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A hike, a swim, then a full-on rave: is this Britain’s most remote club night?
Ullapool is a tiny Scottish fishing village in the north-west Highlands ringed by beautiful mountains. And when the tourists move out, the DJs move in. We meet the team making Baile/Baile boom boom
In the 1990s, a crew threw DIY raves in the area but, with funding cuts and an ageing population, Sigi Whittle, the co-founder of Baile/Baile who grew up locally, felt it was his turn to inject some life. The Baile/Baile venue, a family-run motel and function room called the Ceilidh Place, usually hosts traditional Gaelic music events, but tonight the 100-capacity space has transformed into a nightclub. Young men in bucket hats and sunglasses punch the air as Whittle (DJ Cablecar) and Fasakin (Jemima from the Bible) play their bass-heavy opening set.
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