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Disco, jazz and frogs doing techno: Cosmic Slop, the Leeds club night resisting gentrification
Four Tet and Floating Points are among the star DJs obsessed with this west Yorkshire party which raises funds for local kids – and has kept the developers at bay
“Word was circulating: ‘you’ve gotta go and check out the system’,” he recalls, referencing the now-legendary hand-built speaker rig, revered by underground heroes such as Theo Parrish and Bradley Zero. Each party is run in support of the resident charity at Cosmic Slop’s venue: Hope House – MAP provides alternative education for West Yorkshire kids at risk of exclusion from the mainstream school system. There’s a real devotion from both sides of the booth: high-profile DJs, including Four Tet, Mr Scruff and Caribou, play for free in order to maximise the funds raised, while each party prompts queues along the otherwise nondescript street before the guest is even announced.
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