Late Nite Lew aka Lewis Brideson

Late Nite Lew is Lewis Brideson, and the self description runs to five words: DJ, beat maker, music appreciator. Rocket Bar is where all of it happens. Every date on his record so far sits at the same Hindley Street address, and the nights are the ones that ask the most of a selector. Long-play Selections is strictly vinyl, with tracks left to run their full length rather than cut between peaks. Vinyl Takeover in July was the same format with his name alone on the bill. No Requests No Regrets asks DJs to go deep into their own collections and ignore whatever the room is shouting for. Three nights, one venue, and a common thread running through all of them: no laptop, no crowd pleasing, no safety net. He works those bills alongside Jack Jelly and DylanWrites, the pair who anchor most of the Rocket calendar. The beat making side lives quietly on Bandcamp and Mixcloud rather than on stage.