Fabric

"The club for non-clubbers"

Added Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Leila Hawkins

The super clubs have been dying a slow death for a while now. The closure of King’s Cross’ very own mini Ibiza, consisting of The Cross, The Key, and Canvas, along with Turnmills and soon to follow The End, have given way to smaller, bar cum club ventures, particularly in Shoreditch, which at the moment is host supreme to the best parties every bank holiday.

Fabric however, is defying these trends by remaining, alongside Ministry of Sound, as the club of choice for visitors to London and those unfamiliar with the clubbing world. Despite being able to play host to some excellent DJ’s, there is always a sense that most of the crowd really have no idea how they ended up there, which sometimes, can be a very bad thing.

I have only been to Fabric three times, once on a Friday, to one of their Fabriclive sessions (often featuring the lads’ preferred forms of dance music: dub step, drum & bass or breaks) and twice on a Saturday. Friday was a mish mash of suburban office workers who’d stayed in the pub for too long and got dragged to the only London club they’d heard of. Renowned electro DJ Felix da Housecat played, but you wouldn’t have known as it wasn’t possible to hear him above the constant chatter and the crashing of breaking glass, this in spite of the main room boasting an impressive sound system.

Both Saturdays were a case of different clothes, same attitude. The multitude danced but looked around at others for approval, knocking into each other throughout. People miserably huddled up on sofas, others passed out on tables. There was no one smiling and an awful lot of spilt beer. Was anyone having a good time?

Clearly Fabric are making too much money to want to give up the ghost just yet, and alongside the club they also run a successful record label; compilations of DJ’s who have performed here, some of which contain very good mixes. Personally, next time a DJ I like plays here, I’ll be buying the CD instead.

10 out of 10 stars

a few weeks ago i went to fabric with three friends, one of which had been before and recommended it. We queued for nearly an hour and a half in the rain but it was worth it! This club has something for everyone, you can rave it up to the drum n bass or relax on the sofas and beds or get high on the floor! Although the crowd is very druggie there was no trouble and everyone was so friendly and just doing their own thing. we stayed until the morning and got the train home, amazing nite! going again soon (although this time we might get advance tickets to avoid the queue!) x