Solid Steel line up T-shirt 2004

Just found this, the special T-shirt we made after the first year of the Solid Steel night at Ruby Lo to thank everyone who played. Ruby Lo (short for Ruby Lounge) was a basement bar in London’s West End near Bond Street, down a side street by Selfridges. DK and I were the residents each month, the night was only £3 but we didn’t announce who was playing, you had to trust that we’d get decent guests. We really wanted to do a residency at a place where it was intimate, had seating and a DJ booth on the floor rather than a stage. As it turned out, the booth was in the middle of everything with a dancefloor on one side and seating directly behind so we were virtually in the round.

What a line up, 2005 was just as good, I need to find that list too. It would fill up with after work drinkers early on but they would clear out by about 9pm and our crowd would come down to see the set list pinned to the wall with who would be playing. I’m pretty sure this was Diplo‘s first ever London DJ appearance, he was playing Fabric the next night and we only got him because he wasn’t announced. For Luke Vibert‘s appearance he bought Aphex with him and for the December resident set DK and I gave away every record we played after we’d finished with it (pre-Serato days).

4 thoughts on “Solid Steel line up T-shirt 2004

  1. @Tim – I’m afraid these were only made for the people who played at the night, Ninja Tune also made some SS shirts around the time of the first mix CD in 2001 but they are long gone now I’m afraid. Ebay would be your only bet

  2. Haha, I still have this shirt. And good memories. Although I really felt ill that night… it was a great experience! Tomorrow 10 years.

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