Sublime is one of those 'concept
gone mad' nights where a silly idea was put into
practice and found to work amazingly well.
The idea was to get a bunch of different promoters,
DJ's and assorted music enthusiasts to put on
a free party for their friends and their friends.
So, a group of 20 or so of us joined up to create
a
night
of
very many different musical styles. The original
intention was for it to be just a bit of a social
night out but it was very obvious from the first
one that we'd created a completly different monster.
We have two
rooms, the ground floor caters for the loungy,
sexy, trashy and oblique with a selection of
DJs playing deep house, progressive, house
disco and breaks. Downstairs is for the more
upbeat stuff starting off with a little trance
but progressing through tech-house, funky techno,
d&b, ghetto tech and full
on techno. As the venue had some rather odd licencing restrictions,
we are unable to promote this party in the usual
way. The venue is only allowed to put on 'private'
parties at the weekends so we can't advertise
or give out flyers for the night. Everything
has to be done by word of mouth, email, SMS or
by phoning. The 'private' party status also means
that everyone has to be 'invited' and no-one
is allowed entry on the door unless they're on
the list.
This 'limitation' has actually become one of
Sublime's biggest assets as it turns the whole
night into a special event rather than just a
night out.
Previous night have always gone down a storm
with us getting between 550 and 750 people through
the doors so it just goes to show what people
can achieve without the need for too much promotion.
Whilst no money goes to the bar or ourselves,
each event has a registered charity collecting
money at the door. This is not a donation as
such and so therefore should really be called
a fee but as it's only £1 or £2 pounds, I'm most
people are not opposed to this.
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