MARCH IN PICS

Hebe hits New York

Welcome to AmericaHooking up with our boy W+K and Barca homie Kev.Times SquareChrysler BuildingHebe's Lee looking worried in -10 tempsSupernatural boys must be hereCarnival of the Animals @ Bergdorf GoodmanCarnival of the Animals @ Bergdorf Goodman
Some amazing architecture Leeds' Thought Bubble reppin'Hebe's Shang-Ting in Central Park

BIRTHDAY BASH @ TEMPLE WORKS

ICS playing a special live set

In December the rest of the Hebe team surprised me with a birthday party at Temple Works. The guys created an amazing set based on The Palace in Barcelona and everything was perfect: Rogan on the decks, a live performance from ICS and much more!

I want to say a big "thanks" to the team for organising the bash. Shang Ting, Stacey and Simon were like ninjas in the night keeping everything away from me and it was a genuine surprise. Big love to everyone who came too, you made it an ace night!

Check out some of the pics below. Rumor has it a video is on the way soon too ;)

I had to get back behind the decks for the special occasion :)The original Palace in BarcelonaThe original 'Booth of Love' in BarcaThe Palace recreated in Leeds!The booth in Leeds!Big love to everyone who came!

The Hebe Week In Pics (and there is a video!)

ICS Playing Back to Basics 20th Birthday Bash Last Weekend (Sound is not great but enjoy!)

Howard Marks playing some 50's music in Basics!Pritch (Dirty Sanchez) having a laugh @ BasicsSTP and PritchCoffee and Christmas trees at Out Of The WoodsAwesome libraryMore of Lee's toys!Trip to London!Awesome print from Thought Bubble

Happy 20th Birthday To Back To Basics

On this day in November 1991, and in an attempt to find an antidote to the whistle blowing, white glove wearing rave culture that saw in the nineties, a group of friends opened a club night in Leeds called Back to Basics.

It was, and has remained dedicated to good times for the "discerning clubber". Twenty years on it's the world's longest running weekly club night and continues to be an underground driver of our city's music and culture.

We love Basics, we love Dave... hell we even manage a band together who are playing the party tonight and just did an amazing project in Barcelona together! And of all the things people talk about in this city as being 'awesome' 'legendary' etc, this is something that truly 100% lives up to those words.

Here's a retrospective mix by Ralph Lawson, the first resident DJ and the first person to play a record at the club:
The Music Factory Years 91-94 part one by ralphlawson

We'd say Happy Birthday but what's another year when you're timeless (and, we suspect, immortal)? Instead, we salute you and look forward to partying with you tonight and for many years to come.