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Fabric To Go With Radical New Sounds in 2012!

Friday, April 1st, 2011 | News

EarPipe has learned from an inside source at fabric that they will be making drastic additions to their line-ups in 2012. We understand that Friday nights will remain unchanged however Saturday line-ups will have an injection of new directions added to the roster of house and techno.

We learned that the reasoning behind the shake-up is due to fabric’s mission on pushing cutting edge music to the clubbers of London. Our source said that when fabric first opened it played cutting edge music that wasn’t heard in the rest of the capital. The other big clubs were still hung up on trance whilst fabric gambled in the other direction. The gamble paid off and now fabric sits on top of the London scene. However fabric understand that they can not stay on top forever if they do not innovate. A lot of clubs now follow the fabric format whilst the now familiar secret warehouse party gives punters a variety of venue. So the only way fabric can differentiate itself is by pushing new sounds that no one else is pushing.

Our inside source has said that new genres Further Trance and Post Donk will be likely additions to the roster. Initially the genres will not be billed alongside the usual house and techno nights, but will instead have their own bi weekly nights similar to how nuskool breaks infiltrated Fridays in the early noughties. But once the sound is successful enough the different nights are sure to merge in time.

The changes seem to make sense. Fabric’s need to stay ahead of the game is vital to its success. Fabric have added new elements of Dubstep, Disco, Future Garage, etc. But these have also been championed by other nights and therefore the power of differentiation is lost. Whilst Berghain has created its own sound from the root level with Ostgut Ton and propelled itself to being the European clubbing Mecca. However with Further Trance and Post Donk literally no club in Europe is pushing this sound. With this opportunity fabric look to reclaim the title of clubbing Mecca.

On further thought it does make a lot of sense. House and Techno has been a long staple in London now. The latest sounds like Future Garage and the recent Disco revival are already being pushed by other nights. So the next logical place to go was obviously Further Trance. Some of the stalwarts of the scene such as Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto and Armin Van Burren have been experimenting with the Further sound and making much progress. Its highly likely that they could be the headliners of the new fabric nights.

While Post Donk pushes the original Donk sound making it more palatable for the often snobby South East. Donk producers soon realised that their sound was never going to travel much further than the end of Wigan Pier once the infamous Donkumentry was released. However combining Donk with the lighter and subtler styles of deep house and disco, the Donk producers of Wigan have touched on a tasty combination that will excite London palettes.

Here at EarPipe towers we welcome the new additions with sceptical but trustworthy open arms. Whilst we’re not sure the sounds will fit we trust fabric in their forward thinking for London clubbing.

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