After a well earned break Hard Times RETURNS to put quality music with soul back in to Leeds!

History repeats itself on the 10th of October, and to celebrate the 10th aniversary of Space in Leeds, Hard Times returns to the space as the OFFICIAL Hard times re-launch takes place.

CONFIRMED are some familiar faces.

Main Room - Upfront cutting edge house
ELLIOT EASTWICK
Jay Shaw
Phil Dring
Simon Chapellow

ROOM 2 - The best of times.. Hard times classic house, Funk, Soul and Disco
Dave Elliot & Jamie Barber

CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION 10.30-11.30

Doors - 10.30-5am

£10

And here is some HT History!!
The man who started it all was Stephen Raine. A farmer who went from herding sheep ( The Hard Times March was produced by Masters at Work under the name 200 Sheep, named because Steve was in the process of buying "200" Sheep when the track was played to him, allegedly)

Steve turned his interest into music business in the early 90's. Opening in Mirfield in 93 it then moved onto Huddersfield, to the Bel Air Club (a church) with residents Miles Holloway and Elliot Eastwick.

When a late license was refused the move to Leeds was the only other choice. Hard Times took over the old Back to Basics haunt of the Music Factory, where the legendary "A Night in the Life of Todd Terry" album was recorded (a live recording was a 1st in the music business)

Later on it moved to NATO until its closer, although it did return to Huddersfield in late '96 for one off nights.Whch was then followed by a move back into space at Leeds, which again proved to be hugely successful. The night ended when Ste Raine decided he needed a rest and went back to his farming routes once again. One of the last nights at space was the 10th Birthday with the likes of
Masters at work.

DJ’s to play at the night include;

Masters at Work
Roger Sanchez
Todd Terry
Frankie Knuckles
David Morales
Satoshi Tomiie aka Def Mix
Robert Owens.

From the club came THE LABEL that mainly focused on American garage. The label attracted artists like Todd Terry, Benji Candelario, Roger Sanchez and MAW to name some. Hard Times followed Dave Lee's (Joey Negro) Republic label and exported the American garage Sound.

The label didn't release many records but each one is mega.