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The Slimelight club (often referred to as Slimes by regulars) is the longest running goth nightclub in the world. It is an alternative music club which is open every Saturday (and on New Years Eve) from 10pm to 7.30am (when the London Underground transport network starts running) with 2 or 3 floors playing music genres such as darkwave, EBM, trad goth, gothic rock, futurepop, power noise, synthpop, industrial, and noise. This article is about the late 20th / early 21st century subculture. ... Laser lights illuminate the dance floor at a Gatecrasher dance music event in Sheffield, England A nightclub (or night club or club) is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... The London Underground is a transit system that serves much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Darkwave, also written as dark wave, is an umbrella term which refers to a movement that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of new wave. ... Electronic body music (mainly known by its acronym EBM) is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic punk music. ... This article is about the contemporary goth subculture. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of rock music that originated during the late 1970s. ... Futurepop is a recently-emerging electronic dance music genre, an outgrowth of electronic body music incorporating influences from synthpop (such as song structure and vocal style) and uplifting trance (grandiose and arpeggiated synthesizer melodies). ... Power noise (also known as powernoise, rhythmic noise, noize and occasionally as distorted beat music) is a fusion genre between Post-Industrial music and IDM, drum & bass, hardcore techno or breakcore, that takes its inspiration from some of the more structured and distorted early industrial acts, such as Esplendor Geometrico. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

It is currently (2007) located at Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, Islington, London, UK (behind Angel tube station) where it has been since 1987, though it had a number of other locations previously. The building in which the club is currently situated in was previously an abandoned industrial complex, and the club started out in the early 1980s as a regular squat party in Ladbroke Grove. At that time it had the name the Kitkat Club. 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. ... A squat party is a party that takes place either in a disused building (broken into and secured for the party) or in an already existing squat. ...

History

The club's facilities were rather basic when it was first started in the late 1980s. The name comes from the fact that for a brief period in the summer of 1987 the club was held in a disused church on High Holborn, and "The Slimelight" is a parody of The Limelight, another famous London club of that era also located in a church. Over the years the club has been renovated and upgraded to feature all the mod cons of a proper nightclub, however it retains much of its decaying, abandoned feeling, due partly to the architecture and partly the state of disrepair of some facilities. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Holborn Bars, built as the headquarters of the Prudential Assurance Company, is one of the most striking buildings on High Holborn. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

The club claims a membership of around 10,000 people worldwide, and has a loyal following of regulars who attend every week. Originally the club had a policy of "bring your own booze", but nowadays, due to licensing laws, the club has installed licensed bars, serving alcoholic beverages until 5am and soft drinks until 7:15am. Alcoholic beverages. ...

In the last few years the club has also put on many live shows including gigs from VNV Nation, Combichrist, The Crüxshadows, Xotox, Rotersand, Suicide Commando, Revolution By Night, Autoclav 1.1, Nitzer Ebb, And One, Melotron, Pneumatic Detach and Agonoize. VNV Nation is an electronic music group originally from Dublin and London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Crüxshadows (Pronounced as IPA: )[2] are an Independent darkwave[1] band from Florida. ... Rotersand is a German electronic music act, formed in September of 2002 by Gun and Rascal with producer Krischan J.E. Wesenberg joining shortly after. ... Suicide Commando is the name of a Belgian musical act combining aggrotech with elements of electro-industrial. ... Revolution By Night are an electronic music band based in London, UK. They are often referred to as RBN. The only continuous members are Steve Weeks (vocals/keyboards/programming) and Bryon Adamson (keyboards/programming). ... Nitzer Ebb (pronounced night-zer or nit-zer—the band themselves pronounce it either way) is a music group formed in 1982 by Essex schoolfriends Douglas McCarthy (vocals, synthesizer), Vaughan (Bon) Harris on synthesizers and drums, and David Gooday. ... For the shoe company, see And 1. ... Melotron is a futurepop/synthpop band from Germany. ... // Inspired by acts such as Klinik and Suicide Commando, Agonoize is a German EBM/electro-industrial band constituted of Mike Johnson, Oliver Senger and Chris L. Established in late 2002 as a duo between Johnson and Senger, it soon became apparent that the act needed a frontman to improve their...

The club has a strict no photography rule.

Trivia

The club was mentioned by the band Killing Miranda in their song "The Ballad of Torrens Street". This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In the past the building was owned by Hoover and was also a horse hospital.

The building is currently used on non-club nights as an airsoft and paintball venue.

External links

• Slimelight's official website
• Slimelight's entry in the Encyclopedia Gothica
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