Originally written by Dom Gourlay · 23 April 2004
Stealth is the brainchild of James Baillie (The Bomb, The Social) and George and Sean Akins (Rock City), its mission statement simply being "to prove to the doubters that there's plenty of life left in dance music."
Whilst the emphasis may be on dance music, the 680-capacity venue will see the introduction of a weekly NME night (every Thursday), where resident DJs Queens Of Noize, Punish The Atom's Joey Bell and the Home Taping Is Killing Music DJs will man the decks alongside performances from some of the hottest signed and unsigned live bands around.
Fridays will see Stealth host such renowned club nights as Detonate, Spectrum and Manuva Manuva, while Saturday nights will be served by the self-titled Stealth night alongside such established clubs as Bugged Out and Tyrant.
The full line-up for the first fortnight is as follows:-
Friday 30th April - Keep It Unreal opening night Mr Scruff Peter Parker (Fingathing) Treva Whateva Qool DJ Marv DJ Woody P Brothers (live) Cappo Broke'n'English Konny Kon
Saturday 1st May - Tyrant Craig Richards Lee Burridge Captain Comatose (live) The Grid (live) Dave Congreve
Thursday 6th May - NME Club Night launch party Queens Of Noize Home Taping Is Killing Music Joey Bell (Punish The Atom) Riotous Rockers + Punish The Atom + 10,000 Things (live)
Friday 7th May - Spectrum launch night DJ Hyper B.L.I.M. Phantom Beats Pete Jordan Quantic Bent Dave Boultbee Rahzel DJ JS-1 DJ Yoda Itchy Fader Fingers Spectrum Breakers
Saturday 8th May - Stealth Magda Detroit Grand Pubas Chicken Lips Dave Congreve Matt Tolfrey Timm Sure
Thursday 13th May - NME Club night Queens Of Noize Home Taping Is Killing Music Joey Bell (Punish The Atom) Riotous Rockers + Selfish Cunt + Amusement Parks On Fire (live)
Friday 14th May - Sound System - LeftFoot, DiY & Percussion Gilles Peterson Anitballas (Afrobeat Orchestra NYC) Adam Regan Smile Digs and Woosh
Saturday 15th May - Bugged Out Carl Craig Luciano Psychonaughts Soul Mekanik Chris Blue Rob Bright
Over the coming weeks, live performances by Bonobo (21st May), Killa Kella (21st May), Luke Vibert (22nd May) and Layo & Bushwacka (12th June) have also been confirmed.