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For me Revival in Montesinos near Alicante. Place is rockin from Friday night til Monday morning of total Techno and spanish nutcases!!!
I have seen/heard some great sets there this summer best two from Marco Carola and Mistress Barbara.
www.discorevival.com
Yeah im gutted that I never got to go to Atomic Jam at the Que club. I had a mate who used to do the lighting for the gigs who was always pestering me to head over.
I have the T-Shirt though :neutral:
Just in terms of techno clubs it's a toss up between Cocoon's Amnesia parties, and The Orbit.
When it comes down to it it has to be The Orbit really, that place was where I first moved from the hardcore and hard trance scenes to the techno scene, and I regard it almost like a cherished first love!
Also worthy of a mention imo, though not always a techno club, are the techno sessions that Tribal do from time to time at Sankeys. Awesome venue with really good vibe, though it has lost it a little over the last year or so.
well it's got to be a toss up between 2 spgroove parties ( brasil)
one being the 4 year anniversary with me and chris playing on 4 dex for the first time ever along side all the usual gang.
and the other being myself with tim taylor and thomas heckman ( the legend himself! ) the following year
just amazing amazing parties with beautiful vibes , lovely weather great sound etc etc perfect stuff really.
when the records just mix themselves and you just have so much fun behind the dex, time and space ceases to exist , and the entire party moves onto a higher astral plane :crackup: ( i'll leave that one there)
also mills at lost in 95 sometime was a first for me
i love the quote earlier on in this thread about him holding up a record like excalibur..... haha excellent !!!
and of course many of the old immersion parties especially at the maor house bus garage on new years eve 97
storming!
doesnt even come close to the memories experienced in places like Voodoo, Orbit etc, its a prog/tribal house night trying to branch into techno for a night every now and then, and ive been to enough of them unfortunately... the one stand out night il hold up my hands and say i loved was the Clarkism 2 night, 4 hour set of house and techno from DC, that was ****in awesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by kai
At present: Moog in Barcelona. Impossible to have a bad night there
In the past: Funnel in Dublin. Amazing club and line-ups every week
Once offs: Ultrascall in Munich and the infamous Tresor in Berlin ;) was worth the 10hour train journey !
I hear ya, it aint a proper techno night, and I personally think Tribal are more or less scum, but I have to give it to them, two of the best nights I've had were at Tribal Sessions - the time Jeff Mills played there, about 4 years ago probably, that was absolutely top, one of the best sets I've heard from the main man, and then Derrick May played there about a year later, and once again, one of the best sets I've heard from him as well. And part of what made both those nights ace was the crowd, which was absoutely heaving, totally loving it. So while I think Tribal are scum, they do pull a good crowd, and get the best out of their DJ's, and that demands some amount of respect. Also, I wasnt actually at this one, but the Richie Hawtin Essential Mix from 2001 (september I think) was recorded at Sankeys, on a thursday night, and once again, what a set, and just from the recording you can tell the crowd were going berzerk.Quote:
Originally Posted by eyes without a face
the orbit was indeed class.
but my favourite place has to be the arches in sheffield, when headcharge was on it used to be packed, and everybody was up for it.
the first time i went, people were swinging from the lighting rigs
its turned housey :cry: last year it was techno 6/7 days a week. went 3 times this year and it was all minimal house. holden/fake/etc.....Quote:
Originally Posted by pumpinglemma
this is all over spain too as far as i can see......
I loved the days in Swich too, pure grime!!
wasnt around for the Funnell, but i wish i was!!!! think i might have been in the temple teathre or heaven '98 or somewhere shite like that :oops:
the basement at diehard leicester was pretty special to me
absolute shithole that stunk and had sweat dripping of the ceiling,banging techno till 7 in the morning everyt friday
splendid nights were had there i can tell thee
sorry for the shameless promotion but here we go anyway:
You should get over to hull at some point and check us out mate, sounds like you aint that far away?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mindful
like you i wish the orbit was still going!!
at full strength :(
its between these three.
1. Voodoo@LeBateau.
Always a good night in here, used to get really hot and sweaty in the basement. Good for wandering and meeting sound people. Was also fond of Lee Groves in the top room when it got a bit much in the basement.
2. Atomic Jam@The Que Club
The best venue I have ever been to. If u sat right up at the very top and looked down at thousands of people going mental below u, it was quite special. Beast of a venue for wandering, met some absolute westheads in there. At the dj rush night, there was some old man wandering round dressed like a wizard complete with crystal ball, good lad. gutted this had to come to an end.
3. Cocoon@Amnesia, Ibiza
This was where I first saw Richie Hawtin a couple of years back and it was the best night of my life. Excellent music, and full of germans going totally mental to the music.
its between these three.
1. Voodoo@LeBateau.
Always a good night in here, used to get really hot and sweaty in the basement. Good for wandering and meeting sound people. Was also fond of Lee Groves in the top room when it got a bit much in the basement.
2. Atomic Jam@The Que Club
The best venue I have ever been to. If u sat right up at the very top and looked down at thousands of people going mental below u, it was quite special. Beast of a venue for wandering, met some absolute westheads in there. At the dj rush night, there was some old man wandering round dressed like a wizard complete with crystal ball, good lad. gutted this had to come to an end.
3. Cocoon@Amnesia, Ibiza
This was where I first saw Richie Hawtin a couple of years back and it was the best night of my life. Excellent music, and full of germans going totally mental to the music.
sorry for the double post, don't know how that happened. :hmm:
defintely the Orbit for me
Saturday nights have not been the same without it... :roll:
Loads of mates I don't really see anymore now it's gone
I don't think any of us appreciated it while we had it either. It was all "this place is a kip, there's piss dripping from the ceilings"... it'd be great to have the old Switch back all the same :clap: :rambo:Quote:
Originally Posted by stjohn
Que club - atomic jam
i love techno - expo centre :shock: :shock: :shock: (couldnt believe the size of it)
bugged out - courtyard
robert johnson in offenbach, germany - i've had quite a few good nights there listening to the sounds of ricardo villalobos. very inspiring