Everyone loves their music. We're all into different artists, bands from old to young, rock or pop. I’m into my bands too, there’s nothing I like more than going to see my favourite bands or artists live at festivals and gigs. I live near Newcastle which is always a calling point for most bands on tour. We have an O2 academy, like every major city, where a lot of bands play and an arena hosting the bigger acts on the circuit. I’ve also been lucky enough to go to Coachella, over the past two years, which was pretty bloody epic! The best place in the world to start my festival experience!
However, music isn't all about going to see the bands. Music is about the everyday too, from the music you listen to on your iPod on the way to work, to your playlists you blast in the car. Not forgetting those songs that get you up and moving on a Saturday night.
Clubs are some of the places where you express your love for music the most, mainly because of the alcohol in your bloodstream. But come on, who hasn't thrown their hands up in the air and sung Don’t Look Back In Anger at the top of their voice at three in the morning. Once you discover that special club, the club that plays all of the right music, where you and your friends can hang out and enjoy yourselves, you're onto a winner.
The nightclub I’ve repeatedly visited, ever since the age of eighteen is theCUT in Newcastle. It’s a place you wouldn’t stumble upon if you didn't know Newcastle itself, as the entrance to the club is a very small doorway. When you step through the door, all you get greeted with is a very steep, dark set of stairs, bathed in a red light. As you climb the stairs, whilst holding the hand rail you feel the bass and vibration of the music, with each step closer. The whole place shakes and moves to the song that’s playing on the decks inside.
When you reach the top, you see the club in all of its glory. The club is long and rectangular in shape, with a bar stretching down one side. theCUT is based on a 70’s lower east side Manhattan loft party. The club is made up of a series of derelict office rooms, with exposed brick and smashed plasterboard, intertwined with red tube lighting. It’s like a impromptu party scene in a distressed downtown disco.
You can still recognise the remnants of the office space inside, for example the staircase that’s been chopped in two above the dance floor, where the central disco ball is now positioned. The old space has been kept intact, but changed for the better to faciliate the club. Lines of red neon strip lighting run along the roof, which lead you down to the dance floor. Each line of neon lighting flashes simultaneously, coating you in a red light to the beat of the music. So you can show off your signature, yet INCREDIBLY embarrassing dance moves in style!
You can still recognise the remnants of the office space inside, for example the staircase that’s been chopped in two above the dance floor, where the central disco ball is now positioned. The old space has been kept intact, but changed for the better to faciliate the club. Lines of red neon strip lighting run along the roof, which lead you down to the dance floor. Each line of neon lighting flashes simultaneously, coating you in a red light to the beat of the music. So you can show off your signature, yet INCREDIBLY embarrassing dance moves in style!
Check out my Youtube channel to see a short video of theCUT.
Links below of the best nights to attend.
Jukebox, Shake, Dragnet.
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