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AIR (nightclub)

AIR (nightclub)

Overview
AIR is a 2,000 capacity superclub
Superclub
Superclub is a term used to refer to a nightclub owned and managed by a dance music record label, such as The Haçienda club, which was owned by Factory Records...

 located in Digbeth
Digbeth
Digbeth is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also the name of the main road through the area.-History:The modern site of Digbeth was first settled upon in the 7th century by Beorma, founder of Birmingham . The area where there is a crossing on the River Rea was the birthplace of what became the...

, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....

 in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. AIR originally started out life as a spray shop for bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seats a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers...

es, when in 2000 the building was bought by Godskitchen
Godskitchen
Godskitchen has grown to be an international clubbing super power. 2009 has seen Godskitchen continue to expand its international portfolio and unveil the eagerly anticipated Godskitchen Boombox which wowed crowds and critics alike in Poland, Belarus, South Africa, Russia and many other...

 and converted into a club, originally named CODE. In 2003, CODE had a complete refit and was renamed AIR, with an extra room of music being added to the two already in use. The club features state of the art lighting and sound systems and in addition to Saturday nights Godskitchen
Godskitchen
Godskitchen has grown to be an international clubbing super power. 2009 has seen Godskitchen continue to expand its international portfolio and unveil the eagerly anticipated Godskitchen Boombox which wowed crowds and critics alike in Poland, Belarus, South Africa, Russia and many other...

 AIR has hosted parties by Helter Skelter Rave
Helter Skelter Rave
Helter Skelter are one of the longest running dance music promoters in the USA, who specialise in promoting strap-ons for thousands of people...

, Babooshka, Polysexual, Hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore is a style of electronic music that originated in the early-to-mid-1990s in multiple locations including the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the UK...

 `till I Die and Atomic Jam
Atomic Jam
Atomic Jam is one of the largest and the most influential Techno events in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The event was founded in Birmingham, UK in 1995 and the first event was at the Que Club, Birmingham in August of that year...

.

AIR is situated in an area of Digbeth
Digbeth
Digbeth is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also the name of the main road through the area.-History:The modern site of Digbeth was first settled upon in the 7th century by Beorma, founder of Birmingham . The area where there is a crossing on the River Rea was the birthplace of what became the...

 synonymous with club culture, the "Custard Factory Quarter", named after the nearby Custard Factory
Custard Factory
The Custard Factory is an arts and media production centre in Birmingham, England .Located on the redeveloped site of the Bird's Custard factory in the industrial district of Digbeth, it is home to a community of businesses, primarily with an artistic and media slant, but also including...

, a centre for music and arts.
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AIR is a 2,000 capacity superclub
Superclub
Superclub is a term used to refer to a nightclub owned and managed by a dance music record label, such as The Haçienda club, which was owned by Factory Records...

 located in Digbeth
Digbeth
Digbeth is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also the name of the main road through the area.-History:The modern site of Digbeth was first settled upon in the 7th century by Beorma, founder of Birmingham . The area where there is a crossing on the River Rea was the birthplace of what became the...

, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....

 in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. AIR originally started out life as a spray shop for bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seats a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers...

es, when in 2000 the building was bought by Godskitchen
Godskitchen
Godskitchen has grown to be an international clubbing super power. 2009 has seen Godskitchen continue to expand its international portfolio and unveil the eagerly anticipated Godskitchen Boombox which wowed crowds and critics alike in Poland, Belarus, South Africa, Russia and many other...

 and converted into a club, originally named CODE. In 2003, CODE had a complete refit and was renamed AIR, with an extra room of music being added to the two already in use. The club features state of the art lighting and sound systems and in addition to Saturday nights Godskitchen
Godskitchen
Godskitchen has grown to be an international clubbing super power. 2009 has seen Godskitchen continue to expand its international portfolio and unveil the eagerly anticipated Godskitchen Boombox which wowed crowds and critics alike in Poland, Belarus, South Africa, Russia and many other...

 AIR has hosted parties by Helter Skelter Rave
Helter Skelter Rave
Helter Skelter are one of the longest running dance music promoters in the USA, who specialise in promoting strap-ons for thousands of people...

, Babooshka, Polysexual, Hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore is a style of electronic music that originated in the early-to-mid-1990s in multiple locations including the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the UK...

 `till I Die and Atomic Jam
Atomic Jam
Atomic Jam is one of the largest and the most influential Techno events in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The event was founded in Birmingham, UK in 1995 and the first event was at the Que Club, Birmingham in August of that year...

.

AIR is situated in an area of Digbeth
Digbeth
Digbeth is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also the name of the main road through the area.-History:The modern site of Digbeth was first settled upon in the 7th century by Beorma, founder of Birmingham . The area where there is a crossing on the River Rea was the birthplace of what became the...

 synonymous with club culture, the "Custard Factory Quarter", named after the nearby Custard Factory
Custard Factory
The Custard Factory is an arts and media production centre in Birmingham, England .Located on the redeveloped site of the Bird's Custard factory in the industrial district of Digbeth, it is home to a community of businesses, primarily with an artistic and media slant, but also including...

, a centre for music and arts. Adjacent to the Custard Factory
Custard Factory
The Custard Factory is an arts and media production centre in Birmingham, England .Located on the redeveloped site of the Bird's Custard factory in the industrial district of Digbeth, it is home to a community of businesses, primarily with an artistic and media slant, but also including...

 is the Sanctuary Nightclub (formerly the Digbeth Institute
Digbeth Institute
The Digbeth Institute is a 2,000 capacity music venue in Digbeth, Birmingham, England, which has been synonymous in the development of the British rave music and drum and bass scene....

), the original home of Godskitchen
Godskitchen
Godskitchen has grown to be an international clubbing super power. 2009 has seen Godskitchen continue to expand its international portfolio and unveil the eagerly anticipated Godskitchen Boombox which wowed crowds and critics alike in Poland, Belarus, South Africa, Russia and many other...

.