Ah, this post reminds me of trips to Pure in Edinburgh, where Twitch and Brainstorm would often play all night. Some of my best nights, hearing so many records for the first time...and mixed so well. A total education. Big up Scotland!
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Churchill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 7/28/2003 6:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313 Cc: Subject: Re: (313) set times (was Vestax or Technics) > So, what's up in your neck of the woods - how many places have the standard > guard that you can rely on without the extra "guest DJ? every night they > present? In Glasgow, I think some of the longest-running, most established nights are down to the resident DJs far more than any guests that may get booked. Slam's events have become an institution thanks to Stuart and Orde over the years - although having said that, their current nights such as Pressure tend to rely heavily on big line-ups of huge DJs. The Sub Club's Saturday nights have been going for many years with residents Harri and Domenic playing all night, week in week out - they do have occasional guests (Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, Fabrice Lig to name a few this year) but the night is really built around the residents. And my mates at Traxx have also been doing packed nights at the Soundhaus for many years with no 'name' guests, just the core team of Laurence Hughes, Simon Cordiner and Andy Pirie playing all night long. There are plenty of others up here too, I've just focused on three that stood out. In my experience having great resident DJs is the fundamental key to having a successful and long-running club night - if the crowd are coming to see them first and foremost, it also gives the club a lot more room to manoeuvre and allows them to book slightly more esoteric or lesser-known guests... Cheers, Tom
