It was the summer of 1995 when The Unabombers first detonated their underground bomb, The Electric Chair, in a sweaty basement below the pavements of Manchester. In the decade since its become the worst kept secret in the world of clubbing. A mystic brew of house, disco, hip-hop, broken beat, Latin, R&B, techno and northern sulphuric soul. The heart of Mancunia, a fabled land where everyone parties as one - strangers and soul mates, straights and gays, north and south, students and scallies. Anyone can open a club. Not everyone can open hearts and minds.
The chair outgrew its original home and moved onto a bigger basement club, The Music Box, but somehow the tricky alchemists Luke and Justin Unabomber retained the chemistry and the vibe. Over the years, Ive had the time of my life with the best bunch of friends there, and woken up not being able to remember a thing. Ive also danced all night on my own and remembered every minute.
Ive seen clubbing legends like Joe Claussell, Laurent Garnier and Francois Kevorkian blown away by the energy and the soul of the club. Joe was almost evangelical afterwards, returning to NYC enthusing about the power and the beauty of the spiritual energy that was at that party.
This is a club to hold close to your heart. A club without a membership, but a club where you can belong. A club to treasure. A club I will tell my grandchildren about. A club I should have told my grandparents about. A club which has changed lives. A club thats still changing lives. A club where the weak become heroes and everybody feels love.
Electric souls forever.
Luke Bainbridge (Observer Music Monthly 2005)
ELECTRIC CHAIR GUESTS 1995/2008
01 [June 1995] Unabombers
02 Unabombers…
03 Headfunk Boys……
04 Headfunk …
05 Mr Scruff…
06 Jason Boardman……
07 Mark Rae……
08 Fila Brazillia……
09 Winston Hazel……
10 Matt Triggs…
11 Mr Scruff…
12 Ross Allen………………
13 James Holroyd…………
14 Elliot Eastwick……………
15 Winston Hazel……
16 Ben Wilcox…
17 NYE Mark Rae……
18 Faze Action…
19 James Holroyd… …
20 Chris Jam………
21 Rob Bright…
22 Fila Brazillia…
23 Si G……
24 James Holroyd, Jason Boardman, Winston Hazel……
25 Idjut Boys …
26 Mr Scruff… …
27 Aim… …
28 Ashley Beedle …
29 Mark Rae …
30 Rob Bright & James Holroyd ……
31 Harvey…
32 Charlie D’Afro… ……
33 Tony Vegas……………
34 Martin Strangebrew & Peter Parker……
35 Ashley Beedle…
36 Idjut Boys, Freddy Fresh, Andy Votel, Badly Draw Boy……
37 Josh Virgin & The Phantom Scribbler……
38 Nightmares On Wax……
39 Mr Scruff, Andy Votel, Badly Drawn Boy……
40 DJ Science……
42 Andy Smith & Wai Wan……
43 Charlie D’Afro…
44 Nightmares On Wax…
45 Dego…
46 Harvey & Bullitnuts…
47 Francois Kevorkian & Rob Bright……
48 Carl Craig………
49 4th Birthday……
50 Martin Brew, Twisted Nerve & Wai Wan……
51…DJ Science & Cosmo…
52 Dego & Jazzanova……
53 Nighmares On Wax & Mark Rae……
54 Pyschonaughts, Dropping Science, Kwesi……
55 Carl Craig……
56 Andy Smith, Chris Jam, Kwesi……
57 Miguel Migs & Bronx Dogs……
58 Harvey, Kwesi…
59 Jazzanova, Chase, Wai Wan……
60 Idjut Boys, The Nextmen……
61 Mr Scruff, Mark Rae, Rob Bright……
61 X –Press 2 , Goose……
63 Joe Claussell, Irfan……
64 Fabio, Only Child……
65 Ashley Beedle, Mark Rae, Psychonauts……
66 Charlie D’Afro, Pete BBE……
67 Maurice Fulton……
68 Derrick May, Dom Blood & Fire…
69 Riton, Hospital Records……
70 The Nextmen, Alex Moran……
71 Psychonauts, Atjazz……
72 Danny Krivit……
73 Killa Kela……
74 Charlie Dark, Dego……
75 James Holroyd, Peter Parker……
77 Raw Deal, The Funky Lowlives……
78 Idjut Boys, Maurice Fulton, Ladycop, Peter Parker……
79 Unabombers, Jon K, Kelvin Brown……
80 Hospital Records, Afronaught…
81 DJ Spinna, Jonny Miller……
82 J- Walk…
83 Maurice Fulton, Toni Rossano……
84 Chris Duckenfield, Seiji……
85 Mark Rae, Wai Wan……
86 Harvey……
87 Unabombers, Kelvin Brown, Dave Walker…
88 Osunlade…
89 Agent X…
90 Ashley Beedle, Charlie Dark…
91 Unabombers, Kelvin Brown…
92 Theo Parrish, David Walker……
93 Laurent Garnier, Lights Down Low………
94 Seiji, DJ Format……
95 Charlie Dark, Hospital………
96 Idjut Boys, Only Child, Different Drummer……
97 Danny Krivit……
98 Peter Kruder……
99 Chris Duckenfield, Benji B……
100 Unabombers, Kelvin Brown, Yam Who………
101 Jazzie B……
102 Norman Jay……
102 Reel People, Lights Down Low, Play Music……
104 Larry Heard, Brett Dancer………
105 Chicken Lips……
106 Kerri Chandler, Play Music……
108 Stuart Patterson & Bill Brewster……
109 Bugz In The Attic, Jigsaw…
110 Theo Parrish, El Diablo's…………
111 Metro Area…
113 Phil Asher……
114 Ashley Beedle, Aficionado……
115 Unabombers, Danny Webb…
116 Greg Wilsom, Yam Who, As One………
117 Spiritual South, Aficionado…
118 Theo Parrish, Deep Soul3…
119 Benji B, Jneiro Jarel…………
120 Unabombers, Kelvin Brown…
121 Gilles Peterson……
122 Jazzie B, Basement Boogaloo………
123 Maurice Fulton, Doodlebug……
124 Danny Krivit………
125 Unabombers, Beatfanatic……
126 Laurent Garnier, Norman Jay, Mr Scruff, Idjut Boys, Eyes Down, Aficionado……
127 Kelvin Andrews, Blackbeard……
128 King Britt……
129 Idjut Boys, El Diablo's………
130 Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Maddslinky………
131 Gilles Peterson, Bugz In The Attic (Live), Danny Krivit, Metro Area, Âme, Elektrons, Phil Mison, Aficionado, Kelvin Brown……
132 Greg Wilson, Development, Last Rites…
133 Martin Brew, James Holroyd, Rob Bright, Dom Blood & Fire, Woody (Fat City), Martin Moscrop (ACR), Balearic Mike, Tramp! DJs…
134 Moodymann, Hugh Herrera (H-Track)...
135 Red Astaire, Mad Mats, Crazy P...
136 The Glimmers, Balearic Mike...
137 Âme, Blood 'N' Fire...
138 End Of Year Riot...
139 Andrew Weathherall, Ryan Hunn...
140 Aficionado, Moonboots, Jason Boardman, Jerome Derradji...
141 Maurice Fulton...
142 A Certain Ratio, Richard Dorfmeister, Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, Greg Wilson, Ben Westbeech, Aficionado, Development, Kelvin Brown, Friends Of Music...
143 Idjut Boys...
144 Unabombers...
145 James Holroyd, Rob Bright, Martin Brew, Kwinzola, Mark Turner, Emma Chibuku, Dubble D, Krysko, Danny Webb, Stylus DJ's...
146 Glimmers, Milo, Danielle Baldelli, Hot Chip..
147 Karizma, Broke n English...
148 Maurice Fulton, Kabal...
149 Danny Krivit, Last Rites...
150 Last Supper - Mr. Scruff, Benji B, Aim, Greg Wilson, Phil Asher, Chris Duckenfield, Ross Allen, Kelvin Andrews, Dan (Idjuts), Charlie Dark, Dave Jarvis, Moonboots, Jason Boardman, Rob Bright, James Holroyd, Elliot Eastwick, Matt Triggs, Martin Brew, Balearic Mike, Development...
151 The Final Execution - Unabombers and Kelvin Brown...
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MOODYMANN AT ELECTRIC CHAIR, AUGUST 2006ELECTRIC SOULS WEEKENDER, FRODSHAM, 2004
