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After two very successful summer events at Oval Space, Fever 105 returned with a new series of 'intimate spaces' for a back to basics, Halloween - themed disco night at the cool, underground 70s influenced venue - the 'Mule Bar' in Shoreditch. This event was much smaller than the normal Fever 105 parties and the venue hosted around 300 disco lovers, whom came dressed for the occasion in a variety of different spooky outfits. The intimate space consisted of a groovy yellow patterned dance floor, surrounded by various retro sofas. It was the perfect environment for the original disco scene trying to be created. Two seriously good selectors - DJ Red Greg & Mafalda were hired to spin rare groove, soul, funk and disco all night long behind the rotary mixer, which resulted in strictly good vibes only. First to be in control of the vibes was London-based, Portuguese DJ - Mafalda, whom co-runs Melodies International alongside Floating Points, specialising in releasing ...

Ministry of Sound has been constantly hosting amazing parties for over two decades now, and on the 30 th of September, it was time to celebrate 26 years of grooving all night at one of the best clubs in the UK. When a club of this magnitude hosts a birthday party, you know you’re in for a special night; especially when the disco don that is DJ Harvey is at the helm; all night long. Following his so called legendary nights at Pikes and various other clubs in Ibiza throughout August and September; he was straight back to business, behind the decks for his 3 rd residency this year at Ministry. Having visited ‘Phonica Records’ for his album launch party the night before, Harvey told me he was excited to return to Ministry, and that it was going to be a great night. He was once again situated in ‘The Box’, a magical room filled with various different coloured lights shining in all directions, reflecting off disco balls and identifying groovy silhouettes through the smoke. Playing in room...

Fever 105’s ‘Summer of Love Disco Festival’ back in June was a special night for everyone that attended, as the disco spirit funked each individual’s soul; helping them to groove the night away. Due to the large success, huge anticipation and excitement loomed as they announced their next summer event – ‘The History of Disco Festival’. If the name and description of the event ‘a super groovy showdown of everything disco’ didn’t excite one enough, the fact that Fever 105 announced the headliner on the night to be hacienda disco legend – Greg Wilson sent interest through the roof, as they completely sold out Oval Space once again. Having arrived at around 11pm, the disco was already in full swing with the Credit to the Edit DJs (Derek Kaye, Peza and Henry Greenwood) providing funkadelic vibes with some classic disco such as Loleatta Holloway’s ‘Love Sensation’, whilst also playing some insanely good re-edits of other disco classics such as ‘Last Night a DJ Saved My Life’ (Indeep) a...

On Saturday the 17th of June, the phenomenal venue, that is Oval Space, welcomed an enormous party for funk and disco lovers from all over to attend. Fever 105 were in control and produced a superb line up including expert disco spinner – Kon, the Fever 105 live band, which was reminiscent of the old school motown groups, and the Menendez Brothers who have come a long way since starting DJing where they grew up in Columbia; and kept the energy high with their impressive record collection as the party came to a close. The venue was excellently transformed into a 70s style-disco. The colourful environment contained various gleaming disco balls surrounding a humongous one in the middle which many were mesmerised by. The dance floor felt like it had been filled almost to perfection, as there were many disco lovers inside but also plenty of room to dance and have a good time. The outside smoking terrace, which famously looks over the iconic Bethnal Green gas holders, had al...

On Saturday the 22nd of April, Horse Meat Disco headed back down the South of England for another unforgettable evening for their much anticipated popular residency night at Patterns; a fantastic little venue which hosts a wide range of wild parties, hosted by some of the most talented  DJs around. There are two floors, the top is mainly a bar where you can  chill out and go out into the smoking area, however there is also a dance floor and a variety of local to well known DJs play more chilled out tunes here, which still bring great vibes. J-Felix is a popular support DJ often seen here, and was supporting on the night. Horse Meat Disco were situated downstairs in the basement, a great environment for a good time. This area is dark and intimate, with many flashing neon lights and a couple of magnificent disco balls to add to the perfect environment for dancing and having a good time; it was of course packed out with all kinds of different people. In t...

On Saturday the 8 th of April, 2017, DJ Harvey kicked off his European tour with his first residency in the south banks of London at a lively disco in Ministry of Sound. Upon arrival, it was evident that this was going to be a night to remember, full of disco loving groovers from all over. The streets were dead, but the club was alive with it's own electric atmosphere, and the gleaming disco ball; situated outside, enhanced the enormous excitement that surrounded the event. Harvey was situated in ‘The Box’, a medium sized room, packed out with disco balls ranging from all sizes, but all equally as stunning when hit by the lasers that were protruding the room. This room united all kinds of different people, whom all shared the same love in the music. There were 60 year old men climbing up on ledges to dance by the speakers for hours on end, various different glittery and colourful outfits on display, and people from various countries who had gathered to see this living legend pla...