Melbourne Beats

After an amazing party just gone with Ramadanman we have decided to do it one last time at the mercat.

As some of you may or may not know the top half of the venue is closing down due to residents sound complaints (the basement however will continue to run). The idea of this party is to get every one together for one last drunken bash!

All door profits + a percentage of the bar will be donated to Beyond Blue (a charity that helps people with depression and anxiety).

Entry will be $5 b4 midnight and $10 after

Top room is run by BBA playing drum n bass, autonomic etc
Atrium will feature Subbass, Juicy Loops, The Operatives, Too Much! and Heavy Innit playing wonky hiphop, breaks, dubstep etc
Basement will feature Too Much! Heavy Innit and other dubstep, house and bashment djs.



Line up is as follows

Joe Seven b2b Consequence (UK, NZ) (Exit Records & Non Plus)
Finna (BBA)
Tobias (BBA)
Safire (BBA)
Beatski (PBS, BBA)
Baddums b2b Aoi (Heavy Innit)
JPS b2b Nam (The Operatives)
Myst (Too Much!)
Same O (Too Much!)
AC23 (Wobble)
David Bass (Too Much!)
A13 b2b Affiks (Heavy Innit)
Fooishbar (Too Much!)
Baron Von Rotton (Subbass)
The Shredder (Subbass)
Flip (Juicy Loops)
Cammo (Bass High)
Bonnita (Stinkin Rich)
Citzen.com (Rock Like this)
Devient (Rock Like this)
Brrrrraaaaappppsss!!!!

yip yip

WOW! I'm there...

nice one gang.

Sooooo gutted i couldn't play at this, damn hens night. Will try and drag some drunken trussed up ladies down there with me later if i can.

Amazing line up!

OOOER sounds sick, top room is the one!

nice line up...

going to be a bonza of a night!!

Sad to see it closing. Have had so many good nights there.
Wish I could be there for the final rinse!

Big Big Big line up! Definitely heading up to smash it one last time @ mercat top room, it has been good to me good bye balcony had some fun times, big ups melbourne crews for putting this together!

Yeah we've had some mad gigs up there - Pendulum, Jungle Run, Fresh, Big Bud and there were loads more!!

rest assured BBA & guests will make this last one a smasher!

How long will it close for this time?

depends on a few council decisions but as it stands the upstairs wont be opened any time soon.

the apartments behind have been complaining for about a year and the owners have had to decide to close the top half to avoid loosing their liquor license.

Gonna be a big night!

same o wrote:the apartments behind have been complaining for about a year and the owners have had to decide to close the top half to avoid loosing their liquor license.

Hey I've got an idea.... MOVE TO THE SUBURBS DOUCHEBAGS. Seriously what do you expect if you live in the middle of the fricken CBD.

Anyway, hope they plan to clean up the basement IE take down the random brackets and shit on the walls..

Na man, need the porn hanging from TVs back

Wicked!

eN wrote:

same o wrote:the apartments behind have been complaining for about a year and the owners have had to decide to close the top half to avoid loosing their liquor license.

Hey I've got an idea.... MOVE TO THE SUBURBS DOUCHEBAGS. Seriously what do you expect if you live in the middle of the fricken CBD.

Anyway, hope they plan to clean up the basement IE take down the random brackets and shit on the walls..

They are already off, and the whole downstairs has been disinfected as of last week hahah

Trust me work is going into the downstairs to make it better.

just saw the date, sorry pete im in sydney for void that weekend. bummer

eN wrote:

same o wrote:the apartments behind have been complaining for about a year and the owners have had to decide to close the top half to avoid loosing their liquor license.

Hey I've got an idea.... MOVE TO THE SUBURBS DOUCHEBAGS. Seriously what do you expect if you live in the middle of the fricken CBD.

Anyway, hope they plan to clean up the basement IE take down the random brackets and shit on the walls..

agree 100%

ghetto kitty wrote:

eN wrote:

same o wrote:the apartments behind have been complaining for about a year and the owners have had to decide to close the top half to avoid loosing their liquor license.

Hey I've got an idea.... MOVE TO THE SUBURBS DOUCHEBAGS. Seriously what do you expect if you live in the middle of the fricken CBD.

Anyway, hope they plan to clean up the basement IE take down the random brackets and shit on the walls..

agree 100%

maybe not so harsh as to have to move to the subs but double glaze their windows and insulate walls instead... then everybody wins.

tres sad to be losing upstairs but it's not all bad i guess if they're gunna fix downstairs in the mean time.

more coat hooks pls...

So upstairs will just be just unused space? I liked the upstairs room, system needs improving but the general space for dnb/dubstep gigs fit well. And the balcony area up top is good for the smokers and tokers just means ppl will be spilling out onto the street anyway. Fukn residents! not a big fan of the downstairs @ mercat tbh

downstairs is one of my favourite venues in Melbourne...i love that its horrible down there, should have kept the brackets, closed it off for a weekend and let say 10 writers do their thing

my first DnB gig was in that basement. ahhhh memories...met a squirrel that night too!

basement will be choice bro

Brapples. Gonna be larrrrge!

U know!!

Flyyyyaaaahhh up

trigga finga

needs moar dance music imo

no scott alert
not a very inclusive scene is it

PS. to all the haters... think... This isn't a war on bass music from some sleepy melbourne residents.

Some of the people in the apts behind mercat prob paid a shit load of cash for their property at a time when the Merc was closed and not operating as a club. There are also market and council workers cruising around at night who are always watching.

And I've seen some seriously dumb shit go down over the past 18months such as

- people throwing shit off the balcony
- loud screaming at people from the balcony
- fights out the front
- and some dude kicking a cab whilst it was on the move. WFT??????

Everytime the cops have to be called is another reason for Mercat to lose their license. There's only so much responsibility the bouncers & bar staff can take for other people's behaviour. So start showing a bit of respect before we compromise the future of the basement too.

Actually your wrong.

They can’t here noise from the front and those apartments were built when the club was running however they were not built with double glazed windows.

The noise they are complaining about happens from the upstairs sound system. Essentially the sound proofing in the roof of the main room pushes the sound out through the glass windows in the atrium. The sound wave gets bigger as it travels and the apartments behind get hit with the wave at its maximum volume. The volume from outside the mercat is almost not noticeable when you stand out the back however when you are at their balconies it is at a much louder volume.

Bang!

Alright so couple of noise complaints will get the upstairs shutdown... but i'm sure there's a record of bullshit creating a case a against the club that supports the noise complaints but whatever... what would i know.. i still think people should start showing more respect for the club.

turn the music up by all means - I'm not against having a good party

This will probably make no difference to the powers that be but you gotta try...
Save the Mercat Cross

EvilSnakeWoman wrote:Alright so couple of noise complaints will get the upstairs shutdown... but i'm sure there's a record of bullshit creating a case a against the club that supports the noise complaints but whatever... what would i know..

turn the music up by all means and have a rockin party...

i still think people should start showing more respect for the club tho

As far as this case goes unless you have been working on this case with the mercat and the council probs not much.

I do agree people should show more respect for the club but it has nothing to do with the top half of the venue closing.


AND BIGG UPS ON THE FACEBOOK GROUP,

The support means allot to the owners and every one who works there.

it's not about why the top half is closing but about encouraging people not to act like shit cunts in response to why

bring back the restaurant upstairs i say..

alllrrriigghht.


any ways back to the party..

this should be huge and hopefully we can raise a heap for beyond blue

Yeah this is gonna be awesum! Lots of different music and djs - love it!
And all for a very good cause too

Mysty wrote:And all for a very good cause too

f'real; i think it's even redeemed jeff kennett.

woop looks like it's gunna be frock central at this little shebang!!! pre-party dinners & cocktails all round... can't wait

its on!

Looking forward to this.. Big crying shame Mercat is closing though!

it's ONLY THE UPSTAIRS that's closing. the basement will still be open for business, as always, including for rob sparx on the 4th of sep, and many upcoming parties ...

yeah but upstairs is dope especially with the balcony, and downstairs has not changed or been given any love since centriphugal days

anyways, sign of the times tbh, lots of places are going to have to deal with residents as more and more apartments are built.
they should all move to docklands, theres like 30 vacant highrises there and no more docklands parties heheh

ghetto kitty wrote:yeah but upstairs is dope especially with the balcony, and downstairs has not changed or been given any love since centriphugal days

soon come ...

downstairs is going to be fixed up with a new system installed etc etc.

wont be instant but we are working at making it a really nice space!

nice one.

its not the sound that needs the most love, its the decor, set up, that awful high bar and the plastic cups, no lime etc...

needs a bit of class injected into it!

'etc etc'

hey, ive loved that basement a long time as is. but im older now.

a lady wants to drink vodka out of a glass!

I hate that the side room is the only place to sit down and you can't see the dancefloor/DJ from in there. Hmmm... Is that a load-bearing wall?

yes it is