The iconic Abbey Road Studios are set to open its doors to clubbers.
The studios, who are more synonymous with welcoming a number of artists over the years, including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, as well as Oasis, Radiohead and Blur to name a few, could be set to open up to ravers.
The experience, created by electronic legends, Soulwax, is named Abbey Roads After Hours is to be the studios' first every "rave", serving as a late night party for just 340 music lovers, hitting the Studio 1 dancefloor. Around 4,000 people have looked for tickets, more than ten times the available capacity.
Speaking about this, brothers David and Stephen Dewaele who are behind Soulwax spoke of their excitement about this new venture. The Belgian musicians have been working at the Abbey Studios for the past few years.
"Who doesn't want to do a party at Abbey Road?" says Stephen. "It's very hard to explain to people, but there's something when you walk into this building because there's so much history, but it also feels…
"For Dave and me, one idea after the other came just by walking from one of the rooms to the other room. So there's something about this place. And hopefully we don't ruin it".
"Are you saying we have an attraction to stupid ideas?", David added.
The idea itself was inspired by the director of marketing and creative at Abbey Road, Mark Robertson, who revealed that the venue is looking for ways to innovate and expand its traditional uses.
"I guess that spirit of creative exploration is why hosting a rave here in our house feels like the right thing to do," he says. "Number one, it's unexpected. Number two, it's a way that we can bring people into the building, for fans to actually embrace the music…".
"Being able to share some of our story with those people that are coming here for something really special is a great thing".
Speaking about this project, one rave fan, Mark said: "It's kind of a strange thing... I think about all the different club nights that I've been to over the years, and now to come back and actually bring it into this place is amazing".
