ERAS-MUSIC
Story
The problem: no place to party at
Eras-music was born in March 2000 in Nice/France. There was a bunch of
ERASMUS (scolarship of the European Union) students looking for a place
where they could make their own parties.
Nobody owned a whole house, student´s residences were very strict
in their rejection of any kind of partying, private parties in appartments
were usually finished by midnight by the friendly neigbours or even the
police.
Parties in pubs and clubs were usually very expensive (entrance and
or drinks) and we dislike most of the music played (like commercial chart
music, Britney Pierce etc.).
Our solution: rent a club
We wanted to make our own party, with our own conditions and prices.
So we started looking for a place. Best offer (still quite expensive)
was from the owner of the Niel´s Club, Eric. We had to pay the rent
for a thursday night, but therefore, entrance and gains of drinks and warderobe
were ours. In addition, it was us who fixed the prices, bought the drinks,
played the music.
There were several hurdles to be taken, but finally we found an organisation
team of nine members who took the risk to pre-finance the whole stuff and
with the help of the others organized the event (flyers, promotion, presales,
shopping...) within three weeks.
Our success: Soir'ee ERASMUS
Two days before the party, all available presale tickets were sold out
and lots of others were angry, because they wanted to come, too. So before
the doors were even open, there was a crowd of about twenty people, wanting
to get in without a ticket (which was made possible for most of them but
created some trouble later on).
The party was rocking very well, from 11h30 pm to 1h30 am the club
was almost overcrowded, stuffed with people. It took twenty minutes to
get from the dancefloor to the toilet (which is some twenty meters. The
whole club is small enough and made for about 150-200 persons). We had
240 at the same time! All this though the entrance was not cheaper than
the usual Niel´s or Subway entrance (50 Ff, one drink included).
But therefore the drinks were really very cheap (compared to other pubs
or clubs in Nice).
The follow-up: ERAS-MUSIC
The owner of the Niel´s Club was very impressed by our success. One
of the security guys told us that he had never seen the club stuffed like
that for years.
So we could convince him to let our dj play his music about once per
month. He would gain most of the entrance and all of the consumed drinks
and warderobe. The prices were the standard Niel´s prices. I.e. the
entrance was even cheaper (35 Ff, small beer included), but the drinks
were at standard Nice prices.
ERAS-MUSIC was chosen as name, because the parties should be a meeting
and melting point for students from all over Europe (Non-europeans were
welcome as well, of course). The music was mixed up with songs from different
EU-countries. Most of it in english language but also some
french, italian, spanish, german,... songs.
ERAS-MUSIC CHARTS
Nice 2000
1. ZEBDA - Tombez la chemise
2. LOUISE ATTAQUE - Je t´emm`ene aux vents
3. BLUR - Song 2
4. CHUMBAWAMBA - Thubthumping
5. OFFSPRING - Pretty fly (for a white guy)
6. CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Hey boy, hey girl
7. FATBOY SLIM - The Rockafella skank
8. MANU CHAO - Bongo bong
9. LUNA POP - 50 speciale
10. ELVIS CRESPO - Suavemente
French songs (alltime)
1. LOUISE ATTAQUE - Je t´emm`ene aux vents
2. ZEBDA - Tombez la chemise
3. MANU CHAO - Je ne t´aime plus
4. EDITH PIAF - Je ne regrette rien
5. KHALED (J-J GOLDMAN) - Aisha
6. LES RITA MITSOUKS - Toi, moi et elle
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9. BOULEGUE BRIGADE - L'egalisation
10. THC - Le peuple de l´herbe