There are club nights you remember, and there are nights that become folklore.
When TTF (The Time Frequency) hit the Metro in Saltcoats, it wasn’t just another booking — it was a home-soil, hands-in-the-air return from Scotland’s most iconic rave outfit. Decades on, the connection between band and building still crackles like a charged synth line.
The Room, The Roar, The Rush
The Metro is a beast of a venue for a town its size — an old Art Deco cinema reborn as a nightclub with proper volume and a balcony that lets the crowd feel like they’re in the booth with you. With a capacity around 500–540, it’s the perfect size for that tightly packed rave energy.
Long before “heritage rave” was a thing, this building and Jon Campbell’s crew were already writing the script for Scottish dance DNA.
The Set: Anthem After Anthem
TTF sets live and die on momentum. The spine of the performance was stacked with the hits that made them a phenomenon:
- Real Love: The moment that flips casuals into believers.
- New Emotion: A total reset of the room's pulse.
- Dreamscape: Widescreen, neon-haze euphoria.
- The Ultimate High: Peak-time fuel designed for end-of-night heroics.
Standout Moments
"The Metro's bones were built for spectacle. You don’t need pyrotechnics when you’ve got a room full of true believers and a band whose hooks are tattooed across a generation."
The finale of "Power Zone" saw the house lights tell the true story: a floor that didn’t want to move, chants for “one more,” and that classic Saltcoats spill-out onto Hamilton Street—sweaty, smiling, and still singing.
Relive the Energy
Vintage footage of TTF capturing the original Metro energy.
That’s club magic. See you under the strobes.
