Soul Deep returned to its home ‘Silks and Spice’ for its Carnival Special on Sunday 29th August 2004. Recently voted as best rave of August 04 by the thousands of PromotionCity.co.uk web surfers, this was going to be a night to remember as there had been a lot of hype for this event which had greeted us on the streets weeks and weeks in advance. Soul Deep is an event everyone has at least heard of once and at least knows someone that has attended. We therefore expected this carnival special to be yet another road block event.

The environment in and around Silks and Spice before entering the building was full of hype, with a constant buzz and murmuring of voices that had echoed the streets as some people found themselves queuing up for almost an hour. Cars, as the photo’s show were parked bumper to bumper leaving no space for the late comers!

From the moment Living Life Ents founder Lloyd Life expressed his concern whether or not everyone would make it in the venue, it was unmistakable that this was going to be a ‘jam packed session’.

Promotion City caught up with several familiar faces including Soul Deep’s very own resident MC Joe Blimey, who was dressed appropriately to suit the carnival atmosphere with his green and yellow Nigeria football shirt tied diagonally across his chest. Soul Deep has seen many celebrities make an appearance in its past and this night was no exception with the most recent, newly made celb, Big Brothers Jungle Cat, Victor partying it up in the corner.

Pure smiles and dancing were all we saw at Soul Deep, no trouble, just as R. Kelly sings… happy people!

The clientele attracted to Soul Deep has always been top notch, but now word has spread, and with the wide marketing of Soul Deep, we are now seeing people travelling not only from North, South, East and West London, but folks from Luton, Watford and even as far as Brighton are coming down too.

This is a rave of strictly good times, good attitudes and maturity. The ever increasing, barely 21 year olds, who have recently started supporting nights like these, have had no option but to leave their bad attitudes and immaturities at home.

Living Life Entertainment, the connoisseur in the business, know how to bring real entertainment with a line-up consisting of the ever-popular street sounds and DJ’s who continue to spread their names around the UK. These included Lloyd Life, CK Flash, Elliot Ness and Daze, Smood Connection, Nick Smood, G-Ents, Cover Up, Scotty B, So-Fine, Fabolous Vibez, The Man Dem and not forgetting MC’s Mark T and Joe Blimey. This fine selection of masters played the finest in Bashment, Soul, RnB and a touch of HipHop, Soul and unforgettably, Carnival classics.

Tickets were priced at a mere £10 and sold like hot cakes, this left many people at the door nudging their neighbours in hope that they had some tickets on sale. The true ‘Soul Deeper’ knows what to expect, so make sure you’ve learnt your lesson for the next one….

If you were there, partying with the carnival vibe or posed for a picture or two taken by Promotion City’s lovely photographer Camile Evans, make sure you have a look in the ‘Soul Deep: Carnival Special’ picture gallery and not forgetting the pictures scrolling to the right. Keep your eyes peeled and see if you spot the Big Brother Jungle Cat, Victor with Joe Blimey and Promotion City’s Neil-One.

To conclude, this was another night to remember with Silks and Spice full to the brim, both rooms occupying well over 400 people each until the blessfully early hours of 4am. Will it ever die down?. I don’t think so!

SEND-2-FREIND