Friday got off to a good start, hooking up with top UK producers John "Snowy Raphael" Venpin and Lukee, with whom we may collaborate on future tracks. Many other good connections were made including Sweden's number one hard dance producers Reactive Records, Gunnar Siewert of top German production house F228, 6:am's DJ Michael Flume who gave us copies of his wonderful album 'Agolele', Drizzly Music's A&R man Faris Al-Hassoni, Dimitri De Wit of top dance label Black Hole Recordings, and Lisa Blofeld from London's Neo Records.

An entertaining evening ensued in the company of John and Lukee, who agreed that no visit to Amsterdam would be complete without a quick stroll around the city's Red Light district. The area is located in one of the oldest parts of the city, so it was purely for architectural reasons of course! Photography is definitely not allowed, as Charlie soon discovered after being warned in no uncertain terms by one of the not so friendly pimps.

John and Lukee ran out of steam after a few hours in the Glasshouse Coffeshop, so we proceeded alone to the Escape club to catch superstar Dutch DJ Marco V. Once finally past the unfriendly staff, the hard monotonous music and druggy crowd were in stark contrast to the uplifiting vibes of the previous evening and after barely a couple of hours it was time to escape from Escape...

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A rainy morning in Amsterdam	A post Coffeeshop John and Lukee looking remarkably composed
The Red Light District...	...giving a whole new meaning to "window shopping"
Marco V 'IN CHARGE' @ Escape	The lights were the best thing about Escape
Sarah takes a liking - or should that be licking - to Master Wong's CD @ Escape	Some lovely ladies @ Escape