Roxanne’s Parlour had seen a massive weekend. All the leftover Halloween decorations, including the fanged DJ booth, were just managing to hold intact. Even the gear in the booths seemed to have been overworked, the audio technician being omnipresent throughout the night, constantly trying to make things function. Unfortunately for Roxanne’s Parlour, it was about to host the huge Boys Noize Records Night.

For a night as massive as it ended up, it definitely started off feeling like a Monday. The club was empty at the start. But then again, they started at 9pm. The upshot of this was that the early DJs played whatever they wanted. Kris Baha and Marco Polo played the most laidback set of the night, while in the Voltage side-room Ladylike was really into the “Do whatever you want” spirit of 9pm, playing the most eclectic set I’ve heard in ages.

Taking over from Ladylike, Simon Alexander gets the title of first DJ with a dancefloor, a gargantuan effort, given his pre-10pm start and that a CDJ died and was replaced mid-set. Also with a 10pm start in the main room, Harris Robotis was playing an extremely under-appreciated set. He rocked some tribal house as, in his own words, “it was too early to go hard. So I was keeping it casual”.

Glass Mirrors then stepped up, working excellently as a build-up into the headliners, dropping the massive Killing in the Name (SebastiAn remix). However, despite how epic the track is, it has a weird structure. This meant that Strip Steve & Das Glow’s start on the decks was awkward at best. They managed to recover quickly by playing lighter stuff than they’re known for, with a remix of Barbara Streisand absolutely going off. Their set was really packed with build-ups. Whilst weird to dance to, it was really insane for the energy of the night.

Carrying this insane energy over into his own set, Rynecologist stepped up to the decks. However, just as he did, the tech issues that had been absent for a while reared their ugly head again. Fortunately, they stopped almost as soon as they had started. Rynecologist’s set was unlike what anyone familiar with his Still Thinking mix-tape would have anticipated. That is, until he dropped a remix of Tiga’s You Gonna Want Me.

From there it was the Rynecologist everyone expected. On top of that, Strip Steve and Das Glow were still there, blowing an air-horns that only amplified the awesomeness.

When Rynecologist played his Come With Me remix, it was a definite high point of the night. “After that set, if I could live anywhere in Australia, I’d choose Melbourne. I love it here.” Demonstrating his love of Melbourne, after his set finished, he didn’t go into the back room, but instead hung out with a bunch of locals in the club.

With Rynecologist chilling out, the main room was in the hands of Mustard Pimp. I’d been hanging out to hear them play their Will Smith remix. They didn’t; which, whilst disappointing, definitely earned my respect for trying to avoid the label of “The guys that remixed The Fresh Prince”.

Finally Autodidakt started. As he said he “should’ve played earlier” when the exact same set would have gone off. He worked miracles, maintaining a respectably sized dancefloor right until close at 5am. There’s just something about finishing a massive night and walking outside right when the sun is coming up. It just feels complete. Five internationals is no small feat and the boys from Any Excuse pulled it off perfectly.