“Northern Soul: it’s not just music, it’s a scene”. Thomas Bennett chats to DJ Steve Luigi ahead of Leeds Central Soul Club’s 50th anniversary celebrations this Sunday at HiFi. In a small room with wooden […]
Mor Elien and Anthony Parasole confuse and delight Wire
Techno is a vast genre, and in many ways, Leeds is obsessed with it. Nonetheless, there is a certain sound of the techno world that has yet to wholly break through into the Leeds club […]
Stretchy Dance Supply: Bringing Weird and Wonderful Parties to Leeds
In perusing the wonderful selection of club nights Leeds has to offer, one might be forgiven for misinterpreting Stretchy Dance Supply as a new age yoga class. In some respects, this examination is not entirely […]
Vera and Fitz hijack Wire and teach Friday’s crowd to dance on the walls
What a pleasure it is to live in a city that hosts the likes of nthng, Vera, Jane Fitz, DJ Stingray and Silicon Sally all in one week, in one club, over three separate events. […]
Shed’s shortened set leaves a bitter taste at Flux
At exactly 4:05am on Thursday morning, something inside me died. Tech-house filled my ears, the DJ raised his ape-like arms and I watched as one of the most influential techno producers of the last 15 […]
Tensile’s 4th Instalment: No dancer left alone
A demanding affair. Mustering the motivation to subvert all logic and drive to a distant warehouse on freezing, ice laden roads is no easy task. It is perhaps suiting therefore, that the brave clubbers who […]
A Distant Thumping on the Edge of Town: Tensile returns to Beaver Works
As the biannual exodus of students begins, a dark, discreet crowd of people shall be working their way towards the outskirts of town. What they shall find there is not for the faint hearted. No, […]
Laksa Delivers an Education in Rhythm at Wire
It was perhaps unsurprising that No Way Back’s first event at Wire started in a slightly sluggish fashion. Wednesday’s techno exploration was unfortunately scheduled the night following Halloween, a heavy night for many with the […]