DJ Die at Club Bahrein

(Robert) Last night, Katherine and I went to Club Bahrein in the Centro district of Buenos Aires to see one of my favorite drum and bass producers, DJ Die, perform. As expected he absolutely devastated the dance floor. It came as no surprise that the club didn't even begin to feel packed until after 3am.  What amazes me is the vibrancy of the Porteno dance scene. A packed room at 4am on a Tuesday? Are you kidding me? You couldn't get half as many people to see DJ Die at midnight on a Saturday in San Francisco.

I grabbed some footage using our Flip cam and uploaded to YouTube.  If you look carefully, you can catch glimpses of Katherine dancing and pumping her hands in the corner of the screen.


While I have been a huge fan of drum and bass music for well over a decade, Katherine is new to the scene, and while quite a different scene from what's she's used to, she took to the music like a fish in water.


Unfortunately the second-hand smoke in basement room was so heavy that after a few hours we had no choice but to cut out or face asphyxiation. I was a bit nervous about making our way home that night after reading that one should avoid walking around the Centro district late at night. While the people on the streets seemed pleasant enough, I could understand how there could be some crime issues since the narrow streets are virtually deserted after dark. The cityscape of Centro is almost identical to that of the SOMA district in SF, and most likely, in reality, no less safe.  Fortunately, the club was only 100 yards or so from the Centro police station and a cab came barreling down the cross street in less than a minute. At a cost of 10 pesos for a ride home courtesy of Radio Taxi, it was well worth it. We'll definitely be coming back to the Centro district, not just to return to the dnb weekly, but for the other world class night clubs listed in our travel guide.