Look sharp! The cutting edge club is here

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">City nightspots are sporting chic designer touches</span><br /><br />Bangalore''s club scene is cooler now than ever before. And not just because of the cocktails and the crashing good music. The pubs of the past with their dark, fusty interiors and the odd strobe have given way to greatlooking nightspots which combine high style and cutting edge design to create ultra chic, gotta-be-seen-here party zones.<br /><br />Sandeep Khosla who worked on the interior architecture and space planning for Spinn, which was originally an old house, says it has three spaces with three different moods.There''s a calm courtyard for the older crowd, a more energetic lounge bar inside which then leads into a pulsating state-of-the-art discotheque. "Sitting in the courtyard you can look into the happening space inside and enjoy the best of both worlds." he says. Next, he''s working on creating more seating space on the roof which is connected to the courtyard. "Anybody from an 18-year-old to a 50-plus party-goer can feel at home here," says Khosla.<br /><br />The dancing space is unique in its lighting and sound equipment. The interiors have retro elements like rexine to get a feel of the ''60s and ''70s when disco music originated. The disco is sound-proof. The juxtaposition of the old and the new, like Kerala tiles and glass, steel, acrylic and rexine, gives Spinn a hybrid visual mix. <br /><br />PM Ananth Narayan of Club X says his nightclub is an entertainment zone and looks the part. "The customer is more demanding these days and if he wants to just drink there are several bars in the city." Ananth has installed a 20 ft x 18 ft screen in the open air lounge area on which you can watch the goings on in the disco and events like fashion shows that are held inside. The disco has a surreal feel to it with neon and psychedelic lights adding to the atmosphere.<br /><br />Zero G, a rooftop nightspot, was recently redone to add more colour and lights. "You are selling an experience to the customer," says general manager Ankush Bhatia. "Earlier a nightspot was small, smoky and claustrophobic, Zero G is just the opposite." It''s spacious and you can see the Vidhana Soudha from the bar. Bangalore''s USP is the good weather and Zero G capitalises on this.<br /><br />Shahid Mahmood, a self-confessed party animal for the last 25 years, loves the ambience and decor of the newer night clubs in town. "Of course, I don''t go there just for the ambience. The music and the mood have to be right as well," he says.<br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">sangeeta_cavale@indiatimes.com</span></div> </div>