Holding groove and percussion as the paramount elements within his sound, Jaunt resident and co-promoter Tom Rankin believes that everything in life demands a soundtrack and the way in which those soundtracks fit together can create an atmosphere that can change peoples attitudes for the better.

After two summers residency in Savannah's famous back room, Ibiza, and gigg's around the country including Back2Basics and Digital Newcastle, Tom's notorioty is increasing as the Jaunt brand get's bigger and bigger.
 

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After only 2 and a half years on the scene, underground Newcastle night Jaunt> continue to snowball in popularity and develop their brand name amongst the North’s clued up music followers.

The brainchild of 7 close friends, all having grown up around the cities party scene since their school days, Jaunt> was originally housed in the intimate Newcastle venue Red Rooms where it made a name for itself mainly amongst friends of the group. But after demand far outweighed capacity, the night set up camp in one of the coolest and most well known venues in town, Cosmic Ballroom.

Having not only cast the city under the Jaunt> spell, the brand has also made the leap to the clubbing Mecca of Ibiza for the past two seasons to run their atmospheric events in the much loved back room in Savannah, a space well known amongst the islands workers as the place for many a debauched secret party, with an atmosphere perfect for a forward thinking, musically progressive brand such as this.

As we move further into 2010, Jaunt> continue to push things forward in the North, by spilling out enviable bookings that have already included Motor City Drum Ensemble, Robert Dietz, Chris Tietjen and Dinky amongst many others. More notably, in a market highly saturated with tech house nights, their open minded approach to the musical spectrum sees them serve up an eclectic mix of grooving house, techno, disco and deeper beats, that ceaselessly create a party vibe never failing to get their faithful crowd raving until the early hours.

With a monthly slot now at East London’s Russian Bar, parties up North in both clubs and their own secret warehouse, as well as collaborations with other promoters in the pipeline, now’s the time to catch Jaunt> in their element as the UK takeover continues.