Meta – Facebook and Instagram – were determined for me to go to see Halina Rice, a London-based house music producer and DJ. I’d never heard of her until a few months ago when the adverts were popping up continuously. Very electronic tracks accompany trippy, journey-like CGI visuals behind the stage. Rice herself responded to my request of a track ID, which turned out to be the progressive, haunting Terrain.
A few other of her productions were right up my street, so I put together a meetup on Manchester Nightlife.
A group of 4 of us – 3 new members – bought tickets early and met in the bar in New Century, then got into the adjoining club for 8pm.
A strangely early event for a club, but the atmos and music were so on point that you forget what time it is. New Century Hall is a little like if Oldham’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and the old Sankeys Soap nightclub had a baby: 70s retro chic – wood panelling and grids of bulbs mixed with pulsing strobe lights and a raw, dingy club setting. Appropriately, the clientele were of all ages too – some older than me, some younger.
Halina’s set began at 10 to 9, til close at 11. A great meetup.
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