Pure Filth

Dagobah System - the early years
During the autumn of 1997 a group of musicians, DJs and promoters got together in the East midlands and formed a collective known as Dagobah System. Dagobah System was a techno sound system that specialised in acid and dancefloor techno. At that point in time there were not many techno nights in the area and so we were one of a few quality nights out.

“To save you lots of time and money I recommend you put Dagobah at the top of your list coz you aint gonna get much better in Nottingham”.

Pulse magazine

Dagobah nights ran in various clubs such as The Marcus Garvey Centre, The Skyy Club (now The BluePrint) and Dubble Bubble to name a few. Our DJs and live acts were cutting their teeth back then entertaining crowds between 100 to 1000 techno lovers. Since that time our DJs have played at clubs and parties in Holland, Spain, France, Germany, Czech and Hungry. Dagobah disbanded in 1999 as some of its members moved cities and took a well-deserved break.

The First Age of Filth
By 2000 Small Paul and decided that Nottingham needed some techno again and together with Rus and Dave we were back in full force under a new moniker - PURE FILTH. Utilising the top room of The Old Angel an alternative pub in the centre of Nottingham we made it our home and continuing to put on some of the best underground names and acts in the country. We have had guests such as D.A.V.E. the Drummer (Hydraulix, Smitten) Chris Liberator (Stay Up Forever Records, Smitten, Routemaster), Mark Hawkins (Crime, Djax, Ugly Funk), Paul Langley (Knee Deep, Jackstar, Predicaments), Esther Ofei (Sheer, Uglyfunk), Syber Simon (Hydraulix), Jerome Hill (Don’t, Ugly Funk), Uberdog (Atomic Jam), as well as versus nights with respected outfits such as Desertstorm, Samovar, BWPT and Ugly Funk to name a few and not forgetting the resident dj’s who continue to woo the crowds…

The Second Age of Filth
With the departure of Small Paul to Brighton it looked like the end for Pure Filth, but it was not to be, up stepped one time regular punter, but now full time Filthy Convert - Dom. For the next chapter we relocated to the newly refurbished BluePrint Club on Alfreton Road. Things certainly stepped up a gear the club soon had three rooms to fill and Dom and Dave decided to build a sound system that could do the place justice. The quality didn’t suffer and we continued to have an array of top UK and International techno DJs and live acts on.

The Third Age of Filth
With Dom taking a well earned sabbatical after the Dagobah 10th Birthday, Dave decided that Filth simply couldn’t die and has taken up the reins, promising to continue to provide Nottingham with quality techno music, a viable and reasonably priced alternative to the commercial clubbing scene and above all a bloody avvinit party. See you there!