Following the closure of Motion nightclub in 2008 fellow resident DJs Ross Lyall and Andrew McGibbon
created the now award winning ‘Filth’, an underground house, techno and electro night which
provides clubbers in the Highlands with a welcome alternative to commercial clubs and tunes.
‘Filth’ was an immediate success; moving to the Ironworks – the biggest live music venue in
the Highlands – within only two months and seeing the boys establish themselves as front-runners
in the Highland clubbing scene. In its first year alone ‘Filth’ hosted nights with huge guest DJs
the Audio Bully’s, Jon Carter and Dave Spoon and climaxed the year by headlining the Ironworks on
the biggest night of the year, Hogmanay. They have now been hosting the legendary ‘Filth Resolution’
New Year party for three consecutive years.
2010 saw ‘Filths’ status rocket when they beat off stiff competition to win the prestigious ‘Best Club’
at the ICA awards. They went on to welcome massive names such as Jaymo and Andy George and Alex Metric
as well as celebrating home-grown talent in their Halloween party which brought together resident DJ’s
from all over Scotland. In August, the Filth boys headlined the Mothers Ruin Stage at the Belladrum
Tartan Heart Festival where they played to a massive crowd of revellers and received rave reviews.
2011 has seen ‘Filth’ featuring on the same bill as household names Erol Alkan and 2 Many DJ’s at
two massive sell out nights. It also sees Andrew and Ross playing on the closing night of the Rockness
music festival, which is set to attract over 35,000 music lovers then returning to the sell-out Belladrum
Festival to headline Friday on the new Jock the Reaper Stage.
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