FEBRUARY | OPINION
D
epot has provided
Manchester with countless
musical moments and
highlights throughout the last
WHP season, with one of the stand
out new stages being Concourse at
Depot.
Broadwick Live put on the
show, while Engine No.4 handled
technology side of things.
For Spring 2020 the much-loved
Concourse room will be home to
a number of intimate ‘Concourse
Only’ club shows that will run from
29 January until Easter weekend.
This period will be an opportunity
for a limited run of the most
forward-thinking promoters from
around the city, including Zutekh
Presents, Hit & Run, Michael
Bibi’s Isolate, bass-line enthusiasts
Crucast and Alan Fitzpatrick’s We
Are The Brave, to take over the
Concourse space.
This series will feature a number
of showcases, extended sets and
artist curated line-ups with more
shows set to be announced. For
Tommy Sheals-Barrett, technical
production director at Engine No. 4,
the project was the culmination of
several collaborative meetings.
“There wasn’t a specific, detailed
brief as such, but it came together
through several meetings, site visits
and conversations with Sam Kandel
and the wider WHP team, Engine
No 4 and DBNAudile.
“The idea was to create a dark,
intimate feeling space where the
DJ was completely surrounded
by the audience. We knew we’d be
seeing a good amount of vinyl-only
DJs in this space, so it was essential
we took this into consideration,
resulting in us sitting the breeze
block built, semi-permanent DJ
Booth, on top of 5t of concrete.”
The booth that was created is
a completely separate, isolated
Warehouse party
The Warehouse Project was back by popular demand last year, but curating
one of its new stages, Concourse at Depot, required some expert know-how
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