 | When you have a queue at the door before the first record spins, you know it’s going to be a great night. The doors opened at 10.00 to an excited flow of party people, a giant kiwi and a spotty dog. By the end of the opening sets both rooms were full of shiny, happy people, going hard all night. |
A Tidy night out with free CDs, energy pills, icepops, melon, and nine hours of tasty tunes across two glowing rooms. Highlights for me were the Untidy couple who had made their own shirts [front / back], meeting the lovely Paul Maddox [here with a veritable bevy of babes], and the last Recycled hour with all of the DJs mixing it up in the main room, dropping one tune each in a giant back to back. Big ups to Kyle Donegan & Chelfyn, Hoover Kitty, Phunky Dave, Nikki Six, Matt Camp, Jet Bradley, Justin Sane, Taz and Paul Maddox and all the crowd for a really top night.
Check out Twisted [set 1 / set 2] and Hardhouse (set 1/ set 2) for more photos.
Here's Justin Sane's review:
"Friday 23rd January saw Tidy's own Mad Dog, Paul Maddox, unleashed and left to ravage spectacularly on the thankful clubbers of New Zealand.
Tidy Trax New Zealand's second party at Cube couldn't have started more successfully with a queue of punters standing eagerly outside prior to the doors opening, Kyle Donegan kicked off the main room with a mixture of old and new tracks which drew people straight from the bar to the dance-floor before they'd even managed to get their first drink.
The TMet second room started on the same note, amidst the underwater UV decor bounced the familiar orange mohawk of Chelfyn churning out the funk to the ever growing crowd. Capacity had already reached good levels before midnight and thanks to the newly installed fans throughout the club everyone was keeping cool and happy, but that didn't stop people trying to raise the temperatures on the dance floor to the sounds of the delightful Hoover Kitty in the main room or the more laid back house of PhunkyDave in the playpen.
Just after midnight a large Dalmatian and a Kiwi crept through the club and started hugging various clubbers, particularly female ones and posing for photos. The lighting began to step up a notch with a blue laser piercing through the crowd whilst Justin Sane was building everyone up nicely with some hard trance and Tidy classics in time for the guest of honour at 2am.
Maddox stepped up to the decks with a triumphant roar from all those on the dance floor, excitement was at an all time high and as 'Candyman' wound down on the turntable everyone erupted with joy as JX's 'Restless' blasted through the speakers, there wasn't a unhappy face in the building. With temperatures soaring everywhere, fresh cut melon, ice blocks, t-shirts and CDs were handed out and Maddox churned his way through all the hits such as 'Azure Sunset' and a new remix of the forthcoming SJ & Babydoc track whilst a kaleidoscope of colour lasers pleasured all those dancing.
After a set which many proclaimed as one of the most upfront they had ever heard, local hero Taz took over to take the pace to another level, whilst Matt Camp and Jet Bradley kept up the magic in the second room and Maddox was happily left to attend the eager crowd which had gathered at the corner of the DJ box for autographs and record signings.
With smiles everywhere and our own Dalmatian and Kiwi dancing hard amongst the crowd, Nikki Six played the last solo set of the night and those remaining in the Tmet second room ventured through to the main room for the last hour with the final salute.
At 6am, we saw the launch of the Recycled Hour, all the DJs from both rooms standing centre stage together playing one last record and cheering each other along, even Maddox was there after choosing to spend the night and the crowd were showing their appreciation for every remaining minute - a salute which went down in style and at 7am the lights came on to a roaring cheer of appreciation.
All attendees received the highly sought after unreleased Paul Maddox album from Tw4 in the UK. All asked said that Paul Maddox exceeded all of their expectations and look forward to his return in the near future... To put it another way, a very nice party indeed!
Tidy Trax NZ - Keeping New Zealand Tidy!"
