Our Story
We are located on Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter. We continue to supply the best in electronic music on Vinyl since 1985. Since our refurbishment in 2016 we now operate as an events space with a fully licensed bar where on a Friday or Saturday evening you can enjoy one of our Instores where we host local club nights, labels, guests & residents all for free, until late, a perfect warm up to the weekends festivities. We are also a cafe by day serving the best hand-roasted coffee, specialist teas, homemade cakes, all day breakfasts and vegan friendly options.
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First up, we’re back in the Bloc on January 21st, with two extended 3 hour sets from residents Rhod Parry & Lyle Sutherland
As all of our Eastern Bloc parties, the sets will be vinyl only, allowing these two to show off their expansive knowledge, collections and beyond the mark mixing
Better yet, it’s Lyle’s birthday, so we’re all gonna be out too 😏
Free entry as always…
Come if you want ⚪️⚫️
Rave-tastic bombastic vibes n views at down at Eastern Bloc which taught me 2 things, some tracks are totally timeless and also I massively need to clean all my records! 🧽
Big love Tom2Trax for the invite and all the ravers 🕺🏻
Forever in debt to my man Tom Kennedy for putting me onto this monster many years back! ❤️ 🎵 🪩
A massive thank you to everyone who braved the ice on Friday night and got their Dub Techno groove on with us down at Eastern Bloc!
It was another killer party!
We recorded the night so expect the sets to be uploaded and shared over the next week or so 🙏
Special shouts to our DJs who did us proud as always and extra special shouts to the Eastern Bloc staff for looking after us so well again!
It's been a superb year for us, we'll be planning more parties in 2023, see you there!
Peace
This Friday see our last event of 2022!!
We're taking over Eastern Bloc for another Dub Explorations party full of Dub Techno, Detroit and other Deep Sonic records!
We appreciate its freezing, and people are feeling the pinch so we're keeping the night FREE ENTRY!
Lets get together once last time before Xmas and raise the roof of our favourite record store again!
16th DEC 2022
9pm - 3am
Quadrant Soundscape
Daz Mac
Sam Burton
Alec Pritchard
Luke Whitt
To get you in the mood, here is Quadrant Soundscape closing things last time around:
Thanks to the lovely people at Manchester's Eastern Bloc, the last of the Caution!Horses CDrs still in the Recommendations. 🙂
1 week to go until our last party of 2022 when we'll be back at Eastern Bloc for another Dub Explorations Live
Making a very welcome return are our regular party starters Alec Pritchard and Sam Burton, and to spice things up for the 16th, we've asked these two top tier selectors to go Back 2 Back!
Alec is the head honcho of the always impressive Avenue Red Podcast, which hosts superb DJ's and producers across the globe, and also which has surpassed 200 shows! His record collection is second to none and we fully expect him to bring tunes that you've never heard before and will give you a metaphorical audio hug! Last time out, Alec's set was incredible and you can dive in here:
https://soundcloud.com/quadrantsoundscape/dub-explorations-091
Sam needs no introduction in our fair town of Manchester. He's hosted parties and has been asked to play everywhere. The energy he brings to his craft is unsurpassed and we couldn't imagine having anyone better to lay down Deep, Sexy and Detroit Sonics for our gorgeous Dub Explorations crowd! His last set for us lifted the roof off Eastern Bloc, check it:
https://soundcloud.com/quadrantsoundscape/dub-explorations-092
Dub Explorations Live
Eastern Bloc
16th DEC 2022
9pm - 3am
FREE ENTRY
Just over a week until our last party of 2022 and we're back at Eastern Bloc for another Dub Explorations Live
Taking us into the early hours is Manchester's very own Daz Mac, who is another class act making his debut for Dub Explorations.
We are excited to bring local hero, record enthusiast, and one of the nicest guys in Manchester to our soiree.
Having educated himself at some of the best parties in the north west its fair to say Daz knows a good record when he hears one.
You can expect to hear some of the highlights of his collection as he floats between Dubby house and techno, with a side influence of Berlin and Detroit.
We know he’ll hit the mark with his selections and give us what is expected to be a very energetic set!
We’re excited to get him down to what is already looking like a packed Eastern Bloc again!
Dub Explorations Live
Eastern Bloc
16th DEC 2022
9pm - 3am
FREE ENTRY
Just over a week until our last party of 2022 and we're back at Eastern Bloc for another Dub Explorations Live
Warming things up for us on the night, and making his Dub Explorations debut is Qualia's Luke Whitt.
After experiencing what his crew had to offer earlier in the year when they brought Steve O'Sullivan to town, we knew we had to get Luke on the decks for us ASAP.
He is an amazing singer / songwriter, but we've asked him to put down his guitar for the night because he is no stranger to spinning deep, dubby records so we expect you'll walk in from the cold and feel the heat immediately.
We're really looking forward to having Luke play for us!
Check Luke's mix for Qualia's mix series here:
https://soundcloud.com/qualiamcr/luke-whitt
"A smooth a well curated blend of wax that is teeming with a mixture of ambient, minimal and deep house music. It feels good and can suit any time of the day. Happy listening"
Thursday I'm back in Manchester for EB Selectors at Eastern Bloc with Joe Roche
8pm-1.30am
We are buzzing to announce....Adapt is back! And what an honour it is- to kick off again at the legendary record shop, Eastern Bloc! Thank you for hosting us and we can't wait to stomp again with you all! Nuff luv x
9pm till 3am
5 coins OTD
ALT MANCHESTER CAFE GUIDE: We’ve compiled a list of the five cafes in Manchester that are offering up a little more than just your standard food and drink, ft Eastern Bloc, The Art Of Tea, The Dressing Room Café & Bar and more..
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT PEOPS! Bosco n Brunson AKA the 2 Bulbs be heading down to the NQ to Eastern Bloc to pack a jam out from 9pm... 5er on the door... get your nappers down ineeeeeeeet!
Thanks for the warm welcome, Silas Eastern Bloc
Thanks to Silas (left), Ricardo and all the nice staff at Eastern Bloc Manchester! Karl, Greg Omnibus Press and Rüdiger Trocadero really enjoyed to visit! Special thanks to Barry who brought Karl some nice robots made by an artist friend! Thanks a lot, Manchester!