Coil is the most ambitious new club Melbourne has seen in years. Tucked into a former warehouse off Chapel Street, the 280-capacity venue is built around a custom Funktion-One Vero system and operates a strict camera-down policy — phones in pouches at the door, returned at exit.

The opening programme is a statement of intent: residencies from Roza Terenzi, Ariel Zetina and CC:Disco, with international bookings already announced through to October. The bar runs a short cocktail list and a kitchen built around bao and dumplings to keep the floor going.

Operations director Lewis Cancut says the no-phones rule is non-negotiable. 'We want a dancefloor, not a content farm.'