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CLOSE to midnight last Wednesday and Lawrence Chan is perched high on the centre podium at Zouk, dancing.
The 21-year-old is bathed in disco lights and drenched in sweat. His T-shirt clings to his chest while jeans and sneakers fill out his 1.9m frame.
Almost as if in a trance, his lips, hands and legs move to a dance remix of Bananarama's 1987 hit Love In The First Degree.
Chan is not alone. Jostling for space on the tiny podium are five other youngsters engaged in similar dance moves.
On the floor below, the 1,300-strong crowd of mainly teens and young adults take the cue and imitate the hand gestures with animated zeal.
'Have you ever been to a church and you have all these people singing? They feel so united,' Chan, who is serving his national service, tells LifeStyle later.
'This thing here, it's the same,' he says as his hands continue to weave patterns in the air. 'This is a form of human power.'
On this night, as it has been on every Wednesday night over the last 13 years, Zouk's Mambo Jambo Night has triumphed again.
In groups of at least four, youngsters mostly aged between 18 and 22 flock to the Jiak Kim Street club to dance to remixes of music from the 1970s and 1980s.
Wednesday night at Zouk has become a rite of passage for the young here. The 30 youngsters LifeStyle spoke to all say they came to Zouk the moment they turned 18, the legal age for club entry here. Some in their mid to late 20s still congregate there every week.
Welcome to the world of the Mambosexual.
The 21-year-old is bathed in disco lights and drenched in sweat. His T-shirt clings to his chest while jeans and sneakers fill out his 1.9m frame.
Almost as if in a trance, his lips, hands and legs move to a dance remix of Bananarama's 1987 hit Love In The First Degree.
Chan is not alone. Jostling for space on the tiny podium are five other youngsters engaged in similar dance moves.
On the floor below, the 1,300-strong crowd of mainly teens and young adults take the cue and imitate the hand gestures with animated zeal.
'Have you ever been to a church and you have all these people singing? They feel so united,' Chan, who is serving his national service, tells LifeStyle later.
'This thing here, it's the same,' he says as his hands continue to weave patterns in the air. 'This is a form of human power.'
On this night, as it has been on every Wednesday night over the last 13 years, Zouk's Mambo Jambo Night has triumphed again.
In groups of at least four, youngsters mostly aged between 18 and 22 flock to the Jiak Kim Street club to dance to remixes of music from the 1970s and 1980s.
Wednesday night at Zouk has become a rite of passage for the young here. The 30 youngsters LifeStyle spoke to all say they came to Zouk the moment they turned 18, the legal age for club entry here. Some in their mid to late 20s still congregate there every week.
Welcome to the world of the Mambosexual.
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