The Secret's Out - Nottingham Welcomes Stealth

by Dom Gourlay [Edit this content] ▾ 7 comments 16:46 April 23rd, 2004

Having just opened its doors to Cabaret and with the Rescue Rooms having just celebrated its first birthday, April 30th will see yet another new venue open its doors as Nottingham continues its ascent in club and gigland as the London of the Midlands.

Stealth is the brainchild of James Baillie (The Bomb, The Social) and George and Sean Akins (Rock City), its mission statement simply being "to prove to the doubters that there's plenty of life left in dance music."

Whilst the emphasis may be on dance music, the 680-capacity venue will see the introduction of a weekly NME night (every Thursday), where resident DJs Queens Of Noize, Punish The Atom's Joey Bell and the Home Taping Is Killing Music DJs will man the decks alongside performances from some of the hottest signed and unsigned live bands around.

Fridays will see Stealth host such renowned club nights as Detonate, Spectrum and Manuva Manuva, while Saturday nights will be served by the self-titled Stealth night alongside such established clubs as Bugged Out and Tyrant.

The full line-up for the first fortnight is as follows:-

Friday 30th April - Keep It Unreal opening night
Mr Scruff
Peter Parker (Fingathing)
Treva Whateva
Qool DJ Marv
DJ Woody
P Brothers (live)
Cappo
Broke'n'English
Konny Kon

Saturday 1st May - Tyrant
Craig Richards
Lee Burridge
Captain Comatose (live)
The Grid (live)
Dave Congreve

Thursday 6th May - NME Club Night launch party
Queens Of Noize
Home Taping Is Killing Music
Joey Bell (Punish The Atom)
Riotous Rockers
+ Punish The Atom + 10,000 Things (live)

Friday 7th May - Spectrum launch night
DJ Hyper
B.L.I.M.
Phantom Beats
Pete Jordan
Quantic
Bent
Dave Boultbee
Rahzel
DJ JS-1
DJ Yoda
Itchy Fader Fingers
Spectrum Breakers

Saturday 8th May - Stealth
Magda
Detroit Grand Pubas
Chicken Lips
Dave Congreve
Matt Tolfrey
Timm Sure

Thursday 13th May - NME Club night
Queens Of Noize
Home Taping Is Killing Music
Joey Bell (Punish The Atom)
Riotous Rockers
+ Selfish Cunt + Amusement Parks On Fire (live)

Friday 14th May - Sound System - LeftFoot, DiY & Percussion
Gilles Peterson
Anitballas (Afrobeat Orchestra NYC)
Adam Regan
Smile
Digs and Woosh

Saturday 15th May - Bugged Out
Carl Craig
Luciano
Psychonaughts
Soul Mekanik
Chris Blue
Rob Bright

Over the coming weeks, live performances by Bonobo (21st May), Killa Kella (21st May), Luke Vibert (22nd May) and Layo & Bushwacka (12th June) have also been confirmed.

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The Secret's Out - Nottingham Welcomes Stealth

Overheard a conversation between two of the builders who have been doing the refit, yesterday:

Builder 1: "We should just get this finished in time for the opening night".

Builder 2: "Theres not a fucking chance of it being finished by August."

Ah well.

As the article hasn't told us where it is, i will. It's in Masonic Place, right next door to the Rescue Rooms.

timothyspanner | 23 Apr '04, 17:24 | X | Reply

The Secret's Out - Nottingham Welcomes Stealth

It's looking quite good to be fair. Good dibs to Rock City and all that lot, Notts's only had Rescue Rooms just over a year. Mr Scruff at Stealth will be REALLY worth seeing. Seachange and co are launching some kind of real improvement in the musical stature of Nottingham. I reckon there's a real scene developing here. Or if not developing, then the foundations are being laid. Give it 2-3 years, Nottingham could be like Leeds/Wakefield are at the moment. Who knows? Here's hoping.... (+i'm drunk)

brusma | 24 Apr '04, 00:34 | X | Reply

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oh, and by the way....the NME night is obviously to seal all the thursday crowd, what with Rock City having it's (Bo-selecta ripping off) student night on the same night. Oh well, it's only a Thursday. And a pleasant decision to make. (p.s. still drunk. i shouldn't be let near a computer after 7 pints)

brusma @brusma | 24 Apr '04, 00:36 | X | Reply

The Secret's Out - Nottingham Welcomes Stealth

'tis better than letting seven pints near a computer. Motherboards and lager don't mix well.

DrFurry | 24 Apr '04, 20:44 | X | Reply

The Secret's Out - Nottingham Welcomes Stealth

everyone in the world shhould go to the show on the 7th. DJ Yoda is faaaaaaaaaaaaantastic. and rahzel?!?!?!?!?!?! the godfather of noise?!?!?!?! mr-two-sets-of-vocal-chords??????? gotta love it. i want his babies. and yoda's too.

Jesta | 25 Apr '04, 00:42 | X | Reply

The Secret's Out - Nottingham Welcomes Stealth

clashes with the liars club tho

sp
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sadpunk | 26 Apr '04, 09:41 | X | Reply

The Secret's Out - Nottingham Welcomes Stealth

What a total swine, the minute I leave uni smack bang opposite, and where I lived just a 10 minute walk down the Alfreton Road, they open all these cool venues.
Life as a reporter on the North Shropshire Chronicle just ain't as rock and roll (although I have done a story where Cannon and Ball, Chas and Dave and Joe Pasquale might be coming to a small town hall on my patch - now that's pure punk rock).

bagsy54 | 26 Apr '04, 14:46 | X | Reply