Phon-etics

COMING TOGETHER IN YEAR 2000 - PHONETICS MISSION WAS TO BRING GOOD EXCITING MUSIC TO SHEFFIELD. SOMEHOW GETTING THE SATURDAYS AT SHEFFIELD'S PO NA NA THE NIGHT WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS ALTHO IT NEVER REALLY HAD A FORMAT BEHIND IT. NORMALLY IT JUST FOLLOWED THE MUSICAL WHIMS OF THOSE BEHIND IT.THE PHILOSOPHY WAS SIMPLY TO CREATE A NIGHT THAT PUSHED DIFFERENT STYLES OF "DANCE" MUSIC, FRESH ARTISTS, LIVE ACTS AND LOCAL DJS/BANDS. IT WAS FOR EVERYONE. NO DOOR POLICIES OR CRAP LIKE THAT. THE MAIN RESIDENTS BECAME PROMOTER LEVI BUSSUE, DANNY MAGER, CHRIS WELCH AND DJ RILES BUT MOST LOCAL ACTS AND DJS RELEVANT TO THE NIGHT WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO MAN OR WOMAN THE TURNTABLES.FAIR TO SAY, OVER 6 YEARS MANY A FLOOR DWELLER AT PHONETICS EXPERIENCED A LEGENDARY NIGHT OR AT THE VERY LEAST WERE EXPOSED TO NOT YER USUAL FARE. YOU MAY BE HEAD-NODDING TO THE LIKES OF TASKFORCE ALONGSIDE YER BACKPACKING ANGST UP KIDS ONE WEEK THEN HAVING BUGZ IN THE ATTIC BASH U UP WITH SOME BROKEN BEAT THE NEXT WEEK. THE CROWD WERE AS DIVERSE AS THE MUSIC ITSELF - B-BOYS ALONGSIDE MUSIC GEEKS ALONGSIDE PARTY PEOPLE ALONGSIDE RANDOM PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE WRONG PLACE BUT LOVED THE VIBE AND WERE THE LAST TO LEAVE....SO MANY ACTS; SO MANY INCREDIBLE KICKING NIGHTS WHERE IT SIMPLY WENT OFF ! A FULL LIST OF ACTS WILL APPEAR SHORTLY (FOR THOSE NOSTALIGIOSOS OR THE BORED AT WORK) BUT FOR THE MEANTIME HERE'S A FEW SELECTED MEMORABLE NIGHTS.- MARK B AND BLADE (OCT 2000) : THE NIGHT WE REALISED THAT WE MAY JUST BE ONTO SOMETHING AS THE CAPACITY WAS BREACHED AND THE PLACE WENT MENTAL. - ROOTS MANUVA (JUL 2001) : FIRST BIRTHDAY - DANGEROUSLY FULL - THE CROWD UP CLOSE AND IN YER FACE. MESSY. DIRTY. BIG FUN. - FAT FREDDYS DROP (MARCH 2003) : WAY BEFORE THEY BECAME BIG NEWS WE SQUEEZED ALL THESE TOP GEEZERS ONTO A POSTAGE STAMP STAGE AND THEY BLEW THE CROWD AWAY. - SAIAN SUPA CREW (MAR 2003) : THE FRENCH RAP SUPREMOS GAVE A MASTERCLASS TO ANY SLOPPY RAP GROUPS ON HOW TO PUT ON A SHOW. RATES AMONG THE BEST ACTS WE EVER HAD ! - SOIL & PIMP SESSIONS (APR 2006) THEY CAME, PLAYED AND LEFT A MARK ON THE PEOPLE THERE WHICH THEY WON'T FORGET IN A HURRY. HARDCORE LIVE MUSIC.SO MANY MORE ACTS - WAIT FOR THE FULL LIST !PHONETICS HAS TWICE BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR "CLUB NIGHT OF THE YEAR" ON GILLES PETERSON'S WORLDWIDE RADIO 1FM SHOW, RATED ONE OF THE TOP 5 NIGHTS IN EUROPE BY THE FACE MAGAZINE, RECEIVED NUFF PRESS PRAISE AND ALL THAT BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY HAS PROUDLY STOOD UP FOR INDEPENDENT GOOD MUSIC !!!PHONETICS DJS HAVE HELD RESIDENCIES AND PLAYED AT MANY A CLUB IN SHEFFIELD AND THE UK. AND PHONETICS ITSELF RAN AT THE WAREHOUSE IN LEEDS, PHUTURE MOTION AT THE LIZARD LOUNGE, LEICESTER, PHUTURE MOTION @ THE FAVERSHAM, LEEDS.PHONETICS WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN BIG BANGS 7, 8 AND 9: BIG FUCK OFF 3 ARENA EVENTS AT THE SHEFFIELD SKI VILLAGE WHICH 4 YEARS ON HAVE YET TO BE EVEN SLIGHTLY MATCHED. AT ONE OF THE EVENTS OUR HIP HOP TENT KICKED SO HARD THE COUNCIL CLOSED IT DOWN FOR BEING TOO LOUD.KEEP WATCHIN!!!