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02-09-2005, 11:37 AM
Technobitch

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Originally Posted by ramshackles

the orbit...hands down. :cry:

we need an Orbit reunion! its clear to see that loads of ppl miss it! something needs to be done!

i hear its a restaurant now, is that true? :evil:
02-09-2005, 11:48 AM
kai

CJ Bolland is on in Wakefield on 24th Sept at Kube Club. Wakey isn't too far from Morley, and i know a hell of a lot of the old Orbit crowd from Wakey and Leeds will be coming out of the woodwork for it anyway, so sounds like a good bet for an Orbit reunion!

And it's gonna be my birthday bash too, so admittedly I do have a slight vested interest in getting people down to the event, but still sounds like a plan to me.

Event is up on Techno Promotion for anyone interested.
02-09-2005, 02:06 PM
G-BO

i miss giros in belfast :cry:
02-09-2005, 08:09 PM
Stella Boy

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Originally Posted by D'technobitch

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Originally Posted by ramshackles

the orbit...hands down. :cry:

we need an Orbit reunion! its clear to see that loads of ppl miss it! something needs to be done!

i hear its a restaurant now, is that true? :evil:

it's shut down now, wasn't doing to well. An Orbit reunion sounds cool but who would book :eh: there's one or two I wouldn't book :lol:
02-09-2005, 08:56 PM
Sunil

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Originally Posted by G-BO

i miss giros in belfast :cry:

Man, that was a great wee spot :clap:
Played there shortly before Evolution wound up, it was the epitomy of a small, sweaty techno club on that 3rd floor :twisted:
Everytime the crowd even sensed the kick coming from the next record they'd be going bonkers, will always remember that night well, and the way everyone roared their heads off in the place :rambo:
02-09-2005, 09:03 PM
eyes without a face

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Originally Posted by kai

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Originally Posted by eyes without a face

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Originally Posted by kai

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.

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 **** awesome

I do hear what your saying mate, and yeah, fair play Tribal Sessions is usually a load of toss, but regardless, I had to mention it purely for the Jeff Mills and Christian Smith night I went to there in June 2004. Without doubt one of the best nights I have had in a techno club over the last few years, and hence I decided to give it a mention.

yeah i should be more positive about that place really, ive had some cracking nights, i recall a night, very vaguely, with Christian Smith on and, i think, Justin Robertson was on but im not sure, although Justin played there once on my birthday and that was a great night, i cant knock them for that, but its run by some very very dubious characters and that puts me right off unfortunately

but yeah man it has its place definately
02-09-2005, 09:09 PM
FIK

Fuse-Brussels
02-09-2005, 09:28 PM
djbuzzbe

atomic jam +que club= awesome top djs wicked crowd
02-09-2005, 09:35 PM
Stretch

House of God @ Subway - wish i had a time machine so I could re-live some of those nights.

Atomic Jam @ Que - Awesome venue.

Planet Rose @ Doornroojse - Most friendly crowd you could imagine, great venue. Felt like a big house party. Made me laugh seeing people cycling home in the morning. U just don't see that in the Uk!
05-09-2005, 05:01 PM
kai

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Originally Posted by eyes without a face

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Originally Posted by kai

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Originally Posted by eyes without a face

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Originally Posted by kai

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.

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 **** awesome

I do hear what your saying mate, and yeah, fair play Tribal Sessions is usually a load of toss, but regardless, I had to mention it purely for the Jeff Mills and Christian Smith night I went to there in June 2004. Without doubt one of the best nights I have had in a techno club over the last few years, and hence I decided to give it a mention.

yeah i should be more positive about that place really, ive had some cracking nights, i recall a night, very vaguely, with Christian Smith on and, i think, Justin Robertson was on but im not sure, although Justin played there once on my birthday and that was a great night, i cant knock them for that, but its run by some very very dubious characters and that puts me right off unfortunately

but yeah man it has its place definately

Haha. Agreed, the guy who runs it is a proper cock! Proper up his own arse!
05-09-2005, 05:03 PM
kai

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Originally Posted by eyes without a face

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Originally Posted by kai

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Originally Posted by eyes without a face

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Originally Posted by kai

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.

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 **** awesome

I do hear what your saying mate, and yeah, fair play Tribal Sessions is usually a load of toss, but regardless, I had to mention it purely for the Jeff Mills and Christian Smith night I went to there in June 2004. Without doubt one of the best nights I have had in a techno club over the last few years, and hence I decided to give it a mention.

yeah i should be more positive about that place really, ive had some cracking nights, i recall a night, very vaguely, with Christian Smith on and, i think, Justin Robertson was on but im not sure, although Justin played there once on my birthday and that was a great night, i cant knock them for that, but its run by some very very dubious characters and that puts me right off unfortunately

but yeah man it has its place definately

Haha. Agreed, the guy who runs it is a proper cock! Proper up his own arse!
05-09-2005, 05:17 PM
dairel

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Originally Posted by massplanck

The old Funnel Club in Dublin which Decal used to run i think.

Had some crazy crazy nights in there....

I miss it like hell
:cry:

Yeah, i saw speedy j there for the first time, t'was deadly club.

It was Timo(U:mac) and Decal(alan & Denis) organinsed friday's under the name SoftSwing.

I miss it also
05-09-2005, 06:26 PM
Ritzi Lee

Nature One!
06-09-2005, 11:40 AM
Technobitch

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Originally Posted by Stella Boy

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Originally Posted by D'technobitch

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Originally Posted by ramshackles

the orbit...hands down. :cry:

we need an Orbit reunion! its clear to see that loads of ppl miss it! something needs to be done!

i hear its a restaurant now, is that true? :evil:

it's shut down now, wasn't doing to well. An Orbit reunion sounds cool but who would book :eh: there's one or two I wouldn't book :lol:

any promoters, club organisers out there up for the challenge?
06-09-2005, 05:50 PM
slimboy

Atomic Jam at the Que. Especially one of the birthdays (3rd?) which Holy Ghost headlined.
07-09-2005, 08:47 PM
Foxxxy

The techno version of Cabbage in Leeds is the bollox for me :dance: great people, great vibe
07-09-2005, 10:27 PM
JimmySomerville

Any of you ever been to Club 69 in paisely?

Tiny 150 capacity club below a indian restraunt....Slam, Clarke, Fenton, DJ Assault and millions more have all played down there was only 300 yds from my old flat...Its went downhill now though :cry:
07-09-2005, 10:31 PM
Eddie

Buggedout in the courtyard, it got me acquainted with techno and i used to look forward to it up to 3 weeks before.

The Que club for atomic jam was another peach, everytime i went into the club i was stunned at its size.

Voodoo at la bateau was the dirtiest yet most fun club i have ever been to, although i am very fond of it in the upstairs in the academy now.

Never seen much techno when i was there but the loft in barcelona is another mint club, the main room is huge!
07-09-2005, 11:15 PM
mattboyslim

reading this thread...**** me the que must reopen..its like birminghams hacienda!!
08-09-2005, 10:14 AM
TechMouse

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Originally Posted by mattboyslim

reading this thread...**** me the que must reopen..

Are they doing anything with it yet, or is it just sitting there like a giant waste of all that is good in the world?
08-09-2005, 11:38 AM
mattboyslim

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Originally Posted by TechMouse

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Originally Posted by mattboyslim

reading this thread...**** me the que must reopen..

Are they doing anything with it yet, or is it just sitting there like a giant waste of all that is good in the world?

supposedly the developers are mlving in, but every time i drive past it just looks empty. hopefully the council will have a chnage of heart. its an important part of birmingham history, and they'd be foolish to let it go
08-09-2005, 11:47 AM
TechMouse

As it is, it's a one of a kind building... which offers a unique space for unforgettable parties.

If the developers come in, it will either be offices or appartments.

Sad, sad, sad...
08-09-2005, 01:10 PM
kai

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Originally Posted by Foxxxy

The techno version of Cabbage in Leeds is the bollox for me :dance: great people, great vibe

The Windian is an awesome venue - been to a few quality nights down there.
10-09-2005, 01:03 PM
francois

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Originally Posted by JimmySomerville

Any of you ever been to Club 69 in paisely?

Tiny 150 capacity club below a indian restraunt....Slam, Clarke, Fenton, DJ Assault and millions more have all played down there was only 300 yds from my old flat...Its went downhill now though :cry:

yeah we had one of the dj's over tears ago, he was a dead ringer for zag (as in zig and zag) all the maaadddouuutovvvitts couldnt stop laughing :lol:
11-09-2005, 09:54 PM
Bugger

Bugged Out! @ Nation
Voodoo @ La Bats
Atomic Jam @ The Que

pretty standard!
15-09-2005, 11:33 PM
Paul Zykotik

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Originally Posted by Mindful

Had a realy great night at the Last(cough)North,Mark EG and Crhis Lib in that huge main room@the Lacota and then Chris Lib on his own with Ribsy pushing us all in to party mode both looking like they were having a great time in the sweaty little techno room made from bare breeze blocks there was a great vibe in that room Chris played one night in Hackney probably the first time most people in the room had heard it and the place was rocking and full of good vibes.

That was a truly awesome night. The build up to it had been massive, tickets were like gold dust - how often does that happen these days? - and there was a general vibe of the old days. That Chris Liberator set was phenomenal...I remember him playing One Night In Hackney and the atmosphere cranking up a notch, then the tune he played after just made me lose it on the dancefloor. I hadn't done that unaided by chemicals for years, it was fantastic being able to do it again. Wish I knew what that tune was!

As far as favourite techno club goes, for me it was Pillbox which ran up in Edinburgh a few years back. The first one I went to was in 99 but it was early-mid 2000 where it really took off for me and many others. It was a time where techno was exploding in Edinburgh while it was fading away in a lot of other places, and the Calton Studios was the perfect venue for it - out the way of the city centre so there were no unwelcome pissheads, and an underground feel without being a cesspit. What really made it for me was at first it was just residents. As such there was no snobbery, nobody cared about only seeing Name X or Name Y, everyone just got on to the dancefloor and got on with it. You'd hear everything from Pure Science tunes to full on acid techno. The night they booked Julian Liberator (June 2000) was incredible, people just stood there for 20 minutes after the music had stopped refusing to move. Special days :)
20-09-2005, 02:08 PM
acidsaturation

One of the best had to be going to Tresor in Berlin, both on the place, the "experience" and the people and the tunes.

Can't for the life of me remember who was playing though.

The Arches in Sheffield holds a special place as the venue it all started at, and I always liked the place with the courtyard - was it the beehive? where sankeys was years ago...
20-09-2005, 02:09 PM
acidsaturation

Oh and favourite overall...

Anywhere outside in the peak district.
20-09-2005, 04:10 PM
kai

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Originally Posted by acidsaturation

and I always liked the place with the courtyard - was it the beehive? where sankeys was years ago...

It's still there mate!
20-09-2005, 04:14 PM
fresh_an_funky_design

Re: Your fave techno club/party in the world!

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Originally Posted by MARK EG

OK, that's it. We all lov to go and party but have you ever stopped to think about what you're favourite place ever has been?

For me, I miss the early days of The Orbit in Leeds, but that's probably because that was a time when I could loose myself on the floor and hear some of the best names in techno week in week out without the crazy dj schedule I have now.

Best techno parties at the mo? Hmmm.. I'd have to say the Circuito parties in Brazil that I've been to the last few years. The big raves in Holland are pretty good too - I heard a great set by Gaetano at Dance Valley. Great ppl, great vibe, great music now that's what makes a good party ;)

yeah that set by gaetano at dance valley was wicked, you should of seen preach's set in that tent on that saturday night... amazing, not danced or smiled that much for a long time!
24-09-2005, 02:11 PM
S/E

My favourite techno parties of all time were the Transcedance series of events in Toronto, Canada. The decor was always top notch, they regularly brought in people like Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, and Speedy J. The parties were always in crazy warehouses. Those were the golden days of techno in Toronto.
08-10-2005, 08:06 PM
Alan Oldham

Tresor, 99, 00, 01, 02, 05
La Real, Oviedo, 2002
Music Box, Coacalco, Mexico, 2002
Love Parade Mexico City, 2002
Split, London, 2003
12-10-2005, 04:16 PM
Analog.1

My favourite techo club was Eurobeat 2000 at Turnmills on Thursday night.... Had some special nights down there... Used to even go to work on Friday proper mashed but it was all worth it.
12-10-2005, 04:28 PM
alsynthe

the park niteclub in manchester, god it was a shithole but we loved it
12-10-2005, 05:07 PM
kai

Awww.... The Park R.I.P!

Was just saying how much i miss that place the other day Al. Will always have a place in my heart and be regarded as the kind of spiritual home of Hard Life. When we were running down there was in nearly every weekend for six months - great memories!!!

Still makes me proud that we got to hold our 1st B'day event down there and it was the last ever party at the venue... and we ****ing rocked it enough to give it a fitting send off imo.

I remember going down to meet Lenny in person for the first time to do my first night promoting in the venue, having agreed a deal to use the venue over the phone. Mark and John Berry were playing Locked that night, and I turned up straight from getting wankered at Sankeys the night before, looking utterly smashed and having consumed that many tablets in the last 24 hours that I thought I was losing my mind. Lenny didn't give a ****, in fact he thought it was funny, and just told me to enjoy myself and crack on getting hammered with his punters, as that would be the best way to get to know The Park crew and get them down to my event.

Now thats the kind of attitude you want from a club owner!

Happy daze!
12-10-2005, 05:10 PM
oldbugger

i nice forest in north wales. easily
14-10-2005, 10:44 AM
Jack

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Originally Posted by Francisco Scaramanga

Absolutely no doubt for me - Atomic Jam @ the Que Club - words cannot sum it all up, basically, my spiritual home, those were heavy nights and they will live forever in my now fragile head.

There are two very close runners up though:

HOG @ Subway City - An atmosphere that was totally unique in every way, I used to come out of there feeling dirty from the inside, yet elated, as if I had done something naughty and gotten away with it.

Raves in a clearing in the woods in wales, or anywhere else for that matter. This is the shit that got me into all of this in the first place, so it would be criminal to ignore the roots.

I think you had the same upbringing as me ;)

Sanctuary was ok 2, in brum and Milton keynes.
Milton keynes back in the day, doubt i would like it now so much.

Mezzaniene in wolves was good layout and amazing soundsystem, but shut...............

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