9pm Wednesdays
No COVER CHARGE
In a nutshell
Avalon The Hollywood playground docks at the Crystal Pavilion’s ground and second floors, opening a wide portal for legendary acts, perhaps a red-carpet star or two, and, er, Lindsay Lohan.
Pangaea The regional wing of global nightclub operator Michael Ault’s A-list ‘ultra-lounge’ – not your standard-issue discothèque, mind – aims to be Asia’s cushiest nightspot and a new nesting ground for the well heeled and fabulous.
Pangaea The regional wing of global nightclub operator Michael Ault’s A-list ‘ultra-lounge’ – not your standard-issue discothèque, mind – aims to be Asia’s cushiest nightspot and a new nesting ground for the well heeled and fabulous.
Cover
Avalon $35 on the door, unless there’s a special event (and no, entry to one does not allow you into the other – they’ve disabled the elevator going to all floors). $1,500 minimum on tables.
Pangaea $40 on the door. If you’re eyeing a table, be prepped to spend big – it’ll set you back between $1,500 and, er, $15,000 to reserve one (yes, one – specifically, the ostrich-skin VIP banquettes that are tucked away beside the DJ booth).
Pangaea $40 on the door. If you’re eyeing a table, be prepped to spend big – it’ll set you back between $1,500 and, er, $15,000 to reserve one (yes, one – specifically, the ostrich-skin VIP banquettes that are tucked away beside the DJ booth).
Area
Drinks
Avalon Standard liquor, draft beers and wines range between $15 and $23 per glass, while bottled Corona and Kronenbourg 1664 are $19 a pop.
Pangaea Ranging from $18 for a glass of Absolut to $9,000 for a bottle of L’Essence de Courvoisier. They also have a tight selection of bubbly (from $20 for a glass of Moët) and wines (from $20 for a glass of Kaiken Malbec).
Pangaea Ranging from $18 for a glass of Absolut to $9,000 for a bottle of L’Essence de Courvoisier. They also have a tight selection of bubbly (from $20 for a glass of Moët) and wines (from $20 for a glass of Kaiken Malbec).
Decor
Avalon Futuristic without feeling sterile, Avalon’s stellar glass-fronted view of Marina Bay is almost a second thought once you’re visually accosted by its warm, psychedelic strobe-and-laser lighting. A waterfall chandelier cascades from Crystal Pavilion’s scaffolded ceiling, and the two floors have ample schmoozing space surrounding the VIP couches. Friskier patrons can lose themselves on the dance floor and, if they’re feeling especially brazen, try waving like a loon to the spesh guest DJ perched on the unusually high console – not that it’ll get you noticed from up there (yes, we tried). The second floor doesn’t afford a view of the decks either – the moving light fixtures seem programmed to get in the way – but there’s a clear line of sight to the dance floor below.
Pangaea Safari swish. Revellers sit pretty on – and are encouraged to dance atop – luxe, genuine crocodile-skin couches, while cocktails picked up from the bar swathed in zebra stripes rest on millennium-old Saur Tree tables. Walls are also lined with African masks from founder Michael Ault’s personal collection, although the ceiling’s canopy of 20,000 rainbow-hued, glinting glass bulbs offsets the tribal theme. Even the floor staff are dressed to the nines – each svelte Pangaea Girl wears a stunning, figure-skimming, inky-blue Ashley Isham dress with a handmade pewter macrame strap.
Pangaea Safari swish. Revellers sit pretty on – and are encouraged to dance atop – luxe, genuine crocodile-skin couches, while cocktails picked up from the bar swathed in zebra stripes rest on millennium-old Saur Tree tables. Walls are also lined with African masks from founder Michael Ault’s personal collection, although the ceiling’s canopy of 20,000 rainbow-hued, glinting glass bulbs offsets the tribal theme. Even the floor staff are dressed to the nines – each svelte Pangaea Girl wears a stunning, figure-skimming, inky-blue Ashley Isham dress with a handmade pewter macrame strap.
Crowd
Avalon Look out for flashy Ku De Ta deserters, pretty young clothes horses (aka ‘the Abercrombies’) and (semi-) professional punters.
Pangaea Mainly frequented by the sophisticated, look-at-me rich and famous set, but the club’s bouncers are trained to keep a close eye on the mix – too many high-flying corporate types and your creaseless Zegna suit might be given a pass.
Pangaea Mainly frequented by the sophisticated, look-at-me rich and famous set, but the club’s bouncers are trained to keep a close eye on the mix – too many high-flying corporate types and your creaseless Zegna suit might be given a pass.
Music
Avalon The mega-club has a revolving door roster of weekly bigwigs – guest dance dominions have thus far included The Chemical Brothers, White Lies, Massive Attack, Shitdisco and Digitalism. On regular nights, local scenester residents Tony Tay and Effen spin wonky, big-room house, elliptical trance and breakbeats.
Pangaea Aside from occasional non-publicised mystery guests, resident house lothario Patrick Oliver spins slick, open-format sets featuring indie and hip hop, undercut with a spiralling seam of house synths.
Avalon and Pangaea are both at Marina Bay Sands, Crystal Pavilion South, 2 Bayfront Ave. For operating hours, click on the links.
Pangaea Aside from occasional non-publicised mystery guests, resident house lothario Patrick Oliver spins slick, open-format sets featuring indie and hip hop, undercut with a spiralling seam of house synths.
Avalon and Pangaea are both at Marina Bay Sands, Crystal Pavilion South, 2 Bayfront Ave. For operating hours, click on the links.
By Cherylene Chan
An exquisite Russian palace – resplendent in its gold-gilded glory – sits at the far corner of The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, hidden from the public except for a privileged few on its selective member list. A new addition to our flourishing party landscape, the by invite-only Dom Lounge may be situated close to nightspots like Spider Room, Avalon, Pangaea and Ku Dé Ta, but don’t expect it to blend in with the rest; in fact, it’s a decadent experience that’s glitzier than anything you’ve ever come across here – and it’s open both night and day.
Overlooking the picturesque Singapore river, the $3 million two-storey lounge features an extravagant interior décor made up of velvety red drapes, glittering chandeliers, plush armchairs and paintings on the ceilings – all influenced by early 19th century Russian Renaissance. It’s quite the opposite of its name – which means ‘home’ in Russian – unless you live like royalty.
Singaporean owners Lee Jia Jun, 25 – who used to run Arena, supperclub (now closed) and Soul (now called Club Embassy) after starting out as a club promoter – and Andrew Carver, 29 – whose past work includes heading up talent and artist management agencies, as well as organising corporate events and fashion shows – are no strangers to the entertainment and nightlife scene.
They’re already drawing in crowds easily to fill up the 17-table, 200-capacity space simply by word-of-mouth, with their contacts and friends on the members list. To them, Dom Lounge resembles a small, intimate living room with a cosy, communal feel ideal for close interaction, much like a ‘second home, but a very luxurious one’.
‘We wanted something a bit different from everything else in Singapore, so the idea originally came from pre-communist Russia, where everything was quite ostentatious,’ Carver explained. ‘The word “dom” also has a lot of connotations with things like Dom Pérignon and a lot of high society words, so we thought “dom” really made it feel like home.’
With Russian culture still relatively unfamiliar to Singaporeans, there’s a definite draw to this place. Fashioned by both Lee and Carver, who hired an interior designer to breathe life into their ideas, the start-up process took more than a year, from sketching out designs to scouring locations to hiring staff.
Not yet open to the public – other than a private preview party in December of last year – the lounge is aiming for an official launch sometime after Chinese New Year, after which the public can grab spots on the coveted member list (up to the owners’ discretion), with a minimum spend of $50.
Putting an emphasis on high-quality service and premium liquor choices – a bottle averages $300 (for Dom Pérignon and Grey Goose) and cocktails start from $20 – the club hopes to attracts an older, more international crowd, mixed with the cool and hip who’ve got plenty of dough to spend and enjoy chilling out to music without being jostled around on the dance floor.
During normal nightlife hours on the weekend, from 10pm to about 1am, the vibe leans toward a sexy, deep house, funky feeling, and as the night seeps in, the music turns into a more commercial set.
Dom Lounge’s residents-on-deck, DJ Amy – who’s spun at Avalon, supperclub and Arena, and DJ Joshua Goh, whose track record includesHelipad and BluJaz – are on hand to deliver wicked beats every Friday and Saturday. No international DJs have caught their attention yet, but keep an eye out for a variety of local flavours and their mish-mash of tunes, as well as various concepts for different hours of the day and possible themed nights on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Besides the raving parties at night, the place also morphs into Singapore’s very first Russian Tea Room during the day, offering Russian-inspired cuisine and delightfully aromatic teas from Eastern Europe for those who aren’t creatures of the night or who are simply curious about the exotic menu. However, they’re quick to set the record straight – don’t expect authentic Russian food, because it’s a tad too bland for most Singaporeans’ taste buds to appreciate. Their menu offers an array of dishes inspired by traditional Russian plates and spiced-up fusion blends.
‘There’s no place in Singapore – and I’ve seen this in a lot of places around the world – where they actually utilise the club in the day for something else,’ Carver said. ‘That’s what I wanted Dom to be – in the daytime it’s more of a lounge, at sunset like an afterwork champagne culture, and then later on, it progresses into an ultralounge at night.’
Certainly, that’s also where its regal décor and elegant atmosphere helps around the clock. As Lee says, ‘most clubs, when they turn on the lights, the whole thing looks a mess. But the way we’ve furnished ours, it looks nice in the daytime as well as at night.’
Singaporean owners Lee Jia Jun, 25 – who used to run Arena, supperclub (now closed) and Soul (now called Club Embassy) after starting out as a club promoter – and Andrew Carver, 29 – whose past work includes heading up talent and artist management agencies, as well as organising corporate events and fashion shows – are no strangers to the entertainment and nightlife scene.
They’re already drawing in crowds easily to fill up the 17-table, 200-capacity space simply by word-of-mouth, with their contacts and friends on the members list. To them, Dom Lounge resembles a small, intimate living room with a cosy, communal feel ideal for close interaction, much like a ‘second home, but a very luxurious one’.
‘We wanted something a bit different from everything else in Singapore, so the idea originally came from pre-communist Russia, where everything was quite ostentatious,’ Carver explained. ‘The word “dom” also has a lot of connotations with things like Dom Pérignon and a lot of high society words, so we thought “dom” really made it feel like home.’
With Russian culture still relatively unfamiliar to Singaporeans, there’s a definite draw to this place. Fashioned by both Lee and Carver, who hired an interior designer to breathe life into their ideas, the start-up process took more than a year, from sketching out designs to scouring locations to hiring staff.
Not yet open to the public – other than a private preview party in December of last year – the lounge is aiming for an official launch sometime after Chinese New Year, after which the public can grab spots on the coveted member list (up to the owners’ discretion), with a minimum spend of $50.
Putting an emphasis on high-quality service and premium liquor choices – a bottle averages $300 (for Dom Pérignon and Grey Goose) and cocktails start from $20 – the club hopes to attracts an older, more international crowd, mixed with the cool and hip who’ve got plenty of dough to spend and enjoy chilling out to music without being jostled around on the dance floor.
During normal nightlife hours on the weekend, from 10pm to about 1am, the vibe leans toward a sexy, deep house, funky feeling, and as the night seeps in, the music turns into a more commercial set.
Dom Lounge’s residents-on-deck, DJ Amy – who’s spun at Avalon, supperclub and Arena, and DJ Joshua Goh, whose track record includesHelipad and BluJaz – are on hand to deliver wicked beats every Friday and Saturday. No international DJs have caught their attention yet, but keep an eye out for a variety of local flavours and their mish-mash of tunes, as well as various concepts for different hours of the day and possible themed nights on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Besides the raving parties at night, the place also morphs into Singapore’s very first Russian Tea Room during the day, offering Russian-inspired cuisine and delightfully aromatic teas from Eastern Europe for those who aren’t creatures of the night or who are simply curious about the exotic menu. However, they’re quick to set the record straight – don’t expect authentic Russian food, because it’s a tad too bland for most Singaporeans’ taste buds to appreciate. Their menu offers an array of dishes inspired by traditional Russian plates and spiced-up fusion blends.
‘There’s no place in Singapore – and I’ve seen this in a lot of places around the world – where they actually utilise the club in the day for something else,’ Carver said. ‘That’s what I wanted Dom to be – in the daytime it’s more of a lounge, at sunset like an afterwork champagne culture, and then later on, it progresses into an ultralounge at night.’
Certainly, that’s also where its regal décor and elegant atmosphere helps around the clock. As Lee says, ‘most clubs, when they turn on the lights, the whole thing looks a mess. But the way we’ve furnished ours, it looks nice in the daytime as well as at night.’
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HAKUNA MATATA
Free entry for ladies incl. 3 standard drinks, $20 cover charge for guys incl. 1 standard drink
It’s a night of midweek epic fun every Wednesday, where the guys and girls get together for the big club experience. Inquisitive instigates the party with his unique blend of commercial tunes and radio hits, and nothing makes the music sweeter than $10 house pour drinks all night.
VOLUME FRIDAY - MUSIC. FIRST.
$25 cover charge before 11.30pm incl. 1 standard drink, $30 after 11.30pm incl. 1 standard drink
Following Avalon's worldwide reputation as the standard for the big nightclub experience and a beacon for world-class names (with residencies such as Sasha, Steve Aoki, and Erick Morillo), Volume Fridays presents top acts with an eye on breaking the newest talent along with International heavyweights, bringing you the best music, and bringing it to you first.
AVALAND SATURDAYS
$25 cover charge before 11.30pm incl. 1 standard drink, $30 after 11.30pm incl. 1 standard drink
Since its inception in 1997 , Avaland has delivered legendary Saturday nights to Los Angeles, marrying eye-popping productions with the world's top DJs. Touching down in Singapore, the formula for Avaland is simple; a fixture of the best talents coupled with ever-changing major production sets with vivacious live entertainment, to a crowd of seriously up-for-it party people.
MAD THRILLS
$25 cover charge before 11.30pm incl. 1 standard drink, $30 after 11.30pm incl. 1 standard drink
Hitting Avalon once a month, Mad Thrills features the biggest, baddest congregation of dance music aficionados and hardcore party fanatics, tearing up the dancefloor to the freshest selection of today's top EDM tunes. DJ Inquisitive brings everyone on an audiovisual adventure as he dishes out his eclectic mix of progressive house and electro with a complimentary side dish of dubstep and blood-pumping bass lines.
AVALON ON SUNDAYS
$30 cover charge incl. 1 standard drink
Drawing a fashion elite and industry crowd A.O.S. is the place to scene and be seen every Sunday. Look for weekly shows, special events, dazzling production, and guest Djs all making it a fast growing tradition to ending your week clubbing in style.
Come late evening, the place shifts gear into intimate mode. Shadows and candlelight set the mood. Indulge in champagne and cognac, under a star-lit sky or indoors thrilling to the state-of-the-art lighting and sound system, while rocking to the rhythms of world-famous deejays.
Enjoy live entertainment from some of the region’s most popular names with regular appearances by international artistes, adding to the local music scene and above all establishing KU DÉ TA as one of the hottest places to be seen and heard in Singapore.
Source: http://kudeta.com/singapore/
DIRTYBEAT THURSDAYS AT SOUL!
DIRTYBEAT is a weekly celebration of what it means to be young, wild and dripping in pop culture. Party it up with your BFFs in tow and bump to Guetta or gyrate to Enrique. Face-off with your frenemy right here with urban visuals and the exclusive street fashion showcases that drops when you least expect. Break out your Jeffrey Campbells, limited edition kicks and shuffle down to DIRTYBEAT.
House, Dirty Dutch, Electro, Hip-Hop & RnB with SOUL residents.
Ladies: FREE ENTRY all night with free–flow from 11pm to 1am (register BEFORE 10.30pm at the door for free-flow wristband)
Men: FREE ENTRY BEFORE 10 PM! $25 cover (incl. 2 drinks) applies thereafter.
Club rules apply. Strictly 18 years and above, no slippers and shorts allowed
House, Dirty Dutch, Electro, Hip-Hop & RnB with SOUL residents.
Ladies: FREE ENTRY all night with free–flow from 11pm to 1am (register BEFORE 10.30pm at the door for free-flow wristband)
Men: FREE ENTRY BEFORE 10 PM! $25 cover (incl. 2 drinks) applies thereafter.
Club rules apply. Strictly 18 years and above, no slippers and shorts allowed
Categories: Nightlife & Singles
Added: 9 Mar 2011 at 2:30 AM // Last Modified: Mar 15, 2013 at 09:04 AM
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