funky floor fillers First stop was 'Chunk@phunk' at the lovely Po Na Na. We arrived just after 10.30, when the dance floor was empty but the club was gradually filling up to the sound of some appropriately chilled yet dirty funky house from Crofty (Paul Croft). Originally an invites-only private party, 'Chunk@phunk' is now open to the general public (within reason!), but it has retained its refined intimacy and select clientele.  | | 300 people jammed into III |
Furthermore, there are none of the cliques that you might expect from a club night born in this fashion - the crowd seemed a genuinely friendly bunch. Over the hour that we were there, the tunes gradually grew more chunky and funky and after a few guaranteed floor-fillers like '24 hours', the dance floor was jumping and the party had begun. Alarmingly attractive At 11.30, after a short stumble down Park Street, we arrived at 'Naked' at swanky new bar III. III's impressive interior made it the perfect venue for this sexy, classy soirée. The club was already mobbed - 300 people jammed in like alarmingly attractive sardines. Deepgroove duo Lee Pattison and Grayson Shipley were serving up beautiful summery vocal house, and were joined by Bongo San (or Anthony, as his mother knows him) on percussion.  | | A* worked the Scream crowd into a frenzy |
The Deepgroove boys recently received the accolade of 'Mixmag Future Heroes', and they were certainly reading the crowd perfectly on Sunday night - as soon as the first strains of tunes like 'Higher Place' were heard, the crowd went ballistic. Perfect finale A little reluctantly, we left at 12.30 to head down to 'Scream' at The Station, where the party was already in full swing. The funky room was on fine form, playing perfect crowd pleasers like 'Do Your Thing', but eventually we dragged ourselves away and into the main room. Here, A* was working the crowd into a frenzy with the latest stomping hard house, including a brand new tune he's just produced with Matt Williams. The top room wasn't open but the main room was thankfully much cooler (and less sweaty!) than it has been at recent 'Scream X12' events. BS2 picked up where A* left off, giving us even more banging tunes, such as Shark Boy's 'Night-time'. Nick Sentience's 'Afro Tekno' provided a perfect finale, but 3AM came around all too quickly. As always, the Scream crowd was desperate for more. We could have carried on 'til Thursday! | 
