Full Tilt@The Electric Ballroom

The Electric Ballroom is one of the places I'd always meant to go to but it took three years in London before I finally got round to going. And I wish I'd been sooner. Although this is strictly a review of Full-Tilt, the venue is an inextricable part of the night so a little about that is in order I think... The Ballroom is a fantastic venue. Size-wise it's almost spot-on. The main dance floor is pretty big by usual club standards and the ceiling is fairly high up. This means that i) you can wave your arms / legs about as much as you want with a minimal chance of hitting someone if you're careful, ii) you can breathe while doing so and ...

Camden's Electric Ballroom, plays host to all manner of events throughout the week, and an indoor market on a Sunday, but for the purposes of this review the main event is Friday night's Full Tilt club night. Best summarized as 'The Devil's Ibiza' Full Tilt is a great mixed 'alternative' night - two dance floors, the smaller upstairs room playing punk and metal based sounds, the main downstairs focusing more on the dirty electro side of things - EBM, 'industrial', segueing into electro, dance, and generally ending up somewhere in the full on gabba corner. The sets are also incredibly boring - when I was going regularly it ...