Sean McLusky
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| Born | London, England |
| Occupation | Producer, music promoter, impresario |
Sean McLusky is a British music promoter, nightclub impresario and film producer.
The early 1980s saw Sean McLusky as a professional musician, first as a member of original indie band Subway Sect and then with beat outfit JoBoxers, scoring two top ten singles at home and touring a debut album across Europe and the USA. McLusky cut his teeth as a music promoter in the mid 1980s with soul all-nighters and a weekly live night called 'Club Left' in Soho, London.
McLusky's first foray into venue makeovers and take-overs started with the The Brain (club) in 1988 with partner artist Mark Wigan. Finding a forgotten drinking den in Soho, McLusky and Mark Wigan transformed the interior and re launched it as The Brain. This new club was to be one of the first in the West End to host regular house music nights and fledgling electronic bands like Orbital, Adamski and A Guy Called Gerald gave some of their early live performances there. McLusky produced two compilation albums out of this venue for his label Brainiak Records – Live at the Brain and Live at the Brain 2 featuring artists like Orbital, Nexus 21, Sheep on Drugs and Mr Monday.
By 1991 McLusky and partner Mark Wigan with his ever-widening cast list of like-minded followers had found a new home at Maximus in London's Leicester Square. The now legendary 'Love Ranch' club night was created, renowned for its vast popularity and unpredictability with a cast of resident Djs that included, Andrew Weatherall from Boys Own / Sabres of Paradise at the time, Paul Daley from Leftfield, Darren Emerson from Underworld (band) , Danny Rampling from Shoom and Al Mackenzie from D-Ream. Following Love Ranch, in 1993, McLusky also re-launched and promoted the recently re-discovered Cafe de Paris with his flagship 'Merry England' club night.
In 1994 McLusky's prowess and innovative reputation as a venue consultant and promoter led to his appointment as the creative heart of a huge new venue in South London, which he designed and programmed, christening it Club UK, soon successfully challenging the dominance of the well-established Ministry of Sound, drawing over 3000 people every Friday and Saturday. Featuring the regular DJ talents of Andrew Weatherall, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, Justin Robertson, John Kelly and Laurent Garnier. The experience of creating a large club venue from scratch, and the bureaucratic challenges associated with a wholly new venue, further added to already well-developed administrative and diplomatic skills.
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