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Electrowerkz is a four-floor music venue in Islington, London. In addition to mainstream club nights, it hosts the regular goth night club Slimelight and many other club, live music and events.
Layout
editElectrowerkz has three above-ground floors and a basement. Much of the layout of the ground floor was shaped to accommodate Carsten Höller's pop-up restaurant which used the venue in November 2008–July 2009.[1]
In 2022, the building gained new ownership, leading to large investments and an increase in capacity. It is one of the biggest venues in central London.
Slimelight
editSlimelight, also known as "Slimes", is a dark scene night club which covers such genres as goth, industrial, dark techno, dark electro, and dark wave, which has operated at Electrowerkz since 1987.[2]
As well as DJs, Slimelight also regularly has live acts before the club or during it. Artists who have performed at Slimelight include VNV Nation, The Crüxshadows, Combichrist, Clan of Xymox and Nitzer Ebb.
To comply with the law when Slimelight began in the 1980s, the club has a membership scheme that requires existing members to approve new members. Although this is no longer necessary, the membership scheme still exists and provides members with a cheaper entrance fee.[2] Most of the ground floor exists in its current state due to a pop up restaurant from Carsten Höller which co-existed with the club for several months.[3]
While UK entertainment venues were restricted from holding in-person events during the COVID-19 pandemic, the club moved online with multiple livestream DJ events on Twitch.
Since 2022, Slimelight has been run by Ricardo Castro, a major name in London's dark club scene.[citation needed]
Other events
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Under the name The Werkz, Electrowerkz makes itself available as a venue for weddings, product launches and as a film location.[4]
Electrowerkz was a filming location for the Black Mirror episode San Junipero.[5][6]
Club reviewers have praised the venue for the variety of club nights.
Mayuan Mak
editMayuan Mak was the owner of Electrowerkz until his death in December 2020.[7] He was also the co-founder of Slimelight.[8] He previously ran a scrap metal business from the building which now houses Electrowerkz.[8]
References
edit- ^ "About". The Double Club. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
- ^ a b Yardley, Miranda (29 November 2010). "Slimelight, London". Terrorizer. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "The Double Club / About". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
- ^ "The Werkz – A generous and versatile venue in the heart of Angel". The Werkz. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Deehan, Tom (3 October 2016). "Black Mirror doubled London for California on season three shoot". thelocationguide.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "London: still reflected in Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror". FilmFixer. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Cheong, Charissa (21 December 2020). "Tributes paid to owner of 'world-class' Islington venue". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b "'Gentle, peaceful and generous': tributes to Angel goth club pioneer Mak". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 23 December 2024.