If there was a place or club where other nightclubs went to party, I think Chinese Laundry would be it. It’s dark, a bit grimy, sometimes the floor can get randomly wet and the lighting seems to be stuck on the ‘porno red’ setting; but all this adds to the character of the place – a place where fond memories are forged and the music is consistently pumping. All this adds to The Laundry’s reputation as one of the biggest clubs in the country, and I’m not talking about the size.

The Others started as a duo, but Alex Crawford has taken a more prominent role in the project, releasing a string of hits on Caspa’s monster Dub Police label. These successes built upon their already stellar reputation that has landed them in the biggest and best clubs around the world, now it was Chinese Laundry’s turn.

The Others started by ripping the Spor/Far Too Loud-esq bass-lines Calvertron finished with, but took the music to dirtier places as the minutes ticked by. Somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes in, like the drop of a hat (or bass-line), the music took a radical, but not unexpected turn towards filthy wobbles, glitches and other sounds that make up people’s ‘bro’ take on dubstep.

The Others showed very little mercy towards the crowd offering nothing in the way of a breather. Skrillex and The Foreign Beggars track Still Getting It absolutely went off, backed up by tracks so fresh even the DJ was at a loss to name them.

The sound system in The Cave was, for lack of a better term, fierce. You could almost see the sound waves as they moved through the air, bounced off the walls and smacked into your toes; vibrating up through your body until there is nothing left but a tingling sensation where your brain used to be. I experienced this many times during the night in The Cave, first with Bigger than Hip Hop, The Ghetto House Refix played by Will Styles and continuing all the way though to close.

I think that The Cave had the pickings for the night, as it was where most were dancing. That’s not to say that The Laundry didn’t see its share of good times. In fact, although I did enjoy the dubby sounds of The Cave, it seems that my musical tastes were more suited for the main room, maybe I’m getting old but the slightly more mainstream house and electro was more for me.

The Humpday Project were good, they played some great party starting tunes and seemed to have a good energy between them when behind the decks; but I was particularly impressed with the set from local DJ A Tonez in The Laundry at 1 am. This was the first time I have seen the guy play, and he was worth every dollar.

I like a number of things about this DJ. Firstly, he has one of those, ‘I was DJ’ing in clubs before I was old enough to legally get in’ type stories, but secondly and most importantly, he performs like someone who has spent the better part of a decade honing their skills in front a crowd. There was a moment when he dropped the Far Too Loud remix of the Chemical Brothers Hey Boy, Hey Girl that was nothing short of brilliant. Using the scratch mode of the CDJ’s, A-Tonez let loose really showing off the depth of his talent on the decks.

Neon Stereo closed it out in the main room with a solid house and electro fusion. Numbers in The Laundry were stating to dwindle by this stage as the ground was beginning to show its age, covered in a concoction of god knows what, but tracks like: From Miami to Ibiza, Drop the Pressure and Levels by Avicii proved to be crowd favourites, giving the remaining people something to dance to before the lights came on and the music stopped at four am.