Sean McLusky
British music promoter
Sean McLusky is a British music promoter, nightclub impresario and film producer.
Early life
Sean grew up in Welwyn Garden City. After leaving school he attended art college in Stratford upon Avon.
The early 1980s saw Sean McLusky as a professional musician, first as a member of Switch, with his brother Graham and friends, then with the original Indie band Subway Sect and then with beat outfit JoBoxers, scoring two top ten singles at home and touring a debut album across Europe and the USA. McLusky also became a music promoter in the mid-1980s with soul all-nighters and a weekly live night called 'Club Left' in Soho, London.
Career
The Brain Club
McLusky's first attempt at venue makeovers and takeovers started with The Brain (club) in 1988 with partner, Mark Wigan. McLusky and Mark Wigan then moved onto Soho, transforming the interior of an old bar and re-launching it as The Brain. This new club was to be one of the first in the West End to host regular house music nights, and fledgling electronic bands like Orbital, Adamski, and A Guy Called Gerald gave some of their early live performances there. McLusky produced two compilation albums out of this venue for his label Brainiak Records: Live at the Brain and Live at the Brain 2 featuring artists such as Orbital, Nexus 21, Sheep on Drugs and Mr Monday.
Love Ranch
By 1991, McLusky and partner Mark Wigan had found a new professional home at Maximus in London's Leicester Square. The 'Love Ranch' club night was created, with a cast of resident DJs that included Andrew Weatherall from Boys Own / Sabres of Paradise at the time, Paul Daley from Leftfield, Darren Emerson from Underworld, Danny Rampling from Shoom and Al Mackenzie from D-Ream.
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