Back in 2001, Residentclubber was initially just an idea for somewhere to host pictures from nights out in Birmingham, and in particular Godskitchen - way before social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook were around. The first incarnation of the Residentclubber website was originally hosted on various free websites like Yahoo Geocities, but as the site started to grow, it needed a much larger home.

And so after a couple of years enjoying the bright lights of the Birmingham nightlife, it wasn't until September 2003 that the Residentclubber cameras were out and about in Leamington Spa and the local profile of the website exploded as a result. Over time, the website has expanded and now includes a multimedia section with videos of some of the events we've attended and the now annual summer clubbing video project, a selection of our club flyer and poster designs, an events section from the events that we've hosted that have attracted the best up and coming DJ's, and Residentclubber.co.uk creator, Andy Barbieri's own DJ section.

In the many years the website has been around, we've visited quite a few venues and events, mostly based in Birmingham and Leamington. Most memorable nights include; Godskitchen, Gatecrasher at the NEC, Hed Kandi, Polysexual, Sundissential, Fuel, Global Gathering, Bounce and of course, not forgetting dance music's spiritual home; Ibiza plus a whole lot of smaller local nights in bars (including our own), which have been just as good (sometimes even better) than some of the club nights we've attended.

Although we're more focused on the photography and video side of things than putting on our own events these days, Residentclubber.co.uk will continue to be out there having fun where the good times are at!

"The message and spirit of a website is created in no small part by the editor. Without any creative control you just get a mish-mash with no overall style or direction. There are photo galleries with the photos uploaded exactly as they come from the camera, warts and all, visitors to Residentclubber.co.uk shouldn't have to skip through the many near-duplicates, blurry photos, failed experiments, and other dodgy photos.

With Residentclubber.co.uk, the part which takes the most time and care is the editing of the photo galleries. Many decisions are made, based on the criteria that we've developed over the years since the site began, accepting some pictures whilst rejecting others.

And equally important, is that the photos need to reflect the philosophy for the site. Simply put, The week ends, life begins! It's what we believe in."

Residentclubber.co.uk does NOT endorse, and is NOT biased towards, any one particular venue or event - although the site is generally supportive towards local events. We just go where the good times are at!

Aside from the main focus of photography, Residentclubber.co.uk also gets involved with various multimedia projects such as graphic design and video.

Mostly just projects working under the Residentclubber.co.uk name, designs worked on include; club flyers and posters, short videos of the events we sometimes attend such as Global Gathering and Ibiza, plus of course, photographing events and nights out that go on the main website. 

» Follow the link for a selection of designs and projects.

"Back in 2002, we began to organise our own dance music events hosted in various venues throughout Leamington Spa, as we got fed up with hearing the same commercial and urban music in seemingly every bar every weekend. From this desire to offer something different to the local nightlife, Residentclubber.co.uk founder, Andy Barbieri got behind the decks and started to DJ, mostly as warm up to the many top quality guest DJ's we were getting in. The mindset for our events is always 'No Attitude, Just Damn Fine Tunes!' Nothing less will do.

Andy's DJ sound is upfront deep, tech house music with elements of soul, funk, disco, latin and jackin' beats. Relying on his tune selection to get the people dancing, and having DJ'd at most of the local Leamington Spa bars, including in the main room of two of the local clubs; Evolve and Smack, in that time, Andy has certainly done that! And as we're out every weekend photographing the local nightlife, you could say that we're well placed to know the local bar / clubbing scene as well and more than capable at DJing to different kinds crowds at different venues."

You can also listen to Andy's mixes on the playlists on the following internet radio stations:
- http://www.smoothtraxx.com (Athens, Greece) Listen to Andy's Resident Grooves radio show every Wednesday 6pm - 7pm (UK) on Smoothtraxx.com