We promote, organise and DJ 2 of our own nights, Offbeat and Synthetic, and also spin records at various other indie/synthpop events.
Offbeat is our long-running indiepoppunk club night, based at the Raynor Lounge, Sheffield University SU. In 2005 it was selected by
BBC Radio 6 as the UK's ultimate indie disco !
At Offbeat we play an eclectic mix of classic leftfield indie, punkpop, C86, new indiepop underground and lo-fi sounds from the likes of...
Belle and Sebastian - Pavement - Interpol - Architecture in Helsinki - Magnetic Fields - Smiths - Futureheads - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Art Brut - Of Montreal - Shins - Half Man Half Biscuit - Sonic Youth - Pipettes - Tilly and the Wall - Voxtrot - Pixies - Black Kids - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bright Eyes - Mclusky - Arcade Fire - Polyphonic Spree - Los Campesinos! - Maccabees - Ballboy - Buzzcocks - Animal Collective - Long Blondes - Wedding Present - Hefner - Decemberists - FOTL - Dead Kennedys - Rilo Kiley - Fall - Graham Coxon - Field Mice - Kenickie - Sleater Kinney - REM - Postal Service - Joy Division - Envelopes - Hidden Cameras - Stereolab - Nirvana - Delgados - Pastels - Aislers Set - Morrissey - Sons and Daughters - White Stripes - Elastica - Super Furry Animals - Bis - Ash - Talulah Gosh - Camera Obscura - At the Drive-in - Helen Love - Idlewild - Dressy Bessy - British Sea Power - Moldy Peaches - Ride - ...Trail of Dead - Jesus and Mary Chain - My Bloody Valentine - Urusei Yatsura - Undertones - Shop Assistants - Eels - Sebadoh - ... and many more
For past playlists, to join our Offbeat mailing list, contact info for us, and admission details for non-students you can check out our website at www.offbeatsheffield.com .
We also have a offbeat myspace group , and there is a forum/community thingy at
www.livejournal.com/community/offbeat_dancers/
Synthetic is our bi-monthly synthpop/electroclash night, again at The Raynor Lounge, Sheffield University SU, playing all the hits and the odd miss from the likes of
- Depeche Mode - Gary Numan - The Human League - Kraftwerk - Felix da Housecat - Hiem - Cut Copy - Performance - The Knife - Miss Kittin - The Modern - Erasure - Goldfrapp - Ladytron - New Order - Cabaret Voltaire - Clor - The Bravery - Soft Cell - KHLA - Soulwax - A-ha - Air - Performance - Bronski Beat - Adult. - The Cure - LCD Soundsystem - Duran Duran - The Faint - Soulwax - Japan - Echoboy - Pet Shop Boys - St. Etienne - OMD - Stereolab - Tears for Fears - Ultravox - Yazoo - Fischerspooner - A Flock of Seagulls - Blancmange - Tiga - Electronic - Visage - Thomas Dolby - The Associates and more...
For more info', including admission details for non-students, mailing list info and past playlists, go to the Synthetic website at www.syntheticsheffield.co.uk and also check out the Synthetic myspace group to interact with other Synthetic-goers.
