Fabric Grows Beyond Nightclub

05/09/2006 01:32:00 PM
Fabric, London's last great megaclub- renowned as a sort of "thinking man's nightclub" by music afficionados who flock to the cavernous three room space Fridays and Saturdays to hear a a mindblowingly eclectic range of electronic music- has been releasing CDs in it's Fabric and Fabrlclive series for almost five years now.

Packaged in special metal boxes, Fabric's CDs each feature a dj set from one of the club's expansive and ever-growing stable of regulars. As the club's reputation and musical reach have grown, so too has this pool of DJs. What began with mixes from Bournemouth tech-house DJ Craig Richards and crowd pleasing DJ James Lavelle has grown into a catalog of 56 mixes spanning the slamming techno of Audion, dancefloor visionary Andrew Weatherall, NYC hip-hop legend Spinbad, post-rap soundboy Diplo and the latest installment courtesy of DJ Format.

His mix, part of the Fabriclive series (named for the club's Friday night party) is a super eclectic tour of party-rocking hip hop, soul and jazz ranging from Emerge fave Edan to Jimmy Smith and Nina Simone.

While the music is certainly the most exciting aspect of the Fabric brand, it's the club's membership program that really helps bring the Fabric experience home. Not only do members get access to every cd in the club's catalog for six GBP, but they also have access to exclusive online content, promo mixes, and they get to skip the queue next time they make it to London.

While none of this is revolutionary in and of itself, the notion of a megaclub, long the bastion of mediocre music, taking a risk week after week on cutting edge and emergent music and packing the house for years on end is pretty much unheard of. That they have also spun their adventurous bookings into a CD franchise with nearly 60 titles is even more incredible. That these CDs are available internationally at a deep discount below retail price is truly groundbreaking. Not only has Fabric rewritten the laws of weekend clubbing but is doing it's part to shake up the moribund music industry as well.
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