Fabric.....and other clubs.

that's what a big club always is, or even a medium-sized club or just a cub. that's kind of what dance music is. some people like a party, others are there logging every tune in their head to find out what it is. it's one of the best things about it, not exclusive to fabric imo.

You're probably right, it just seemed particularly acute there to me for some reason.

Every club is like that to some degree but Fabric always had a lot of serious heads there for the lineup AND a lot of random tourists or students or people just along for the ride (a lot of whom don't go to, say, a night at Corsica Studios), and because the music could be pretty weird at times it accentuated that.

When it opened in 1999, the height of the superclub boom (it opened almost exactly the same time as Home in Leicester Square, which was closed for drugs almost immediately) it definitely felt like a very different kind of big club, more serious, more confidently about the music.

yeah the lineups were pretty seriously underground, they booked people as soon as they'd had a few singles out, but also booked older more serious "legend" figures.

when i say all "clubs" are like that i guess i don't really consider corsica studios or whatever a club in that manner, more a venue. if your city has a big known "club" brand, it tends to be like fabric was. but fabric definitely went all-in with fairly underground lineups.

i hadn't been since like 09 - i never had a brilliant night there but i never thought it was as bad as people say either. it's more on a symbolic level that i think this is bad, there are a lot of reasons to feel grim about the uk at the moment, and it's harder to see my time here as permanent.

They closed the Arches now Fabric there will be no clubs or gig venues left soon but drug taking wont stop. It's so stupid. It feels like a generational war like in the 90s when my generation was young and the criminal justice act.

Only good thing about it is we got to laugh at louise mensch again.

Home felt a lot more mainstream than Fabric... shiny shirts, Tall Paul on the decks etc..

i liked the end a lot whenever i went. t bar in shoreditch is the club i liked most in london and the one i can imagine i'd still go to, if it still existed.

The End was the absolute best, it was perfectly laid out and always booked really good people, it never felt overcrowded or pushy like Fabric did. I have very fond memories of the cluster of big warehouse-type venues around King's Cross as well. I mean maybe people say the same thing about the Bussey Building or wherever now but there certainly seem to be fewer options.

Like it's so weird to me that house/disco/garage/grime are so much more prevalent everywhere in London (and in the charts) than they were a decade and a bit ago but it's almost like it's been taken out of the clubs altogether. You're as likely to hear Kerri Chandler in a food market these days.

Breaking: Fabric to appeal.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CspNHGqWAAAVe0n.jpg

Haven't been to Fabric for over a decade and, in all honesty, was never likely to go again but I do feel strangely saddened by this. I can't really articulate why except it prompts feelings of "Oh, for fuck's sake".

Might have already been mentioned up-thread but, if not, in contrast:

"In Berlin, techno can now officially be considered high culture after a court decided that the legendary nightclub Berghain produces work of cultural significance and should therefore be allowed to pay a lower tax rate."

You didn't have to go to Fabric to be affected by its existence. The fact it existed and showcased so many incredible acts in the way it did had a knock on effect on UK and dance culture all over the country / world

Absolutely.

https://twitter.com/LDLDN/status/774289341090766848

was at this, p sure i still have the flyer somewhere. wasted it acquainting myself with a bird...

God Lord that room one lineup. DJ Rolando in 99 (ie height of Jaguar-mania) would have been incredible.

There appears to be a new Fabric CD coming out next month so maybe they are keeping them rolling. Shame it's by Scuba though.

carl craig (live) in 99 (ie height of innerzone orchestra-mania) would probably have been my thought at the time there alas

http://www.islingtontribune.com/saved-fabric-nightclub

reopening confirmed

Fabric opening will involve a new ID scanning system, enhanced searching procedures, physical changes to the club, and lifetime bans for anyone found in possession of drugs or attempting to buy drugs in the club but not the use of sniffer dogs.

according to Resident Advisor.

sounds like a good night out

There was probably no way they were going to get to reopen without draconian levels of surveillance but that sounds like the absolute opposite of what anyone would want in a club. Bet they do fuck all about its persistent gropiness as well.

Sounds like the conditions could have been worst.

God Lord that room one lineup. DJ Rolando in 99 (ie height of Jaguar-mania) would have been incredible.

― Matt DC, Monday, 19 September 2016 21:41 Bookmark

dis fuckin internet... https://soundcloud.com/rolando000/reinforced-records-10th-birthday-19991217-fabric-london

Woah.

:D

i saw mills play jaguar out at the limelight in 2001, about midnight. basically as a warmup!! only reference i can find is this thread:
https://bbs.clubplanet.com/topic/59939-jeff-mills-limelight/

nice to see that "clubplanet nightlife community" is still on and poppin

Okay there's an hour before the football, I've been to the beer shop, let's do this.

If this is real it's mad shameless, Night Drive + Clear + Alleys Of Your Mind + Trans Europe Express in the first 15mins or so.

Could do without the "NEW WAVE RADIO!!!" Decepticon prick over the top though.