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Fabric is one of London’s most famous and respected nightlife venues, drawing in crowds of ravers from all over the world, so it kind of makes sense that the venue is staging an event in partnership with another of London’s most iconic tourist attractions on its latest event: the British Museum.
Yeah, really. Having already staged music events at tourist attractions including St Paul’s Cathedral, the London Coliseum and The View From The Shard, the city’s most famous club is taking up residency at its most famous museum for a one-off evening off ambient music on Friday May 2.
The world-renowned museum’s majestic Reading Room, Room 17 – home of the ancient Lycian Nereid Monument – and the museum’s China and South Asia gallery will be the backdrop for a truly memorable ‘sonic experience’ that hopes to highlight electronic music’s relevance as a contemporary art form.
Headlining the Friday night festivities will be A Guy Called Gerald, the Mancunian dance music legend behind 1989 hit ‘Voodoo Ray’, whose work was instrumental in sparking the acid house movement.
Also on the line-up is vinyl selector and fabric resident Anna Wall, whose sets traverse dub techno, acid and classic house, and NIGHT manoeuvres, a new collaborative project from DJ and producer ABSOLUTE and London Grammar’s Dot Major, which promises to be a genre-bending journey through UK bass, dubstep and leftfield techno.
Fancy raving among some ancient ruins? The unmissable event is free, but you’ll to reserve a timed ticket to the museum here to guarantee entry. And be quick about it, cos this one is gonna be seriously popular. Meet you in Room 33, by the Tang dynasty tomb figurines!
In more great nightlife news, The Cause are opening a new club in Hackney this weekend
And west London now has a huge new 2,800-capacity venue from the creators of Printworks
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