Best Of British Acid House Party with A Guy Called Gerald best known for his early work in the Manchester acid house scene in the late 80s and the track Voodoo Ray which was played first at the Hacienda in 1988 and then numerous underground clubs before entering the UK singles chart a year later, It was one of the first Acid House tracks produced in the UK, he then when on to form the legendary 808 State with Graham Massey and Martin Price with there biggest hit Pacific State who we also have live on the night for this a celebration of our great country’s Acid house movement! Last but defiantly not least we are very pleased to announce the return of Graeme Park {The hacienda Angle} the name speaks for self here he was one of the first DJs to champion the house sound in the UK, starting out at Nottingham’s The Garage club in 1986 and first playing at FAC51 the Hacienda at The Northern House Revue in February 1988.
On The Terrace playing the upfront sound of today we are very proud to announce Simon Dunmore who initially co-owned London nightclub and label Ministry Of Sound, Defected’s first release was Soul searchers “I Can’t Get Enough”, which reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart This early success was followed up with Roger Sanchez s “Another Chance”, which hit No 1 in the UK singles chart in 2001. To date, Defected has released more than 300 singles from artists such as Bob Sinclar, Kings Of Tomorrow MURK, Inner City, Dennis Ferre, Mark Kitchen (MK), Copyright and Yousef. For this all day BBQ all night party the Union Jacks will be flying high for this very patriotic event where we show off all our great country’s BIG hitters and innovators from years gone by and now, everyone on the night will be from the UK.
IN THE LOFT:
We take you back to the years of 1995-2007 with Promised Land resident DJs playing all your Classic Funky House
IN THE GARDEN:
Is where the fun begins with an all day BBQ and Promised Land resident DJS playing 80s Funk & Disco 90s club anthems…
