In ode to the blessed The End club closing here is a big old mix for you to download. It's Laurent Garnier's set from New Years Eve this year. 9 hours worth of it.
It is an incredible 9 hours set a that!! The first 2 hours are mixed by Layo than Laurent takes over!
London’s The End club is set to close its famous metal doors forever on January 25th, with a final double dose of clubbing bliss. For the last few weeks the outside of The End has been headed with ‘Goodbye Baby’ on neon blue paint and Richie Hawtin, Loco Diceand Magda recently played their last-ever party at the venue which kept going till 11am the next day. The final Saturday night swan song will see DJs Laurent Garnier, Layo & Bushwacka!, Mr. C, Erol Alkan, Ben Watt, Jimpster, Will Saul, Rory Phillips and Don Mac throw down beats. It’ll be an emotional farewell for a venue that has remained committed to underground electronic music since it first opened on 2nd December 1995. Of course, it wouldn’t be fitting to have a closing party without an afterparty and afterhour mongers Jaded have the honour of giving the soundsystem its last ever bleep in the adjorning AKA bar on Sunday morning from 5.30am. Raymundo Rodriguez and some very special guests will play (at a guess, it’ll be Garnier, Mr. C and Layo & Bushwacka!) at the afterparty which might go for 24 hours or longer. What will happen to the venue is up to its new owners, but no doubt it’ll become another bland Central London office space, with perhaps only the faintest aroma of human sweat about the place to indicate the energy that was expended by hundreds of thousands of dancers over its illustrious 13-year history.
The End Closing Party Main Room, Lounge and AKA: Laurent Garnier, Layo & Bushwacka! Mr C, Erol Alkan, Ben Watt, Jimpster, Will Saul, Rory Phillips, Don Mac
On January 24th 2009 The End, London's loudest, most intimate, underground nightclub will close. The closure of The End at 18 West Central Street brings the final tally of important electronic music clubs to have closed in London in the last 12 months to five. The End joins Turnmills, The Cross, Canvas and The Key on the list of doomed dance music clubs that have disappeared in a cloud of development dust this year. In December 2007, The Cross, Canvas and The Key got smashed to smithereens to make way for the Channel Tunnel Rail link. Then in March, Turnmills nightclub in Faringdon made way for some real-estate developers who turned the building into a bland office space. So what the hell is going on with London’s club scene? The End was home of many a Drum and Bass, Techno, New Rave, Electro, Funk night and all with the addition of a sound system that would leave your ears ringing for a good couple of days. It's location, in central London, 3 minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road or Holborn mean that it was easily accessable for everyone. This is a real shame, especially as it seems we are left with very few options now. Fabric, Ministry of Sound, SE1, Colleseum, Heaven, Egg are left as the biggies of London. Why? Warehouse parties, Outdoor parties, House Parties? Why? Expensive drinks just aren't covering the costs and keeping developers out. Grrrr..... is all I can say, especially as it is probably going to turn into some average office block or carpark.
Montreal and New York based electro funk/new skool disco duo Chromeo are are coming to London on the 21st August as part of their European Tour. Where they will also be playing at:
The duo is made up of P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel), on keyboards, synthesizers, and talk box, and Dave 1 ( David Macklovitch) on guitar and lead vocals. The two have been best friends since childhood and they describe themselves as the only successful Arab/Jewish collaboration since he beginning of time.
Their debut album She's in Control came out in 2004 and included the single "Needy Girl". In 2005, they released a Mix CD of funky dance tracks on Eskimo Belgium records entitled Un Joli Mix Pour Toi (A Pretty Mix For You). During early 2007 Chromeo supported indie rock group Bloc Party on their British tour. They also released the single "Fancy Footwork" as well as their second album of the same name. The band has also been named MTV's Artist of the Week for October 1st 2007.
Catch Chromeo at The End, London on the 21st August as part of the 4th Chapter of the Hidden Depths Series. Register at http://www.sanmiguel.co.uk/ , to stand a chance of winning free tickets. There will also be other VERY special guests on the night including a certain 'club godess' famous for her 'mash-up' nights.
In the mean time, you can listen to some Exclusive Chromeo tracks, courtesy of San Miguel Hidden Depths.
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