Welcome! This site reflects the spirit of 2Klub's
Hard House and Nu-NRG events which I've run in both Manchester
and Birmingham, from 1999.
My aim is to provide you with useful information about both clubbing
lifestyles and the clubbing business, and to help promote DJs I
like and respect and my own events.
This site also is a resource for those interested in clubbing and
club promotion and it provides a history of some clubs and clubbing,
albeit an individual view based on my own experiences.
I've done a lot in a short and interesting time.
In 1999 2Klub was the first hard house club
in Manchester.
In 2000 discovered some now well-known DJs, like Eddie
Halliwell, and over the years gave a boost to some
others.
2Klub's was the only underground club float in the now legendary
Leeds Love Parade.
In 2001 I organised and ran SWEAT and in 2002 organised
StOmP! both at Subway City
in Birmingham.
I also lost a ton of money. Oscar Wilde may have been feeling a
bit too jaundiced when he said "Experience is the name we give
to our mistakes" but there's some truth in that nonetheless.
Despite the angst of losing money, club promoting and clubbing continue
to take me on a fascinating and hugely enjoyable journey, and I've
learned a lot from both. Because of that, and the many people I've
come to know, I do not regard either as a "mistake". I
hope to share, and discuss with you if you want to, some of that
learning either directly, (my e-mail address is below), or generally,
through the Guestbook.
The opinions and advice on these pages are my own, based on my personal
idiosyncratic experiences, and are independent. Whether you agree
with me or not, please bear in mind that the price charged is zero.
There is nothing sold here, your e-mail address if you subscribe
to the newsletter, is not exploited, and I earn nothing from any
of the recommendations I make.
There's three main themes to this site.
The first is related to promoting my events,
(currently a historic exercise, but who can say what the future
holds). This encompasses pages such as:
events
music
tickets
membership, and
people
The second relates to the business of clubs and
club promotion. Not of interest to many, but some people want
to know more about how the industry works mainly because they
want to be a part of it, usually either as DJ or promoter. Related
pages include:
DJs
DJ info
Community including
DJ and Music Resources and info on DJ agencies,
and,
Hype & Truth
Theme three relates to clubbing lifestyles and
much of this information is provided from the Community
page which includes:
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- Health Info, (incl. Sex, Drugs &
Water)
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- Books and Articles on Clubs & Clubbing
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All three themes overlap to some degree, so I hope you have
fun exploring.
P. S. These symbols : 
will always take you back to the top of any page you are on.
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| Send me a demo! Now!!
Do it!!! |
I'm looking
for talented new DJs across a spectrum of dance
music including Techno, House, Trance,
and Nu-NRG and
the various variants of these. If you
or a friend want to send me a demo, please click
on the collage below for some relevant info. The
success of 2Klub's past competitions means that
I will run another later in the year, but don't
wait, send in your early entry NOW!.
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Here's some information about 2Klub,
how I came to set it up, my philosophy and
my take on club promotion, without hype or bullshit.
Why did you get into club promotion?
What about making money?
Wanna be a DJ?
What's in a name? Why "2Klub"?
Here's
The Truth . . .
"Truth is
rarely pure and never simple". Oscar
Wilde.
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