So, the team behind The Warehouse Project at Victoria Warehouse have done it again. The ridiculously popular quartet of Seth Troxler, Lee Curtiss, Shaun Reeves, and Ryan Crosson will be taking over the Trafford venue to create a distinctive, memorable clubbing experience. Using “innovative production concepts and cutting-edge technology”, inspired by the Mayan calendar, (think end of the world, armageddon predictions of late 2012), the house music collective have turned this on it’s head, treating it as a new beginning in the club world.

“Visionquest Thirteen is a chance for the boys and I to go back to what we do best: playing and hanging out together the way we used to and coming up with new ideas. The twist on doing these 13 special events is that we will be pushing the level of production and music up further than we had originally imagined.”
Lee Curtiss, Visionquest. 

THIRTEEN, hits Manchester on Saturday 27th April and will be the only opportunity to see all four members playing together, joined by Tale of Us, Dinky and Laura Jones.

Tickets are in high demand, so much so only 4 are available per person! Get yours now here: https://www.ticketarena.co.uk/events/Visionquest-Thir/

On Saturday 29th September, Manchester’s biggest monthly house night celebrates it’s 6th Birthday with one hell of a party in store for those attending. We’re big fans of Bitch and Venus the Club at Dance Music Manchester and since we popped our Bitch cherry we’ve only missed one event so far. This is purely down to the fact we love the crowd, the club and the music so we massively recommend heading down to Venus on the 29th for what promises to be an incredible night.

Have we forgotten something? Oh yes… Not only have the Bitch Events team booked the legend that is Michael Woods to headline the event alongside the awesome squad of resident DJs for the club but they are also hosting a full arena at the brand new Mint Festival in Leeds, a one day event with some of the cream of the crop from the DJ World in attendance.

In June, the at the time unknown entity B3 was finally revealed, with Bitch residents Lempo, Russo and Pedro combining into a super-group that well and truly shocked the club with a stormer of a set. One of the best set’s we’ve witnessed at DMM, judging by the crowd reaction, atmosphere, variety and technicalities involved, the trio used their knowledge of the Bitch crowd and performed a memorable set to the Venus faithful. As their second ever gig together is at a festival, the lads will go far and have our every faith that they will make the festival-crowd go wild. If you missed their debut, make sure you head over to Leeds so you can witness B3 before they’re huge and in the future you can say, “Yes, I was there!”

The same night as the birth of B3, Bitch launched their new music label, announcing their first release as Felix Leiter‘s, “Your Future is Digital“. A track that made the crowd go wild and Felix’s set raised the bar for what was a truly memorable Saturday night. You can catch Felix at Mint Festival, to see what the fuss was all about.

After smashing it out at Creamfields, with SpamllaB, Kurt Lee, Party Animal and myself throwing some mad shapes at the front of the crowd, Manchester based DJ, Kryder, will be bringing the bass with what will be an unmistakably eclectic set, mixed with his new releases, remixes of classics and on-trend floor fillers, as he always does, whatever the venue. Hopefully, the Mint staff will have checked the smoke cannons are working or the fire extinguishers will be coming out once more!

Leading the charge the Bitch Arena, is the legend known as Mr. Eddie Halliwell after kicking the living daylights out of dance floors across the globe this year, from India to Croatia and at the end of September we will be graced with his presence in Lotherton Hall, Leeds. I don’t think we need to explain how good an Eddie Halliwell party is, do we?

A “special guest announcement” will be made shortly with another World class headline act that will impress even the most dedicated of ravers. We’re privileged enough to know who this is and my God this act is HUUUGGEEEE! Trust your DMM friends on this one! Radio 1 DJ, and Bitch favourite, Danny Howard will join forces with the incredible Third Party, Bitch regular D.O.D., Riley & Durrant, Dale Castell and Mikey Nelson completing the Bitch Arena.

Over the next few days, we’ll be doing a preview on each of the arenas, so watch this space as there are some awesome acts involved including Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler and Reboot (and that’s just the System and Flux Arena!)

Tickets for Mint are still on sale, if you’re heading over from Manchester, the lovely folks at Bitch are providing a coach from Venus, to Leeds and back again, just in time for Bitch @ Venus! As another gift, they’re packaging up a ticket to the festival, the return travel and a ticket to the club for just £60. Who fancies a party from midday to 6am? We know we do!

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One of the most exciting moments in a Mancunians life is waking up to see The Warehouse Project line ups revealed for the coming autumn. That moment of uncertainty and mystery to who’s been booked and who’s playing together… This WHP season is possibly the most interesting to date with the reveal of the brand new venue in Trafford Park. Those who didn’t manage to get tickets for the Easter weekend earlier in the year, prepare to be completely amazed, the venue is absolutely massive… kind of like Store Street’s almighty big brother!

With the recent announcement from The Warehouse Project just two weeks ago, we are once again ready to fill our boots with more spicy names!  Friday 28^th September is the Rinse 18^th birthday special which see’s Katy B, Skream, Diplo, Jackmaster and Ben UFO awaken the old dog with some heeeaaaavy bass. Welcome To The Warehouse follows on the Saturday with an interesting appearance from Nicolas Jaar, Seth Troxler, Maya Jane Coles b2b Heidi and Maceo Plex.

WHP Presents sees partners in crime, Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin grace the decks, with fellow masters in techno; Loco Dice, Nina Kraviz and Yousef.  While SBTRKT curates and headlines the Saturday bringing us an african beat with the voice of an angel to assist. Four Tet, Caribou, Pariah and XXXY are also on this very electrifying bill.

The weekend after hosts possibly my favourite night, Bugged Out! On the 12^th October, with Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, Eats Everything, Fake Blood, Space Dimension Controller, Erol Alkan and Green Velvet all under one roof! With so many huge names, I think I might just explode when I get in there. The Saturday welcomes a much bassier carte du jour, with Sub Focus, Benga, Doom and Shy Fx all playing at the Ape Birthday special.

The Friday sees Bloc Party take to the stage on the Friday with Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz and Paul Van Dyk playing to all the Trance fans on the Saturday. Friday 26^th October presents The Halloween special – curated by TEED, who will be stopping in as part of his UK tour. The 2 Bears, John Talabot and Drop The Mustard DJ’s are also set to trick and treat the guest’s with this truly spooky spectacular, making us scream with nothing but sheer excitement!

November starts off with an exciting night from Cocoon, expect some dirty underground vibes from the likes of Sven Vath, Ricardo Villalobos, Adam Beyer and Cassy. While the mainstream D&B and dubstep fans can expect one hell of a bass emporium with Chase & Status, DJ Fresh, Skream & Benga, Beardyman and Ms Dynamite playing till the early hours.

Thursday 8^th November hosts a one of performance from Animal Collective while the Friday offers a very electronic and experimental line up, Flying Lotus, Jamie XX, Illum Sphere and Hessle Audio are amongst some of the acts at the WHP X RBMA event. Saturday night is for all the progressive house lovers out there with Laidback Luke, Eddie Halliwell, Steve Aoki and Sandro Silva set to take the night up up up and away!

Next weekend see’s things get heavy again with Hospitality presenting a drum and bass fuelled night with the likes of Netsky, Andy C & GQ, High Contrast and Camo & Krooked. Then knocking it down a post or two, Hot Creations Presents Paradise see’s deep house daddy; Jamie Jones play alongside Maceo Plex, Kerri Chandler, Miguel Campbell and Danny Daze.

Another favourite to DMM, Annie Mac Presents is on for a winner with Justice, Disclosure, Annie Mac, Claude Von Stroke, Cats n Dogz, Justin Martin and Skream all in the bag. Can’t wait for this! While Saturday gets deep with the sounds of Orbital, Modeselektor, Julio Bashmore, Scuba and Blawan.

Getting cooler into December, the 8^th presents The Chemical Brothers in a no doubt captivating DJ set and the week after sees the ledged Fatboy Slim, join forces with some of the biggest names around. Pete Tong, Madeon, Basement Jaxx and Riva Starr join the king, for a fun night of funky beats. Crosstown Rebels host the last event on the calendar… but not the very last! With Damien Lazarus, Maceo Plex, Art Department, Amirali and Subb-An.

I could list names for days making us “eeee” with anticipation but you may as well check it for yourself over at www.thewarehouseproject.com where tickets can also be bought

Jess and Lauren

A few weeks ago we  shared the news of a new festival launch in Leeds, hosted by the team behind the Mint Club & Mint Warehouse.  As you can see the from poster above, the line-up is sick.

Highlights for us have to be Jamie Jones / Seth Troxler in the System & Flux tent, Reboot and pretty much the entire Bitch tent. Eddie Halliwell is a known favourite of Dance Music Manchester’s, supported by Michael Woods, BBC Radio 1′s Danny Howard, Third Party, the man behind the visor Kryder, D.O.D and former DMM Track of the Month winner Felix Leiter. To top this off, Dale Castell, Micky Nelson and the INCREDIBLE B3 for their first live gig since their incarnation at June’s Bitch night at Venus, one of the best clubnights DMM have ever witnessed. Oh and the small matter of a very, very special guest to be announced soon. If we could share this, we would but for now you’ll just have to trust us, the final act is HUGE.

The first release are already sold-out but a festival with this collection of talent should not be missed. Get your ticket before they sell out, which they will.

Tickets
Tickets are currently available from Ticket Arena. More online outlets + paper tickets will be available soon

1st Release: £27.50 *SOLD OUT*
2nd Release: £32.50 *SOLD OUT*
3rd Release: £37.50
VIP: Info coming soon.

Buy tickets now from Ticket Arena.
http://bit.ly/MintFest2012TA

Fancy a lift?
For those living in Manchester, Bitch are running a coach pick up from Blackfriars Street, M3 2EG (outside Venus)  at 11am leaving from festival at 11pm arriving back to Venus, just in time for the monthly Bitch night! Package price is £50 but if you’re heading to the club for the Bitch after party, save a few quid on the club ticket with a £60 coach, festival and club ticket! For more info,  contact Ric Feingold on 07968461199 and party with us on the coach and through the night!

Welcome to The Warehouse Project and what a welcome it is! With some of the hottest DJs making a very special end to September.

With the line up announced just a couple of days ago, the excitement is running through my finger tips as I write this and think about what exactly is to come on the evening of Saturday 29th September. With nothing but bad weather and bleak surroundings over the past weeks this surely did spice things up for a lot of us.

After his recent trip to Manchester’s Sound Control for his “Don’t break your love tour” in January, we couldn’t keep him away! Our friend Nicolas Jaar headlining at the #WHP12 opening weekend! What a way to end his recent trip around Europe in our very our Manchester!

Jaar will be making an appearance with several big names, one of which will always steal my heart, Maceo Plex. After recently seeing him DJ at Parklife and not moving from the Crosstown Rebels‘ tent for his whole set, I’m really looking forward to what cheeky tricks he pulls out the decks. Maceo Plex completely took off with his new album “Life Index” back in 2011. How we he top it off this year?

Warehouse Project 2012 - New Venue

Having not yet made it to the new venue in Old Trafford, I am excited to see what this space has to offer. Instead of hearing whisperings from friends of “massive new rooms” and “epic chill out areas” compared to the previous Store Street venue (RIP). The venue has had since Easter to re-cooperate and re-vamp itself all over again for the massive night that’s ahead of us.

Maya Jane Coles takes the stage with a back-to-back set with the German spirits of Heidi to accompany her. MJC was last at WHP on the Easter Sunday, and let’s keep it catholic and say oh god did she smash it then. As described by our writer James:

“Kicking the hell out of Manchester in her incredible set.” James, DMM

I definitely will be there, front row to see this sexy little minx. Don’t expect yodelling from the hilltops from Heidi but her bringing a dirty bounce to the female double act, adding a real mix to the B2B set.

With my experience from previous trips to The Warehouse Project you can expect to see a real combination of people and you will end up meeting some real west heads. Make sure you don’t make the error of wearing white pumps or shoes that you have any liking for, as you won’t be wearing white pumps once you leave. To the ladies: no flimsy clothes,  short skirts or dresses as you want to be wearing something you can move in – as you will definitely be doing a lot of it!

Get there early if you want to catch the early sets:

• Four Tet (DJ Set)
• Ben Klock
• Julio Bashmore
• 
Scuba
• Joy Orbison & Jackmaster B2B
• 
Jacques Greene
• Andrew Weatherall
• Soul Clap
• Justin Robertson
• Bicep
• Krysko
• Greg Lord

Hopefully Seth Troxler will get as involved with the crowd just as much as he did back in 2010 at the WHP when he was doing some crazy dance moves on stage with Jamie Jones. With Troxler’s musical influences hailing from the whirring of spaceships and the chirping of crickets, I wonder how many grasshoppers he will pull out of the bag!

The tickets are now on sale priced at £25 so it’s well worth opening your wallets for. Gets yours here:

http://warehouseproject.ticketline.co.uk/tickets/13272659

With such an impressive line up, its hard not to miss and so it begins, the 83 day countdown to The Warehouse Project 2012.

Don’t get lost!
If you haven’t been to the new venue yet, check out our simple guide on how to get to the Warehouse Project’s new venue in Trafford Park!