Your favourite year of clubbing

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Probably 2006, my first Bedrock @ Heaven venture, aged 19.

Just glad to have at least experienced a few nights at Heaven before it moved on to other venues like Fire & Lightbox which were shit.

I only ever attended Bedrock @ Heaven. Was a great venue and always a great crowd.

Though I was usually spangle-dangled in the Star Bar listening to someone like Ashley Casselle rather than the sweaty Digweed cockfest/vortex.

After some consideration, gonna plump for 98. Not for any particular tracks, just that I was at Uni, having at it night and day, amazing times with amazing people, Digweed’s 006 sound getting hammered, boss clubs up and down the country, I was still discovering a lot of music, it all felt very new and exciting still, think that is when I went from being a fan of dance music and electronic stuff to maybe falling in love with it, first decks and mixer, record collection started to grow in that direction, jumpers for goal posts, isn’t it, rush goalie, two at the back, three in the middle, four up front, one’s gone home for his tea.

Amps After some consideration, gonna plump for 98. Not for any particular tracks, just that I was at Uni, having at it night and day, amazing times with amazing people

I would say the same, for the same reasons, though it was 99 when I really hit my stride.

Included an absolutely glorious summer, a great Creamfields, and I successfully avoided the madness/stupidity of shit NYE watching Fatboy Slim in some tent on the Albert Dock (or the Gatecrasher event everyone complained about that cost about £100 to get in), instead going to a storming house party.

Dan Yeah, decent vibes in there. I loved Digweeds sets, but he just used to get heavier and heavier….proper banging. Like someone smacking two dustbin lids together.

From what I remember there was often a decent up and coming dj in there. I saw James Zabiela in there (2002?).

Dan Prob stayed in the Star Bar all night…Dakota Bar was the other room wasn’t it?

Yeah, one of them always had a decent guest. The other one was often Phil Thompson (Moonface) back then.

alistair Remember Desyn bossing room 2 at Gallery a few times

I can never remember which room number is which, or which arch number is which (at The Cross), but that smaller room at Turnmills has always been one of my fave rooms at a major club.

Always a decent crowd, always something interesting going on music-wise, and enough space to dance. Done about 4-5 hours in there a few nights.

bosstrabs Ashley Casselle

Got a great tape of him from Cream, warming up for Van Dyke when he was on Deviant. Plays that ‘Saturn’ tune I can never remember the name of.

Also responsible for Ashtrax - Helsinki so is automatically entered into the ‘epic breakdown hall of fame’.

Amps He was a decent dj, saw him bang it out a few times. Always progressed from breaks or a bit of vocal stuff at the start, through prog, into pure e-trance and bone-rattling techno. Just what you want really.

bosstrabs Yeah, sounds about right. Top bloke too, always said hello etc.

Was at every Bedrock for around two years. Amazing nights. Clubbing done proper.