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This event was being held in the historic financial district called Bank. We were surrounded by Magnificent Tall buildings that would remind many of the Colonial past of Great Britain. As we approached the door to the Slug and Lettuce, we could feel the pulsating rhythms vibrating through the walls and we questioned who would have thought that the "Bank of England" and the "Lord Mayor of London" residence would feel the pulsating sounds of Soca on their front step. It represented an emancipation of Soca by the Gladiators Sound System.

We arrived at 11:30, the crowd on the inside wasn't that big, but soon after there was a line building up to come in. The venue could not be better, spacious dance floor, long stretched bar, well staff and coordinated as the manager of the establishment was a born and bred Trinidadian. Upstairs there were lounge chairs with LCD screens showing the latest music videos and food served by the Jamaican born Levi Roots who recently shot to fame after appearing on the BBC's hit show Dragons Den with his Reggae Reggae Sauce. Needless to say the food was sumptuous and left one licking their fingers.

The hard core jamming started around 1:30, and although the number of people on the dance floor had now doubled, it was still quite roomy but dis was because of the size and openness of the place. Around this time Gladiators turned up the heat on the turntables, they set fire to sections of the crowd starting with tunes from Carnival 2006 mixing and fanning the flames high into 2007.

They still had man just posing off and not dancing but this didn't bother them and they then flipped the switch letting go "Hot Wuk" and "Bad Mad Forward". The party crowd was loving it and you could tell by the movement of women waistlines and the top shotters fingers in the air. This continued until 3:30 in the morning. Gladiators ended with a Soca frenzy, the crowd did not want to leave and continued with "We Nah Going Home" ... till d morning come.

Hypnotic III was an improvement over last year's, and we definitely looking forward to next year which we're sure is going to be even bigger and better.