From Cycling Clubs To Sober Day Raves, Wild Pearl Is Redefining The Party Experience
Parties don’t always have to be a late-night, in-the-club affair (Credit: Oleksandr P [left], Marlene Leppänen [right], Wild Pearl [background])
The surge of nightlife events has begun to bring about a party plateau, creating a happy problem of saturation leading to stiff promoter competition and fatigue amongst revellers. It’s a situation that can’t be ignored, and the reality is that event organisers need to think outside of the box to gain traction. Fortunately for Wild Pearl, that’s an alley they’re more than comfortable traversing. In a relatively short yet fruitful span of time, the Wild Pearl brand has transcended its origins as ‘the smallest club in Singapore’ to a wide-reaching partner of the local electronic music community.
Wild Pearl was first launched by Chris Shearmon and Andy Lines just last year (Credit: Qi An)
Wild Pearl has selflessly lent a helping hand in fostering up-and-coming DJs with its rentable space at Pearl’s Hill Terrace; a space that has since upsized to fit the flexible format of guest collectives like Revision Music, FOMOHOMO and Super Enjoy. It’s been holding its weekly Community Night series every Wednesday to bring the scene together. Outside of the venue, it’s shone a light on sustainability by teaming up with Ocean Purpose Project for its beach clean-up activities. And it’s collaborated with fashion labels, F&B spaces and other musical crews (like this upcoming gig with Pagoda Beats and MDLR) to help curate programming for external events. Essentially, Wild Pearl is doing a lot. And if we’re talking more about music experiences, the Pearl’s got more where that came from.
In fact, there are two concepts in particular that you should keep on your radar. As part of its In The Wild initiatives, Wild Pearl has been organising frequent communal bike rides that loop from 66 Kampong Bugis to Marina Bay and back. The catch? Follow the DJ. Inspired by viral roaming DJs like Dom Whiting, this concept similarly places a DJ in a cargo bike fitted with a solar-powered soundsystem. Hit your cardio while cycling to dance music in the great outdoors; it’s a brilliant mish-mash, really. Bring your own bike or rent one. And this ride’s absolutely free.
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The other unconventional activity that Wild Pearl’s been simmering is its Immersion series, an early-morning sober rave concept organised in partnership with YES YOU, charitable party philanthropists of the scene. If you’re tired of late-night ragers or just generally zonked before you hit the office, Immersion is a wellness-focused series designed to start your day on the right note. The alcohol-free event is fuelled by herbal elixirs, coffee and granola, and it commences early from 6.30am to 9am to help you tune into your morning frequency. And if the guest DJs aren’t enough to shake you awake, Immersion offers cold plunge sessions by ThriveX to give you an icy jolt. An extra change of clothes is encouraged.
Sometimes you crack open an oyster and find more than one pearl. That’s turning out to be the Wild Pearl story, with plenty more treasures just waiting to be extracted.
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Wild Pearl x YES YOU present Immersion 002, 24 October 2023, 6.30am-9am, Potato Head, 36 Keong Saik Road, Singapore 089143, tickets available at this link. Follow Wild Pearl on Instagram for further updates on its next In The Wild cycling session.
