Frenzy and Destiny with Charlotte Birch, Ed Real, Jon Doe and Technikal @ The Old Firestation
Saturday 17th March 2007

Frenzy went back into the Old Firestation to do another spot of hard house in the second arena. This time we were the guests of Destiny and THC who had a massive hardcore line-up that night. Check out our review below:

The Destiny vs THC with Frenzy flyer

Destiny's Child kicks it off

This month it was DJ Wilma, our very own Destiny's Child, who kicked off the proceedings in the Frenzy room. Given that the theme of the evening was hardcore in the main Destiny Arena, it was no surprise that Wilma decided to go harder than you'd normally expect for the first set of a Frenzy gig... as usual though he didn't disappoint and set the night up perfectly for what was to follow... hard house madness of the highest calibre featuring some of the leading DJs in the scene.

Frenzy conquers the Firestation yet again

Jon Doe spreads the love

Next up into the Frenzy hot seat was the hard dance stalwart Jon Doe who does so much for the music we love, and we felt some of that love on the dancefloor on Saturday night! Jon's known for having quite a hard style so it was just as well he followed Wilma! However, it was all mixed up very nicely with a little bit of bouncyness in the basslines.

The Frenzy cyberkids were out in full effect

This is Alf's house

Following on from Jon Doe was rising hard dance superstar and Winchester boy, Alf Bamford aka Technikal. Alf's well known for his groundbreaking productions which he blasted out, but at the same time keeping it nice and varied with good fun-time tunes, with some wicked hooks and vocals in... hard house, with 'house'. How it should be done.

Alf Bamford aka Technikal

It's Charlie time!

Following Technikal was the formidable Charlotte Birch who brought his last record to a halt and then kicked off with a Prodigy remix. The floor was rocking at this point and Frenzy was at classic peak time. The remainder of Charlotte's set led nicely into our residents' bouncy hour as Big Al and Cheeky Scott turned up.

Charlotte Birch makes her Frenzy debut

They gave us the Pot Noodle horn

A load of hard house classics followed including some dodgy bootlegs, for example, 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' and the obligatory '9Bar'. At this point there were party poppers going off and someone had even brough their Pot Noodle horn with them... all good fun! Scott and Al were quality as always and Alan was his usual hectic self behind the decks, he had to have a long sit down afterwards though!

Big Al trys out his new hand puppet with amusing consequences

Defective but effective

The Defective boys took over from the Frenzy crew at this point as RSL and Jason had their turn. Some quality hard house from the boys, in particular a few Rachel Auburn numbers which always shake the Frenzy crowd up. They fitted right into the Frenzy ethos which is basically have a good time behind the decks!

RSL and Jason Chance from Defective

Father Ted's a salty sea dog

Last, but by no means least, we had Ed Real make his record 5th Frenzy appearance. He'd just been gigging on a boat party so still had his sea legs on when he turned up, but soon shook off the nausea once the crowd welcomed him. He opened up with a few monster tracks and then carried on in his usual style with a little bit of old skool flavour.

Put your hands up for the Bournemouth hardcore massive

Quality night... with more to come!

As another successful night drew to a close the news was out that Frenzy would be paying a couple of more visits to the Old Firestation in the coming months including the return of the mighty Anne Savage... and it really doesn't get any better than that.

Frenzy clubbers tend to build up an appetite

Frenzy's next date is our charity night at the Empire Club with Jody Osman, Kym Ayres, and Jon the Baptist. Check our events section for more info.