80s
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The Junction
The Junction, originally on the corner of Bree and Claim Street, was owned by Shayne Leith who previously owned Decodance in Market Street (which eventually became Le Club). The Junction opened in 1988 and closed sometime in 1991 before moving to a short-lived run at Ponte. It had two dance floors. One was dark with… Read more
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Scants Laserdrome
Scants opened on the 19th August 1983 at 180 Fox Street. The owners, Stan Herson and Bruce Kennedy would later go on to open Heaven, but this was the pair’s first foray into the nightclub business (although in the 1970s, Stan was involved with the first incarnation of Mandy’s in End Street when he converted… Read more
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Heaven mixtapes
Heaven was a nightclub that ran from 14 June 1985 to the end of 1987 in Johannesburg at 165 Marshall Street. Many will know this address as being that of the original Doors nightclub that opened in 1990 and operated there for many years before moving to Edenvale. Between Heaven and The Doors, two other… Read more
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UNDERGROUND is out!
It’s finally in the stores! Here is the amazing sleeve designed by MADAM F: UNDERGROUND album cover If you grew up in 80s and were of a school going age, you’ll get this straight away. Here is the back cover with tracklisting: UNDERGROUND tracklisting Early feedback has been very positive. Memories of old school bags… Read more
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Underground
Busy checking the masters for my next CD compilation being released at the end of August 2012. It’s called UNDERGROUND and is a double CD set featuring lost songs, obscurities and a handful of popular songs played at various underground alternative nightclubs in and around Johannesburg (and most likely around the world) in the 80s.… Read more
Marc Latilla 