SUSO

Tchai-Ovna, Tea House, 42 Otago Lane, Glasgow.

W / DOM SUM / MARTYN FLYN
P / LUCKYME

American Men – ‘Ammn Sys M1’ (Mike Slott Golden Remix)


Download

American Men include members of soon-to-be-famous Glaswegian band Dananakroyd, based in the West End near the Tea House.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Glasgow was a very foreign place for me at first. I had moved from the capital, Edinburgh, just 40 miles away, but the difference in culture between the two cities was vast. Glasgow was louder, taller and at the time seemed more aggressive.

I was still new to Glasgow when I found Tchai-Ovna tucked away down a small dead-end lane in the West End. Like stepping into ‘Cheers’, everyone seemed friendly and nonchalant, with the furniture casually arranged to encourage people to soak up the night’s music, tea and spices. There seemed, eternally, to be the same quality of golden light. You could just forget about the passing of the day.

[Tchai-Ovna, Tea House, 42 Otago Lane]

LuckyMe started out alone in there. I was going there to write and get away from my flatmates. I didn’t know Hudson Mo was also frequenting the spot, even way back in 2002 when he had already started DJing at the original LuckyMe night. It also turns out that Nadsroic wrote her first EP there. It’s since transpired that we all have our own private relationships with Tchai-Ovna yet didn’t really aknowledge it until this particular project. It’s great when a place becomes endowed with such character. We felt comfortable going there alone. But, in truth, you don’t go to these sorts of places to be alone. You go there to be alone around other people – to feel inspired in your work or to simply watch other souls passing through. Tchai-Ovna had this anti-elitism that I grew to equate with Glasgow. I hope that LuckyMe is one day seen to be this inclusive, this warm, this Golden.

‘The Hum’ feat. The Blessings