Northern Soul night coming to Erics Liverpool

Big City Soul starts on Friday 9th December 2011 from 8 til 2 @ Eric's

£5 on door  will become a monthly event in 2012

Liverpool has a deep affiliation with soul music and the team at the newly refurbished Eric’s, on Matthew Street, have recognised this and got together with promoters “Soul’d Out”, to bring a new night to the City Centre – “Big City Soul”.

The Soul’d Out crew run a successful Soul night in Ormskirk, playing a blend of up-tempo Tamla Motown, Club/60’s and Classic Northern Soul, attracting soul fans from across the region and from as far as Halifax and Hull. The idea to bring this to the City Centre came after a chance encounter between Eric’s music director, Ethan Allen and Soul’d Out promoter and DJ, Sarge.

Sarge – “it all came about after I saw a post on a social media site that Ethan wanted to talk Northern Soul with someone.  I’ve known Ethan for years and had his number in my phone so I text him to see what he wanted to talk about and ended up meeting with him in April this year to bat a few ideas about.  Things went quiet for a while as the Eric’s team where getting the club refurbished and ready for launch; then we caught up again and started planning again in September.”

“Ethan and I talked in great lengths about the idea of a soul night in the city centre and we both felt that the time was right to launch a night of this type, as soul music is ubiquitous with the city, with the famous Mersey Beat sound having its roots firmly planted in the early R&B and Tamla Motown scenes.”

“We want to create a something special with these nights and are looking to attract a wide ranging crowd, as the music is as far reaching as the genres it encompasses and appeals to many age and social groups, all bound together by the feeling that soul music brings.”

For the opening night on 9th December “Big City Soul” are honoured to have a very special guest DJ to grace the decks; Soul Maestro – Brian Rae. Brian has been a leading name on the Northern Soul scene from the very beginning and is a true original and innovator.  He began DJ’ing in the 1960’s on the early mod scene and grew into Northern Soul as the scene developed, with residencies at legendary venues such as The Twisted Wheel and Wigan Casino.

Brian has dedicated his life to soul music and with his knowledge and persistence, over the years, has built up a record collection that can only be called World Class, with many rarities and well sought after tracks from soul legends such as Ramsey Lewis, Junior Walker, The Vibrations, Major Lance, Jimmy Cliff and many many more.

Big City Soul are delighted to announce a DJ of such esteem for the opening night and hope that you’ll join us at the beginning of what we feel will be something very special in Liverpool City Centre.