Meet the man that’s responsible for your last epic night out.
Not only has Sacha Lord brought the party to Manchester for years, he’s also brought along some global superstars - including Tyler the Creator, Lorde and Frank Ocean. And in this episode he reveals the line up to the Hacienda House Party for this weekend's unitedwestream.co.uk.
If you want some behind the scenes exclusives about Parklife festival, or want to find out why the Warehouse Project almost never happened, this one’s for you.
We Built This City is a series of conversations with some of the amazing Mancunians - born, bred or adopted – who put the heart into modern Manchester. We recorded these episodes before the Corona Virus outbreak, which has for the time-being, not only taken the swagger out of Manchester, but brought us to our knees. Not for long. We had always planned to launch in March and wondered if that was still the right thing to do now. On reflection, we decided to go ahead, because the love and the family and the community that comes out of these conversations, will hopefully provide some strength and conviction that we did build this city - and we will do it again.
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It’s fair to say that Sacha’s educational career never really took off, and after leaving sixth form with two Us and an E, he knew there was only one place he wanted to be – wherever the music was.
Sacha has been instrumental in keeping the sound of Manchester alive, and has worked tirelessly alongside our Mayor and City Council to protect and grow our city’s musical institutions. In fact, Sacha’s been such a success that his photograph now hangs on the walls of the school that kicked him out!
An astounding story of passion, determination and a little bit of luck, Sacha shows us that you don’t need to have life planned out to truly make a difference.
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Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.
To celebrate the 24 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Mancunian ‘family’ and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best city in the world.
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Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield:
Via Phone: 01612361122
Via their website
On Instagram
On Twitter
On Spotify
Connect with Sacha:
Via Twitter
Via Instagram