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The Gallery with Paul van Dyk... Reviewed Reported by josie / Submitted 13-06-05 12:27 Say what you like about Turnmills, but their Gallery line-ups get bigger and bolder every week. Armin and Ferry are regulars now... but Paul van Dyk? Lisa Lashes? Respect is due. The Gallery is a true force to be reckoned with these days. It surely can't be long before we see a Gallery night in Ibiza. Turnmills is one of London's oldest and most established clubs. Historical home to infamous night Trade, where Fergie got his break, the club hosts house, breaks and trance nights. The biggest and most successful of these is surely The Gallery — allegedly the only weekly event that is always full. Traditionally house and trance, The Gallery are edging into different sounds, including a visit from queen of dance Lisa Lashes on Friday 24 June, where she will rule over The Dark Room. Last Friday saw a rare visit from German megastar Paul van Dyk, and also an appearance from technical wizard Eddie Halliwell. The first big name up, however, was Adam Sheridan, the man who rescued Godskitchen vs. Goodgreef in Manchester earlier this year from abject, unmitigated misery. Judge Jules didn’t deserve to help carry this man’s record bag that night. Sadly Adam failed to hit the glorious, anthemic heights he conquered in the MEN Arena, and played… well, whatever it was it wasn’t trance. It took a few drinks to muster the courage to throw myself into the usual Turnmills über crush, meaning I wasn’t paying close attention right from the start, but it was neither pacy nor wildly exciting. There were some good tunes nonetheless, including Gabriel & Dresden — ’Alive’ and an incredible FSOL — ‘Papua New Guinea’ remix, which went a long way towards making up for the rest of the set. Things looked up considerably when the man himself took over the decks, with the most thrilling, glorious trance sound right from the first tune. Recently PvD has disappointed the true trance fiend (solely by leaning towards the prog and tech), but not this time. It was a brilliant, energetic, dancey set, including the tuff classic ‘Dark Roast’ from Sander van Doorn, Adam White’s ‘White’ (I think), Inertia — ‘The Chamber‘, Smith & Pledger pres. White Water feat. Melinda Gareh — ‘The Unknown’, and a U2 — ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ remix. It was much more crowd pleasing than usual, and still packed with depth and passion. PvD is at his best when he drops quite well known tracks simply because you’re just so chuffed to hear him playing them. Unfortunately, I think The Gallery has become a victim of its own success. Whenever a big name is playing, it’s ridiculously, stupidly, irritatingly packed. Even the back room was rammed at the beginning of the night, and at the stifling temperature of about 400 degrees. It quietened down a bit at about half two… following which they helpfully closed the back room. By the way, don’t get excited… the main dance floor never quietens down. To get a decent spot you must need to camp from the day before like for the Harrod's Sale. I always end up spending most of the night in the VIP room, and I used to feel guilty about it, but what can you do? I’ve come to the conclusion that you can either squeeze yourself in a spare square foot in the back room where someone will ‘accidentally’ feel your boobs every five minutes… or you can not bother. I think also in their keenness to book big names they’ve stopped viewing the line-up as an entity that must work as a whole. I couldn’t face the scrum to hear Eddie Halliwell I’m afraid, but I wonder how well his sound integrated into the rest of the night. He is undoubtedly phenomenally talented, but his addition to every line-up that can afford him is not always going to work. I dunno… I continually write less than enthusiastic reviews for Turnmills, and they don’t seem to care. ‘Hi it’s Josie… yeah I wrote that fairly scathing review of The Gallery... uhuh, and then ‘amusingly’ cast aspersions on your personal hygiene. So anyway… can I get some guestlist for this Friday?’ They always say yes. I’m thinking about hiding £100 in the club and ‘revealing’ where it is in a review and seeing if they find it. Obviously there’s some fairly immense logistical flaws in that plan but it is just a plan. Look… I’m not telling you not to go to the Gallery… it’s the most surefire way of seeing big names at a regular event, but I’m going to give it a rest for a while. Without even being able to see the DJ, it's just too difficult to get into the night, however good it is. But if anyone finds £100 under a seat cushion in the VIP room, it’s mine. Photos courtesy of vixta and the HF archives. Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By josie: It's the Generation game featuring Agnelli & Nelson, The Thrillseekers and Lange Peach at Heaven: Reviewed The Gallery at Turnmills: Reviewed The International Indoor Festival at SeOne: reviewed The double ender: interview with trance legends Darren Tate and Mike Koglin The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: northernlass on 13th Jun 2005 12:48.33 You've summed up perfectly why I have a love hate relationship with the place From: Dee on 13th Jun 2005 13:09.44 It's all about T2 @ the Gallery - I very rarely can be bothered with the big names in the main room, for all the reasons you've detailed. Hence I only go when there's someone I'm interested in hearing play in T2. From: Jurrane on 13th Jun 2005 15:16.52 Good review. Personally I thought Adam Sheridan was a little better than you gave him credit for, and PVD a little worse, but it was a quality night all the same. And to say the place was packed was something of an understatement..... ;-) From: Andy Dunford on 13th Jun 2005 19:25.00 Good review again and summed up why I won't go to the Gallery. Personally I think top DJ's but not in the top 20 are more interesting to listen to anyway. BTW, you didn't mention Marcos who was on late in the night - two people I know who went said he was the best dj that night. From: Tom Foy on 13th Jun 2005 21:51.12 Excellent review - i've decided to give the Gallery a rest myself for all the reasons you said - it was just unbearably busy and really took the edge off the night. Credit to Adam Sheridan though - I actually think he played the best set of the night. From: Hatsta on 14th Jun 2005 11:22.20 The Gallery the best dancefloor in London - when you can get on it - and its always at its best from 2:30am onwards, good review although there has already been Gallery nights in Ibiza, no ? From: LegendaryOne on 14th Jun 2005 12:41.09 Great Review. I always say I'm never going back to turnmills (becasue its so busy) then I do..... From: Pickled Pat on 14th Jun 2005 19:05.37 I might be wrong but I think The Gallery was in Ibiza a couple years ago. They were weekly at Eden... From: ED_case on 14th Jun 2005 20:05.37 You need to catch him at 1 of his huge Vandit nights in Berlin to truely appreciate the genius! From: vixta on 14th Jun 2005 21:02.17 Spot on review sweetie! I totally agree on the overcrowding issue especially with the distinct lack of aircon. The only way i got space on the dancefloor was with the fan, and only cos people were desperate for air! however with every cloud a silver lining - i went into the funky room for some space to hear a blinding set from desyn masiello (who i'd never heard of ) cracking end to the night Thanx for the photo credit babes Vxx From: BuzzLightyear on 15th Jun 2005 17:32.44 Another excellent review Josie. I think you managed to convey the irritation most clubbers have with Turnmills. I have had really great times at Turnmills and some real stinkers. My one pet peeve is the high ratio of punters&pullers versus clubbers that Turnmills attracts. From: Alan-Banks on 19th Jun 2005 19:17.38 Good review. I thought that Adam sheridan played a very well thought out warm up set. At the end of the day the night was all about PVD so he couldn't really bosh the tracks out as that would have stolen PVD's thunder. Turnmills got to be one of the smallest clubs that always book huge line ups. PVD in my opinion is better suited to Heaven. Awesome club with an awesome sound system which makes PVD sound even better. And there is space to move in there. From: Bagel on 21st Jun 2005 15:49.33 well written! From: Darz on 21st Jun 2005 17:53.53 The gallery has had a night in Ibiza, with Clockwork Orange.

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