The Northern Project's Old Skool Project - WN1 (FORMERLY MAXIMES), Standishgate, WIGAN, WN1 1UP - event info

Right Old Skool Party People are we all recovered from the roaring success of Northern Projects Old Skool Project Launch Night on 3rd July??;

WHO REMEMBERS??? THE DAYS OF THE ILLEGAL REVENGE PARTIES AND THE MAD NIGHTS AT WIGAN PIER, ANGELS, SHABOO, SHELLYS, ECLIPSE, LEGENDS, SEQUINS, HACIENDA, FLORAL HALL, QUADRANT PARK, PLEASURE DROME, 051, BOWLERS, KONSPIRACY, HACKETTS, KAOS, ARK, ORBIT, ZONE, CARLOS II, MONROES, LOVESHACK, OZ, BANSHEE, HIPPODROME, THE EMPIRE, MAXIMES, BACK 2 BASICS, PROGRESS, CREAM, THE GALLERY, THE CARLETON, THE STATE, SHINDIG, HARD TIMES, QUE CLUB, THE EDGE, THE LEADMILL, DONCASTER WAREHOUSE, HARD DOCK, KINETIC, FANTAZIA, DREAMSCAPE, HELTER SKELTER, QUEST, AMNESIA HOUSE, OBSESSION AND MANY MORE????? WELL IF SO WE AS THE NORTHERN PROJECT GIVE YOU THESE SPECIAL EVENT'S HERE AND THERE THAT YOUR GONNA LOVE!!!!

Do you want some more????? Hang on to your hats because this is going to blow you away …………………

We will deliver what we have promised.... all you true Old Skooler’s are in for a right royal treat. See you on the 18th September!!!!...\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/.....MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE.....

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SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2010

@ WN1 (FORMERLY MAXIMES)
Standishgate
WIGAN
WN1 1UP
9PM-4.30AM

DJ’S

GRAEME PARK (HACIENDA LEGEND)
MIKE KNOWLER (QUADRANT PARK LEGEND)
MATT BELL (ZONE/LOVESHACK/EMPIRE/ANGELS LEGEND)
TRIPLE X (BOWLERS/MONROES LEGEND)
ANDY PENDLE (ZONE LEGEND/REUNION MASTER)
REG (MONROES/MAXIMES LEGEND)
LEE GARRY (WIGAN PIER LEGEND)
ASH (NORTHERN PROJECT)

PLUS LIVE P.A. DREAM FREQUENCY
(Feel so Real, Take Me, Goodtimes, Euphoria)

ALL IN A TRUE OLD SKOOL VENUE TOO (MAXIMES, WIGAN)

TICKETS £12.50..NO DRESS CODES!..NO BAD ATTITUDES WANTED!..JUST FRIENDLY HAPPY TIMES AGAIN!..JUST LIKE IT USED TO BE BACK THEN!.. ..\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/..

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LINE-UP INFO...

GRAEME PARK (Hacienda Legend)

Graeme Park: 15 years on the radio, 25 years on the decks.

The story of DJ Graeme Park really mirrors the story of the evolution of dance music and club culture itself. Graeme found himself working in a Nottingham record shop called Select-A-Disc in the early 1980s, when the very first house records began to filter through from Chicago, Detroit and New York. When the shop's owner also opened a nightclub, it was only natural he should turn to Graeme to select the discs. Determined to showcase this new style of music, his reputation as a house pioneer soon brought him to the attention of Mike Pickering at the Hacienda in Manchester, who asked him to cover for him whilst he went on holiday in 1988. Simply put, there was no-one else in the country who could do the job. The Summer of Love followed, and Parky quickly became one of the biggest names on the emerging dance scene. Aside from his eight-year residency at the Hac, he was the first British DJ to play places like Australia, South America, the USA, Asia and beyond as well as producing and remixing tracks for the dancefloor.

The Hacienda was a club without a purpose until house music filled its cathedral-sized dimensions. It undeniably defined Graeme as a DJ, but in 2010, that can only be seen as one chapter in an on-going tale: 'Yeah it was a very big chapter. I guess the first was when I discovered I could DJ and discovered house music from the US. The Hacienda was chapter 2 and chapter 3 was when it re-opened after closing for a couple of months in 1992. Chapter 4 was when it closed not long after I left and I played all around the world. I suppose Chapter 5 is where we are now.'

As far as Graeme's concerned, things are as fab as ever. But where is dance music and club culture headed? Well, who better to ask directions than the man who wrote the disco A-Z? 'I started doing it purely by accident,' he details. 'And then realised I was actually pretty good at it. But I never thought I'd end up doing it for over 25 years. And I see no need to stop at the moment. I still love playing fantastic tunes in clubs and people still want me to do it too.'

And where we are now is a very interesting place to be. Aside from all the regular gigs and many productions under various guises, Graeme has been celebrating his 25th Anniversary with a series of special nights all over the UK and overseas playing a selection of classic house tunes as well as new and current tunes too. Although keen not to be bracketed as a 'classics' DJ, he couldn't let the occasion of his 25th anniversary go by without delving into the thousands upon thousands of tunes he has collected on vinyl over the years: 'House music has made people channel their tastes, so I went back to my roots and pulled out some forgotten classics,' he grins, still in love with process of mining those rich seams of vinyl.

Also celebrating over 15 years on the radio having worked for Kiss, Galaxy, Key 103, Radio City, Juice FM, Forth One and more, Parky has just started a brand new Saturday night show on Imagine FM which covers South Manchester, Stockport and Cheshire occupying the 6pm-9pm slot he has traditionally occupied on the North West’s FM dial for many years. The show is your perfect soundtrack to Saturday and helps get you in the mood for whatever you’re planning on doing on a Saturday night. Graeme years of experience help him understand the specialist skills required by a radio DJ: 'A lot of radio shows or DJs just play the same big tunes. You can't simply pretend you're in a club, you have to talk to the audience and put your personality across without sounding like an idiot.' His weekly Graeme Park Radio Show airs on a number of radio stations both in the UK and overseas and brings in a big audience with his mix of new and older tunes mixed together like only he knows how. You can listen to the show anytime you like at http://www.mixcloud.com/graemepark and Graeme has just been voted at 14 in the Mixcloud Best Of 2009 poll too.

Keeping ahead of the game, Graeme has also just launched his brand new iPhone app which you can download from the iTunes store for free. It keeps you up to date with what he’s playing and where while you’re on the move and is proving extremely popular since it’s launch in March 2010. And look out for his latest compilation CD, 21 Years of Gio Goi, which is due out in the summer of 2010 and is released in association with the popular Manchester clothing brand and features classic club tunes from the past 21 years.

Whether through his sets, his radio shows or simply by getting to know that audience, Graeme has spent the last 25 years getting his jocular personality across. He was there before it all started, he was at the forefront of the dance scene when it was at its zenith and he's still there, still rocking it, years later- longer than some of the people on the dancefloor have been on the planet! And the best thing is he still loves it, still loves the music and still loves to play it for people to dance to.
'Yeah, for my entire career I've been finding good tunes that I want other people to hear. The reason I keep doing it is simple- it's my mission in life to let people hear good music.'

The Hacienda is now an apartment building (the developers asked Parky to DJ at the launch; he politely declined). At the back of the building there is a time-line, carved into steel, detailing the history of the club from Madonna's early performance to its closure. And there's Graeme's name not once, but twice, carved into the metal for time immemorial. What other DJs (what other venues?) have had that significance in clubland?

http://www.facebook.com/GraemeParkFanPage
http://www.twitter.com/graemepark
http://www.mixcloud.com/graemepark
http://www.myspace.com/graemepark
http://www.trustthedj.com/graemepark
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/graeme-park/id363996193?mt=8

 

MIKE "THE QUADFATHER" KNOWLER (Quadrant Park, The State, Hard Dock, LIFE@ Legend)

Mike Knowler.

The year: 1990. The city: Liverpool. The hottest club in town was Quadrant Park. Mike Knowler was the DJ, and this is his story.

Mike’s career started in 1969 in the Starlight Room at Southport’s Kingsway Casino. Resident DJ Baby Bob Stewart, about to start at Radio Luxembourg, had offered Mike his job out of the blue. Music policy at the Kingsway was rare soul and R ‘n’ B, which suited Mike’s record collection just fine. He was only 17, and he shared the spot with Ormskirk DJ Phil Sawyer.

Two years later, music policy at the Kingsway became more mainstream. Mike moved to a more intimate Southport venue, the Nest Club, owned by local bookie Alec Morris. At the time Mike had changed his musical allegiance to street funk. He was the first Southport DJ to play James Brown, Bobby Byrd and the JBs. Mike only lasted a few months at the Nest. Wages were meagre and he now had a wife to support.

In 1970 Mike met Dave Kay who, along with Jeff Hartley, ran a successful mobile disco road show. It was called “Radio Doom Good Guys”, and Mike wanted a piece of the action. Mike and Phil Sawyer started off at Radio Doom as Northern Soul dancers! Then Jeff quit, and Mike took over as DJ in 1972. The job at Radio Doom lasted six years.

In 1978 Mike joined Open Eye, a community communications and media project. He designed and built an eight-track recording studio, and established two record labels: Zoo Records and Open Eye Records. He was a pioneer of the new Merseybeat, working with bands like Big in Japan, Dead or Alive, OMD, the Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen. Both the studio and the record labels were a great hit locally. While at Open Eye Mike was studying for an HNC at Preston Poly. He became social secretary for the Students’ Union, and spent three years as a student DJ and events organiser. In 1981, with the HNC finished, Mike left Open Eye to study full-time at Liverpool University. Leaving Open Eye was a wrench, but he hadn’t had a hit record!

After leaving Preston Mike carried on as a DJ at the Poly. At a Theatre of Hate gig he met Andy Carroll, a Southport DJ. Andy invited Mike to join him as a DJ at a club in Southport called Sandbaggers. They worked together from 1982 to 84, playing stuff like the Cure, New Order, Southern Death Cult, Kraftwerk, the Clash and A Certain Ratio. Mike also played one gig for the Liverpool Uni Guild of Students: the 1984 Summer Ball with Curtis Mayfield.

Mike graduated in July 1984. He then took up residency at the Cavern – an exact replica of the club where the Beatles made their name. He did lunchtime sessions six days a week, with fresh local talent, just as Bob Wooler did in the early sixties. The sessions were a runaway success. Then, later in 1984, Mike became resident DJ at the State Ballroom. Mike and his old mate Andy Carroll played music such as Talking Heads, Simple Minds, U2, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and New Order.

1988 saw the second Summer of Love. At that time Mike and Andy met up with James Barton, later of Cream fame. James wanted them to DJ at Liverpool’s first regular acid house event. Luckily Mike and Andy had been turned on to house after separate trips to New York’s New Music Seminar. Monday nights (styled “Daisy”) were such a hit that the State moved over to house music exclusively, every night, until it was forced to close in 1989. The indie kids had been ousted!

After a brief stint at the Twilight Zone in Duke Street, the stage was set for Quadrant Park in Bootle. Mike first played at the Quad at a Christmas dance for the students of Hugh Baird College. In 1990 he became resident DJ for the three main nights at the Quad, with Andy Carroll sharing on Saturdays. The end of the year saw the start of the legendary Allnighters, when James Barton and John Kelly joined the team. The Quad Allnighter is fondly remembered by Scouse clubbers as the biggest thing to happen on their scene. And it was legal! The music was proper house, as opposed to techno or hardcore. A young man tragically died at the Quad, but that wasn’t why the club closed. Door prices went up, security went down and the venue needed a makeover. Punters voted with their feet and the house scene moved elsewhere. By 1992 the Quad was no more.

Also in 1990 Mike had been contacted by Dave Graham, resident DJ at the Drome in Birkenhead. Dave wanted to change the music policy to house, so he asked Mike to help out on Friday nights. For part of 1991 Mike took a break from the Quad and did his stuff at the Drome on Fridays. The night was called “Life” and it moved on to Bowlers at Trafford Park.

In 1991 Mike was approached by club promoters Nicki Dee and Billy Gillbank. They wanted him to play Friday nights at a new venue, the Hard Dock Café. At the time the Quad was feeling the heat from other places like Club 051 and the Academy. So Mike started at the Hard Dock playing alongside Alan James. Following the demise of the Quad, Mike became main resident DJ at the Hard Dock on Fridays and Saturdays. Music policy was techno and hardcore, with guest appearances from artists like Carl Cox and Groove Rider. Feeling that such music had had its day, Mike left the Hard Dock in 1994.

He was also appearing as a guest DJ at a number of venues. The most noteworthy was the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, at concerts promoted by James Barton and Andy Carroll. These concerts featured artists such as Adamski, Katherine E, K Klass, the Prodigy, N Joi and Quadrophonia. Mike also played at Cleo’s in Wolverhampton, alongside Laurent Garnier; the Inn on the Park on Jersey with Robbie Edwards and Eric Powell; and Sheffield Poly with John Peel.

An important part of Mike’s career was regular guest appearances at Old Skool / Anthem / Retro nights across the North West. The first was Anthem City, in 1993, at Club 051. Other appearances included: “Ultimate Revival” at Life in Trafford Park; “Passion” at Maximes in Wigan; “Best of British” at the Buzz Club in Liverpool; “Anthem Mania” at the Drome; and the “Anthem City Tour” at Calistos in Huddersfield. Recent retro appearances, in 2003-05, have been for “HayzyDays” nights at Club Zanzibar in Liverpool.

In 1995 Mike moved into the pre-club bar scene. He started an 18-month residency at the Gallery Bar in Liverpool’s Concert Square. The bar was owned by Peter Lee of Metro Bar fame. Mike now had an excellent chance to play upfront American-import house: the kind of stuff played at Back to Basics in Leeds and Ministry of Sound in London. For the first time he was playing for an audience who were listening, not dancing! Without the need to drive the dance floor, Mike could be more experimental. At the time new house music was breaking through built upon themes from soul, funk, disco and jazz. Mike left the Gallery when he heard rumours that the bar was to be sold.

He moved to Southport to work for Craig Carloss at a new bar called the Glasshouse. He was working four or five nights a week. Thursday was 1970s funk and disco; Friday and Saturday were upfront US-import house; and Sunday was “Back to the Old Skool” house anthems. After a dispute with the owner Mike moved to Bar None, Southport’s newest trendy bar. Fridays featured US house; Thursdays featured soul, funk, disco and jazz.

In 1999 Mike Knowler retired as a full-time DJ, after a career spanning 30 years. He can truly be called “the godfather or is it the Quadfather of Liverpool house music”.

http://www.mikeknowler.com/

 

MATT BELL (Zone Legend/Empire/Angels/Northern Project)

DJ Matt Bell, this Zone Legend started an interest in DJing whilst watching Djs at Blackburn raves back in 1988. Started putting on illegal parties in Preston and then moved onto clubs in 1990 which was Adam n eves in Blackpool. After this shut down, I played regularly at Love Shack on Fridays and then got the break at ZOne. I was a resident there and the Empire at Morecambe until around 1995 when I left and started a residency at Feel in Preston and Angels in Burnley where I played with a whole host of superstar DJs such as Sasha, Carl Cox, Tongy to name but a few. I've also done Bowlers, Fun at Birmingham and Ibiza plus loads of other events, some memorable, some not so..
Although I love new music, Old skool is where its at for me. Matt was gonna hang his headphones up in September 2010 due to work commitiments, but we are glad to say Matt is now able to become a resident Dj for the Northern Project

 

TRIPLE X (Monroe's/Bowlers Legend)

After being asked to help re-open Monroes in Blackburn in 1993, this Monroe's Legend started his first residency there and quickly got noticed by the Bowlers crew who asked him to become a regular guest in 1994. Some big nights followed in Manchester and Triple X built his reputation as a versatile DJ who reads the crowd and gives them exactly what they want, a bangin night just like he did at the Bowlers Reunion in May!!!!!

 

ANDY PENDLE (Zone Legend and Reunion Master)

With 'Dj Andy Pendle' enjoying his time on the dancefloor just as much as he does behind the decks, its pretty hard to keep him pinned down...lol...With a permanent smile beamed across his face, the enjoyment of the music is clearly there for all to see, and this more than reflects in his dj sets. With a list of places played as long as your arm and he has played and rocked at some of the big reunions in 2010 e.g. ZONE, WIGAN PIER, BOWLERS, his experience together with his enthusiasm will pair together giving us an outstanding show of talent that will get us rocking to the old happy Zone beat we loved. Andy will be coming down from the Zone reunion on the 18th to get you rocking around 3am.

 

REG (Monroes/Maximes Legend/Northern Project)

DJ REG, Reg is a part of the Northern Project and does not need any introductions having been a Monroe’s and Maximes Legend back in the day. He has also played at the Hacienda and many other venue's, he's bound to have you jumping again like he did in the early 90’s. Reg is a resident DJ for the Northern Project.

 

LEE GARRY (Wigan Pier Legend/Northern Project)

DJ Lee Garry, This Wigan Pier Legend is a part of the Northern Project and has Dj’ing flowing through his blood, starting out in 91 at the Legendary Wigan Pier Dreaming a Dream nights. DJ Lee Garry, recently rocked the house at the D.A.D Reunion and at the Northern Project showing us old skool never dies. Lee is a resident DJ for the Northern Project.

 

ASH (Northern Project)

This guy is a big part of the Northern Project and was bang at it with all you true Old Skool ravers back in the day on the Northern scene. He has been playing on turntables since 1993 - Some of you remember the naughty illegal haslingden parties in the mid 90s he did? 4 week of madness in the hills until plod sussed it. And those of you who attended the Northern Project's launch party on 3rd July will vouch this guy knows how to get you on the dancefloor. Ash is a resident DJ for the Northern Project.

 

PLUS A CLASSIC SPECIAL GUEST P.A.

DREAM FREQUENCY
(Feel so Real, Take Me, Goodtimes, Euphoria, The Chant)

Ian Bland is the man behind Dream Frequency.

Ian Bland has been into the dance scene since '87, when as a clubber he was jacking to the fresh house sounds of Chicago House.
By 1990 he formed Dream Frequency releasing the single 'Live the Dream' (name taken from the infamous Blackburn rave at the time) which gained underground acclaim. and signed to XL Recordings.

His next 2 releases are Rave anthems, 'Feel so Real' and 'Take Me' both reached the top 30 of the national charts in 1992. The band have performed at many of the Legendary Rave events including- Street Rave , Hanger 13, The Metro, The Fubar, Circus Circus, Amnesia, Galactica , Fantazia and Rezerection to name a few ! .
Dream Frequency have also toured America , Australia and performed for 55,000 people at the Tokyo Dome which was Japan 's first ever rave!!
Ian has since gone on to produce under the names ‘Dancing Divaz’ , ‘Quake’ , Dejure, ‘Northstars’ and Hollywood Hills .

Ian has written some banging new Dream Frequency tunes which, along side the old fav’s he will be showcasing in his forthcoming live shows this year!

Dream Frequency are STILL considered ‘Masters of the Rave Scene !’

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TICKETS £12.50..NO DRESS CODES..NO BAD ATTITUDES..JUST FRIENDLY HAPPY TIMES AGAIN..
trainers, white hats, glow sticks, whistles, we want to see it all again!

NO UNDER 18s I.D. MAY BE REQUIRED

For Ticket info see below

SUZANNE: 0771 7468 007 (ATHERTON, TYLDESLEY, ASTLEY, LEIGH)
MICHAELA: 0751 137 4380 (HORWICH & BLACKROD)
WAYNE: 0778 573 1608 (WESTHOUGHTON)
COOGIE: 0793 400 5443 (BOLTON)
LEE: 0770 981 6091 (WIGAN)
JIMMY: 0780 123 9802 (LIVERPOOL)
ASH: 0750 837 6500 (BOLTON)
REG: 0750 241 3839 (WIGAN)
JONNY: 0785 505 6999 (BURNLEY/ROSSENDALE)
DENISE 0779 583 0663 (PRESTON)
X RECORDS: 01204 52401 (BOLTON)
JAMES: 0794 664 6357 (BLACKBURN/DARWEN)
NIKKI: 0795 419 2746 (WARRINGTON/ST HELENS)

TICKETS ALSO ONLINE FROM LANCASHIRE TICKETS.

http://www.lancashiretickets.com/eventinfo/323/The-Northern-Projects-Old-Skool-Project-WN1-FORMERLY-MAXIMES-Standishgate-WIGAN-WN1-1UP

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The Northern Project would also like to take the opportunity to THANK ALL of you for your support that created our success on the 3rd July for our launch night. Well the atmosphere was true Old Skool and it was all down to you, the true friendly happy Old Skool party people. Hope your all gonna be back there again....\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/....

Old Skool will never die with the help from you true friendly happy Old Skool party people.

Big Thanks
The Northern Project Crew.

Join our NORTHERN PROJECT group by clicking the link below and help us get you all back together again.

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We will deliver what’s promised.... all you true Old Skooler’s are in for a right royal treat. See you on the 18th September!!...\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/.....
 

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