Before this kicks off into a venue bash, the reason we have chosen Turnmills for our 2004 residency is the it is a well known and highly professionally run venue with a superb sound system and light show. Its located in central London and is easy to get to for everybody.
What we are trying to do with these parties is to bring in more people to the scene and turn them onto good music and Turnmills is perfect for this. OK, they have more commercial nights in the venue, but please remember at the same time just about every available venue in London tends to be out of the way with poor facilities and generally carries a bad repuation with it for one reason or another, (ie thuggish and over zealous door staff, sub standard sound system and amenities etc etc). Wherever you go there will always be people who like the venue and those who dont which is like anything.
"The next level" we refer to is partly about just making sure that the paying customers that come thru the door are given value for money all round and Turnmills is perfect for this. They are giving us an amazing amount of support and hopefully the hard work we are putting into the nights will pay off all round and they will kick off!! Its taken a long time for us to put this together and everything from the venue and lineup to the promotion has been carefully thought about.
So please dont knock it untill you have tried it ;)
Thanks, and comments welcome!
Chris F - SPLIT