Bolstered by the success of its ventures in various European party capitals (and as far away from home as Tel Aviv), this event has had its eye on London for a while now.

And in early June, Unleashed will finally find out what kind of impression it can make on kinksters who have more choice of fetish events than those in any other capital in the world.

This won’t be the first time a non-British partying brand has tried its luck hosting a London event. But the UK capital is a famously hard nut to crack for overseas fetish promoters.

The date chosen for the Unleashed London debut could work for or against it. June 3 falls right at the end of the capital’s spring partying season, after which many fetish events either take a break or downsize for the summer months.

So, will the promised trademark combination of high-energy DJs — serving up Progressive, Techno, Electro, Minimal, Hard House and Industrial — and full-on performances strike the London fetish crowd as fresh enough to be worth a punt?

Unleashed events are sometimes compared with those of Torture Garden, as both promoters emphasise the importance of the dancefloor and visually striking stage shows to the creation of a successful fetish party mix.

One significant way Unleashed differs from TG is in its more seamless integration of dancefloor and performance segments to keep the energy levels constant.

It introduces acts with slick, booming, mega-dance-club style voiceovers rather than interrupting the flow with a live MC onstage, as favoured by Torture Garden and others.

On the other hand, it has also successfully borrowed TG’s touring style, collaborating with promoters well beyond its home turf to present ‘local’ events with the marketing muscle of an international brand behind them.

This may well be why it has been called the pretender to Torture Garden’s throne by some scene pundits.

So it will be interesting, at the very least, to see how it fares in the legendary London club’s home town.

One characteristic of Unleashed parties that is, one would imagine, less likely to cross the channel in June is its appeal to the swinger crowd that forms a large component of audiences at most ‘fetish’ parties in the Netherlands — dance-orientated or not.

It’s a simple matter of fact that swinging is that country’s predominant sexual subculture, and whatever your ambitions, it’s not easy to run a Dutch fetish event where swinger types don’t outnumber genuine pervs.

But in London, happily, there are enough genuine fetish and fetish-friendly folk to fill the Scala with pure perv energy if they choose to give this debut night a try.