The Weather was picking up so Off I went once more this time Back to Leeds for Unite with Lee Softley, Ian Ossia & Mike Richardson. Okay well in truth not really heard much Blue Amazon Stuff or heard Lee Play out before neither Mike Richardson but it was all there for the taking. Had a good Chat with Lee and met his fiancée and have to say Lee is a fantastic fella and also his good lady from Australia who was full of energy & fun.
Meeting up with the Shine Crew early on I had the pleasure of having a few beers and a listen to Sasha & Digweed in the Kitchen, a rare delight ....hahahaha
About 22:30 headed into Leeds City to the Club, One thing I liked about the VOX this time was I was able to park my car right outside the venue which for me was a huge bonus. The VOX is a great venue, however I think it should have invested in a couple of coaches and been a bit more innovative in terms of getting people to the venue, for big events like these local pickups around Leeds, Wetherby, Harrogate & York even, marketted in the right way could pay huge dividends for club nights, just my 50p's worth..
The start of the night showed Mike Richardson from Manchester playing some really pumping Tech-house and made for a fantastic opening set for the night Mike played for 2 hours and I listened to most of it in-between catching up with the promoters and new people who share the same music passion on Facebook. on the whole a great atmosphere very relaxed, this coupled with Mike's set early on was very good indeed.
Here is a clip of Mike Richardson in Action....
Looking at all the DJ's set up it was fantastic to see so much technology that was being used and I want to see more of this in clubs, too many shots of DJ's behind a set of CDJ's posing, however it nice to see some difference and the DJ's had put in the Effort in this way, well done guys :-)
I have to be honest here and say that the place was not packed to the rafters but the folks that did turn out were really great and supportive, Lee was bouncing around and getting really excited talking to everyone, and was up next to play, its nice to see that all the people were very happy people and very interactive.
Next up was Lee Softley (Blue Amazon) this session from Lee was absolutely stunning, he was really in his element behind the decks and was loving every min of it. He played some signature tracks there and a favorite for me was Underworld - Dark & Long (Dark Train mix)... absolutely top draw stuff that was blasting out of the speakers :-)
here is a clip of Lee in action on the decks, absolute stunning display, want to see more of this passion, absolutely top stuff, definitely would recommend Lee Softley
not long after Ian Ossia turned up and played his session, 2 hours of fantastic music, Ian never disappoints, people from Venue 44 old days were saying how fantastic the music was by Ian, a cool customer and somewhat reserved, but his passion comes out of his music, having heard Ian play many times it was a pleasure to see him out doing what he does best, and he did deliver, well done Ian...
In terms of the DJ's and performance everyone played very well, but my favourite had to be Lee Softley as the sets were just slamming, and his energy behind the decks was awesome, also a fantastic fella with a lot of passion about music, this guy really knows his onions and was a pleasure to listen to, definitely going to get him on the Radio to show you what I mean, in a word Brilliant stuff, well done lads :-)
Absolutely fantastic people, the Lovely Linda, Mark Watson, & Micky Reilly,
Okay so in Summary then this night not the busiest event I have been to recently but that said musically it was absolutely flawless, looking forward to getting these guys on the radio, to give you a taster musically what you missed, that said hopefully Jason Hankin will stick with this and look at further productions with Unite, and it would be great to See all the DJ's play again, so well done everybody.
Lovely happy People that's what its all about Big Thankyou to Jason Hankin for making all this possible :-)
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