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Ok, here's my review.... went with a friend, her brother lives 2 blocks up 46th, so clutch. So a short walk to the club around 10:45. About 30-40 people in line that early. Since all the talk of a horrible opening night for Morillo, we decided to get there early. After about 25 min, we were inside. Surprisingly, the security were really friendly, all the way into the club. The will call went smooth, and before we knew it we were walking up the infamous steps. Once inside... it basically looked like Sound Factory, with a face lift. The bars were redone, alot nicer... the 2 showers upstairs opposite the bar were def an interesting addition. Several table areas upstairs... but overall, still looked virtually the same as before. The DJ booth is now on the main floor, and it has a nice lounge area behind it. One thing that I first noticed, when walking down to coatcheck, was how clear the system sounded on the dance floor. They must have really sunk some cash into it, because it was real crisp and clean. Anyways, the crowd was definitely different. Seemed like alot of newbies to clubs, which I didnt really mind. There were very few guidos or juceiheads, and I'm happy to say no one had their shirt off. I definitely think that Friday night scared alot of people away from Pacha, but that's not a bad thing, if they were trying to get rid of the old SF crowd. Jose Nunez was definitely on point as an opening DJ. He was playing alot of classic house, from late 90s, and throwing in some newer stuff like Ian Carey's Say What U Want. He kept the energy up, until Angello came up at about 2am. I almost didnt recognise him w/ the baseball hat on. He started out w/ a couple electro sounding tracks I didnt know, but they were banging, then he dropped the Drill, and the speakers started to bleed from that point on. He dropped ton of his own productions... such as Teasing Mr Charlie, Not So Dirty. He also hammered a shitload of his remixes... Sweet Dreams, Geht's Noch and Royskopp's What Else Is There. He also tweaked the shit out of Tocadisco's remix to In Your Arms. Overall... there wasn't much of a vibe in the club, but everyone on the dancefloor was having a good time. I had to jet at 4, because my friend was just too tired... so I didnt get to hear Sebastian Ingrosso. Not sure how late the night went... I overheard the bouncers saying it would probably go until 6am. I was definitely surprised the night went as well as it did... the music was the whole reason I was there. I heard people complaing about a dress code on Friday night, but I saw plenty of people wearing jeans and sneakers. I wore Pumas myself, and didnt have a problem at all. Hopefully Pacha will continue to bring talent to their venue, and the other problems should take care of themselves...

p.s. - Anyone who slept on this night missed out on a tremendous night of music for NYC. Hopefully Swedish House Mafia will be back, and with a couple more members.

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Ok, here's my review.... went with a friend, her brother lives 2 blocks up 46th, so clutch. So a short walk to the club around 10:45. About 30-40 people in line that early. Since all the talk of a horrible opening night for Morillo, we decided to get there early. After about 25 min, we were inside. Surprisingly, the security were really friendly, all the way into the club. The will call went smooth, and before we knew it we were walking up the infamous steps. Once inside... it basically looked like Sound Factory, with a face lift. The bars were redone, alot nicer... the 2 showers upstairs opposite the bar were def an interesting addition. Several table areas upstairs... but overall, still looked virtually the same as before. The DJ booth is now on the main floor, and it has a nice lounge area behind it. One thing that I first noticed, when walking down to coatcheck, was how clear the system sounded on the dance floor. They must have really sunk some cash into it, because it was real crisp and clean. Anyways, the crowd was definitely different. Seemed like alot of newbies to clubs, which I didnt really mind. There were very few guidos or juceiheads, and I'm happy to say no one had their shirt off. I definitely think that Friday night scared alot of people away from Pacha, but that's not a bad thing, if they were trying to get rid of the old SF crowd. Jose Nunez was definitely on point as an opening DJ. He was playing alot of classic house, from late 90s, and throwing in some newer stuff like Ian Carey's Say What U Want. He kept the energy up, until Angello came up at about 2am. I almost didnt recognise him w/ the baseball hat on. He started out w/ a couple electro sounding tracks I didnt know, but they were banging, then he dropped the Drill, and the speakers started to bleed from that point on. He dropped ton of his own productions... such as Teasing Mr Charlie, Not So Dirty. He also hammered a shitload of his remixes... Sweet Dreams, Geht's Noch and Royskopp's What Else Is There. He also tweaked the shit out of Tocadisco's remix to In Your Arms. Overall... there wasn't much of a vibe in the club, but everyone on the dancefloor was having a good time. I had to jet at 4, because my friend was just too tired... so I didnt get to hear Sebastian Ingrosso. Not sure how late the night went... I overheard the bouncers saying it would probably go until 6am. I was definitely surprised the night went as well as it did... the music was the whole reason I was there. I heard people complaing about a dress code on Friday night, but I saw plenty of people wearing jeans and sneakers. I wore Pumas myself, and didnt have a problem at all. Hopefully Pacha will continue to bring talent to their venue, and the other problems should take care of themselves...

p.s. - Anyone who slept on this night missed out on a tremendous night of music for NYC. Hopefully Swedish House Mafia will be back, and with a couple more members.

Nice review,I was at Roxy for DJ paulo.I'll check out Pacha in a week or so.

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I agree that the club basically looked the same as Factory...it seemed like about all they did was hang up some mosaic mirrors and paint some of the walls red. The second balcony was really nice...so weird to walk up there and not be overrun by huge juiceballs with blowouts. The sound system is another story...it is amazing! I was pretty disappointed by the music, I thought the electro part of the set really dragged on, but the crowd was loving it. From "Work this Pussy" on I loved it. As for the crowd...when I got in (around 11:30) it was REALLY beat...just not an attractive bunch. Lots of older people...nothing wrong with that except I felt like my mom was about to walk in, and I prefer a more mixed crowd. A guy wearing a shirt with the Pacha cherries on it was definitely a bad sign. I guess they had no choice about having a tough door after Friday, but they definitely let anyone in. I was all dressed up in heels and most people were in tee shirts and sneakers. Around 4 some Factory heads showed up to check out what they did with the place...including a dude that I'm pretty sure was JP in his old booth...did anyone else see him? Aside from the sound system I was pretty disappointed overall..it was a fun time, but nothing special. I was expecting there to be awesome dancers, and the only ones I saw were the shower ones (which were hot but how much can you do in a shower) and these girls that were all painted white and basically just did weird poses for awhile. Are they going to do anything with the 4th floor?

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I agree that the club basically looked the same as Factory...it seemed like about all they did was hang up some mosaic mirrors and paint some of the walls red. The second balcony was really nice...so weird to walk up there and not be overrun by huge juiceballs with blowouts. The sound system is another story...it is amazing! I was pretty disappointed by the music, I thought the electro part of the set really dragged on, but the crowd was loving it. From "Work this Pussy" on I loved it. As for the crowd...when I got in (around 11:30) it was REALLY beat...just not an attractive bunch. Lots of older people...nothing wrong with that except I felt like my mom was about to walk in, and I prefer a more mixed crowd. A guy wearing a shirt with the Pacha cherries on it was definitely a bad sign. I guess they had no choice about having a tough door after Friday, but they definitely let anyone in. I was all dressed up in heels and most people were in tee shirts and sneakers. Around 4 some Factory heads showed up to check out what they did with the place...including a dude that I'm pretty sure was JP in his old booth...did anyone else see him? Aside from the sound system I was pretty disappointed overall..it was a fun time, but nothing special. I was expecting there to be awesome dancers, and the only ones I saw were the shower ones (which were hot but how much can you do in a shower) and these girls that were all painted white and basically just did weird poses for awhile. Are they going to do anything with the 4th floor?

Lots of older people? wait a minute I still go out clubbing and I'm 42 years old. :)

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Lots of older people? wait a minute I still go out clubbing and I'm 42 years old. :)

as I mentioned I have no problem with people of any age (I'll probably still be going when I'm 42 :)), but I really like when the crowd is more mixed (all ages, gay/straight, etc.)

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i'll add my 2 cents....

they have THE MOST reeediculous sound system ive ever heard in a ny club. even better than arc/vinyl's system.

the crowd was dissapointing though. seemed like too many preppies, not enough real clubbers. hopefully it will pick up when they bring bigger dj's.

i was shocked that they didnt frisk u when going into the place.

and lastly...attention women!!!!; its december, its 20 degrees outside....why on earth were so many women wearing open-toed shoes....and complaining how cold it was?!??!?!

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i guess the old saying isn't true....

what goes on in pacha, stays in pacha

haha sooo true...4th flr is also where the stripper OD at least the comotion took the attention away from my drunk friend puking in one of the ice buckets lol I feel bad for the guy next to us who spent $3k on bottle service...crazzzzzzy

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haha sooo true...4th flr is also where the stripper OD at least the comotion took the attention away from my drunk friend puking in one of the ice buckets lol I feel bad for the guy next to us who spent $3k on bottle service...crazzzzzzy

i wouldnt feel bad for him... if you spend 3k on bottle service you're a moron and deserve worse things than the club shutting down early

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