samui
08-12-2003, 11:20 AM
I want to tell you all a bit about the bar i'm opening, in the hope that if any of you travel out this way, you'll consider bringing along your records too.
It's on an Island called Ko Samui in the gulf of Thailand, the Island next to Ko Pang ngan which is famous for it's full moon parties etc. Samui is a great island, and has some good bars, and great parties of it's own, but what it's lacking is somewhere that plays good house music. I'm hoping to change that.
The bar is two floors, downstairs aircon, upstairs will be open with fans. The frontage is 12m, and it is 14m deep, thats over 150sqm per floor, so it's a fairly decent size, not massive, but big enough.
The whole of the 12m frontage on the ground floor will be glass, 12mm like a trendy shopfront, this is because the street is pedestrianised, and anyone who knows Thailand, knows it's a great place to people watch.
Inside the floor will be teak, and the bar tops will be black marble/granite. I'm having all the furniture custom designed too. The dj box will be at the opposite end to the entrance, and the bar on the right had side. There will be no pillars inside, as the roof is being reinfored with steal to hold the wieght of the second floor. That way it'll one nice open space..
The toilets are upstairs, and are also made out of black marble, sinks, urinals etc. Theres a second bar upstairs, and a terrace which overlooks the street below. The street below is a crazy street called soi green mango, anyone who's been to chaweng in samui will know it, this bar is at the top of that street, next to a few other disco's, but all the rest are open air, so sitting upstairs will be a great place to watch whats going on around you in this crazy place.
I have a few people who live here who have good vinyl, and they will dj. But what i'm looking for is people to come over for maybe a month or two at a time and be residents while they're here. That way we can keep it fresh, and have more varied music, unfortunatley good vinyl is impossible to get here! Basically anyone with good vinyl who can mix is welcome, those who've been to Thailand are probobally already packing their record bags, but for those who havn't been there, I kid you not, I will show you the time of your lives.
Also any big name dj's who are traveling out this way to work in singapore, malaysia, hong kong etc. if you fancy coming down here to Samui to relax for a few days on the beach, and spin a few tunes, let me know, it'd be great to get a few of you over here. A few have already expressed an interest, if you fancy checking out Samui, let us know, so we can sort something out.
If anyone has any questions please ask away.
It's on an Island called Ko Samui in the gulf of Thailand, the Island next to Ko Pang ngan which is famous for it's full moon parties etc. Samui is a great island, and has some good bars, and great parties of it's own, but what it's lacking is somewhere that plays good house music. I'm hoping to change that.
The bar is two floors, downstairs aircon, upstairs will be open with fans. The frontage is 12m, and it is 14m deep, thats over 150sqm per floor, so it's a fairly decent size, not massive, but big enough.
The whole of the 12m frontage on the ground floor will be glass, 12mm like a trendy shopfront, this is because the street is pedestrianised, and anyone who knows Thailand, knows it's a great place to people watch.
Inside the floor will be teak, and the bar tops will be black marble/granite. I'm having all the furniture custom designed too. The dj box will be at the opposite end to the entrance, and the bar on the right had side. There will be no pillars inside, as the roof is being reinfored with steal to hold the wieght of the second floor. That way it'll one nice open space..
The toilets are upstairs, and are also made out of black marble, sinks, urinals etc. Theres a second bar upstairs, and a terrace which overlooks the street below. The street below is a crazy street called soi green mango, anyone who's been to chaweng in samui will know it, this bar is at the top of that street, next to a few other disco's, but all the rest are open air, so sitting upstairs will be a great place to watch whats going on around you in this crazy place.
I have a few people who live here who have good vinyl, and they will dj. But what i'm looking for is people to come over for maybe a month or two at a time and be residents while they're here. That way we can keep it fresh, and have more varied music, unfortunatley good vinyl is impossible to get here! Basically anyone with good vinyl who can mix is welcome, those who've been to Thailand are probobally already packing their record bags, but for those who havn't been there, I kid you not, I will show you the time of your lives.
Also any big name dj's who are traveling out this way to work in singapore, malaysia, hong kong etc. if you fancy coming down here to Samui to relax for a few days on the beach, and spin a few tunes, let me know, it'd be great to get a few of you over here. A few have already expressed an interest, if you fancy checking out Samui, let us know, so we can sort something out.
If anyone has any questions please ask away.