Birthday Madness Review

Well what can i say but sorry guys for my slightly prolonged absence. Its been nearly two weeks since my last confession on here and what a bonkers two weeks its been. If you've been following this blog regularly you'll know that a couple of weekends ago it was my birthday so in true C.D.P style I've been partying big-time.

Telefunken on Friday the 17th was one of the clubs most amazing parties yet and crikey i seem to find myself saying that after each one. Outstanding sets from Hoss Wilson, Alan Gray had the ever lively Telefunken crowd going crazy. Even a fire alarm evacuation halfway through Alan's set couldn't put a damper on things. Then Eddie Leader stepped up to take the roof right off. Awesome show all round!!! I'd like to thank all the crazies who ended up partying back at mine afterwards as well for all the birthday wishes and the efforts folks made to join in the fun.

On the Sunday Morning i headed to South Queensferry to take part in the annual charity abseil off the Forth Rail Bridge. One of the craziest ideas i think i've ever had and definately one of the most hair raising experiences of my life so far. When you're still feeling a bit ropey (excuse the pun) from a weekend of excess, dangling 165ft up from the nations most famous landmark is a hell of a way to shake off the hangover. Even halfway down i still couldn't believe i was actually doing it. I did however complete the drop and raised nearly £200 for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.

The following Saturday i was off on another adventure, this time my destination was London for my first clubbing experience in the UK Capital at Saved @ Matter, O2 Arena. After some quality banter and a few too many drinks on board the train down my mate Tracey and i headed to Campden town to for a bite to eat at Gordon Ramsay's York And Albany restaurant where we were meeting up with head chef and friend of ours Colin. The food was utterly amazing and the staff were all very friendly. Colin then joined us for a night on the town and when we arrived at Matter we were somewhat overwhelmed by the scale of the place. With a capacity of 2600 the club was at least double the size of the previously largest club venue i've been to!

We all spent most of the night in the smallest room upstairs but with a capacity of about 700 it wasn't really that small.

The original House Gangster DJ Sneak, aided and abetted by his old pal Derrick Carter, was supplyin some of the dopest, funky, ass shakin beats and rhythyms to a crowd of well up for it revellers. Tune after tune of pure house music indulgence made even better by the incredible sound system made this one hell of a night and one i'll remember for a long time to come. I was also very pleased to finally meet some other die hard house fanatics whom i've known through Facebook and Chicagohousefm for ages but never actually met face to face until Saturday, Travis Kell, Safe Smokingroove, Sista Stroke, Attilla The Hun and Big Mikee as well as the rest of the crew. All in all this was a fantastic trip and i can't wait to do it all again hopefully sometime soon.