RICHARD BELL can’t resist the overtures from Ouverture at Baby Love.

Amidst the plethora of drum and bass and dubstep nights on offer around the city, sometimes it’s nice to find yourself a good old-fashioned electro night and have a bit of a dance.

But only, of course, if the electro is as hypnotic, energetic and dirty as possible, and venturing into Baby Love on a Friday night caused me to find one that is as filthy as hell...

Ouverture is the newest electro night to grace our streets and does so with a certain European panache.

The best electro is arguably born on the continent, and Ouverture have responded to this simple truth by booking France’s truly awesome Vektorkat, who used huge beats and ear-destroying synthesised noise to tear Baby Love to shreds.

While Vektorkat was the headline act, the support was pretty impressive too, from up-and-coming London-based band Jukebox Collectives, to Furlotti’s ear-twisting beats or DJ Adonis’s brilliant dexterity with the decks.

There were no dropped tunes, no hiccups throughout the course of the evening, and not a single person wanting to leave the dance floor.

People moved about the dance floor with as many beers as they could carry to ensure they didn’t have to stop, which is by turns an impressive achievement for the organisers and an exhilarating experience for the wide-eyed drunken club reviewer.

It might be that I’ve become used to Oxford’s best electro nights being hosted by the Cellar but I find myself surprised by how suitable Baby Love is as a venue for a night such as this. The music is as loud as hell (everywhere in fact), but the upstairs section functions perfectly as a place to recover a little energy before throwing yourself back into the melee of the dance floor.

It also somehow conspires to give a vague impression of all things continental. In fact, what it really reminds me of is a little club in Krakow where I got hideously drunk a few years back as I attempted to chat up the Polish totty who made valiant efforts to figure out I was talking about.

I’m a fan of Baby Love, but it’s not without problems. The truth is, it costs a lot to get drunk there, and in these belt-tightening times it’s not something I can readily afford.

It’s a nice treat to blow a load of money in here but I couldn’t do it all the time, which is going to prove a problem if they keep booking nights as brilliant as this because I don’t think I’ll be able to stay away.