Published
Thu, Jun 2, 2022, 09:00
- The purpose-built, 2,000-capacity space will host live gigs and club nights.
A new underground venue is opening in Central London this September.
Located four stories beneath Soho's world-famous Denmark Street, HERE is calling itself the "first venue to be purpose built in Central London since the 1940s." It's part of Outernet London, a commercial and residential development project more than ten years in the works.
Though details on HERE are still sparse, the 2,000-capacity, 25,000-square-foot space will host live gigs and club nights. The electronic music directors are New York artist Nicolas Matar and London promoter Simon Denby, who runs Percolate and Waterworks Festival, among other events.
"We're focussing on a diverse range of electronic music, with club and live shows reflecting the makeup of London's diverse and exciting musical heritage," Denby and Matar told Resident Advisor. "It will also be a space to host the best of worldwide touring talent with all its contemporary and eclectic musical strands."
They added: "Top-level production is at the heart of the project. The sound treatment is more like that of a music studio, but on a very large scale unseen in London clubland. It features the latest d&b audiotechnik sound system installation, a top-spec lighting rig and a huge 8K resolution screen."
The Outernet crew will also run The Lower Third, a 350-capacity venue on Denmark Street. The space, FKA 12 Bar Club, has been shut since January 2015. The new name is a homage to the late David Bowie.
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