The Glimmers, Grandmaster Flash & Unabombers

San Miguel’s Hidden Depth Event at Joshua Brooks Manchester, Thursday 10th July 2008

As we queued up to get into Manchester’s Joshua Brooks I knew we were in for a treat. The moment we arrived we were greeted by a very friendly hostess who ushered us through to the club.

As an ex Hacienda clubber I felt completely at home with the red brick walls and concrete floor. The flashing lights and cool crowd stomped to the electric beats/sounds of the Unabombers.

The place started to pack out and people were buzzing around, excited with anticipation waiting for The Glimmers to appear

I’ve never seen them before but was familiar with their music, especially as top remixers and DJ’s, so like everyone else, was really excited to see what kind of show they had in store for us.

They strolled past me, greeted by a sea of adoring women hugging them as they went to the decks, and to my sheer utter amazement opened the set with the CLASSIC Pump Up The Volume!

Well that was that for me! The coat and bag went over my shoulder as I trashed around the dance floor like it was the 90s! Then the pier résistance was in the middle of the set when they took the roof off with Lionel Richie’s All Night Long. The crowd went crazy, people were literally “dancing on the ceiling”.

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better they threw their very sexy version of Olivia Newton John’s Let’s Get Physical.

The Glimmers set was a great lively affair, finishing with a very pleasurable version of Salt n Pepa’s classic Push It. I swear I thought I was going to have a heart attack!

Retiring to the main bar after The sweaty excitement of The Glimmers DJ set we went upstairs to the main bar which was delectable. Huge leather booths greeted us with a New York-type vibe that was cool but not pretentious.

Chatting to others in the bar there was a real big thumbs up for The Glimmers and the evening as a whole. I wasn’t the only one who was reminiscing about the Hacienda!

But the night wasn’t over yet! We still had the Master himself…. not any old master but the Grand one himself!

We got a place right in front of the decks, ready for the arrival of Grandmaster Flash. We waited….. and we waited. Then through a puff of smoke he appeared, opening his DJ set with the classic Doobie Brothers Without Love.

The wait was long and I was just wondering if it had been worth it but then it really kicked off

Spinning tune after tune It Takes Two to Young MC to the classic White Lines to King Bee’s wicked Back By Dope Demand. I couldn’t believe it!

I didn’t want the night to end, but sadly, it did. Joshua Brooks was the perfect venue to hold such an event. It was like I had been put on rewind. The only one thing bad I can say about the whole evening is the pain I felt in my feet from stomping around the dance floor!