April showers bring May flowers, but we’re more excited about the reopening of Butter Factory at One Fullerton. The spanking new venue features 8,000 sq ft of floorspace – double the size of its old digs at Robertson Quay. The space will be split into two rooms: Fash, a larger extension of the alternative, electro-friendly Art Bar of old, and main room Bump, which caters to Butter’s faithful core of R&B/hip-hop fans.

The club has kept most of its ‘friends’ (the characters from the old Art Bar) and select slabs of wallpaper in line with Fash’s ‘Discopolis’ theme. A melting pot of colours and icons that merge into a mini electro-city, the crazy mofos at Butter have commissioned designers Jeremyville and Tokidoki to create skyscrapers and cityscapes specially for the room. As for the main area, Bump, the swimming pool theme is still in full swing, with decor by street artist Peskimo.

We’re not quite happy about having to leave the club for a call of nature (Butter shares a bathroom in the building, à la HOME), but we are pleased with the spacious smoking room. With the VIP area strategically placed between Bump and Fash, members can enjoy both without leaving their gilded booze cage. But beware of the bathroom – Il Forlino is right next door, so drunk vomiters might want to avoid their classy clientele. On the upside, the windows at Butter offer a view to die for – but management is adamant about maintaining tip-top acoustics despite the huge amount of glass in the club.

As for the musical forecast, it’s looking good; club residents rule with an occasional dash of international fl avour – marketing manager Adrian Wee hopes to enhance the local music scene with the impressive new crib. Hip hop hooray!

We just beg you to lose the Kanye stunna shades.