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Will it matter? New London venue opens its doors
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London's newest live music venue, matter, opens its doors for business on September 19, and has plenty in store for its first six weeks.
Housed within the O2, in North Greenwich, matter is a purpose-built space capable of holding 2,600 punters. Expect: 360 degree visuals and a 'body kinetic dancefloor'. Okay.
Opening the venue's programme will be UNKLE on September 19; support on the night comes from Late Of The Pier and Iglu & Hartley. Carl Cox takes to the decks the following night for the venue's club launch.
Confirmed:
September
19 UNKLE, Late Of The Pier, Iglu & Hartley
20 Carl Cox, Kissy Sell Out
26 Mylo, Reverend & The Makers
27 Renaissance presents Sasha and Marcus James
October
2 Mousetrap Party: Deadmau5 (live), Chris Lake
3 This is not London presents Simian Mobile Disco (pictured)
10 Bedrock 10th Anniversary: John Digweed
17 This is not London presents Armand Van Helden
18 Moshi Moshi Records party
24 This is not London presents James Murphy
31 This is not London presents TBC
Get loads more information, including ticket details and full line-up details for the above-listed dates (more acts do feature), at the official matter site here.
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What is a 'body kinetic dancefloor?'
Sounds pretty X-Treem.
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isnt that the one
with the little speakers in the floor that are half a beat off and send vibrations through your body to make you dance?
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Line-up so far looks good
But I can't stand these new shiny soulless venues. I saw Junior Boys at the O2 and it was horrible
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good to see renaissance haven't gone under
maybe that means my WITC refund will come through soon...
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lindstrom are playing
the SMD night, which is also the night before my birthday....so i feel i might need to give it a go.
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it won't matter
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It's a pain in the arse to get to
if you live anywhere west of London.
Paddington to
Astoria/Scala = 15 mins
Shepherds Bush/Hammersmith = 15 mins
Camden/Islington = 20 mins
The O2 = 45-60 mins -
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now you know how it feels for those of us travelling to hammersmith/shepherd's bush from North East/East of London!
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UNKLE WITH LATE OF THE PIER?
HOLYSHIZ
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will they have the same shit
'you can't smoke anywhere within the grounds and once you've left you can't come back in' policy that the rest of the o2 has?
because if they do, that's gonna fail.
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Hold on a second...
Let me get this straight, anyone been to Docklands Arena? You will all know how shit that is to get to and from for gigs.
Millennium Dome? Even more of a pain in the brown starfish.
You have to pre-book a car parking space! totally gash.
On the flip side I know people who have been there for gigs and said the sound is pretty tight.
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Haha
fair point!
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.... the dome is pretty easy to get to.
it's on the tube. and easily accessible from Overground too (stratford - jubilee - north greenwich)
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cos that's totally unheard of!
a venue with a 'no re-entry' policy! the cheek of them!
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by docklands arena
is that the same as the london arena? wasn't that knocked down about 5 years ago?
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it's not so much no re-entry as
no outdoor smoking area. so you have to actually leave the premises to have a cigarette and you can't get back in. which isn't so fun for a potentially 8 hour clubbing session. therefore lots of people won't go.
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Im fairly sure they will have sorted a smoking area
god people like to moan on here
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it's daytime, i'm at work
what else is there to do?
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also
you're not my dad, are you?
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yeah exactly.
i'd say they'll have an outdoor area.
whiney smokers.
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for all you haters
there's definitely a smoking area. The article on Record of the Day is a little more informative: http://www.recordoftheday.com/www/news/index.php
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Like in Fabric
<has no clubbing flashback>
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Most Carling Academys
do this, so it's hardly the most outrageous thing to ever happen.
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actually
takes about half an hour from paddington. bakerloo to baker st, then super fast jubilee line.
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yeah
I was there last week for Simian Mobile Disco and you could feel the vibrations right up your fricken windpipe, it was almost too much. Good fun though, even though the crowd was rather restless.
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