Politica
http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=UMT0000066

Nubian
http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=GTT0000011

Houshka
http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=GTT0000009

Night Club set in Anisette

Night Club set in Anisette Petite

Night Club set in Parisine Clair

Night Club set in Parisine Plus Clair

Even drunk I wouldn't replace Helvetica Neue Ultra Light with 'Politica'.

But you'd have to be drunk to start with Helvetica! :-)
Unless this club happens to have a Barbarella theme.

Jason, before you choose a font, think of what it should look like. There are so many choices (many of them nominally good) that you can easily get distracted from a choice that will really click - so narrowing things down helps.

I would say you need something narrow, thin, but also somewhat rigid. And if it's lc, maybe something with a small x-height (unless visibility is a serious issue).

And the most important thing:
What's the name? Different glyphs sing in different ways, especially in chorus.

hhp

Thanks, Ramiro. Much appreciated. It's good to know that you too are trying to help the original poster.

I'm thinking he'll get happy about Chalet.

http://houseind.com/house.php?kit=CHALET-FO&sub=inuse

Send House some love. I think they are having a sale.

Last year, Font Bureau added hairline/thin weights to Interstate:

http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Interstate/styles

sorry about that, the name of the club is element


thanks for all the help guys... there are some great type choices i never knew exsisted here

<font class="dontLookLikeCrap">what about precious sans? it has nice light and thin options.

typed 'element' out though and maybe the 'm' looks a little friendly, not chic enough? who knows!

pity it's called 'element' because i feel precious sans has some lovely descenders.</font>

http://www.fontworks1.type.co.uk/fw/shop/catalog?action=zoom&rt=012788000

Another option for your design
This font its inedit and your name is "Lineare Thin"

I think element is a great name. And thinking about how the letters might fit into a whole, I had an idea: make it unicase, with cap-form "L" and the second "e" nestled into its hole - that would amplify the "element" idea too. I guess it might go against the client's stated wish for "simplicity", but clients don't always really know what they want as much as they sound they do.

hhp

FF Meta Hairline

Serifa Light (essentially Helvetica with serifs)
Agenda Thin
Benton Sans Thin
Paralucent

Maybe use Titling Gothic for a bit more personality?

http://www.fontshop.com/fontlist/families/titling_gothic/

What are you going for?
-Element
-ELEMENT
-element

Condensed? Regular? Wide?

This can be classy http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/singles/ourtype/fakt_thin_ot/

You know this thread is quite old?

So?

hhp

good work takes a little time :P

Try Terminal Dosis Light.
http://www.impallari.com/terminaldosis/

It's free, and it's also available as a Google Webfont.