The award winning Vinyl Touch is one of London’s longest-running and most prolific multi genre dance events. Launched back in 1999, within a few years The Vinyl Touch parties had moved from a small north London bar to a huge five-arena venue with over 30 artists performing at each event.
The Vinyl Touch kicked off with a desire to provide London with a new party concept by combining exciting new styles dusted with the all important old skool roots. The Vinyl Touch have successfully built an ever expanding movement by fusing all the styles we know and love and showcasing them at ‘one’ event. By bringing back the energy and atmosphere from the early days of rave the next generation were soon hooked!
The club night has appeared across the UK and over sea’s – from residencies at the WKD Club (Camden), Think Tank (Leeds) and Electroworks (Upper St, London) to large scale events at Ministry of Sound (London), The Arches (London) and Ikon & Diva (Southampton). The Vinyl Touch has also hosted rooms at Bagleys (later Canvas, Kings Cross, London), Camden Palace (now Koko, London), SeOne Complex (later Debut, London Bridge) – and to spread the Vinyl Touch sound that little bit further big collaborations in Krakow, Poznan, Gdynia and Sopot, Poland were made. Over the years, event partnerships with some of the biggest dance music brands including Raindance, Moondance, Best of British, Epidemik, Coalition Festival, Ministry of Sound, Global Energy and Nu-Breaks Experience (Poland) have been put into operation.
With a forward thinking cutting edge music policy and a roving eye for emerging talent, The Vinyl Touch was one of the first promotions to book some of the dance scene’s most successful artists. Over the years, our clubbers have been treated to DJ sets and live performances from Krafty Kuts, Freestylers, Adam F, The Dub Pistols, Shut Up & Dance, Atomic Hooligan, Aquasky, Bryan G, DJ Hype, Ratpack, Ellis Dee, Deekline, Jason Kaye, Far Too Loud, Ctrl Z, Nicky Blackmarket, Phantasy, Slipmatt, Billy Bunter, Dr S Gachet, EZ Rollers, J Magik & Wickaman, Ragga Twins and many many more.
In 2006 Vinyl Touch Records was launched, releasing big breakbeat tracks from resident producers Swifty B, The Magnet Men (Imetic), Joe Rapid (Jobe) and Bruno Lawton (Digital Strut), with remixes by guest artists.
The Vinyl Touch is now happily settled in its current home, The Rhythm Factory in east London, where it remains one of the few venues in which to find huge lineups in an intimate setting. Hailed as ‘one of the most fun and friendly club nights in London’, it’s the place to get your rocks off to cutting-edge music, incredible performances and spine tingling stage shows, while being just that little bit crazy. Don’t forget your fancy dress :)
Timeline
1999
The Vinyl Touch launches at The Only Bar in London.
2000
The Vinyl Touch hosts an arena at Garage Nation, London.
2001
The Vinyl Touch moves to WKD in Camden, London.
2002
The Vinyl Touch goes monthly at WKD.
The Vinyl Touch :: Leeds launches at Baroc, Leeds.
The Vinyl Touch hosts a room at The Rhino Club, Southampton.
2003
The Vinyl Touch moves to 900 capacity, multi arena venue Electroworkz, London. The Vinyl Touch :: Leeds moves to The Think Tank.
The Vinyl Touch hosts a room at Southampton’s biggest nightclub, Ikon & Diva.
2004
The Vinyl Touch hosts arenas for Breakin Science at Camden Palace, Traffic at Colosseum, Best of British at Bagleys, Ruud Awakening events at The Dungeons and the 2Fresh Record Event at The Telegraph, all in London.
The Vinyl Touch holds its last parties at Electrowrkz and Think Tank
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2005
The Vinyl Touch hosts the breakbeat arena in conjunction with Nuskoolbreaks.co.uk at Sahara Nights, Kings Cross.
The Vinyl Touch holds an event at 1000 capacity venue The Arches in London.
2006
The Vinyl Touch begins hosting a room at Ministry of Sound, London.
The Vinyl Touch launches a residency in Poland, in conjunction with Nu-Breaks Experience.
Vinyl Touch Records is launched.
2007
The Vinyl Touch goes bi-monthly in Poland, covering Gdynia, Gdansk, Krakow and Poznan. In May it hosts the main stage and sellout after-party at the SC Festival, Gdansk.
The Vinyl Touch launches at The Rhythm Factory, London.
The Vinyl Touch :: London hosts the official album launch for Shut Up and Dance.
2008
The Vinyl Touch continues to host rooms at Ministry of Sound in conjunction with Epidemik events.
Regular nights at The Rhythm Factory are a sell-out, hosting top names such as Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, Nicky Blackmarket, Dub Pistols, Adam F and Far Too Loud.
The Vinyl Touch holds its first New Year’s Eve party, at Gramaphone in east London which is a sell out.
The Vinyl Touch hosts album launch parties for Aquasky, Body Snatchers and Backdraft.
2009
The Vinyl Touch are awarded ‘Best Small Club Event’ at the International Breakbeat Awards 2009 held at Fabric.
The Vinyl Touch host an arena at 3,000 capacity event Moondance at the SE-ONE Complex, London.
Regular nights at Rhythm Factory continue to sell out. Second New Years Eve event is organised and is a sell out.
2010
The Vinyl Touch showcase their sound live at the International Breakbeat Awards held at Fabric London.
The Vinyl Touch co-promote 10,000 capacity 3 day weekender Global Energy at Pontins, Camber Sands. The Vinyl Touch continue to promote regular events at Rhythm Factory London and in eastern Europe with Nu-Breaks Experience.
The Vinyl Touch host an arena at 3,000 capacity event Raindance which is a sell out.
2011
The Vinyl Touch win ‘Best Event Promotion’ at the Nu Rave Awards 2011
The Vinyl Touch nominated for ‘Best Event Award’ at the International Breakbeat Awards 2011
The Vinyl Touch Crew perform at London’s biggest dance event – Epidemik at Proud 2
The Vinyl Touch are Nominated for ‘Best Club Event’ at the International Breakbeat Awards
The Vinyl Touch continue to host arena’s at 3,000 capacity event Raindance.
The Vinyl Touch host an arena for 3,000 capacity event ‘Best of British’.
The Vinyl Touch continue to sell out their stand alone events at Rhythm Factory.
The Vinyl Touch promote events in Brighton.
