1. Steve Aoki ft. Wynter Gordon-Ladi Dadi (Tommy Trash Mix)
2. Avicii & Nicky Romero – F*ck School (No ID) (Danny Better Mix)
3. NINETEEN69 – Penetration (NINETEEN69, Edson Pride, Matt Consola, & DJ Ting1 Mixes)
4. John LePage ft Debby Holiday – Key To Your Soul (Bryan Reyes & Sean Mac Club Mix)
5. JES and Ronski Speed-Cant Stop (Disco Fries Remix)
6. Hitfinders, Steven & Luperz – F k U (Original Anthem Mix)
7. Jambox Ft Natalia-Cant Be Without You (Zambianco-Bencini)
8. Smashers – Another Day (Alex Gray From Stockholm Remix)
9. Sylvane ft Nick Britt – Weight Of The World (Original Club Mix)
10. The Glitterboys – Turn Me On (Slin Project & Ren de la Mon Remix)

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Bottles of Water

by Jim Hauck

The Week night club in Rio de Janeiro is the sister to the club of the same name in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The club has a weekly dance party, with special events occasionally. This particular week was Cosmopolitan and Wallpaper. These are regular dance events at the club.

May 5 featured DJs Gustavo Junior, Ana Flor and Edu Quintas. Gustavo opened the night with a blend of vocals and sexy beats that created a great warm up energy for the event. Starting at near Midnight, when we arrived around 1AM the crowd was already enjoying Gustavo’s music. Ana Flor came on for the middle set of the night, taking it to a deeper heavier place but still keeping a great energy in the party. Edu Quintas had the closing set of the night, starting just after 5AM and taking us through the end at sometime after 8AM, layering in some work that is clearly his own productions and some great mashup tracks plus mixes of songs like Alexi Jordan’s “Happiness” that I have not heard anywhere else. All three DJs kept the crowd of well over 2000 party goers dancing and bouncing around the club all night.

The club itself is pretty big. Entry was very easy. And like other clubs in brazil, you are given a card to track your drink and charges for the night which you settle up at the end. Plenty of toilet facilities meant there was never a line to wait for one and they were generally clean and orderly. Bar service was friendly and efficient and it was easy to get a drink and head back to the floor.

The lighting was awesome, but the one and only reason I lowered my score was the heavy use of the LED lighting around the club that was at times a bit too bright. However now I understand why all the pictures of people I see dancing are wearing sunglasses in the club. Lasers were placed at ends of the club and hit these refracting spots hung throughout the dance area to create a dazzling show.

The crowd at this club is a full mix of gay and straight, with incredible hot and sexy crowd of boys, muscle, bears and all ages. Friendly is definitely the vibe and people smile and engage with each other and have a good time.

This is THE nightclub to be part of on a Saturday night in Brazil.

by: Jim Hauck

Thursday night at Galeria Cafe is a great way to start a weekend in Rio de Janeiro.

The Thursday night party is a pop, top-40 and local music party, with video. VJ LC Ambient, dressed in a cool 70′s style outfit and sporting an Elvis like set of side burns, played a consistently fun set of videos from top 40 dance hits, with an occasional track featuring local Brazilian style must.

Friday night was more dance music and no videos and the DJ was moved upstairs opening up the entire dance floor. DJ Beto Ka and DJ Convidado Andre Garcia played a great selection of tracks slowing taking the energy up in the night. Local Brazilian hits tossed in throughout the night bring the boys to the dance floor.

The bar is small, and almost all dance floor. The crowd is mixed, mostly younger, on a Thursday night, but very friendly and energetic. Located just a block off the General Square in Ipanema, this is a perfect and relative safe location to walk to and come home from late at night. The event gets started around midnight and when I left at 5AM the crowd while smaller was still having a lot of fun.

One thing I really like is the process for paying for drinks at a bar. You enter, give your ID and they record your name and give you a ticket. No cash is transacted at all. Throughout the night the bar adds your drinks to your ticket, and when you are done you go to a central cashier and pay your tab for the night. Simple, easy, no hassles and they take cash or credit.

The only potential flaw to the space is it is small and very popular, so at some points in the night, making the trek across the dance floor to the toilets can be challenging.

This should be on your list of places to check out for some of the nights spent having fun in Rio.

1. JES and Ronski Speed-Cant Stop (Disco Fries Remix)
2. Hitfinders, Steven & Luperz – F k U (Original Anthem Mix)
3. NINETEEN69 – Penetration (NINETEEN69, Edson Pride, Matt Consola, & DJ Ting1 Mixes)
4. Jambox Ft Natalia – Cant Be Without You (Zambianco-Bencini)
5. Smashers – Another Day (Alex Gray From Stockholm Remix)
6. Sylvane ft Nick Britt – Weight Of The World (Original Club Mix)
7. The Glitterboys – Turn Me On (Slin Project & Ren de la Mon Remix)
8. Peter Luts – Everyday (Romeo Blanco Remix)
9. Bimbo Jones ft Ida Corr – See You Later (Stereo Palma Remix)
10. Chris Cox & DJ Tommy Rogers – Changin (Alan X Vocal Mix)

1. Bimbo Jones ft Ida Corr – See You Later (Stereo Palma Remix)
2. NINETEEN69 – Penetration (NINETEEN69, Edson Pride, Matt Consola, & DJ Ting1 Mixes)
3. Chris Cox & DJ Tommy Rogers – Changin (Alan X Vocal Mix)
4. Bodyrox ft Chipmunk – Bow Wow Wow (Bluestone vs Loverush Extended Mix)
5. Baggi Begovic & Robbie Taylor ft Jamie Lee Wilson – Automatic (Club Mix)
6. Manuik – Youll Be Mine (Pizza Brothers Remix)
7. Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound (Original Mix)
8. Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo – Lets Go (Calvin Harris Remix)
9. Example – Kickstarts (Afrojack Remix)
10. Madonna – Girls Gone Wild (Avicii Remix)