THE LAUNCH NIGHT OF GATECRASHER’S NEW MONTHLY ADVENTURE IN LONDON WAS A SELL OUT AND A TOTAL ROADBLOCK. THE ADVANCE TICKETS HAVING SOLD OUT, ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE, THE FIRST CLUB EVER TO DO THIS AT THIS PRESTIGIOUS LONDON VENUE. NEARLY 5,000 CLUBBERS TURNED UP HOPING TO GET THROUGH THE DOORS FOR THE FIRST LONDON SET FROM PAUL VAN DYK IN 18 MONTHS, PLUS TWO ROOMS OF MORE DIVERSE MUSIC FROM DEFECTED AND ENTER MUSIC. INSIDE, THE MAIN ROOM, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS ELECTRIC FROM THE WORD GO, WITH RESIDENT NICK RILEY DELIVERING SOME PROGRESSIVE HOUSE AND TRANCE WITH PANACHE AND WHIPPING THE CROWD UP IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ONE AND ONLY VAN DYK, WHO, AFTER LAUNCHING HIS SET WITH A PANT-CREAMINGLY SUPERB TUNE, PLAYED AN ON-FORM SET OF EPIC PROPORTIONS. STAYING ON THE DECKS FOR AN HOUR AFTER HE SHOULD OF DEPARTED. JUST WHEN THINGS WERE REACHING BOILING POINT ON THE DANCEFLOOR, UNANNOUNCED SPECIAL GUEST GUY ORNADEL APPEARED BEHIND THE DECKS, AND PROCEEDED TO SEND EVERYONE OFF THEIR ROCKERS, ROUNDING OFF THE NIGHT IN FINE STYLE WITH THAT GATECRASHER CLASSIC, ‘WE ARE ALIVE’. IN THE DAKOTA BAR ENTER MUSIC WERE CHOPPING OUT THE DEEP & DIRTY CHUNKY HOUSE GROOVES TO THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND A PACKED DANCEFLOOR, EVEN THOUGH THE CARPET MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GROOVE. WHILE DEFECTED BUMPED UP THE BASSLINES IN THE STAR BAR WITH HARJ AND SANDY RIVIERA PLAYING TO A PACKED FLOOR RIGHT UP UNTIL SANDY HAD TO BE DRAGGED FROM THE DECKS AS THE ROOM WAS CLOSING. AS EVERYONE TROOPED OUT TO FACE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT 6AM AND THE SUNLIGHT THAT SHONE ON EVERYBODY, THE GRINS TOLD THE STORY. WE CAN’T WAIT ‘TIL THE NEXT ONE.