By Sam Gillinder
Dance Music Archives hosted an epic party dubbed the “end of summer BBQ” at the Project House in Armley.
Dance music archives, run by Andi Durrant and Nick Riley, keep the line up of DJ’s relatively secret prior to their shows so that people come along with the anticipation of great music rather than attending purely to see huge names in the industry.
In the words of Andi this creates a “nice atmosphere” and attracts people of all ages for “multi-generational raving”.
On the day though some last-minute alterations to the programme were needed. Utah Saints were called at the last minute to headline the event and had to come straight from Headingley Stadium where they had been playing at a Leeds Rhinos match.
The people came in droves to this party as this year’s summer season draws to a close and celebrated with music from the electronic dance music scene.
Seven different DJs performed during the night, including the Utah Saints.
Despite the disruption the night was incredible.
The euphoria began to build from the start.
Jonathan Ulysses, a regular DJ out in the clubs of Ibiza most notably Space, took to the decks and smashed it!
He played out to the crowd with his self acclaimed style of “eclectic”. The bass during his set had the ground quaking.
Playing tracks from the likes of Rozzalla and Faithless the place was buzzing.
Andi Durrant stepped up next. During his set he actually mixed in brit pop elements from the likes of Blur and The Verve whilst maintaining the overall vibe of a classic Ibiza set.
Andi was then joined on the decks by Nick Riley and they played a set of great trance tracks, songs from dance music icons like Moby really had the crowd captivated.
But speaking of dance music icons it was then the turn of Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt aka the Utah Saints.
With the atmosphere already at fever pitch they treated the audience to what could be described by quoting the title of one of their tracks “something good”. But this would be a monumental understatement.
To quote lyrics from another of their songs, the audience “wanted the best and they got the best!”
What a night!
Andi and Nick started the archives as a hobby during the covid pandemic. After the radio shows, through popular demand they decided to put on huge shows for their audience.
They have played out all over the UK, done remixes for the likes of Paul van Dyk and even supported Tiesto as warm up DJ’s.
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