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Pure unadulterated fi lth!
We wade in the bassline dirt of Mowgli and Hook & Sling at
house phenomenon Filth...
eeds has always bred clubs in down to two things. A strong circle of local Already he has hotfooted the Filth family
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the most familial sense of the clubbing mates and lashings of bold to residencies in Manchester, Barnsley and
word. The 17-year kinship of ambition from one garrulous ringleader at Ibiza’s The Zoo Project, whilst Carl Cox
SAVAGE’S
Basics has been responsible — specifi cally Mr Danny Savage. even had him hosting a room at Space.
for countless life-long A veteran face on Leeds’ close-knit Yet on tonight’s vibrant showing (it’s the
DEFINING FILTH
friendships and the odd marriage, whilst clubbing circuit, when Danny started Filth venue’s busiest night in months) there’s MOMENTS
Ketoloco’s more recent uprising started 18 months ago it’s home was an Otley no place like home and — recently
out when some mates remodelled their wine-bar — the sort more used to slurring refurbished to the tune of half a million 1. I Love Leeds Festival,
student basement as LS6’s answer to middle-aged villagers than the 200 pounds and boasting a Watergate-styled Ibiza, July 2008
DC10. jumping electro ravers he rammed it with. LED ceiling — the Mint Club is no bad one. “We staged this at the abandoned
Maybe it’s the compact size, perhaps The owners were aghast so Savage simply Much like any homegrown success story, it Zoo in San An and rammed three
people just aren’t quite as grim up North led his crew to The Zone in Wakefi eld, thrives on its residents and in Dale Castell arenas with Leeds DJs and clubbers
but when you go clubbing in Leeds even booked a white-hot Micky Slim to headline they’ve got a genuine star. His set of — we had planes of the mob fl y
the most fashion conscious are sporting and enjoyed another sell-out success. Hervé-styled bassline rudeness is fi lth over! The Filth pit fi re show was
welcoming smiles rather than the When he called up one-time Basics home alright, but with a hair-sprayed female- incredible. Total carnage.”
cooler-than-thou posturing that is de the Mint Club, they threw the doors wide friendly sheen rather than any industrial
rigueur in more southern climes. open for him. strength boys’ noise. 2. Filth presents Audio
That’s certainly the case when we arrive at “It’s always been my favourite club in Bullys, Leeds University
the Mint Club for the city’s latest success Leeds and — apart from Ibiza — Leeds is Upholding Danny’s intent to break fresh Stylus Club, February
story — fi dget house sensation Filth. my favourite place to go clubbing,” beams acts to Leeds (Twocker and Bart B.More 2008
Danny. have played previously), Australian house “This was our fi rst really big event
Already both a local pride and Ibizan Not that Savage has let any local head Hook & Sling follows before Mowgli’s so we went to town. We had 1800
conqueror, Filth’s fast rise can be put allegiances restrict his Pied Piper effect. cheeky crunk-house bouncers and wonky people going nuts to The Audio
bassline bolstered funk smacks the Bullys, the Minx FX performers in
thriving fl oor for six. Literally in Danny’s crazy outfi ts, Ibiza’s famous ‘man
case, when we fi nd him spangled and in a suitcase’ and a 15-foot
spread-eagled behind the decks. infl atable walking man. A turning
point.”
But by 6am Savage is back up, dropping
basslines from behind the decks as the 3. Filth 1st Birthday, The
Mint is re-fi lled with new recruits. As Filth Mint Club, February
switches into after-hours gear things get 2008
progressively fi lthier and wrongness “For our Rock Star theme I turned
reigns. But there’s no edge and the smiles into Kiss’s Gene Simmons for the
keep fl owing as readily as the basslines. evening with our make-up artist
Filth, we conclude, has that rare pulling it off a treat. The club was
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combination — a vibe that feels like the busiest it had been in years
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everyone knows each other but anyone’s with 250 infl atables fl ying round
welcome. Get involved and muck in. the venue — proper Filth bedlam!”
ALLAN MCGRATH
BETH CR
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