Review: Wadey

Having been to the first Soul Grooves outing at The Gateway in February which I thought showed potential I was pleased to see when I arrived at 12am that there were more people in attendance than last time and the venue was pretty full. The event is held in the upstairs function suite above the pub, which has an intimate feel to it with a decent sized dance floor. The crowd seemed to be a mixture of the ‘usual suspects’ Soul Heads and the South Manchester set, although later on when the Pub downstairs closed, some of the locals came upstairs to carry on their night out!!!!

At first they stuck out like a sore thumb, but in fairness to them for the most part they got into the spirit of things and by the end of the night seemed to be enjoying the music and general relaxed atmosphere as much as anyone else!!!
 
The tunes the DJ’s played was generally a mix of 80’s & 90’s classics which ebbed and flowed all night keeping the dance floor full until the end. The sound system seemed adequate rather than impressive but bearing in mind the Gateways residential location, I’m guessing ‘cranking it up’ was not really an option.

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All in all an enjoyable, if slightly predictable night seemed to be had by everyone there. I would say that you won’t find anything at Soul Grooves that you couldn’t get at one of the other more established Soul events around town with this theme, but I think the similarity is due to The Gateway’s South Manchester location. I was also very surprised at just how many of the regular ‘Soul Heads’ I knew at Soul Grooves live on this side of town! I can see the Soul Grooves gig gaining a good following and becoming an established event which will run for some time.

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