You better get yourself Connected!
By admin on Jul 2, 2008 in DJs and Producers, Events
Connected! is taking the Capital by storm, becoming one of the most talked about House nights around. Starting out as a midweek night at the Bed bar in EC4, Connected! soon became a favourite haunt for city slickers and clubbers alike. It quickly grew, and now things couldn’t be further away from there. This exciting night can be found all over the capital at various exclusive locations including Ministry, Pacha, O2, The Whitehouse and Plan B.
The London Club City team, managed to catch a few minutes with the man behind these nights, Jesse James, to find out a bit more about Connected and what we can expect from the future.
The following is a transcript of selected questions within the interview. To hear the full interview, please download the audio file using the “Quick links” box at the top right of this page.
When Connected first started, back at Bed Bar 3 years ago, your music style was primarily funky house. How would you describe your music style now?
We’ve really moved on as far as music’s concerned. Connected’s now a cross over of funky electro and tech house - That’s the best way to describe our sound I think.
Connected not only run events in London, but also outside of London as well. Where do you run the nights and what’s the difference between these crowds and those in the capital?
We run nights in Reading, Brighton, Glasgow and anywhere that will have us really. If you’d have asked me two years ago I would have said that it was 100 times better, but now with the following that we have, it’s a completely different buzz. A lot of DJs know that some of the crowds in London used to be a bit stush and stand around to look cool, whilst outside of London people had no inhibitions, they totally let themselves go. In the last couple of years, especially with our crowd, it’s changed. I would say our crowd is the best crowd in London, in fact, the best crowd anywhere in the UK.
In the 15 years you’ve been a DJ, you’ve played in the UK and various places around the world. What would you say has been your favourite venue in that whole time?
Last Saturday at Koko, in the main room, takes some beating. I think it’s a tossup between the main room at Koko and the main room at Ministry Of Sound. Ministry just because of the sheer quality of the sound and the DJ booth, but to look up at that crowd spread pver 3 tiers and a dancefloor at Koko, when it’s rammed, is just something else.
Can you tell us a bit about the next Connected event?
The next event that we’re running solely on our own is at Pacha on Friday 18th July. We will be flying Robin S over from the states. She was the girl that sung the biggest club classic record ever, “Show Me Love”. There has just been a load of remixes and it’s currently number 1 in all of the club charts. The event is going to be huge and tickets are already flying out of the door.
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