D-edge

If someone is planning to write a guide for Sao Paulo's nightlife, there will be a chapter just to talk about D-Edge.

D-Edge is a breakthrough nightclub. The sound system and the lights there are reference and ispiration for every other (good) nightclub in Brazil. Once you get in there you feel like you're not on earth. It is, basically, a black box with lights on the walls, ceiling and floor - red, green, yellow, purple, orange, blue (my favourite one - they only put the blue in special ocasions, when people are going crazy with the exellent song playing). The sound penetrates into your ears and when you notice, you're in the middle of the dancefloor dancing like no one is watching you.

It is 5 years old and every year it's on the top 5 nightclubs from DJ Mag magazine (the most important international DJs voting).

It is open everyday, except tuesdays, all nights the music playing is electronic, but each night has a specific name and a specific kind of e-music playing. There's On The Rocks, on mondays, with electro-punk. Cio, on wednesdays, playing electro and 80's stuff. Freak Chic, fridays, with house and similars, Saturday is Mothership, playing minimal and on Sunday mornigs Paradise, an after-hours that stars around 5am and goes to 1pm.

I'm really thankful to this place because everytime that I go there I have a great time.

The bathroom is the best place to meet people (hahaha). Weird, uhn? But it is! But while people stand on the line to do what they have to do, you see the most bizarre, funny and unpredictable stuff going on. When I first star to go to Sao Paulo a lot I didn't know anyone I went out at night alone. Guess where I met almost all my (great) friends in Sao Paulo? Haha.

Sometimes the cover to get in is absurd, but if you know someone or put your name on the list (check the website), you'll pay less then that. Drinks are kind of expensive, but it's the avarage prices for Sao Paulo. BRL 6 a beer, BRL 5 a soda, BRL 12 for a vodka or rum.

And to get there you don't have to spend a lot with taxi. There's a subway station about 150m away from the club (Barra Funda Starion), and it's really easy to find because it's behind Memorial da Maérica Latina.

Have fun!!!