It started with an off the cuff remark about a well known scene celebrity…”oh her, she doesn’t live far from the corner of glamour and trash”. Couple this with the infamous Aubrey starting a new night with Industri Queen Minty at the hip soho club DIU…I was asked if I wanted to make up a threesome and help come up with some ideas. Marrying my Glamour & Trash comment with a new night wasn’t hard, and the name G&T (Glamour & Trash) was born.
G&T Tuesdays @ DIU
Glamour & Trash is the new night presented by Aubrey of ’Salon’ fame, along with his former co host Minty and adding scene DJ Brent Nicholls into the mix. They have come together on a Tuesday night to put together what may seem strange bed fellows but are actually hot and cold on the same barometer. Glamour & Trash, or better know as G&T is about fun. It’s about funky and disco house. It’s about being glamorous while teetering ever so close to the edge of being trash, but still keeping your dignity and composure. And it’s about clubbing with your friends, peers and those who you want to club with…sure there is an aire of exclusivity about it…and deservedly so!
The venue, DIU, is a trendy underground club with laser doors, 3D illusionary lighting, a powerful sound system and a warren of alcoves and corridors where one can be glamorous or trashy….or move between both!
The music will be an uplifting mix of funky house, disco dipped grooves and vocal tunes. Nothing too hard, nothing to wiered, just a perfect soundtrack to get down, get up and groove to. The DJ roster will feature guest DJS from the new stable of DJs that are looking for a chance to express themselves. Brent Nicholls, have always been a supporter of new DJS and G&T is an opportunity for these DJs to express themselves within the music direction of G&T and to hopefully open a door for them into the DJ world. Brent Nicholls will be the cornerstone of the G&T music policy and there will also be special guest surprises from some of the scenes biggest names.
Aubrey experience in club promotion is well established and is best known for his long running Salon night. Minty is the scene’s most established, well recognised and best loved host. She has appeared on the doors of not only Salon but Crash, A:M, Matinee London and Industri ensuring that the quality and the clubbers experience is second to none.
With the team Aubrey, Minty, Brent Nicholls they hope to make G&T a club for Soho socialites, glamour-funkers, friends, the drag elite and for all those who like to live close to the corner of Glamour & Trash…you know who you are!
FACEBOOK GROUP is invite only, so if you would like to join, get in contact with either MINTY, AUBREY or BRENT NICHOLLS.
Clubbing: Rupert Street
Rupert Street is a trendy bar in the hart of Soho. Like Soho it attracts a variety of gays from the various villages from the twink to the hunk and all is that is in between. Generally it is the domain of the nice ‘Abercrombie’ type, some hooker types (it is Soho after all), plenty of Brazilians…essentially it’s pure eye candy! You won’t find Vauxhall trash here.
DJs are usually on Friday, Saturday & Sunday and includes some of the best ones on the scene playing their own hot vibing tunes. Alessandro Londra is the main resident and the co-ordiantor of all the DJs which I am happy and proud to be part of.
Since it is a bar, many pre-parties are held here for some of the bigger clubs like SuperMartXe and WE. The bar sidesteps the politics and is always up for a fun time.
The bar staff are lovely and friendly, the atmosphere relaxed and the venue has a almost ‘Ibizan feel’ to it’s decor. Opened to 23.45 (you have to be out by midnight) it is perfect for a social drink or a pre club warm up.
Rupert Street, Soho.