic aficionado and not the fickle scenesters.
 
A lounge area offers some respite from the harder edge of the main floor, but still provides room and reason for dancers to keep moving. A smaller dancer area is featured here, surrounded by couches and tables for the club’s less kinetically enthusiastic patrons. Overall however, the décor plays a distant (and appropriate) second fiddle to the primary focus at Chew The Fat! – the music. 

Austinraustin