For the third consecutive year, Hi Ibiza on the famed Spanish party island has taken the number one spot on DJ Mag’s list of the top 100 nightclubs in the world, describing it as “a marvel of nightlife design” and the “world’s most technologically advanced dance music destination”. Only one Australian club, Home, a three-level purpose-built ‘super club’ overlooking Sydney’s Darling Harbour, made the list. But the top 100 clubs closest to Perth are found in Bali.
They include Savaya, a multi-purpose pool club/nightclub set on the dramatic sea cliffs of the Bukit Peninsula on Bali’s south coast; and ShiShi, a cocktail bar, restaurant and nightclub in the busy beachfront tourist precinct of Seminyak. Only 500m from ShiShi is another venue with more advanced technology and intelligent design than either ShiShi or Savaya, but that inexplicably didn’t make the list. It’s Klymax Discotheque, a new state-of-the-art venue on the grounds of the Potato Head Beach Club and creative playground.
Set in a concrete bunker that was formerly an underground carpark, access to the Klymax is through a set of mirror doors that leads to a chamber with a ticket window and a floor-to-ceiling terrarium with tropical plants — a thought-provoking work of art given how far emotionally removed one is from nature here. A long flight of stairs lit with soft red lighting leads to the belly of the club, which has the look of a very large Swedish sauna as every surface is covered in t.
