New autumn programme for Somewhere in the Universe

Photo from New Hero's Facebook

Somewhere in the Universe was one of those nights I noticed back in 2006 and every time I saw their flier, I thought “A for effort” – it definitely looked like a different sort of night, quite underground and unknown with their Ponana venue and clearly good music policy with a lot of the electro pop contingency brandishing their names.

Three years down the line, the promoter’s completely changed the vibe and clientèle of what used to be a never-ending series of bad salsa nightclubs (The Church, Club New York) and transformed into a big neon calling card.

I can also finally wipe the nervous sweat of my brow. I went to the night, several times, to catch La Roux, Golden Filter and before she went big Little Boots.

Every time, the place was packed with trendy uni kids, fay boys and big haired girls. Friendly crowd though, on the whole and obviously some majorly hot acts – like Datarock, DJ Mehdi, Friendly Fires, Hercules & Love Affair, Heartsrevolution, MSTRKRFT, Feadz, Busy P, Surkin and a million more.

Okay, the place is a bit like a Vice magazine police line up, but the youthful exuberance cheers me up.

So, the promoters have announced that they’ll be launching a ‘new breed’ of Friday night parties at New Hero club and they’ll be spreading their carnage across the city over at C2.

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Nab their special ‘yay for September’ mixtape on the site – it’s good!