October 1993 at Joe Fridays in Southend saw the launch night of one of Southend’s all time great events PERFECT VIRTUE, fondly remembered by thousands of dedicated followers. This weekly gathering outgrew Joe Fridays due to its’ immense popularity and moved to Adlib in July 1994, culminating it’s successful era at the Zero at the end of 1996 while still at it’s peak.
The main reason Perfect Virtue was such a success was due to the friendly family of dedicated followers who came religiously every Saturday night for their weekly fix of full-on dance music again at that time new to Southend which until then had been inundated with commercial pop music. It was those fantastic people who helped create the unique and unbeatable atmosphere and experience that is Perfect Virtue.
Perfect Virtue was reborn when the celebrations for the Reunited 10th Anniversary event took place at Storm Nightclub in Southend on Saturday 11th October 2003. The night was hosted by the original residents and was a complete sell-out. Due to the fantastic success of the reunion night, Perfect Virtue returned the following Easter Bank Holiday Sunday and August Bank Holiday Sunday. In March 2006 due to demand the event went monthly at Storm and continued its’ successful run.
SATURDAY 25th OCTOBER 2008 saw another Perfect Virtue milestone when it celebrated both the 15th ANNIVERSARY of its’ launch and the 5th ANNIVERSARY at STORM with a REUNITED MEGA PARTY featuring a line-up of original and legendary PV DJs. Now in its’ 18th year since the launch, it is still packing them in!!
Gary would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who has supported the night, my family & friends, the people, the Guest DJs, the Resident DJs Jon, Stewart, Cosmic & Dave, the production sound & light guys, the clubs and everyone associated with them, Karen, Sue & Kiwi and all of the nutters (Far too many to mention!) and finally to my amazing mum Maureen a very special lady whom I miss dearly and who supported and encouraged me right from the start. With much love & respect to you all x
Tracklisting :
- Bass Bumpers – Musics Got Me
- Ken Doh – Nagasaki
- Head Nodding Society – Hold On
- Xpress 2 – London X-press
- Celine Dion – Misled
- Electric Choc – Shock to the Beat
- Screen 2 – Hey Mr DJ
- Klatsch – God Save the Queer
- Donna Giles – Im Telling You
- Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby
- South Street Players – Who Keeps Changing Your Mind
- Duke – So in Love with You
- Tinman – 18 Strings
- Hed Boys – Girls & Boys
- Pizzaman – Tripping on Sunshine
- Tin Tin Out ft Espiritu – Always Something there to remind me
- Soulution – Feel So Right
- Koolworld – Invader
- R.A.W. – Asuca (Tribel Mix)
- Loveland – Let the Music Lift you up
- Glam – Hells Party
- Alex Party – Read My Lips (UMM mix)
- Edwards World – Edwards World
Thats it for another week, if your going to Perfect Virtue at Mansion tonight, I shall be there from about 2am.
The next Club Culture will be on New Years Eve for a best of the year special, so all thats left to say is have a “Wonderful” Christmas and enjoy a cool yule !! and if your out clubbing over the festive period, watch out for the boys in blue as they are hot on the clubs this time of year.
