Revolutionary, fresh, new club opening in Durban at end of March

Durban is in for a royal treat from the end of March with the opening of the first club in the city, focusing on live music. The club is going to be in the Morningside area and there is nothing like it at the moment. Bruinou.com was invited to come and view it this past weekend and we were blown away with what we saw and the plans for the club.

It is evident that the owners of the club are passionate about growing SA music, particularly in the Coloured communities. This is what attracted Bruinou.com to the club the most since this is also something that we are passionate about and we give our full support and praise to the owners for this initiative.

The club has a recording studio upstairs where all aspiring artists can rehearse and record demos. In addition to the studio upstairs, you will also find a stage, a posh VIP area, large dance floor, lots of comfortable seating and two trendy, well stocked bars. Thursday nights are dedicated to live music with a band playing artist tracks as opposed to artists performing over backing tracks. Friday nights are dedicated to the artists and Saturday nights are your normal club nights.

Downstairs is a chill out section with a lounge environment for those who prefer that sort of thing. The area downstairs is opened daily and is the perfect hang out spot for drinks after lunch or for lunch meetings. Patrons can catch artists recording in the studio at any time of the day (obviously…only if there are people there at the time of course:-) ).

The club will promote DJ’s and artists of most genres including, but not limited to, Hip-Hop, Jazz, RNB etc. The genre that the club focuses on will be based on the most popular responses from the audience. Initially, the club will have a strong Hip-Hop element as this is the genre that has attracted the most attention recently.

Since Bruinou.com has started and we have been interviewing artists, the most common problems that people have encountered was the lack of access to recording facilities and a stage to perform on. Thankfully, with the opening of this club these problems will be stopped dead in their tracks. With these problems eliminated, we will surely see more Ernie Smiths, Jomalis and East Coast Flavas coming to the fore and putting Durban at the forefront of music in the country.

The club owners have asked us to run a competition for them to come up with a suitable name for the club. The winners will get free entry for them and their partner to the VIP area of the club for 1 year. Send all your mails to lester@Bruinou.com with the subject header Name a Club.

Bruinou.com has not been excited about such a project in a very long time and we look forward to its success.

Its things like this that make me want to move back to Durban.