8/12/06 - Locked, Manchester - Free Xmas Party - Paul "Damage" Bailey

[Sam_Horam]

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Friday 8th December 2006

Free Xmas Party

Paul "Damage" Bailey (House Of God, 1881 Records)
Computer Controlled DJs (Sequence)

Jay Knight (Locked) vs Sam Horam (Locked) 15 Dex / 17 Mixers / 40 Laptops Set
Adam Rayner (Locked) vs Pete Mangalore (Human Shield)

10:00 pm till 03:00 am
Joshua Brookes, Charles st, Off Oxford rd, Manchester

For more info go to / contact us at:
www.lockedrecords.co.uk
lockedrecords@hotmail.com



Paul Damage (House of God, 1881)
Paul Bailey started out as a self taught hip hop DJ in the late 80s within Britain’s industrial heartland, where abandoned factories and crumbling warehouses provided both the inspiration and the setting for the birth of the UK acid house scene. From here came a lengthy sojourn into Britain’s black country where he soon helped establish one of Birmingham’s first techno clubs - unleashing uncompromising new electronika upon on a rapidly expanding underground techno scene.

This also inspired the gathering of some of the most influential names in techno including Sir Real (Round records/Kracktronic) and Surgeon (Dynamic Tension/Counterbalance) who together with Paul Bailey would shortly form the backbone residency of the now infamous ‘House of God’ underground techno club. The raised mesh walkways, decaying concrete and uneasy contours of the ‘Dance Factory’ – the then home of the H.O.G - proved the perfect host for Paul (Damage) Bailey to launch a blistering assault upon an increasingly sterile and magazine led UK dance music scene.The House of God celebrated its 12th anniversary in 2005 and as one of the original residents, Paul Bailey’s highly individual hip hop-infused style and technical skill remains the vanguard of H.O.Gs unswerving following. In collaboration with the club's long standing promoter, Paul Bailey produced and released several titles under the H.O.G Records banner to far reaching critical acclaim. The ensuing expansion onto the international stage brought bookings throughout Europe and the Far East.
Now recording under his real name for his own groundbreaking ‘1881 Records’ imprint, Paul Bailey’s most recent releases such as "Fashon Arrest", "Change the Promise" and "Saturday Boy" received both national and international airplay – testament once more to the creativity and innovation that has become his trademark

Computer Controlled DJs (Sequence)
Computer Controlled Djs, Steve Gravener and Steve Williams, are the team behind the cutting-edge Sequence parties in Manchester, also putting on the irregular Computer Controlled club nights from time to time. Growing up together in St Helens and close friends from an early age, they spent their teenage years travelling to grimey venues across the length of the UK, obsessively following grindcore, industrial and UK hardcore bands before getting heavily into mixing and playing out techno and more electronic influenced sounds.

They were originally part of the eclectic Music is Better promotion crew, as well as being residents at the night alongside El Diablos Social Club resident DJ Danny Webb, before the night imploded in late 2003. They used the window of opportunity to create Sequence, with an aim to create one of the most dancefloor friendly, cutting-edge nights of electronic music in the UK. They put on their first party in February 2004 to an over-capacity Attic and the rest, as they say, is history. Sequence has become one of the most successful monthly nights ever held at the venue, gathering the size of fan base and reputation in the scene within two years that took similar sized Manchester based clubs over six years to build up.

Since then they have put on some of the best parties in the UK, collaborating with the likes of ashockinghobby and Locked on larger-scale parties throughout Manchester and sharing the billing with many of the electronic music greats including Neil Landstrumm, Bitstream, Radioactive Man, Mike Dred, DJ Godfather and B12 amongst many others. The Computer Controlled DJs now spend their weekends playing their records across the UK, slowly spreading the eclectic, bass heavy sound of Sequence to anyone prepared to listen