2Klub Newsletter 2004: February (3)

2Klub Newsletter 2004 : February (3)

CLUB INFO AND REVIEWS

Review: Trade The Love Ball, Turnmils, London

Trade's Love Ball, lived up to expectations, in every sense of the word. The music and the crowd were fabulous; the queues and the drinks prices were horrendous.

Musically the club as per usual delivered, my only disappointment being the lack of Malcolm Duffy to warm us up at the start, his place being taken by Wayne G. who played an extended set. Pete Wardman followed on with an electrifying, dynamic set which energised the whole club, and the night, (well afternoon really) was rounded off by Rachel Auburn, who, like Mae West, when she's good she's very good. Frankly I had doubted that anyone would be able to take things up a notch after Pete Wardman but Rachel did it. Overall, another wonderful experience from the Trade folk. Thanks.

Btw: those interested in Trade's early sounds should check out the listings below for the Trade Original event with some of the early residents of the club Malcolm Duffy (Original Trade Resident), Daz Saund (Original Trade Resident) & Dave Randall (Original Trade Guest DJ), "set to replay some of the best Trade music from the early years".

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Review: Ricochet, Egg. London

Ricochet re-opened in early February and was billed as the official Trade after-party. I'm not sure how many people came along from Trade, but there was a goodly number of people there having a great time to the chunky and bouncy tunes played by the likes of Don Grant, and Lisa Pin-up. I have to confess to not doing much dancing as I spent lots of time in the chill-out room just chatting to some of the lovely people I met there. It's a shame that some clubs and promoters get too absorbed in their music policy and lose sight of the fact that a club is a social space for people, and that what makes the club enjoyable is as much the other people they get to meet as the music. Ricochet excelled in that department for me that night. Their next event at Egg will be in March.

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Review: Release, The Nightingale, Birmingham

Andy Farley's new night, Release, got off to a flying start at the beginning of this month with over three hundred people attending the free re-opening party. Numbers have settled down to something more modest since and the club has brought it's opening times forward by an hour, starting now at 8pm. The music is a superbly blended progression from tribal through to techno, with Farley demonstrating his mastery of the decks every time he plays. Having just got back from playing in the States, and with a burgeoning international diary there's now talk of the club running monthly in March. However, it will be running on after Sundissential in Birmingham this coming Sunday, so we'll see what happens then.

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Sundissential: More News!

"May you live in interesting times" is claimed to be an ancient Chinese curse and the times certainly are interesting for Sundissential, (See the January (2) newsletter for some recent background).

The latest is the fairly inevitable closing of Afterssential, which failed to hold its own against the ever more popular Afters at Subway City. Afterssential has now been replaced by "Filth" a funky house effort starting at 3am Sunday mornings under the funkissential banner, at 9 Bar on Broad Street. It seems that this is going to target the more mainstream/commercial crowd, up for a bit of late-night partying.

On top of that comes news of the latest new casualty in clubland, the voluntary receivership of Springwood Leisure, the Midlands based clubs and restaurants group, which also owns Zanzibar in Birmingham, and the premises occupied by Sundissential, (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3486825.stm for info). Springwood claim that part of their problem stemmed from the hot Summer which reduced numbers going clubbing last year.

Sundissential's management are apparently unperturbed by this new twist, as they tell me that the premises will continue in operation even while the company is in receivership and beyond. This week on top of all this and their regular Saturday night event they have their forthcoming big splash at The Works to pull off on Sunday from 2pm. There's talk of discounted tickets for those clubbers wanting to go to both events so check out the Sunnies website for details or come along on Saturday night.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

EGG, LONDON

Thursday Feb 26th - "Breakspoll Awards" ... with an incredible line-up of just abut everyone in the exploding breaks scene, the Breakspoll Awards will be hosted by Radio 1's Annie Nightengale and Nu-Skool legend Danny McMillan. Line-up to include: Phantom Beats, Rennie Pilgrem, Adam Freeland, Krafty Kuts, FreQ Nasty, Stanton Warriors, Meat Katie, Evil 9, Scissorkicks, Friendly, Deekline & Ollywood, Splitloop (Live), Jay Cunning & Atomic Hooligan, Future Funk Squad (Live), Skool of Thought. Full full line-up, details for tickets and further info, visit: www.breakspoll.com

Sat Feb 28th - "Whistlebump 5th Birthday!" ... Whistlebump parties are without exaggeration, the stuff of legends. With a line-up to make any soulful mouth water, their birthday party at Egg sees disco-edit master extraordinaire, NYC's Danny Krivit make a very rare london appearance. Supporting Mr. Krivit will be Whistlebump's proud father Simon Haggis (who will also be celebrating the release one of his own co-production, KLaSH's 'Silicon City Blues'). The renonwned Gilles Peterson (Radio 1), a dj synonymous with breaking superb new music of all kinds and tempos, leads the way on the middle floor, joined by Kev Beadle (Solar Radio / Mind Fuid) and Whistlebump's own Andy Crowbar. Upstairs in the Loft will be Glasgow's Andy Pirie (Melting Pot) and Straight No Chaser's Chris Menist. 10pm-5am. £15 on the door / £12 advance from www.ticketweb.co.uk : visit www.whistlebump.co.uk for further details.

28th/29th Feb – TRADE ORIGINAL Starting at 5am after Whistle Bump
Trade Original AFTER-HOURS AT EGG 28th February 2004 Saturday night/ Sunday morning 5am- til late

Cast your mind back to a cold, dreary Sunday morning in October 1990 - the beginning of the unique & legendary Trade.

The Malice, the Muscles, the Music; all collided in a relentless melting pot that would change many worlds forever.

Laurence is bringing together Trade’s original Djs & staff once again, for a stunning one-off party over 3 levels at his 21st Century venue –Egg.

Daz Saund (Original Trade Resident), Malcolm Duffy (Original Trade Resident) & Dave Randall (Original Trade Guest DJ) are set to replay some of the best Trade music from the early years.

Joining them & certainly holding his own is Fat Tony (Original Trade Lite DJ), playing a special 6 hour set of classic Trade Lite tunes.

TRADE – ‘the original all night bender’ - Let’s Rock!

FREE COURTESY BUS DEPARTS OUTSIDE EMBANKMENT TUBE 4.30AM & 5.30AM

ORIGINAL VISUALS BY TIM STABLER AND IF YOUR LUCKY HE’LL ALSO DO A FAN DANCE

£15/£12 5am til 1pm @ Egg, 200 York Way, London
6th Mar – AFTERHOURS AT EGG
‘The DRAMA Carry on’
DJs Villeneuve, Fat Tony, Wayne G, and special guest DJs spin tribal and house anthems at this high fashion, stylish after hours

13th Mar – FACTOR 25
Londons infamous Sunday club returns with a spectacular party featuring their original line up and some stylish new artwork & production courtesy of those Action Men

20th Mar – AFTERHOURS AT EGG
‘The Perfect Breakfast’
EGG Residents Fat Tony, Tom Mcmillan, Tyrone, Justin Ballard spinning house and tribal to a sexy, friendly and definitely up for it crowd.

27th Mar – KINKY LATINO
‘A celebration of all things Latin’
International DJ’s spin Spanish, Italian and Latin House
DJs include: Ariel, Raymundo Rodriguez, Max Latino, Gonzalo, and Miguel Pellitero

Contact ryan@egglondon.net for further info on all parties, promotion and venue hire.

Thanks and enjoy.

AFTERHOURS AT EGG. EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING. 4.30am til late. £15 / £12 with Flyer. EGG 200 YORK WAY KINGS CROSS www.egglondon.net

EGG NIGHTCLUB 200 YORK WAY KINGS CROSS N7 9AX tel: (+44) 0 207 609 8364 www.egglondon.net

AFTERS, SUBWAY CITY, BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM'S SUNDAY MORNING AFTER-HOURS CLUB FROM 4AM - 10AM

28.02: Main Floor: Knuckleheads, Wez Marx, Kutski, Si Griffiths.

MEMBERS £6, GUESTS £9 Info: Alex 07765 666802

Shaft, at Radius, Horsefair, Birmingham. Sundays from 10am to 5pm.

Feb 29th SHAFT MEMBERS DAY (free for shaft members): ColTheMedik Mark H James Birch Tim K Morgan

A new shaft membership is now in place. Shaft members will gain entrance in to shaft events at a reduced price. There will be several members days throughout 2004 where only members will gain entrance for free. The 1st members day will be feb 29th.
Memberships are £5 and can be purchased at shaft events.

SHAFT weekly sundays at RADIUS 10am - 5pm, with weekly residents Mark H and ColTheMedik.

Info : 07817 653560/07970 665756

Andy Farley's Party RELEASE @ The Nightingale, (Upstairs Room, Entrance 4), Birmingham

Sundays from 8pm to 2am

29nd. February: Residents Andy Farley, Sarah G. and Si Griffiths.

playing tribal house, tech house and techno and everything in between.

Release Yourself!

SpeedQueen @ The Warehouse every Saturday 10pm-4am 19-21 Somers Street, Leeds LS1 2RG. Capacity: 550
February/ March Listings

Dresscode: Trainer and Stiletto friendly leave your attitude at home.

£8 members /£10 guests.

SPEEDQUEEN IS A GAY- FRIENDLY NIGHT FOR ANYONE WITH AN OPEN MIND

Resident DJs playing funky house in the main room, and an eclectic mix of disco, soul, r’n’b and classic house in the upstairs bar include:

Lucy Locket, Jamie Bull, Nat Hill, Gareth Oldreive, Miss Melodie, Ewan Mitchell, De Hooch, Tin Tin, Alice Bailey, Dean Lomas, Danny Kwang, Queen B, Elvis, Corey, Amanda Hammond, Della 5, Daley Padley, Alex Rogerson, Ricci G, Joni Foolish, Kiss EP and Dan Tait.

Accompanied by David Biddle on percussion and Liz Wigley on sax.

For up to date DJ listings please check the SpeedQueen website.

Other SpeedQueen news: Our radio shows on 96.3 Radio Aire have been amalgamated into one show which goes out every Saturday evening 10pm-12am. The new show is a mixture of music from both rooms at SpeedQueen and presented by Alice Bailey, Nat Hill, Ricci G and Danny Kwang.

Official SpeedQueen pre-club bar: Velvet, Hirst’s Yard, Leeds town centre.

Please call Lucy Locket at the SpeedQueen office on (0113) 246 1033 for all enquiries

MILK @ STUDIO 33, 101 Tinworth Street, Vauxhall, London SE11

- Saturday mornings, 6.30am - 1pm

- Entry: £8 / £7 with flyer & Jedi Ravers / £6 members & paying guestlist (for paying guestlist send your names by midnight Thursday to guestlist@milkparty.org)

- Info: 07970 193236 / info@milkparty.org / www.milkparty.org

Sundissential Classics ’96 – Present @ The Works, Broad Street, Birmingham

Sunday 29th February '04 2PM – Midnight

Sundissential will be taking you on a musical journey through your own world – the world of Sundissential!

You will be taken on a rollercoaster ride through Sundissential - those spine tingling tunes that have rocked Sundissential’s dancefloors 1996 through to the present day! In the place that is undoubtedly the best venue in the country – The Works!!

The Works boasts, 3 massive arenas, excellent lights, awesome sound system, 3 lazers 1 multicoloured, 2 green, carpeted, wooden dancefloors, bouncy castle, entertainments, plush seating areas, VIP style bars, fog horns, huge plush toilets + loads more!!

DJs on the Day are:

Sundissential Arena: Eddie Halliwell Tidy Boys Paul Glazby Ian M Steve Thomas Charlotte Birch Paul Kershaw Strange Dave Mark Austin

Funkissential Arena: Dave Oldershaw Wez Marx Clinton Shawe

£14 Members / £16 Non Members + BF in Advance Ticket and Pay On The Door Event!!
Tickets available through Sundissential – 0870 7578634 Online @ www.sundissential.com Ticketmaster: 0870 90 20 0013shades & massive records - Birmingham

Riot! 29th FEBRUARY 2003. THE END, WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1. LONDON

BK - ED REAL - DANNY GILLIGAN - IGNITION CREW - STARFUCKER - JP - DANNY D

MORE INFO: HTTP://WWW.RIOTINLONDON.COM

HeatUK & Logic present: Forces Of Nature

Date: Saturday March 12, 2004
Venue : Heaven, The Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2
Times: 10pm ~ 6am

DJS: Lab 4 Live, Andy Farley, K90, Marc French, Kevin Energy, Spencer Freeland, Karim, Proteus, Superfast Oz, Rubec, Justin Bourne, Beamish, Oberon, Ian Betts, Marc Johnson, Dave Lochrie, Paul Henry, Daegal Brain

Admission: Advance tickets: £15 / M.O.T.D. www.ticketweb.co.uk || Credit/Debit Card Sales / 24hr National Hotline 08700 600 100
Dress: Casual Capacity: 2000 Nearest tube: Charing Cross Info: www.heatuk.com
Info / images / comp prizes: (Damian): 07984 427 575

Description: For the first time HeatUK & Logic combine forces bringing together each club's favourite DJs with the best elements of light, sound, pyrotechnics and audio visual entertainment. 2000 Clubbers. 22 DJs. 4 Rooms. 2 Clubs. 1 Event. Heaven.

Lab 4 (LIVE PA) is the headline act for the main room at this event. Lab 4 have toured every corner of the globe, performing in front of crowds of up to 25,000 people. On the eve of their 10th Anniversary celebrations, and recently voted best live act in the world by Mixmag.

The Star Bar will play host to the toughest beats in dance music with the king of hardhouse, Andy Farley, headlining this arena. He'll be joined by Karim playing back 2 back with Superfast Oz, Proteus from Finland and Short Circuit label manager Justin Bourne. This room will be fierce, you've been warned!

The trance room is special. K90 headlines for an exclusive DJ set . He'll be joined by trance journey specialist Beamish playing an exclusive back to back set with Oberon. This room will also feature Ian Betts - the most talked about trance DJ in London.

Two clubs with humble beginnings. Two clubs which evolved from legendary Saturday afternoon parties. This is the ultimate party for the ultimate crowd.