Poor DXO.

A good location, big-name DJs, quality music, strong drinks and yet, no crowd. Tom Stephan aka Superchumbo wasn't too bad last night. Though it was dirty, twisted house, it wasn't getting me grooving as much as dirty, twisted house normally gets me grooving at Zouk. The same held true for my other friends. To be fair, all of us at DXO were Zouk members, but we all agreed that DXO is a good club. The music spun is above average, the service is reasonably good, the drinks are affordably priced (one Long Island Iced Tea costs S$20) and reasonably strong (I think I'm still feeling the combined effects of that one LIIT and fatigue 12 hours later), the facilities are nice and clean, there's a food court right next door and you can get there by public transport easily. And yet, it's still not crowded. We finally concluded that DXO is, quite simply, drawing the wrong kind of crowd.

True, there are people out there who can go clubbing anyway regardless of the kind of crowd found at the place or the number of people there as long as the music is good. I am not one of them. I'm not saying I club to socialise with other people. I club to have fun alongside other like-minded people, which is why the crowd is so important to me. It doesn't matter whether I know those people as long as they and I are having fun, (potentially alcohol-fuelled) bonding over the great music. In fact, that's how I met my boyfriend.

In any case, I wish DXO the best. I may be a Zouk member but there's something sickening about the notion that Singapore isn't big enough to be able to sustain more than one mega-club.