The Acid Mill Rave All Nighter - Sat 8th Dec

We wouldn’t be anywhere without acid house. Put simply, the machine music born in the mid to late eighties breathed new into club culture and laid the groundwork for the electronic heartbeat which currently serves the global music industry. Nowhere was this impact felt stronger than in the UK, and in particular Manchester, and with Sankeys’ existence based on the pioneer’s pursuits they show their enduring respect to, for example the formative days of the iconic Hacienda. This is exemplified by this weekend’s Saturday session, with the Acid Mill Rave All Nighter and a totemic figure right from its origins.

Headlining is none other than acid house and Manchester music royalty A Guy Called Gerald. As one third of 808 State he laid down some of the most evocative and important music that characterised the period for their first album ‘Newbuild’ and the timeless ‘Pacific,’ but it would be his solo work that would truly encapsulate his genius. The lazy laconic gurgle of ‘Voodoo Ray’ defined a generation, a languid masterpiece which crystallised everything great about dance music not only then, but equally now.

Gerald would then go onto become a founding figure in the emergence of drum and bass through his productions and seminal imprint Juice Box records, before then creating elegant Detroit tinged-techno and song-focused music from his new base in New York in the late nineties. Rightfully heralded as one of the icons of electronic music as we know it, he is still a relentless bastion of all things feted in the genre, a true legend.

Joining Gerald on his voyage through the ages will be a selection of residents and guests paying their own form of homage to the essence of acid. These include Jozef K, who for the very first time teams up with production cohort Winter Son from Ghosting Season, playing a live 808 set. “We can’t wait to unleash this at the club on the 8^th,” Jozef explains. “Acid house is still so relevant today, and inspired so many DJs and live acts through the last couple of decades, including us. Tom and I will be using the 808 to full effect, so everyone best be getting ready to rave!” Jozef is an artist whose rapid rise into Sankeys folklore shows no signs of relenting. Support comes from Willow, Jack Barton and H. Hammond.

The Acid Mill Rave All Nighter
Saturday 8^th December      
@ Sankeys, 4 Radium Street, Manchester, M4 6AYA Guy Called Gerald
Jozef K

WillowJack Barton
H. Hammond

Winter Son (Ghosting Season)
£12 tickets available at www.sankeystickets.co.uk and Soundbase
11pm – 6am