Bobbi & Paul of K-Klass on The Haçienda & Manchester House Music

Описание: In this episode I talk with Bobbi and Paul of K-Klass about The Haçienda, Manchester’s house music scene, and how Rhythm Is a Mystery came out of a moment when everything was changing.

Bobbi remembers Manchester in the early 1980s, before acid house exploded. Clubs like Legends were already shaping the city’s sound, with Wednesday nights dancing to DJs such as Greg Wilson and Mike Shaft. Saturdays meant trips to Spin Inn, ordering records she’d heard in clubs and waiting weeks for imports to arrive — often as the only woman in the shop, but never fazed.

She talks about the shift from funk, R&B and electro into house music, and how places like Gallery, Sound Control and The Haçienda didn’t need to be big — they just needed the right atmosphere.

Paul’s journey begins outside the city, growing up in Chester and becoming obsessed with New Order and the Factory Records world. Hitchhiking to gigs, sleeping in stations, chasing music wherever it led. House music first caught him through late-night radio, but a London club night called The Trip changed everything.

When Paul finally walked into The Haçienda in early 1988, it wasn’t just the music that struck him. Black, white, gay, straight, football lads, students — everyone together for the same reason. No tension. Just connection. He remembers queuing in daylight, rushing from work, and nights that completely reset what clubbing could be.

From basic gear, drum machines and borrowed studio time, K-Klass set out to make one simple thing: a record that would be played in The Haçienda. When Rhythm Is a Mystery finally landed, hearing it played week after week in that room meant more than any chart position.

We also talk about longevity — why the music still works today, why crowds who weren’t even born when these records were made still sing them back, and how the feeling never really left.

We finish with track selections that capture that era — records that still give goosebumps and remind you why the dancefloor mattered.

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