WHAT SPELLBOUND IS ABOUT
Firmly established as one of Brighton’s best-loved monthly clubs, SPELLBOUND – The Alternative 80s Night – happens on (usually) the third Saturday of every month in the Studio Bar of Komedia. DJs SIMON PRICE (Stay Beautiful) & JAYNEY BLAMBLAM (Total Blam Blam) play Goth, Post-Punk, New Romantic, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock, Synth and Ska classics 1979-1989.
It’s just like walking into your actual local alternative club at any random point in the 80s, right down to the smoke and the snakebite. A proper drinking and dancing session with a wonderfully mixed crowd of grown-ups who remember it all from first time around and young ‘uns just discovering it afresh. And look out for the Eighties visuals to help with the Time Travel…
SPELLBOUND – SUMMER PARTY – SAT 18 JULY
The SPELLBOUND SUMMER PARTY! Expect general Alternative 80s sounds (see below), but this time with added songs about summer, holidays, sunshine, the beach, surfing, heat and so on. Bring your sunglasses!
SPELLBOUND – SYNTH SPECIAL – 15 AUG
Spellbound is Brighton’s biggest and best-loved Alternative 80s night, and the annual SPELLBOUND SYNTH SPECIAL has become one of the club’s most popular events. For six (yes, six!) bleeptastic hours, DJs SIMON PRICE (Stay Beautiful, The Cure biographer) & JAYNEY BLAMBLAM (Total Blam Blam) will be honouring all those pioneers who prodded Korgs, Rolands, Moogs, Fairlights, Casios and Yamahas through the 1980s. Every record you hear, all night, will either be entirely electronic or prominently feature synthesizers and drum machines.
SPELLBOUND – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL – 31 OCT
Spellbound is Brighton’s longest-running and best-loved Alternative 80s night, and its Hallowe’en Party is always the biggest in town. And this year it’s happening on actual Hallowe’en! DJs Simon Price & Jayney BlamBlam spin a mix of Alt-80s monster tunes and all-time Hallowe’en anthems for a very dressed-up crowd. Expect party-friendly bangers by The Cure, Siouxsie, The Cramps, Billy Idol, Dead Or Alive, Kate Bush, Soft Cell, The Cult, Depeche Mode etc but also “The Monster Mash”, “Thriller”, “The Time Warp”, “Ghostbusters” and all the other creepy classics you wanna hear. There is also fiery cabaret from Laura Loops, retro horror video mash-ups on the screens, and all the usual Hallowe’en fun and nonsense.
SPELLBOUND – JOY DIVISION / NEW ORDER SPECIAL – 21 NOV
Spellbound – Brighton’s Alternative 80s night – returns with a Joy Division/New Order special, fifty years after the Manchester post-punk legends first came together. For one night only we’re paying tribute to the band who inspired the entire Goth movement then rose from the ashes to pioneer the fusion of electronic dance and alternative rock. Both bands changed the world, and it’s impossible to imagine Spellbound without the music they made and the music they inspired. Every third track you hear from DJs Simon Price (The Cure biographer, Stay Beautiful) & Jayney BlamBlam (Total BlamBlam), in amongst Spellbound’s usual awesome Alternative 80s sounds, will be a New Order or Joy Division classic. Expect to hear songs like Blue Monday, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Bizarre Love Triangle, Atmosphere, Confusion, Dead Souls, Fine Time, Disorder, Shellshock, New Dawn Fades, Sub-Culture, Shadowplay, Temptation, She’s Lost Control, The Perfect Kiss, Transmission, Thieves Like Us, Ceremony, True Faith and loads more (often in their full 12 inch forms), with a bespoke Joy Division/New Order slideshow on the big screen, and all the usual Spellbound fun (cheap Snakebite & Black, smoke machine, free shots with The Underpants Song, etc).
SPELLBOUND – CHRISTMAS PARTY – 19 DEC
O come, all ye Goths, Alternative Rockers and 80s Freaks of Brighton and beyond! A star is calling you towards Gardner St in North Laine. Yes, the SPELLBOUND CHRISTMAS PARTY will be bringing the festive vibes to the Studio Bar of Komedia on SATURDAY 21st DECEMBER, 9pm-3am. Expect the best in alternative 80s sounds as per usual, but with added crackers, mince pies, festive giveaways and a very light snowy scattering of Xmas tunes (Wham!, The Pogues, The Waitresses). Clanging chimes of doom to one and all!
SPELLBOUND – NYE PARTY – 31 DEC
Firmly established as one of Brighton’s best-loved monthly clubs, SPELLBOUND – The Alternative 80s Night – rings in the New Year at Komedia with its ALTERNATIVE 80s NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY! DJs Simon Price (Cure biographer/Stay Beautiful) and Jayney BlamBlam (Total Blam Blam) play Goth, Post-Punk, New Romantic, Alternative Rock, Indie, New Wave, Synth Pop and Ska. Think Siouxsie, Cure, Smiths, Bunnymen, PiL, Soft Cell, New Order, Sisters, Depeche Mode, Specials etc. There’s cheap Snakebite & Black, 80s-style smoke machines, period-relevant projections, etc. This time with added party poppers and confetti cannons for the big midnight countdown, and an emphasis on the biggest party-friendly bangers in the Alternative 80s genre.
THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE KOMEDIA STUDIO
(HALLOWEEN SPECIAL IN OCTOBER WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE KOMEDIA BASEMENT )
STANDING CLUB NIGHT
AGES 18+
