Nightlife - clubs, clubbing and DJs in Leeds

Interview The Stafford Brothers

We speak to Australian duo The Stafford Brothers before their set at Kissdafunk

Antipodean sibling spin-doctors The Stafford Brothers have played at massive nights across the globe and are soon due to land at Leeds night Kissdafunk, held every month at Mission.

You guys have played in such glamorous places as New York, Las Vegas and Ibiza; how do you think Leeds will…

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News Majestic

Leeds wants to resurrect the eyesore of City Square

Leeds is full of impressive architecture, exhibiting both ornate Victorian and thoroughly contemporary design. Some buildings have their potential maximised, like the Henry Moore Institute, the Victoria Quarter and newly renovated Corn Exchange. Others, however, are disappointingly and frustratingly ignored, standing neglected in their empty beauty and just begging to…

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Pick'N'Mix Foz

Every fortnight, the best local DJs give us their top five tunes

After growing up in a hotbed of fairground house in his native Blackpool, Foz enjoyed the early days of Gatecrasher trance and spent some time in Ibiza, before leaving Blackpool for Leeds. He’s current;y Pet Sounds’ Room 2 resident down in the Underground at the Academy, where he offers the…

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Interview Don Letts

We talk to legendary DJ and film maker Don Letts

Don Letts was resident DJ at legendary London punk club The Roxy in the 1970s, when he was famed for introducing a generation of punks to reggae music, and he is also a well-respected film-maker. You can catch Don DJing in Leeds this fortnight, when he calls into the Rock…

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Confessions of a DJ Angel Lee

We speak to Leeds DJ Angel Lee about new dance music night Chi Chi, held monthly at Oracle

Chi Chi launched last month; how did the first night go?
It went really well, everyone who came down had a great time and K-Klass rocked it for us.

What does Chi Chi offer that other nights in Leeds don’t?
Well I think there are so many…

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Interview Jamie Fisher, LS City Records & Filth at Mint

We talk to the insiders of the Leeds nightlife scene

Jamie Fisher is the new Filth resident and recently set up a new record label, LS City Records. We spoke to him about the label and his new residency.

How did you first break into the music industry?
Well my first ever DJ residency was the Doncaster Warehouse about…

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Pick'N'Mix Mr Ben Echo

Every fortnight, the best local DJs give us their top five tunes

Mr Ben Echo is The Elbow Room’s Saturday Soul Master, spinning the discs from 8pm till late every week. Mr Echo has an impressively straightforward music policy: “if it’s funky, feel-good and/or got some soul, it will be played!”

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Clubs Quiz Charlie Legg, Forefront Agency

We speak to the co-founder of a new DJ management company that's based in Leeds but has global ambitions

How did the Forefront Agency come about?
In August last year I returned from living and working in Berlin for two years, and was inspired by the wealth of musical talent around and the need for a DJ bookings and management agency that, whilst based in Leeds, would operate…

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Pick'N'Mix Todd 'JD' Malloy

Every fortnight, the best local DJs give us their top five tunes

Todd ‘JD’ Malloy is a freelance DJ based in Leeds who currently works the main rooms at F*U*E*L and Slam Dunk, and he’s recently launched his brand new monthly club night, Pinky Swear, on the first Saturday of every month at The Garage night at The Cockpit.

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Interview DJ Silvao

We speak to the Latin music supremo about his Reggaeton Con Flow night, which takes place every month at Bar 4

How would you describe reggaeton music and where are its roots?
Reggaeton is a form of dance music which blends the Jamaican music influences of reggae and dancehall with those of Latin America, such as bomba and plena, as well as that of hip-hop. The music is also combined…

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