White ticker tape falls on to the crowd below, who hurl themselves around to the throbbing bass, intermittently yelling their approval.
They push to get to the booth, taking photos on their phones as the hottest star of the moment lines up the next tune.
But Ruth Flowers is not your average DJ. Coming up to her 70th birthday, when many are well settled into retirement, the grandmother from Bristol has become an international sensation, in demand in clubs throughout Europe.
With spiky silver hair and scarlet lipstick, gold bomber jacket, baggy tracksuit bottoms, bling jewellery, and trademark giant black sunglasses, Flowers plays down the new-found fame of her twilight years.
"I'm not a superstar DJ," she said, before donning her diamante-encrusted headphones and starting her set. "I'm just a DJ."
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