But since 2008, the team at La Clique gave the club a lift. La Clique manage the coolest clubs in Paris: Le Baron, Le Showcase, Chez Moune. They are never alone because they have people who will always be their friends, like Justice and all the usual suspects from the Paris electro scene. Regine, located very near Les Champs Elysées, is La Clique’s consolation prize after they sold Le Paris Club – a hip place that trendy Parisians loved to despise while praying at the door to get inside.

Now it’s the same story, most parties have private issues so it’s free but the doormen are very selective. It was heartbreaking at the re-launch to see some guys, all suited up, unable to get inside saying that they were dudes with that pop idol and this one. They needed the magic word. A guy wearing a hippie dress had it and went in, I had it too and said it very loud so as everyone behind me could get in after me. There isn’t a dress code and if you have a certain style – the man in the hippie dress for example –  you might get in without your name on the guest list. Then you can follow the long sparkling staircase and dance to the caviar of dance music. And if Regine’s artistic director and resident DJ, called Jean Nipon, reads in your eyes that you’re not happy with the menu, he might ask you if everything is fine.

When you’re inside Regine’s you really don’t want to take the risk of not being allowed back in because you went smoking outside. So a lot of the clubbers have their smoke in a cave that is supposed to be only for a select few. There you can see the main faces from the Parisian night life and steal a beer, or just look at the roof and wonder what you’re doing in that small room because you’re not a smoker and should really be on the dancefloor.

If you always had the dream of dancing in a zoo, you’ll be delighted to know that one of the dance floors has a big panther on it. Regine has kitsch disco balla and plenty of mirrors on the walls and on the roof. It turns you head and becomes worse with alcohol. But it’s not so easy to drink at Regine’s as the bar is hard to access and the price of the drinks sounds like a joke. The good thing is that the place is often used for special occasions so there are open bars quite often, but they don’t last until late. True: Le Regine can sound pretentious with its selective access, but the good atmosphere makes you quickly forget about the other people queuing outside.

Talent: People who can afford to be late at work in the morning and to wear great clothes, I mean artists, fashion designers, pseudo-journalists, spoiled teenagers.

Sounds: Always great guest DJs, from Ed Banger, Institubes and more. If you come the good night you can have The Teenagers, Air and Gonzales gathering for the album release of their friends.

Toilets: Do the same as the kids proud to say that they actually don’t need to pee but just to do coke.

Goodies: You can steal some from the bathroom kids.

Icebreaker: I bet the magnum of Champagne on the table that I will teach you how to dance like Prince on that DJ Mehdi tune.

Jawbreaker: Just passing by, I want to catch the last metro.

From Charline Lecarpentier

Not if you were the last club on Earth:

Matter -London

Sam's - Kathmandu

Fabric - London

Loop - Toyoko

The Sands - Amsterdam

Golden Gate - Berlin

[Sankeys - Manchester] (http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/words/2008/oct/17/not-if-you-were-last-club-earth-sankeys-manchester/)

Mecca - Prague

Womb -Toyoko

Berghain - Berlin

Cielo- New York