» About Us: Residentclubber.co.uk

Residentclubber was initially just an idea for somewhere to host pictures from nights out in Birmingham, and in particular Godskitchen, back in 2001 - way before social networking sites, like MySpace and Facebook, were around. The first version of the Residentclubber website was originally hosted on the free webspace at MSN Groups / Communities and then Yahoo Geocities until the site started to outgrow it's humble beginnings and needed a much larger home.

After a couple of years enjoying the bright lights of the Birmingham nightlife it wasn't until September 2003 until the Residentclubber cameras were out and about locally in Leamington Spa. Residentclubber.co.uk has definitely grown in size and stature since 2001, and still continues to bring you photos from weekend's festivities.

Over time, the website has expanded and now includes a multimedia section with videos of some of the events we've attended, as well as some of the flyers and posters designed, an events section from the small nights that we've hosted that have attracted the best up and coming DJ's, as well as Andy Barbieri's own DJ section.

In the many years the website has been around, We've visited quite a few venues and events from the Midlands, with Birmingham and Leamington being the main areas for fun and frolics. Most memorable nights include; Godskitchen, Gatecrasher at the NEC, Hed Kandi, Polysexual, Sundissential, Fuel, Global Gathering, Bounce 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.

» Photography

"The message and spirit of a website is created in no small part by the editor. Without an editor you get just 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 (so to speak), visitors to Residentclubber.co.uk shouldn't have to sort 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!

» Residentclubber Multimedia / Digital Design

Residentclubber.co.uk undertakes various design projects such as flyer and poster designs as well as short videos, mostly for the events we have put on ourselves, under the Residentclubber name.

Projects worked on include; club flyers and posters, short films from the Global Gathering dance music festival at Long Marston, short video reels incorporating photo slide shows, as well as photographing events for the main Residentclubber.co.uk website. 
» Follow the link for a selection of designs and projects.

» Events / DJ Andy Barbieri

"We organise and DJ at our own events, mostly based in Leamington Spa, as we got fed up with hearing the same commercial and urban music in seemingly every bar every weekend. Andy's DJ sound is upfront house music with elements of soul, funk, disco, latin, tech 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, as well as in the main room of two of the local clubs; Evolve and Smack, in that time, he has certainly done that! So, 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.gr (Athens, Greece) Listen to Andy's Resident Grooves radio show every Wednesday 6pm - 7pm (UK) on Smoothtraxx.gr
- http://www.insoulwetrust.com (Los Angeles, USA)