Jude Mackenzie <J
...@ashoo.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> there but am curious as to who it is :-) - also to see if there are
>> many Manchester based UMR people, if so we could hold some
>> get-togethers like the London lot do!...
> Well, Hello fellow northener ! Alas, Tall Paul & myself are not in
> Manchester but Newcastle. Because of the total lack of events up here we
> have now started to travel to other areas. We managed EFS -which blew my
> mind away ! I honestly suggest trying the EFS at the Fridge 'cos it's
> brilliant !
I probably will (heard good reports of it), the main problem is
co-ordination to actually get myself and a few others down there at a
mutually agreeable time (posh words for today:-). Also accomodation might be
a problem (depending how much we cane it :-), we could always kip in the
nearest motorway-service station.
I'll have to take a translation book too: [Sth]Batter = [Nth]Butter etc ;-)
any proper chippies down there ? ;-)
> (-ain't Samsara Brilliant ?)
It sounds cool from what I've read/heard
> In fact, the lads from Scotland (Joe Public Re: on the wheel) are coming
> down for the Dragonfly Party (at the Fridge) so why not give it a bash ?
Maybe we could get coordinated and have an 'old-school-rave' get-together
at one of the motorway service stations (M1 is probably most agreeable :-),
follow the car with the flag type thing...
> If you fancy it. Loads of UMR ers will be there !
> Also, what's it like down in 'chester ? Is it worth a visit ? Techno ?
> Goa/Trance ?
Its a bit strange really! - there isn't really much happening on a weekend,
mid-week being better... Some of note which I reckon are worth a visit:
* Spiritus @ The Boardwalk
Occasional Wednesday nighter until 3/4, the next one is the Wednesday
before Club Nation at the GMEX... GOA night with live PAs, small club, but
really nice vibe.. AFAICR Cosmosis will be playing that night. Fluro
face-painting & sweet shop (ours) available.
* Megadog @ The New Ardri
Cool night, timing varies from month to month, but there usually is one
each month or so. Big and cool night.
* Acid Rock @ The Phoenix
Friday nights (something like fortnightly or monthly) Goa & Harder techno,
chill out room playing alternative styles (D&B etc) sweet shop (ours
again, not always though!) really up for it crowd, the only let down is
the door staff can be wankers from time to time.
* Bugged Out @ Sankeys Soap
Every Friday, it's run by Jockey Slut magazine, its less Goa, and more
Funky techno, with the big Techno names appearing (this Weekend its Jeff
Mills, last weekend it was Dave Clarke & Rolando), people like Carl Cox,
Chemical Bros etc. Not very hard or trancey, and also does get some
people who are curious about techno (its the best known techno night
here) but packed with atmosphere.
* Sleuth @ Paradise Factory
Occasional Thursdays, Justin Robertson (Lionrock) is the resident there,
it gets a fair mix of music including softer techno... the last one for
quite a while (the flyer says theyre going to dissapear from public view)
is on the Thursday before the club nation thing at GMEX, and has Andrew
Weatherall and Coldcut. At weekends this is a gay club, so most of the
scally wankers stay away all nights [for fear of being chatted up;-)]
(Slueth is 'mixed', more straight than gay)
The one off nights or occasional nights tend to be the best, its unfortunate
if you want to just 'drop-in' without planning, because you can't guarantee
you'll find a good techno/goa night, some one offs we get are amazing ie:
* Club Nation [of course]
* RTTS have just been [didn't get to go there though :-(]
* Theres a night coming up at Rock World (usually a heavy metal club, but
from time to time promoters hire it out and hold cool techno allnighters
there!)
* Luciens' (luc...@limbo.demon.co.uk) outdoor Continuum parties just outside
of Manchester, theres one this weekend, and I might even be doing a spot
of DJing there.
Thats an idea, maybe Gwynne would like to do an EFS up here ????, hopefully
our own night should be off the ground by October, maybe we should have an
EFS guest night, or EFS room.... [October's a long way off yet though!]
Personally I drift between different styles of dance music during my week (I
like em all equally seeing merits and pitfalls in all of them, and DJ em
all depending on my mood [a dream would be to mix up all the styles and
still have the crowd appreciating the music for what it is, instead of what
label has been attached to it]):
Wednesday: Occasionally (I work normal office hours by day) I'll go along
to nights like Spiritus, or Fat City, anything as a slight
change to what I've been listening to normally. Usually techno,
goa/trance or drum&bass.
Thursday: Similar to Wednesday, but I do go out more often, usually pop
along to wherever the sweet-shop is operating, so I can end up
in all sorts of strange nights from free beer at a Jeremy Healy
night (fairly garagey and overground uplifting house) to Justin
Robertson etc at nights like Sleuth (big mix up of music with
soft/mid techno, hard house, deeps house etc), via nights like
Robodisco (Hard Times DJs), Joy (Dave Quaid), Jester (Various),
High & Dry (last one was Love To Be).
Friday: Techno night, usually Bugged Out @ Sankeys soap, sometimes Acid
Rock and I'll also sometimes try out new nights. Depends on
where everyone else is off to. Sometimes I just end up in a
pub/cafe-bar.
Saturday: Deep House/House/Garage/Soft&Funky Techno night, usually I end
up wherever the sweetshop is, which at the moment is Holy City
Zoo (quite a dressy night, but still an up-for-it crowd), also I
pop along to other clubs where I know people (usually
staff/promoters who usually get me in for free)
Sunday: Private sunday sessions or monging out down at the pub,
sometimes sitting round getting stoned with a free-for-all on my
decks.
Come down here some time!, I'll have to try EFS soon as poss...
PLUR, Simon
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