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End of the line for 1015?
I'm primarily a lurker here on TA but a heavy club goer, at least I was till about March.
I personally hate Ruby Skye but have forced myself to go on many occasion due to the line up. However, my ears just can't take it anymore. The sound system never seems to be tuned properly for the type of music they are playing and they crank the music up way to loud. I don't think it is a compliment to the sound engineer when everyone has to wear ear plugs to go clubbing. I can deal with the pushy drunks, but not destroying my ears...
Enough with my negative rant on Ruby Skye, there line up has been stacked week after week +/- a weekend here and there. They are bringing out talent that rarely or never comes to the SF bay area and now it seems like they are booking all the DJs that 1015 use to get. Above & Beyond, Rank1, Blank & Jone, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if PvD made the jump to Ruby Skye...
After Taj took over booking, things got way better at 1015. Now things seem to be sliding and I feel like I have no where to go. I've gone from clubbing every weekend to not seeing a single event I want to drag myself out to. Well I did really want see Sean Tyas, but couldn't muster up the energy after BBQing all day on the 4th. Then I hear that he was spinning upstairs and hip hop was in the main room?!?! WTF!!
Lastly, I have no doubt that EDM can still draw a large enough crowd to pack 1015. I do have doubts about 1015's promotional abilities. Good examples are Above & Beyond and Blank & Jones. At 1015 they always drew a decent crowd but Ruby Skye is jam packed with Spundae promoting them.
Just my opinion anyways, I'm curious if anyone agrees or if everyone thinks I am totally off base on this.
wait what? hip hop in the mainroom at 1015? 
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| Originally posted by 3tlk I'm primarily a lurker here on TA but a heavy club goer, at least I was till about March. I personally hate Ruby Skye but have forced myself to go on many occasion due to the line up. However, my ears just can't take it anymore. The sound system never seems to be tuned properly for the type of music they are playing and they crank the music up way to loud. I don't think it is a compliment to the sound engineer when everyone has to wear ear plugs to go clubbing. I can deal with the pushy drunks, but not destroying my ears... Enough with my negative rant on Ruby Skye, there line up has been stacked week after week +/- a weekend here and there. They are bringing out talent that rarely or never comes to the SF bay area and now it seems like they are booking all the DJs that 1015 use to get. Above & Beyond, Rank1, Blank & Jone, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if PvD made the jump to Ruby Skye... After Taj took over booking, things got way better at 1015. Now things seem to be sliding and I feel like I have no where to go. I've gone from clubbing every weekend to not seeing a single event I want to drag myself out to. Well I did really want see Sean Tyas, but couldn't muster up the energy after BBQing all day on the 4th. Then I hear that he was spinning upstairs and hip hop was in the main room?!?! WTF!! Lastly, I have no doubt that EDM can still draw a large enough crowd to pack 1015. I do have doubts about 1015's promotional abilities. Good examples are Above & Beyond and Blank & Jones. At 1015 they always drew a decent crowd but Ruby Skye is jam packed with Spundae promoting them. Just my opinion anyways, I'm curious if anyone agrees or if everyone thinks I am totally off base on this. |
Thats why there is hip-hop in the main room on random Saturdays.
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| Originally posted by Andrieux Blame the management and owner. He has his head stuck up his ass. Thats why there is hip-hop in the main room on random Saturdays. |
1015 would've went down the shitter looooong ago if it wasn't for Taj.
1015 needs a lot of work though. A lot haha. The bookings are great but the clubs main room just isnt doing it yet. Sound issues often, decor sucks, no vibe. It needs some work.
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| Originally posted by element-y 1015 needs a lot of work though. A lot haha. The bookings are great but the clubs main room just isnt doing it yet. Sound issues often, decor sucks, no vibe. It needs some work. |
But Ten15 has done remodelling...except to the most important room in the whole place!
Balconies are not remodelling
The lame waterfall wall...wait, when was the last time I saw any water on it?
The slight chance to the rear of the room.
Patchwork. Not remodellng.
Anyhow, yes....if Taj hasn't done what he's done, Ten15 would be as dead on Sat nights as it is usually is on Friday nights when anything goes on when it's not pvd or oakey player.
I've never partied in SF. Can anyone tell me how many rooms and total capacity these venues have? 1015? Ruby Skye? Is Avalon in SF? Where that end up place you guys always end up @?
1015 is downright atrocious... the security and owner included... biggest complaint I hear from that place all the time is that, and also the soundsystem and booth. The interior does need some decoration as mentioned before. The area looks like shit too. 1015 usually closes down around 4/5am on big nights.
If you're EVER going to go party in SF, I DEFINITELY recommend Ruby Skye... theres a reason why it was voted America's Best Club and now I know why... getting in is a breeze!!! Security and doormen there are super friendly, the wait is pretty short, once you go in, the entrance looks very nice and decorated with posters, red carpet, walls. You go into the bathroom (right before you hit the main entrance) and its very clean. Nobody begging you to leave tips and they have a 70 volt system in there that sounds like the music is coming DIRECT from the mixer into the speakers in there. 100% clear and wonderful sound. You enter the main entrance and the architecture is very beautiful... Romanesque style design and a very stylish, HUGE dancefloor... there are 2 bars, on either side of the dancefloor right next to the mainstage so you don't have to lose your spot. Drinks are pretty cheap too... a Sierra Nevada from the tap cost me $6 and there was no line because the bartenders are fast. All along the very front is a POWERFUL AC system that keeps things COLD AS FUCK when you're there so you actually HAVE to being in a sweater or you'll get arthritis in your legs from staying there too long. It never gets hot, security comes out and kicks out the clowns within minutes, and the DJ booth is close enough to the front so that you can just about shake hands with the DJs and get autographs. They sometimes have a laser that shoots onto this hanging mesh structure on the top balcony that disperses the laser around the room.
As for sound, its pretty damn good. I talked to one of the guys who ran the sound there and he mentioned they don't even have a front of house!! It was some style of mixing I haven't heard about but you can see the control room(s) on the top right and left sides of the dancefloor.
When you go upstairs, you can get on the balcony that overlooks the dancefloor and theres a bar up there in the middle. You can go out to the lounge there that overlooks Mason street and the windows are open giving fresh air. You can smoke in there and they even have a pool table. Theres a small DJ booth there for the other DJs which is cool and its not loud at all so you can talk to people, smoke, and chill out for a bit. As for the club, I hear it goes on till 7am-11am sometimes for good events. Its much like Avalon over here.
Hands down, the BEST club I've ever been to in the US... only thing that I didn't like was that the AC was constantly on... if it turned on for a couple minutes in 5 minute intervals, that would get rid of the heat and make things so it wasn't too cold at the very front. Also, you can't beat Avalon's sound in LA but yeah, if you're ever going to SF, make sure you go to Ruby Skye!!!
lol at Ruby being the best club in SF/US. You get a ton of complaints about Ruby's sound being way too loud and rude crowd in just about every Ruby event review. Hell, I had a ringing in my ear come Friday morning after Torq @ Ruby cause it was too damn loud and I use ER-15 ear plugs! I'd personally prefer 1015 over Ruby but in the end it comes down to whos playing where. I'd rather see more headliners at Mighty or even the venue where Lee played last night 
edit: 1015 doesnt have the best owner and the previous manager didnt help things 
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| Originally posted by AmericnWldChild |
as for 1015... when you think of the best parties there, and what made those nights great, you see that the club has a lot of potential. and i can very easily have a great time there on all sort of nights. it's sad to see things to change there so quickly that you know its internal decisions and not so much the scene around. the issues have been discussed all over these boards, but i will agree that this is a bit of a low point for the club at the moment.
I usually have a bad time at clubs but for whatever reason, it was the best experience I've ever had... it was for the Tiesto event on May 23rd and the Ferry Corsten afterparty when Tiesto showed up on May 24th... maybe they were on top of their game because it was the 8th anniversary of Ruby Skye or something but yeah, it was my first time there that weekend and things couldn't have gone better (except for the AC) and the sound wasn't too bad either... I always have those foam earplugs just incase... anywhere I go but usually at Avalon, I can go there without em and still get my hearing back an hour later.
I stayed with a friend from Union City who also says great things about Ruby Skye but from the perspective of a local, I have no idea how things go weekly for you guys.
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| Originally posted by AmericnWldChild I usually have a bad time at clubs but for whatever reason, it was the best experience I've ever had... but from the perspective of a local, I have no idea how things go weekly for you guys. |
Well have things changed since then? Prior to that, I heard only great things about the place and would easily go up there again based on the past performance but if theres something otherwise, let us know too!
Down here, its almost always a great time at Avalon and like many have mentioned before, easy to get in 
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| Originally posted by AmericnWldChild Well have things changed since then? |
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| Originally posted by 2tall wow! you've described the best possible most positively exaggerated scenarios for ruby skye. or, gosh darned it, i must always be missing the nights you describe... is there some secret unadvertised tuesday night party you describe? yes, a lot of the things you mention are true to an extent. but i can also counter argue every point you've made. long long lines even if you have pre-sales. occasionally unbearably loud and too much bass. yay, a laser twice a year! all the douche-bags standing 4 deep against the bars. cold AC only for the dozen people lucky enough to be standing up front. balcony's being VIP, so absolutely NO place to sit anywhere in the club. no other rooms to go to if the headliner ends up being crap, a pretty regular closing time of 4am....... i like ruby skye, love it some nights and not so much others. so my points above are just to put some of your comments into perspective. more often than not, unless there are one or two things that really get in the way of me having a good time, with good friends and a great dj, i can have a good time almost anywhere. |
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| Originally posted by AmericnWldChild |
I utterly refuse to go to Ruby Skye ever again for anyone less than Ricardo Villalobos, and that's only because he NEVER plays in the US so I'd consider it a can't-miss, venue be damned kind of thing. Terrible club with a worse crowd, completely missed the point on what makes a venue fun. To call it the best club in SF is just really a mistake, even other douchebag watering holes like Temple and Vessel are probably better. But I digress....
I've only been to 1015 a relatively few times but I've enjoyed myself each time. First time ever was for Bassnectar on Chinese New Year last year, that party was fucking insane. Great decoration, burner vibe, good music in every room, and HOT women everywhere. My friends who had been there before warned me it wasn't a typical night and the place usually was decent but not outstanding. Didn't return for a long time mostly cause I kept missing Evil Breaks parties and nothing else particularly interesting to me got booked. Most recently I made it out for Tenaglia and the M_nus party this spring and both were great events though honestly 1015 could have done a better job. So here goes from my limited experience, a few suggestions:
get rid of the projector screens. pet peeve in general and I've never seen them put to use that I didn't consider just distracting but not particularly interesting.
get rid of the blatant red bull advertising. other pet peeve of mine is obnoxiously visible advertising of any sort in a venue, it just destroys the idea that you're not walking into a business establishment but into a place kept open by people who fucking love to party just as much as you do. Even if that's not true, the illusion helps.
get a better sound engineer and make them be present during gigs. hopefully someone who's actually trained in how to make a sound system sound good will clear up a lot of the problems, because it's not a bad system to begin with it's just used badly. especially in the whole "turn it up as loud as possible until it's clipping and/or distorting" thing when the headliner for the night comes on (to be fair, DT brought his own engineer it looked like and until he had to leave at like 8am the system sounded crisp and clear).
bigger smoking area with less sound isolation and/or OUTDOOR smoking area would be great
the door molestation has lessened but it would help me enjoy the place more if they let me bring my weed inside OR allowed ins and outs so I can go smoke outside their premises if they prefer.
lasers are much more interesting if there's more than 1 and not all of them are green.
having the lines for the bathroom and the passageways between rooms in the same spot isn't good planning.
needs better AC even with the cryo, I dance a lot but damn it feels like I'm dripping sweat after 20 minutes every time I go there.
overall I don't think it's a bad place, but it's only sufficient and nothing special the way it stands now. just my $.02
I came to Ruby Skye for the Ferry Corsten afterparty and I left afterwards wondering why there isn't a better place in San Francisco to club at. I mean... coming from Minnesota... out of all places... I would say that we have 3-4 clubs that are better than Ruby Skye.
1. The wait in line was long as hell even though we had pre-sales. The only thing that saved us was cutting in line. I felt sorry for all the other people that probably stood there for atleast 2 hours.
2. I was next to the A/C the whole night... WTF? Can't they have the A/C coming down from the ceiling and not the damn ground right next to the dancefloor? I was uncomfortable as hell.
3. The BASS was turned on too damn loud. I could hear no highs and little mids while Ferry was playing.
4. For me, I thought the design of the club was atrocious. Basically a DJ booth in the middle of a stage. And to be honest, the club itself looked pretty bare. I wasn't impressed at the fact that I was partying in an old ass theatre room.
Not to mention I felt like I was going to get mugged to and from the parking lot, but that's a subject for another day.
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| Originally posted by dj_minor 4. For me, I thought the design of the club was atrocious. Basically a DJ booth in the middle of a stage. And to be honest, the club itself looked pretty bare. I wasn't impressed at the fact that I was partying in an old ass theatre room. |
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| Originally posted by DaveT WTF you say abotu the Ten15 booth? The DJ booth (where the DJ actually is) is the BEST i've ever seen..in any club I've been to around the world....and it's something a lot of DJs say they really like. It has an modern/megaclub feel, but very intimate at the same time...and if it gets too crazy they can create some seperation by raising the front plexi glass a bit. Dave |
First of all - +1 for Mighty, I really hope Spundae uses Mighty more often. Unfortunately it is just to small for a major headliner, however for events like Schultz on a Sunday or surprise appearance of Armin on a Wednesday you really can't beat it.
Ruby Skye in general has it's act together with security. They blew it for A&B, waited outside for over an hour and didn't get in till almost 1am. However, this was was unusual and I give them props for letting in all the pre-sale people in first AND I did not have presales!! I normally do and get pissed off when GA gets in faster than presales. The AC obviously works fine there also, it was absolutely packed for A&B and the place was as cold as a meat locker; I'm scared to think of how it was up front. Lastly, if you have only been to Ruby Skye for the after party for Popsikle w/ Ferry and the surprise appearance Tiesto then I doubt you really know how the sound system is. Of course I don't know what you may or may not have taken, but if you were on a substance then you probably thought they should have turned up the sound system louder. Partying sober at Ruby Skye can be very PAINFUL.
As for 1015, which is what I started this thread for I want to add some more comments. I don't mind the bouncers molesting everyone, that area of town can be shady. They keep the place as safe as possible and though profiling is bad in general I don't mind that they keep questionable people out. When a fight breaks out, they are all over it with the quickness and have pulled people off of me for looking in there direction. I do have issues with there sound engineer not always being there and not having the sound system properly tuned for the type of music to be played, but in general they have been fairly good. I do recall when Menno was in town the sound system was completely whacked, I suspect it was because they had a live band playing the night before and they didn't re-tune everything for Menno.
I am saddened by the fact that headliners appear to be leaving 1015 and moving to Ruby Skye. Whether you like 1015 or Ruby Skye I think it is good for the scene to have multiple big clubs to keep the competition going. With a few exceptions, when headliners come to town they go to Ruby Skye now...
You all should understand like it's been stated before that it's upper management that has been taking the club down as of late. It comes down to them not booking headliners to draw the crowd which makes a difference, especially in an area like 1015 that isn't premier like Ruby Skye. Plus it's not even like 1015 is in a bad area at all. There's not much around there other than the End Up down the block.
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