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Add Sound-Bar to the long list of after-hours spots in River North, truly making this area the most diverse in the city when it comes to nightlife. Club 720 caters to a mostly Latin crowd. Excalibur pulls in heavy suburban and tourist traffic. Voyeur gets the urban contemporary partiers. And White Star -- just across the street from Sound-Bar -- attracts a young, uber-trendy demographic. So what's left for Sound-Bar, which boasts a super sound system, super staffers and a super-duper DJ lineup? With 20,000 square feet to play around with, the possibilities are endless for this club owned by former Zentra and Elixir partner Stefan Billen.

Designed by Slick Design & Manufacturing Inc., who also decorated the trendy Y and Syn, the venue's accents include stainless steel, smoked glass, floor-to-ceiling walls of frosted glass, fine European-made furniture and state-of-the-art visual presentations (with digital media, video projections, laser stimulation and the latest in automated effects and lighting systems). Upstairs you can find the dance floor, sporting fog machines and plenty of high-tech lighting and the Round-Bar, a lounge decked in deep purple with couches surrounding the circular bar. Downstairs are two lounges, the Red and Orange Rooms, that are enclosed in clear glass walls, and the private Green Room, meant for the high rollers.

Musically, the club plans on having top-notch local and international talent. Residents include Lego and Diz on Thursdays and John Curley, Chris Tomasone and Jernell Geronimo on Saturdays. Curley, previously known for his work with the Pure, will be in charge of talent and has DJs like Laurent Garnier and Seb Fontaine booked to perform.

Cover is $10 Thursdays and $20 on Fridays and Saturdays, though a special discount card, the Sound-Card, is available to frequent guests and carries certain discounts and preferential treatment when entering the club.