Ramadanman launches vinyl-only night in Leeds

Hessle Audio co-founder Ramadanman has launched a new, vinyl-only night in Leeds.

Called Acetate, the concept is simple – no CDs, no laptops. And given the shocking increase in clubs not built for vinyl, sometimes not even bothering with spare needles (or not bothering with vinyl decks at all), we think it’s an incredibly welcome idea.

Based at the city’s Wire club on Call Lane, the first Acetate, on October 5, will feature house and disco golden child Floating Points and Ramadanman himself, alongside his partner in Hessle Ben UFO. November 2’s session will feature sets from Swamp81 label boss and dubstep pioneer Loefah, Sub FM’s Elgato and Billy Blanks, and Ruf Dug, while December 7 sports Joy Orbison, Appleblim and a Ben UFO jungle set.

Wire sports a Funktion One soundsystem, and is open from 10pm ‘til late. Entry for Acetate is £6.

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  • Guest

    Swamp 81 is Loefah’s label :)

  • http://twitter.com/its_pacheko Pacheko

    solid.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/HHXWAI36BFRLTEGCYXYEI3VHBU DaLaconic

    has media ever been more irrelevant? How strange to make cutting edge music yet insist on ancient reproduction technology.
    Maybe everyone should dress up in thirties clothes? No admittance in artificial fabrics or without a hat, tie and brylcream in your hair

  • terryfarce

    vinyl is an important part of dubstep and dance music culture. the simple joy of playing a 12” whether its a rare promo or a 20quid LP is incomparable to modern day technology such as laptops and cdjs. lots of people slag of vinyl (like urself) but it has a nostalgic quality to it that reminds us of the simpler more pioneering times in dance music. unlike now where they are thousands of djs and producers, many of them being utter shit. they also sound much better.

  • terryfarce

    vinyl is an important part of dubstep and dance music culture. the simple joy of playing a 12” whether its a rare promo or a 20quid LP is incomparable to modern day technology such as laptops and cdjs. lots of people slag of vinyl (like urself) but it has a nostalgic quality to it that reminds us of the simpler more pioneering times in dance music. unlike now where they are thousands of djs and producers, many of them being utter shit. they also sound much better.

  • Ramadanman

    Good point – for me with this night it’s about sound quality, and i think with the right set up, decent needles, decent mixer – vinyl is unparalleled. I know it might seem a bit purist or a bit kindaa…’retro’, but the intention of the night was to give me and my mates a chance to play all our old records on a wicked soundsystem, without jumpy needles, a pioneer mixer or pressure to play a really upfront set

  • DIH

    BIG.

  • Tom Lea

    “pressure to play a really upfront set” – this is a big part of why i find the night appealing. it’s great to be able to get a new tune and burn it five minutes before you head out the door to play, but you’ve got to watch yourself or you’ll just end up playing the same tracks as everyone else.

    I played at a place with no cdjs a little while ago and it was the most fun i’ve had djing in ages – just dug out a ton of old house and 2step, half of which i probably hadn’t even listened to at home for a year. a vinyl only set really encourages you to draw for old personal favourites that people might not know, and the fun you get sharing them really translates to the crowd.

    I know that last sentence sounds a bit fassy but it’s definitely true.

  • Tom Lea

    “pressure to play a really upfront set” – this is a big part of why i find the night appealing. it’s great to be able to get a new tune and burn it five minutes before you head out the door to play, but you’ve got to watch yourself or you’ll just end up playing the same tracks as everyone else.

    I played at a place with no cdjs a little while ago and it was the most fun i’ve had djing in ages – just dug out a ton of old house and 2step, half of which i probably hadn’t even listened to at home for a year. a vinyl only set really encourages you to draw for old personal favourites that people might not know, and the fun you get sharing them really translates to the crowd.

    I know that last sentence sounds a bit fassy but it’s definitely true.

  • Lou

    Props, im not against burning music etc and playing off cds as I do, but a decent record set can match any cutting edge off the blog releases no matter how old they are, the tunes if they are good should not matter when they were released, its a shame these days that music can have such a short shelf life, if its good its good, true some stuff can get overkilled when played out but theres so many record releases, b sides etc from yester year which still sound fresh today, the fact that the current trends in house, garage etc has an old school flava just proves this

  • Matt

    Really excited about this night, some heavy nights for us at Wire

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  • tomisdancing

    the way it should be….

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