SORRY
for the late running of this story, due technical problems, but
here it is... Over the bank holiday weekend, more than 8,000 mentalists descended upon a Manchester warehouse to help celebrate Tribal Gathering’s tenth anniversary.
From start to finish, revellers were treated to a dirty mix of old school acid house meets filthy breaks, hip-hop and drum and bass. It was 16 hours of musical mayhem, supplied by some of the world’s most prolific DJs and dance acts.
Tribal Gathering was a recreation of the warehouse parties that dominated the late 80’s and early 90’s acid house scene. It was wicked to see something different and be part of this one-off special event.
A definite high point was Derrick Carter vs. DJ Sneak. Using six decks and four CDJs, they smacked up the crowd with over six hours of seamless mixing. If that wasn’t enough, Groove Armada was in the ‘Starship Universe’ arena for a warehouse special featuring Greg Vickers and Patrick Bongo Jesus.
A Guy Called Gerald hit the ‘Are You Tribal?’ room to churn out a live set, featuring his acid house classic, ‘Voodoo Ray’ before Laurent Garnier hit the decks for an epic five-hour set.
For those looking for an alternative vibe, the line-up in Chibuku Shake Shake’s ‘Soap Bar’, was brimming with a wealth of top names. The room was packed to the rafters with clubbers getting down to the likes of the Scratch Perverts, DJ Yoda and Grooverider.
If sixteen hours weren’t enough, Sankeys Soap was the perfect venue to host the after party, featuring Spin DJs Lee Trainer and Dave Sanford, to name a few.
Tribal took us back to ‘the day’. It was all there – a massive sound system in articulated lorries, smiley acid house faces, mental graffiti and an amazing atmosphere that kept everyone dancing until the last tune hit the deck at 6am. Let us hope they give us the chance to do it all again.
