Northern Soul New Zealand & The Soul Melting Pot...

                                                                                                                                                           

During the latter part of the 60's and into the 70's British dancers were more used to letting their hair down to Northern Soul, a peculiarly British phenomenon. It was basically a collection of uptempo soul songs (usually over 125 bpm), a popular example of which was Edwin Starr's Agent Double O Soul and Skull Snaps My Hang up Is You. It developed out of the clubs in the North of England (hence the name Northern Soul) and caught on in a big way across the country.

"The lack of availability of new material inevitably spelt an end to the popularity of Northern Soul." Allan for Disco Roots
 

How wrong could he have been!

Forty odd years on and the Northern Soul scene is as strong now as it was then if not stronger. Northern Soul is enjoyed by followers all over the world, New Zealand being no different. The aim of this site is to act as a meeting point for the multitude of Northern Soul migrants from the United Kingdom, and to become a catalyst in the starting up and promotion of New Zealand Soul Nights, Allnighters & Alldayers.

"The Soul Melting Pot" - Northern Soul New Zealand Live on Air :-

Every Sunday night between 8 - 11pm NZST you can hear some of the very best in "across the board soul" broadcasted live through this web site & via the Scooter Forums Radio site. The show comes to you in glorious high quality stereo via the MIXLR streaming servers.

Scooter Forums is one of the Internet's leading scooterists web sites, based in the U.K and has been online and broadcasting since 2003. You can also listen live to all the Scooter Forum Radio shows using the media player above. Whenever any of the DJ's broadcast live, the music will automatically start streaming.

Now you can listen to any one of the shows, anytime by doing the following; click on the "SoulCasts" menu above or by clicking on the "SoulCasts" image located on the right hand side of the screen. Alternatively you can listen to the show stored at MIXLR or subscribe to the shows via iTunes from the Scooter Fourms Radio showreel page.

Next Soul Night...

27th January 2012 - The Australia Day Weekender, Goldcoast, Australia

Mermaid Waters Quality Inn,
Corner sunshine Boulevard and Markeri Street, Mermaid Waters QLD

Saturday January 28th 2012
The Southport Workers Club,
Corner Scarborough St and Railway Parade, Southport QLD

Sunday January 29th 2012
Billys Beach House, Hanlan St, Surfers Paradise QLD
Weekend pass $25

For more information contact goldcoastsoulclub@gmail.com or visit the page on our website http://qldsoul.8k.com/

04th, 05th & 06th February 2012, Blenheim, New Zealand

Function At The Junction
The South Islands First Major Scooter Rally since 2007 
Spring Creek Junction
Mack's has organised a cracker of a weekend including evening entertainment (live, vinyl & digital)
So get off your ass, get the scooters polished and help support the South Island lads & lasses
For more details: Tel 03 577 5418 or  mack@concreteworld.co.nz

17th, 18th & 19th February 2012, Auckland, New Zealand

2nd National Northern Soul Weekender
Friday, the 17th of February 2012, Golden Dawn, 134 Ponsonby Street, 8pm til late
Saturday, the 18th of February 2012, Coherent, 268 Karangahape Rd, Allnighter, 9pm til at least 4am
Sunday, the 19th of February, The Grange, 106 Ponsonby Rd, 4pm til late

Accomodation choices are:
The Quest, Ponsonby Rd, Serviced appartments, 5 star, $145
http://www.questponsonby.co.nz/

Close to town centre and one minute walk to Friday and Sunday venues, 10 minute walk to saturday venue

Quality Inn Westend, Motel, 4 1/2 star, $113
http://www.choicehotels.com.au/en/auckland-hotel-quality-north_island-NZ041-en?promo=gglocal&tab=0&cid=1098112

15 minute walk to all venues and $10 taxi ride to town

Arthotel The Great Ponsonby, Bed and Breakfast, 5 star, $245
http://www.greatpons.co.nz/

Close to towncentre, 15 minute walk to Friday and Sunday venues, $10 taxi ride to Saturday venue

02nd, 3rd & 04th March 2012, Perth, Australia

The Irish Club 15th Anniversary
More Details: www.perthsoul.com 

30th, 31st March & 01st April 2012, Hong Kong

The Inaugural Asian Rare Soul Weekender
Featuring Motown legend "Bobby Taylor" live on stage
More Details: www.wix.com/asiansoulweekend/asiansoulweekend 

09th, 10th & 11th November 2012, Adelaide, Australia

The 15th Australian Northern Soul Weekender
More Details To Come... 

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