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Shine (nightclub)
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Shine is a night club
located in Belfast
, Northern Ireland
. The club was started in 1995 by local DJ Alan Simms. Since its inception it has been held in the Mandela hall, part of Queen's University Students' Union. For a period in the early 2000s, the entire Students' Union building was used - informally known as 'Super Shine' and bringing its capacity to almost 2400 people - although such events have been discontinued, with the snack bar on the top floor of the building no longer in use.
The club has no formal music policy, but techno is prevalent on most nights. DJs and live acts that have played in Shine include Soulwax
, Carl Cox
, Green Velvet
, David Holmes
, Deep Dish
, Darren Emerson
, Richie Hawtin
, Adam Freeland
, Deep Dish
, Layo and Bushwacka!, Audio Bullys
, Felix da House Cat, Welt, Andrew Weatherall
, Laurent Garnier
, Groove Armada
, Vitalic
, Slam
, Rigsy
and Dave Clarke. Phil Kieran
is a former resident and regular guest at the club. BBC Radio 1
has held events at Shine in the past with Pete Tong
and, unusually, Tim Westwood
appearing in the main room. Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac
worked at the club while attending Queen's. Starting in PR and promotions, working at the club was inspiration to buy her first set of decks.
The Shine website is also the host of the popular ["http://www.shine.net/forum Shine forum]. A clubbing forum predominantly used by fans of the local clubbing community. No topic is taboo and over the years the board has increased in popularity. It is also a great source of information for upcoming events run by Shine Productions and their major share holder the BBC.
In 2006 Shine events became less frequent, operating instead on a monthly schedule.
The club's founder also has a record label called Shine Recordings. The label's three main releases so far have been by Jon Carter
, Simms & Welt and Justin Robertson, who also play the club regularly. In 2005 Simms opened another club in the city, The Stiff Kitten. The name derives from Joy Division's
original name. In November 2009, The Stiff Kitten underwent a name change and is now called 'The Kitten Bar'. The front bar was renovated to increase seating capacity. In recent years Shine has provided inspiration for such aspiring DJs as Derry's AudioFun, DJ Da Costa, Mizz Bhave, Kev Gallagher, Dubby Deeherty, Deg Long, Rigsy, David "Hot Lips" Vail, Japanese Popstars, Tier Na Nog, Cole Hammertime, Ole Gunnar Soultrain, Gary McGillen and one of the latest upcoming producers/djs Mark Monaghan.
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
located in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The club was started in 1995 by local DJ Alan Simms. Since its inception it has been held in the Mandela hall, part of Queen's University Students' Union. For a period in the early 2000s, the entire Students' Union building was used - informally known as 'Super Shine' and bringing its capacity to almost 2400 people - although such events have been discontinued, with the snack bar on the top floor of the building no longer in use.
The club has no formal music policy, but techno is prevalent on most nights. DJs and live acts that have played in Shine include Soulwax
Soulwax
Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, are an alternative rock/electronic band from Ghent, Belgium. Next to the Dewaele brothers, Soulwax consists of bassist Stefaan Van Leuven and drummer Steve Slingeneyer. They were first noticed after the release of their album Much Against Everyone's...
, Carl Cox
Carl Cox
Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
, Green Velvet
Curtis Jones
Curtis Alan Jones is an American electronica and house music singer, songwriter and producer. His style of house music has been compared and inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk, Prince, Gary Numan, and Nitzer Ebb....
, David Holmes
David Holmes (musician)
David Holmes is a Northern Irish DJ, musician and composer.-Career:Holmes began djing in Belfast from the age of 15. His first hit was the song "DeNiro", with Ashley Beedle, in 1992. In the early to mid 1990s he ran two club nights in the Belfast Art College known as Sugar Sweet and Shake Yer Brain...
, Deep Dish
Deep Dish
Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
, Darren Emerson
Darren Emerson
Darren Emerson is a dance music DJ, and former member of the UK electronic music outfit, Underworld.-Career:Emerson began mixing Hip-Hop records at the age of 14, and by 16 was DJing regularly at local venues...
, Richie Hawtin
Richie Hawtin
Richard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s...
, Adam Freeland
Adam Freeland
Adam Freeland is an English DJ and producer associated with breakbeat based electronic music. He was a resident of Brighton, moved to Los Angeles where he recorded second album Cope™ but is now based back in Brighton...
, Deep Dish
Deep Dish
Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
, Layo and Bushwacka!, Audio Bullys
Audio Bullys
Audio Bullys are an electronic music group from London, consisting of Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale. The group were once managed by DJ and presenter George Lamb....
, Felix da House Cat, Welt, Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall is a DJ, producer, and remixer.Andrew, Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel and Steve Mayes started Boy's Own initially as a fanzine commenting on fashion, records, football, and other issues...
, Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier , is a French techno music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJ-ing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span deep house, Detroit techno, trance and jazz...
, Groove Armada
Groove Armada
Groove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
, Vitalic
Vitalic
Vitalic is an electronic music artist. He was born in France and is of Spanish and Italian descent.-History:His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene...
, Slam
Slam (band)
Slam are a producer/DJ duo from Glasgow, consisting of Stuart MacMillan and Orde Meikle . They are co-founders of Soma Quality Recordings. Their music style consists of house and techno.-History:...
, Rigsy
Rigsy
Rigsy , real name David O'Reilly, is an award-winning presenter from Newcastle, Northern Ireland, currently living in East Belfast. He is a graduate of Queens University, Belfast....
and Dave Clarke. Phil Kieran
Phil Kieran
Phil Kieran is a DJ, music producer and electronic music recording artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.Kieran is primarily a club DJ, making his name as the resident at Shine in Belfast and later playing at venues across the world. He plays a wide variety of music including techno, breaks and house...
is a former resident and regular guest at the club. BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
has held events at Shine in the past with Pete Tong
Pete Tong
Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...
and, unusually, Tim Westwood
Tim Westwood
Timothy Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride...
appearing in the main room. Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac
Annie Mac
Annie Mac is an Irish DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom which airs at 7:00 pm on Friday evenings as well as a Sunday evening show alongside co-presenter Nick Grimshaw.-Personal life:Annie Mac was born in Dublin,...
worked at the club while attending Queen's. Starting in PR and promotions, working at the club was inspiration to buy her first set of decks.
The Shine website is also the host of the popular ["http://www.shine.net/forum Shine forum]. A clubbing forum predominantly used by fans of the local clubbing community. No topic is taboo and over the years the board has increased in popularity. It is also a great source of information for upcoming events run by Shine Productions and their major share holder the BBC.
In 2006 Shine events became less frequent, operating instead on a monthly schedule.
The club's founder also has a record label called Shine Recordings. The label's three main releases so far have been by Jon Carter
Jon Carter
Jon Carter is an Essex, England-born DJ who initially rose to prominence as a big beat electronica DJ. However, as his career progressed both his productions and his DJ sets became known for including a variety of musical styles.-Biography:...
, Simms & Welt and Justin Robertson, who also play the club regularly. In 2005 Simms opened another club in the city, The Stiff Kitten. The name derives from Joy Division's
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
original name. In November 2009, The Stiff Kitten underwent a name change and is now called 'The Kitten Bar'. The front bar was renovated to increase seating capacity. In recent years Shine has provided inspiration for such aspiring DJs as Derry's AudioFun, DJ Da Costa, Mizz Bhave, Kev Gallagher, Dubby Deeherty, Deg Long, Rigsy, David "Hot Lips" Vail, Japanese Popstars, Tier Na Nog, Cole Hammertime, Ole Gunnar Soultrain, Gary McGillen and one of the latest upcoming producers/djs Mark Monaghan.