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Contents
UPFRONT
020 Details of our involvement
at this year’s London
Calling event
034 Fashion
038 Burning Issue
040 Bitchin’

FEATURES RAVING
044 Tales Of The MAD
084 In France with the
Unexpected Cheshire Catz
The Cure add a new twist to this 086 Around the World in 80
year’s Ultra Festival. Clubs - Sofia
088 The madness of
052 Miami Hot 100 Breakspoll at Fabric
Your ultimate guide to this year’s 090 Atomic Jam in Birmingham
Winter Music Conference. 096 Club listings

064 For Your Mixing

Pleasure...
Label boss Dave Piccioni talks us
through this issue’s covermount CD.
MUSIC
113 In The Bag - Halo
066 The Gossip 115 Hundreds of new
tunes for you
Nothing can stand in the way of this
138 Albums
Washington-based electronic punk
140 Compilations
band.
143 Hype chart

068 Steve Porter

We hang with the genre-blurring
house DJ in New York.

072 Ben Westbeech

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146 Tech news, including
The electronic soul man guides us Numark’s double disc
around his home city of Bristol. player
152 Exclusive! Denon’s new
077 Tracey Thorn hard-drive player
155 Reloop’s new single CD player
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159 Line 6’s keyboard and mic
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BUCKLE UP!
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up to be a biggie. The conference itself
seems to have taken on a new lease of life,
offering aspiring DJs and producers an
exciting insight and gateway into the industry, while
the number of parties surrounding the week-long
WMC is nothing short of staggering.
Don’t believe us? Then check out our Miami Hot 100
this issue, which details the best parties in town.
Even Keith Richards would be impressed!
Headliners The Cure bring a new twist to the Ultra
Festival and, overall, there’s a great sense of
excitement from DJs and promoters alike.
Maybe it’s not the same business occasion that it
once was – the internet has made the business
world very small indeed – and with Sonar, Popkomm,
SEEME, London Calling, et al, the dance music
conference calendar has become far more crowded.
But Miami remains a brilliant social occasion for DJs,
promoters and dance music fans to get together. It’s
when house legends and emerging stars party side-
by-side. And above all, it’s a celebration of the music
we all love.
So wave goodbye to a few brain cells, apologise to
your liver and strap yourself in for the ride!
LESLEY WRIGHT
Editor
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WHO is your
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■ SUPER MAL is said to be heavily
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PUNK and MYLO ,and whilst many
others have staked claims to that
Dave had to go
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after glueing worthy of a place alongside their
himself to Bez heroes.
‘Bigger Bigger’ on the Bandito label
more than does so, offering the

On the mend
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EDDY TM’s
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Basics boss bounces back thanks to LIFELIKE’S sterling

remix.
DJmag is delighted to report that Back To Basics boss Dave Beer
■ After success as BEATS
is out of hospital and making a good recovery. Promoter/DJ Dave
INTERNATIONAL, FREAKPOWER
was struck by a severe strain of pneumonia and admitted to Leeds and PIZZAMAN, the multi-faceted
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after a relapse and secondary infection. as THE MIGHTY DUB KATS and
enjoyed a huge clubbing anthem
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General Infirmary were absolutely amazing. It is down to their anthem from ’97 returns with
updates from CLAUDE VON STROKE,
great work that he is with us today, and doctors say if he
YOUNG PUNX and SINICHI OSAWA
continues to rest he should have made a full recovery and be back all built around that irresistible
at the helm in four to six weeks.” hook.
DJmag wishes Dave all the best for a speedy recovery. Norm
IN A NUTSHELL
DJ Live at a glance…
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What? Britain’s biggest and never had a higher profile, and
best dance music conference. another name to add to the growing
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Who’s it aimed at? producers making their mark in the
From bedroom jocks and aspiring north is Melbourne’s ANDY J.
producers to superstar DJs and Over the last decade the man known
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Then start making contacts at this
GLEN) has released scores of records
event. Industry professionals are
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Why should I Vinyl label, is simply built around
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an essence of the contemporary.
TUNE!
SHYCHILD FEAT SPANK ROCK
KICK IT LIKE A KICK DRUM Wall of Sound
“Matty from The Infadels described this best by
saying, ‘Imagine The White Stripes if they’d grew
up with electronica instead of rock & roll’.
Discovered by Paul ‘Phones’ Epworth and given a
home by Mark Jones, this is Wall of Sound’s latest
greatest.”
DEMO!
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
“Why aren’t they signed to Modular (pass the fire
extinguisher please) already? While one of the
major label behemoths tries to convince us that
Calvin Harris is the new Mylo, these two dudes
from Melbourne may just creep up on us, and
charm our pants off just like Myles did.”
TUNE!
SUB FOCUS
SPECIAL PLACE Ram
“Nick Sub Focus is the foam on the crest of the
new wave of drum & bass started by the
earthquake Pendulum caused. The indie press
have been waving the ‘Nu Rave’ flag, and when
they take it down and burn it, they’ll realise this
is actually it.”
Eddy Temple-Morris presents ‘The Remix’ every
Friday, 10pm – 1am, on Xfm London, Xfm
Scotland and Xfm Manchester.

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 Prince of
Bedrock
When John Digweed
needs a support DJ for
his sets in London, he
calls Neil Quigley…

WHILST John Digweed sees no sign of

losing his crown as the undisputed king of
deep electronic house, a prince is rising
from the Bedrock stable who is well on
course to becoming a star in his own right.
Neil Quigley, an up-and-coming DJ from
London, has twice been named by Diggers
as a name to watch in DJmag and indeed we
like him a lot.
“John has been fantastic and has really
gone out of his way to support me,”
revealed Neil, who recently supported
Diggers when he played at London’s Fabric
club. “It’s the second time I have supported
him there, and I also regularly play for his
Bedrock parties,” said Neil, who’ll be DJing
at Bedrock’s big Easter bash at Heaven, on
5th April.

“I don’t really use any flash trickery when I

DJ, I’m more of a blender,” explained Neil, Neil Quigley
who first played for clubbers when he DJed
in the main room of Prologue, at The Cross,
in London, in October 2002.
“I pretty much re-edit every track I play
beforehand, just wee subtle things that
your average person on the dancefloor
doesn’t notice.”
Neil plays a mixture of deep tech-house
“I’m more of “Nick and I are nearing the completion of
an EP and one of our tracks, ‘Feedback
Neil Quigley has proven himself time and
again to be an excellent crowd reader and a
grooves and said doing an official mix a blender.” From The City’, which features the vocals of skillful DJ too. Any jocks looking to get
compilation for Bedrock or Renaissance folk singer Nadine Khouri, will be on the ahead should take note: the ability to warm
“would be a dream come true”. next Audio Therapy sampler CD. up a crowd is a skill that is highly sought
Aside from spinning, Quigley is also Milton and I have made a track called after.
working with Digweed’s studio partner Nick ‘Tijuana’, which has been heavily played by
Muir and Milton Jackson on a few tracks. Hernan Cattaneo amongst others.”

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Defected Airwaves
Quality house label secures new
show on Galaxy Radio…
TOP-notch house label Defected
took another step towards world
domination recently with the launch
of a brand new show on Galaxy DAB
Digital radio.
The independent funky and soulful
house label has over the years grown
to become one of the most
respected and most recognisable
house brands in the world, and their
new radio show highlights just how
influential it has become in dance
music.
Tony Garvey, head of radio
promotions at Defected, told
DJmag: “Any opportunity to push
house music to a wider audience is
always a good thing.The objective of
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INSIDE TRACK
the show is to promote quality
house music by touching on its roots
in soul, funk and disco. We highlight
new music and artists to Galaxy’s
receptive audience, who get to find
out what’s happening on the global
dancefloors before anyone else.
“Defected will be bringing to the
airwaves a little education and a
huge amount of passion.”
Defected on Galaxy DAB Digital
developed organically from the
record label’s successful podcasts,
which regularly gain in excess of
70,000 downloads. The new show is
broadcast every Friday, from 11pm –
midnight, across London, Central
Scotland and the East Midlands.
www.djmag.com
LEWIS DENE’S
MOUTHING OFF!
■ After their excellent reworking of “I’m still playing 60% -
the GAP BAND’S ‘You Dropped A
Bomb On Me’, GOTTA and LAST 70% vinyl, however I’m
SPIRIT return with the gospel- getting pissed off with
etched ‘He Will’. Another goodie
from the Gotta label, Last Spirit this the quantity of clubs
time sounds less like CHARLIE
WILSON and more like a black TOM who either neglect their
JONES!
decks - which these
■ BLANK & JONES have been days seem to be used
responsibleforaplethoraofmaterial
over the years but it’s their cool and primarily as ashtrays - or
sultry reading of ‘City Lights’ – a
cult White Island recording made
don’t have any decks at
famous by WILLIAM PITT – that all.”
could give them one of their biggest
hits. DANNY HOWELLS
talking to Skrufff.com about the increasing
■ Fresh from success reworking marginalisation of vinyl decks in clubs
‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’,
SEAMUS HAJI and his studio
1987
partner PAUL EMANUEL combine
withtheangelicROBERTOWENSfor
‘If’ - Haji & Emanuel, RAND SHANI
and MARCELLA ontheupliftingmix
TALL PAUL
package.
The Brighton-based Big Love label
is also releasing DJ PIERRE’S
‘Destroy This Track’ (featuring new
mixes from FILTHY RICH and
D’JULZ), and the deep and
TALL PAUL SAYS:“My favourite year for dance was
1987, which was the year I first discovered the
satisfying ‘Play To Win’ from K3; music. I was just 16 and I’d never heard anything
ATRIUM, RADIOSLAVE,DANNY like it before. I was totally blown away by how
FREAKAZOID and WESLEY S offer underground it all was. It was definitely the
the leftfield remixes. coolest thing to ever to happen to me.
“I remember hearing
■ X-Mix Productions advises us to Rhythm is Rhythm’s‘The
lookout for the TODD TERRY ALL Dance’, an early trance
STARS feat DJ SNEAK, KENNY record that I can still
DOPEandTARAMACDONALD.‘Get listen to now!”
Down’is tipped to be a biggie. THE
1200 WARRIORS’debut album will
be executive produced by DJ Sneak
and will feature WU-TANG and KY-
MANI MARLEY, while JUNIOR
SANCHEZ is producing cuts with
GOODCHARLOTTE.ARMANDVAN
HELDEN remixes CANDIE PAYNE’S
‘I Wish I Could Have Loved You
More’ and Todd Terry pumps up
‘Dirty Dancing’ for MAIKE
LUDENBACH.
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Tidy Weekenders are the stuff of legend, and this one will be no
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 Autechre
Bloc Weekender
Sells Out
Underground electronic music is well and truly kicking
as Bloc Weekender sells out in its first year…
TIMES are looking healthy for
underground electronic music in the UK,
with the announcement that cutting-
edge festival Bloc Weekender in Hemsby
has sold out in its first year.
The news is even more impressive when
you consider the fact that Bloc
Weekender takes place during the same
time as the high-profile Winter Music
Conference in Miami, which traditionally
is a magnet for the British dance music
industry, DJs and fans.
“We expected it to do well, otherwise we
wouldn’t have started the thing in the
first place,” Bloc organiser Alex Benson
told DJmag. “But a sell-out is something
else.”
Alex reckoned that Bloc Weekender
selling out in its first year is a clear sign
of the good shape of underground
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electronic music in the UK. Bloc’s line-up
features only underground artists and
DJs like Autechre, Luke Slater, Surgeon,
Andrea Parker, Plastician,
TwoLoneSwordsmen, Alex Smoke and
Cursor Minor.
For a dance festival there’s a refreshing
lack of mainstream performers, which
proves that promoters don’t necessarily
need to cram their line-ups with
expensive big name DJs to pull in the
punters.
“The best kept secret in dance music is
that the underground in the UK is alive
and screaming,” said Alex. “It just so
happens that no-one has aimed a festival
squarely at it for ages.”
Bloc Weekender takes place from 23rd –
25th March. Kick yourself if you haven’t
already bought your ticket.
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Pick ‘n’ Mix
YOUR mixes, YOUR productions, YOUR live sets…
We pick the best each issue!
1. 1.TOM LENNOX ‘IT ALL GOT
VERY VERY MESSY’
TOICPK www.myspace.com/
P rtasoundsystem
KENTISH Town homeboy Tom Lennox
uploaded a filthy tight underground mix of
minimal and tough tech-house that hit just
the right note with DJmag. With sweet cuts
from Phonique, Audion, Gaiser and
Octogen, this mix rocks with Tommy
blending his tracks like a true pro. This
geezer deserves some attention.
2. STEPHEN LAVERTY
‘MISSION CONTROL’
www.myspace.com/
djstephenlaverty
STEPHEN Laverty posted a link to his
Myspace page that contains some seriously
groovy house and techno. Stephen runs
Vinyl Nation records in Co Antrim, N.
Ireland, so is balls deep in dance music. He
has run a few club nights in his lifetime,
and has mastered software programme
Ableton Live, which he uses to produce his
own beats.
3. MATT THOMPSON
www.myspace.com/
mattthompsonmusic
WITH tattoos like that, we expected Matt
Thompson’s mix to be proper lairy. His set
features Erol Alkan-style electro-house,
rough jacking beats and smooth mixing.
Tracks from Claude von Stroke, Martijn Ten
Velden and Jim Rivers mean his mix doesn’t
beat around the bush. It’s chunky and
pumping like all good DJ sets should be.
Listen to all these mixes and tunes and post your own at DJMAG.COM now!
How it works
Post a link to your mixes, tunes or live sets on DJMAG.COM’s ‘Pick ‘n’
Mix’ forum. We listen to as many posts as we can and pick the best
ones each issue!
All our highlighted DJs are up for gigs so if you’re a promoter and need a fresh-
faced new young jock to rock your party, send ‘em an e-mail!
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5/3/07 23:36:21
 WIN Tickets To
Tiësto’s Only UK Gig!
Trance megastar Tiësto will play just one
gig in the UK in 2007…
DUTCH trance superstar Tiësto is
currently preparing for his only UK gig of
2007 - and you could be there!
On Friday 20th April, Tiësto will take over
the grandiose Alexandra Palace venue in
North London for a six-hour set of soaring
vocal trance and spine-tingling
breakdowns. The gig coincides with the
release of his third artist album, ‘Elements
of Life’.
“I’m looking forward to playing at the
beautiful Alexandra Palace venue,” Tiësto
told DJmag. “It’s going to be a special
On the night, visuals and lasers will be
seamlessly integrated with Tiësto’s music,
and in keeping with the ‘Elements of Life’
theme the show will be centered on the four
elements - air, water, earth and fire.
Tiësto is no stranger to playing big gigs. He
was the first DJ in the world to sell out a
stadium event for over 25,000 people two
nights in a row. And his DJ set at the
opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in
Athens was viewed by billions around the
world. Will there ever be a bigger DJ than

WIN!
night. We’ve got quite a showplanned!” Tiësto? We doubt it.

Early bird tickets for Tiësto’s special gig at Alexandra

Palace cost £28.50 plus booking fee, before the price
jumps up to £32 plus booking fee. Tickets are available
from Ticketline on 0207 434 2222 or by clicking onto
www.ticketweb.co.uk.

We’ve got five pairs up for grabs! To win a pair of tickets,

simply tell us:

How many times did Tiësto rank No.1 in

our Top 100 DJs poll?
Answers and personal details to: Tiësto Comp, DJmag, The Old Truman
Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL. Closing date is 30th March.

The End of Jaded?

Like hell it is! London’s Sunday morning
after-party posse relocate to Mr C’s joint…
SUNDAY daytime party Jaded has
relocated from The Egg in King’s Cross and
now takes place every week in top central
London venue The End. Which means your
missus/parents/boring friends can do a
spot of shopping on Oxford Street whilst
you rock out with the debauchers in Mr C’s
club (the party runs 6am ’til 1pm). It’s like a
crèche for clubbing wrong ’uns!
Jaded’s resident DJ Raymundo Rodriguez is
very excited about the relocation.
“Jaded has become a Sunday clubbing
institution, and I feel very proud and
privileged to be a part of it. Being a resident
at The End is a DJ’s dream, so to say I’m
excited by the prospect is a major
understatement.”
The Jaded after-hour raves make use of The
End’s lounge bar underground and the
street-level AKA bar. There is also a useful
membership scheme available for regulars.
Promoter Krista explained: “Clubbers will
be able to properly earn their Jaded stripes;
free places will be awarded to avant-garde
dressers and free-thinkers. Membership
cards won’t just let you bunk the queue, but
will also get you into a proper members’
area right on the dancefloor. The party
really is just beginning and we couldn’t be
more excited.”

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 FANTASTIC FOUR
This fortnight’s hottest four names in dance music.
Elektralux
We discovered this lot on Myspace, and think they rock…
“Hang on a sec mate, I’m on a roof,” claimed David Power when we rang him to
discuss Elektralux, the cool band we discovered on Myspace. You see, David’s a
builder by day and Elektraluk is a hobby shared with fellow band members Erl the
MC, Nik the vocalist and Martin the producer.
Sounding like a cross between The Streets, Jamie T and Gorillaz, Elektralux are
attractively DIY in their approach to production and promotion.
“We’ve only played a few live shows in London and Bath, but the response has
been extremely positive and quick. We have Myspace to thank for that,” said
David.
Elektralux are the antithesis to manufactured pop bands and their groovy, funk-
laden breaks and electro beats are the some of the best sounds we’ve heard so
far this year. Seek out.
Justin Xara
Quality house music from Lithuania’s finest…
The French language is sexy. Even Lithuanian producer Justin Xara got his
fellow countrywoman and singer Julia Fedotova (pictured) to sing the vocals in
French for his latest record, ‘La Discoteque’ (out on Deeper Substance now).
The result is a titillating and sensuous electro-house track.
“Lithuanian society still needs to learn to be a bit more open-minded but we
have tasty beer and beautiful women,” Justin told DJmag.
One reason we’d like to make the trip to the Eastern Europe country is to check
out Justin Xara’s studio to study the way he creatively uses his surrounding
environment. His studio is below a brothel.
“Sometimes sounds come down from above and I’ve actually recorded these to
use in my tracks,” he joked.
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Diverted
Prepare to be annihilated…
Air Recordings’ first release for 2007 is the excellent ‘Annihilating Rhythms/Fing’
(out 19th March), a double A-side from Diverted – two young producers making
some of the freshest breakbeat around.
“We used to play in punk bands at school and have always classed ourselves as
rock kids,” said Diverted’s Lee Richardson. “We ignored our guitars and drums
when we first got into dance music production, but then rediscovered our
instruments.
“We are currently writing an album that will allow us to play live and express
ourselves beyond breakbeat,” commented Diverted’s other half Stephen Baxter.
“But we don’t intend to play live at every gig because we also enjoy DJing.”
Diverted hope to release their debut album sometime this year, and have an
upcoming tour of Australia planned from mid-April - May.
Dejavoo
A new experience… Get back to the future of psy
With psy-trance becoming more mainstream, it makes sense that those who’ve
been in the game a while will crank things up to the next level. Dejavoo -
Gibraltan-born DJ Kristian and Italian psy-trancer Francesco, aka DJ Kalimamboh
(also part of Plastic Vibe) - are now one of the hottest live acts on the scene.
Describing their sound as “deep melodic electro psy-trance”, Kristian has just put
together a cutting-edge comp, ‘Transient Dawn — Salida Del Sol’.
Since their first track on Alchemy last May, tracks on Point Zero, Transient and
Tsuyoshi Suzuki’s recent compilation ‘Matsuri Rhythm’ (Wayko) have followed.
They’ve just had a track signed by Portuguese psy label Quest 4 Goa and their first
album is due later this year.
With gigs at Psychedelic Academy 3 (6th May), the Antiworld Festival (7th July)
and Germany’s Full Moon Festival (27th July), this will be the year they bust
through with their twisted electro, throbbing basslines and uplifting psy edge.
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 60 seconds with…
Sasha
We catch up with one of the greatest DJs the world has ever seen, to
help dispel some myths about the superstar DJ lifestyle…
Is your life very rock & roll?
“I travel the world and play at some
amazing parties. But it gets really tiring
and I usually lose my marbles by the end
of August, sometimes at Christmas too.
Burning the candle at both ends isn’t
good, so when I’m not on the road I try
to be as healthy as possible.
“These days I only play a couple of
shows a week, and I lead a pretty
normal existence. I get up at 8am and
I’m in bed by 11pm during the week.”
Is being a superstar DJ as great as
people imagine?
“I don’t consider myself famous. I
haven’t got journalists rifling through
my rubbish, thankfully. I don’t get
recognised on the street – the only
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“I haven’t place people come up to me is when I’m
in a club. Touring can sometimes be
got lonely as I spend a lot of time in hotel
journalists rooms by myself, which is a bit weird.
“A downside of being a famous DJ is that
rifling you get known for one thing, and people
think that you will do that for life. You
through my know, I’ve moved on since the ‘Xpander’
rubbish, days.”
thankfully.” How have you managed to stay at the
top of your game for so long?
“It takes a hell of a lot of work. I’m
constantly touring and working on
improving my shows. Because music is
so freely available on the internet, my
record box no longer makes me unique.
It’s what you do with the records that’s
important now, that’s why I use Ableton
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Live when I DJ. It allows me to control
the music so much more.
“Of course, I still miss the days of vinyl,
like I miss the days before mobile
phones.”
Do you ever see yourself hanging up
your headphones?
“I’m always paranoid that dance music
might end. I thought dance music was
over when the Haçienda closed. That’s
why I’m always taking risks and pushing
myself as an artist.
“One day when I have a family I might
have to give up touring. But playing
records and making music is my life, it’s
all I know. Something really drastic
would have to happen for me to give it
all up. But nothing lasts forever.”
6/3/07 01:50:56
 Ministry of Sound & Corona Extra
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 Environmentally Sound
Above & Beyond become the first globetrotting DJs to offset their carbon footprint…
“THERE is an absolute certainty that the
entire human race will be wiped out if we
don’t get our shit together,” proclaimed
Tony McGuinness from trance act Above &
Beyond.
Like many people in our generation,
climate change is a worry for Tony and his
co-conspirators Jono Grant and Paavo
Siljamäki. As globetrotting DJs, the trio
admit to notching up a huge number of air
miles every year that in turn creates a
whopping carbon footprint.
“We feel bad that we’re flying all the time
and try to use public transport as much as
possible,” said Tony.
But Above & Beyond felt they weren’t
doing enough to reduce their carbon
footprint and have taken the dramatic step
of offsetting their pollution output by
contributing to a fund that will use their
money to help research climate-friendly
projects.
What’s more, the trance boys refuse to see
their gesture as noble, as Tony explained.
“We don’t want to be seen as crusaders.
What we’re doing isn’t noble, it’s essential
for the human race to survive. All we’re
doing is clearing up our rubbish and our
pollution - it should be law. I don’t have any
kids but if I did I would be shit scared, the
Earth is warming up.”
Above & Beyond contribute to CarbonFund.
org, a company that helps people and
businesses reduce their carbon footprint by
funding climate-friendly projects. The
money they donate goes to projects like
“If we’re the researching renewable energy sources and
planting trees.
first DJs to do “Clubbers and the wider dance community
this, I’m should all be doing their bit to help stop
climate change,” said Tony. “I’m not sure if
disappointed.” we’re the first DJs to do this, but if we are
I’m very disappointed.”
Above & Beyond Clubbing, DJing and dance music is not
environmentally friendly because it is
powered entirely by electricity. Every day
hundreds of DJs are in the air flying to and
from gigs. Clearly, we all need to do more to
help combat climate change and it’s good
to see Above & Beyond leading by example.
For more info on climate change and how
you can help reduce your carbon footprint
(it’s not that expensive!).
Check: www.carbonfund.org.

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Inspirational dance band THE BAYS, who
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Camden today. Like a mini-Bestival, this
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JIMPSTER , PETE LAWRENCE, MIXMASTER
MORRIS ,PLAID and a few other cool cats.
Bedrock return to Heaven tonight for their
annual Easter party. DIGWEED will be
playing five hours in the main room,
supported by JIMMY VAN M. Crazy SOS trio
DEMI, DESYN MASIELLO and OMID 16B will
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will JONATHAN LISLE and NEIL QUIGLEY.
Get your whistles and glowsticks ready for
Cream’s birthday at Nation, in Liverpool,
tonight. An unbelievable line-up of A-list
jocks are playing, including the three Ps –
PAUL VAN DYK, PAUL OAKENFOLDand PETE
TONG plus ADAM SHERIDAN and
SEBASTIAN LEGER.
Fancy a rave in Malawi, Africa? For the next
three days the UK’s finest DJs will be
performing alongside Southern Africa’s
own dance music heroes for the annual
Lake of Stars festival. Launched in 2004 to
raise money for Malawi, it’s in one of the
most beautiful settings on Earth.

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 pics JAMIE SIMONDS
“One time I
wore just a top
to a club, no
panties or
“Freestylers
jeans. My arse
“Rennie Pilgrem or Adam
“Me, ’coz I’ve been doing it “Whoever is playing
because they for years.” at the time.” Freeland kept
becausegetting
they
always get me LEEROY, 37, EX-PRODIGY, NOW HYPER NATALIE, 24, ARTIST push things pinched
forward.” all
going.” night.”
TOM REAL, 28, DJ/PRODUCER
ERIN, 21, SALES EXEC ELENA BIANCO, 21,
MERCHANDISING GIRL

BURNING ISSUE..
Which breaks DJ deserves the biggest props?
We rocked on down to Breakspoll at Fabric and asked you lot to finger your
favourite breaks DJ…

“Ctrl Z ’coz they “Autobots because they “Me because my mum “Tipper ’coz he’s a god
always get the are tear-out.” says I’m great.” and produces tunes that
crowd jumping.” SEAN, 23, STUDENT ANIMATOR SWIFTY B, 26, DJ are so different.”
NICOLE, 26, RADIO PRODUCER CLAIRE, 24, SUPPORT WORKER

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 bitchin@djmag.com
where you lot get mouthy...

SETTATERR running
tings
L Hey DJmag, what
gwan? There’s been heaps
of my beloved drum & bass
in the mag recently, and to cap it all
you gave us a free Bryan Gee CD ‘Live @
Movement’ (vol4/no34) – respect!
I didn’t make it down to Movement that
night, not living in London, but I’ve been
several times and that place is running
think I’m living in the wrong country.
Please can you fix it for me to go there to
play a prog house set to those beautiful
clubbers? I’ll be your best friend… Bryan Gee: running tings
SPENCER CHARLES, Swindon
debate club
I enjoyed the article on the world’s Top 50 “Please fix than djmag.com (only accessible to those
who have the internet), I would be happy
clubs (no34/vol4), However, I can’t
understand how any of the DJs listed
it for me if you could launch DJmag officially in
India so that we can buy it across any
didn’t regard Bora Bora, Ibiza, as one of to play a newspaper/magazine stall.

tings.
Bryan’s mix really captured the vibe and it
was great to hear so many classics rinsed
out in the mix. My mate Baz said the MC’s
going on too much, but I think that’s all a
part of it.
Big ups!
their favourites.
Yes, I do understand that it’s more of a bar
than a nightclub, but could the real reason
be that it’s free entry and doesn’t do all
the usual PR hype?
I’m sure the DJs who voted had it in their
best interests to vote for clubs that
prog
I know that there are few people who
listen to EDM, but still, we are the second
house set largest populated country in the world
and have a huge potential to grow in this
to those scene.
I kindly urge you to think about my
beautiful request and come up with a positive result

clubbers
JASON PENNINGTON, Market Harborough regularly book them, so there might be a for people like me. Have a nice day.
bit of back scratching. Over the past three SIDDHESH SARDESAI, Mumbai

Thanks for the feedback Jason, we did
actually namecheck the wrong MC on the
cover artwork – it wasn’t Darrison, it was
Tek3 – so sorry for the confusion.
Brazil bound?
You guys are so lucky. How did you get to
wangle doing a party out in Brazil? I bet
you had to fight over who was going to
go, eh?
That club Sirena looks amazing - those
women, OMG! I never knew there was
such a thing going on in Brazil, I’m gonna
have to get myself over there. Okay, I
know about Marky, of course, and that
dude Anderson Noise, but to hear there’s
a whole scene over there just makes me
at Sirena.”
or four years I’ve been a regular visitor to
the Playa D’En Bossa venue and still regard
SPENCER, Swindon
it as the best clubbing experiences. It
surpasses Space in my opinion.
I was also disappointed that none of the
DJs voted for any Irish clubs. And it’s
amazing whenever they’re interviewed
they say the Irish crowd are the best in the
world. So why no Irish clubs? (Kelly’s,
Portrush, POD Complex, Dublin.) Would
love to hear other views.
JOHN O’CONNOR, Co Kerry
spread the word
I am an avid follower of Electronic Dance
Music (EDM). In India, since we don’t have
any access to news relating to EDM other
THE STAR LETTER, TEXT OR
PICTURE wins a UDG
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mobile, water and much more.
www.ultimate-dj-gear.com
Hey Siddhesh, why don’t you subscribe to
our PDF version of the magazine? Check out
djmag.com for details.
class act
Wow! The Club Class 10th Birthday Party,
reported last issue, looked amazing – a
right proper acid party knees-up! I wish
all clubs were like that; too many of them
are full of moody chin-strockers these
days. And good on Danny Howells –
there’s one DJ who knows how to enjoy
himself! What a star!
JIMBO, by e-mail

From the forums
TOPIC:
Will you always be
a hardcore raver
or is it a passing
phase?
FRANCISBENALI: Genres are transient
but the vibe remains forever. I may not be
clubbing at 70 years of age but I am
fu**ed by a dingo if being 70 means I
have to listen to Val Doonican. Unless
Trentemøller does the remix.
Reader chatter from DJMAG.COM
DAN87: Dance music is dynamic,
constantly changing with the times,
developing and advancing, and old
tracks are always being re-
contextualised. It’s one style of music
that’ll always remain fresh and exciting.
MONSKI: Been going at it for twenty
years now! Had a spell when a woman
and career got in the way, sold my decks
and records - aaarrgggggggghhhhhhh!
That mistake is still haunting me!
Seriously, if you ever think you have had
enough, stash everything in the loft
JOIN IN THE
DISCUSSIONS
NOW, ON THE
FORUMS
EW
because like craving a highly addictive now the AT THE ALL N
DJMAG.COM
narcotic, it will come back to you people
sometime!
The Future Zimmer Frame Raving Society
running the
businesses and
(F.Z.F.R.S) country. It’s scary, ain’t it?
C.A.Z: Dance culture for life... trance- LUMBO: I’ve been listening to dance
fuelled tea dances when I’m in my 70s for about 15 years now. Didn’t really get
will be interesting. it until I started hitting nightclubs. The
legs are starting to lose the ability to
ERIC LEE: It will be a strange keep going for the weekend and I do feel
experience for our kids to think we are a bit old in some clubs, but I’ll still be
old-fashioned. Dance music will always listening to beats in the years to come.
be around ’cos all of us older ravers are

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 “The pop stars
make the hits.
DJs just play
them.”
AUNTIE AGONY, the oldest raver in town

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my performance is suffering. What do I Six! !!!!!!! Dear Auntie,

do?
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DEAR NICKY,
My good grapefruit, I have to say my
Ghast is completely Flabbered! I have
to be Frank Sinatra about this readers.
I didn’t know what to do when I got
this letter (apart from write a stiff
letter to the council) So here goes...
One! You are at work on someone’s
special day. Getting married happens
only once unless you are American.
You cannot take this lightly by buzzing
over your nuts on what-have-you and
being in the j-hole.
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“Don’t get meeee wrong” (as Chrissy
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thing or two when the pubs close that
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matter of time before such ugly
matters would come along and so I say
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Just say NO! to DJ unprofessionalism,
Nicholas. Even if the Musicians Union
won’t take you seriously, someone on
their wedding day will. What you do in
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 MIAMI
2007
South Beach is still the
ultimate hotspot at this time
of year. We look forward to
this year’s Winter Music
Conference…
“THERE ARE countless reasons why people from all over
the world return year after year for this event, the most
outstanding one being that there is nothing else in the world
like it.”

So claim the organisers behind Miami’s famous/infamous

Winter Music Conference – and rightly so. From humble
beginnings when a handful of DJs gathered around a pool, the
WMC has grown and size and stature. Now in it’s 22nd year – and
despite what critics may say – Miami remains one of the most
important events on our annual conference calendar.

The focus of WMC may have shifted in recent years. Maybe less
business deals are done, but it is still undoubtedly one of the
great social occasions of the year, when dance music legends
and today’s DJ hotshots all showcase their talents at the
plethora of parties across WMC week.
And let’s not forget the conference itself, which provides
aspiring DJs and producers with an insightful gateway into the
industry, with helpful workshops, panels and demonstrations.
Check wintermusicconference.com for full details.

Whatever you want to gain from this year’s WMC experience, let
the fun begin!

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 XXXxxx xxx
TALES OF THE
NEXPECTED
LTRAFEST
Doom-mongering Gothic indie guitar band The Cure
headlining in Miami? What the hell is going on?
M
iami is home to the fit and
fabulous. It’s where the
blokes are buff and silicone
rules. It’s also where the
annual Winter Music Conference takes place
each March, when DJs and industry players
from around the world flock to South Beach
for a week networking, doing poolside
parties and marathon club sessions.
The Ultra Music Festival has also become
synonymous with WMC, recognised as the
official closing party. The festival has
grown exponentially each year and
established itself as one of the premier
festivals in the dance music calendar
(alongside Skolbeats in Brazil, Creamfields
in the UK, Dance Valley in Holland, etc).
“I’ve played at every Ultra Festival since it
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started,” says the world’s No.1 DJ Paul van
Dyk, “and, as always, it’ll be one of the
highlights of my year.”
The line-up for this year’s Ultra is immense,
jam-packed full of the biggest names in
dance music. As well as Paul van Dyk,
there’s Tiësto, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Miss
Kittin, Ferry Corsten, Danny Tenaglia,
Sander Kleinenberg, Richie Hawtin, Sasha
& Digweed, Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez,
The Stanton Warriors, Deep Dish, Timo
Maas, Christopher Lawrence, DJ Hell,
Mauro Picotto, Goldie, BT and Josh Wink.
As DJmag went to press, MSTRKRFT, Audio
Bullys, James Zabiela, Alexander
Technique, Richard Fearless (Death in
Vegas) and Heidi (Get Physical) were added
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to the massive line-up.
But one name – more than any other – has
made us pull up short and do a double-take
this year – The Cure.
Hold yer horses! What the hell are a doom-
mongering Gothic indie guitar band from
the 1980s doing headlining an electronic
music festival in the 21st century?
It’s time to take a closer look beneath the
wonky lipstick and back-combed bird’s nest
hair…
“It’s cool that The Cure are headlining,”
says electro-trance god Ferry Corsten. “I
love their music, and it gives the whole
festival a wider appeal.”
“It’s fantastic,” says tribal house veteran
Danny Tenaglia. “That alone is going to
draw an extra amount of people in Miami to
come out, and bring a wonderful diversity
of music lovers all together.”
“It’s a great idea,” says Dom B from breaks
kings The Stanton Warriors. “They’re a
great band, and it’s something different for
a dance festival.”
6/3/07 00:00:13
 actually inspired by Albert Camus’s
absurdist novel The Stranger, in which the
main protagonist of the story fails to show
any emotion at his mother’s funeral.
Emotional torment would continue to
inform Smith’s lyrics as the years
progressed.

Their debut ‘Three Imaginary Boys’ album

and Lol Tolhurst (drums) had all been in a
band together at school in Crawley in
Southern England – The Obelisk - as far
back as 1972, and when the cornerstone of
the band fell out with guitarist Porl
Thompson over the direction of the group,
they dropped the ‘Easy’ part of their name
to emerge as The Cure for their first gig in
early 1978. The name switch also
undeniably sounded more post-punk.
The Cure kicked off their recorded output
with ‘Killing An Arab’, a misunderstood
single that led to accusations of racism
being levelled at the band (indeed, years
later, American Forces Radio playlisted the
song to supposedly inspire the troops
during the first Gulf War). The song was
words CARL LOBEN pics DAN REID (ULTRAFEST), STEVE DOUBLE/RETNA UK (ROBERT SMITH)
emerged in 1979, while the ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
single soon followed. A subsequent indie
disco staple for over a quarter of a century,
the track is pivoted around a nagging
guitar melody line and is a masterpiece of
groove-driven, post-punk simplicity. The
video featured three actual boys miming to
the track on guitar/bass/drums and set the
template for The Cure’s innovative promo
videos for the years to come.
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ cracked the American
dance charts and led to a repackaging of
their debut album and a high-profile tour
with those other soon-to-be-Goth heroes
Siouxsie & The Banshees.
‘A Forest’, with Smith’s strained, fractured
vocal atop an infectiously catchy bassline
groove, was the band’s first UK hit single
and three anaesthetised, diffuse albums
followed in quick succession – “the dark
trilogy” of ‘Seventeen Seconds’, ‘Faith’ and
‘Pornography’ – in which they cemented
their reputation as post-Joy Division cult
Goth heroes. Smith grew his hair into its
iconic, wayward bird’s nest style and
started experimenting with lipstick, eye
make-up and lashings of pale foundation.
This acquisition of an ‘image’ came to
prominence when The Cure released three
‘pop’ singles in quick succession. ‘Let’s Go
To Bed’ and ‘The Walk’ were alternative love

songs packed with flowery imagery, while

“The Cure are one

“The Cure are one of my favourite bands of ‘The Lovecats’ – pivoted around a swinging
all time,” admits Crosstown Rebels boss bassline, shuffly percussion and a positively
Damian Lazarus. “I’m known to slip the odd jaunty affected vocal (“So wonderfully,

of my favourite
‘Lullaby’ remix into some sets. It would be wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully
great to see the band dressed up as pretty”) – smashed into the Top 10 in the
Lovecats, too.” UK. The Cure were now an innovative, alt.

bands of all time”

“We felt that The Cure are such legends, in
the dance community and beyond,”
explains Russell Faibisch, executive
producer and co-founder of Ultra Festival.
“Just about everyone in the industry likes
them, they have a special place in the
hearts of lots of people.”
Soft Spot
Indeed, it’s true. Most DJs and clubbers of
a certain age have a soft spot for The Cure.
But why is this? Has there always been a
dance element to The Cure’s music? Have
all these dance music people got secret
Goth pasts? Was there a miserablist, angst-
ridden teenager in many of today’s big
dance stars before they discovered the
happy pills?
The Cure started out 30 years ago (count
’em!) as The Easy Cure. Robert Smith
(vocals/guitar), Michael Dempsey (bass)
pop band who could do whatever they
wanted and subsequent albums ‘The Top’
and ‘The Head On The Door’ increased their
Damian Lazarus popularity in Europe and the States
manifold.
Kiss Me
Smith took time out to record an
experimental album with Steve Severin of
The Banshees as The Glove, and then in
1987 the band released double album ‘Kiss
Me Kiss Me Kiss Me’ that cracked the Top 10
in most of Europe and hit No.35 in the
American Billboard charts. François
Kervorkian remixed a couple of the tracks,
taking them into the American dance
charts again and making it even easier to
dance to a Cure song in a club.
Their next album, ‘Disintegration’, may
have returned to darker imagery but was
their biggest selling album to date – No.12
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videos to singles like the spidery ‘Lullaby’
(band all crammed into a wardrobe) and
‘Lovesong’ reached out to middle America
like nothing else so freaky at the time.
After headlining Glastonbury in the UK in
1990, during which a well-timed lightning
storm made their set stunningly electric,
The Cure released a collection of remixes -
‘Mixed Up’. An explicit acknowledgement of
dance culture, the album gave some of the
band’s finest moments – ‘The Caterpillar’,
‘In Between Days’, etc – a new lease of life
courtesy of dance producers like William
Orbit and Paul Oakenfold.
The 1992 ‘Wish’ album may have been their
most commercially successful to date (No.1
in the UK, No.2 in the US) but it also
signalled the gradual disintegration of the
band. Guitarist Porl Thompson, who had
rejoined in the mid-’80s, left the band
again and Smith’s school friend Lol
Tolhurst – sidelined in the late ’80s for his
alcoholism – sued Smith, claiming joint
ownership of the name. Tolhurst lost, and
Smith soldiered on as the only original
member - although the fickle wind of
fashion had started blowing in new
directions. Rob Newman’s popular parody
on UK TV sketch show The Mary Whitehouse
Experience probably didn’t help.
Following a funny appearance on cult
cartoon South Park, however, The Cure took
on a new lease of life as the 21st century
loomed. They’ve gained a swathe of new
fans and hung onto most of the old,
recording new albums and touring
sporadically in the noughties. Smith has
also provided guest vocals for house
producers Junior Jack and Junkie XL of
late, which brings them to Ultra in Miami…
Entry Point
But a potted history of The Cure’s career
doesn’t fully explain why so many of
today’s dance artists admire the band.
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Smith’s anti-fashion and mad hair may fit
with the in-vogue wonky electro sound
fashionable in electronic music at the
moment, but you need to look at people’s
entry point into dance music to fully
understand the affection held for the band.
Most people were into other forms of music
before electronic music. For many, that
would’ve been pop, i.e., songs that got into
the charts and were on MTV. For disaffected
teenagers in the 1980s (the
thirtysomethings of today), The Cure were
a great band to follow. Their alternative
‘Goth’ nature (melancholic misery,
wallowing in self-pity about getting old)
set them apart from mainstream pop pap,
yet their singles from ‘Lovecats’ onwards
were accessible enough to reach a huge
audience via radio and television. For
teenagers stranded in the suburbs or the
countryside, The Cure in the ’80s were the
cutting-edge; they were where it was at.
“I saw The Cure in Montreal for the ‘Head
On The Door’ tour when I was about 12-
years-old,” reveals Canadian electro don
Tiga. “They’re amazing.
“Do I have a secret Gothic past? Well, I was
a member – and I imagine one of the only
Canadian members – of the Alien Sex Fiend
fan club,” he chortles. “That was 1987, a bit
late… I liked Bauhaus, and wished I looked
like Peter Murphy. Is that Goth enough?”
The German Schwarz brothers Ali and Basti
(aka Tiefschwarz) claim to have been into
The Cure since the beginning. “We went to
a lot of new wave parties in the ’80s
dressed up in capes, with black eyeliner,”
chuckles Ali. “And Basti loves to drink a bit
of blood!”
“The Jesus & Mary Chain, Siouxsie & the
Banshees… I was into all of them,” recalls
Dubfire from Deep Dish, who are playing
together at Ultra for one of the only times
this year. “I saw The Cure many years ago
when they were promoting their ‘Staring At
The Sea – The Singles’ tour.
“Fast forward nearly 20 years and we’re
both playing the same event. Life doesn’t
get any weirder than that! I’ve always
believed that dance and alternative music
go hand-in-hand.”
“I’d say that I have much more of a secret
‘industrial’ past, as opposed to Gothic,”
declares Danny Tenaglia. “Front 242 were
extremely influential on me in the ’80s, as
well as bands like Cabaret Voltaire and
other Wax Trax and 4AD artists.”
The Goth/industrial route into electronic
music, the current cutting-edge, has also
been trodden by artists like Black Strobe
and Digitalism - the latter have even
covered a Cure track on their forthcoming
album. For some, it seems like the
immersion in dance culture – with its
inherent positivity and calls for unity – has
never fully shaken their alternative,
individualist nature and tendency to seek
light from dark.
Ultra co-organiser Russell Faibisch, who
booked The Cure, claims that the birth of
dance music came from that whole
alternative music boom back in the early
’80s.
“They’re of extreme relevance to electronic
music these days,” he says. “My partner
Alex and I don’t have any crazy Goth
stories, but we’re definitely big fans of The
Cure. And that whole core of associated
acts – Depeche Mode, New Order and so
forth.”
The genesis of today’s thriving electronic
music scene was forming when The Cure
were at their prime in the 1980s. The post-
disco sound of house music, pioneered by
black gay DJs like Larry Levan and Frankie
Knuckles, used the 4/4 kick-drum as a
continuum. Techno, pioneered by Detroit’s
Belleville Three (Derrick May, Juan Atkins
and Kevin Saunderson), transported
Kraftwerk’s motorik riddims into a sci-fi
futurist soundtrack. And DJ Pierre drew
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2006
“Miami is the Ibiza
season condensed
into a week. You may
not come out the
other end conscious…”
mad squiggly sounds out of the Roland TB
Dubfire Mushroomed
What started as a party on the beach for
303 drum machine to construct ‘Acid Trax’
and paved the way for technology
experiments in ‘hardcore’.
Yet all these scenes were pretty
underground until the acid house explosion
of the late 1980s. If you didn’t live in the
cities, bands like The Cure and their
inspirational MTV videos were pretty much
all that was on offer. On reflection, The
Cure doesn’t seem such an odd choice to
headline Ultra at all.
Spectacular
While The Cure may be a quirky, ‘Balearic’
icing on the cake, there’s a plethora of
other brilliant acts to check out at one of
the festivals of the year.
One highlight is sure to be the gathering
together of three of the most widely-loved
DJs on the planet. Carl Cox has
commandeered the biggest tent at the
festival – capacity 8000 – to bring along
assorted ‘friends’. When these include
Fatboy Slim and Danny Tenaglia, and an
indication that the three of them are going
to play together, this booking looks set to
be equally spectacular.
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“Carl Cox and I have a wonderful
friendship, and we compliment each other
very well when playing together,” observes
Danny Tenaglia. “The audience can
sincerely feel our passion for what we do –
we’ve both been doing this for just about
three decades. We’re both unstoppable!”
“Together we’re like two overgrown kids
and Loving Humble Monsters behind the
decks, and we both have great admiration
for each other,” continues Tenaglia.
“Besides Ultra, we’ve now played several
times together between the UK, New York
and Ibiza, while also being at the same
festivals in different arenas.”
The fact that tons of the industry will all be
together on the same site is one key to
Ultra’s inevitable success. Programming a
festival for the end of the WMC, when
pretty much the whole of the dance music
industry is in town, ensures a captive
audience. As promoter Russell Faibisch
says, “It’s a win-win situation.
“The one thing about this year’s line-up is
that it’s so complete,” declares Russell.
“Every genre of music is covered here, with
really great DJs from each of these genres.
Shiny Toy Guns are super-hot in the States
right now, they’re a full band that sounds
like a mix between electronica and Goth.
Brazilian Girls are another great band.
We’ve got Miss Kittin, Kruder &
Dorfmeister… so much great music.”
Both Alex and Russell have wide-ranging
tastes but admit to a fondness for “the
electro minimal thing” at the moment –
Loco Dice, Luciano, et al. “DJs like Steve
Lawler and Danny Tenaglia are embracing
that sound, it’s really exciting,” says Alex.
7000 clubbers has mushroomed into a
multi-million dollar business for the
partners. Like Creamfields, they’ve decided
to take the dance festival experience away
to other territories. Aside from Ultra in
Miami, they now put on Ultra festivals in
New York (they’ve sold out two years in a
row), they’ve staged festivals in Brazil and
Puerto Rico and have got another one
coming up in Los Angeles. In addition,
they’re doing a party at Amnesia in Ibiza
this summer. But what is it that drives them
ever onwards?
“We’re in it for the love,” declares Alex.
“We like it when people come together to
enjoy themselves at a big event. People will
have memories of it in many years to come.
That’s what it’s all about – giving people an
amazing time that they’ll never forget.”
“Creating the experience,” adds Russell.
“We’ve heard back stories about people
who’ve been married after meeting at
Ultra, people who’ve had kids at Ultra –
yes, literally giving birth at the festival! All
kinds of stories, it’s amazing how it’s had
such a major impact on people’s lives.”
The guys tell DJmag how they’re able to
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enjoy the festival more these days now that
they’re so well organised, and state that
the so-called ‘dance music dip’ hasn’t
impacted on them whatsoever.
“We’re asked about this by people, but as
far as we’re concerned that’s not the case
at all,” outlines Russell. “The attendance
and everything just grows all the time, and
the product we give to the people is
constantly improving and evolving.”
Great Fun
There have been mutterings, from mainly
European DJs and dance industry folk in
recent years, about the WMC’s diminishing
importance. Laurent Garnier and Sven Väth
have complained about aggressive door
staff at clubs and the post-9/11 militancy
of US immigration, while others have
pointed out that the internet means that a
lot of business – signing records to labels
by the poolside, etc – can now be done
online.
So is Miami still as important a part of the
dance music calendar as it used to be?
“Maybe not in terms of actual business
done, but it’s still great fun,” reckons
Dominic Stanton. “It’s very social and the
parties still go off, big-time.”
“Miami has got better again,” believe
Tiefschwarz. “At the beginning of 2000 it
was a little boring for us, but now it’s back
on track.”
“Miami is still as important as it ever was,”
lends Dutchman Ferry Corsten. “It’s
definitely the place where the big new
records are being discovered, the tunes
that’ll set Ibiza on fire in the summer.”
“Miami is the Ibiza season condensed into a
week,” believes Dubfire from Deep Dish.
“You may not come out the other end
conscious, but at least you’ll have some
great stories, promote some music and be
inspired enough to carry on the rest of the
year. Viva Miami!”
“Miami is even more important these days,”
believes Paul van Dyk. “There’s more music
rotating around, and it is always good to
stay in contact with everybody involved.”
“I would say 100% yes,” affirms Danny
Tenaglia, now a resident at the new Twilo in
Miami. “It’s a dream of mine, though, that
many of the great talents – young and old –
that came to town actually registered for
the WMC itself. And that they participated
on the various panels speaking about their
careers, as there are many young and eager
people who attend the panels in the hope
that they will get to hear their mentors and
heroes speak about their lives. Tell them
about the ups and downs of the business,
and give them motivation to keep on.”
There may not be that many electronic
music fans sporting black doom Cure
trenchcoats in the blazing Miami sunshine
this month (“Goths usually shun the sun –
and silicone!” quips Dubfire), but there’ll
undoubtedly be a few wonky haircuts at one
of the most exciting WMCs in years.
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 MIAMI
HOT 100
All you need to see you through this
year’s Miami Winter Music Conference…
As the Winter Music Conference approaches, the dance world prepares itself for six days of relentless
clubbing, poolside partying and industry schmoozing. Whatever side of Miami you’re looking to immerse
yourself in, look no further than the Miami Hot 100 – our rundown of the 100 essential parties, must-attend
events and places to check during the WMC week. So come on, what are you waiting for? Dip inside and whet
your whistle (not a real one) for one of the biggest weeks on the global dance calendar…

TUESDAY 20/03
1. DJ Pierre’s
Afro Acid Miami
The official WMC curtain raiser! This year
the sun-showered hedonism begins with an
18-hour session of deep tribal rhythms,
classic house grooves and 303 noodling at
the Miami Beach Resort and Spa. Original
acid house originator DJ Pierre invites his
chums Ron Carroll, Harrison Crump and
Christy Love to kicks things into gear. And
we’re off...
www.wintermusicconference.com

2. Get Around
Save yourself the stress of queues, taxi
fares and traffic jams by grabbing yourself
a nippy scooter – you can pick one up for
around $150 for three days. A genius idea,
no? Not quite so natty when alcohol has
rendered any safe driving skills an
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London’s Garage City duo Bobby and Steve
oil up a clued-up crowd of real house
lovers with Terry Hunter, David Harness,
Ron Carroll and a little lady by the name of
Ce Ce Peniston singing live. It’s free and
the 11-hour party at The Clevelander Hotel
gets started at 11am.
4. The Delano
The notoriously chic hang out for the
major label bigwigs, if you happen to have
a few thousand dollars kicking about then
book yourself into the plush, decadent
Delano for a couple of nights. Otherwise
just hang-out in the soaring lobby looking
important. Or grab a quick cocktail in the
glamorous chandelier adorned Rose Bar.
www.delano-hotel.com
5. Pop Tarts 3
Strictly 0% house music, the irreverent
Pop Tarts is one of Miami’s finest guilty
pleasures. This year it’s at the female
staffed bikers’ bar Automatic
Slims (think Coyote Ugly)
with Tyrant’s Lee Burridge
and DJ Money tarting it up
with ’80s classics, vintage
pop and party anthems all
the way. And it’s free.
Woop woop.
www.automatic-slims.com/
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6. Border Community
Get into the intimate B.E.D. venue for
Border Community’s night of salacious
genre-hopping with floppy haired non-
purist James Holden and Canada’s Mistress
Barbara.
www.bedmiami.com/www.ticketweb.com
7. La Sandwicherie
A stone’s stumble from Mac’s Deuce Bar, La
Sandwicherie will be slapping out
sumptuous made-to-taste sandwiches right
through to 5am. Which is why we’ll be
found there most mornings. DJmag
recommends the mustard and pickle
garnished Saussison Sec sub. At just $6.50
you can’t go wrong.
www.lasandwicherie.com
8. Metalheadz
Goldie’s Metalheadz crew drop down to
Studio A for their annual Miami rinse out.
Grooverider, Fabio, Bailey, Commix and
John B all join the main man. The
breakbeat barrage will be pushing right
through till 7.30am so come and have a go
if you think you’re hard enough…
www.metalheadz.co.uk
WEDNESDAY 21/03
9. Romero Britto
Art galleries can be a fairly tedious carry
on. An orgy of intellectual chin-strokery
with the sole aim of would-be critics raising
an imaginary social bar by spouting what is
largely utter gibberish. Not so at the Miami
gallery of iconic Brazilian Romero Britto.
Bold, instant and quirky, Britto’s unique
pop art arrests the eye with lively colours,
joyous themes and graffiti stylings. But
don’t take our word for it… get down to
Britto Central on Lincoln Road and see for
yourself.
www.britto.com
10. Club Shelter
Club Shelter hold their 16th anniversary
party at The Shelbourne. Which basically
means more US funky house bods wheeling
out the diva lead sounds. Or Timmy
Regisford, Quentin Harris, Stingray and
Byron Stingily to be specific. Come on, get
up everybody…
11. On Beat WMC Launch
Another official WMC event at the Miami
Beach Resort and Spa. Onbeat.com hold
their official launch between noon and 6pm
with Marco Bailey, Hector Romero and
Audiofly all spinning.
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Meat Katie’s Lot 49 pop their Miami
cherry at the Laundry bar with a filthy
breaks and tech-funk rompathon getting
started at 10pm. Best of all, it doesn’t cost
a penny to get involved, something of a
rarity in Miami. Meat Katie, Dylan Rhymes,
Rogue Element, Lee Coombs, General Midi
and 30 Hz will get us sweaty. Visual
stimulation comes from VJ Anyone.
www.lot49.com
13. Subliminal Is 10
Love him or loathe him, it just wouldn’t be
Miami without Erick Morillo and his
Subliminal label celebrate a decade in
dance at their Miami home, Space. With
Harry ‘Choo Choo’ Romero, Jose Nunez and
Jorge Jaramillo all playing, it’s a full family
affair as extended members David Guetta,
Felix Da House Cat and Tom Novy also join
the party. It kicks off at 10pm but if past
years can be anything to go by, don’t be
shocked to find yourself glued to the Space
terrace well into the next afternoon.
www.subliminalrecords.com
14. Dubfire’s Album
Launch
Deep Dish’s Dubfire launches his Global
Underground ‘Tapei’ CD at Mynt Lounge.
There’s a free bar but sadly it’s also a press-
only event so start sniffing out some
blagger leads pronto…
www.globalunderground.co.uk
15. Shelter NYC
The Big Apple’s legendary house promotion
Shelter ventures to Miami’s Shine at 7pm.
Timmy Regisford, Sting International,
Quentin Harris and Milton Chuquer will spin
the finest US house sounds through ’til 5am.
www.shelborne.com
16. Pure Pacha
A byword for all that is beautiful in
clubland, Pacha put in their annual Miami
appearance at the ultra-trendy celebs’
playground Cameo – or the Crobar as most
will remember it. Adding the musical
elegance to this posh and pretty rave up
will be Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Richard Grey,
Exacta and Juan Diaz. Hip-hop beats will
keep the bling brigade happy in the second
room.
www.pacha.com
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17. Made In
Pawnshop VI
Danny Howells’ marathon Miami sessions
are the sort of magical DJ moments that
never leave you. This year’s epic again
takes place at the eccentric party den The
Pawn Shop with Danny taking us on a nine
– yes, nine – hour journey of truly
gargantuan and genre-hopping
proportions. Miss at your peril!
www.madeevent.com
18. Swank It Up
Deep soulful house outlet Swank
Recordings hold their annual party at the
plush Ruby Lounge – the only Miami club
where you can walk on water without the
aid of grade A hallucinogens thanks to a 20. Craze Presents
2000 gallon aquarium that lies beneath Bass Sessions
the main floor. “Swank by name, Swank by Catch the three times DMC champion blitz
nature,” say the promoters. the bass with his lightning fast fingers.
www.swankrecordings.com He’ll be hosting Bass Sessions at Studio A
on the Wednesday. ZTrip, A Trak and Krafty
19. A Night With Kuts join for a funky hip-hop, breaks and
Sander Van d&b session. It’s a 10pm - 8am marathon.
Doorn www.studioamiami.com
Sander Van Doorn has been
talked up as the saviour of 21. Cr2 Miami
tech-trance since he With their sexy, accessible electro-house
exploded last year. You can vibe, MYNC’S Cr2 have blazed a red-hot
check if it’s all hype or just trail through clubland in the past 12
tripe at The Fifth. The Dutch months. For their Miami party they’ve
Midas man goes at it all picked the opulent ultra exclusive night
night from 10pm - 5am so Mokai and invited Murk, Swiss star Danny
get ready to bosh it and Freakazoid, Bush II Bush and Kurd
bash it. Maverick along for the ride. And, of
www.future-miami.com course, Fedde Le Grande.
www.cr2records.co.uk
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22. Mac’s Deuce Bar
If steroid pumped bouncers and having
your lobes gnawed by gak-addled industry
bods is getting too much, head down to the
unpretentious Duece Bar on 14th Street.
Expect an anything-goes clientele and
neon relics from a genuine Miami Vice
shoot.
23. Flight 18
Few venues offer a better view of Miami’s
skyline than the panoramic Star Bar on the
18th floor of the Miami Beach Resort. With
Miss Kitten, Slam and Adam Beyer all
playing there for the Flight 18 party,
there’s the perfect excuse to check it out.
www.wintermusicconference.com
24. Club 4
Barcelona’s Club 4 brings its cutting-edge
minimal and techno sounds to Nocturna
tonight. Celebrating the promotion’s first
birthday will be Christian Smith, Paco
Osuna and Alex Under (live).
www.club4bcn.com
25. Jazzanova vs
Bugz In The Attic
Hankering after a soulful alternative to the
house and electro overload? Then scoot
down to Sobe Live this evening. Bugz In
The Attic team up with Berlin’s Jazzanova
for an eclectic soul shimmered selection of
broken beat funk, deep house chillers and
future soul gems.
www.jazzanova.de/www.
bugzintheattic.co.uk
26. Robots In Bed
The first of three opportunities to catch the
legendary Tiefschwarz and also the most
intimate. On Wednesday night the German
style masters will be launching their
forthcoming ‘Black Musik’ compilation at
the 300-capacity B.E.D. Resident robots Bill
Patrick and Dennis Rogers will also play.
www.wearerobots.net
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27. ‘Balance 11’ Launch
Celebrating the recent launch of Luke Fair’s
‘Balance 11’ CD. Balance favourites Luke
Fair (of course), Jimmy Van M, Chris Fortier
and 16 Bit Lolitas are locked in to play
Yuca. Chic melodic house and sexy
progged-out grooves will be the sound of
the party.
28. Hi-Tek Soul
Detroit techno legend Derrick May and
Kevin Saunderson – another Motor City
originator – beam out deep electronic soul
from Nikki Beach’s Pearl nightclub. Lee
Burridge, Rooz and Nova put the final
pieces in the musical jigsaw. Are you
drooling?
29. Porcao Steak House
This Brazilian restaurant is your best bet
for the most mouth-watering steak in
town. Just ask Pete Tong - he’s a massive
fan. Served sizzling, off-the-skewer and
with a platter of Brazilian side dishes, it’s
not cheap as chips but well affordable and
you definitely get what you pay for.
www.rodizoplace.com
THURSDAY 22/03
30. Remix Hotel Logic
Tuition
For the fifth year running, the National
Hotel on Collins Avenue will be transformed
into the ‘Remix Hotel’ – a hub of
technology showcases, production
masterclasses and DJ performances. If
you’re just struggling to grapple with
Logic, then swing by today for some nerdy
know-how to guide you through…
www.remixhotel.com/miami
31. Pioneer Boat Party
The twisted acidic sounds of James Zabiela
and Nic Fanciulli inspire some nautical
naughtiness on the Pioneer Boat Party. The
boat sets sail at 5pm from Fontainebleau so
if you’ve grabbed one of the exclusive
invites don’t get left ashore!
www.djmag.com
32. Rivera’s Juicy Beach
Marathon
It doesn’t get much better than letting the
Miami rays soak in on Nikki Beach as
another classic tune sends the beach babes
crazy. Which makes Robbie Rivera’s Juicy
Beach bash a bit of a must. Not only is
Juicy’s 17-hour marathon the strip’s
biggest party of the round but also boasts
one of the largest line-ups at the
conference with Benny Benassi, Gabriel &
Dresden, Axwell, Judge Jules, Harry
Romero and Dutch Detroit lover Fedde Le
Grande. It kicks off at 7pm.
www.juicybeach.net
33. M-Nus and Clonk
Laden with an old school bus, a vintage
airplane fuselage and other cult clutter, a
trip to the Pawn Shop Lounge always
delivers one of Miami’s best party
experiences. With Hawtin and Magda
teasing us from minimal to maximal, this
techno session could even nudge Howells’
party as the best of the week. Troy Pierce,
Adam Beyer and Marco Carola deliver
minimal, funkin’ techno and European
grooves in room two. We’ll see you on the
dancefloor.
www.m-nus.com
34. Urban Outfitters
We might have ’em back home in Blighty
but Urban Outfitters is the perfect place to
take advantage of the pound’s dominance
against the dollar. Get down to the Collins
Avenue store and load up on smart clobber
that would do twice as much wallet damage
back home. Just don’t forget to lose the
tags or the customs Nazis might lynch you.
www.urbanoutfitters.com
35. Porterhouse
A bit of a Miami favourite of ours,
Porterhouse Miami will see the affable
Steve Porter (see what they did there?)
dishing out another funk-fuelled selection
of fresh, flavoursome electro-house with
dashes of prog and breaks. Catch the
funky-assed Porter in action at the plush,
decadently draped venue The Fifth.
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 36. Tantra
More a sensual assault on your senses than
an eating experience alone, if you’re
feeling indulgent a meal at Miami Beach’s
Eastern influenced Tantra restaurant is
always a special experience. The carpets
are made of fresh cut grass, rich incense
burns in the air and the exquisitely
conceived menu is an example of fusion
food at its finest.
www.tantrarestaurant.com
37. Buzzin’ Fly
Ben Watt’s Buzzin’ Fly label hasn’t been
short on props lately and with good reason.
Tonight they take their quality future-
nudging house sounds to the chic, intimate
Sobe Live venue located in the heart of
South Beach. An all-night affair kicking off
at 10pm, DJs are Ben Watt, Jimpster, Justin
Martin and Portugal’s Alex Sanos.
www.buzzinfly.com
38. Essential Breaks 2.0
A 14-hour breakbeat marathon at Collins
Avenue’s Spy Lounge with Stanton
Warriors, Meat Katie, Rogue Element,
Deekline and Wizard, The Breakfastaz,
ED209 and Ctrl Z all playing. It’s also one of
the WMC’s few free parties so if you like
your beats big, broken and meaty, make
this one to check.
fivespotdc@hotmail.com
39. Get Physical Miami
Decisions, decisions, decisions… pulled in
all sorts of directions on Thursday, Get
Physical’s all-night session certainly has
two pincers locked on our rave gonads with
M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade (live) and Claude
von Stroke all dropping their chic Euro-
centric electronics at Downtown’s Studio A.
www.wanttickets.com/
www.future-miami.com
40. Formation’s World Of
Drum & Bass
Drum & bass might not be the first thing
you associate with Miami but with Florida’s
scene bubbling it always holds a solid WMC
presence. Prize brock-out is Formation’s
‘World Of Drum & Bass’ at the colossal Area
51 with DJ SS’s label celebrating a
whopping 17 years of existence. A who’s
who of global deebee talent will join the
Formation king pin, including Goldie,
Grooverider, Shy FX, Norway’s Teebee and
Japan’s Makoto.
wwww.formationrecords.com/www.
myspace.com/wodnb
41. Map Dance
Swiss label Map Dance pair up with Dolce
and Italian label Go Deeva for We Love
House, ‘The Bikini Edition’. If soulful house
and garage is your bag, then get down to
the smart Rain venue this evening where
Mr Mike, Rocco, Groove Junkies and
(hopefully) a club full of bikini babes will
be getting their freak on.
www.mapdance.ch
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42. Bad Taste &
Upfront Industries
D&b overlords invade one of Miami’s palm
tree swept islands for a daytime balls-to-
the-wall brock-out. Rinsing the breakbeat
pressure from 11am - 8pm will be Friction,
Mampi Swift, Hive, Sub Focus, Calyx,
Makoto and many more.
43. Om & DJ Magazine
Present Om: Miami
Beautiful, beautiful people and classy
house music… yep, it’s the super-cool Om
Record’s annual Miami session, in
association your favourite magazine.
Opting for the slick, multi-million dollar
sanctuary of the Y Ultralounge, Om have
amassed their most glittering Miami line-
up yet. Don’t take our word for it either…
try DJ Sneak, Hipp-E, Mr C, Mike Monday,
Kiko Navarro and DJ Heather on for size.
Quirky live house act The Greenskeepers
will add their effervescent, off-the-wall
energy whilst eclectic beats come from
Bugz In The Attic and Peter Kruder.
www.om-records.com
44. X Mix Party
X Mix host their seventh annual party at
the WMC and for fans of quality US house
it’s a little bit special too. Armand Van
Helden, scratchmaster Badboy Bill, DJ
Sneak, Junior Sanchez, Todd Terry and
Mark Farina all drop in to Miami Beach’s
glam Suite Lounge. Maybe you should
too…
www.xmixprod.com
45. Above & Beyond
The saviours of trance, Anjuna Beats’
Above & Beyond take B.E.D. on an all-
night journey through the deeper
reaches of their euphoric sound on
the Thursday.
www.madeevent.com
46. Front Porch Café
After a liquid lunch and a chemical dinner,
breakfast is always the most important
meal in Miami and they don’t come much
better (or bigger) than Front Porch Café’s.
Breakfast burritos, pancakes and fruit,
scrambled eggs with all the trimmings…
the choices are endless and served up in
giant sized portions.
www.djmag.com
FRIDAY 23/03
47. The WMC & DMC DJ
Spin Off
Reckon yourself as a bit of deck demon or
just fancy checking some ill skills? Get on
down to the conference centre for midday
where WMC and DMCs’ ‘spin-off’ will a host
an army of rookie turntablists all primed to
defy the laws of physics with pieces of
plastic on two turntables.
www.wintermusicconference.com
48. Beatport Pool Party
When it comes to slick beats and sexy babes
then Beatport’s waterside jolly at Remix
Hotel should be one of the picks of the
bunch with Tiefschwarz, Richie Hawtin,
Magda, Gaiser and Steve Bug all playing
between 1pm and 9pm.
www.remixhotel.com
49. Armin’s Sunset Set
Another must for the trance heads. Dutch
trance maestro Armin van Buuren brings
Miami’s golden sun down with a six-hour
patio set at the eccentrically adorned Pawn
Shop Lounge.
www.madeevent.com
50. Ultra Music Festival
If you’re looking for the biggest party of
the conference then look no further. Ultra
Musical isn’t just the biggest WMC’s biggest
bash, it’s the State’s biggest multi-arena
rave of the year. A two-day event for the
first time, it all kicks off with cult Goth
rockers The Cure a surprise headliner on
the main stage alongside familiar clubland
big guns like Tiësto, Miss Kittin, Junkie XL
and Fedde Le Grand. Things really go off on
Saturday too, with seven arenas covering
everything from Carl Cox’s techno arena to
Amnesia’s electro/minimal, as well as d&b,
trance and breakbeat arenas. Ferry
Corsten, Mauro Picotto, Richie Hawtin,
Danny Tenaglia, Loco Dice, Deep Dish and
Goldie represent just a fraction of the inter
stellar line-up. Don’t miss it.
www.ultramusicfestival.com
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 51. Everglades
If endangered species are your thing then
hire a car, scoot up the Interstate 41 and
head to the Everglades National Park. A
vast teeming swamp wilderness, you can
spy Atlantic hawksbill turtles, Florida
panthers and American gators.
www.everglades.national-park.com
52. Bass Rush
Daytime d&b session with Ram’s man-of-
the-moment Sub Focus, ex Bad Company
bod Vegas and Shimon. The perfect warm
up for Viram’s all night rave up later.
www.baserush.com
53. Demo Listening
Desperate to have your demo heard by the
big guns? Then stop lurking round the pool
at The Delano and get yourself down to one
of the demo listening workshops. Held in
the conference centre at 1pm on
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, this could
be a harsh reality check or a dream ticket.
Either way you won’t know unless you go…
www.wmcon.com
54. Miami Orange Bowl
Sports fans might be keen to slope down to
Miami’s Downtown Orange Bowl, just a
short ride out from the conference. A
gargantuan open air stadium, it has played
host to countless fiercely contested Super
Bowls. Sadly, there’s no sport taking place
over the conference but you can catch God
squadder Iglesia Torre Fuerte and his
‘Religious Revival’ or a Toyota car tent sale.
On second thoughts, maybe not…
www.orangebowlstadium.com
55. MN2S
It’s house music all night long, baby…
London’s M2NS are in town for the third
year running, this time filling Opium
Gardens with their decadent US influenced
sound. Hardsoul, Bodyrox, Tom Novy and
Joe T Vanelli are the main room DJs whilst
room two hosts the finest New York house
legends. Read Tony Humphries, Alix Alvarez
and legendary producers Blaze. And some
dude called Todd Terry. It’s invite only so
get on the blag at guestlist@mn2s.com.
www.mn2s.com
56. Wet Grooves Party
Another marathon Nikki Beach
extravaganza. Christopher Lawrence, Paul
Oakenfold, Judge Jules and Johan Gielen
are the main pullers on a list of DJs that
stretches as far as Nikki itself. It kicks off at
11am and ends at 5am on Friday morning.
www.clubzone.com/wetgrooves
57. Cheeseburger Baby
Boasting the best half pound cheese sliders
in town for just $6.50, South Beach’s late
night eatery Cheeseburger Baby is the
perfect drunken munch if you’re staggering
across Washington Avenue at 3am.
www.cheeseburgerbabyusa.com
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58. Organized Nature
The massively underrated Gabriel &
Dresden host their Organized Nature night
at the Pawn Shop Lounge with Tom Neville,
Özgür Can, Trent Cantrelle and Jeff Bomb
adding their own flavours.
www.madeevent.com
59. Jonathan Peters
Marathon
Jonathan Peters….ever heard of him?
Nope? Join our club. That said, our
rudimentary web scavenging tells us he’s
famous for being voted best DJ by
America’s DJ Times Magazine and pulling
super-human 24-hour DJ marathons. Oh,
and remixing the Spice Girls. Catch him at
Space on Friday.
www.jonathanpeters.com
60. Viram
Andy C’s Ram meets Ed Rush & Optical’s
Virus for their titanic Miami party. Rock on
down to Soho Lounge where Andy C, Ed
Rush, Optical, Sub Focus, Shimon and other
label mates and d&b deck destroyers will be
dropping the dubplate detonation.
www.myspace.com/viram
61. Renaissance 15th
Birthday
Renaissance celebrate 15 years.
Tiefschwarz, Tiga and DJ Hell give their
line-up a classy, distinctly European finish.
You can count on Renaissance to source the
most stylish venues around with this year’s
bash taking place in the new Karu & Y, a
stunningly elegant multi-purpose venue
designed by Miami architect Pepe Calderin.
www.karu-y.com
62. Bug Out & Get Loco
B.E.D. throws back its covers to the
seductive sounds of DC10 as Loco Dice and
his slick studio engineer Martin Buttrich
(live) swan in - hopefully bringing gaggles
of glam hotties with them. Pokerflat’s
enigmatic Steve Bug completes a
tantalisingly sexy line-up.
www.madeevent.com
63. Tootsies Cabaret
One of the craziest strip clubs you’ll ever
encounter, Tootsies Cabaret is the size of
three Yank football pitches with up to 300
nubile young things on stage at one time.
If you end up in one stripclub – and if
you’re male, single and intoxicated you
likely will – make it this one.
www.tootsiescabaret.com
64. Aquabooty Presents
Get Salted
It’s Miguel Migs annual Get Salted party at
Shine. His only WMC appearance, San
Fran’s house don will be dropping an
extended four-hour set of organic soulful
grooves with Julius Papp also playing.
www.wantickets.com
www.djmag.com
65. Future Sound Of
Breaks
From 10pm through to 10 am… that’s 12-
hours of pure breakbeat mayhem at the
3000 capacity Area 51, people. Krafty Kuts,
the Stantons, Ctrl Z, General Midi,
Uberzone (live) and Lee Coombs all
represent with an exclusive electro bass set
from DJ Craze vs DBJ.
www.futuresoundofbreaks.com
66. Def Mix 20th
Anniversary
The ‘Def Mix Four’ of Satoshi Tomiie, David
Morales, Frankie Knuckles and Hector
Romeo spin defining house at its finest for
the 20th anniversary of the legendary US
label. Held at Shine, Billy Carroll will
unwind down a memory lane of Def Mix
classics whilst a VIP cocktail area in the
Shelborne Pool Café will have laidback
beats at conversation volume.
www.defmix.com
67. One + One
James Zabiela and Nic Fancuilli begin their
charge as the ‘Sasha & Digweed’ of the new
era with a marathon back-to-back under
their ‘One + One’ guise. Head Downtown to
The Fifth and wig out.
www.future-miami.com
68. Reversible
Chris Fortier, Agent 001 and Chris Micalli
drop in to Miami Beach’s Cafeteria for the
annual Reversible Records party.
www.future-miami.com
69. Ministry Of Sound
It’s Ministry Of Sound’s annual Miami jolly.
Normally a cocktail supping playground of
the rich and famous, Collins Avenue’s arty
Prive will instead get down to some
downright, dirty house action with
Toolroom’s Mark Knight and rising star
Richard Dinsdale both spinning alongside
the massive headliner Josh Wink.
www.ministryofsound.com
70. News Café
Another useful 24-hour eatery, this
sidewalk newsstand rests on Ocean Drive
and is the perfect people watching perch.
You’ll often find a selection of mischievous
WMC stop-outs hiding behind their
sunglasses and re-fuelling on coffee and
turkey breast sandwiches here.
www.newscafe.com
71. Cafeteria
Twenty-four hour nosh stops are pretty
much an essential in Miami and Lincoln
Road’s Cafeteria is one of the best all-night
eateries around. Grab some good honest
Yankee comfort food round the clock for
under $10. Chicken wings with blue cheese
come stamped with our hands down
recommendation.
www.cafeteriagroup.com
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Any line-up with Green Velvet, Loco Dice
and Tiga gets our vote. So we’re pretty
pleased to see them joined by David
Guetta, Fedde Le Grand and Badboy Bill at
Nocturnal.
www.amonly.com
73. Swedish House Mafia
Another of Miami’s ultra chic, painfully
trendy nightspots, the Ink Boutique is the
well-chosen spot of the Swedish House
Mafia’s Miami heist. Steve Angello,
Sebastien Ingrosso, Axwell and Henrik B
make up the expectedly solid line up.
www.inknightlife.com
SATURDAY 24/03
74. Crosstown Rebels
Damian Lazarus’s rebel house scallywags
descend on Downtown Miami for some
depraved after-hours wrongness at their
Get Lost party. A 5am - noon session on
Saturday morning (that’s after Friday
night), Lazarus will be joined by Pier Bucci
(live), Chilean Dinky and Jamie Jones. Get
lost? We’ll more likely be getting heinously
twisted here at Studio A… come join.
www.crosstownrebels.com/
www.future-miami.com
75. Sushi Samba
Always sounding far more tantalising than
the tongue coiling reality, fusion food so
often ends in a curiosity killed the cat
realisation. Thankfully, Lincoln Road’s
branch of the popular Sushi Samba brand
is one culinary culture mash worth
checking. Their South American meets
Japanese fusions are like nothing else.
www.sushisamba.com
76. Lucky Strike Lanes
At the fag end of a three-day session and
clawing at your hotel walls like a demented
dog? Don’t reach for your diazepam just
yet, why not stagger on down to the Lucky
Strike Lanes for a round of American ten-
pin? Hourly rates are fairly pricey ($55),
but you can cheap out a single round for
just under $5 per person off peak.
www.bowlluckystrike.com
77. Freerange Records
By Saturday your wallet should have taken
a solid battering so wig on down to
Freerange Record’s free (yep, free!)
rooftop party at Beach Plaza Hotel.
Jimpster, Justin Martin, Troydon and
Hipp-E will be laying down proper
house and deep minimal grooves from
noon - 11 pm.
www.freerangerecords.co.uk
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78. Armada At Twilo
Armin Van Buuren’s Armada label will sail
into Miami’s cavernous Twilo as the main
man is joined by Markus Schulz, Perry
O’Neil and Rank 1. The whopping 10-hour
marathon kicks off at 10 pm.
www.madeevent.com
79. SOS
Party wrong ’uns Omid 16b, Desyn Masiello
and Demi run riot for their Saturday night
blowout at The Fifth. Grab hold of the
sides, steady your liver and bid any
semblance of sanity farewell because SOS
probably isn’t far off what you’ll be
shouting once they’ve finished with you…
www.future-miami.com
80. Adidas Shop
Don’t leave Miami without dipping into 8th
Street’s Adidas shop. Exclusive shell-toes
at dirt cheap prices and the chance to
customise your treads.
www.adidas.com
81. Vonyc Sessions
vs This Is
Paul van Dyk returns to Space’s colossal
main room for another extended set of
melodic electro, soaring trance and
percussion heavy builders. If it all gets too
much escape to the terrace where Sander K
will be bumping and grooving.
www.clubspace.com
82. 718 Sessions
Danny Krivit’s 35-year career has seen
more than most at the conference. This
afternoon he’ll be taking those who head
to Shelbourne Hotel’s Shine on a five-hour
booty bumping, arm-raising house journey.
www.dannykrivit.net
83. Fierce Angel
Mark Doyle’s Fierce Angels swoop down on
to Ocean Drive’s Hotel Victor. A
sophisticated Parisian style setting in
itself, Victor will host Fierce Angel’s
exclusive VIP poolside party between 2pm
and 7pm with Mark Doyle and Eric Kupper
keeping the cocktail suppers grooving.
www.fierceangels.com
84. F*** Me I’m Famous
With Southern Fried
David Guetta’s ‘F*** Me I’m Famous’ host
their third Miami glitz parade at Cameo,
which you’ll probably know as the Crobar.
Joining the iconic Gallic pin-up will be
Martin Solveig, Joachin Garraud and fellow
countryman Bob Sinclair. In the second
room, Norman ‘Fatboy Slim’ Cook and
Southern Fried serve up a tasty platter of
funk battered beats. Their party starters?
Check Armand Van Helden, Norm under his
Mighty Dub Catz guise and Caged Baby.
Fuck us sideways with a chicken drumstick,
with that line-up we’re there like a shot…
www.davidguetta.com/
www.southernfriedrecords.com
www.djmag.com
85. Downtown Riot!
Cheeky acid electro and raw punk energy
take over Studio A on Saturday night as the
dynamic MSTRKRFT, Lazaro Cassanova and
Princess Superstar headline. The riot runs
right through to 10am so come ready to
mash it and bash it.
www.future-miami.com
86. The Burridge
Barrage 3
The versatile Lee Burridge goes at it all
night at the comfortable, cushion covered
B.E.D. and weaves one of his renowned
genre melting tapestries.
www.madeevent.com
87. Kinky Malinki
From the sunny beaches of Marbella to the
sweltering climates of Dubai, there doesn’t
seem to be many corners of the world that
Kinky Malinki’s feelgood funky house sound
hasn’t reached. It’s Miami’s turn to feel the
love as they invite Stonebridge, Andy Ward,
Groove Junkies, Hoxton Whores and Mark
Robinson to spin at Espanola Way’s Blue
club.
www.kinkymalinki.com
SUNDAY 25/03
88. Sunday School For
Degenerates
No algebra, times tables or bible readings at
Second Avenue’s Pawn Shop Lounge… just
a 12-hour Sabbath mocking session of the
finest techno, minimal and electro talent
kicking off at 5am after Saturday night.
Adam Beyer, Dan Berkson and James What
(Live), Dollz at Play, Mr C, Magda, Ellen
Allien - and that’s barely half of it. Time to
dip into your last reserves of energy.
www.madeevent.com
89. Base
A natty shopping emporium of all the cool
and quirky, Lincoln Road’s Base is the
perfect one-stop spending spot. Pick up
everything from hidden world music gems,
natty Ice Cream trainers to a faux-baroque
extreme velvet throne. Then curse your
intoxicated financial liberality when the
credit card bill drops the next month. I
want that one...
www.baseworld.com
90. International Record
Collectors’ Show
In today’s accelerated culture, vinyl might
be a slowly weakening force but mouse
clicking through download pages will never
inspire the same hands-on excitement as
sifting through 16 dust crates to stumble
across a classic vinyl original. Between
noon and 6pm on Sunday, the conference
centre holds its first annual record
collector’s show with a variety of genres
being sifted, sold and swapped.
www.wmc.com
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 AREA 51 MAC’S SOHO LOUNGE
91. Club Class Presents 98. Mixology’s Party 950 NE 2nd Ave 222 14th Street 175 NE 36th St

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T
his special Miami issue of DJmag
comes with a rather fabulous CD,
courtesy of the UK’s longest
running house music imprint,
Azuli Records. It’s a label that’s
synonymous with quality, responsible for
putting out truckloads of the finest vinyl
releases over the years.
They haven’t slept on the digital era either,
releasing an equally fine selection of DJ
mix CDs, which are now also available in
limited edition DJ-friendly unmixed format
too.
This means DJs get 20 tracks hand-picked
by the world’s top DJs for little over £10.
That’s far cheaper, easier and lighter than
finding them all on vinyl. Plus, it’s cheaper
and less hassle than downloading.
Azuli have pioneered these unmixed
packages, which include special inserts for
use in DJ CD wallets too.
Label boss Dave Piccioni says, “Feedback
has been great. We had a massive
immediate response through our website,
and now gradually through the shops too.”
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Azuli deliver the goods for DJs - and
free to all DJmag readers this issue too!
Shops didn’t see the potential of the
concept at first, though.
“I think they thought that DJs wouldn’t
actually buy them in order to play out,”
says Dave. “I’ve owned Black Market [his
famous record shop in London’s Soho] for
long enough to know that DJs would pay
for CDs with full versions of tracks if they
could actually get them, the problem was
they were hard to buy!”
There are now unmixed versions of upfront
compilations like the ‘Club Azuli’ series,
giving DJs a sizeable crop of the latest
tunes, plus the acclaimed ‘Choice’ CDs,
containing classics hand-picked by
heavyweight DJs like Roger Sanchez, Louis
Vega and Danny Howells.
And nowhere does the unmixed CD format
come into its own more than when it
delivers the very hottest unreleased tracks
from the centre of the dance tune universe
– Miami at WMC time.
Piccioni will be back in Miami this year,
visiting as many parties and poolsides as
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MIXING
“[Miami] is a possible in his quest to find the biggest
tunes of the conference. He’ll then race
regular against the clock to get these signed and
delivered for inclusion on the eighth
fixture for annual installment of the original and
us and a longest running Miami series, ‘Azuli
Presents Miami 2007’.
sign that “We’ve been doing the Miami album now
since 1999, and Azuli have been out there
summer is every year since back in 1993, so it’s a
around the regular fixture for us, and more
importantly, a sign that summer is around
corner.” the corner…”
Dave Piccioni Dave’s keen ear for a hit has obviously been
finely tuned over all that time so there are
few people in a better position to dig out
the tunes that will be smashing it once the
Ibiza season comes around again.
“I think anything that conveys the summer
vibe usually works in Miami,” agrees Dave.
“This year that will be done via the creative
warm electronic sounds that are around at
the moment. We are in a very interesting
time.”
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Attached to the cover of this mag is a sampler from the
unmixed ‘Club Azuli’ series, and we think you’ll agree, the
tracks are all sure-fire dancefloor killers. Here Dave tells us
why each track made the grade…

1. Andy Cato ‘LaLuna 6. Booka Shade

(Main Mix)’
“Summer is around the corner and
suddenly I remember, yes, everything
is great! A warm lush duvet of a tune
from half of Groove Armada. One of
Azuli’s finest releases.”
2. Tim Andresen
‘Everybody (Ben Macklin
Remix)’
“Scandinavia meets South London as
Ben Macklin turns out an addictively
perky electro houser. A summer Azuli
hot item, we think.”
3. Léger & Lake
‘Aqualight’
“Love this! Simple, straightforward
but upbeat electronic outing from
the man-of-the-moment Seb Leger
and partner.”
4. Ben Macklin
‘Release’
“Underplayed and unnoticed Ban
Macklin tune of last year that is
beginning to pick up attention now
that everyone is looking at the
electronic side of house.”
5. DJ Oliver & Irtaman
Moveelek
‘Fake (Original Mix)’
“Uber popular Ibiza DJ Oliver
presents his own brand of no-
nonsense straight-ahead house
music. His tracks and DJing show
there is life beyond the bleep.”
‘Darko (Bookas Funk Da Funk
Mix)’
“This man is hot and this track is
outstanding. One of those tracks
hailing from the German electronic
stable that will stand the test of time
and soon be considered a classic!”
7. Johannes Heil
‘The Magician (Thomas
Schumacher Remix)’
“Deeper and darker we go. There is
plenty of really dull and boring
minimal stuff out there, but this is
definitely NOT one of them. Creative,
leftfield but eminently danceable.
Fantastic.”
8. Audion
‘Mouth To Mouth
(Original Mix)’
“Has exploded every Azuli party into
life since its appearance in September
of last year. A killer combination of
new German production technique
and disco sample.”
9. Audiojack
‘Robot (Original Mix)’
“Bonkers brain twister! Love it!”
10. Audiofly X
‘Mind Goes Blank’
“These guys are putting some great
moody electronic stuff out at the
moment. It deep and mysterious,
but in the right place at the right
time this knock them dead.”

Amazingly, the double CD package is due

for release on 2nd April, meaning some of
the tracks only make it onto the final album
cut a few hours before it’s due to be
mastered. It’s a mad task, but one that
ensures the tunes on the compilation really
are the biggies from WMC, not the over-
hyped tracks that are destined to be
forgotten.

Meanwhile, Dave and Azuli are already

planning their assault on Ibiza, where they
have been dropping the house music bombs
regularly for years. Their popular El Divino
residency is gearing up to rock to the tunes
that break in Miami.

Also on the horizon is a tasty release in the

‘Choice’ series from Richie Hawtin that
should have DJs salivating at the prospect
of getting their hands on the unmixed
version.
“We love our ‘Choice’ series,” grins
Piccioni. “It’s a pain in the arse to put
together, but well worth it!”
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 SMELLS LIKE
PUNK SPIRIT

“It’s really
sweaty,
aggressive,
noisy and loud
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 American band The Gossip are the young rebels
we’ve taken to heart. DJmag finds out more…
“H
ave I got a camel’s toe?”
shouts Beth Ditto, the lead-
singer of avant-garde US punk
band The Gossip. “I wanted to
have a camel’s toe with this outfit,” she
drawls to the audience in the London
Astoria, moving aside her doughy, blue
catsuit encased belly to check out her
crotch.
The crowd shriek with a mixture of delight,
horror and utter bewilderment and then
guitar/bass player Nathan Howdeshell (aka
Brace Paine, Deep Purr or whatever he’s
calling himself this week) belts out the first
few chords of ‘Listen Up’ and everyone
starts pogoing like loons.
As a band, The Gossip flick bogies (or
“boogers”, as they might say) in the face of
stereotypes: they’re two gay girls and a
straight boy playing fresh, stripped down,
organic, funky ass, bluesy, post-
electroclash punk music.
“It’s really sweaty, aggressive, noisy and
loud when we play,” smiles 27-year-old
Nathan after the gig. “It’s like The Stooges.
We want it to be like that; punk raw power.
We want kids to see it and be moved. It
should be like a church on fire.”
Oppresive & Violent
Seeing 26-year-old Beth in action would
definitely rock a few pulpits were The
Gossip ever to let rip in a church. Which is,
strangely, where Beth started singing. She
was raised “Southern Baptist and
Pentecostal” in a small town called Searcy
in Arkansas and first tested out her voice in
the church choir. She met Nathan and
original Gossip drummer Kathy Mendonca
in Searcy when they were all teenagers.
“It was pretty horrible living there,” says
Nathan. “It was really oppressive and very
violent. People who stuck out and were
weird like us would just get beaten up.”
As soon as they could Beth, Nathan and
Kathy moved to Olympia, in Washington,
where they formed The Gossip. They were
signed by Kill Rock Stars and released their
first eponymous single in 2000, followed by
debut album ‘That’s Not What I Heard’.
Their ‘Arkansas Heat’ EP followed in 2002
and became their first real hit.
Not long after finishing second album
‘Movement’ Kathy decided to leave the
band. Beth and Nathan promptly recruited
drummer Hannah Billie (formerly of The
words CLAIRE HUGHES
Chromatics) and set about recording their
latest album, ‘Standing In The Way Of
Control’, which came out in January last
year in the UK on Back Yard Recordings.
At the time, Beth said the title song was a
direct attack against the Republican anti-
gay marriage laws.
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“I think we’re political just because of who
we are,” explains Nathan. “For us to be as
subversive as we are and to be in the public
eye is political in itself. Although the gay
marriage thing is definitely a big thing for
Beth, ‘Standing In The Way Of Control’ is
just an anti-hate song, really.”
Riot
The buzz surrounding The Gossip has
turned into a bit of a riot. And it’s no
wonder everyone’s so excited. The Gossip’s
music grasps the essence of 1980s groove
based punk bands like Liquid Liquid but
with a much poppier appeal. ‘Standing In
The Way Of Control’ is an angsty, angry ode
to rebellion that captures the spirit of a
generation in the same way that Nirvana’s
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ did in the 1990s.
On their Myspace page one of the band’s
mission statements is: “We will NVR die, we
will NVR diet”, and Beth’s self-styled, on
stage look is very feminine, always sexy
and ultimately a celebration of her size. At
a recent gig she appeared in a saucy black
bra, corset, suspenders and stockings
combo only to grab her crotch half way
through and shout, “Man, I’m sweating
down here, my pussy’s on fire”.
Now, after five years and three albums, the
quirky three-piece are surfacing from the
underground. Their recently re-released
‘Standing In The Way Of Control’ single
featured as the theme tune for C4 sitcom
‘Skins’ and earlier this year the band were
picked up by Sony UK for a further two
albums.
“They’re letting us do what the fuck we
want,” laughs 27-year-old Nathan.
Which is a good job too because it’d be
hard to imagine anyone telling this band
what they should look or sound like. Their
music ranges from moody, minimal
basslines, sparse drums and low slung,
blues-influenced vocals, a la ESG, to tuned
down, distorted guitar frenzies, wild
rhythms and screaming caterwauls.
In their latest album you can hear strains
of The Pixies, The White Stripes and ESG all
laced with Beth’s voice that’s been justly
compared to Janis Joplin and Bessie Smith.
The Gossip have already toured with the
White Stripes, The Scissor Sisters, Sonic
Youth, Har Mar Superstar and The Yeah Yeah
Yeahs. In the dance music world fans of
their sound include Trevor Jackson, Erol
Alkan and MSTRKRFT, who did a remix of
the band’s ‘Listen Up’ single.
In October last year the band played out
the credits to BBC1’s ‘Friday Night With
Jonathan Ross’ show, performing a slightly
toned down version of ‘Standing In The Way
Of Control’.
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That prime time TV slot was worlds away
from their first ever UK gig at London club
Homo Crime where they played to 20
people on a half empty dancefloor.
“But we love playing small gigs as much as
huge audiences,” says Nathan. “We started
out playing in sweaty basements to five
people and we wouldn’t mind doing that
again. We’re pretty humble, you know. We
don’t diva out or anything.”
Defying Classification
The Gossip call themselves a punk band but
their music, like their on-stage personas,
defy any rigid classification. Disco, blues,
gospel, funk, soul and rock play as large a
part as the brazen punk spirit that
explodes across some of their songs.
“For us, punk just means energy,” reasons
Nathan. “It’s like The Stooges, The Germs,
Black Flag, X-Ray Specs and The Slits. It’s
about cathartic relief and being really raw.
We’re like dance music damaged. But we’re
also a punk band. When you see us play it’s
like a punk band.”
Their addiction to making insurgent,
brazen music is rivalled only by their
passion for art and fashion. Nathan is
working on a “Gossip book” and Beth is
compiling a “fashion for fat girls” tome.
But The Gossip still swear they aren’t ‘cool’.
Nathan says that it’s only in England and
Germany that people are “accepting” of
their sound.
Back home in Portland, says Nathan, The
Gossip are just one band that makes up a
subversive, underground “small scene”.
This subculture, he claims, is based around
a few nightclubs, parties and other like-
minded bands, including Glass Candy and
The Chromatics.
Nathan hosts two regular nights in
Portland; one called No No Disco (at Tube)
and another called Suicide Club (at Dunes)
where he plays a mixture of indie, punk and
dance music and has hosted guest DJs like
Le Tigre and the Misshapes DJs.
“Kids at these parties are actually dancing
to Simian Mobile Disco, Spank Rock and A
Certain Ratio,” says Nathan. “We’ve created
a small scene in Portland but there’s only
ever up to 300 kids coming to any one club
night. In America people are too self-
conscious to be really into dance music and
it’s only in Portland, LA and New York that
dance is popular.”
The Gossip were in London for the recent
Brit Awards and after the ceremony ended
up at Noel Gallagher’s after-show party.
“We stuck out like sore thumbs,” giggles
Nathan. “We just danced around on our
own and drank loads of whisky. No-one
knew who we were.”
But The Gossip should enjoy what’s left of
their anonymity while they can. With Sony
behind them in the UK and Trevor Jackson
rumoured to be producing their next
album, they won’t be the unknown party
weirdos for much longer.
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N
ew York is not a city that stands
still. All those scenes you see in
films with huge crowds rushing
headlong in every direction like
decapitated poultry, flagging down yellow
cabs left, right and centre – that’s what it’s
really like.
The place resembles London on some
heavy-duty speed, and never has it been
more hectic than during the current cold
snap, which leaves Manhattan covered in a
Steve Porter’s fast- thick rug of snow, 12-feet deep in places.
The weather turns DJmag’s damp hair white
paced energy-fuelled and rigid after two minutes exposed to the
sets are designed to elements – and later the same day will
cause a stranded truck driver to die of a
make clubbers bounce heart attack while struggling to get back
into the warmth. You really can’t hang
off the walls. We spend about in this weather.
The frantic pace of the city makes it a
a weekend with the perfect habitat for 28-year-old DJ and
human dynamo in New prolific producer Steve Porter, whose sets
are nothing if not fast-moving – his latest
York… mix album crams a whopping 57 tracks into
two CDs. And unlike, say, Magda, whose
own track-heavy mixes weave a tiny,
unrecognisable detail of each record into
an intricate tapestry of sound, Porter fillets
out the meatiest, most memorable part of
each tune, harnessing its energy before
charging onwards. It’s an approach that
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makes him a perfect choice for peak-time
sets, when clubbers are at their most alert
and hungry for action.
He’s sometimes pegged as a progressive
DJ, but Porter’s style brings a rich variety
of genres together into one big driving
blend.
“I like to give people what I call the four
food groups of dance music – breaks,
house, techno and trance,” he tells DJmag
over fine fresh Italian food in his native
NoLita district. “I prefer for people to go
home with a healthy meal of music, rather
than just going out and eating chocolate
brownies all night – they can at least get
their dessert and their vegetables and
whatnot. That’s my mentality – to give
people a good night out and a wholesome
diet of music.”
Clean-cut, well built and healthy-looking,
clad in a nondescript T-shirt, jeans and
jacket combo, Porter’s star is very much in
the ascendant – appearing on bills
alongside Sasha, Sander Kleinenberg and
Paul van Dyk, headlining in clubs across the
world every week, and earning himself a
coveted place in DJmag’s most recent Top
100 (a new entry at No. 91).
Not bad for “a farm boy from western
Massachusetts”, as he described himself in
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 the liner notes to his 2005 debut album
‘Homegrown’. As a bored youngster
growing up in the small town of Amherst,
Massachusetts, Porter discovered DJing at
an early age and was immediately hooked.
“I joined this DJ club, which was run by the
school chef. I wasn’t really interested in
anything else at the time, so I joined the
club and played at school dances. And
that’s when I first got my notion that this
was something I’d really love to do, picking
out music and setting the mood for people.
I was playing everything – hip hop, country
music, you name it – just to make people
happy, and I’d take requests.”
On leaving school, Steve decided to take it
to a professional level – as a mobile DJ for
weddings, parties and bar mitzvahs,
spinning saccharine ballads for smooching
newlyweds.
“I’d take my Jeep Cherokee around New
England and play various little shindigs,
and that went on for a few years. But I
wasn’t fully satisfied with that because I’d
already heard mixtapes from Sasha and
American DJs like DJ Dan and Scott Henry,
and I’d picked up an affection for
underground dance music.”
As luck would have it, a tiny dance-music
store called the Growroom opened in his
hometown, and it became a lifeline
between Porter and his developing
obsession.
“I walked in and said hello – I was a dorky
private-school kid – and I just never left. I
started selling records, I wasn’t getting
paid, I was just so eager to be involved.
And that’s when I honed in on what I would
consider my first sound as a DJ.”
By the time Porter upped sticks to Boston
in 2001, this sound – a melting-pot of
influences fermented in the close-knit
community of the shop – was already
taking shape. He stayed for a year, soon
garnering two residencies – one of which,
at Rise, continues to this day, while the
other gave Porter his first international
DJing experience, as the club traded DJs
with U2’s Dublin joint The Kitchen.
Although he only stayed there for 12
months (“I felt like I needed more, I had a
lot of my peers and management in New
York, so it was time to make the jump”), the
friends he made in Boston continue to have
a great influence on his life and projects;
his ‘Porterhouse’ mix CDs are packed with
artists from that scene.
“I make a point of going to play and
perform there as much as I can, just to stay
in touch and be around the people that
influenced me the most. When I play there,
it’s all my friends and family around, so it’s
a really warm tribal gathering, and I try to
bring that warmth to other gigs that I play
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as much as possible.”
Easygoing
Back in his huge NY apartment – equipped
with all mod cons – Porter relaxes on the
sofa and plays on his Xbox, which is
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projected onto an enormous screen on the
wall. He’s developing an obsession with the
game Paperboy. The atmosphere here is
easygoing as can be; Porter’s given his
neighbours spare keys, and they’re free to
come and go as they please – especially if
they make practical use of his kitchen (it’s
vast, but he doesn’t cook).
In fact, aside from the state-of-the-art
studio hidden away behind a door, there’s
little here to suggest the powerhouse that
is Steve Porter the producer.
His 2005 artist album ‘Homegrown’ is a
solid collection with all the verve of a great
live set. He’s produced umpteen 12”s,
remixes and bootlegs. And then there’s his
mix series, the second instalment of which
is imminent. Porter’s own energetic
productions and remixes make up a
sizeable portion of the tracks on these
discs, and they more than hold their own in
terms of energy and infectious tunes.
Driving Pace
Where the original ‘Porterhouse’ was
largely a family affair, drawing from the
cream of the Boston scene, ‘Vol. 2’ -
released 13th March in the US, 26th in the
UK and early April throughout Europe -
contains a wide variety of acts from various
scenes all over the world, with quite a few
well-known names included (from The
Plump DJs to Judge Jules, and from Golden
Girls to Bassbin Twins).
From the ’80s groove of Emjae’s ‘Sweat Box’
to the old-school beats of Porter’s own
‘Definite Form (SP’s Broken Form Remix)’
and his irresistible, trancey ‘She’s Cool’,
this two-CD selection keeps its driving pace
by drawing energy from a variety of styles,
all united by Porter’s sixth sense for what
makes a carefree light-hearted party mix.
“By far the
most
important
trait for a DJ
to have is
adaptability.”
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It’s also a slap in the face to all those who
still have Porter pegged as a one-trick
pony.
“I’d say I’m a bit more refined this time
around,” contemplates Steve. “My sound is
a bit more diverse than it was and I looked
a lot further afield for music. Also the label,
EQ Recordings in Australia, was great to
take the project forward because it’s not
the most attractive thing for a label – you
really have to sell the sound to a label,
especially if you’re gonna use 57 tracks on
a mix, because of all the licensing involved.
But I wanted to show all the different sides
of me, all the different aspects of music I
like.”
Porter says that energy and performance
are key to his approach – a lesson he
learned from old-school hip-hop DJs. “I
want to keep it as exciting as possible, keep
everything moving.”
Unsurprisingly, then, he’s no big fan of
laptop sets. “If you’re putting a computer
in control of the music, you might as well
just remove the guy from the booth
because in my mind people need a bit of a
live implementation. If I do move to a
digital mixing medium, I want it to be more
like a live show, with a full band.”
The ability to change and adapt is vital
when you’re playing as diverse an array of
clubs and bills as Porter does, week in,
week out.
“Even to this day, it’s always a challenge
because my sound is a little broad
sometimes, it’s kinda hard to pinpoint, and
what that has taught me is to be as
prepared as possible. There are some cities
that are very cultured around a certain
sound and you get there and hear what
they’re going off to, and so you’re a bit
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intimidated, you’re like, ‘Can I slip into
these sandals? Can I fit into these pants?’
So by far the most important trait for a DJ
to have is adaptability.”
Electric
The following night, at Crobar in West
Chelsea, DJmag sees the extent to which
Porter is willing to adapt to suit the
occasion. He’s opening for Paul van Dyk,
and the clientele is a hard-to-crack mixture
of blinged-up, cooler-than-thou posers and
cultish PvD obsessives who have travelled
from as far as Peru and Belgium to hear
their idol.
Porter, like the consummate professional
he is, tapers his mix to give the DJmag
poll-winning trance jock the biggest
launch-pad possible. He builds very slowly
from the subtlest of grooves, as the
dancefloor gradually fills. Finally, he gives
way towards the end of a three-hour set
into a glorious, euphoric climax that has
clubbers pogoing and screaming in
anticipation of their hero.
The explosive electro-house of fellow
Boston scenester Mike Hoska’s ‘Pill Popper’
and Mason’s zippy remix of The Age of
Steam’s ‘Disco Mafia’ both have them
bouncing off the walls. It’s an electric
moment as he hands over to PvD amid a
massive storm of cheers, with the whole
club primed and ready to go off big-style,
and as the latter launches into his
trademark saccharine trance, which of
course goes down a storm, Porter can relax
and enjoy the satisfaction of a job well
done.
The support of big-name DJs like PvD,
Sasha and Kleinenberg has meant a great
deal to Porter.
“To get out there and play with those guys
on a regular basis and see what they’re like
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is such a huge influence. And it’s a really
nice thing to know you’ve reached them
through the music and that they respect
you.”
Earlier DJmag couldn’t help overhearing
Porter on the phone to his mum, defending
his choice of career, having that familiar
old heated parental ‘talk’ about job
security.
“Ultimately, there’s a lot of stress involved,
a lot of uncertainty,” he confides. “You’re
kind of a bitch to the industry, in the sense
that it’s your job to take care of business,
you’re getting flown in to do one thing and
you’ve gotta do it, and sometimes when
you’re taking on a lot of gigs you can feel a
bit like a slave to it. But you can never
complain, it’s still a lot of fun.”
As well as the more practical necessities,
there’s also the task of listening to and
keeping up to date with all the latest tunes
– which is hardly a chore for a music fan, of
course, but it’s certainly time-consuming.
“I feel so rusty if I just take two weeks off
because I have this anxiety inside that if I
take too much time off, I’ll forget to ride
the bike. I know deep down that’s not
going to happen, but that anxiety keeps me
on top of my sounds and my beats, and it’s
a good feeling to be current with music and
know what’s going on.”
Steve researches his sets by searching the
internet rather than trawling record shops;
and he DJs using CDs.
“I stopped playing vinyl a few years ago so
primarily I’m on digital sites – first and
foremost Beatport, but there are some
other good ones like Magnetic Grooves, and
Stompy, which is mostly house. But there
are all sorts of new ones popping up, and I
think that’s an interesting topic because
eventually it’s going to be important for
artists to take back control of their music
and put it out on their own websites, rather
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than getting caught up in billions of tracks
that are buried on one site. There’s no
point just making music and assuming that
it’s going to shoot to the top of a record
store with a stock that’s growing by the
thousands every day.”
This is a loaded topic for Porter, as this year
he will be launching his own label, PH
Recordings, to showcase his own
productions and those of his old Boston
associates. And he’s got plenty more to be
excited about besides. For starters, there’s
a recently released collaboration with Lee
Burridge, the brilliantly titled ‘Dirty Panty
Ho Wrestler/Raw Dog’.
“Lee’s a cool influence,” says Porter. “He’s
definitely an experimentalist, and he
brings me down to a different level –
getting out the microscope and looking at
the molecules, rather than working with
the whole hamburger.”
Essential
Steve also has his first Radio 1 Essential
Mix, on 29th April, to look forward to; but
best of all, there’s the grand ‘Porterhouse
Vol. 2’ launch party during the Miami
Winter Music Conference, on 22nd March at
The Fifth club, on South Beach.
“I’m very excited about this year. I’m
gonna have a series of my friends playing –
Eli Wilkie, Emjae, Bons – plus a couple of
local Miami DJs.
“The Winter Music Conference has always
been the cornerstone of the whole
Porterhouse scene. I’d rate it as one of my
favourite places to play, it’s a really special
time. The first party we held there was free
to get in, it was a madhouse, but it was one
of those nights you never forget. Digweed
turned up and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy,
how is he coming to my party?’ I was totally
freaking out. I felt like I’d been engaged to
dance music and finally gotten married on
that night, it was that amazing.”
Like so many DJ-producers, Porter’s main
influence is the enthusiasm of crowds for
what he does.
“I’m editing all the music when I play so I
really see the track go off in its new form,
and the reaction it gets, and I’m really
turning the wheels, I’m really fucking with
the matrix – which is the way I think of it.
Music is like a matrix for me, and if you can
mess with it and people are into it, that’s
cool.”
Ultimately, the old cliché about the uniting
power of music is at the heart of Porter’s
motivation.
“Music is probably the greatest
international communication we have.
That’s what drives me forward further and
further because it really brings people
together and sets the bullshit aside. And
that makes me feel like I’m really doing the
planet a justice, in my own little way.
Because you’re all speaking the same
language when the music’s playing.”
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Bright
Young
Thing

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 With his debut
album imminent,
singer, songwriter
and musician Ben
Westbeech is
emerging as
Britain’s bright
new talent. DJmag
hotfoots it to
Bristol to find out
more…
“C
ome on!” shouts Ben Westbeech.
“We can have a rest at the top!”
And then – waving his arm behind
him – he’s off again, tearing up
towards Cotham Tower at the pinnacle of a
hill in central Bristol, and leaving DJmag
struggling behind him and feeling
distinctly out of shape in comparison.
At the top and with the city spread out
before us, Ben points out landmarks - from
the houses of Clifton fading away into the
watery wintry sunshine to the slope where
just a few days ago he watched a decidedly
drunk Die and Clipz roll down in just their
underpants.
“I just love it up here,” he tells us as we’re
still gasping for breath. “There’s something
so calming about seeing that big wide
space so it’s a great place to come for a
breather.”
Which is probably something Ben wishes he
could get more of at the moment – and not
just because he’s been leading DJmag on a
whirlwind walking tour of Bristol to show
us the various spots that have inspired his
debut album ‘Welcome To The Best Years Of
Your Life.’
We’re actually quite lucky to catch Ben in
his adopted home city at all. Today is a
mere pitstop at home for him in between
shooting a video in London for the summer
re-release of his single ‘So Good Today’,
which follows on from his new double A-
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side ‘Hang Around/Pusherman’, and flying
out to Belgium for another round of
promotion.
But Ben seems far from flustered by all the
attention that’s been coming his way since
‘So Good Today’ launched Gilles Peterson’s
Brownswood Recordings label last year. In
fact, he’s as comfortable with our
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Ben loves the
great outdoors
An alternative guide to
questions as he is darting around and Bristol
dropping in on acquaintances on the
Ben gives DJmag a quick guide
to his home town.
streets of the city he first moved to five
years ago. But it wasn’t always like this.
“I moved here with a girlfriend when she
The Duke Of York
“The Duke Of York pub is
started a course at the university,” he just opposite my house. I’ve
explains a few hours later sat in his just moved in so it didn’t
recording studio. “But it wasn’t the really do anything for my
happiest of times because the relationship album. It’s quite an arty
wasn’t going well and I was on the dole. We area and I’m quite an arty
ended up splitting up but I decided to stay person so it’s nice to be
because I’d started making music here. around that.
“I’d met guys like Clipz and Die through “The area – St. Werburgh’s
going out partying and started working – is just next to St. Paul’s,
with them and since the scene’s so inter- which is quite a famous
linked here, once you’re inside it’s easy to area of Bristol. I love living
work with other people who’ve heard what there. I moved out of my
you’re doing. Bristol’s the only place where old house after I got pistol-
I’ve ever really felt like I fitted in.” whipped during a break-in
so it feels a lot more
Poet’s Eye chilled.”
With its dubby basslines and occasional
drum & bass beats provided by Die and St. Nick’s Market
Clipz and Ben’s own amalgamation of hip- “My first flat in Bristol was
hop and soul in the Massive Attack mould, there and it’s where I wrote
‘Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life’ ‘So Good Today’. It’s quite a
“has definitely been tainted by Bristol ‘buzzy’ place with the
sounds”. But its roots – both musical and markets, bookshops and
lyrical – stretch back beyond the West record shops and places to
Country to Ben’s formative years in get nice food. It’s where I
Hertford too. started to make music but
“It’s about the start of my life,” Ben living there was quite
confides. “From when I was born to the age stressful because of
of 25, where I am now. It’s about certain relationship and money
relationships I’ve had or certain things problems and not knowing
that happened to me when I was younger anyone there then. The
and just life in general. It’s a diary of what memories aren’t bad, but it
happened to me and because I didn’t know wasn’t a good time of my
life.”
The grand old Cotham Tower
Duke of York “Cotham Tower was a place
to go and relax away from
the stress I was having just
living in that small space.
The big sweeping views of
Bristol are just beautiful
and I might well write a
song up there for my next
album.”
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Leapfrog, anyone?
that I was going to get signed it’s a really
personal record. It’s music I made to deal
with things that happened and how I was
feeling at times.”
In that sense, ‘Welcome To The Best Years
Of Your Life’ is as revealing as a rummage
through someone’s closet when they’re not
looking. Whether he’s singing about
waking up next to a lover or waking up with
a sore head full of drunken regrets, Ben has
the poet’s eye for seeing the universal in
the intimate. He’s certainly unafraid of
baring his soul, with the track ‘Taken Away
From’ in particular addressing one of the
most profound and painful experiences in
his life.
“My mum died when I was 13 and that track
is about her passing away,” he reveals. “It
was horrible. And then between the years
from 13 to 20 I fell out with my dad. I was
Bedminster Skate Park really on my own and it was always scary.
I’m still often anxious about feeling secure
a lot of the time.
“A lot of the album is quite dark but the
tunes sound quite happy so you’ve got that
kind of juxtaposition. I almost think I make
better music when I’m down or I’m
remembering something that’s upset me. If
I’m feeling crap I want to make something
happy to make me feel better.
“But I wouldn’t change anything about my
life because I’m happy with where I am
now. It’s been a crazy journey and a lot of
it’s literally been about surviving. Once you
get shut off from the comfort zone of your
parents you have to make your own moves
and that makes my music my own because
I’m not used to people telling me what to
do.”
“Ultimately, I’d like to
run my whole life
on dopamine!”
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Flipped The Script
While in his early teens Ben was awarded a
scholarship to study classical music. But
while he was practicing his cello and
reading sheet music during the day, sounds
other than Shostakovich were beginning to
prey on his mind elsewhere thanks to some
tapes that had been made for him by a son
of one of his mother’s friends a few years
earlier.
“They had tracks like ‘Bombscare’ by 2Bad
Mice on there,” Ben recalls. ‘I couldn’t go
to raves because I was too young but I just
loved the breaks and the bass and the
melodies in rave. Then I started getting
into hip-hop and DJing when I was 12 after
I heard N.W.A’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’.
But it was LTJ Bukem’s ‘Atlantis’ that really
flipped the script for me and I got right
into drum & bass. I had this tape with it on
that I just rewound constantly.
“It was really strange – I’d be sat on the
school bus going to orchestral concerts
listening to rave tapes on my headphones
and all the other kids would be like, ‘What
the hell’s that shit?’ But then when I
started going clubbing I had plenty of
people asking me, ‘Why do you listen to all
this classical stuff?’”
However, it’s this very cross-pollination of
sounds that gives ‘Welcome To The Best
Years Of Your Life’ – out 26th March - its
own unique flavour. We can hear as much of
what Ben learned in school on the
orchestral Craig Armstrong-style
instrumental ‘Beauty’, as we can of what he
picked up producing hip-hop tracks under
the name Lean in tunes like the title track,
or his nights raving with his mates Die and
Clipz and the rest of the Full Cycle crew on
‘Get Closer’.
“I’m looking to open people’s ears up to
new things because I think music today is
just so channelled,” he states. “Either
you’ve got to be indie or dance and even
then it’s house or it’s grime or it’s dubstep
or whatever – and that’s never been me.
“I’ve never been able to make just one
music because that bores me. Music’s like
stepping-stones – you take one stepping-
stone and that leads you onto two different
genres, and then if you like the sound of it
you might go and listen to a few more
things like that.
“Hopefully, this album will takes people to
different places.”
Musical Diversity
One man who definitely gets where Ben’s
coming from is Gilles Peterson, who
snapped him up for his nascent
Brownswood Recordings label on the
strength of the demo of ‘So Good Today’.
“It’s a real honour to be working with Gilles
because he has that musical diversity that I
have such an affinity for,” Ben enthuses.
An alternative guide to
Bristol (cont.)
Bedminster Skate Park
“I used to go skating there
when I lived in Totterdown.
The whole skateboarding
thing is quite important to
how I started in music
because me and Die used to
skate together quite a lot.
Plus, I don’t drive so it was
how I’d get around.
“But I don’t do it any more
because I had to make a
choice between that and
music – obviously I can’t
play guitar with a broken
arm!”
Studio
“I share a studio with Clipz
– I don’t want to say
exactly where it is because
we’re keeping it a bit
secretive! But it’s in the
Gloucester Road area and
it’s nice to have a studio
there because there are lots
of great record shops and
cafes.
“Some people prefer to be
kept away from the world
when they’re making an
album but I like the bustle
– you get so many ideas
from just seeing the things
people are doing on the
streets.”
With the album about to drop and his five-
piece band about to take to the road again,
Ben’s certainly come a long way since he
first packed his bags and headed west. The
last few months have also provided him
with a wealth of inspiration for his second
album.
‘It’ll be based around the live show,” he
reveals. “But I want to talk more about
England because I think we are living in
some pretty dark times.
Not that Ben’s passion for the strange tales
and sounds that emerge upon dancefloors
after dark has dimmed by any means.
“I do lead quite a hedonistic lifestyle,” he
admits. “And being involved in music allows
me to indulge that. What can I say apart
from the fact that I like the finer things in
life? I like fine food, wine, music and girls.
Food’s probably my biggest passion outside
of music and when you eat or listen to
music it releases dopamine into your brain
just like sex and drugs. Ultimately, I’d like
to run my whole life on dopamine!”
And if that’s what’s fuelled him so far, then
Ben Westbeech’s boundless energy
suggests there’s still plenty left in the
tank.
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 Seven
Year
Itch
Seven years on
from Everything
But The Girl and
Tracey Thorn
returns with a
new solo album…
“I
t’s not like I’ve been a shy wallflower
all my life,” says Tracey Thorn. “I had a
career for 15 years making endless
albums and touring. I’ve made more
videos than you can shake a stick at. I
really did every single bit of this
business for years and years and
years. So it’s not like I shied away from it
when I stopped.”
Tracey ‘stopped’ in 2000, two years after
giving birth to twin girls, fathered by her
Everything But The Girl partner (and
Buzzin’ Fly label owner) Ben Watt. Last year
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she provided guest vocals for Tiefschwarz’s
electro houser ‘Damage’. After that little
taster - and now that their girls are nine-
years-old and their son is five - Tracey’s
come out of her spell in retirement with
solo album ‘Out Of The Woods’, out soon on
Virgin Records.
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In true EBTG style, it’s a sophisticated, slick
record combining eccentric disco with
straight-up house, electro and leftfield
strains of jazz, soul and funk, but this is
Tracey’s record and, surprisingly, her other
half Ben has had no production input.
“If I’d gone straight into working with Ben
again there might have been a danger of
me taking a back seat,” says Tracey. “I was
worried I’d be lazy about it and let him
make the decisions. Now I’ve proved to
myself that I can: a) be creative again, and
b) be decisive. Your brain can turn to mush
after you’ve had kids so it’s kind of trying
to seize some of that back.”
Sonic Qualities
Using her guitar, piano, an omnichord, a
harmonium, her voice and a basic four-
track recorder, Tracey sat at home and
worked on all the songs on this 11-track
album, drafting in help production-wise
from, amongst others, Ewan Pearson and
Alex Santos.
“I picked them for the sonic qualities of the
productions they’d done, but it turned out
Ewan has a really broad taste in music,”
says Tracey. “When I found that out I
thought I’d try other stuff with him as well
as dance tracks.”
As it turned out, Ewan worked on the more
downtempo tracks on the album including
‘Here It Comes Again’, ‘Get Around To It’,
‘Hands Up To The Ceiling’, ‘Falling Off A
Log’ and ‘Picadilly Station’.
Ewan also produced first single ‘It’s All
True’, a cover of the 1980s released quirky
disco track by US producer Arthur Russell
(who also made disco cuts under the name
Loose Joints).
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 “I was the only
punk in the
village.”
“I wanted to do a disco song but didn’t
want to cover a ‘hit,’” says Tracey. “The
thing about Arthur Russell songs is that
they’re disco but they’re already really
quirky. The lyrics have that throw away
thing, that ‘can’t get round to it’ quality
that I just really like. Then when I
mentioned it to Ewan he was like, ‘Oooh,
Arthur Russell, let’s do it.’”
The only straight-up house track on the
album is ‘Grand Canyon’ produced by Alex
Santos, who also releases music for Buzzin’
Fly.
“I was very aware that the one thing I
didn’t have on the whole album was a
modern sounding house track,” recalls
Tracey. “I thought, ‘Well, it’s a bit weird not
to do one at all’.
‘Grand Canyon’ is the ‘Missing’ of this new
album and the one most likely to be a big
club hit. The “Everybody loves you here”
lyrics ride a smooth, pumping beat that
covers you in goosebumps.
Writing lyrics that produce the goosebump
effect is Tracey’s thing. Whatever kind of
song she writes, her distinctly English
singing voice is always languid,
introspective, laidback and unintrusive.
Her songs tell stories that, vocally, she
relays subtly and gently. Most dance fans
associate EBTG with Todd Terry’s mix of
their 1998-released ‘Missing’ but as a band
Tracey and Ben put out 11 artist albums
and sold several million records before they
laid the band to rest in 2000.
In the 1980s EBTG was one of the UK’s most
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prominent avant-garde pop outfits that,
according to pundits, spearheaded the so-
called ‘sophistipop’ movement, alongside
acts like Sade and The Style Council.
As EBTG Tracey and Ben had toured the
world several times, done a good few Top Of
The Pops appearances and had many hit
records before ‘Missing’ crossed over from
the alternative scene into the dance scene
and subsequently hit the UK and US charts.
Massive Attack
Four years before ‘Missing’ was a success,
Massive Attack sent Tracey a backing track
to work on and she wrote the words and
melody that ended up being ‘Protection’
which, ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ aside, is the
best song on the band’s 1994-released
‘Blue Lines’ album.
“If you’d heard the backing track they sent
me you’d laugh. It was so basic; just a few
clicks and beats. It took me a while to think
about how to write a song to it because
there really wasn’t a lot going on there.”
The lyrics on ‘Protection’ are deliciously
melancholic and have made the track a
timeless classic. Tracey also wrote and sang
the words for the equally compelling
Massive Attack track ‘Better Things’, also
on ‘Blue Lines’.
If you listen to either of those songs today
they still sound as fresh as they did when
they first came out over ten years ago.
That’s why it’s hardly surprising that after
a song writing hiatus of seven years Tracey
hasn’t lost her knack for it.
“But I had to make myself start,” she says.
“I hadn’t written anything for so long that I
had to force myself to sit down, make
myself get a notebook out and write
something then not just scribble it out
because it was crap. You just have to force
yourself to keep writing stuff and even if
the first few things are rubbish something
will come out. It’s a bit like making yourself
start your homework. You’ve got to do it.”
Only Punk
Tracey started making music when she was
still at school and living with her mum,
dad, brother and sister in a village near
Hatfield.
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“The thing that got me started was punk,”
she says. “I was a post-punk indie girl. I
was the only punk in the village.”
The first flush of bands that came out in the
wake of punk were the ones that Tracey
started traipsing out to see. Taking in gigs
from bands like the Au Pairs and Junction
Five was what prompted her to get into a
band herself. She learned the guitar then
cut her teeth playing it in a “garagey, post-
punk” outfit called The Stern Bops.
When she outgrew that Tracy took
inspiration from her idols like Lesley Wood
from the Au Pairs and Siouxsie Sioux,
started playing guitar and singing in an all-
girl “naïve indie pop” trio called The Marine
Girls. By the time Tracey was ready to start
university The Marine Girls had been signed
to Cherry Red Records.
“The label had us in some Draconian
contract tying us up for 10 albums for an
advance of 50p or something,” says Tracey.
“Then I went to uni and met Ben who was
also signed to Cherry Red on a similar kind
of deal.”
At the time Ben was making experimental,
electronic solo records.
“He was using drum machines, guitars and
weird space echo effects,” remembers
Tracey. “I was making these funny, naïve,
punky pop records and he was more avant-
garde. But it was such a coincidence being
on the same label. You go to university,
you’re a fish out of water, you don’t know
anyone, you’re looking around for anyone
who might understand you and then on the
first day you meet someone you’ve got all
this in common with.”
Tracey and Ben started making music
together as Everything But The Girl soon
after they met and now, a staggering 26
years later, she admits it could be time for
another Everything But The Girl album.
“I probably look driven from the outside
but the thing is I’m actually quite lazy,”
says Tracey. “I like to take my time. I always
think the most interesting things happen
unexpectedly so I’m just going to wait for
the next thing to happen.”
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 Tripping the light fantastic across the world’s most fabulous dancefloors...

RAVING MAD

Let the
bass drop!
We hit all the juiciest clubs...
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 RAVING MAD
THE CATZ GET THEIR CRÈME
The Cheshire Catz are making a name for themselves with their tasty melanges of
wonky electro, blippy minimal and groove-fuelled house. We join them in France…
T
he best thing about France,”
says Cheshire Cat Dan Gerrett,
as we wait for our desserts on
one of Avignon’s square side
restaurants, “is that they
don’t mess about with your crème brulée.
Lavender, walnuts, blueberries, lemon
grass… every time I order one in England
it’s ruined by some random ingredient.
Don’t fuck with my crème brûlée, dammit…
the less in it the better.”
Sat with Dan, his flame-haired Cat partner
Jon Blonde and tonight’s promoter Simon
Bennett, we’re obviously not here purely to
rue our home nation’s culinary pitfalls. But
the ‘less is more’ idea has played a large
part in their current rise from cult London
underground DJs to globe-trotting electro/
house/minimal hotshots.
“Take things out, stop putting them in,”
explains Dan, as his crème brûlée is laid in
front of him. “When we first started
producing we’d send our tracks to Mike
Monday. For months all he would say was
‘Take things out’. Slowly it clicked. We
realised that you can get so much more
from a track’s key layers if you don’t clutter
it with unnecessary ingredients for the sake
of it.”
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The advice quickly paid off for the Catz. In
November 2005 they set up their Fakt
Records label with Trackitdown’s
entrepreneur Ed Real and their quirky,
bubbling ‘wonkytech’ (their name, not
ours) and funky havin’ it minimal
productions soon found favour with DJs as
disparate as John Acquaviva, Sasha, Evil 9,
Ralph Lawson and Marco V. In the 18
months since, ‘Ringshifter’ (with Black
Russian) has shifted over 5000 units
between MP3 and vinyl, Ninja Tune asked
them to remix Coldcut’s house anthem
‘Walk This Mile’, whilst their major influence
Claude Von Stroke named their blipped out
Timo Garcia collab ‘Dunewalker’ as one of
his tunes of ’06.
All the more impressive, when you consider
Dan and Jon hadn’t even crossed paths
until 2002 when they met at one of Dan’s
Cheshire Street Sessions – the infamous,
debauched house parties he held just off
London’s trendy Brick Lane.
But back to the South of France. Or Avignon
to be precise. Not a place noted for overtly
hedonistic tendencies but an unhurried city
rich in both cultural and religious history.
Wrapped in four kilometres of rising fortress
walls, Avignon’s picturesque cobbled
streets are home to the towering gothic
spires of the Palais Du Papes (once a home
of the Pope), the impressive 12th century
cathedral Notre Dame Des Doms, countless
museums and two café terraced squares.
Nightlife consists of cosy, affordable
restaurants, a boisterous Irish pub and a
couple of smart, trendy bars.
Tonight’s destination, however, is the out-
of-city Le Privé club – the city’s sole outpost
of house and techno. Daft Punk played here
just before exploding ‘Around The World’
whilst Roger Sanchez, Carl Cox, Jeff Mills,
Derrick May and Richie Hawtin are amongst
the other luminaries who’ve appeared. Yet
navigating the maze of unlit provincial
roads, promoter Simon informs us the
crowd isn’t the easiest to lead. Especially
when it comes to more experimental
routes.
Take Josh Wink for starters. Last summer
the legendary US jock inherited a packed
1000-strong dancefloor only to embark on
two hours of indulgent minimal noodling.
By the time he collected his four-figure sum
only 300 stragglers had stayed put.
“Playing places like this can be a bit tricky,”
admits Jon, the boy band look-alike of the
Catz, as we turn swiftly down a winding
dust-trodden track. “As the overseas guest
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you’re being booked to educate the crowd
with fresh, cutting-edge music. But at the
same time you need to be clever in the way
you go about it. You’ve got a responsibility
to keep the punters happy.”
“There’s no point playing too obscure,”
continues his partner Dan. “We like minimal
ideas but it’s at its best when it makes your
bum wiggle. Dance music without funk just
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doesn’t have a point.”
Simon moved to Avignon a couple of years
ago to work in construction. Last time he
brought Dan and Jon over to Le Privé it was
the night after Mr Wink’s ill-fated floor
exodus. Yet the Catz succeeded where the
Ovum man failed. By all accounts, the place
was heaving with wiggling derrières and
word has clearly spread. Still 30 minutes
before opening, there’s a stretching queue
lined up as we arrive. Something of a rarity,
Simon informs us.
Located slap bang in the middle of rural
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AVIGNON, FRANCE
10 things we
learned in
France
1. The passport control at
Marseilles airport is by far the
slowest experience of our life.
2. Jon Blond has a female alter
ego by the name of Poppy Cocks,
which he ‘drags’ out at least
once every six weeks.
3. Exported red wine only gives
us killer hangovers because of
the chemicals put in to preserve
it.
4. Dan Cheshire is not in the
possession of any eyebrows.
5. The French get 15 public
holidays a year compared to our
meagre nine.
6. Not one pizzeria in the
Avignon region delivers on a
Sunday.
7. Former Formula One driver
Jean Alesi was born in Avignon.
8. Avignon is twinned with
England’s first Roman city
Colchester.
9. Between 1309 and 1377
Avignon’s Palais du Papes was
the seat of the Papacy (that’s the
home of the Pope, folks) instead
of Rome’s Vatican City.
10. Although a quintessentially
French dessert, the exact origins
of the crème brulée aren’t clear.
Holland, Spain and even England
have been put forward as
possible starting points.
nowhere, Le Privé itself is like no other club
we’ve encountered. For starters, it’s set
deep in the bowels of a disused quarry –
feeling almost like a rave equivalent of the
bat cave. Book-ended by two neon glowing
bar areas, the sunken dancefloor lurks
underneath a low rock chiselled ceiling,
which not only gives the venue a unique
underground setting (quite literally) but
also suspends 20 feet of solid rock sound
insulation.
At present, though, the system is left in
third gear. For the first two hours music is
barely audible. The crowd is rapidly swelling
yet are treating the dancefloor like shark-
infested custard. Girls are skirting round
one side. Guys have migrated to the other.
The words ‘disco’ and ‘school’ spring to
mind.
Thankfully, things change around 1am. The
speakers are cranked to make room for
resident Benedetto’s funky big room electro
blasts and the dancefloor floods with the
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fashionably late arrivals. Within the space
of about half an hour, the club is so
uncontrollably rammed that movement of
any kind is almost impossible and as the
Catz step up to the plate come 2am the
party hits full throttle.
Playing to the crowd perfectly without
compromising their stock blippy electro-
house, the Catz’ set is a non-stop four-hour
party of naughty wonky-funk basslines,
intensity building drops and quirky
personal productions from their
forthcoming solo label, Catz Muzik. Their
new tribal monster – the awesomely titled
‘Bad Ass African Drums’ with Junior J –
thumps out a formidable warping groove
whilst the timely drop of classics like Daft
Punk’s space-disco funker ‘Around The
World’ and Paolo Mojo’s chic ‘1983’ provide
the hands-in-the-air moments.
Whether they’re grinning like, er, Cheshire
Catz, bantering behind the decks or darting
on to the floor for some mid-set podium
dancing, the pair wholly live up to their
reputation as pure party starters.
Something they’ve built since they cut their
teeth on London’s warehouse scene before
migrating to parties like
Nastydirtysexmusic, where they closed the
main room on NYE 2005.
“We’ve never really understood the moody
DJ thing,” grins Jon, in between some mid-
set shape chucking on the podium. “The
best way to get a party going is to throw
yourself into it and get involved. We’re
clubbers turned DJs more than anything
else. We’re just on a bit of a journey.”
A debauched after-party and a few hours
shut-eye later, and the likeable, down-to-
earth pair are soldiering back out to the
picture-perfect countryside for a studio
session with Le Prive’s resident Benedetto
and his production partner Farina.
A converted farmhouse basked in blue skies
with a cluster of woolly clouds overhead, all
agree it’s the perfect provincial sanctuary
for making music. Simon acts as the
translating go-between initially but the
quartet are soon talking music’s universal
language and a cheeky electro groove is
soon pulsing out of the speakers.
But they need a vocal hook? “Don’t fuck
with my crème brulée,” says Dan. But of
course. *
HIGHLIGHT
The Catz dropping a cheeky
electro remix of Faithless’s
‘Insomnia’ as those anthemic,
unmistakeable melody keys
send the packed crowd wild.
LOWLIGHT
Not being able to move in the
venue for about half an hour.
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GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA!
Y
The mighty mission to travel the globe ou like clubs, right? You
look like you do and that’s
in 80 clubs leads Simon A. Morrison to why, one presumes, you’re
presently snuggled up with
Bulgarian club Yalta this issue… this here magazine. But it’s
not just about discos. The European Union
is a club as well, and our newest party
people are in Romania and Bulgaria. On
1st January 2007 they approached the
rope, the EuroBouncer took one look at
their shoes and decided their name was
down and they were coming in.
And we’re better off for it. Europe is the
continental club to be in, and in any case,
if we don’t stick together we’ll be bullied
off the page by certain other superclubs.
We’ll all end up eating Big Macs and
talking in weird Yank accents. It’s already
happening. Step forward Joss Stone.
DJmag has inelegantly schlepped all over
Eastern Europe but never cuddled up with
Great Uncle Bulgaria. Same as Pete Tong –
it’s also his virgin visit. But all is well.
When DJmag touches down in the capital
Sofia, we are met by a driver who turns out
to double as a psychiatrist (his name is
Miro but in my head he becomes Dr
Spangles), which is serendipitous as the
passenger seat reclines and one is never
too far from a need for urgent
psychological assistance.
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On the drive to the Hilton we take a look
around and it’s fair to say Sofia is a city a
little frayed around the edges. That’s no
disrespect – we are more than aware it’s
been a rough ride for countries behind the
Iron Curtain and the Soviet-era ascetic
aesthetic is still keenly felt in the decrepit
statues in the square, crumbling like grey
teeth and the communist edifice that is
the National Palace of Culture.
But when the sun turns on it illuminates
the city in a new light, with wrap-around
mountains and, in other parts of Sofia,
more baroque architecture. Take the grand
Sofia University and palatial Parliament
building. This area is where the club Yalta
is to be found. Originally opened in 1959,
Yalta was closed for many years and only
refurbished in 2005 to become this
shimmering modern discotheque.
The affable owner, Krassimir Iliev, shows
DJmag around. Turns out he’s basically the
man behind the evolution of dance music
in Sofia – opening the city’s first gay club
(in a Metro station), the first techno club
(in an ice rink) and the city’s coolest bar
(in an unfortunate bit of planning, located
near the American embassy. Every time
they start another war, the bar has to be
shut down for fear of an attack on the
embassy).
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On the ground floor is a chill-out area,
entirely white, sponsored by Nescafé (the
kooky thing about these travels is the
shades of local colour - here, Nescafé is
quite the thing). Upstairs we arrive at a
balcony, which runs the entirety of the
venue, providing for a good circulation of
movement, the punters like disco plasma
passing through the veins of the building.
The booth is constructed so as to be right
on top of the dancefloor and at one end is
the VIP, a smaller bar area. DJmag can tell
it’s the VIP area partly because we’ve
spent a fair bit of time snuffling round a
good few, and partly because the words
VERY IMPORTANT PERSON run around the
walls in big red letters. Jimmy Bell
The front of the club is an enormous
window leering over the wet streets and
the university opposite. We are but
postmodern goldfish swimming around
our disco, as grotesque, alien voyeurs look
in, discussing our diminishing memories
and seratonin levels.
Beneath the balcony is the gladiatorial pit
where all the real sweaty business gets
done, but first there is a press conference.
Such is the interest surrounding Tong’s
arrival there’s a media scrum of TV, radio
and print journalists, who all want a piece
of Pete. While that goes on, DJmag hangs
at the bar, preferring to talk to the club’s
pics: JIMMY ‘THE HAT’
residents – Juan Alvarez, who tends to
warm up, and Liubo Ursiny, who comes on
after the guest - both underrated,
specialised skills. Playing either side of
guests can be complex experience… like
running relay without knowing whether
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you’ll be passed a baton or a bazooka.
These are youthful DJs, this is a growing
scene, and the energy is palpable. And we
need to be careful here – the internet is a
big glass house, and we’re throwing
stones. People overseas pour over
message boards and they are picking up
an attitude in the UK that we’ve seen it,
done it, bought the T-shirt, then bought
the factory where they made the T-shirt
and turned it into a Starbucks. In places
like Eastern Europe… Asia… the scene is
still a young and sprightly model.
Sometimes you can appreciate Mick
Jagger’s libido logic.
Liubo only started DJing three years ago.
After a year he was resident at Yalta. The
progression of the clubscene in Sofia has
been similarly accelerated, as though
someone has sprinkled on some Miracle
Gro. “What’s the scene like?” asks DJmag.
“This is the scene!” Liubo smiles, casting a
hand over Yalta. “Two years ago there was
really no scene like this, just some causal
techno parties but no house music. In the
last two years, a lot of DJs have come as
guests. Now there are no big names who
haven’t come here.”
They’ve jumped through the same hoops –
progressive, tribal, electro, minimal – that
we have, and settled on a similarly elastic
definition of what makes a dancefloor tick.
“Producers are making music that
combines a lot of styles,” Liubo continues.
“For me, it must be for a party… it should
not be annoying and it should have a vibe.
It must be danceable.”
Aye, there’s the rub. What a great word. I
guess dance music should be danceable.
It’s not rocket science, is it? Well, you’d
think not.
Bulgarians are cool as. Contrary to what
the Daily Mail might say, they don’t all
want to hitch over to your High Street and
eat your grandma. Of course there has
been a great migration but it’s a new age
for Bulgaria – progressing gently from
austerity to prosperity and, according to
Liubo, “They are party people. There is a
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new generation of young kids who now
have the minimum age to come in – and
they are fresh. If they are dancing it means
that they are satisfied.”
At night there is a queue around the block
to get into Yalta, even after midnight. The
path to our disco destiny is blocked by a
groovy chick in thick make-up. This is what
they call Face Control. If your face fits,
you’re in.
Juan warms things up nicely before Tong
steps up and it goes off proper. The pit is
packed, people lean over the balcony in
and attempt to reach him, so close they
can almost connect fingers, Michelangelo
style.
Liubo finishes, and on nights when the
likes of Hernan Cattaneo plays, that can be
midday – everyone heading into the pit to
escape the sun’s rays, disco vampires.
This vampire has had his fill of disco blood.
Dr Spangles meets me at the door and
talks reassuringly as we drive back to the
Hilton. The seat reclines… *
TRAVEL TIPS
BULGARIA
GETTING THERE
DJmag flew Czech Airlines, via
Prague. A note about Prague
airport. We got caught there for five
hours. There is a bar, of course, but
they only accept cash, not cards. We
asked about an ATM. There isn’t
one. There is a Bureau de Change
but they only change cash and
won’t advance on a credit card.
ORIENTATION
Sofia is an attractive city to walk
around. On the Sunday morning,
the club’s PR, Anastasia, took
DJmag for a stroll around, in search
of a purveyor of fine wine (and by
that we don’t mean Bulgarian
Country Wine). Otto, Wineforum
and also Vino Bar are very
traditional places.
SLEEPING
The Hilton is at 1 Bulgaria
Boulevard, Sofia 1421 (+359 (0)2
9335000, Reservations.Sofia@
hilton.com, www.hilton.co.uk/
sofia). For more budget places try
www.thebackpacker.net/
travelhostels/bulgaria.
CULTURE
Check out what’s on the National
Palace of Culture at www.ndk.bg.
There’s also the National Gallery,
Sofia City Art Gallery and tourist
sites, such as the Rotunda of St.
George and the “St. Sofia” Church,
dating from the 4th Century BC.
SHOPPING
Sofia has a brand new mall – check
it out a www.sofiaecho.com. Also
check www.mallofsifua.com and
the boutiques down Vitosha
Boulevard, the city’s main
thoroughfare.
BOOZE & GRUB
Plenty of choices – try Opera, a
lounge bar with chill-out music
(113 Georgi Sava Rakovski Str,
opera@mail.bg) or closer to Yalta is
Babbles (22 Tsar Ivan Shishman Str,
www.babbles.tk).
OUTSIDE SOFIA
There is plenty on offer including
Vitosha mountain, Rodopi
mountain (and the most popular
mountain resort, Bansko (www.
banskoski.com). And then there’s
the Black Sea coast, where Yalta
throw parties in the summer. The
most popular modern resorts are
Golden Sands, Sunny Beach and
Albena.
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BREAKSPOLL
RAMS OUT AGAIN…
It’s another rammed midweek breaks rave up at
the sixth Breakspoll awards…
It’s strange to think that the first
Breakspoll took place just six years ago.
The votes count was a modest total that
spiraled out of online forum banter. The
understated ceremony took place at
North London’s Electrowerkz with a few
hundred breaks diehards and industry
heads.
Fast forward to the present and
breakbeat’s annual awards bash has sold
out the cavernous Fabric for the third year
running. Well over 10,000 votes have
been registered worldwide and Radio 1
are beaming live highlights worldwide.
Under normal circumstances school night
clubbing and 6am raves go together like
killer comedowns and paper-stacked
office desks but there are ravers here from
Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield and Leeds.
Most have booked the time off work just
to attend with pockets of international
breakbeat fanatics even making the
pilgrimage from Russia, Spain and even
Australia.
Put simply, it’s the biggest single date on
the international breakbeat calendar.
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With Hyper’s live thrashing breakbeats
erupting across the main stage the place
is properly jumping by 11pm too. Hyper’s
Jim Davies is ripping a metal roar from his
six strings as Leeroy ‘ex-Prodigy’ Thornhill
shouts and marauds across stage,
whipping up the heaving atmosphere for
the imminent awards ceremony.
Once again, they’re hosted by Radio 1’s
breaks crusader Annie Nightingale and
Danny McMillan. And if ’06 was The
Plumps’ year then this time the stage
certainly belongs to Krafty Kuts. Bagging
a smart hat-trick, the Brighton beatfreak
retains his crown as the scene’s most
popular DJ before clinching ‘Best Album’
for last year’s ‘Freakshow’ and the prized
‘Outstanding Contribution’ award.
As the rowdy stage antics subside, Krafty
then proves his worth with a funky,
heavyweight set of pure party breakbeat
before Tayo keeps the energy tanked with
dutty, dubby bass rippers.
Across in room two, a host of
international breakbeat warriors are
flying the flag for their own global
corners. From Russia there’s Lady Waks
l-r: Tom Real, presenter Danny Mac
and Rogue Element
Breakthrough Producers
Groove Diggerz
whilst Mantra’s Italian breaks stallion
Andrea Lai pairs up with Chris Carter.
Miami’s Rico Tubbs and Mexico’s Neztic
have also jetted in especially.
All deliver the goods but the stand-out set
here is a three-way battle between
Bristol’s 30Hz and Mancunian’s Baobinga
and ID. Veering off from the twisted tech
breaks of 30Hz’s ‘Mutton’, their set is a
malevolent, cone-rumbling mix of
stomach-churning bass flips, 4/4 flirting
breaks and - in Paul Maley’s bass belter
‘Champion’ - ragga speed garage. The
place goes off like rave dynamite.
It’s much the same story in the main room
too where the Freestylers are now at the
controls with a jumped up ragga rave
selection. Breaks remixes of Public
Domain’s ‘Operation Blade’ and Blur’s
‘Song 2’ might not win any applause from
the genre purists but there’s no arguing
with another highly-charged rave
explosion. The bass is truly in the place.
So, it’s noted, are a decent wedge of the
underground breakbeat community.
Donning his trademark black beret, Rat
Records’ Deekline is skanking at the back
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of the main floor, rave legends Shut Up &

Dance are waxing lyrical at the bar while
THE DJ’S VERDICT
Functional’s Tom Real and best producer

winner Ben ‘Rogue Element’ celebrate
their dual clinch of best remix.
It says a lot about the scene’s wholesale
lack of pretension that most of its key
figures see Breakspoll as their own chance
to catch up with faces and get down to
some proper raving on the floor.
Taking a trip up to the loft at this early
morning juncture, we realise it’s the first
time we’ve been able to enter the
previously crammed space. Saluting the
residents of breakbeat’s biggest
promotions, the room has already played
host to Chew The Fat’s Paul Arnold and
Merka and Spectrum’s Pete Jordan and
Hexadecimal. We catch Boomslang’s Vigi
and Mr B rock its foundations with
boomerang bass juggernaughts before
catching Napt dropping the final breaks
bombs on a still heaving main room.
TAYO
“I’d always been out of the
country before so this was
somehow my first Breakspoll, but
Fabric is like playing my front
room. All the people I see over
the course of a year were in one
venue and it was great to put
some faces to names and have a
laugh.
“With so many different DJs all
picked to showcase the full
spectrum of breaks, it was
important for me to do
something different but - playing
after Krafty - the only way to
start was with a properly massive
track. I dropped ‘Woppa’ by The
Bassbin Twins and the place went

THE HOUSE THAT

Another year, another rammed out
Breakspoll. Roll on next year is all we’re off. ‘Dutty Bomb’ by me and Care
saying. We’re booking Friday off now. In The Community also took the
ALLAN McGRATH roof off.”

JACK BUILT
US house stars keep the original
house vibe alive at Need 2 Soul…

I
t might be a wet and wild night music. When we say house, we mean
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but that hasn’t deterred crowds
from descending on The Key, in
London’s King’s Cross area for
Need 2 Soul. And it’s not hard to
see why. As the house music lover’s
line-up includes Mr. V, celebrating the
release of his debut Defected album
‘Welcome Home’, and Alix Alvarez -
both flown in from New York especially.
The Key is one of the more glamorous
and comfortable clubs in London with
spacious walkways, an abundance of
comfortable sofas, lots of foliage (a
club essential) and more than enough
mirrors to check that you’re still
looking fabulous. And that’s not to
mention its famous ‘Saturday Night
Fever’ dancefloor.
Upstairs is hosted by the Nuyorkian
duo and it really is all about house
house, y’know the house that Jack
built, before house was disco-filtered
house, before house was electro,
before house was minimal. And so on.
Real, soulful house music with a liberal
dosage of hip-hop attitude. The small
dancefloor is rammed, especially when
Mr. V gets up to belt out a few of the
vocals from his album.
On the lower floor, Robert Owens lays
down more modern house grooves,
getting the crowd moving and
climaxing with an emotionally charged
rendition of his classic ‘I’ll Be Your
Friend’.
A real throwback to the good old days
of house, if you’re sick of this electro
obsession and hanker after some MAW-
style magic, get yourself down to Need
2 Soul. JON NIX

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THE JAM
STILL ROCKS…
Atomic Jam might not be the monthly techno pilgrimage it once
was but it’s still the most nuclear techno rave in the country…
M
uch as Beckham is
never referred to by
his full name any
more, so the ‘Atomic’
part of ‘Atomic Jam’
was surplus to requirements when what
was widely regarded as the best techno
night in Britain was housed in the Que
Club during the 1990s. Then it was simply
known as ‘the Jam’ – a Bacchanalian
carnival of warped beats and warped
revellers that always ended up as twisted
and confusing as the warren of corridors
in that vast Birmingham venue.
However, when the Que club closed in
2003, ‘the Jam’ wandered around various
venues and eventually settled at the
Factory Club, scaling back from monthly
to more sporadic events.
But the question is – like Beckham – now
that they’ve transferred from the place
where they made their name, can they
still keep hold of their home fans’
affections?
Well, one thing is notable even before we
arrive. When we’re discussing the night in
the pub with some people beforehand no-
one’s talking about going to ‘the Jam’ –
instead it’s “going to see Dave Clarke at
the Factory”.
This is a mixed signal since ‘the Jam’ was
always a team effort rather than being
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about one star player – in fact, even when
it was Sven Väth or Jeff Mills spinning, the
DJs were always secondary to the sheer
lunacy of the crowd.
And when we do get there the only vestige
of the festival vibe that used to prevail
here is one bloke juggling by the pool.
Although it’s still absolutely packed, this
crowd are obviously here primarily for the
music rather than the randomness of ‘the
Jam’ of yore.
However, on this score Atomic Jam still
definitely delivers. The fact that there are
only two rooms rather than four for them
to play with at their new home means
they’ve had to do away with the deep
house and breaks rooms and focus on the
techno and drum & bass that were always
the main musical draws anyway. And still
no club manages to make such a happy
atmosphere out of such moody music as
these guys.
The darkside drum & bass spun by Pace
and Fallout is frantic enough, but the
feeling in the main techno room is
absolutely electric throughout Phil
Kieran’s set. He starts with some banging
house before turning up the tech and
climaxing with the brilliantly ballsy
electronic rock & roll of ‘We Have Control’
from his own Alloy Mental project.
Dave Clarke
And by the time Dave Clarke appears in
front of a crowd chorusing his name and
delivers a suckerpunch set of taut
electronic aggression, it’s clear that –
although most people here don’t seem to
remember ‘the Jam’ as it was – tonight
they’re too hyped up to care anyway.
Atomic Jam might be a different beast
these days, but they’ve still got their
teeth. PAUL CLARKE
THE DJ’S VERDICT
PHIL KIERAN
“I can’t fault it, really. I’ve played
here live with Alloy Mental before
but this was my first time DJing
and everything from the set-up to
the crowd was perfect. It was as
good as you’d expect from its
reputation.
“Some people expect me to play a
bit harder and faster when I’m out
but I find that if you just stick
your ground you can win people
pics PAUL UNDERHILL
over with something new. There
are only a few clubs, like Fabric,
Pressure and Shine, where you
don’t have to worry that what
you’re going to play is going to go
over people’s heads and Atomic
Jam definitely belongs on that
list.”
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 RAVING MAD
LiSTiNGS
Clubland is truly alive and kicking
with some brilliant nights over the
next fortnight catering for all tastes.
Our Raving Mad Listings section
aims to keep you rave monkeys up-
to-date with what’s on in your area.
Check here for who’s playing, where
and when and start planning your
weekends now!
SCOTLAND
iRELAND
WEST & WALES
SOUTH & EAST
SOUTH & EAST
THURSDAY
15/3
THE PRIORY
THE FEZ
MARKET PASSAGE, CAMBRIDGE
Disco delirous? Hedonism
junkie? Time to book yourself a
night in at The Priory. Marine
Parade’s Evil 9 this week so
probably best to book Friday
morning off work too.
10pm – 3am £7/£6 b4
midnight/£5 b4 11pm
george@priorynights.com
FRIDAY
16/3
DELETE
DUSK TIL DAWN
OLD CHRISTCHURCH RD,
BOURNEMOUTH
Micro-house pioneer Akufen
brings years of freaky
minimalising experience to
Delete this month. James Hill
and Paul Goodman drop party
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NORTH
MiDLANDS
LONDON
beats of all forms in the Eclectic
Lounge.
10pm – 6am £7 adv
www.deletetechno.com
TECHNOSIS
THE EMPIRE CLUB
HOLDENHURST RD,
BOURNEMOUTH
Giving Bournemouth’s
underground scene a much
needed fist up the ass,
Technosis brings a new psy-
trance, techno and breaks
session to the city. Antiworld
resident Suktehk and Jason
Swales drop the bubbling
basslines and techno.
10pm – 4am £5
www.technosisdjs.co.uk
THE ZAP 22ND
BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATIONS
THE ZAP
KINGS RD ARCHES, BRIGHTON
Zap celebrate 22 years of
decadent coastal debauchery
with local favourites and Zap
legends past and present. Rock
on.
11pm – 4am £15/£12
www.thezapclub.co.uk
TRU THOUGHTS
STEP UP
AUDIO
MARINE PARADE, BRIGHTON
Rob Luis’s jazz-flecked crew
bring their soulful vibes to
Audio. Bellaruche play live.
11pm – 4am £8/£7 NUS
www.audiobrighton.com
UNKOOL
THE BUDDHA LOUNGE
KINGS RD ARCHES, BRIGHTON
French robot rock, British fidget
house, Swedish electronic funk
and nu rave inspire after-hours
mayhem.
3am – 8am £8/£5
info@obviouslymedia.co.uk
SATURDAY
17/3
DESTINY VERSUS
THC
THE OLD FIRESTATION
BOURNEMOUTH
Titanic rave battle with all the
usual bosh fiends and hardcore
monkeys. Hixxy, Darren Styles,
Sy, Vibes… the same names that
have been on the lurid A4 flyers
for the past 389 years.
9pm – 4am £14/£11 adv
www.destinyfm.com
www.djmag.com
DRUMFUNK MEETS
MOVEMENT
THE CONSORTIUM BAR
RICHMOND ST, BOURNEMOUTH
It’s a d&b ram out on the South
Coast. Ruff Stuff, Utah Jazz,
Transit Mafia and Judda & Deep
all provide the dubs, drops and
beelines.
9pm – 4am £6/£5 adv
www.movement.co.uk
INITIATION
THE LOFT
GABRIELS HILL, MAIDSTONE
SOUTH & EAST
TOP NIGHT
17/03
ECLIPSE
THE JUNCTION
CLIFTON WAY, CAMBRIDGE
The ultimate old skool reunion,
the legendary Eclipse returns
with a truly inventive line-up.
Mr C, 808 State, Shades Of
Rhythm (live), Fabio and Ellis
Dee for starters. Acid house all
night long in room two as the
Summer of Love gets its second
coming.
10pm – 4am £12.50
www.thejunction.co.uk
Old skool legend Darren Jay is
this week’s guest with a two-
hour Atomics’ set. Bassbin
detonation guaranteed. House
grooves upstairs.
9pm – 3am £5/£3 b4 11pm
www.initiationdnb.co.uk
JUNK BOX
THE ZAP
KINGS RD ARCHES, BRIGHTON
It’s funky chunky electro as Tim
Priestley, Audiojack, De Puta
Madre and Vince Frimpong twist
our melons.
11pm – 4am £15/£12
www.thezapclub.co.uk
MONKEY
THE GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER PLACE, BRIGHTON
City favourites spin a sexy blend
of nu electro and pumping filthy
vocal house. Cheap drink deals
keep your wallet smiling.
10.30 pm – 4am £9/£7 b4
midnight/£5 NUS
NICK BRIDGES
FEZ
MARKET PASSAGE, CAMBRIDGE
Ministry of Sound ressie Nick
Bridges continues his monthly
Bridge residency with house,
electro and tech grooving
naughtiness.
10pm – 3.30am £8/£6
vip@cambridgefez.com
RANDOM
THE MANOR CLUB
NEW RD, CHATHAM
Much-needed Kent house night.
For their second party, the
Random crew invite ex-Big
Brother lovely Kate Lawler and
Jonathan Ulysses along for a
ride. Resident Tristan Ingram
completes the line-up.
8.30pm – 2am £10
www.myspace.com/
randomclubnights
SATURDAY NIGHT
SESSIONS
THE FUNKTION ROOMS
PEVENSEY RD, EASTBOURNE
Three rooms of classics, hip-hop
and soulful house. Head to
room three where Paul Hillyer
will be dropping upfront house
anthems.
10pm – 4am £8/£7 adv/£6
NUS b4 11.30pm
www.funktionrooms.com
SEVEN SINS
HONEYCLUB
KINGS RD, BRIGHTON
Dusted’s house demon Oliver
Lang and tech-trance star
Roland Van Gelderen are
bringing the main room sounds
this week. Simon Mitchell and
Adam spin electro in the
Honeybar whilst Rude Grooves
drop funky house in the
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boudoir. There’s r&b in the
White Room. But we’ll give that
a miss.
10pm – 4am £12/£8 b4
11pm
www.thehoneyclub.com
SOCIALEYES
ISHA
RICHMOND RD, KINGSTON-
UPON-THAMES
Dirty electro, jackin’ house and
a smidgen of breaks. Robin Ball
and guests are behind the
decks.
8pm – 2am £5/£free b4 9pm
www.socialeyes.com
STOMPAPHUNK
AUDIO
MARINE PARADE, BRIGHTON
Riton and Ben Fat Trucker check
into this long-running house,
electro and techno party.
11pm – 4am £10/£8/£6
www.stompaphunk.co.uk
SUNDAY
18/3
CASH QUEEN
KOOKLUB
THE SAVOY CENTRE, BRIGHTON
Friendly Sunday night special.
Mick Fuller and Dulcie Danger
spin soulful vocal house.
10.30 pm – 3am £7/£5 b4
11pm
www.kooklub.co.uk
WEDNESDAY
21/3
SUPERCHARGED
AUDIO
MARINE PARAGE, BRIGHTON
Eddy Temple-Morris welds punky
guitar attitude, raw breakbeat
thrusts and dirty bass bombs.
Skool Of Thought is also in
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attendance. Book Thursday off
now. Or rack up another sickie.
10pm – 2.30am £5/£4
NUS/£3 b4 11pm
www.superchargedmusic.com
FRIDAY
23/3
INITIATION
THE LOFT
GABRIELS HILL, MAIDSTONE
Dark soldier Ray Keith drops two
hours of pure d&b belters at this
solid d&b weekly.
9pm – 3am £5/£3 b4 11pm
www.initiationdnb.co.uk
KILL ’EM ALL
THE JUNCTION
CLIFTON WAY, CAMBRIDGE
Erol Alkan, Filthy Dukes,
Hadouken (live) and Riotous
Rockers smash down the genres
and give it to us filthy with
plenty of rock-ridden attitude.
The Priory DJs do their thing in
room two.
9pm - 4am £10/£9 adv/£7
NUS
www.naturalbornravers.com
TRU THOUGHTS
AUDIO
MARINE PARADE, BRIGHTON
Rob Luis’s jazz-flecked crew
bring their soulful vibes to
Audio. Bellaruche play live.
11pm – 4am £8/£7 NUS &
concs
www.audiobrighton.com
SATURDAYS AT FEZ
THE FEZ
MARKET PASSAGE, CAMBRIDGE
Uplifting vocal house with
Liquid People’s Dan Smith.
10pm – 3.30am £8/£6
vip@cambridgefez.com
THE GETAWAY
OCEAN ROOMS
MORLEY ST, BRIGHTON
Free floors of hard house,
hardcore, old skool and electro.
Kevin Energy, Billy Bunter, K
Complex and Mark Ashley all
bring their varied bosh-friendly
beats to this new South Coast
promotion.
10pm – 6am £10/£8 b4
11pm/£7 adv
www.the-getaway.net
SATURDAY
24/3
AUTOPSY
THE VOLKS
MADERIA DRIVE, BRIGHTON
Darkside d&b for the proper
headz. Audio, Donny, Verb and
Raw are just some of the fiends
dropping the bass malevolence.
10pm – 4am £7
www.volksclub.co.uk
BORN TO DANCE
FUNKTION ROOMS
EASTBOURNE
Born to dance? Then step
through to this wicked little
house, electro and club classics
party.
10pm – 4am £8/£7
www.borntodance.com
FRONT OF HOUSE
THE ZAP
KINGS RD ARCHES, BRIGHTON
Funky electro shenanigans.
11pm – 5am £10/£8 b4
midnight
www.zapclub.co.uk
MONKEY
THE GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER PLACE, BRIGHTON
Electro and house shindig with
seriously appealing drinks
deals.
10.30 pm – 4am £9/£7 b4
midnight/£5 NUS
NATURAL BORN
RAVERS
THE JUNCTION
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CLUB LiSTiNGS
CLIFTON WAY, CAMBRIDGE
Hardcore monkeys and UV
junkies pump their pistons and
shake their glowsticks to Sy,
Dougal, Darren Styles and a
host of other cheesy rave
peddlers.
9pm -6am £18/£16/£13
www.naturalbornravers.com
SATURDAY NIGHT
SESSIONS
THE FUNKTION ROOMS
PEVENSEY RD, EASTBOURNE
Tribal Grooves return with their
deep, dirty house and electro
sound.
10pm – 4am £8/£7 adv/£6
NUS b4 11.30pm
www.funktionrooms.com
SEVEN SINS
HONEYCLUB
KINGS RD, BRIGHTON
Scratch master Eddie Halliwell is
KXPro Series
the big room puller this week at
this ever-reliable weekly.
10pm – 4am £15/£12
www.thehoneyclub.com
STOMPAPHUNK
AUDIO
MARINE PARADE, BRIGHTON
Bristolian loonbags Deepgroove
bring their slick electro and
house sounds to this legendary
party.
11pm – 4am £10/£8/£6
www.stompaphunk.co.uk
KXR Series
WEDNESDAY
28/3
SUPERCHARGED
AUDIO
MARINE PARAGE, BRIGHTON
TCR’S bald breaks destroyer
Rennie Pilgrem is this week’s
guest.
10pm – 2.30am £5/£4
NUS/£3 b4 11pm KXS Series
www.superchargedmusic.com
KXT Series
KCA Series
FOR ALL YOUR AMP NEEDS
Kam have five different amplifier ranges to suit all
your audio requirements • First we have the high
powered professional KXPro Series • Secondly we
have the high quality pro KXR Series • Thirdly we have
the compact power switching KXS Series • Next we
have the 3 channel pro KXT Series • Finally we have
the high quality but low cost KCA Series
www.kam.co.uk
email: info@kam.co.uk
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LONDON
THURSDAY
15/3
DISCOTEC
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
A cosmopolitan mixed/gay
night for beautiful boys and
gorgeous gals. This week
Stewart Who?, Ben Parkes and
Mikey D play uplifting house in
the main room.
10pm – 4am £6/£4 NUS
www.theendclub.com
FORMULA CITY
TABERNACLE
TABERNACLE ST, EC2A
Funky house drink-up. Lucy
Arrowsmith is this week’s guest.
10pm – 2am £5/£3 members
www.formulapromotions.com
MOVEMENT
BAR RUMBA
36 SHAFTESBURY AVE, W1D
The longest running d&b weekly
in the capital.
8pm – 3.30am £7/£6
NUS/£4 b4 10pm/Free b4
9pm or girls b4 11pm
www.movement.co.uk
NU BRAZIL
GUANABARA
PARKER ST, WC2B
Joining John Armstrong,
Driving Me Crazy rock their
nine-piece assemblage of sexy
house grooves, South American
and jazzy soulful harmonies.
8pm – 2.30am £5
www.guanabara.com
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SWEET 45S
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
D&b legend MC Det turns DJ for
the night and digs through his
favourite records and defining
tracks.
9pm – 2am £free
www.herbaluk.com
FRIDAY
16/3
BACKDROP
THE JAMM
261 BRIXTON RD, SW9
Rare chance to check d&b and
hip-hop legend Adam F in an
intimate London venue. Reggae,
old skool and dubstep in the
comfortable bar area.
9pm – 6am £8/£5 b4 11pm
www.brixtonjamm.org
CHIBUKU SHAKE
SHAKE
FABRIC
CHARTERHOUSE ST, EC1
Scouse breaks, d&b and hip-hop
fiends Chibuku swing south to
shake Fabric up. Mark Ronson,
Sway (live), Scratch Perverts,
Andy C and Fabio get us sweaty
over three rooms.
9.30pm – 5am £15/£12
www.fabriclondon.com
EPIDEMIK
MINISTRY OF SOUND
103 GAUNT ST, SE1
Old skool jocks trundle out the
anthems as Shut Up & Dance,
The Ratpack and Kenny Ken all
dust down their records. Hell,
even Kicks Like A Mule (‘The
Bouncer’) are wheeled out. Nu
skool breaks in the Baby Box,
house classics in the bar.
10.30pm – 6.00 am £10/
motd
www.epidemik.com
FICTION
THE CROSS
GOODS YARD, KINGS CROSS, N1
Fresh from their seventh
birthday celebrations, Fiction
keeps rockin’ with more
polysexual house and electro
frolics.
11pm – 5am £15/£10 NUS
www.thecross.co.uk
FFWD
PLASTIC PEOPLE
CURTAIN RD, EC2
Tubby and Scientist join
residents at London’s birthplace
of dubstep.
10.30pm – 3am £7
HOSPITALITY
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
London Elektricity, Zero
Tolerance, Bungle and MC
Ruthless delivering d&b to a
more mature breed of raver.
9pm – 2am £8/£5
www.herbaluk.com
LADO B
GUANABARA
PARKER ST, WC2B
Samba, nu jazz and dirty
electronic funk. Live roots and
carnival flavours come from
Salvador act Tribo Ere
Afrosamba.
9pm – 3am £8
www.guanabara.com
www.djmag.com
LONDON
TOP NIGHT
24/03
PARTY PROACTIVE
TURNMILLS
63B CLERKENWELL RD, EC1
One of London’s most talked
about parties, Party Proactive
are fast nurturing one of the
friendliest, most clued-up
crowds in the capital. With
line-ups like this it’s little
surprise. Greek techno demon
Alex Karakasis, Israeli psy-
trance vixen Dali and Trade
legend Pete Wardman keep
things tough in the main room.
Brique Rouge’s Fafa Monteco
joins Johnny Arthur and Queen
Maxine for electro, minimal
and breaks in T2, whilst
Fundamental invite four-deck
master Max Cooper to rock the
third room. Get down and see
what all the fuss is about.
10pm – 6am £14 adv/£16
conc./£18 OTD
NO REST FOR THE
WICKED
RHTYHM FACTORY
WHITECHAPEL RD, E1
First in a new monthly series of
live d&b all-nighters. This time
round, Sion and Step 13 are on
stage with deck support coming
from Double 0 and Mantra.
10pm – 6am £8/£6/£5
www.rhythmfactory.co.uk
STOMPA PHUNK
THE KEY
LAZERS RD, KINGS CROSS, N1
Brighton’s finest launch up the
A23 for their new monthly
residency. NYC’s Metro Area,
Caged Baby, Ben Fat Trucker and
Orbital oldie Phil Hartnoll play.
Should be a good ’un.
10pm – 6am £10/£8 adv
www.thekeylondon.com
THE BIG REWIND
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Travel back in time (not
literally) with the Renegade
Hardware crew as they roll back
the years to jungle’s glory days.
Hype, Nicky Blackmarket,
Darren Jay, Ray Keith, Devious D
and Bryan Gee all play. Dubstep
riddims in the lounge with
Hatcha and co.
10pm – 6am £14/12
www.theendclub.com
THE GALLERY
TURNMILLS
63B CLERKENWELL RD, EC1
Mauro Picotto’s ‘Now and Then’
album launch so expect funky,
chunky techno and minimal/
electro. Marco V, Matt Hardwick
and Gareth Emery add their
colours to the main room
spectrum as the Going Places
crew take over T2.
10.30pm – 7am £15/£10
www.turnmills.co.uk
WE LOVE PACHA
PACHA
TERMINUS PLACE, VICTORIA,
SW1
If you like funky house and fit
girls then you will like this too.
10pm – 5am £15/£12.50 adv
www.pachalondon.co.uk
SATURDAY
17/3
BUGGED OUT
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Always pushing back the
boundaries, Bugged Out return
to The End with a Hot Chip DJ
set, Erol Alkan, Sinden, Noze
(live) and the brilliantly leftfield
Bodenstandig 2000.
10pm – 7am £17/£12 NUS
www.theendclub.com
FABRIC
FABRIC
CHARTERHOUSE ST, EC1
Fabric invite Get Physical’s
M.A.N.D.Y over the river as Craig
Richards, Jesse Rose and Terry
Francis add some deck support.
10pm – 7am £16/£12 NUS
www.fabriclondon.com
GLITTERATI
PACHA
TERMINUS PLACE, VICTORIA,
SW1
More glam funky house dress-
ups at Pacha. No trainers
allowed. But if you want to look
like a prize tit in a pair of beige
loafers then be their guest.
10pm – 5am £20/£15 adv
www.pachalondon.co.uk
CHEMICAL
WARFARE
SEONE
LONDON BRIDGE, SE1
Techno and d&b at their most
fearsome with Marko Nastic,
D.A.V.E. The Drummer, Noisia
and DJ Hazard.
10pm – 7am £18
www.mfmsound.com
HALO
THE CROSS
YORK WAY, KINGS CROSS, N1
Halo fill the intimate, decadent
arches of The Cross with three
rooms of deep electro/minimal,
jackin’ electro-house and
soulful funky stuff. Ninja
Cowboys, Jason Sears and Tim
Criminale.
10pm – 6am £15 adv/motd
www.halopromo.com
PLATFORM 12
THE KEY
LAZERS RD, KINGS CROSS, N1
Third birthday for meaty breaks
bash with Stanton Warriors,
Koma & Bones, A. Skillz and
more. Check it.
10pm – 6am £12/£10 adv
www.platform12music.co.uk
PROMISED
MEDICINE BAR
89 GREAT EASTERN ST,
SHOREDITCH, EC2A
Dave Spoon guests alongside
Shuey Aurora, Joey P, Georgeos
and Saul Bliss.
9pm – £10
www.medicinebar.net
THE KEY OF LIFE
HIDDEN
TINWORTH ST, VAUXHALL, SE11
One of Vauxhall’s more
welcoming establishments
(read no wretches or squalid
drug dealers), Hidden hosts two
rooms of pumping house,
electro and breaks. Indie rock
and punk in the third.
10pm – 6am £12/£8 NUS
www.thekeyoflife.com
SPIRITUAL SOUTH
GUANABARA
PARKER ST, WC2B
Underground samba-fied house
and live South American-
inspired acts.
9pm – 3am £8
www.guanabara.com
SOUL II SOUL
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
Jazzie B and the Funki Dreads
bringing good vibes, soulful
beats and funky treats. Natty.
9pm – 2am £10
www.herbaluk.com
SUBLIMINAL
MINISTRY OF SOUND
103 GAUNT ST, SE1
It’s Erick Morillo’s birthday! Go
stand in front of the decks and
sing ‘Happy Birthday’ at the top
of your voice during his all-
night set in the Box. He’d really
love it. Mark Wilkinson and
Janette Slack do their ‘Kidology’
thing in the bar. And no, that’s
not what it is, you sicko.
11pm – 7am £20/£15 NUS
www.ministryofsound.com
TICKLED PINK &
GOOD LIFE
SIN
CHARING CROSS RD, WC2H
Flamboyant, dressed-up
Playboy-themed carry-on that
boasts three rooms of electro-
tech house (whatever that is),
dirty pumping house and deep
tech-soul house. And the most
creative imaginary house sub-
genres we’ve heard for a while.
10pm – 6am £15/£12
www.tickledpinknite.com
SUNDAY
18/3
GRACE
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
Pendulum are in town so make
sure you are too. Heavy.
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9pm – 2am £5/£3 b4 11pm
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JADED
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Take one of the capital’s most
popular after-parties, add
probably the best main room in
London and serve with a Sunday
morning dose of pure wrong.
Simon Morell, Raymundo
Rodriguez and guests deliver
electro, house and minimal.
6am – 1pm £12/£8 cons
www.theendclub.com
SUPERFREQ
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Mr C and Dollz At Play are joined
by Tobi Neumann this Sunday.
10pm – 4am £10/£5
www.theendclub.com
REDLIGHT
AFTERHOURS
DEPARTURE
CRUTCHED FRIARS, EC2
More morning wrongness with
Terry Hart, Mazzy and James
Priestley.
3am – 11am
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TWIST
CRASH
66 GODING ST, VAUXHALL,
SE11
Bosh it, drop it and bash it to
hard NRG in the depths of
Vauxhall.
6am -12pm £10/£8 flyer
www.twistclub.co.uk
UNA TOSTADA
JAMM
261 BRIXTON ROAD, SW9
More maximal and minimal
Sunday morning fun.
7am – 2pm £7/£5 b4 8am
WRONG
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
Post-Jaded crack for those old
enough to know better but
probably never will. Everything
from electro and house to disco
and pop over two rooms.
12pm – 9pm £10/£6
members/£5 cons
www.herbaluk.com
ZOMBIES ATE MY
BRAIN
54
54 COMMERCIAL ST, E1
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Brain-eating Zombies get down.
5am – noon £10/£5 flyer
MONDAY
19/3
DURRR
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Don’t let your weekend end…
get on down to Durrr and wig
out to Rory Philips, The Lovely
Jonjo and Matt Irwin’s eclectic
genre-hopping mash-ups. The
new Trash, basically.
10pm – 3am £6/£5 b4 11pm
www.theendclub.com
TUESDAY
20/3
THE PLAYERS
AKA
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Jim Wood, Jafar and Jonny Rock
spin house, electro and techno
to mid-week stop-outs.
10pm – 4am £5/£Free b4
11pm
www.theendclub.com
WEDNESDAY
21/3
SWERVE
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Fabio with the soulful d&b.
10.30pm – 3.00am £6/£3
NUS or b4 11.30pm
www.theendclub.com
THERAPY
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
Germany’s Phace, Holland’s
Tyson and USA’s SPL represent
at this mid-week international
d&b fest.
9pm – 2am £5/£2.50 b4
10pm
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THURSDAY
22/3
DISCOTEC
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Kesner Kidd, Fem B b2b Luke
Hope with MC Crystal.
10pm – 4am £6/£4 NUS and
cons
www.theendclub.com
FORMULA CITY
TABERNACLE
TABERNACLE ST, EC2A
Funky house fans kick the
weekend off early with Rob
Marmot and residents.
10pm – 2am £5/£3 members
www.formulapromotions.com
MOVEMENT
BAR RUMBA
36 SHAFTESBURY AVE, W1D
Bryan Gee and friends work up a
d&b sweat week on week. Solid.
8pm – 3.30am £7/£6
NUS/£4 b4 10pm/free b4
9pm or girls b4 11pm
www.movement.co.uk
SWEET 45s
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
Like Desert Island Discs but with
junglists and bass heads rather
than literary musos and high-
brow intelligentsia. Last week it
was Det. This time it’s his DJ
partner Brockie dusting the
cobwebs from his classics.
9pm – 2am £free
www.herbaluk.com
FRIDAY
23/3
BALANCO
GUANABARA
PARKER ST, WC2B
Rainy City Music producer
Franco drops by. Five-piece
outfit Mandinga drop live samba
dance grooves with drops of
funk and rock.
9pm – 2.30am £8
www.guanabara.com
BAR KNOWLEDGE
CAFÉ 1001
BRICK LANE, E1
D&b in its more mellower forms.
DJ Kid, DC Breaks, DJ Samurai
and Kryptic drop the soulful
breakbeat rollers.
8pm – midnight £Free
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FABRIC LIVE
FABRIC
CHARTERHOUSE ST, EC1
Another faultless Friday night
Fabric line-up to make your hips
rock and your shoulders brock.
Switch, Zinc, Tayo and Hyper
amongst the highlights.
DDX5000
Very high torque professional turntable
9.30pm – 5am £12/£10 NUS Weighing in at 11kgs with a massive 4.8 kg/cm
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torque motor and low resonance metal chassis,
FFWD this is a beast of deck for professionals only.
PLASTIC PEOPLE
CURTAIN RD, EC2
Skank out to Pinch and Hijak’s
fractured rhythms and dubbed
turntables
out basslines.
10.30pm – 3am £7
www.ilovefwd.com
MELISMA
PRESENTS SESSION
1: GERMANY
GRAMAPHONE
60-62 COMMERCIAL STREET,
EC1
New night aiming to bring the
cream of International
electronics to London. Falko
Brocksieper, Soulphiction and
Dirk Rumpff bring the sound of
Germany to Shoreditch.
10pm -6am £7
www.groovemelisma.net
MY FAIRY TALE
PACHA
TERMINUS PLACE, VICTORIA,
SW1
Glam funky house all the way.
Perfect pulling den.
10pm – 5am £15/£12.50 adv
www.pachalondon.co.uk
FICTION
THE CROSS
GOODS YARD, KINGS CROSS, N1
One of London’s best kept DDX4000 USB
clubbing secrets, Fiction’s Stylish battle ready pro deck with USB
polysexual clubbing circus is
loadsa fun. Convert all your vinyl to MP3 by simply connecting
11pm – 5am £15/£10 NUS this feature packed USB deck to a computer and using
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the FREE software. Also includes phono and line outputs.
FUNKIN FILTH
HIDDEN
TINWORTH ST, VAUXHALL, SE11
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LA BOMBA
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MINISTRY OF SOUND
103 GAUNT ST, SE1
www.kam.co.uk
La sexy bomba! It’s a Latino
house love-in with Slip ‘n’
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Slide’s Klubb Latino, Soulshaker
and Christian Larssen. DJ
Buddah and chums get down
with reggaeton grooves in the
bar whilst Tropicana Promotions
host the Baby Box.
10.30pm – 6am £15/£10 adv
www.ministryofsound.com
PLAYTIME
THE KEY
LAZER RD, GOODS YARD, KINGS
CROSS, N1
Mason, Big Daddy and
2Phunked Up join Mike Monday
and his merry band of residents
this month.
10pm – 5am £13/£10
www.thekeylondon.com
THANK FUCK IT’S
FRIDAY
CHARTERHOUSE
CHARTERHOUSE ST, EC1
Jonathan George and Giovanni
play soul, funk, house, hip-hop
and Latin. Fancy dress
encouraged but most likely
you’ll stick out like a sore thumb
and look like a numpty if you do.
8pm – 3.30am £5/£Free b4
10pm
www.charterhousebar.co.uk
THE GALLERY
TURNMILLS
63B CLERKENWELL RD, EC1
It’s girls, girls, girls at The
Gallery this week as Lisa Lashes
takes over for a three-hour set
in the main room, supported by
techno vixen Lucca, Germany’s
Sandra Flyn and Tasha
Chamberlain. In T2 Dumb
Blonde Anne Savage does her
breaks thang, whilst Prehab
check into room three for their
monthly session.
10.30pm – 7am £15/£10
members & NUS
DJ MARKY &
FRIENDS
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
It’s another samba-sizzled
marathon from the legendary
Marky. This week he’ll be joined
by Metalheadz legend Storm
whilst Rage and Verse
compliment things. Seigi, Alex
Phounzi and MC MG take control
in the lounge. Cooking.
10pm – 6am £15/£13 NUS
www.theendclub.com
SATURDAY
24/3
BE GOOD
THE WHITEHOUSE
65 CLAPHAM PARK RD,
CLAPHAM
The Whitehouse has had a major
re-fit but the vibe remains the
same. Funky house, ‘beautiful
people’, saxophonists… you
know the sort of thing.
9pm – 4am £10/£7 b4 11pm
www.thewhitehouselondon.
co.uk
BOBBY & STEVE
PRESENTS…
HERBAL
KINGSLAND RD, E2
The Garage City legends invite
Paul Trouble Anderson and
Funkie P to spin US-slanted
house and disco-fried belters.
9pm – 3am £10/£7 b4 11pm
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DDD
MINISTRY OF SOUND
103 GAUNT ST, SE1
DDD take over the Ministry for a
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underground electronics that’ll
keep the girls and boys happy.
Dan Ghenacia, DJ Terry, Simon
Baker and Simon Morrell all
play. Don’t forget to head into
the bar to check out electro
poppers Hot Chip on a DJ
mission.
11pm – 7am £15
www.ministryofsound.com
FABRIC
FABRIC
CHARTERHOUSE ST, EC1
It’s a 20:20 special with Ralph
Lawson and Spirit Catcher live.
Clone Records host room two
with I-F, Serge and Pamatex.
10pm – 7am £16/£12 NUS &
members
www.fabriclondon.com
GLOBAL BEATS
GUANABARA
PARKER ST, WC2B
Hackney globetrotter Russ
Jones spins world music, d&b
and ‘nu gypsy music’. Or nu
skool pikey-step as it is also
known.
8pm – 2.30 am £8
www.guanabara.com
‘AS ONE’ PRESENTS
LAURENT GARNIER
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
Not one to miss. French techno
genius Laurent Garnier will
weave one of his magical all-
night journeys like only he can.
As if that wasn’t enough to sink
your rave dentures into, there’s
a Loose Cannons DJ set in the
lounge, whilst the Sancho
Panza crew take over AKA. If you
only go The End once this year
make it this night.
10pm – 7am £17/£12 NUS
www.theendclub.com
HAT CLUB
THE KEY
LAZER RD, KINGS CROSS, N1
Don your silliest/funkiest/
gaudiest headwear for this fun
off-the-wall house shindig.
Jason Herd, Filthy Rich and
Tania Von Pear all keep the hat
loons happy.
10pm – 7am £13
www.hat-club.com
HED KANDI
PACHA
TERMINUS PLACE, VICTORIA,
SW1
Hed Kandi’s end of month
funkathon.
10pm – 5am £20
www.pachalondon.co.uk
THIS WAY UP
QUEEN MARY SHIP
WATERLOO PIER, WC2R
Moored dubstep and d&b
rumblings with Calyx, State of
Mind, Apex and Rivalry.
8pm – 3am £9/£8 b4 11pm
inoise@ruserecords.co.uk
SUNDAY
25/3
DIG YOUR OWN
RAVE
T-BAR
56 SHOREDITCH HIGH ST, E1
Weekly Sunday wrongness.
6pm – midnight £Free
www.tbarlondon.com
JADED
THE END
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
So the Jaded crew have upped
MiDLANDS
sticks and headed west to The DURRR
End. It’s a match made in THE END
heaven .Get down for some WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A
after-hours wrongness. It’s the Carrying the spirit of Trash, it’s
official DDD after-hours so get more genre-blasting pop/rock/
ready for some carnage. indie/dance fun on a Monday. THURSDAY Arnold and Grimrizzla.
6am – 1pm
www.theendclub.com
Rory Philips, The Lovely Jonjo
and Matt Irwin play. Bands tbc
in the lounge.
15/3 11pm - 5am £tbc
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comeupcomedown
REDLIGHT 10pm – 3am £6/£5 b4 11pm
AFTERHOURS www.theendclub.com SPECTRUM PRODUCT
DEPARTURE DOGMA STEALTH
CRUTCHED FRIARS, EC2 FAIRFAX ST, COVENTRY GOLDSMITH ST, NOTTINGHAM
It’s Jnr J, Jo Mills and Trailer TUESDAY More mid-week breaks, beats Paul Woolford, Leftroom’s Matt
Trash’s Mikki Most this Sunday
morning. .
3am – 11am
27/3 and bass from the Spectrum
crew. Student-heavy crowd all
getting down.
Tolfrey, Rez, Chris Wan and Plus
20.
10pm – 5am £10 adv
telsworld@yahoo.com 10pm – 2am £free www.stealthattack.com
THE PLAYERS www.spectrum48k.com
SUPERFREQ AKA
AKA BAR WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A SATURDAY
WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1
Cough, cough, splutter,
splutter… we can feel that
It’s the Stereobitches’ turn to
rock our socks.
10pm – 4am £5/£Free b4
FRIDAY
16/3 17/3
Monday morning flu coming on. 11pm
10pm – late £10/£5 www.theendclub.com AFTERS
members BOUNCIN’ BEATS SUBWAY CITY
www.theendclub.com THE BUTTERMARKET 27 WATER ST, BIRMINGHAM
WEDNESDAY HOWARD ST, SHREWSBURY Brian M and McBunn are the
TWIST
CRASH
66 GODING ST, VAUXHALL,
28/3 It’s hardcore overload with Re-
Con and Squad E. Happy, happy,
joy, joy.
hard trance guests at this
underground archway affair.
Electro room two, with a speed
SE11
Hard NRG mayhem with a
collection of freaks, caners and
SWERVE
THE END
10pm – 3am £10/£8
www.thebuttermarket.com
garage and pop fest in the third.
10pm – 9am £12/£10
www.subwaycity.net
casualties. WEST CENTRAL ST, WC1A DIZZYFUNK!
6am - noon £10/£8 with Weekly mid-week d&b wig-out LISBOA HED KANDI
flyer/£6 on one of the best main floors in LINCOLN RD, PETERBOROUGH THE EMPORIUM
www.twistclub.co.uk the capital. Dizzy Funk Soundsystem 67 BELVOIR RD, COALVILLE
10.30pm – 3.00am £6/£3 celebrate their 6th birthday More Hed Kandi funky house
UNA TOSTADA NUS or b4 11.30pm with a blend of deep and dirty hedonism. A live PA from Steve
JAMM www.theendclub.com house music. Sean Dizzyfunk, Edwards – his first of just five
261 BRIXTON ROAD, SW9 Shroom, Boysie Symak and exclusive Hed Kandi UK dates.
Maximal house breakfast? Yes
please.
MiDLANDS Chris Murray are spinning.
10pm – 4am
10pm – 4am £10 adv
7am – 2pm £7/£5 b4 8am www.dizzyfunk.com LOVING LIFE
ZOMBIES ATE MY
TOP NIGHT BREAKTHRU
CLUB HAVANA
23/03 YEOMAN ST, LEICESTER
BRAIN
54
54 COMMERCIAL ST, E1
DEUCE
COCOON CLUB
CUSTARD FACTORY
GIBB ST, BIRMINGHAM
It’s a Brazilian affair with Marky
Fun loving non-pretentious
house weekly with guests tbc.
Midnight – 6am £5/£3
Shane Watcha and his zombies HOLLOWAY CIRCUS, and friends. Samba-styled d&b www.myspace.com/jamesiedj
stretch the sanity limits to their BIRMINGHAM of the highest order.
extreme with warped Mistress De Funk gets our 10pm - 4.30am £8 MISS
underground electronics. funky freak on with her www.factoryclub.com MONEYPENNY’S
5am – noon £10/£5 flyer seductive techno, minimal INTERNATIONAL
www.zombiesatemybrain.com and electro sound. Groove COME UP VS BOUTIQUE
Therapy do their thing in CLUBBED UP COTTON CLUB
room two with Nico Lupo COCOON THE ARCADIAN, BIRMINGHAM
MONDAY and J Iounnani. HOLLOWAY CIRCUS, Slap on your gladrags for this
26/3 10pm - 5am £7
www.deucesoundsystem.
co.uk
BIRMINGHAM
Electro, house and funky beats
with Process, DJ Cush, Si
beautiful peoples’ funky house
hoedown.
10pm – 4am £15/£10
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TIDY
MEDIA
QUEEN ST, NOTTINGHAM
Hard house loons The Tidy Boys
descend on Nottingham’s
superclub with Lisa Pin-Up and
The Colonel for support. Escape
to The Style Box to catch James
Alexander, Casio Grand and Sol
Bank laying down something a
bit funkier.
10.30pm – 4am £10/£8/£6
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TRAFFIC PRESENTS
JAMES TALK
TEMPO
ABBEY FOREGATE,
SHREWSBURY
James Talk brings his unique
acid electro-edged sound to
deepest Shrewsbury.
10pm – 4am £7/£6
ATOMIC JAM
CUSTARD FACTORY
GIBB ST, BIRMINGHAM
More Grade A techno detonation
from the Atomic Jam with Motor
(live), Speedy J (live), Ben
Sims, Ade Fenton and Chris
Finke. There’s d&b overload
with Pace, Reaction, Phase 2
and Opiate in room two.
10pm – 5am £12
www.atomic-jam.com
SATURDAY
24/3
AFTERS
SUBWAY CITY
27 WATER ST, BIRMINGHAM
Paul Maddox (one half of
Hughes and Allister Whitehead
(remember him?) spin anthems
and classics in the second room.
10pm – 6am £15/£12 adv
www.timenightclubderby.co.uk
MISS
MONEYPENNY’S
INTERNATIONAL
BOUTIQUE
COTTON CLUB
THE ARCADIAN, BIRMINGHAM
Funky house weekly.
10pm – 4am £15/£10
www.moneypennys-media.com
TRAFFIC
CAREYS
HERTFORD PLACE, EARLSDON,
COVENTRY
Quality funky house music each
and every week with occasional
live PAs and big names.
10pm – 3am £8/£7/£6/£5
www.careys.co.uk
SUNDAY
25/3
STUPID
UNDERGROUND
AFTER PARTIES
BASH BAR
NEW ST, BIRMINGHAM
Intimate 130 people after-
parties for those that now.
Perfect stop off if you have a
train to wait for.
3am – 8am £5
www.dontstayin.com/parties/
stupid-underground

NORTH
www.trafficmusic.co.uk minimal duo Spektre) and Andy
Farley drop hard stuff for the
Afters punters.
SUNDAY 10pm – 9am £12/£10

18/3 www.subwaycity.net

CRASHER CLASSICS FRIDAY GROUNDED

STUPID
UNDERGROUND
MEDIA
QUEEN ST, NOTTINGHAM
Trance fans unite. Dave Pearce,
AFTER PARTIES Scott Bond and JFK play the
BASH BAR tunes that made the ’Crasher
NEW ST, BIRMINGHAM kids glow and gurn.
Relaxed low ceiling after-parties 10.30pm – 4am £10/£8/£6
covering tribal, tech and electro wwww.neverstandstill.com
rhythms.
3am – 8am £5 DISK CONNECTED
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stupid-underground DIGBETH, BIRMINGHAM
Two rooms of d&b, old skool and
TRAFFIC reggae with local rave warriors
CAREYS Callide, Glenn Aston and Local
HERTFORD PLACE, EARLSDON, Substance.
COVENTRY 9pm – 4am £5 b4 11pm
Quality Coventry house weekly. www.myspace.com/
10pm – 3am £8/£7/£6/£5 diskconnectedpromotions
16/3
FRIENDS & FAMILY
THE MINT LOUNGE
46 OLDHAM ST, MANCHESTER
Dego from 4-Hero launches
their ‘Play With The Changes’
album with an eclectic funk-
charged DJ set. Eruc Lau and
Rahel from Fat City do their live
thang whilst No Fakin DJs get
busy on four decks.
10pm – 3am £7
aaron@fatcity.co.uk
GLADRAGS
THE SPACE
PLUG
14 - 16 MATILDA ST, SHEFFIELD
There are two bashes held at
Plug tonight as the venue is
split to cater for two
promotions. Techno, house and
breaks rule the roost at
Grounded’s offering with Finger
Lickin’s Slyde, Geoff Ticehurst
and Will Atkinson.
10pm – 4am £5 adv
www.the-plug.com
METROPOLIS
PLUG
14 - 16 MATILDA ST, SHEFFIELD
A full-on brockathon of the
highest order, Northern d&b
monkeys Metropolis return to

speakers
www.careys.co.uk HIRST YARD, LEEDS Plug with a devastating array of
HARDHOUSE Sexyupliftingfunkyhouse with talent including Andy C, Red
TIME NIGHTCLUB crazy antics promised from the One and Prophecy.
FRIDAY MANSFIELD RD, DERBY Glag Rags entertainers. 10pm – 4am £11/£10/8
23/3 Lisa Pin-Up spins hard house in
the main room whilst Mark
10.30pm – 5am £7
www.myspace.com/gladragsuk
www.the-plug.com

MODE
BABY BLUE BASEMENT CLUB
ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL
Intimate, stylish underground
house weekly in one of
Liverpool’s smartest venues.
This time round Tom Demac
(live), Ryan Pickering and XtremeSeries Xtreme15 Xtreme18Sub
Jackie Baxter are behind the
wheels of steel.
11pm – 4am £5
www.northwestconnection.
co.uk

NAÏVE MELODY
SANKEYS
RADIUM ST, MANCHESTER
A sumptuous mélange of Cobalt10 Cobalt12 Cobalt12MA
minimal, techno and house with
Agoria, I:Cube, Slippery People,
Dapper Youth and more.
11pm - 5am £11/£7
www.sankeys.info

STEVE ANGELLO
THE EMPIRE
CORPORATION ST,
MIDDLSEBOROUGH
Cobalt15 Cobalt15Sub Cobalt18Sub
Swedish house mafia member
Steve Angello is the star guest
at The Empire this week with a FOR ALL YOUR SPEAKER NEEDS
four-hour set.
10pm – 4am £10 Kam have seven different PA speaker ranges to suit all
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Cobalt series with everything from foldback to subs
8pm – late £free
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BUG
DQ
SHEFFIELD
Former DMC Team champions
C2C do crazy things with pieces
of wax plastic.
11pm – 5am £6
www.urban-gorilla.co.uk
V1GRA
MY HOUSE
BRICK ST, LEEDS
Hard dance and electro
monthly.
10pm - 4am £6
www.v14gra.com
SATURDAY
17/3
BASICS
MY HOUSE
BRICK ST, LEEDS
Basics never let us down and
this week they’ve got Electric
Press live, Ralph Lawson,
Burnski and Tristan Da Cunha
getting us rockin’. Local rock-
ridden hip-hoppers Yes Boss
and Busy Soundsystem take
over the middle floor whilst
Ryan Shaw and James Holroyd
keep the Bedroom busy.
10pm - 7am £12/£10 NUS
www.backtobasics.co.uk
CHIBUKU SHAKE
SHAKE
NATION
WOLSTENHOLME SQ,
LIVERPOOL
A few late twists in the tale have
seen Chibuku’s birthday line-up
change. For the better.
Leftfield’s Paul Daley, The
Plumps, Digitalism live and
Noisia breaks sets is the main
room. A Master At Work, Kenny
Dope plays a rare anything-goes
set in the Annexe alongside
Ivan Smagghe and Damian
Lazarus. Pendulum, Zinc, DJ
Craze, DJ Yoda and Mark Ronson
get sweaty in the third room.
See you on the ravefloor.
10pm – 6am £18/£16 NUS
www.chibuku.com
CRASHER HYPER
ROYALE
GATECRASHER ONE
112 ARUNDEL ST, SHEFFIELD
It’s a trance fan’s musical wet
dream with Judge Jules, Marco
V, Guiseppe Ottaviani, Sean Tyas
and Christopher Lawrence.
Don’t dust down your cyber
though… the ’Crasher kids have
grown up and gone all trendy.
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9.30 – 6am £20/£17.50
www.gatecrasher.com
RETRO
ASCENCSION
WESTGATE, BRADFORD
Paul Taylor and Ben Taylor
clearly never get bored of
playing the same tunes, sorry
‘anthems’. This week they roll
back the years yet again for the
Retro faithful.
11pm – 4am £10
www.retroevents.com
RUDE
YORKSHIRE ST, KODE
OLDHAM
Weekly glam house bash.
10pm – 4.30am £8/£6 b4
midnight
www.rude-oldham.com
SANKEYS
SATURDAYS
SANKEYS
RADIUM ST, MANCHESTER
Steve Angello is the main guest
this week so expect buzzing
house and electro from
Sweden’s finest.
11pm – 5am £12/£10 NUS
www.sankeys.info
SHINDIG
DIGITAL
TIMES SQ, NEWCASTLE
It’s Mark Knight and Jimpster’s
turn to put Shindig’s Funktion One
through its paces this week. They’ll
be joined by Scott Bradford, Neil
Bainbridge and Scooby.
10.30pm – 3.30 £12/£10
NUS
www.shindiguk.com
SHUFFLE
PLUG
14 - 16 MATILDA ST, SHEFFIELD
A blend of crowds, styles and
looks as live music, house and
techno mix happily. Annie Mac,
Eddy Temple-Morris, Run Hide
Survive Soundsystem, Jeremy
Healy and Tony Walker are all in
attendance this week.
11pm - 4am £5/£7
www.the-plug.com
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CHURCH ST, BLACKPOOL
Piano house legends K-Klass
play an old skool anthems PA
with original vocalist Bobbi.
Hands in the air at this massive
big room venue! “Rhythm is a
mystery…” sing a long now!
9pm – 4am £8
www.thesyndicate.com
TECHNIQUE &
ASYLUM
THE WAREHOUSE
LEEDS
Get Physical’s Fuck Pony is in
town. The real highlight,
though, is a Billy Nasty electro
set. Greg Wilson, Jay Kilka, Dave
Martin and Leigh Lerwell
complete a typically solid bill.
11pm – 7am £12/£10
www.technique.org.uk
TWISTED
ELEGANCE
THE AMPERSAND
LONGWORTH ST, MANCHESTER
Jeff Jefferson, Alan Hartley and
Pat Drury are this week’s guests
at this dressed up funkathon
and all round pulling den. Don’t
forget your Tic-Tacs.
10.30pm – 4am £10
www.twisted-elegance.com
SUNDAY
18/3
BREAKFAST CLUB
PURO
CALL LANE
DJs on rotation from Leeds’
biggest club nights at this
weekly after-hours party.
3am – 9am £8/£6
www.myspace.com/
breakfastclub101
DIRTYCHEESE
THE VINE
CEMETRY RD, SHEFFIELD
Simon Kelland and Oliver
Jenkin provide face-melting
beats for those looking to
keep the weekend going for as
long as possible. John
Wainright, Kassien and The
Robosapiens have played in
the past. Best of all, it doesn’t
cost a penny!
6.30pm – 11.30pm
www.dirtycheese.co.uk
VERYVERYVERY
WRONGINDEED
NORTHERN LIGHT
CROSS YORK ST, LEEDS
Fancy dress mayhem with
the sickest, most cutting-
edge electronics out there.
Tim Sheridan invites a
variety of local DJ suspects
to cause the musical
mischief.
6am – midday £7/£6
members/£5 fancy dress
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TUESDAY
20/3
TUESDAY CLUB
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SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY UNION,
SHEFFIELD
It’s a massive end of term
blowout for the Tuesday club.
Not only have they invited
Brazilian d&b genius Marky
along but they’ve got Gilles
Peterson playing. Nice.
10.30pm – 2.30am £8
www.tuesdayclub.co.uk
FRIDAY
23/3
GLADRAGS
THE SPACE
HIRST YARD, LEEDS
Gay-friendly glam funky house
carry on.
10.30pm – 5am £7
www.myspace.com/gladragsuk
GROUNDED
PLUG
14 - 16 MATILDA ST, SHEFFIELD
The finest quality live
electronica this week with Steve
Reid and The Black Dog. Warp’s
electronica oddball Luke Vibert,
techno demon Jim Masters and
Freestyle Records’ Shepdog all
rock things out.
10pm – 4am £10/£8 adv
www.the-plug.com
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Trashy freakbeats, rock ‘n’ roll,
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average club night so dress to
turn heads and rubber necks.
10pm – 3am £8/£6 NUS
www.theempire.co.uk
RETRO
DIGITAL
TIMES SQ, NEWCASTLE
Retro take their anthem-happy
sound to Geordieland. The
brothers Taylor keep the arms
aloft, the girls screaming and
the boys grooving.
11.30pm – 3.30am £10/£8
www.retroevents.com
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REVOLUTION
CALL LANE, LEEDS
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Lopez and Dirty Disco’s Bobby O
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8pm – late £Free
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URBAN GORILLA
UNIQ
SHEFFIELD
Phil Kieran gets the Urbanites
primal with his raw techno and
electro.
11pm – 5am £6
www.urban-gorilla.co.uk
SATURDAY
24/3
BASICS
MY HOUSE
BRICK ST, LEEDS
Another Basics carry on at their
house. Dirt Crew, Tristan Da
Cunha and Buckley slam hot wax
through the main room
speakers whilst James Holroyd
keeps the Bedroom busy.
10pm - 7am £12/£10 NUS
www.backtobasics.co.uk
DISCO
ELECTRONICA
SANKEYS
RADIUM ST
Dave Spoon and OD Musique
chuck out house, electro and
future disco. Catch it if you can.
11pm – 5 £12/£10 NUS
www.sankeys.info
METROPOLIS
NORTHERN LIGHT
CROSS YORK ST, LEEDS
D&b detonation with this
atomic bomb of a line-up as
Hype, Nicky Blackmarket and
London Elektricity all flick the
switch and watch things blow.
10pm – 6am £10 adv/motd
www.metropolisuk.com
MODE
BABY BLUE BASEMENT CLUB
ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL
Weekly underground house
night – much needed in
Liverpool. Rhythm Code, David
Sense and Ryan Pickering get
you in the mood.
11pm – 4am £5
www.northwestconnection.
co.uk
SHINDIG
DIGITAL
TIMES SQ, NEWCASTLE
Still going strong. This week
Dave Seaman, King Unique and
Scott Bradford will be rockin’
the floor.
10.30pm – 3.30am £12/£10
NUS
www.shindiguk.com
SHUFFLE
PLUG
14 - 16 MATILDA ST, SHEFFIELD
More non-pretentious Steel City
hedonism with one of the
freshest music policies around.
This week Hot Chip Soundsystem
will rock the foundations with
live performances from Man Like
Me and Shakes.
10pm – 4am £7/£5 adv
www.the-plug.com
SUGARBEAT
THE ELBOW ROOMS
CALL LANE, LEEDS
DJ Zinc and DJ Kee are this
week’s guests at the ever-
reliable Sugarbeat. You can even
catch a sly game of pool whilst
Da Tru Playa drops the dirtiest
dubs around. We’ll more likely
be getting down on the hotbox
ravefloor.
9pm – 3am £5/£3 b4 10pm
www.sugarbeatclub.com
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CHURCH ST, BLACKPOOL
Dave Pearce and Matt Darey give
the Syndicate faithful the ‘time
of their lives’.
9pm – 4am £8
www.thesyndicate.com
RUDE
YORKSHIRE ST, KODE
OLDHAM
Oldham’s answer to Miss
Moneypennys.
10pm – 4.30am £8/£6
www.rude-oldham.com
TWISTED
ELEGANCE
THE AMPERSAND
LONGWORTH ST, MANCHESTER
More glam, dressed up house
partying. No sportswear
allowed. As if we needed to say
it.
10.30pm – 4am £10
www.twisted-elegance.com
WAX:ON
LEEDS UNIVERSITY
LIFTON PLACE, LEEDS
Erol Alkan is playing the Leeds
campus so expect the
unexpected. Nightmoves are
supporting with many more to
be confirmed
10pm – 4am £10 adv
www.waxonuk.com
SUNDAY
25/3
BREAKFAST CLUB
PURO
CALL LANE
Weekly house and electro
Sunday morning carry-on.
3am – 9am £8/£6
www.myspace.com/
breakfastclub101
VERYVERYVERY
WRONGINDEED
NORTHERN LIGHT
CROSS YORK ST, LEEDS
Tim Sheridan’s barmy army
continue their merry march
through the laps of Sunday
wrongness. Don’t expect to
enjoy work on Monday.
6am – noon £7/£6
members/£5 fancy dress
www.myspace.com/
veryverywrongindeedleeds
NORTH
TOP NIGHT
23/03
KETOLOCO THE
GRAND OPENING
MY HOUSE
BRICK ST, LEEDS
Inspired by a summer of
DC10 hedonism, what
started out as a basement
Sunday party in a student
dig has fast become the
most talked about after-
party in the North. Now the
Ketoloco crew take their
bonkers crowd and sleek
sounds to My House for
their first party proper and
they’ve got a truly killer
selection of minimal,
maximal and sexy grooves
of techno to tease us with.
DNCN play live, Iain Taylor
and the hotly tipped Bigger
Than Jesus rock the party.
Don’t miss it. We won’t.
10pm – late £8/£6
www.myspace.com/keto_
loco
CLUB LISTINGS
SCOTLAND
MASH UP TOKYOBLU
CABARET VOLTAIRE EGO
BLAIR ST, EDINBURGH PICARDY PLACE, EDINBURGH
A one-off charity bash with the Tokyoblu DJs, live bands and an
Solescience DJs. array of sexy percussionists and
FRIDAY More funky house shenanigans. 11pm – 3am £6 perfomers. One of the finest
16/3 9pm – 3am £7/£5
www.clubsnafu.co.uk
www.thecabaretvoltaire.com funky house nights in
Edinburgh.
11pm – 4am £8/£7 NUS
FUSION FRIDAY www.tokyoblu.com
PINS AND NEEDLES
RED
73 COWGATE, EDINBURGH
NOVEMBER
PRINCESS SQ, GLASGOW CITY
Cocktails, funky tunes and a
23/3 SATURDAY
Paul Bendoris, KMG and Matt-
Hart Wilson spin the finest
underground electro, house and
fun-loving atmosphere.
9pm – 3am £free
www.xpressglasgow.com
CREAM CLASSICS
FAT SAMS
24/3
techno. SOUTH WARD RD, DUNDEE
10pm – 3am £3 SHAKE Allister Whitehead plays the FUNKY TRANSPORT
www.clubpinsandneedles.co.uk SHANGHAI CLUB classics and anthems of Cream. SNAFU
16 GEORGE ST, EDINBURGH 10.30pm – 2.30am £11 CASTLE ST, ABERDEEN
RECTIFY John Hutchinson ends the www.fatsams.co.uk Aberdeen’s ever-reliable weekly
SOUNDHAUS weekend with soulful vocals, house hoedown.
GLASGOW sexy disco and funky house. PUKKA UP 9pm – 3am £7/£5
Busy night catering for tough 11pm – 3am FAITH www.clubsnafu.co.uk
trance and harder dance. Fred COWGATE, EDINBURGH
Baker and Welsh loons Cally & TASTE Dermot C joins the Faith team MUSIKA PRESENTS
Juice are the headliners. CABARET VOLTAIRE for more funky house high jinks CLUB AZULI
10pm – 4am £11/£9 BLAIR ST, EDINBURGH and glam kinks. LIQUID ROOM
www.myspace.com/ Gay friendly Sunday night based 10p, – 5am £6/£5 VICTORIA ST, EDINBURGH
rectifyglasgow on eclectic dance, cutting-edge www.pukkaup.com It’s a Club Azuli special with
deep house and US house. Kurd Maverick this month.
11pm – 3am £8/£6/£5 SO IT IS Quality house minus the cheese
SATURDAY www.thecabaretvoltaire.com FAITH factor.
17/3 MONDAY
THE COWGATE, EDINBURGH
The So It Is residents welcome
their regular guest from Pukka
10.30pm – 3am £tbc
www.liquidroom.com
DEATH DISCO
THE ARCHES
19/3 Up for another night filled with
the funkiest beats in the main
room and the filthiest beats in
SOPHISTIFUNK
CITY
1A MARKET ST, EDINBURGH
MIDLAND ST, GLASGOW
Justin Robertson, To My Boy and
more.
TRADE UNION
CABARET VOLTAIRE
the back.
10pm – 3am £6/£5
Running for four years now.
John Hutchinson and his bag of
funky, soulful and disco-edged
10.30pm – 3am £12 BLAIR ST, EDINBURGH anthems.
www.thearches.co.uk US house and garage with a SUGARBEAT CLUB 11pm – 3am £8
dash of twisted prog. On each CABARET VOLTAIRE www.citypeople.info
FUSION week. BLAIR ST, EDINBURGH
NOVEMBER 11pm – 3am £8/£6/£5 The dastardly duo Evil 9 will be THE FAST
PRINCESS SQ, GLASGOW CITY www.thecabaretvoltaire.com dropping into the Sugarbeat THE BONGO CLUB
Colin Sales and Jim Haggarty Club this week whilst residents HOLYROOD RD, EDINBURGH
play the finest upfront house The Utah Saints, Smokey and Punky disco electro rock & roll
anthems with the odd classic THURSDAY The Bandit and The Boy B add for nu wave nu ravers.
sliced in for good measure.
Glasgow’s best percussionists
and saxophonists also appear.
22/3 some funky-assed beats.
10.30pm – 3am £7
www.sugarbeatclub.com
10pm – 3am £5
www.myspace.com/fastpunkclub
9pm – 3am £Free
www.xpressglasgow.com
SOPHISTIFUNK
CITY
1A MARKET ST, EDINBURGH
Tokyoblu’s John Hutchinson
serves a fusion of funky house,
filtered disco and club classics.
11pm – 3am £8
www.citypeople.info
SUBCULTURE
THE SUB CLUB
JAMAICA ST, GLASGOW
Paul Woolford is the guest at
this slick electro and house
party.
11pm – 4am £10/£5
www.subclub.co.uk
SUNDAY
18/3
DISCO KITTEN
BERLIN BIERHAUS
QUEENSFERRY ST LANE,
EDINBURGH
Disco Kitten returns to the
refurbished Berlin Bierhaus,
bringing its seductive brand of
filthy, dirty house with it. Jason
Cortez and Krystle are in the
main room, whilst the front bar
gets down to an eclectic mix of
classics cuts and anthems. John
Marr will be dropping a bootleg
set full of mashed-up clubbers’
favourites.
FUNKY TRANSPORT
SNAFU
CASTLE ST, ABERDEEN
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TWISTED &
BRAINFIRE
STUDIO 24
CARLTON RD, EDINBURGH
Hardcore techno assault for
hard-headed lunatics.
Deathchant’s Bryan Fury flies in
from Holland just for the gig.
10pm – 3am £10
www.twistedbrainfire.com
ULTRAGROOVE
CABARET VOLTAIRE
36 BLAIR ST, EDINBURGH
Rob Mathie of Solescience
infamy joins Gareth
Sommerville to whip
Edinburgh’s house heads into a
frenzy. In the back, The Blonde
Flash gets down and dirty with
disco, soul and funk.
11pm – 3am £8/£6 NUS
www.ultragroove.co.uk
SUNDAY
25/3
TASTE
CABARET VOLTAIRE
BLAIR ST, EDINBURGH
Fun, gay-friendly house party.
11pm – 3am £8/£6
members/£5 b4 11.30pm
www.thecabaretvoltaire.com
MONDAY
26/3
TRADE UNION
CABARET VOLTAIRE
BLAIR ST, EDINBURGH
Classy prog, quality US garage
and house with DJ Beefy and DJ
Wolfjazz.
11pm – 3am £8/£6
members/£5 b4 11.30pm
www.thecabaretvoltaire.com
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SCOTLAND
TOP NIGHT
16/03
CHEW THE FAT
SUB CLUB
JAMAICA STREET, GLASGOW
Woop woop! Chew The Fat are
back up in Glasgow for one of
their raucous, rave rocking
breakbeat parties. Fat’s poster
boy and current hotshot Merka
celebrates the launch of his
debut artist album ‘Beserka’.
Joining him will be The Rogue
Element and the local XFM host
Mash, who will be thumping
out a rare breaks set. It’s going
to be proper fat with a ph.
11pm – 3am £10/£8 adv
www.myspace.com/
chewthefatglasgow
IRELAND
TOP NIGHT
17/03
ED BANGER
RECORDS
TEMPLE BAR MUSIC
CENTRE
CURVED ST, DUBLIN
Ed Banger Records cause a
bit of a stir on St Patrick’s
Day. Hotly tipped Uffie, the
slick Sebastien and Parisian
beatmaster Fendz are the
names on the flyer and it’s
getting us pretty excited
just looking at it.
11pm €tbc
www.tbmc.ie
IRELAND
FRIDAY
16/3
515
TRIPOD
HARCOURT ST, DUBLIN
The world’s No.1 DJ as crowned
by you lot, this week sees Paul
van Dyk headline at Dublin’s
legendary venue.
11pm – late €28
www.pod.ie
RE:PUBLIK
STAGE 2
THE FORUM, WATERFORD
Pre-Paddy’s Day mayhem. House
and electro with green the dress
theme. Paul Bryan and Keith
Hogan join the residents.
10.30pm – late €10
SATURDAY
17/3
DEEP FRIED FUNK
THE NERVE CENTRE
MAGAZINE ST, DERRY
Get your Guinness in… it’s a St
Patrick’s Day special with Jon
Carter and Radioslave putting a
four-leaved clover on top of the
celebrations.
10pm – late £12/£10
GOOD GREEF XTRA
HARD
THE COACH
CHURCH SQ, BANBRIDGE
Dark By Design, Alex Kidd and
Barry McConkey descend on
Coach for stomping beats,
kicking basslines and mind-
bending riffs. Hard dance for
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hard heads.
9.30pm - 2am £8/£7
www.goodgreef.com
LUSH
KELLYS
BUSHMILLS RD, PORTRUSH
Paul van Dyk makes a welcome
appearance in Northern Ireland
ably supported by Col Hamilton
and Max Graham.
8.30pm – 2.00am £17
www.kellysportrush.com
RE-CREATION
SPIRIT
57 MIDDLE ABBEY ST, DUBLIN
Danny Alonso and Paolo Topaz
spin funky grooves at this bi-
weekly hoedown.
10.30pm - late €15
YELLO
MYNT
DUNBAR ST, BELFAST
It’s a biggie this week with FC
Kahuna dropping in. Get there
early is all we’re saying.
12.30pm – 6pm £6/£7/£10
www.thisisyello.com
STIFF KITTEN
STIFF KITTEN
BANKMORE SQ, BELFAST
It’s an Island Hopper night with
Timmy Stewart and Mark Bell.
10pm – 2.30am £9/£7 b4
11pm
www.thestiffkitten.com
SUNDAY
18/3
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TRIPOD
HARCOURT ST, DUBLIN
Timo Maas drops by to make DUBLIN
sure St Paddy’s Day is one to A sumptuous musical mixture of
remember. house, bastard disco, electro
11pm – late €28 and Italo funk with Deceptikons
www.pod.ie and Darren Hughes this week’s
guests.
STIFF KITTEN
11pm – 3am €10
STIFF KITTEN
BANKMORE SQ, BELFAST
More Paddy’s weekend carnage.
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LUSH
Radio 1’s global-trotting Gilles KELLYS
Peterson plays eclectic avant- BUSHMILLS RD, PORTRUSH
garde funk, world music and Guest to be announced.
honest hip-hop. 8.30pm – 2.00am £tbc
10pm – 2.30am £9/£7 b4 www.kellysportrush.com
11pm
www.thestiffkitten.com YELLO
MYNT
DUNBAR ST, BELFAST
FRIDAY Jay Kay from Glamour Boy and
23/3 Greg Foster are dropping the
house and electro this week.
Mixed, open-minded and fun-
loving crowd each and every
HARDSTYLE week.
NATION VS 12.30pm – 6pm £6/£7/£10
TRANCELATION
THE VAULTS
HARBOUR MASTER PLACE,
www.thisisyello.com
STIFF KITTEN
DUBLIN
Scot Mac & Mac Zimms drop
STIFF KITTEN
BANKMORE SQ, BELFAST
funky hard dance grooves and Belfast’s most reliable quality
big room riffs.
10pm – 2.30am €20
clubbing experience with
cutting-edge guests dropping
www.thevaults.ie razor-sharp beats. This week it’s
Alan Simms, Simon McDermott
and Ric McLelland.
SATURDAY 10pm – 2.30am £9/£7 b4
24/3 11pm
www.thestiffkitten.com
COACH BIG TUNES SUNDAY
THE COACH
CHURCH SQ, BANBRIDGE
DJ Luna and Eddie Wray raise
25/3
arms and plaster grins with
their big room euphoric PASSION
selection.
9.30pm-2am £7
www.goodgreef.com
SPIRIT
57 MIDDLE ABBEY ST, DUBLIN
Gay-friendly electro and funky
party for people of all
FAMILY persuasions.
WAX 10.30pm – late €10
POWERSCOURT TOWNHOUSE, www.spiritdublin.com
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WEST & WALES

Scott Mac, Mac Zimms and
Dogzilla’s Simon Patterson play
Swansea’s friendly weekly bosh
fest.
10pm – 6am £12/£7
FRIDAY PLYMOUTH www.escapegroup.com
RUN
NATIVE
SMALL ST, BRISTOL
Adam F, The Force and Dazee are
this week’s junglist warriors.
10pm – 4am £5/£4 NUS
JELLY JAZZ 10pm - 6am £8 adv
THE QUAY CLUB www.brunelrooms.com
THE PARADE, PLYMOUTH
Boca 45 is this week’s OUT OF THE BOX
jazzalicious guest. Expect LAKOTA
everything from broken beat to UPPER YORK, BRISTOL

16/3 Scotland’s number one hardcore

DJ Scott Brown swings south to
get the Candy Store jumping,
pumping and grinning like nuts.
BREAKOUT
THE CROFT
STOKES CROFT, BRISTOL
10 pm – 4am £7/£6/£5
info@clubpremonition.co.uk
Ganja Records Taxman guests at TRANZACTION
this bass-heavy d&b and reggae L2 CLUB
show down. CALENICK ST, TRURO
10pm – 4am £5 Hard dance and tech-trance
www.myspace.com/ with a different guest each
breakoutbristol week… this week Marcel Woods
grabs the UV baton.
ELECTRO SPOON 9.30pm – 2.30 am £5/£3
LAKOTA
UPPER YORK, BRISTOL
www.tranzactionuk.com
HOUSEAHOLICS
CANDY STORE
www.nativebristol.com funk, soul and even dashes of
latin.
10pm – 3am £5/£4/£3
It’s d&b and breaks with Ray
Keith, Movement’s Bryan Gee
and Jumpin Jack Frost. Get
PLYMOUTH FRIDAY www.jellyjazz.com ready to brock out. Proper.
Funky, dirty electro with the odd
classic sliced in to the sexy
musical mix. La Casa Martin and
23/3 TRANZACTION
L2 CLUB
10pm – 6am £10/£8 b4
11pm
www.lakota.co.uk
Toby Rutlidge. CALENICK ST, TRURO
11pm – 4am £3 b4 11pm BRISTOL REGGAE Local hero Avaline is this week’s SYNDICATE
www.houseaholics.com ALL STARS PART 2 Tranzaction guest. SESSIONS
LAKOTA 9.30pm – 2.30 am £5/£3 THE SYNDICATE
NAUGHTY MEETS UPPER YORK, BRISTOL www.tranzactionuk.com NELSON ST, BRISTOL
PSYKOTIK 1Xtra’s Young Lion, Blackout Ja Resident Ian Davies is joined by
LAKOTA and The Jungle Red Band. The Cut Up Boys.
UPPER YORK, BRISTOL 10pm – 5am £5 SATURDAY 10pm – 4am £tbc
Bristol’s ramshackle rave venue
goes loopy rave bonkers to hard
www.lakota.co.uk

EMPATHY
24/3 www.thesynidcate.com

Etienne De Crecy and Alex

Gopher deliver the finest electro SATURDAY
dance and techno.
10pm – 5am £5 TIMBUK2
WEST/WALES
grooves in aid of a charity called
‘For Dementia’. No shirts
allowed so leave your pastel YSL
17/3 www.lakota.co.uk

VERBAL
SMALL ST, BRISTOL
Jim Rivers, Stuart Wilkinson and
Jay Russell play house and
FRESH CITY
CANDY STORE
PLYMOUTH
TOP NIGHT
DESCRUCTION
at home for the evening.
10pm – 5am £12 DIVINORUM BRUNEL ROOMS
electro. Club Foot stomp out the
breaks in room two.
Reggae, r&b and hip-hop as the
Houseaholics get shunted into 17/03
www.lakota.co.uk CLOCKWORK HAVELOCK SQ, SWINDON 10pm – 5am £5 the back room to make way for GODSKITCHEN
STOKES CROFT, BRISTOL Massive d&b and breakbeat www.empathyclub.co.uk Radio 1’s Chris Goldfinger. THE SYNDICATE
JELLY JAZZ Acidic psychedelic trance with ruckus. Generation Dub, 11pm – 4am £3 b4 11pm NELSON ST, BRISTOL
THE QUAY CLUB Eat Static showcasing material Taxman, Atomic Hooligan and ESCAPE www.houseaholics.com It’s Marco V’s first Bristol
THE PARADE, PLYMOUTH from their new album Jumpin Jack Frost. ESCAPE appearance for nearly four
Jazz, funk, soul, latin, breaks ‘Declassified’. Matt Acidic and 10pm - 3am £5 NORTHAMPTON LANE, KOOLS WATERS & years. So don’t miss it. Mark
and beats at this weekly. Natzan also play. www.brunelrooms.com SWANSEA HED KANDI Eteson, Joel D, Estee and
10pm – 3am £5/£4/£3 10pm – 6am £12/£10 Gareth Emery keeps the Escape BRUNEL ROOMS Jordan Suckley provide the
www.jellyjazz.com faithful happy with his powerful HAVELOCK SQ, SWINDON cameos to V’s marathon
ESCAPE TUESDAY tech-trance sound. Norman Jay Lisa Lashes, Scott Bond and tech-trance voyage.
PREMONITION &
SYNTHETIC
CANDY STORE
ESCAPE
NORTHAMPTON LANE,
SWANSEA
20/3 delivers soulful house.
10pm – 6am £12/£7
www.escapegroup.com
Marc Vedo bosh their big beats
in room one, Hed Kandi do their
twisted disco in the other.
10pm – 4am £10
www.thesynidcate.com

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MUSIC

Faster than a
speeding bullet!
Dub Pistols are set
to blow!
p.138

IN THE BAG! SINGLED OUT TAYO, MOVIN’ THE

Deep house dude Halo
drawls through his current
All the new releases rated
by our experts.
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HALO
Flying solo following his amicable split
from former H-Foundation buddy
Hipp-E, Halo reveals his six of the best…

DEEP house dude Halo has just flown into London from his new hometown
of Las Vegas for his quarterly Fabric party. “There are good clubs in Vegas,”
he relays. “Four or five nights of the week there are good things going on.
You can go see Barry Manilow as well, if you like.”
Halo’s love affair with records was sparked when he was about nine - his
parents were hippies and would play everything from rocking Janis Joplin
to jazz. He landed a job at the record shop on his street when he was 16
(“every kid’s dream”), and after a grounding in raves he hooked up with
Hipp-E in Chicago in 1995.
“We got on really well together, and even though we had totally different
sounds to each other we both loved house. We ended up touring and
recording together for a few years – pretty successfully.
“As time went by we kind of grew apart. I didn’t really want to be known as
part of a duo, I wanted to do my own thing, so we went our separate ways.
We’re still good friends – we just do our own thing now. He kept the H-
Foundation name for whatever he wants to do with it.”

Halo now produces and DJs with other friends like Alex Alvarez (both are
working on a project along with vocalist Michelle Weeks), Aaron Ross,
David Harness and Mr V.
He previously had a record label named Bluem until 2004 when he started
City Deep Music, and has a record coming out imminently on MN2S, ‘The
Origin EP’, with newcomer Kemal from Los Angeles also at the controls.
His City Deep party in Miami , on 21st March, is a daytime affair at the
Beach Plaza Hotel on Collins with Halo, David Harness, Ian Friday, Kenny
Carvajal and others all DJing.
Here’s the deepness that’s rocking his world at the moment…

Halo & Kemal
Origin EP
MN2S
HALO: “Both tracks here are deep house
with a techno vibe, kinda Detroity. There’s
an Afro-beat techy kinda thing that works
well, and the second track sticks to one
groove.
“‘State Of Mind’ is real minimal and keeps
rolling, you can play it any time, really. I
must’ve played it in every kind of room – it
just works every time.
“I play at a club in LA called Balance, where
Kemal is a resident - that’s where I met him.
I did a remix with him about three years ago
and we hook up now about twice a month to
work on stuff.”
Charles Spencer &
Julius Papp feat
Capitol A
Keep It Going (Fanatix Remix)
City Deep
HALO: “Capitol A has done stuff on
Jazzanova and Sonar Kollektiv. This is an
Afro-beat track that’s really nice. It’s got
that Osunlade Afro-beat sound, and the
Fanatix – Aaron Ross and Neil Pierce –
remix is working real well.
“Osunlade licensed it for the ‘Soul Heaven’
CD that he did recently. It’s different, it’s
very Kenny Dope, old skool MAW-sounding
drums – it works. It’s a big track – hot. It’s
out in the shops round about now.”
Ian Friday
Caribes Leap (Halo & Kenny
Carvajal Remix)
West End
HALO: “The original is a classic, a huge track
last year, and they asked us to do a remix.
Kenny Carvajal is from Chicago, he’s a really
good friend of mine, and we wanted to make
our mix really different from the original
tune. The original’s more mid-tempo and
Afro-beat sounding and we wanted to keep
the tempo but rework the drums into a
straightforward Kerri Chandler-inspired
track. It has the drums, bassline and vocal
but with a totally different sound to the
original.
“All the other remixes are good too. We
wanted to do something off from the
original, something more straightforward for
the dancefloor, and it came out really nice.
It’s a classic track for West End so we’re
pretty excited to be part of that project.”
Graceland feat
Arnold Jarvis
The One (83 West Remix)
Seasons
HALO: “The ‘83 West Remix’ is my favourite
of this bunch. There’s the original with
Arnold Jarvis’s amazing voice, a Restless
Soul Phil Asher remix, and this one that
has been a huge track for me - I’m loving
it. The last few things Tyrone and Martino
have done have really hit the spot – good
stuff. “The ‘83 West Remix’ has an old skool
vibe, it’s straightforward 4/4, dirty
bassline, minimal, and the vocals carry it
out. Nice.”
Kiko Navarro
Achepati (Yoruba Soul Remix)
Swank
HALO: “It’s from his new album, I’ve only
just got this as well. It’s gonna work.
Yoruba, Osunlade, all his stuff I love. This
sounds like the remix he did for Jazztronic,
that kinda vibe. Nice drums, techy sounds,
with African or Spanish chants in it – really
nice. This is going to sound good on the
dancefloor.
“Osunlade is one of my all-time heroes –
he’s on fire. Everything he touches turns
great. “Kiko Navarro’s album is good, he’s a
resident at Pacha. And this remix is really
nice, it’s going to be a big project for them.”
DJ Spen feat Robert
Owens
Greater Love
MN2S
HALO: “I just listened to this on the plane
over here, it’s nice. It’s Robert Owens and
it’s a deeper track, a little different to the
stuff Spen’s been doing – the drums are a bit
deeper. But it’s definitely going to work. It’s
4/4 with deep chords that are really nice.
“I haven’t had a chance to play it out in a
club yet, but I probably will at Fabric
tonight.
“‘Greater Love’ is also the title of the first
release I did on City Deep, still one of the
favourite tracks that I play to this day. That
title has a special coincidence for me.”

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QUICKIES
PHIL CHEESEMAN 10 Trevelyan Gdns, London, NW10 3JY
Bangana
Fantasma/Deeper
Love
Heya HiFi
Heya’s breakneck output
continues with S.U.M.O’s
darker Bangana alter ego
delivering funk-soaked
tribal grooves on the
cinematic ‘Fantasma’ and
sleazy porno sounds on
the squelching ‘Deeper
Love’. Heavy.
*****
Tiger Stripes
Kayoko
Prog City Deep
Sweden’s omnipresent
Tiger Stripes with
another set of butt-
shaking Afro inspired
grooves. Kiko Navarro’s
‘Tribute To LG Mix’ is
pretty handy too, and
further choices abound
on the digital download
release.
*****
Dancefloor destroyer!
DRAGAN
DIRTY SOUTH
TV Rock VS Dukes Of Windsor
The Others
Bimbo Rock
“One of the tracks that’s doing it for my dancefloors
right now is this tune hailing from Melbourne,
Australia. A perfect blend of indie rock and electro with
slamming beats and a spine-chilling vocal, I’ve been
playing it for a couple of months now and it’s already
reached No.1 status on the Oz dance charts.
“With support from Pete Tong and other international
DJs it’s going to be a real monster!”
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Spiritcatcher
Harmonize/Night
Vision
20:20 Vision
An admirable label that
alway seems to fly under
the radar but gets by on
providing their fan base
with consistent quality.
Spiritcatcher’s carefully
crafted bumping deep
house instrumentals
continue the trend.
*** *
The
Soulseekers
Unconditionally
Reelgroove
Succour for starved soulful
housers with this fluidly
moving smooth groove set
off by restrained velvety
male vocals. Davidson
Ospina provides a decent
variation while DJ Tekin
and Nikk Sharpe take it
tougher.
*** *
Basement Jaxx
Make Me Sweat/Cool It
Atlantic Jazz
Okay, hands up who thought the Jaxx
had lost it? Yeah, me too. But
apparently not. Despite jumping on
the electro-house dish du jour, the
dynamic duo are right back on it here,
once again flashing their knowledge
of ’80s rap (an early major label remix
of theirs stealthily swiped a Mantronix
bassline) by enlisting the inimitable
Roxanne Shanté. The result is an
electrofied jam boasting the
unmistakable Jaxx swing and coming
on like a housed-up Missy Elliot. ‘Cool
It’ is another return to roots, a fast
edits melange of hard grooves, tribal
beats and off-the-wall vocal parts.
Welcome back to the dancefloor.
*****
Fedde Le Grand
Take No Shhh/Ah Yeah
Defected
‘Put Your Hands Up’ may already have
wandered into the world of the wally
DJ on a one-way ticket, but despite the
slew of major remixes that invariably
follow a hit, Le Grand makes his point
here that he’s no one-off novelty
merchant. ‘Take No Shhh’ is
considerably less flatulent and less
jagged, a housier groove that
incorporates elements of the deep/
hard blend Chicago’s Relief and Cajual
labels used to do so well. Sandy Rivera
fills out Fedde’s more minimal
approach for his mix, while over on ‘Ah
Yeah’ there’s an intriguing blend of
electro, house and breaks that’s
leagues ahead of the current breed of
electro copycats. This boy will travel.
*****
Various
We Are Silver EP
Buzzin’ Fly
All labels like to indulge in a little self-
aggrandizing when they reach certain
milestones. Buzzin’ Fly have chosen
their 25th release to blow their own
trumpet and for the occasion provide
the tempting prospects of a Dennis
Ferrer and Steve Martinez remix of
‘Lone Cat’, a Jimpster rehash of Justin
Martin’s ‘Sad Piano’ and the Ben Watt
and Baby Blak poetry piece ‘Old Soul’.
Ferrer and Martinez duly deliver the
most soulful beats found on Buzzin’ Fly
for quite some time, while Jimpster
has a party, successfully moulding ‘Sad
Piano’ to his own mellifluous sound.
Here’s to the next 25.
*****
Masters At Work
Work
AATW
Masters At Work on All Around The
World? Truly, the world has gone mad.
And MAW anoraks are going to be
choking on their cornflakes when they
hear some of the mixes on this. But
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Trentemøller feat
DJ Tom & Buda
An Evening With Bobi MONETY!
Bros/25 Timer SHO
Kickin’
Digital production techniques
combined with a strong trend for
purely electronic and generally
noisy music has led to an
unbearable level of harshness for
those of us raised on pure
analogue. It’s a real delight then to
hear one of electronica’s prime
movers showcase a moment of true
tenderness. ‘An Evening’ is a
scratchy and defiantly low-fi but
melancholically warm groove
featuring a meandering jazz-funk
inspired electric piano solo, and
the result is how you’d like to
imagine Cobblestone Jazz remixed
by Fingers Inc. ‘25 Timer’ picks up
the pace and gets a little busier
with the keys, but it’s definitely
second fiddle to the main act.
Instructive. De Souza feat Shena
*****
Guilty
Hed Kandi
Are there any commercially edged
vocal house tunes around that don’t
feature Shena? There must be some,
the jump-up Afro-Carib flavours of but we can’t think of any right now.
‘Work’ always made it one of MAW’s The latest glossy, chart-aimed tune
noisier records, so it’s probably little featuring the ubiquitous singer makes
surprise that someone’s come along little pretence of its inspiration,
to turn up the volume. Mixes range utilising a format similar to ‘Lola’s
from the House Agents’ cookie cutter Theme’. But what it does, it does well.
electro-house through Kenny Hayes’ Bimbo Jones’ mix is barely different
chunky neo-acid and Riff & Ray’s tacky from the original, while the expected
disco to Deep Life’s more tasteful more electronic version comes from
Latin excursion, the latter the only Eddie Thoneik. Not tremendously
mix likely to appeal to horrified credible, but not too bad either.
*** *
MAWsters. The good, the bad and the
ugly all average out.
*** *
Dawn Tallman
Save A Place On The Dance
Miguel Migs Floor For Me
Mesmerized West End
NRK West End seems to have become a sort
Some producers sway with the wind, of continuing tribute to the late Larry
changing their sound according to Levan and this latest homage to the
whatever’s going on. Miguel Migs isn’t Paradise Garage DJ is a mawkish piece
one of them. Staying absolutely true to
his typical easy-going West Coast
of melodic but fluffy US dance fodder,
at least in its original Junior Vasquez
sound right down to the dreamy female and Gomi mixes. These Blaze versions
vocal, ‘Mesmerized’ acknowledges not are necessarily different, but rather
one part of electro-house. Even Shur-I- than do their pretty musical stuff,
Kan seems so in awe of the vibe he gets they’ve gone for the jugular with a set
through two vocal mixes before even of mixes modelled on ‘Most Precious
thinking of finally asserting his own Love’, complete with taut basslines
sound on his dub. Having Alix Alvarez and those familiar strings.
remix a Migs’ tune is a little like Restraining the commercially slanted
polishing a new pair of shoes, but the hooks of the vocal isn’t completely
New Yorker nonetheless acquits himself successful, but it’s not a bad job
with ease. Soak up the grooves. overall for the Blaze boys.
***** *** *
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QPhage
Vut & Vat
Upon You
Phage has put out so much music over
the past 12 months that you’d wonder
where he finds the time or energy to
set up his own label. Maybe he drinks
a lot of coffee. Upon You launch upon
an unsuspecting public with ‘Vut &
Vat’, a shuffling drum-heavy groove
that only makes sense in a DJ set, but
‘Silhouette’ is far more impressive, its
complex prism of metallic percussion
providing a base for spooky Sheffield
bleeps.
*** *
Lopazz
Share My Rhythm EP
Get Physical
One of the main problems with
electronic music is that it can often
sound cold and inhuman, but Lopazz
has found a way to make his machines
sympathetic to the human condition
and ‘Rhythm’ radiates warmth. The
acid lines flow like hot water and the
housey chords are uplifting, but in an
understated way. Isolee’s version is
the clubbiest thing he’s done in a
while, with sheets of percussion
complementing a heavy electro-bass,
but the original track will melt hearts
at a hundred paces.
*****
HOSH/Solomun
Mischware EP
Diynamic
Diynamic have put out a series of
emotional, hands-in-the-air at the
end of the night house tracks, but this
time HOSH and Solomun try
something different. Jazz is on the
agenda as Solomun’s ‘Danny From The
Block’ traces the connection between
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A Skilift Upstair The
Sleeping City
Systematic
I’m still trying to work out what
that title means, but there is no
doubt that Swiss producer
Ripperton has captured something
very special on ‘Skilift’. Equal parts
house, minimal and trance, words
find it hard to accurately describe
the beautiful, chiming groove or
the spellbindingly beautiful melodic
sequence that dips in and out of the
arrangement. The end result is a
piece of music that doesn’t sound
like it was made on this world.
****
US house beats and Detroit depth, a
style that hasn’t featured prominently
in recent years. HOSH’s take on this
aesthetic is more adventurous,
sampling sax riffs and feeding them
back into an offbeat, jerky minimal
arrangement.
*** *
Martin Landsky
Let Me Dance
Poker Flat
‘1000 Miles’ was one of last year’s
most original tracks, but Martin
Landsky’s latest release for Poker Flat
sees him take a completely different
approach. Looking to the classic
Chicago house sound for inspiration,
‘Dance’ boasts a robotic 303 bass,
spooky synths, and topping it all off, a
rumbling vocal sample. It’s like a
rawer version of Sebo K’s ‘Horizons’
and, unsurprisingly, the Mobilee artist
has been commissioned to deliver a
lighter version of ‘Dance’.
*****
Freeform Five
No More MONETY!
Conversations SHO
Apollo
Yeah, it’s been around forever, but
what pop perfection – and it’s surely
heading to No.1. Just as at home in a
three-minute radio edit as it is as a
wandering club mix, Mylo’s re-working
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others, Fedde Le Grande toughens it
with a tech-funk twist, Switch puts it in Mikdat vs and neat percussive
a cement mixer and Subliminal Kid Afrilounge elements, while
goes micro-trance. Genius. We Are Here EP Prosumer’s version adds
*****
Kasette Records an evocative chord
‘Maria’ is a beautiful, sequence.
*****
warm track that mixes
Margot Meets The melody with understated
Melody Maker beats. It’s just as well it
Torch (Mixes) made it onto this release Trentemøller
Great Stuff (Ger) because all the other feat DJ Tom &
Last year’s rather good version of one tracks are bog-standard, Buda
of Soft Cell’s best songs is back with wishy-washy glitchy An Evening With
some new polish. We suspect the numbers. Bobi Bros
*****
reason is ’cos label boss Rainer Kickin
Weichhold wanted it to be his first It sounds like
remix, and his demon-Madonna meets Trentemøller is halfway
Funky Green Dogs effort is pretty Robyn towards achieving his
good. We’re going for Namito’s more Konichiwa Bitches goal of making organic
sensual, synth stabbing version (Oscar The Punk material because this new
though, as it brings out the sexiness Mix) release fuses chilled-out
behind the throb. Konichiwa jazz with a dubby rhythm.
*****
Big, bouncy electro mix I’ll just get my pipe and
with good use of the slippers…
*** *
vocals from this soon-to-
Simian Mobile Disco be-massive über-cool
It’s The Beat Knife friend.
Subway
*** *
Wichita
SMD’s debut album is one of the most Satellite EP
exciting prospects of the year Soul Jazz
(alongside The Arctic Monkeys’ follow- DJ T Quite simply, this
up, which Simian’s James Ford is Lucky Bastard references the exact point
producing). This only stokes the Get Physical where Juan Atkins was
flames with a dark, robot tribute to The Get Physical boss’s influenced by Giorgio
Technotronic’s ‘Pump Up The Jam’. It first solo release in over a Moroder. Unashamedly,
could be very wrong, but the hip- year sees him jack to the accurately retro.
*** *
house is tempered by a savage electro sound of a soaring bass
bottom end. If you find the Uffie-esque
vocal too much, there’s a more than
capable dub.
****
Andy Cato
Shelly’s
Pack Up & Dance
Despite the misspelling, the title here
refers to the defining moment when
the Groove Armada man saw Sasha
play at the legendary progressive
house club. The track is a cool homage
to that sound – a dubbed out electro
groove rolls on forever until massive
synth strings merge into that organ.
The perfect record to play at Faith, if
you happen to get booked. Dancefloor destroyer!
*** * BEN WATT
The Housebreakers BUZZIN’ FLY
Pay My Dues
Atlantic Jaxx
Shlomi Aber & Itamar Sagi
Jeremy Sylvester and Slarta John are
back throwing mud at a wall and Blonda
seeing what sticks. Most of it, it seems TBC
from this varied EP. Of interest to this “Already causing wreckage with tracks such as ‘Tel Aviv
column is the electronic heavy metal Garden’ and ‘Crop Duster’, the slightly triumphalist
meets ‘Dooms Night’ of the ‘Hooligan proggy feel going on in Schlomi Aber’s stuff is redeemed
Dub’ version of the title track. Real by effortless swinging beats, tight muscular production
South London stuff, and right up old and a deep emotional undertow.
Jaxx fans’ street. The ‘Dub Skank’ “This blinder had me bidding to place it on Buzzin’ Fly.
meanwhile is like an old rave favourite Outbid by a considerably bigger label, let’s just say I’m not
with a decent MC over the top. surprised. Thrusting, insistent, ugly-beautiful music;
*****
when this finally drops, light touchpaper and stand clear.”
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 TRANCE REVIEWS
Pax Royale
There’s Always Music
Fraction Records
New outing from Joni ‘JPL’ Ljungqvist
and Netherlander Maarten Hercules.
‘There’s Always Music’ is a harder affair
than we’re used to from either
producer. Built around a minor Marco
V-ish vocal and a curious ravey stabbed
centre line, it’s refreshingly difficult to
pigeonhole. Elsewhere on the release
The Signal Runners chip in a choppy,
electro-edged rocker, which is very
usable. Finally, the ‘JPL & Anquah’s
Techfunk Remix’ does indeed ‘tech’ and
‘funk’. Nice release!
*****
Duderstadt & Anita
Kelse
Smile
Afterglow (Ger)
After a couple of recent ‘also rans’, the
latest Afterglow release gets closer to
the winner’s enclosure. Not sure where
MOBO winner Anita Kelsey’s vocal has
got to though, as this release features
dub after dub. Duderstadt’s original
and Alex Morph’s remix share the
chequered flag, both utilizing the
complex, catchy riff over near-perfect
backings. Duende and Harris C
meanwhile graciously allow a few of
Anita’s “Oohs” and “Ahhs” in under the
fence, inevitably helping increase the
emotion quota.
*****
Yoji & Romeo
6 Hours
Hellhouse (Jap)
I like Hellhouse! Why? Well, it’s pretty
much the only Japanese trance label
going, the quality level is high and
they’re not in the least bit worried
about convention. This is Biomehanika
and Toscani’s ‘Acid Spunk’ follow-up
and the listening experience is so
hyperactive it’s almost disorientating.
Sledgehammer beats, hardcore piano
and blink-and-miss vocals all whistle
past your earlobes. ‘6 Hours’ genuinely
puts the ‘hard’ into ‘hard trance’.
Flipside and Fred Baker’s mix re-wires it
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SHOT!
into tech with some great jabbing
synth stabs and frisky percussion.
*****
Leama & Moor
Distance Between Us
Lost Language
‘Distance Between Us’ (plucked from
the ‘Common Ground’ album) is a
stunning patchwork of clever riffs
underwritten by heavenly key changes.
The requiem-like lyrics and lamenting
vocal delivery (from Mercury signing
Rushmore) seal the deal for the
original. Remix-wise, Gwill Morris puts
in an ace distorted bass and xylophone
hybrid, which clocks in just shy of 12
minutes. Jody Wisternoff’s treatment
meanwhile is more upbeat and falls
somewhere between progressive and
house. Could be the best Leama & Moor
yet.
*****
Airbase
One Tear Away EP
Intuition (NL)
Oddly structured EP this, in as much as
it starts out a bit ho-hum, progresses
to good by the second track and hits
rocking around the middle of the third.
‘One Tear Away’ has some cogitating
classical piano to deal with before you
inevitably snooze off during the bog-
standard riff. The melody on ‘Rest in
Peace’, on the other hand, is delivered
by an imaginative, squalling synth
supported by some nice backing.
Finally, ‘Medusa’, with its brilliantly
executed riff, is pure floor tonic and
should have been in pole position.
*****
Bobina
Lighthouse
Maelstrom
Russia is awash with trance producers
these days, but it’s Dmitry ‘Bobina’
Almazov who remains their standard
bearer. The original mix of ‘Lighthouse’
is a slickly produced slice of melodic
trance with some great vocals,
especially in the verses. Sean Tyas
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R.V.D.B. whips up a headstrong,
Access (Randy discordant Detroit
Katana Remix) moment. Blippy, trippy
Spinnin’ (NL) and a little bit scary.
Joop
*****
Katana half cooks things
The Future (The Remixes) here. The galloping feel
High Contrast to the backing is great
The original mixes of ‘The Future’ but overall the remix is Coldware
were just an appetizer for this way too linear and Invert
remix. Markus Schulz is out of his doesn’t feel the benefit of Fraction Records
corner first with what must surely a strong top line either. A two-sided affair. Their
*****
be his best remix, nay, even his original version is a
best work to date. He delivers a commendable, melodic
thumping trance-progressive eye- entity with stout
waterer, which electrifies for eight Sonicvibe production and nice riffs.
minutes with its fog-horn synths pres Vardran The ‘Coldware Remix’
and stabbed central riff. Rank 1 Lightform however is a masterclass
meanwhile build their mix Anjunabeats in atrocious key changes.
*****
endlessly towards a cracking guitar A prowling linear trancer.
and bass crescendo. Buy this! Your ‘Lightform’ is made up of
music folder is incomplete without strong percussion and a
it. chilly, chiming melody. Aly & Fila
*****
Nice enough. Ankh/Uraeus (Carl
*****
B & Frase Remixes)
Ligaya (Ger)
Carl B’s take on the
turns the euphoria meter, bringing the Leon Bolier excellent ‘Ankh’ is pretty
riff deliberately into the foreground. pres standard up to the end of
My Digital Enemy’s remixes are a bit Precursor the break and then it
wishy washy but you’ll have made your Canis Major (Leon suddenly goes nuclear.
mind up on this long before you get vs Joop Remix) Frase keeps things nice
there. Spinnin’ (NL) and dark on ‘Uraeus’,
*****
Leon is pushing sidestepping the
boundaries, as this original’s dog-eared riff.
*****
thudding. Alongside the
Activa back-in-action Joop, he
Genetix
Liquid (NL)
I’m rarely sold on Activa’s tracks,
finding them too generic and lacking
the hooks that count. That hasn’t
stopped a slew of labels picking up his
tracks over the last three years
though. Here’s another prime
example: spindly acid lines, reedy
synth parts and age-old key changes,
all knee-capping what should be a
good tune. Leon Bolier and Joop
manage to haul it back from the
precipice with a good, driving tech
remix with just the right dose of
melody for good measure.
*****
Discodroids
Interspace (Oliver Shine
Remix) Dancefloor destroyer!
MARK PLEDGER
Purple Eye (NL)
One of Ferry Corsten’s earliest trance
memories comes back around. Sadly,
the majestic Slate mix (infamously
credited to Terry Corsten!) is nowhere
ANJUNA BEATS
to be found. In its place is a brand new Hydroid
speaker-spanker from Oliver Shine. He Space Quest
takes the wispy Jeff Lynne/War of the TBC
Worlds-inspired ethereal melody, adds “Hydroid’s latest gem is so precious, I wager many DJs
in his usual degree of production would give their right arm to have it in their sets! The
bounce and whips together a 10- battle to sign this infectious trancer is still on and it’s
minute epic. It’s a perfect revamp, but only a question of time before it’s unleashed!
the missed opportunity to give us a “The Anjuna Beats-tinged melodies certainly go down
fresh copy of the original is a shocker! a treat, whatever the hour, but it’s the rocking harder
*****
feel and electrifying production that seals the deal.”
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QUICKIES
Baltic Sound
TIM STARK PO Box 272, Oxford OX3 8FJ & JONATHAN LISLE Flat 31, 84 Kingsland Rd, London ,E2 8DP
YOGI HAUGHTON Twisted Wheel Barn, Kirkhill, Legerwood, Earlston, Berwickshire, TD4 6AT
Glimmer
Rhunsong
Agreeable dreamy fluff-
prog that turns into a real
grower. Joel Armstrong &
Micah provide the remixes.
TS
*****
Kamishake
Getting Stronger
Azuli Black
Dark, squelching minimal
synth journey (with the
near-obligatory spoken
female vocal). Pretty fair
tune with the vox coming
into its own in the
breakdown. TS
*****
Deepgroove
Jus A Rave
Underwater Records
A ‘92 ‘Rave’ homage.
Authentic, stabby, echoing
synths and laser effects are
worked into a noughties’
framework. TS
*****
Dancefloor destroyer!
MURRAY
RICHARDSON
SENSEI
Francois Dubois
‘I Try (Jamie Anderson Mix)
Urban Torque Records
“Francois Dubois follows up his massive ‘Blood’ track for
Urban Torque records with what already is contender for
one of this year’s top tunes.
“Coming with a plethora of mixes from the likes of Nic
Fanciulli, Aqua Bassino, Milton Jackson and Sam Ball, it’s
the pure deep house genius of Jamie Anderson’s remix
that really hits the mark.
“This remix is nine minutes of pure quality that will have
the house heads, the minimal bods and the tech crews
alike all getting up to this.”
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Miguel Migs
Mesmerized
NRK
Not be the most inspiring
track of the year so far but
what a brilliant selection of
mixes, from Freerange
Records’ Shur-I-Kan.
Downright deep ‘n’ funky
shit from the Bristol label.
*****
The Black Dog
Virtual
Soma
Elements of ol’ skool house
fused with techno are
found in the title track,
whilst ‘The Weight’ harps
even further back to the
pioneering house days
percussive wise. ‘Ambience
With Teeth’ samples Stevie
Wonder’s ‘Living For The
City’, which translates into
a jazzy, hefty straight-
ahead funk groove with a
massive slurpy bassline to
boot.
*** *
REVIEWS SOULFUL/PROG
Benz & MD
Sundowner
Aurium
Typically melod-prog piece from Benz
& MD, which doesn’t shy from the
darker, deeper side of things. The
original mix’s booming bass parts go
some way to setting the tone.
However, this is a track desperately
seeking a killer riff - or something
even approaching it. Gabriel Batz uses
in-vogue analogue sounding synths
and an enhanced tempo but badly over
extends the intro. The break’s lilting
pads redeem things some, but overall
this is not one of the pairing’s best
releases. TS
*****
Martijn Ten Velden &
Lucien Foort
Bassification
Toolroom Trax
Martijn Ten Velden and Lucien ‘Funk
Function’ Foort team-up on this tasty
offering from Toolroom. The original
version is a bumping, bleeping mix of
minimal grooves and riffs, supported
by killer drums and an electro top-line.
Martijn’s remix uses an interesting
blend of distorted drums, played off
against crystal clean synths and
orchestral hits to carve out an ever-
building monster. Finally, Foort chips
in a smooth, proggy consort, light on
tone and tight on the rhythms. TS
*****
Luciano
No Model Tool
Cadenza
What makes this double vinyl package
special is that it is, in the main, a
series of club minimal/progressive DJ
tools with stripped down beats,
rhythms, cool sounds and wicked
parts. In addition, the 10-minute
track ‘Keridos’ is a rocking techno
belter and ‘Saulitude’ has a fantastic
bassline, which will work very well in a
dark dirty basement. JL
*****
Matt O Brien
Seratone (Radioslave Remix)
Rekids
‘Seratone’ is something of a techno
monster with a siren-like synth that
destroys dancefloors every time.
Radioslave is fairly true to the orginal
but adds that little bit of extra
darkness. JL
*****
Audion/Bodycode
Death is Nothing to Fear EP
Spectral
The A-side of this excellent EP goes to
Matthew Dear’s Audion project and
their 12-minute track ‘I Gave You Away’,
which rocks with its wicked bubbly
synth melodies and really strong drums.
On the flip, Pär Grindvik delivers the
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Martin Landsky
Let Me Dance
Pokerflat
Landksy had a great year in 2006,
particularly with his huge ‘1000
Miles’, which is still being caned
on dancefloors across the world,
so it’s great to hear that he’s still
on form with his latest release.
‘Let Me Dance’ has a much more
old school feel than his previous
tracks and shows Landky’s
versatility. JL
*****
very cool ‘Casio’ and Bodycode comes
out with ‘Exciting Ride’, with some top
class spooky keyboard lines and mad
vocal samples. JL
****
Open Souls
Open Souls EP
Mukatsuku Records
The ‘Open Souls’ EP contains three
wholesome funk cuts, as well as a Bossa
track that is the
linchpin, holding the
dirty funk frenzy MONETY!
together with a nice SHO
clean Brazilian
groove. You’d be
forgiven for assuming that the three
funk tracks were dusty grooves found in
a crate at the back of a small record
store in Hicksville, in the mid-West. But
far from it, this mob are a collective of
artists from New Zealand. Their names –
including Isaac Aesilli, Tyra Hammond
and Chip Matthews - sound just as
ghetto and American as the sounds they
make. Opening cut ‘You Got Me Thinkin’
is the killer bold funk track in the set but
the whole EP is like a stick of Blackpool
rock with the word ‘funk’ written all the
way through it.
*****
Brett Johnson
Life In The Emerald City EP
Freerange
Dirty, bumpy, grumpy grooves fill this
four tracker until the final chapter of
this EP, when Matt Masters rolls into the
frame with robust thudding bass,
deeper keys and spoken vocals on
‘WeR1’. Fans of Chicago jackin’ joints will
dig the remainder of this filthy EP,
including Brett Johnson’s original
version of ‘WeR1’ with its dark, grungy
organ that is straight out of a Vincent
Price horror, until Johnson decides to
lighten the mood by moving into a
bumpier funk mood.
*****
Grand High Priest
feat Dajae
Mary Mary
Endulge
Craig Loftis’ mix features a sinister
acidic stabby keyboard that prods
away at the shuffling Chicago beats,
wriggling Hammond organ and the
Dajae vocal that is swimming in echo.
Terry Hunter keeps many of the same
ingredients but opts for a much more
organic, drier level of production and
loses some of the towering power of
the bigger, fatter Loftis interpretation.
*****
Tarrot & Marbach
feat Kasey E. Ryan
Simple Things
Black Vinyl
Not too many tracks pull at the strings
of your soul within the first few
opening bars. But the moment the
‘Simple Vocal’ kicks off you are drawn
into the soulful texture as it builds
with such finesse and grace. When
Kasey E. Ryan starts to whisper her
sweet vocal you can’t help but melt.
Jazzy keys, soulful strings, jumpy
conga and the innocence of that vocal
ensure that any soulful or jazzy house
fan will not be able to resist the
invitation to make their way to the
dancefloor. A great dub and a stunning
reprise are included too
****
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 HARD DANCE REVIEWS
Ryan Blair MONEY
Flap Jack
Tekelec
SHOT!
This talented lad from Northern
Ireland is making waves right now
with some top level support for his
tech-trance productions, including
props from Tekelec label boss Ali
Wilson, who’s snapped up this two-
track EP. The fierce tech groover
‘Led Vario’ is a surefire winner for
fans of harder sounds, although
‘Flap Jack’ is where it’s really at
here as tough rhythms and stinging
stabs send energy levels soaring
before lush melodies wash over the
mix to trigger a wave of euphoria
from the dancefloor. ‘Flappin’
fantastic!
*****
Rob Tryptomene &
Henry Cullen
Watch Me/Peep Show
Apex
Henry Cullen ditches his more familiar
D.A.V.E. The Drummer moniker on this
latest release to team up with Rob
Tryptomene for a groove guided salvo
of tough techno bombs. ‘Watch Me’ is
unmistakable and irresistible in equal
measures thanks to a hypnotic disco
loop - “Watch me now… feel the
groove” - laid over a jackin’ ’70s
bassline and funky sax stabs. Imagine
Olav Basoski getting down and dirty
at a techno squat party.
*****
Jason Cortez
Fiji
Cortex
Nuklear Puppy main man Jason Cortez
continues his transition to tech-
trance with a cover version of ‘Fiji’ by
Atlantis vs Avatar. Although the
original artists were never a
household name, their tune was a
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true trance classic around the turn of
the millennium and you can
guarantee those angelic vocal washes
and spine-tingling chords will still
strike a chord with dancefloors in this
clinically executed update.
*****
Frank Farrell
Dokalis
Flash Point
Frank Farrell lays down a savage
energy feast here that’s cast from the
same mould as his mighty Munkjack
productions. ‘Dokalis’ has a definite
old skool vibe with a hard and heavy
kick, offbeat stabs and snappy “Don’t
look back” vocal hooks. Label boss
Marc Johnson completes the package
with a pedal to the metal, hi-octane
remix to turbo charge your
dancefloors.
*****
Michael James &
Riggsy pres Andy
Moore
Passion
Nil By Mouth
Keep an eye out for the The Nil By
Mouth label in months ahead for
some straight up, no-nonsense hard
house. They pay tribute to former
Passion Records owner Andy Moore
with a heavy hitting, stab fuelled
number - The equally energetic Green
Velvet inspired thumper ‘Brain Dead’
completes this no-nonsense nails
package.
*****
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Don’t Tar Me With The Same QUICKIES
Brush
SIMON EVE PO Box 305, Hayes, Middlesex UB4 9SZ
High Contrast
Marcel Woods dares to be different Kenzie & Jon BW
once again with his standout track Cobain feat Build It Up
‘Don’t Tar Me With The Same Brush’ Clare Canty Contact
on High Contrast. Speaking of Safeguard A new label for hard house
brushes, this is a stroke of dancefloor CDR fans to champion, Contact
dynamite as bristling raw electro No firm label news on this serve up two sizzling
energy is blended into colourful tech- yet, but with lush vocals bangers here with buzzing
trance rhythms and shimmering pads from Clare Canty of Lucid synths, fierce Hoovers and
in this mixture of darkness and light. fame and harder edged catchy vocal snippets
Also featured on this release is the trance reworks from Ross making for decent
darker Euro stomper ‘Get The Mackenzie and JTB, this dancefloor material.
*****
Kleenex’. has all the armoury to do
*****
damage to your
dancefloors.
Axel
Jendrik De Ruvo &
Flarup
***** Karakasis
Moving Shadows
The Hard Way JTB Adult
Doof Doof Verse One This leading techno
While the minimal techno readers of Drizzly producer from Greece is
this magazine might argue that most Jon The Baptist delivers now making waves on a
tunes on this page cause them an epic hard trancer that global scale and getting
offence, the Doof Doof label have dives in and out of well-deserved cross genre
deliberately set out to shock dance darkness and light thanks support for his tunes,
fans right across the board on this to sinister vocals and with ‘Moving Shadows’
latest release. “I’m Gonna F*** atmospheric trance lines, and ‘Under Water’ the
You…” sets the tone in this filthy while Louk adds a deeper, highlights on this four-
head turning Euro groove that comes heads down rework. track EP.
***** *****
in tech to hard trance remix flavours
across two 12” discs. You’ve had hard
dance. Now try hard porn dance.
*****
Unknown
Bootek 21
Bootek
The public hunger for the cheeky
Bootek label shows no sign of fading,
although you do wonder how much
more mileage there is in UK techno
rhythms spliced into anthems from
yesteryear. This latest offering
plunders the vintage section of the
dance music classics cellar on one
side with those unmistakable strings
from Rhythm Is Rhythm’s ‘Strings Of
Life’ taking centre stage. Meanwhile,
the B-side features the more
contemporary sounds of Armand van
Helden’s ‘Hear My Name’ for a funky
edged floor filler.
*****
Various Dancefloor destroyer!
PHIL YORK
Hardbeat EP 28
Nukleuz
HARDTIMEZ
The legendary ‘Hardbeat’ EP series is
back with a bang and finds hardcore
fave Gammer operating under his
Matt Lee name on one side here in
‘Go’. He proves he can turn his hand Jason Cortez
to other styles with ease in this Finally
storming UK hard trance number Tranzlation
that’s bursting at the seams with “Mr Cortez drops an absolute belter here! This is a really
energy and powered by a thundering big tune for me at the moment and has been smashing
bassline and searing synth riffs for clubs to bits the world over, with a huge anthemic
maximum impact. The EP is completed powerful riff combined with massive thundering familiar
by Little Gem & Dark By Design, who vocal.
deliver a more European sounding “This really defines the hard trance I like to play - driving,
hard trance screamer. euphoric with loads of energy and a big feel-good factor.
*****
Most definitely an anthem in the making here!”
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 ELECTR0/DISCO-PUNK REVIEWS
MSTRKRFT
Street Justice
Modular
Canadian analogue synth wizards
du jour, Jess and Al wear slamming
Parisian acts (from Daft Punk to
their mates Justice) on their
sleeve, but they cannily don’t allow
influences to become more than
obvious inspiration – thereby
avoiding any inferences of
imitation. Here we get a passable
radio version of the track, but it’s
obviously the jackin’ original, with
its monstrous analogue building
bassline intro, that you’ll be
spinning ’til the grooves wear thin.
Fat and funky, like a rhino break-
dancing.
*****
MONETY!
Scan One SHO
Toolkit Part 1
Combat
There is no other electro label on the
planet right now that comes close to
emulating Combat’s studio alchemy.
Producers like Scan One are
mainlining on electro, IDM, dubstep
and jungle and distilling these
influences into futuristic, playable
jams. ‘LBW Pump’ reeks of menace, its
huge junglist subs prowling at the
right tempo for electro DJs, while the
complex, metallic drum rhythms of
‘Trotter’ map out some kind of new
electronic fusion. Join them on their
journey.
*****
Crash Course In
Science
Cardboard Lamb
Planete Rouge
Formed in 1979, Crash Course In
Science were one of the first groups
to work in the electronic medium.
Listening to ‘Cardboard Lamb’,
originally released in 1981, it’s
obvious that Adult have taken
inspiration from its primal 4/4 groove
and screeching vocals. Vitalic’s
version is more punky than the
original, but David Caretta’s remix
works better because it sticks with a
similarly minded electronic approach
as the original, but with the benefit
of modern technological might.
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Skyline
Theomatic
It’s surprising to hear such a sunny,
uplifting release coming from a
Siberian town near the Kazakh border,
but as the label say, “There are people
that produce electronic music like this
living there.” It also shows that
electro disco has become a global
sound, seeing as these tripped-out
grooves and disco claps are literally
from the middle of nowhere. Fellow
Russian disco cosmonaut AN-2
accentuates the original’s warm
feeling with his remix, without erring
onto the wrong side of good taste.
*** *
Sweetie
Touch Me (Remixes)
Superstonic
This long forgotten about co-
production by Weatherall and
Tenniswood with Sweetie is deservedly
reissued. It’s five-years-old, but that
doesn’t matter because the
Swordsmen’s creative genius outlives
trends and buzzwords. Indeed, as
their bad-ass bass rumble and
irresistibly moody drums encroach on
Sweetie’s, erm, rather sweet vocals,
the listener is reminded yet again that
while many try, practically no-one
does bassy electro like these studio
warriors.
*****
Si Begg
Jetlag & Tinnitus Reworks
Parts 1 & 2
Noodles
Si Begg is electro’s Merry Prankster,
the man who leads his listeners
down very strange paths in his
search for the perfectly wonky
groove. On this remix package, he
even has a version of ‘Non Stop Cut
Paste’ by Twocsinak, who spends his
allotted time telling us about how he
spends loads of money on eBay on
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The Bird & with this Cramps
The Bee influenced three tracker.
My Fucking The stand out track here
Boyfriend (Peaches is the moody
Remix) instrumental ‘Blood In
Regal My Mouth’.
*****
Imra George and Greg
Kurstain’s debut single
gets the Peaches remix
treatment and, rather Padded Cell
than being transformed Moon Menace
into a guitar romp, end DC Recordings
up acid tinged and You can probably live
wobbly bass driven. without the squealing
*** *
and rather annoying
saxophone on ‘Faces Of
The Forest’, but if you can
Robert M ignore the cries of “wolf”,
Yoshi/Sunset the trebly, pulsing bass
Walking On groove of ‘Moon Menace’
obscure music - to the sound of a King Kong compensates.
*****
folk guitar dirge! Fear not though, Three different genre
there’s plenty of head-fuck noisy, tracks. ‘Yoshi’ takes its
stop-start electro funk distortion cue from disco, ‘Sunset’
from Kawatin, Jacob London and the is melodic techno while Ebbro
Beggster himself if this doesn’t ‘Walking On’ reflects Tre
sound like your idea of fun. more Italo influences. Lucy Lee
***** *****
An off-the-wall slice of
freaky electronic disco
weirdness from I-Robots
Faze Action The Kreeps producer Gianluca
In The Trees Everyone I Went to Pandullo that’s
Juno School With Is Dead influenced as much by
Online megastore Juno celebrate 10 Loog Krautrock as it is by Italo.
*** *
years by re-releasing 10 classic The Kreeps follow up last
tracks. To start, they’ve chosen Faze year’s Output releases
Action’s fuzzy disco classic and
brought in Carl Craig to produce a
Kraftwerk inclined epic, which builds
beautifully to the Detroit sounding
string line. Jerome Sydenham and
Tiger Stripes deliver three mixes for
the funky house massive. Naturally,
what it gains for mainstream club
play, it loses in smokey back room
feel. Amazingly, in these analogue
fuelled times, the standout blues
harp synth line of the original
(included) is left alone in the
remixes.
*** *
Basement Jaxx
Make Me Sweat/Cool It
Atlantic Jaxx
Dancefloor destroyer!
BUSY P
Simon and Felix team up with
sometime Mekon collaborator
Roxanne Shante to produce a London
meets Chicago via Berlin and New
York shake down, throwing bubbling
ED BANGER RECORDS
house, garage and hip-hop into the Kavinsky
mix, alongside clipping basslines. Wayfarer
There’s no let up on the flip either, Record Makers
where the Jaxx get their jack properly “This is cold but funky, like Moroder, but it sounds like
back on with the irresistible groove of Dopplereffekt crashing their car into Vladimir Cosma. The
‘Cool It’. It’s vintage Basement stuff whole Ed Banger crew have been hammering it loudly
given new nuance. Leagues above since we first got the promo and satisfaction is
anything on the last two LPs and guaranteed.
guaranteed to bust a hole in the disco “But there’s also a Sebastian remix for the real Ed Banger
floor. fans. It goes perfectly with my own ‘Rainbow Man’. We
*****
both do music for wet back rooms, and it’s perfect for
announcing the party really starts now.”
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Alex Smoke
Prima Materia
Soma
The ‘abort’ version of ‘Prima
Materia’ will probably get the most
attention thanks to its underlying
discordant, droning bass hum, but
subtlety was always Smoke’s
strongest weapon, and the
orchestral, slower paced version of
‘Prima Materia’ sounds like he has
plans to start penning film
soundtracks. It’s a wonderful,
moving piece of music and it’s
preceded by a new version of
‘Always And Forever’, one of his first
releases, which also seduces with
wispy chords rather than brute
force. RB
*****
Andy Stott
See In Me
Modern Love
Having got the sound of classic acid
trax down to a fine art last year, Andy
Stott is now concentrating his efforts
on dub techno. ‘See In Me’ predates
contemporary stripped back techno,
taking its influences from Rhythm &
Sound, original Kingstown dub and
Bandulu’s more introspective
shanties. Pressed on 10” as a further
nod to the record’s sources, ‘See In
Me’ is evocative, warm and
melancholic and, like the rest of
Stott’s work, sounds timeless. RB
*****
DJ 3000 & Gerald
Mitchell
Alia
Motech
People bitch about how Detroit techno
isn’t as good as it used to be, but
getting remixed by Carl Craig is still an
automatic route to success and DJ
3000, one of the newer Detroit
producers, made a bloody good album
last year. This collaboration with Gerald
Mitchell adopts a similar, percussive
approach with 3000 making a play of
his heritage, using a wailing female
vocal and Middle Eastern riffs. In the
wrong hands, it could have ended up
like a techno version of ‘Ali Baba’, but
on this occasion it hasn’t. RB
*****
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Marco Resman
Watercolour
Mobilee
Resmann, who usually trades as Phage,
claims to have taken inspiration from
painting techniques to arrive at
‘Watercolour’, but it sounds more like
he’s spent time trawling through the
deeper end of his ’90s techno
collection. ‘Gouache’ is based on the
kind of hypnotic chord sweeps that
Sterac deployed as he made the
transition from ‘Secret Life of Machines’
to his harder-edged releases, while
‘Tempera’ offers a slightly more sinister
variation on this sound, as the beats
are grittier and the chords occasionally
show a darker side. RB
*****
MONETY!
The Black Dog SHO
Virtual
Soma
I never thought I’d get to make this
comment about techno, but having
heard ‘Virtual’ again, it’s safe to say
that they don’t make them like they
used to. The single, taken from the
new ‘Best Of…’ Black Dog
compendium, displays a willingness
to take chances and literally throw in
the kitchen sink, which doesn’t seem
to happen any more. Maybe they were
more innocent times, but whatever
the explanation, this EP sees the dog
sample Stevie Wonder, fuse Detroit’s
enigmatic sound with hardcore/rave
breaks and still sound fresh today. RB
*****
Digitaline
Anticlockwise
Cadenza
It’s not hard to understand what
Digitaline are striving for, but the route
that they have chosen isn’t ideal.
Spread over two records, ‘Anticlockwise’
aims to inject some colour into
monochrome minimalism, and the
duo’s poly-rhythmic arrangements are
populated at turns by pretty melodies,
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worth of listening and it’ll be difficult
for its innovative qualities to hold the MIA Butane
listener’s attention for that long. RB Bittersuss (Remixes) Techno For Whirrled
***** Peas Vol. 2
Sub Static
The first remixes of tracks Roman Photo
from MIA’s excellent Like a lot of the best
Cooper ‘Bittersuss’ album see minimal records, there’s
Galactica Shonky, Falko Brocksieper not much going on here,
Simple and Drama Society deliver but Butane’s use of moody
‘Galactica’ in its original form is a bass-heavy dancefloor basslines and creepy
spacey ride with a slightly gnarly treatments, with the sounds lend ‘Volume 2’ an
bassline and cool crisp percussion. It spooky chords of intangible edginess that’s
really doesn't do too much but should Brocksieper’s version of hard to ignore. RB
*** *
definitely ignite the floor. Exercise ‘Can’t Find You’
One take ‘Galactica’ and make a long impressing the most. RB
*****
drawn out juddering groove that
reminded me of both Plastikman in its Various Artists
early stages with its choppy Recollection Series
sparseness, and Maurizio with its 3 Channels Remixes Vol. 1
atmosphere, which creeps in. Last up, Together Revolver
Jimpster's interpretation is a deep, Channels Revolver get some of
warm disco inspired groove with The Polish duo have minimal’s new school to
squelchy bass and shimmering synths. saved some of their best remix tracks from their
Bound to go down well with Spirit work for their own label. back catalogue, with
Catcher fans. GS ‘Night Track’ boasts Shaka’s glitchy take on
***** subtle percussive tricks
and ‘Reply’ is a dark bass-
led tune that just keeps
Pan/Tone and Someone
Else’s chugging version of
Jeff Milligan and Robin
Luisine on building. RB Roy standing out. RB
***** *****
Podgelism (Various)
Spectral
Robag Wruhme's mix of ‘The Stop’ is a
delicate skippy track incorporating his
clunking percussion and chopped up
vocals. Next up, Apparat remixes ‘Drip’.
Typically musical and ambient inspired,
this starts with a hazy soundscape and
live sounding bassline before layers of
percussion are unleashed, giving it a
very live feel. John Tejada remixes
‘Make It Easy’ with his usual
devastating results. With deep, deep
bassline and clicky yet crisp drums, this
is vintage Tejada. Lawrence also
delivers a very strong remix with
‘Everything Under The Sun’. Once again
using his core sounds, warm hypnotic
bassline and a wonderful dreamy
backdrop, this closes the package in
fine style. GS
****
Various
Secret Weapons Vol. 1
Innervisions
For their 10th release Innervisions
offer up some secret weapons from
their DJ sets. ‘Ghetto’ sounds like a UR
release and is all Detroit strings, 808s Dancefloor destroyer!
and a killer live sounding bassline,
which all push this into anthem TECHNASIA
territory. ‘Zagora’ is a slightly pitched
down electronic/tribal hybrid with TECHNASIA RECORDS
great congas, swishy pads and ethnic
inspired vocal chants. ‘Warm’ by Mark
August is also striking in its marrying Static Drum
of more modern reduced sounds with Part 3
hypnotic Detroit-like synths. Last up, Static Drum
the wonderful old school New York “If Robert Hood is the undisputed king of minimal techno,
vibe of ‘ESL’ comes on like John then surely John Thomas is the prince of this music. Static
Ciafone or even a more electronic Drum is one of his many projects and ‘Part 3’ is an
MAW. Excellent release. GS excellent new loopy minimal techno EP by this talented
*****
Frenchman.”
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Chris Su & Concord
Dawn/Chris Su QUICKIES
Sacrifice/To Heal

ALEX C, PO Box 7502, London, N22 6QN

Critical
Definite heavy rave tech haze vibes Atlantic while ‘Latency’ is a
that build on the foundations of Connection psychotic beat chop.

*****
Noisia & TeeBee’s ‘Shower For An Leaving Home/
Hour’ here. Epic synth compositions Watchu Know (feat
critically fade in and out into focus MC Deviant)
where frothing pitch rises and classic Atlantic Connection Kryptic Minds
but not cheesy diva style vocals ride Echoes, loops and cool & Leon Switch
the mixture. The bass and drum chords that culminate in Turmoil
presentation itself is a rich, dried a gently rolling, sky-blue Defcom
fruit cake of taste that oozes flavour mid-mood head nodder. Dracula pianos,

*****
and timeless appeal from start to unsettling clunks and
finish. Superbly intense speeding ghostly choirs. Then the
imagery. wormhole synth squirms
SKC
****
and overpowering
Vandalism EP alcohol mixture is
Social Studies unleashed.
Gremlinz vs Illfingaz/
*****
‘Vandalism’ is maudlin and
Outlook introspective while
Goliath/Hard Living ‘Salvation’ is a jazz b-boy
Xtinction Agenda enthusiastic roller. Brian Abbey
Taxman MONETY! feat Aaron
*****
A lead weight roller with a propensity
Too Bad (VIP)/Block SHO to induce facial contortions. A Simpson/
Front Line hypnotising bongo roll propels itself Wezzler
Two very strong pieces from this forward in tandem with a polished Saburuko Never Far From
long-term jungle producer. ‘Too and buffed shiny Amen progression Boro Park EP Right /Frost
Bad (VIP)’ is absolutely drizzled in that keeps the interest high from a Horizons Xposure
vibes. A catchy looped roots vocal percussion standpoint. Raspy Angel ‘Green Horn’ builds a Nina Serene Kraftwerk style
draws you into its smoky haze and other synth bellows ride this Simone-style vocal, keys and boom bass
then the insistent occurrence of a but strangely sad coos couple rhythm and volume brings it into its rolling Amen and groovy occupy the main beef.

superbly programmed zig-zag
drum and frothing wobble bass
complete this heady, club loving
mixture. ‘Block’ is more of the
perfectly with rolling drum, absolute
zero ice chords and enough vibes to
slay a shopping mall full of zombies.
Shampooed mammoth.
*****
own, where an insistently pushing bass upon each other,
bass conundrum has your shoulders
rolling forward involuntarily.
Claustrophobia and agoraphobia in

*****
same filth. An intoxicated bleep alternating measures.

scurries over a horribly glowing
globule of a bass slide. Great in
the mix and both superb to drop at
the peak.
*****
Various
The Prologue EP
Lifted
Taking things to the next step. Chrome
furore. Just enough new touches to
keep the connoisseurs happy but still
retaining all the high carb elements
that the people demand. Spor’s ‘Knock
You Down’ couples a stepping splurge
G Dub
Smile/Rose Red
Propaganda
The G’s trying something just a little
more experimental on the selling side
here, sacrificing a little of the core
dancefloor bass splendour in favour of
some wacky scientist madness. Crazy
riffs inject themselves into the mixture
at odd intervals as a bongo drum
ripples through a slow squelch bass.
‘Rose Red’ does however go back to the
floor-destroying madness these guys
have a rep for, with a simply revolting
stench of a booming mixture. Roar.
*** *
EZ Rollers
Mousetrap/Fly Away
Intercom
A big bow to the EZ Rollers for their
confident attempts at light
heartedness bound with a consistent
concrete weight behind their
productions. Boldly releasing music
that brings a little joy into all of this
intensity. A cheeky slice of hillbilly
‘gee-tarr’ funk here, a consistently
proud drum, of course, with wonderful
work on the EQing to give it a crisp,
celery snap feel is the basis for a

****
with alien alarm and choirs. Evol succession of grinding, singing and
Intent’s ‘Glock Party’ uses hip-hop groovy guitar samples. Bon Jovi in
vocal stabs intermeshed with wince- Adidas.
Vital Elements Dancefloor destroyer!
*****
inducing bass smashes and Unknown

DJ DIE
Error’s ‘Sucker Punch’ has ominous Rudeboy/Trust Only Blood
chords melting into Dalek murderous Zombie
TC
BROWNSWOOD
intent bass. Raw as crude. Fans of people like G-Dub, the Front

*****
State of Mind
& Chris Su
Deeper
Advanced
Must give this one a big shout as it is
like a ‘Solaris’ part two, neuro-funk
relaxation and unsettling vibes all
packed into one unmissable package.
And also because it samples the
theme of my absolute favourite TV
show, the awesome vibes of the
Line label and similar smelly business
will enjoy this in a furiously jumping
up and down kind of way. Both sides
here are fully firing on all cylinders.
‘Rudeboy’ has jungle vocal stab vibes
as old skool sounds like Angel synths
and Terrorist sirens rumble over a
‘Dead Dred’ style warped bass, while
‘Trust Only Blood’ holds no hostages. A
semi-calm intro makes you smile from
ear to ear when the teeth clenching
Reeses and wacky boom-wobbles
saunter in. Under attack. Batten down
the hatches!
Rock Star/Game Over
D-Style
The flip to this is the one everyone is
going nuts for right now, and if you’ve
seen Andy C lately you won’t have
failed to hear him play it. A simply
rolled out ‘Think’ break in the intro
soon gives way to a stupid fresh
warping low flutter bass resplendent
with Sonic The Hedgehog/Mario, etc,
console vox and voice statement
saying “Game. Over!” ‘Rock Star’ is
good too, with punk style vocal over
that TC metallic flow we know and love.
DJ Clipz
You’re Talking Rubbish
Audio Zoo
“Clipz is back with part two to ‘Downloads’. Ice-cold
flutes and 8-bit bleeps set the mood before the
controversial vocal comes in saying, “Alright mate, let’s
link on Myspace and do some business, yeah, you’re
chatting rubbish”, setting it up for some demented Clipz
bass workout. Some people might even feel this is about
them!
“Whatever, this is 100% dancefloor smashtastic material

***** *****
theme to ‘Battlestar Galactica’. Gentle and one for the box.”

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MONETY!
NAPT SHO
Get Back feat
MC Skibadee/Feelin Right
Sub Frequency Funk
The NAPT boys recruit wicked
junglist MC Skibadee for this rather
large slab of rude electronic
breakbeat. Starting all spacey,
Skibadee soon enters the fray as
strings and handclaps set the
scene. The rude electronic bassline
is a perfect backdrop for Skibadee’s
ace flowing rhymes, and shows that
the NAPT boys can do tuff as well as
they can do soul. As if to underline
this further, Ashley from NAPT
takes to the mic for some lush
urban vocals on ‘Feelin Right’.
Clever samples underpin the fizzy
electronic track, which really goes
off in its latter stages. Burnin’. CL
****
Vandal
Idiots
Lot49
It’s been a while since we have heard
anything of Vandal since his last single
on Dylan Rhymes and Meat Katie’s
Lot49 imprint. ‘Idiots’ is the first single
from his forthcoming album, which
explains the quiet spell of late. As you
can imagine, the title has common
ground with the vocal sample – “The
idiots are taking over” – which sits
extremely well with the searing electro
bass and thunderous drums. On the
flip, Audiojack flips the beats up for a
heads-down Fabric-esque house
number that will have the 4am massive
gurning with glee, especially with the
quirky breakdown. Totally nuts. DM
*****
Digital Base
Superfashion
iBreaks
Until a year ago most breakbeat was
probably too, err, dirty to translate
over to Ibiza, but with the electro
explosion infecting its sensibilities this
is no longer the case. And anthemic
tunes like this could well lead to Ibizan
breaks nights taking off.
‘Superfashion’ has the feel of a classic
Subliminal/Defected filtered disco
house record (Onephatdeeva/ATFC,
etc) that could easily work at Amnesia
or Space given the right opportunity.
General Midi plough a more electronic
furrow, deep burbling b-line, ‘Positive
Education’ fills and enough restraint
not to turn it into a Mason electro-
house behemoth. Oi oi! CL
****
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Chris Carter feat Fine
Cut Bodies
Frogmarch
REC
REC reach their ninth release with head
honcho Christopher Cartier at the helm
in collaboration with Hungary’s Kevin
Fine Cut Bodies from the Chi Records
camp. As you would expect, this is no
straightforward breakbeat anthem; if
you like your shit quirky, REC supply the
goods in abundance. Oddball glitched
bell synths collide with intricate live
drum edits whilst sound effects morph
from one corner of the speaker to the
other. On the flip things are less hectic,
just a dubbed out freakathon that
compliments the original very well. DM
*****
Kickflip
Take You Back/Pirate Signal
Fat!
With a “Back to ’93” sample early on,
Kickflip sets the template for the lead
track on his latest for Fat! Linear tech-
house in feel, with impeccable beats as
always, Bob subtly introduces old skool
hardcore sounds from those ravey-
davey days; piano keys, siren FX and
dubwise delays all augment. Moves
into more high-octane territory as it
progresses – this one’s for the ravers!
As is flipside ‘Pirate Signal’, which
features some authoritative
McCarthyite American radio voice
absurdly warning of the menace of
pirate broadcasting. Rude beats, dirty
electronic b-line and eerie ambient
synths carry to the drop, after which it
goes all wicky-wicky scratchadelic.
Reclaim the airwaves! CL
*****
B-Phreak
Get Down/Move Ya Body
Mofo
Fresh from their Breakspoll nomination
for Best Breakthrough Label, Mofo
shove out another record by
wunderkind producer B-Phreak. The
beats don’t quite match up to his
immense ‘Repeated Groove’ from last
year, but the German still knows how to
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DANNY MCMILLAN, 62 Tarnworth Rd, Romford, RM3 9UJ and
Krafty Kuts Breakfastaz
feat Dynamite Sickness & The
MC Cheech
There They Go Breakfast Club
(Bodysnatchers Have the ‘Fastaz calmed
Remixes) down? Not bloomin’ likely,
Against The Grain but ‘Sickness’ is a diva
‘Freakshow’ album hip-hop tear-out track that makes
joint receives a breaks for a nice contrast. ‘The
overhaul by Baobinga and Cheech’, meanwhile,
30Hz. Raspy electronic scares you stupid with its
b-line and ace Dynamite horrorcore cackling,
full vocal or snippets over cartoon screams and
rigid stomping beats do the Vincent Price soundalike
job. Fun-loving hip-hop overdub. CL
*** *
breakbeat to throw down,
block party stylee. CL
*****
string a rockin’ tune together. A disco
vocal sample features prominently, but Lee Burridge
it’s the clanking spring and scribbly & Andy Page
303ing that carry the track more. A Break The Box Why Are The Pretty
block party breakbeat stompathon, Check The Zip/The Ones Always Insane
ably assisted overleaf by ‘Move Ya Body’ Shoom Almost Anonymous
– which coincidentally features a rather Even Flow Indeed! Starts Loco Dice
rude b-line somewhat reminiscent of More zippy, dirty electro minimal, expands into
DJ Move Ya! Old skool clacking b-line bizness, coupled warm UR techno, wibbles
percussion and interesting electronic with tasty delays for big around for a bit, thumps
sideswipes carry to the close. CL room shenanigans. More into Swag tech-house,
*****
of a proggy linear thing swerves into a CJ Bolland
on the flip, still with funky drummer big beat
bubbly electronic b-line melange before kicking
Random Source and fly “You make the into badass old skool
Halo bass wobble” female breakbeat with a rude
Sound Of Habib vocal. CL writhing b-line. Phew! CL
***** *** *
Label boss Jariten and Dan F hook up
for the label’s 25th release, which
incidentally is nothing to do with this
issue’s In The Bag guest reviewer. The
original drifts with Aphexy ambience at
first before the beats arrive, and
remains a non-conformist Luke Vibert/
Plug/Merka-type thing throughout. Big
remix package, headed up by Dopamine
who tuffens the break and injects the b-
line with poison. Backdraft brings forth
a searing badass bassline, Mexican
hombre Neztic adds a conquistador
twist to his journeying reinterpretation
and High-8 reconstructs in flowing,
spacey electronic mode. Here’s to the
next 25. CL
*****
Freshold
Bring It On
Control Breaks Dancefloor destroyer!
MORIARTY
Relative newcomer Freshold has been
making waves on the London scene for
LEAMINGTON SPA
the last year or so, and here he comes
with a buzzin’ soulful neo-tear-out
thang that’s a kinda 21st century take
on old skool hardcore. Strung-out Redlight feat Noah Deep
synths, diva wails, growling b-line, Play
lapping electronic delays and tuff enuff Proton Music
beats pitch this at harder floors, but “This release pretty much hits the nail on the head for us.
only in that middle ground Mofo sorta The original mix is great for earlier on in the night but
way. Mentalist last section, a vibe built then Elite Force takes his remix to a peak-time level.
on by Screwface from Hardcore Beats “The bouncy bass, hard-hitting snare and ever-building
on da remix. T99 riffing and crowd acid sounds excite pretty much every sense on the
chants of the title make for a full-on jumping crowd. Just when you think it’s peaked, it keeps
ravey-davey assault. CL going higher and higher. Awesome! It’s a bit of a loaded
*** *
gun, so use it wisely!”
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Lapidus, Stanna G,
QUICKIES Skepta & Wiley
Stop Snitchin’
PHILIPPA REED PO BOX 2376, Buckhurst Hill, Essex

MCS
Alleykat Man Kromestar returns with A big collaborative effort in every
Dem another slab of way being pummelled by the pirates
Tha Official EP incendiary dubstep lead and grime big boys. Lapidus rolls out
AKMD by the rolling ‘Ghost a heavy rolling production that takes
Four striking and Ship’. Elsewhere, jaunty its cue very obviously from the
heavyweight grime dub reggae fuses spookily James Bond school of soundtrack
instrumentals that run with scattered beats.. (look out John Barry). Stomping and

*****
the full gamut of vibes dramatic, this has hooks galore, and
and influences. Check out the MCs deliver some suitably epic-
(Tim Burton homage?) style rhymes that give this instant
‘Beetlejuice’ and the Ironsoul impact. Over the top, big, bold and
insect-like ‘Bass Itch’. Art Of Music catchy, this one is as massive as it
Very creative. White sounds.

*** * *****
Copious jiggery-pokery
with vocal samples
creates an r&b influenced
Toasty Boy mash-up that perhaps Golden Child
Splash/Skinny could be filed under What’s Your Name
Destructive ‘lovers’ grime’. Chocolate Factory
Two totally contrasting Sweetness, melody, yet Golden Child has created brisk
tracks with equal merit tuff beats. business by way of sexy vocal tunes,

*****
and murkiness. From and this fits right into that category.
exotically undulating, With shades of vintage TJ Cases in the
highly percussive funk- deep melodic basslines and
step to unsettlingly Geeneus musicality, this is smooth but sassy
smooth techno-fed Darkboy with plenty of classic r&b-meets- Elisabeth Troy MONETY!
futurism, it’s all here. Soulja garage vocals. There’s nothing new in Past Love SHO

*** * This three-tracker shows this formula and lyrically it doesn’t Quality Control
Geeneus at his most break ground either, but with a Wow! The incomparable singer/
earthy and stomping 4/4 bassline mix included, songwriter Elisabeth Troy makes a
Kromestar subterreanean. Slyly this ‘laydeez’-friendly track will no stunning return to the scene with Angel’ is a driving slab of floor
Ghost Ship elegant yet utterly murky doubt brighten up the floors. producer Ed Case. With a damaging minimalism. For the 4/4

*****
Fantastic 3 and shot through with a hauntingly emotive vocal (a rarity lovers out there, ‘Hardcore 4/4’ is
From the well-respected dose of grime. these days on the scene), the two- pure gameboy nuttiness taking us

*** *
Southside subsidiary, step remix brings to mind those Ed back to that hard 4/4 sound from
T2 Case classics of old, with its musical back in the day. EZ will love it! Bass
Nocturnal Dubs Vol. 2 keys and melancholic strings. insanity all round.

Nocturnal Dubs
Looming larger than large on the
bassline scene, Nocturnal Dubs
launch their second volume with
Leeds producer T2 showing the
*****
Likewise, the 4/4 mix is fabulously
soulful yet tuff - sure to be on
everyone’s playlist. Up there with
MJ, The Midnight Circus and the Four Kornerz
like, this is prime vocal garage. Gonna Make It (Remixes)

Londoners a thing or two. Splicing
vocals within an inch of their life,
these are grooves that contrast
wandering, fluttering vocal melodies
played up and down the keys, with
gritty and darkly warbling basslines.
A head-on collision between r&b and
hoovering 4/4, this is irrepressibly
bouncy, highly melodic and with
warp-factor turned up to ten.
*****
In-Ctrl Recordings
A fantastic package from the Control-
S stable, beginning with their own
funky two-step club mix, with a fine
Bret Maverick & NE1 jazzy bassline. The Wideboys switch it
Cut Off Them up to 4/4 with a blisteringly funky
White workout, as only they can deliver. R
With a name like a character from The Kane & Domino go darker and drop in
A-Team, Mr Maverick and NE1 take us a fierce bassline for the b-line crew,
back to the days of hard 4/4 and of DJ whilst Signal To One round off with a

Dancefloor destroyer!
CHARLIE SEZZ
PROLIFIC/RIDDLER
Gappy Ranks & Sticky
In A De Dancehall
Music Street Records
“Yet again the main man Sticky produces a firin’ 4/4
slammer, with the vocal talents of Gappy Ranks lacing
the rhythm. This really has got an infectious groove
that gets ya head nodding straight from the start.
Gappy Ranks really does give this beat a nice edge
with his distinctive ragga flow and style.
“Make sure you cop this, as it does serious damage in
de dancehall and dancefloor! Music Street deliver
*****
Ruff Squad feat
Maxwell
From A Place
Adamantium
An anthemic release from this crew,
re-establishing Maxwell’s unique
presence on the scene once more into
the bargain. With Maxwell’s catchy
sung chorus hook and some slick
lyrics, this is a highly infectious
hybrid of various musical styles and
genres, ranging from soca to electro
and grime (with even a bit of pop
melody thrown in). A highly musical
production tinged with ’80s synth
pop/electro, this is very distinctive
and has some crossover potential.
Narrows, Sirus and the like on this
two-track instrumental 12”. Bouncy
beats, manic riffs and insane
basslines make for tracks that will do
serious damage. The title track in
particular - where grime meets 4/4 in
a hardcore mash-up - will hook you in
with its evil bass. The ‘Flat Eric’ of
2007?
*****
J Sweet
Road Angel EP
Marxman
One of the true original producers on
the scene, J Sweet returns for ’07
with a cracking four-track
instrumental EP on his own Marxman
imprint. With its jaunty flutes and
slicing, Edwards-inspired dub. Great
song (check the cool lyrics) and
slamming mixes all round.
*****
Agent X feat Ultra
Perfect Girl
Heatseeker
The hotly tipped Shawfire delivers a
garage-meets-electro production on
an epic scale: big beats and an even
bigger bassline that’ll get the floors
jumping. There are loads of
alternative mixes too, ranging from a
grimy Dub Melitia workout to TS7,
who take the bassline route with a
warping minimalist dub. Shawfire
delivers the hit mix though. Very,
very catchy.

***** *****
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Proof
Sincerely Yours
Interscope
Rumoured to be the first
single offa Proof’s
posthumous ‘Time A Tell’
LP and a right storming
Dilla-produced beast it is
too. Steal this from
somewhere soon.
*****
Redman
Put It Down
Def Jam
Available on the internet
until DJ release it as a
single, this Timba-
produced head-nodder
does nothing new but does
it with searing heat and
drive. Go thieving.
*****
Immortal
Technique feat
Joel Ortiz
Modern Day Slavery
Koch
Look out soon for the
brilliant Ortiz album but
dig this polemical
brilliance first – amazing,
Dancefloor destroyer!
DJ EXCALIBAH
DAT SOUND
DJ IQ feat The Allstars
Brainfood Allstars
Mancan
“Possibly the best posse cut that UK hip-hop has yet
delivered. The young maestro DJ IQ comes with a nice
bouncy beat that encourages the UK’s finest to deliver
8-bars each. With so many MCs on here, there is bound
to be something for everyone and for me, Kashmere,
Jehst and Verb T kill it. Get out there and support up-
and-coming talent.”
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QUICKIES
wide-screen production,
rhymes deep and dark as a
mass-grave.
*****
Apathy & Celph
Titled
Sound Of The Clap
Antidote
Ex Demigodz hook up with
DJ Yoda and Antidote to
drop some wonderfully
punchy big-band funk.
‘Nut Reception’ on the flip
unleashes J-Zone, aka
God, on a rolling groove
you’ll recognise. Top-
notch.
*****
Ludacris
Runaway Love
Def Jam
Gagworthy. An attempt at
honesty from the lunatic
one that sits uneasily with
both persona and politics –
the way he turns a love
story into just another set
of misogynist stereotypes
beggars belief. Jeremy
Kyle’ll love it.
*****
Mr Drastick
Rep Dat
Vision Music
Love the simmering Hammond
keyboards on this – Doc Brown feels
right at home dropping in on such a
hi-tension backdrop, the whole track
coalescing over the course of three
minutes into a tightening of your
chest, your collar, your neck. So
whilst this works as straight up hip-
hop, it also works as the kind of slow-
burning dub monster you thought
Jacob Miller and Pablo had only laid
down 30 years ago. Excellent.
*****
Phat Kat
Nasty/Cold Steel
Fat Beats
A neat adjunct to EL-P, a Dilla-
produced monster of electropop
detail that manages to crowbar
Associates, ESG, Human League and
Bambaataa into one slippery squelchy
four minutes of joy. On the flip, ‘Cold
Steel’ is equally engrossed in
analogue texture and robo-ruffness,
a filthy surge of sleazy electro worthy
of Soft Cell at their ‘Sex Dwarf’
perviest. Dig in y’freak.
*****
Tinchy Stryder
Breakaway
Takeover Entertainment
A rhyme about break-ups and escape
that can’t seem to find its feet. There
are good moments here in amidst the
mediocrity (some lovely early ’80s
Chinoiserie-synths that are pure
Associates), but the whole piece feels
half-finished and hurriedly produced,
with the vocals totally obscuring the
complexity you can hear on the
instrumental. On the flip, ‘Not Like
Me’ attempts a lot less and succeeds
at a whole lot more.
*****
EL-P
Flyentology
Definitive Jux
‘I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead’ is
peppered with finer highlights than
this, but as a single release it’s a
helluva smart idea. For starters, the
Trent Reznor cameo should ensure a
healthy Goth population will have to
add this to their racks, and the whole
fizzes and surges with demented
electro textures that kick the ass offa
the new LCD big style. On the flip,
‘EMG’ is old skool rewired for the 34th
Century. Essential.
*****
Kase
Notice Me
Jump Street Music
Where musical simplicity starts
sounding like melodic condescension
– a riff is so idiot-easy, so dumbly
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childish, you don’t admire the
conciseness, you just suspect that
those responsible haven’t fucking
tried hard enough. Witness ‘Notice
Me’ - a great beat, some nicely
distorted vox from Kase - but ruined
by a chorus riff so cretinously
predictable you can be sure you’ll
never put it on again. On the flip,
‘K2Dae’ reveals such mediocrity was
no accident.
*****
Dead Residents/
Optimas Prime
Drop
Dial Up Records
‘Boogaloo’ says, “Baby, please don’t
go with Them & Van the Man.” The
incomparably-titled ‘Tefal Head’ sees
Jihad of 3rd Sight drop hostility over
sparse doom-funk. ‘Flashbacks’ is
damn nigh oceanic Latinate dub.
‘Exhibition Style’ is the highlight;
‘The Stomp Pt. 2’ is mad as Redman;
‘Kaiboshed’ & ‘The Chuckle Brothers’
are pleasantly tuff-as-steel and ‘NVI’
closes out the bargain EP of the week
with heavily chorused ’80s guitar.
Explore.
*****
Kidkanevil
5th Gear/Asbo
First Word
‘5th Gear’ is wonderfully downbeat,
beats that are half acoustic-kit, half
the kind of thigh-slaps and foot-taps
MONETY!
Dirty Diggers SHO
Wannabes
Zebra Traffic
‘Wannabes’ is addictive, cute as
fuck, and really makes sense
pumping from the PA after a few too
many drinks ‘n’ sherbet dabs. Great
that after such a party-starter Dirty
Diggers feel confident enough to
tog up in their Ivy-League duds and
lurch into the strung-out psyche-
jazz of ‘So Grown Up’, whilst closer
‘It’ll Be OK’ occurs in that precise
space where funk stands on the
brink of disco and says ‘no’. Superb
stuff as ever from DD & ZT.
*****
you find yourself doing as you listen.
‘Asbo’ is even better, Lotek dropping
a hysterically funny, totally on-point
discourse on the old myth of ‘anti-
social’ behaviour over some low-key
yet engrossing beats. Closer ‘Kranium
Rock’ is for any dancefloor hip
enough to dig its rocksteady rumble.
Yet to hear anything disappointing
from First Word.
*****
Seeed
Thing
Four Music
Jesus Christ, this is annoying! Even
the presence of the mighty Saian
Supa Crew can’t ameliorate the
general sunny side-up awfulness of
Seeed’s weak-assed sub-ragga pop.
On the flip, the way-more successful
‘Slowlife’ sees Kano rippling killer
lines in between a slow undulating
bass-beat motif that’s a lot less
interested in being your friend.
*****
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Scrimshire
You Will Save Me
Wah Wah
One of the more driving cuts to be
unleashed from the Wah Wah camp of
late. Enlisting the ivory tinkling talents
of a certain Jessica Lauren, ‘You Will
Save Me’ comes over as punchy broken
house (Blaze’s ‘My Beat’, anyone?) that
has enough ‘real’ jazz and soul
intonation to cut above the linear
material that often populates the
genre. Spiritual South increases the
impact on the remix with punching
bottom-end and a canny re-
arrangement.
*****
Max Sedgley
Happy (2007 Remixes)
Sunday Best
Having already confirmed its place in
the ‘classics’ list due to its
extraordinary crossover appeal,
‘Happy’ gets another makeover
courtesy of Mr Dan and Ashley Beedle.
Mr Dan offers a tech-tinged update for
the radio edit. Beedle honours the
groove of the original with an uptight
mix that re-plays, re-edits and remixes
Sedgley’s opus into eight minutes of
string and percussive led joy.
*****
Gruff Rhys
Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru
Rough Trade
Although the excellent 14-minute
journey that is ‘Skylon’ may never be
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White Magic
Katie Cruel
Drag City
If the recent hype surrounding
Joanna Newsome is anything to go
by, then 2007 should be White
Magic’s year. Having toured with
the harp wielding wonder on her
last UK tour, their style of Medieval
balladry and psychedelic folk is
perfectly suited to those
predisposed to Newsome’s
bewitching sound. Don’t be
mistaken though, White Magic are
no coat-tailing impressionists,
they are a genuine force to be
reckoned with. The real folking
deal!
*****
released as a single outright from his
‘Candylion’ LP, rest assured that ‘Gyrru
Gyrru Gyrrru’ is an adequate, more
radio-friendly replacement. Built on a
sedate acoustic guitar and percussion
rhythm track (including some nice
cuica touches to add that Tropicana
flavour), Rhys also applies his Welsh
mother-tongue to the top line, making
this a contemporary Welsh psych pop
beauty. Cheeky.
*** *
Aluminium
Aluminum
XL Recordings
Although this got buried at the tail-
end of last year, we still thought it
deserved an overdue mention due to
not only the sheer excellence of the
original piece, but also a rather fine
and surprisingly tempered mix from
Four Tet. If you’re unfamiliar with the
project, it basically comprises of
soundtrack man Joby Talbot re-
constituting various Jack White
penned tracks into another worldly
avant classical sphere where dramatic
tension is key.
Very cool.
*****
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Indulging their passion for acid folk Air Hockey, the only problem
and psych rock, Finnish wunderkinds Once Upon A Time is you’ll miss out on this
Pepe Deluxe return with drum heavy, Virgin piece of gorgeousness.
*****
psychedelic workout ‘Ms Wilhelmina Air return with another
And Her Hat’. Not sure why they typically lush slice of
decided to tuck it away on the B-side, symphonic, downbeat
but there you go! At 2:21, A-side pop. Well, if it ain’t broke. Badly Drawn
*** *
‘Pussy Cat Rock’ is an unusual but Boy
equally tripped-out affair: the perfect, A Journey From A To B
pocket-size punk rock companion. Be Remixes
on your guard Mr Votel, Pepe Deluxe Sasso EMI
want your crown! Bootleg Series Vol. 2 The Go! Team respond to
*****
Love Monk remix duties in style,
Having already taken his leaving the vocal intact
knife to George Clinton and merely creating a little
Working For A Nuclear and Stevie Wonder, Sasso more energy with added
Free City returns to work his magic percussion. Thankfully no
Rocket on The Jacksons’ additional vocals rear
Melodic ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ and their heads.
*****
An incredibly dense release from Roy Ayers’ ‘We Live In
WFANFC, who seem to have tapped Brooklyn’. Naughty but
into a higher state of consciousness nice.
*****
with this four-track EP. The electronic/ Mark Ronson
organic divide has been blurred even God Put A Smile On Your
further with arrangements that avoid Face Remix
the obvious structures and instead go Andrew Hockey Colombia
for a Anglo Kraut styled approach that There’s A Mountain/ Skip the puerile Bontempi
sounds like The Beta Band never left Bunny Boiler Blues bump of Aaron La Crates
the room. Check for the cinematic Static Caravan re-tread and head for the
suspense of ‘Waiting Game’ for a subtle You could spend all day Paul Nice chop-up of
introduction to this solid EP. throwing compliments ‘Toxic’. As fruity as the
*** *
and praise the way of original with extra break
velvet-throated singer/ appeal.
*** *
songwriter Andrew
Open Souls
Open Souls EP
Mukatsuku Records
Yet another product of New Zealand’s
ever-growing musical export industry,
nine-piece collective Open Souls are
up there with Sharon Jones & The Dap
Kings, QSO and The Breakestra.
Setting their stall out from the off,
every track here is a winner. From the
direct funk drive of ‘You Got Me
Thinkin’’ to the more tempered
Rhodes subtleties of ‘What Do You Do’,
it’s quality from start to finish. Nice
find Mr Weston!
*****
The Irrepressibles
My Friend Jo
Of Naked Design
The fact that band leader Jamie
McDermott has such a distinctive voice Dancefloor destroyer!
DJ MODEST
- on a par with Antony (Hegarty) & The
Johnsons or Kevin Rowland - could
serve to The Irrepressibles’
disadvantage. Granted, for some lazy BELLERUCHE
ears it may be enough to compromise
their ability to hear with an open Keno 1 & The Hermit
mind. For the rest of us though it’s Heavy Heavy
simply one part in a distinctive and Breakin’ Bread
majestic musical web that weaves “All four tracks on this 12” Breakin’ Bread sampler are
through a complex mix of folk, jazz, damn fine, but the jewel in the crown is ‘Heavy Heavy’. It’s
classical and pure musical theatre. a monstrous collection of over-the-top drum chops and
Brilliant! broken horn samples, a fierce record that will be at home
*****
on any properly prepared dancefloor or just played as loud
as possible, rattling the doors in a 15-year-old Ford Fiesta,
whilst driving down country lanes with one headlight
working. Nice.”
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CSS
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Sub Pop/Sire

Sao Paulo’s
CSS mix punk,
dance and
feisty songs.
Punk attitude
combines with P-
Funk inspired
keyboard stabs,
shades of lo-fi hip-hop, breaks, glam,
caustic techno drum clicks and loosely-
fitting disco.
Stand out track in this last respect – and
the track that’s got the hype going - is the
infectious ‘Let’s Make Love And Listen To
Death From Above’. It’s made quirkily
better by the grammatical inaccuracy that
gives all Lovefoxx’s vocals a naive charm.
Similarly, ‘ALALA’ and ‘Artbitch’ are fired by
cute punk-funk, while CSS’s ode to Paris
Hilton and ‘Off The Hook’ are inescapably
catchy. Ben Osborne
Mint track: ‘Let’s Make Love And Listen To
Death From Above’

*****
Hell Razah

Built to blow your

Renaissance Child
Nature Sounds

Doing the Clan

bass woofers
DUB PISTOLS MONETY!
Speakers And Tweeters SHO
Sunday Best
The definitive Dub Pistols
document.
Led by arch beat-freak Barry Ashworth and
dub conquistador Jason O’Bryan, the
infamous Dub Pistols have just made their
definitive record. ‘Speakers And Tweeters’
is a true realisation of their mission - the
mix they’ve always been itching to create.
Taking the two constituents of their name
– deep, bass-heavy reggae and jump-up,
snarling punk attitude - they’ve honed
their sound into a hip-hop-heavy fusion
that takes in disco, 2-Tone ska, electro,
can.
Hell Razah has
appeared on
various solo
albums by
members of the
Wu-Tang Clan,
but since they had more hangers-on than
a cloakroom that doesn’t really
distinguish him from about 50% of
rappers in New York. And the grandiose
strings, sped-up soul samples and Biblical
imagery of his new album mean it sounds
more than a little like you-know-who too.
Although ‘Renaissance Child’ is nowhere
near the level of Ghostface’s recent
Earth Leakage Trip ‘Fishscale’ LP, the fact that – at its best –
Research/Development Razah’s flow recalls Rakim means
Sanford-Lobue Productions ‘Renaissance Child’ does have relevance
outside the five boroughs, even if overall
Horizontal it’s so New York you half expect it to
chillage par haughtily ignore you for not tipping it
excellence. after playing it. Paul Clarke
Original pioneers Mint track: ‘Jazz Project’

*****
house… anything with a groove. of hardcore and
Alongside rapper T.K., they’ve enlisted a star cast of co- techno on such
MINT TRACK conspirators, such as the enigmatic Terry Hall (ex- seminal labels as
‘Rapture’ Specials) and Brit-hop titans Blade and Rodney P. Moving Shadow Makossa & Megablast
A cheeky, skanking cover of The Stranglers’ ‘Peaches’ and Rising High, these days Earth Leakage Kunuaka
kicks us into gear with Rodney P’s sleazy rhymes, while Trip are on a space soul tip. G-Stone
the tuff ska-hop horns of ‘Running From The Thoughts’ Over the course of this double album, ELT
are brought to the fore with Terry Hall’s silvery tones. build a tapestry of hushed live
The new
‘Rapture’ is the album’s centrepiece: a cover of the instrumentation, dusty drums, fat bass and
Viennese
Blondie gem, but shredded into acid bass abandonment, astral keyboards. Add to this the sublime
waltz.
like a slow and low Tiga with a majestic Hall at the helm. cooing of Aluna Francis, and you have an Apart from the
Such a classic would be hard to better, but Dub Pistols album that is part Zero 7, doffs its cap to likes of
make it their own. house and nabs the funky flute of Isaac Stereotype,
Elsewhere, ‘Cruise Control’ touches on body-poppin’ Hayes’ more epic instrumentals. Colonel Red and
electro and ‘Open’ is pure Chic disco-funk. So much more than a chill-out album, this is The Bugz, no-
Built to blow your bass woofers, this is a dubwise classic. supine future funk at its best. Ben Murphy one has really managed to nail this type
Ben Murphy Mint track: ‘Moonset’ of futuristic techy/Afro/dubby/disco

***** *****
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too. Thankfully, these two walk the line
perfectly, switching between tried and
tested, percussive yet tech-heavy
dancefloor destroyers like ‘Kunuaka’ and
‘Find It’ and deeper, more cerebral tracks
like the Detroit influenced ‘Galaxy 82’, the
trippy disco of ‘The Mating Game’ and the
aptly-titled electronic subtleties of ‘Slo-
Mo’. Found Sounds
Mint track: ‘Kunuaka’
BEST OF THE REST…
instead, Japanese turntablist and DMC
champ DJ Kentaro’s debut album is
occasionally as frustrating as a
conversation with someone who keeps
jabbering away and cutting in over you.
But when he does catch his breath and
lets MCs like Spank Rock or The Pharcyde
ride the hyperactive rhythms, the results
are often spectacular, whilst some of the
basslines will knock the wind right out of

*****
you. Paul Clarke Yonderboi The Eternals The Skatalites
Mint track: ‘Free’ Splendid Isolation Heavy International Play Ska

*****
Mole Aesthetics Kingston Sounds
Kenneth Bager Alternative Hungarian Messy third album. All in a day’s work.
Titles From A Space Cadet music. There’s something about During their brief existence
Music For Dreams Stephen J Kroos Influenced on the one hand the complexity of this in the mid-’60s, The
Tecktonick by art house movies and on album that doesn’t quite sit Skatalites not only created
Pure bliss! Anjuna Beats the other by co-producer right. It’s like it’s trying too hundreds of tracks for the
It’s staggering to Junkie XL. hard to be too many things. likes of Don Drummond and
think that this is
Blissful tech- It’s a unique but Instead of a cohesive album Duke Reid but defined the
Kenneth Bager’s
trance. immediately likeable affair, then that draws together a skippy upbeat rhythms of
first album. It With the with a chilled, coherent first challenging fusion of punk, ska. Something many of
comes on his own throbbing pulses half and a slightly messier, reggae, funk and trippy today’s producers should
label, which and fluttered more rambunctious second (Can-esque) pop-rock, it note when asked why it’s
initially started keys on tracks half. Impressively different. ends up sounding jaunty, taken them months to do
as a series of same-named concept like ‘Sadistick’ Paul Sullivan angular, confused and one remix. Paul Clarke
compilations back in 1994, later releasing and ‘Klots’, Mint track: ‘People Always overly fussy. Found Sounds Mint track: ‘Wild Man
proper in 2001. But back before that Ken Stephen J Kroos might not be breaking any Talk About The Weather’’ Mint track: ‘Crime’ Street’

*** * ***** *****

was DJing at legendary COMA parties in
Copenhagen and producing as Dr Baker.
‘Titles From A Space Cadet’ is brimming
with his past authorities. It’s electronic
lounge with extra sprinkles of jazz, dub
and pop. Acquiring the vocal talents of
Julee Cruise gives it even greater
distinction. Helene Stokes
Mint track: ‘‘Love Won’t Leave Me Alone’’
tech-trance boundaries here but he still
proves that big room moments don’t
always need overblown melody
breakdowns. A dogma that peaks to
dramatic heights through the simple,
soaring melodies of ‘Innerstatistick’, a
Balearic tech-trance beauty not a million
miles from Sasha and Emerson’s 2000 hit
‘Scorchio’.

*****
Bridged by a series of atmospheric
interludes (ranging from eerie, industrial
scores to warm, blissful sweeps), this
Cornelius impressive debut also includes acid electro Post Industrial Victor Bermon Ebb
Sensuous breaks in ‘Elecktronick’ and breakbeat Boys Arriving At Night Loona
Warnermusic trance epic ‘Oxygenation’. Post Industrial Trauma Hefty Gay Monkey
Mostly though, it’s groove-heavy stadium- Max Ernst Romantic electronics. Scandi sounds.
A demure epic. sized 4/4 belters with both melodic power Art school? Moi? Perth resident Victor Musician and songwriter
An intriguing and musical subtlety. An impressive Given its stark, minimal and Bermon is known for Ebb builds engaging
series of twists diversion for Anjuna. Allan McGrath almost austere character, making quietly romantic soundscapes that conjure
and turns that Mint track: ‘Innerstatistick’ this album could have only electronic music. This latest up delicate images of

*** *
takes a few ever really been penned in outing sees him mix up Scandinavian forests and
listens to some Eastern European warm melodic soundscapes, sweeping fjords.
unravel. enclave like Georgia. Arty, minimal post-hip-hop This album shows why he is
‘Sensuous’ is a Arnold Jarvis deadpan, electronic pop rhythms and electronic and regarded as an electronic
sublime collection of tracks that speak Love & Life penned by serious looking acoustic touches to great version of Jose Gonzalez,
volumes about the versatility of this Music For A Lifetime men with pencil effect. Music that will make with its host of gorgeous,
respected maestro. moustaches and a you lean back and watch glitchy rhythms and
More mature than his previous forages into
A soulful questionable choice in the sky. Paul Sullivan cinematic arrangements.
electronic experimentation and sounding
recipe for life. cardigans. Found Sounds Mint track: : ‘Photographs Paul Sullivan
almost Air-esque on ‘Breezin’ and ‘Sleep House music is a Mint track: ‘Encounter Are Not Memories’ Mint track: : ‘Life Is On TV’

*** * ***** *** *

Warm’, it’s a beautiful album with a hint of magnet for the
childlike delicacy. Helene Stokes diva. I’m not sure
Mint track: ‘Omstart’ what the male

****
version is but
Arnold is that
diva. ‘Love & Life’ comes 20 years on from
REPEAT THE LPs WE CAN’T LEAVE ALONE...
DJ Kentaro his debut single ‘Take Some Time Out’ and
Enter Jarvis has matured well.
Ninja Tune Like a fine wine, this is vintage stuff as Jarvis
keeps the soul and the house upfront and
Needs a with friends. Those lucky friends include Makoto DJ Vadim Du Prince
breather. Little Louie Vega, Kerri Chandler, George Believe In My Soul The Sound Catcher This Bliss
Never a man to Mena and – after just one spin – us. Good Looking BBE Dial
use one beat Add Frankie Feliciano’s mix to Albert It’s deep, jazz-infused d&b Inspiring beats and Dream/noise-pop and
when he could Cabrera’s blend and, like Jarvis, you’ll have from Toyko’s soul man. basslines. Vadim’s most classic house and techno

****
throw in six kick- ‘Love & Life’ all tied up. Kate Wildblood complete album yet. converge.

**** ****
drums, 10 Mint track: ‘Justified Love’

*****
basslines, three
MCs, 17 samples and scratch away

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 COMPILATION REVIEWS

International Deejay
Gigolo Vol. 10
Gigolos
To Hell and back.
Gigolos has
always been an
erratic label,
usually sacrificing
quality for
quantity, and ‘10’
is no exception.
Hell has realised that you can’t please all of
the people all of the time, and has
assembled a mixed bag of dancefloor gear.
It doesn’t take long for the grating electro-
house and noisy jacking house from Dibaba
and Masstyk to wear thin, but despite all
the also-ran contributions there’s some
inspired programming, like Hell’s own
version of hardcore classic ‘Dominator’, the
murky punk of The Presets and the glorious
deep space techno of Sebastien San’s
‘Wuxia’.
It explains why, after ten years, one of the
world’s most bloody-minded labels is still
going strong. Richard Brophy
Mint track: Sebastien San ‘Wuxia’

*****
Om Hip-Hop Vol. 1
Breaks from the Om Hip-Hop

centre of the earth

N.W.A – nice
warm attitude.
Well, you
certainly won’t be
seeing any kids
MONETY! popping pills and
TAYO: FABRIC LIVE 32 SHO dancing on the
top of cars at
Fabric
parties in the Bay Area to any of the tunes
here. For this round-up compilation from
Dutty dub-heavy breaks beamed straight San Francisco house label Om’s hip-hop
from the future. offshoot certainly isn’t something to get
It’s all too easy to follow the herd, and of all ‘hyphy’ to – more something to nod away
genres breakbeat has been guilty of holding to gently whilst worrying if joss-sticks
too many sheep and not enough shepherds DJ Icey: Disco Rodeo contribute to the greenhouse effect.
lately. Enter North London’s dub lion Tayo. Moist Music NYC It’s mainly very right-on conscious stuff as
Always clawing at the untamed Zion I and The Grouch get touchy-feely
underground, Tayo has long been one of the
Florida breaks with their feminine side on ‘Hot Mamma’
most honest and inspiring forces within UK
don hits the spot and J. Boogie’s Dubtronic Science and
breakbeat. As one third of the Friction three
once again. Deuce Eclipse rue the plight of Mexican
with Rennie Pilgrem and Adam Freeland, he Florida’s ‘King of immigrants on ‘Que Pasa’, whilst the beats
was behind London’s first seminal breakbeat funky breaks’ has are all soft and jazzy rather than hard and
night at the back end of last century and his already confirmed heavy. Paul Clarke
Fabric residency sees him charging against his party-hearty Mint track: Raashan Ahmad of Crown City
MINT TRACK the grain at many Friday nights in ’07. deck skills with a Rockers ‘Happy’

Skream ‘Lightning’ Delving well beneath the static crust of today’s
mainline breakbeat terrain, his debut Fabric mix
instead flows through a molten, underground melting
point where red hot fusions and futuristic breaks
combine to devastating effect.
Dripping with deep dubby bass throughout, it kicks off
with the skanking, Wild West swagger of the perfectly
titled ‘Dread Cowboy’ before the indigenous urgency of
baile funk cross-pollinates with gunshot ragga-booty
tech, South London dubstep and even the sci-fi bass
boomerangs and geeky shuffle-click breaks of Si Begg.
The neo-apocalyptic shimmers and fractured post-
jungle ripples of Skream’s ‘Lightning’ are one
particularly haunting indication of the electrifying
experimentation that lie ahead for the more open-
minded breakbeat heads. Allan McGrath
*****
slew of hip-wiggling compilations over
recent years. And this latest effort will do
precisely nothing to damage his sterling
reputation as a key breaks aficionado. World’s Greatest
Blending tracks by the likes of Tom Real & Trance
Rogue Element, General Midi and Kid Resist
Kinobe, as well as his own tracks and
stellar collaborations with the likes of
Naff name, nice
Krafty Kuts, there are no surprises in terms
idea.
of tempo and style, but Icey’s mixing skills For a generation
remain notoriously tight and the barrage that grew up on
of heavy basslines and lively vocal hooks the podiums of
make this an irresistible mix for dancefloor Gatecrasher,
worshippers. Paul Sullivan trance and
Mint track: Krafty Kuts/DJ Icey ‘Through nostalgia go
The Door’ together like E honeymoons and hugging

**** *****
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another ‘trance classics’ collection, then.
Thankfully, the first in Resist’s ‘World’s
Greatest’ series isn’t your obvious, milked-
to-death anthems fanfare. Despite the
suspiciously naff name.
Sure, there are plenty of epic breakdowns
in tracks like Ratty’s classic ‘Sunrise’ and
Rank 1’s ‘Airwave’ but deeper moments and
lesser hyped gems are woven into the
three-CD tapestry.
And with a whole disc devoted to recent
tech-trance forays, we’re reminded that if
trance compilations didn’t cling so tightly
to its pre millennia pinnacle maybe we’d
get more of an insight into its bright
future. Allan McGrath
Mint track: Lange vs Gareth Emery ‘Another
Me, Another You’
*****
Hardcore Nation
Classics
Nukleuz
Sixty pounding
ravey-davey
‘classics’.
When hardcore
split off into
jungle and happy
hardcore in the
early ’90s, the
latter strain was derided as kiddie Toytown
rave. So what? Some of the tracks on the
’93 - ’99 ‘Happy Hardcore’ CD were brilliant
big riff, rave monkey-tastic tunes –
‘Bombscare’, ‘Can U Feel It?’, Gordon
Edge’s ‘Compended’, Seduction’s
‘Samplemania’, etc.
The ridiculously fast ‘Cillit Bang!’ heads up
the modern-day ‘Hardcore’ CD, with some
of the old happy hardcore names (Sy &
Unknown, Hixxy, Dougal & Gammer, etc)
pretty much ploughing the same old path.
It’d have been good to have more hard
trance/hard style on it, ’cos this stuff just
sounds cheesy and dated. But there’s an
‘Old Skool Rave’ CD too, with LFO, Altern8,
Baby D, SL2, Quadrophonia and so on
appearing.
Despite many attempts by older people, it
seems that hardcore will – indeed – never
die. Carl Loben
Mint track: 2Bad Mice ‘Bombscare’
*****
Ellen Allien - Camping
Vol. 2
Bpitch Control
Allien in-tent
strikes again.
With three mix
CDs and remixes
of Beck and Thom
Yorke planned for
2007, you’d think
that Ellen Allien
would vacate the control tower at Bpitch
central and delegate the task of curating
‘Camping 2’ to one of her peers, but that
was never really going to happen.
Allien’s personality and DJing define the
label’s off-the-wall A&R policy. It explains
why this compilation veers from
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BEST OF THE REST…
Jahcoozi’s hilarious girl rap about the
joys of partying in Berlin and
Modeselektor’s crunky electro-pop, into
Ellen’s sensuous collaboration with
Apparat and into Paul Kalkbrenner’s
slamming ‘Der Senat’ and Zander VT’s
crisp acid contribution, ‘Offroad
Camping’.
Once again, it’s a case of ‘from Berlinette
with love’. Richard Brophy
Mint track: Zander VT ‘Offroad Camping’ Om: Chilled Million Dan : Late Night With
*****
Om Records Infrared Mixtape The Groove
Take a deep breath... Boombox Junkies
ommmmm! Rough and ready. Swank Recordings
Mr C - Superfreq Express Little did we know how much Getting MCs like Mobb Deep, Very swanky indeed.
Superfreq we needed a new chill-out Nas and Rodney P on your Don’t be fooled into thinking this
album. Easy as they come mixtape and having Skitz as is a downtempo concept. Groove
C is for beats, downstated, low the DJ runs the risk of the Junkies’ take on the ‘Late Night
‘constantly
impact, snuggle tracks; very guests overshadowing your With...’ series sends you to a place
trippy’. Om indeed. own party. But former Demon of stylish abandon.
It’s been seven The cover is slightly Boyz rapper Million Dan’s If this is after-hours then be
years since Mr C misleading and perhaps a spitting skills and the warned, you’ll be heading back
released his last little incongruous, but apart booming beats throughout into town before you know it.
mix CD - the from that it’s another quality ensures you’re never looking Jacking grooves with sexy beats
stellar release from the horizontal over his shoulder for aplenty. Helene Stokes
‘Subterrain 100% Unreleased’ - but not ones. Helene Stokes someone more famous to Mint track: Groove Junkies
much has changed. He still has a soft spot Mint track: John Beltran ‘It show up. Paul Clarke feat Indeya ‘Music’s Gotcha
for that tripped-out corner where Was All Beautiful’ Mint track: ‘Tika Tok’ Jumping’
***** ***** *****
underground house and techno get it on,
and ‘Superfreq Express’ borrows elements
of acid, electro, stripped-back techno and
US house, rounded off with that near
hallucinogenic je ne sais quoi that C
brings to his DJing - and best articulated
here by Fuckpony’s ‘Cold Slave’.
So while ‘Express’ is full of new school
names like Adultnapper, James What and
Tigerskin providing tracks that benefit
from the onward march of audio
technology, the familiar blurring of styles
and minds remains a welcome constant. Shiloh - Sly & The Family The Best Of
Richard Brophy Elements 01 Stone - Dance Lewis
Mint track: Fuckpony ‘Cold Slave’ Baroque To The Music Recordings
*****
In their element. Sony BMG Lewis Recordings
Shiloh follow-up their Seven albums reissued. Backpacker’s delight.
acclaimed artist album Get yer funk on with seven There’s no screw-faced
J. Period pres The Best ‘Bleed’ with this remixed remastered Sly albums, moodiness in the comedy
Of The Roots tinker of a compilation. brimming with boogie long rhymes of Mighty Casey and
Truelements Reworking the elements of before ecstasy was invented. Dooley-O on this hip-hop
various artists, including First album ‘Dance To The label’s fifth anniversary comp
Back catalogue James Harcourt, Filo & Peri Music’ and 1971’s ‘There’s A – even Edan sounds more like
shopping. and R-tem courtesy of the Riot Going On’ are the two a cheeky scamp than a
Not a greatest remix, Shiloh progress well that best sum up their homicidal rapper when he’s
hits compilation and tune up nicely. A pioneering psychedelic soul threatening to “mutilate
in the traditional progressive engine. Kate experience, but ‘Stand!’ and MCs” on ‘Mic Manipulator’.
sense – i.e., Wildblood ‘Life’ are worth checking too. Paul Clarke
something Mint track: Filo & Peri vs Carl Loben Mint track: Edan ‘Emcees
rushed out to Serge Devant ‘Triple Crown’ Mint track: ‘Higher’ Smoke Crack’
*** * **** *****
provide the band with a pension plan –
Philly’s finest hip-hop group here let
mixtape maestro J. Period loose on their
tracks.
As well as Roots tunes like ‘Clones’ and
‘Stay Cool’, Period drops other hip-hop
REPEATTHE MIXES WE CAN’T LEAVE ALONE...
classics like ‘Nas Is Like’ and ‘The Bridge Is
Over’ and even The Beatles’ ‘Come
Together’ and Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Streets
Of Philadelphia’ for MCs like The Roots’ Satoshi Tomiie: The Defected In The Colour Series: Green
own Black Thought to freestyle over. Master Series Part 9 House – Miami 2007 04
In truth, ‘The Best Of The Roots’ is more Renaissance Defected Freerange
about Period’s skills than the band From minimal to maximal Poolside grooves on CD1, Jamie Jimpster’s label
themselves although it actually comes and several shades in darker shit on CD2 for late- boasts deep tracks from
closer to capturing The Roots’ legendary between, Satoshi’s mixed night groovers – all mixed by Shur-I-Kan, Brett Johnson,
live energy than any of their studio selection here is masterful. hot new act Copyright. Solid Groove and more.
**** ***** ****
albums. Paul Clarke
Mint track: ‘Superlyrical’
****
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HYPE
1 Masters At Work Work! (Mixes) AATW
Louis and Kenny’s 2002 track now picked up by AATW. New mixes from House Agents, Deep Life, Kenny Hayes and more.

2 The Gossip Jealous Girls Back Yard

Tommie Sunshine and New Young Pony Club keep Beth Ditto’s ace vocals for their rock & rave makeovers.
The tunes carving up
3 The Migrants I Thought That (Boris Dlugosch Mixes) Lowered
Already a Pete Tong Essential, this buzzy electronic male vocal cut looks set to be Lowered’s biggest so far. dancefloors across the UK
and beyond. Compiled
4 Dub Pistols feat Terry Hall Rapture Sunday Best
Richard Dinsdale and Prins Thomas remixing the ex-Specials singer’s Blondie revocal to ace effect. from hundreds of DJ
returns, the Hype Chart
5 MSTRKRFT Street Justice Modular
Another killing on the dancefloor courtesy of Jesse F. Keeler from DFA 1979 and Al-P. Big electro riff-tastic. features all styles of music.
6 X-Press 2 Witchi Tai To Skint
21 Audio Fraud
In which Rocky, Diesel and Ashley visit Harpers Bizarre with Polyphonic Spree singer for hippy-dippy house smash. Ride Like The Wind AATW

7 De Souza feat Shena Guilty Hed Kandi 22 Black Strobe

Shining Bright Star Playlouder
Vocal house screamer, with the Eddie Thoneick bouncy electronic rework the favoured cut of our returnees.
23 Mason
Big Boy Exercises/You Make Me Wanna Dance Art & Craft
8 Various Boss Records 2007 sampler Boss
The Liverpool label that’s going great guns at the moment let fly some tunes for Miami. 24 DJ T
Lucky Bastard Get Physical

9 Hook ‘N’ Sling & Kid Kenobi The Bump Cr2 25 Guns ‘N’ Bombs
Nothing Is Getting Us Anywhere Kitsune
Big bastard bassline on this beauty, picked up by those sharp Cr2 guys.
26 Audiojack
Quicksand 20:20 Vision
10 Josh Wink A Higher State Of Consciousness (Dirty South vs TV Rock Remix) Strictly Rhythm
New mixes by Dirty South and others of this wiggly 303 classic on the revitalized Strictly Rhythm stamp. 27 Baxter Baxter
Straylight Eye Industries

11 LCD Soundsystem North American Scum DFA 28 Depeche Mode

Sinner In Me (Villalobos Mix) Mute
James Murphy et al. summing up what much of the world thinks of the Bush neocon government.
29 Blackjoy
Untitled Freerange
12 Seamus Haji feat KayJay Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Big Love/Apollo
Seamus’s electro-house update takes the Indeep DJs’ perennial fave into the High Street stores and beyond. 30 John Acquaviva pres Swen Weber
First Stroke Great Stuff
13 Groove Armada Get Down Columbia 31 Andy Caldwell
Superstyled ragga-tastic return for Tom and Andy as they gear up to drop their big new album. Warrior Om
32 Deepgroove
14 The Gossip Standing In The Way Of Control Back Yard The Marshall Plan Underwater
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Bazz Bleep #1 Novamute
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Wonky minimal Audion remix, electro-house Tanner Ross rework, plus deep Kevin Saunderson techy thing. I Don’t Know Why (I Love You) TBNH Limited
35 Ron Carroll & Richard Grey
16 Francois Dubois I Try Urbantorque Come Into My Life Pacha Red
Follow-up to ‘Blood’, Jamie Anderson’s mix of this deep beauty fills any void. 36 Hoxton Whores
Friday Saturday Love Hoxton Whores
17 Calvin Harris Acceptable In The ‘80s Columbia 37 Client
Legwarmers? Reaganomics/Thatcherism? Frizzy permed hair? Rubik’s cubes? Cheesy cop shows? Etc… Drive Loser Friendly
38 Dada feat Sandy Rivera
18 Halo & Kemal African Dream MN2S Lollipop Data
Lush deep house from former Hipp-E cohort and newcomer Kemal from ‘The Origin EP’ on MN2S.
39 Trentemøller
Moan Pokerflat
19 New Young Pony Club The Bomb Modular
40 Faithless
This label and this band really are the bomb at the moment in the electronic rock & roll stakes. Music Matters Columbia

20 Slam Azure Soma 41 NUFrequency

Love Sick Rebirth
A bit of a nod towards their ‘Positive Education’ classic as Stu and Orde return with an ace album taster.
42 Brett Johnson
Life In The Emerald City EP Freerange
Please send your chart returns to charts@djmag.com 43 Figurines
Silver Ponds (Ben Watt Mix) Strange Feeling
44 CSS
Off The Hook Sub Pop
45 Carbon Community
Shot Tub/Doctor Spectacles (Lawgiverz Remix) Re:Connect
DEAN FACER MICK FULLER RIC GROVES CLUB MADNEZZ
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SPECS The D2 Director (or as

some say, the D-Squared) is one of the
PRICE new breed of hard-drive based DJ decks.
£449.99 Instead of playing off CDs, they stream the
tunes from USB hard-drives, just like a
RELEASED computer. But unlike CDs, which get scratched
Out now easily, hard drives tend to provide smooth, skip-
free playback.
CONTACT
numark.com The D2 is laid out like many twin CD players and
01252 341400 can play back two tracks simultaneously from
any drive. It supports the most common types
of digital files, Wav – the pro’s choice for high-
end playback - plus MP3, AAC and Ogg Vorbis at
the consumer end.
Importantly, the D2 can read files from most
external USB drives and flash sticks, Windows
Fat32 and NFTS disk systems for PC-based DJs,
and for Mac users there is HFS disk support, the
format of most iPods.
One port is conveniently located at the front,
with two more slots at the rear, which are
perfect for connecting up additional drives that
can be kept out of sight. This will suit clubs that
require a permanent collection of tracks to be
available for anyone who happens to be DJing
that night.
The large blue LCD provides all the playback
info, as well as some nifty visualisation of the
tracks’ waveforms, which can be really useful for
helping cue up tracks and beat match.
It comes complete with a USB keyboard, which
simplifies the process of searching for songs and
creating playlists. These can be stored for later
use. Additionally, it can also read playlists that
are made on other computers.
Numark are not alone in developing this angle.
Cortex have been busy with several different
types of HD players on the market, while Denon
have just dropped the DN-HD2500 (check out
the exclusive review in this issue).

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Stutter and seamless
looping comes as
standard
Roll Up & Rock
TAKING EXPENSIVE equipment such as laptops to clubs can be
risky, so Road Ready (www.roadreadycases-uk.co.uk 0845 612
9494) have combined a top-notch flightcase and
DJ performance stand (for Serato Scratch) into
one easy solution.
The RRLAPT features a sturdy laptop tray with a
non-slip Compu-Grip surface that
rotates and locks into the perfect
playing position. A convenient
mouse tray and removable
platform (for the Serato sound
card/hardware) keeps everything tidy
and where it’s needed for easy access.
A sturdy clamp fits over the wall of
the DJ coffin, slant-rack or
mixer case and is secured by
large thumbscrews designed
not to damage the case.
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SOUNDBYTES NEWS TECH
■ HARDCORE VIBES
MixVibes (mixvibes.com)
have expanded into
hardware with their
U46MK2 sound card for
£99. The small 4in/6out
USB interface has a
separate mix output and
two phono inputs for
connecting decks. It’s
out now, supporting OSX
and PC (with ASIO
drivers), and includes
MixVibes 3DEX DJ
software. SYNTH HUNTER
Lighting strikes again with
the third powerhouse soft
synth from Belgium’s Rob
Papen. Dubbed the
Predator (£99), it’s a bit of
a beast. It features three
■ FRESH FRUIT The
oscillators, dual filters and a
guys that brought you shed-load of modulation
Fruity Loops will soon sources. It’s got plenty of
unleash their new DJ
application called genre-defined presets,
‘Deckadance’ and is easy to learn without
(deckadance.com),
already sparking interest
compromising its advanced
even though its release feature set.
date and price have yet
to be set. It expands the
two-deck mixing layout
with advanced looping,
VST effects and more.
It’s compatible with
YOUR SELF-HELP FROM THE FORUM
several virtual vinyl
records and it will be
available as a VST plug- > I’m trying to record my mixes using
in. my laptop but the sound quality is
very poor when I connect my laptop
directly to my mixer using a phono
cable. Is the problem my sound card?
S A Yates
> Yes, laptop embedded sound cards
were never meant to be high quality
and is the weakest link between
■ FREQUENTLY your mixer and recording. By using a
MOOGEY Moog good quality external sound card
Music’s new MF-107 you’ll be surprised at how much
Freqbox (£179) is a new better everything sounds.
audio modulated SirWolfy
oscillator. Housing a fat
Moog synth oscillator, > The mic line in is very noisy on
this pure analogue recording. An external sound card
synth uses the input
with a Line In input will be better.
signal to trigger and
DJJAZZ
modulate it in a variety
of ways, including
screaming hard-sync > When I want to record anything via
and FM, which produces my mixer, I run a patch between the
gong or bell-like tones balanced line-level outputs on the
and sizzling sweeps. It’s mixer to the balanced line inputs on
available spring 2007. the Maya 44 MkII sound card that is
Check moogmusic.com. installed in the tower.
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■ CUT LOOSE
Speculation about the
future of Stanton’s
Final Scratch has been
settled. Now called
Final Scratch Open,
Stanton have made
their technology
available to all
interested software
developers, so the
hardware and time-
code disks could be
taken and used with
any compatible
software. The future of
Stanton’s Scratch Amp
is now in the hands of
third party developers.
Stantondj.com

■ MULTI-TRACK
MIXATHON Numark
MixMeister Studio
(£89) is a multi-track-
style audio editor,
allowing users to
arrange DJ mixes
Smart Speakers
across a timeline. Clips IMAGINE a pair of speakers that can automatically analyze and
are beat-matched and correct the response of each speaker in the room for absolute
stay in sync. Built-in
VST effects and looping accuracy at the mix position. JBL (jblpro.com) have made this a
spice up the mix.
MixMeister Fusion
reality with the new active LSR4300 monitors, making these
(£165) expands by the first ‘Self Aware’ speakers. They start at £686 with three
adding real-time
capabilities and models in the range - 6.5”, 8” and a sub-bass box.
multiple outputs.

PHIL KIERAN CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT...

RELOOP RP-6000 MK6
TL AUDIO 5021 VALVA COMPRESSOR FOR THOSE that lust after purity, look
no further than the stunning ceramic
white finish of Reloop’s RP-6000
“I GOT THE TL Audio 5021 Valve Compressor about three years ago. It’s cheap and turntable.
does the job well. I like that when you drive it, the sound of the distortion always The luxury model also sports a special
adds lots of character to the shape of whatever sound you are processing. integrated equalizing pre-amp, which
“I’m sure there are better compressors out there but this is well worth the offers both Line or Phono signal
money. It can generate quite a lot of hiss, but who gives a fuck when it output, making this compatible with
sounds great! I use it on all my tunes somewhere; my remix of T. any mixing console and amplifier
Raumschmiere has got a lot of distortion from this machine.” without the need to be grounded.
The RP-6000 houses a pro-level spec
with adjustable torque, ranging
between 2.5kg/cm and 4.5kg/cm,
and pitch range scaled between 10%
and 50%.
The stunning deck is in shops now,
priced around £249 (reloopdj.com)
and features stylus illumination with
super bright LED, Quartz lock plus
forward and reverse motion switch.

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 TECH NEWS

DJ DOCTOR
RADAR
Dear DJ Doctor,
MARCH
14th: Cortex new CTRL
I have this burning question series of mixers first to
about the Vestax VMC-004FX, hit shop shelves.
a mixer with onboard FX.
Now, this seems to be the 20th – 25th: Miami
mystery – no-one knows if Winter Music Conference
the FX auto-lock to the BPM. is in effect, if you hadn’t
Is it only manual using the noticed already!
tap button?
Late: FinalScratch is
TJ
being re-released as
FinalScratch Open - sans
DJ Doctor replies: software and control
The VMC004FX does indeed vinyl – just the sound
have some tasty sounding FX to card for use with any
play with. Echoes, auto software.
panning and LFO sweeps do
sound great when they are in sync, but Late: Hardware kings
there is no onboard auto-BPM detector. Denon have created their
first hard-drive dual
The key to getting FX into sync with the
player. The DN-HD2500
music is through the tap tempo button, is out this month.
plain and simple. Once the BPM is tight,
then you can use the controls to switch 28th – 31st:
between 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and double of the Musikmesse (Europe’s
original tempo instantly. This is another biggest equipment
cool feature of the effects section. If you
are looking for a mixer that does have
It’s everything but a phone! show) takes place in
Frankfurt. DJmag will be
automatic BPM sensing and works with its reporting back on the
MULTIMEDIA maniacs should check out the hot new player from new technology unveiled
own effects section, try the Numark 5000FX
- it won ‘Best Mixer under £400’ in our
Archos. The ultra portable 604 (around £299 - check archos.com) at the show.
DJmag Tech Awards last year. stays several steps ahead of the game by incorporating Wi-Fi,

GOT A BURNING QUESTION?

allowing users to access their media wherever they go, including
surfing the web, sending and receiving e-mails, transferring files or
APRIL
Vestax birth a new child
SEND your query playing content directly from the home network. of the digital age with
to the DJ Doctor their VCI-100 Midi
It also sports a sexy 4.3” colour touch-screen LCD, with DVD quality controller.
at djdoc@ movie playback, music and games on its 30 GB drive.
djmag.com It can be expanded through its DVR station, which allows recording
and you
could win and playback through the TV. MAY
Korg’s new digital mixers
the wicked Another nifty trick is that it can be used as a camcorder when are set to change the way
AKG K81 connected to a digital camera or the optional Archos mini-cam. we mix with the Zero4
and Zero8.
headphones.

VISUAL FEAST
ONCE AGAIN, Optronica brings visual music to the big screen.
The hybrid film and music festival takes place in London, 14th
- 18th March, and is a must-see five-day spectacular
celebrating the fusion of music and visuals.
Taking place over several venues including the ICA and South
Bank, this year’s line-up includes the world premières of new
show artists, including Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen of
Lemon Jelly, Austrian electronic music pioneer Christian
Fennesz and renowned New York video artist Charles Atlas.
Head over to Optronica.org for full line-up and ticket prices.

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 TECH Navigate through thousands of
tracks with the bright clear display. Two seamless loops
Sadly there’s no track preview with hot start and
stutter Three BPM
synched effects

Scratch Wav and MP3

files with the touch-
sensitive jog wheel Use the parameter wheel to
enter text search or connect a
computer keyboard

WELL ’ARD, BUT

HARD ENOUGH?
The flexibility of computer mixing in a hardware platform?
It had to be Denon…

SPECS APART from the massive screen, the

Denon DN-HD2500 looks like any other
PRICE Denon CD player and feels like it’s carved
£749 out of a block of steel. It even plays CDs
from Denon DN-D4000/4500 drive units.
CONTACT So what’s new?
denondj.com Well, the screen is a window into the mass
01753 680568 of tracks that can be stored on the 2500’s
fat 40GB internal hard-drive. It’s a one-
stop shop for digital DJing. It offers the
TECH flexibility of scratching and mixing an
* 40GB hard-drive entire collection on one device, plus the
* Four USB devices option to plug in memory sticks, hard
* Touch-sensitive
scratch jog wheel drives, iPods, MP3 players, mobile phones -
* Six effects up to four USB storage devices at once!
* Automatic BPM FX
* Two seamless loops, Making the move into digital DJing, Denon
hot starts/stutter knew the 2500 had to be bulletproof. UK
“In the unlikely event a drive goes down
you can still use the attached CD decks or
USB interfaces,” reassured Morbey. “The
operating system is stored on chips, not
the hard-drive.”
PIECE OF CAKE
Morbey claimed that it was easy to get to
grips with the HD2500, even though it
doesn’t have a USB port on the front.
“The idea was to take all the benefit of
PCDJing and iPod philosophy and transfer
it into a traditional Denon DJ interface,”
he explained. “We didn’t put a USB port on
the front because it literally gets in the
way. There’s a risk of it breaking off and
parts getting stuck in there. A wide-open
socket is not our idea of security.”
FORMAT’S SAKE…
The 2500 will only play MP3 and Wav files.
There is no support or intention to support
any other format in the future.
The unfortunate thing about the 2500 is
that it has some limitations with MP3 VBR
(variable bit rate) encoded files. This
includes no track skipping.
Conveniently, the 2500 supports Wav Meta
tag data, which is similar to MP3 ID3 tags.
They allow song information to be stored
with the audio file to make searching for
and identifying tunes a lot easier. Few
players boast this feature.
LOADING UP
The 2500 can play from one selected device
per side at a time (CD/HD/USB). When
words DAVID ESERIN

* Variable pitch control product manager David Morbey said: “We This really does take stability to the switching to PC mode, which is found in the
with key lock shied away from making just a controller extreme and it’s a good point. Besides, you source select window, the player is no
* MP3 and Wav tags and bought every hard-drive we could find can use any quality USB 2.0 hub with the longer able to work normally, audio is
* Connects to Denon to try them all with the 2500. Needless to 2500 and locate this wherever you like - stopped and the device must be soft reset
CD decks
say there were quite a few drives that problem solved! to go back into playback mode, so be
* Keyboard support
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* Compatible with FAT32
devices (of any size) only
* Connects to Mac and PC for
file transfer
* Denon PC-only software for
database and file
management
* Firmware upgradeable
* MP3 CBR 32-320kbps, VBR
(with some limitations)
* Wav files at 44.1kHz, 16-bit
only
* MP3 ID3 tag and Wav Meta
tag displayed and searchable
* .M3u and .xml playlist
supported in Denon software
* Supports DN-D4000/4500/
BU4500
* Variable pitch of
4/10/16/24/50/100% plus
key lock
* Preset options for variations
of 23 features
* Loop trim control for A and B
points
* Next file reserve and
crossfading
* Power on play/relay
* Dimensions of 482 x 132 x
110 (19” 3U)
* Weighs 4.1kg
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Uploading tracks from your computer is
easy and the 2500 has software to help,
which is sadly PC-only and there are no
plans for a Mac version. It can create
playlists, edit MP3 and Wav file tag
information.
The 2500 must create a database of the
disk’s contents before any track can be
played from it, which takes about a minute
per 10GB. The PC software looks after this
process so that all changes to tag
information and additions/deletions are
changed in the database too, so you don’t
need to recreate the database on the 2500.
Incidentally, this wipes user memory data.
The 2500 will connect to Macs but users are
forced to recreate the database on the 2500
every time changes are made - hardly an
option.
One thing we hoped for was the ability to
copy the contents of a USB key to the
internal drive on the 2500, which isn’t
possible. Damn those copyright issues!
The good news is that the 2500 had no
problem bus powering every device we
tried, so top marks there.
So we’ve already identified some limitations
with Apple Macs and the same applies to
Mac formatted iPod, which simply would
not appear. Thankfully, it did work with a PC
version. Sadly, iPod playlists are not
supported but we managed to convert ours
using the PC software. Any other PC
formatted MP3 player is supported though
and the 2500 will even charge them!
MIXING IT UP
The screen offers a good clear insight into
your content. Music can be browsed by
genre, artist, BPM, etc, so up-to-date file
tag information is crucial. It’s not possible
to browse through folder structures
though, which will annoy some.
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DENON DN-HD2500 TECH
The player comes with some default playlist
options such as ‘top 40’ and ‘favourites’,
but you can create your own on the player
itself really easily. Tracks are selected using
the parameter dial and loaded to the player
by pushing the same dial. Once loaded to
the player you’re back in CD mixing-style
territory.
The computer keyboard is one of the most
unlikely mixing tools. You can sift through
thousands of tracks quickly. The search
facility works within the directory currently
selected and searches for words that start
with the letters typed.
We’d recommend a rack style drawer to
house the keyboard, along with a USB hub,
so this can be accessed at any point.
EFFECTS
The 2500 has a BPM counter and three
effects - a flanger, filter and echo/loop.
Each is controlled using the jog wheel and
parameter knob for ratio and timings.
The echo/loop feature is quite cool. Turn
the ratio up to full and it just keeps looping
the audio; from an eighth beat to eight
beats long. The 2500 remembers the
parameter and ratio when punching in and
out the effects, apart from the loop mode
of the echo effect. This spoils fast-cutting
beat-repeat fun.
The BPM function isn’t bad, but it can
occasionally jump around a bit, which is
when the BPM lock feature comes in handy.
Options to manually tap/dial in a BPM value
and save values to the tag are great.
SCRATCH
Believe it or not, the 2500 has the most
accomplished scratch feel yet for their
smaller sized platters. Denon have
implemented touch-sensitive technology
rather than switches so the wheel can be
lightly caressed (steady on!) to stop the
music ready for wicky-wicky action.
The feel of the platter as it’s rotating has
also been vastly improved, even over the
likes of the D6000 and the S1000.
The scratch sound is pretty good too, but
the small size of the disks mean you won’t
be entering the DMC world championships.
Though you can pretend you’re using vinyl
with the adjustable break trick. And there
are two reverse tricks, one which dumps the
audio backwards over the top of the playing
CD until it’s released when normal, timely
playback resumes.
ROBO DJ
There are some brilliant features on the
2500 for making DJing slicker. Great for
bars, the 2500 can be programmed to start
playing tracks in relay mode as soon as it’s
powered on. Store cue points, pitch slider
position and numerous other functions and
the 2500 can sound like it’s being operated
by a pro DJ - even before one turns up!
Finally, the 2500 can load up a track on a
playing deck and crossfade into it, great if a
mixer channel goes down during a set.
Scared of making the move to digital audio?
The 2500 has an optional CD drawer unit
(BU4500, £330) and can even plug into and
control all the functions of the D4000 and
D4500 base units. It’s worth noting that
the additional features on the 2500, such
as the effects, won’t work on the CD decks.
LAST WORD
The DN-HD2500 is Denon’s most
accomplished player and sets the bar for
the rest of the industry. The workmanship is
second to none and all the buttons and
controls on the 2500 feel amazing.
“It’s taken two-and-a-half years to produce
and we’ve been super anal,” admitted
Morbey. Hats off to that. *
VERDICT SCORES OUT OF 5
BUILD QUALITY 5.0
SOUND QUALITY 5.0
EASE OF USE 4.0
FEATURES 4.0
VALUE FOR MONEY 4.0
HYPE
Complete digital DJing in one box that’ll even
play CDs. Superb scratch and decent screen.
GRIPE
Limited Mac and Apple formatted iPod support,
no USB port on the front and no track overview.
Denon’s best player to
date hindered only by
narrow file format
4.5
support.
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 RELOOP RMP-2 TECH
Access tracks quickly
with dedicated track and Onboard DSP
folder search buttons effects lock in
with BPM sync
* DSP effects include filter,
skid, echo, flanger,
transform, phase, pan, break
plus hold
* Effects sync to BPM with
ratio buttons and time
parameters
* Pitch range of +/-
4/8/16/100% (with pitch
lock and master speed)
* Pitch bend up to +/- 100%
* Extra-bright dot matrix VFD
display for all functions
* ID3-TAG support & CD text
* Seamless loop function/
reloop function
* Instant start via 1-bit
technology (8-fold)
* Ten second anti-shock

Smooth pitch slider

with variable pitch
range and key lock

Samples and cue

points share the
same buttonse

Front-loading
mechanism with
flashing light

BIG FOOT
It’s as big as any of the CDJs, but does this MP3/
Nice firm platter with
touch-sensitive top for
scratching

CD player have the style to run with them?

THE RMP-2 is the top of the line CD and
MP3 deck from German manufacturer
Reloop. It’s a big, solid bit of kit packed
with bells and whistles while retaining a
reasonable price.
The textured plastic body has a slightly
rubbery feel, which is cool for handling as it
makes it easy to grip. All the buttons and
switches are finished in a similar coating,
which lends the RMP-2 a consistent look.
Powering up reveals plenty of illuminated
switches and a nice clear LCD. Load an
audio or data CD (no support for DVDs) and
we are ready to go.
The track controls are on the left and
words MARC ‘01’
FIRM GRIP
The player is big so it’s just as well that it
benefits from an 8” platter. This has the
same kind of rubbery coating as the body.
The outer ring is embossed and offers a firm
grip, while the top plate has the kind of
texture that even sweaty fingers can grip
on. The spin factor is fairly conservative (it
will do one whole revolution when thrown)
and the top part is touch-sensitive when
the scratch mode is activated.
The scratch emulation is standard issue.
This means it’s fine for a bit of beat juggling
and dropping in. It shows its limits during
rewinds when no matter how fast you spin
The pitch controls are over on the right. The
“The RMP-2
slider has a very slight indent to signify the
0% point. It’s quite light and travels very comes up to
smoothly without wobbling. Range can be
adjusted between 4, 8, 16 and 100% and a scratch on
green LED lets you know where it’s at, sound quality
which can be bypassed altogether with the
On/Off switch. - crisp and
The bend buttons can be good for a quick
clean with
adjustment and have a definite click when plenty of
pressed. Button sensitively relates directly
to the current pitch range setting. So if the
detail.”
range is set to 100%, holding down the
bend (+) button will speed things up by

thanks to the dedicated buttons and dials,
searching for tracks is nice and easy.
The RMP-2 comes up to scratch on sound
quality - crisp and clean with plenty of
detail, but how are the controls?
it, there is a maximum speed that it plays
the audio. Serious scratchers will notice
this when performing, but it will be
perfectly acceptable for most jocks to mix
and cut with.
100%. This is a bit of a hit and miss feature
really, some will take to it and others won’t.
Generally, a consistent amount of pitch
bend lets the DJ mix more instinctively.
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 TECH
SPECS
constant when changing the speed of the
track with the slider. Sound quality is quite
true and free of artefacts as long as the
PRICE range is kept to either 4% or 8%. Switch to
£323 16% or 100% and the sound begins to
(black or white finish) break up.
CONTACT
reloopdj.com The auto BPM sensor gives a fairly accurate
djsuperstore.co.uk reading of four-on-the-floor beats. It
audiomanagement. doesn’t get too confused over drum & bass
co.uk and breaks either, but it’s just as well that
there is the manual Tap tempo for those
times. The BPM reading works hand-in-
TECH hand with some of the effects to keep them
* MP3-compatible in sync with the music.
single front-load CD This means that the filter will sweep up and
player
down perfectly over a number of bars or
* Touch-sensitive two- beats, transforming is rhythmically tight,
part jog dial
and echoes are locked in, useful since out of
* Four independent
five-second sample time repeats can really screw up a groove.
slots A bank of seven buttons adjust the sync
* Onboard effects unit between four bars, all the way down to
* Effect link with BPM 1/8th notes. The ratio buttons are great for
counter building up a bit of excitement in the mix.
* Track and folder
search The selection is basic, sound quality is
* Scratch simulator
* Automatic and
standard considering the price, and sonic
manual tap beat variation mostly consists of playing with
counter the speed of the modulation and the wet/
* Four cue points dry ratio. The manual mistakenly says to
use the jog wheel for this purpose, but after
trial and error we found that the track
selection knob is the one to use instead.
LOOPY
Looping is a wicked feature that no digital
deck should be without. The RMP-2 takes
care of this with a pair of illuminated in and
out buttons. These are a little bit smaller
than a finger-tip and have nice grip and
spring. Sensitivity is excellent and this
makes it easy to get nice, accurate loops
going.
Pressing the Reloop button retriggers the
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points. If the button is held down, after a isn’t really the most practical place for it.
second the display changes to show the out The language in the manual also suffers a
point in minutes, seconds and frames. This bit from the translation problems. The
gives the DJ the opportunity to shorten or instruction steps seem to flow backwards,
extend the loop by single frames by turning which could cause a bit of confusion when
the jog wheel. trying to learn the features. A bit of proof
Given that there are 75 frames a second, reading wouldn’t hurt.
and one revolution covers around 30
frames, this provides a level of precision Weighing up the RMP-2, it seems that the
that can be called upon to tighten up a loop build quality and essential features make it
that wasn’t quite in time in the first place. a decent enough purchase. If we try and
Loops can be squeezed down to a single justify the extra expense for the effects and
frame, at which point they break into a sampling it’s a different story. We seriously
glitchy stutter until released. recommend that Reloop rethink and update
the operating system to fix this. *
SAMPLING
Onboard sampling can be a great tool to
extend tracks and add overdubs in a mix,
but the way in which the RMP-2 handles
sampling is quite baffling.
For starters, it doesn’t sample in real-time.
Instead, it requires that a cue point is set VERDICT SCORES OUT OF 5
and then it needs to be assigned to a
sample pad. Next, it always records five BUILD QUALITY 4.0
seconds of audio; whether you like it or not. SOUND QUALITY 4.0
Then, its default playback method is EASE OF USE 4.0
looping. To end the loop, the sample needs FEATURES 3.0
to be triggered one more time. There is no VALUE FOR MONEY 3.5
way to do a one-shot trigger.
This is pretty bizarre and really limits its use
and hinders the creative potential. HYPE
Quality construction and finish. Effects auto
sync with BPM counter.
It can store four separate samples, which
add up to 20 seconds of memory. So with GRIPE
Limited sampler, badly translated manual and
the right implementation, this could be headphone jack positioned on the rear.
great. Did the designers think that
everybody would always need five-second
samples that loop? Let the user decide how
Decent build and sound
long they want samples to be, and if they quality but its bizarre
want them to loop or just trigger once. approach to sampling
While we are having our gripe time, let’s needs to be addressed.
just add that while a headphone output
3.5
might not be the most essential accessory
on a CD deck, locating it on the rear of the TECH VERDICT (OUT OF 5)
unit, along with a fiddly little volume knob
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 CDJ-1000MK3
Advancing an
industry standard
Fully equipped for the future of digital DJing and inspired by the
input of world-renown DJs, the ingenious CDJ-1000MK3 houses
a host of new and refined ‘feel-good’ features.

Combining convenient MP3 compatibility, a fast folder search

facility, enhanced presentation of track/wave data and an
improved jog wheel with adjustable traction, the MK3s
are designed to deliver the most advantageous digital DJ
experience. With additional creative possibilities for live re-
mixing easily accessible via the new hot loop feature and with
gold RCA connectors to maximise the high fidelity sound, the
CDJ-1000MK3s put your performance first! CDJ-1000MK3 Digital Player

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 LINE 6 TONEPORT KB37 TECH
GETTING STARTED
DJ EZ SUPER MODEL!
DJs recall what it was like when they were first on the DJ Is the TonePort KB37 a big step
starting blocks…
up the effects ladder?
1. When and where was your first gig?
“Well, my first ever gig would have been at my secondary school disco
SPECS
with a set that involved vinyl and cassette tapes! The first paid gig that I PRICE
ever did was an under 18s in Stratford, in East London, when I was only £169
15 or 16 years of age.”
CONTACT
2. How did your first gigs come about? 01327 302700
uk.line6.com
“When I was at school I was constantly doing music related activities. I
was always playing music and I was part of a two-man music group.
“I was on a pirate station from the age of 15 and being the youngest on
the station, the opportunity came up to do an under 18s event. Being WHEN Line 6 brought out their POD
under 18 myself, the promoter thought it would be a good idea.” back in 1998, it was seen as quite an
evolutionary step in effects processing.
3. Any cash involved? Now they’ve come good again with the
“No payment was received for the school disco, but the under 18s event TonePort KB37, a USB audio recording
saw my pocket finances increase by £30 - if I remember correctly.” interface with virtual acoustic modelling
and effects. It will make your recordings
4. How did those gigs go? sound like they were made with stupidly
“Apart from being nervous, I recall doing very well. I rocked the house!” expensive equipment.
For those familiar with the UX2, this comes
5. What was your first set of decks? with all the same features (including the
“A pair of unbranded belt driven turntables. Belt drives are the perfect GearBox software) except that this time it’s
tool for learning how to mix so that when you hit professional Vestax or combined with a Midi controller keyboard.
Technics decks you will be a master!” The package also includes Ableton Live Lite
5, based on the multi-award winning
6. How did you learn to mix? Ableton Live 5. With a computer, some jack
“Self-taught using my mother’s living room set-up by mixing one track leads and an imagination, the TonePort
from tape deck into vinyl and vice versa.” KB37 should prove to be a pretty powerful
piece of kit.
7. What’s your philosophy as a DJ?
“Give your audience what they want - with a little extra.” THE KEYS TO SUCCESS
The big kahuna with Line 6’s latest offering
8. Do the majority of DJs give the crowds good value for money? is, of course, the keyboard controller. It’s a
“Whenever I see other DJs play they seem to be working the crowd.
However, I have seen some DJs that play with no passion or crowd
funky looking thing: matt black with
chrome–effect rotaries. One of the coolest
interaction. So to answer the question, yes and no.” things about it aesthetically are the VU
meters, which look as if they belong on the
9. What do you wish you knew when you first started that you know dashboard of a vintage sports coupé rather
now? than on a musical instrument.
“That to be a DJ is more than playing music to the people. It’s a The keyboard part of the controller offers
professional business that involves paperwork, executive decisions and 37 full-size, velocity sensitive, synth-action
all that other stuff that most businesses have to deal with.” keys, while there are four Midi-assignable
real-time buttons and rotaries in the centre
10. Now that you’ve made it, are you content? of the unit and an expression pedal input.
words CHRIS UNDERWOOD
“I’m never content. I always think of new ideas and future plans. My In addition, there are two further
goals seem never ending.” footswitch inputs, which can be assigned to
control various recording parameters. The
Sponsored by The Disc Jockey Association, set-up by DJs for DJs. The DJA majority of the I/Os round the back are
aims to help DJs maximize their career potential while providing intended for when using the keyboard as a
everything a DJ needs to make their DJ career legitimate and hassle-free. digital interface, along with the GearBox
For more info go to www.thedja.com where DJ EZ answers more software.
questions.
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A BEVVY OF MODELS
As for the software; the GearBox Gold plug-
in package includes an awe-inspiring stack
of guitar amp, bass amp, preamp and
effects models. It would take a publication
thicker than War & Peace to do justice to
everything this software has to offer in
terms of models and effects; even the most
fastidious project recording enthusiast
should be happy with this little lot.
There are also six excellent preamps
ranging from the very expensive, such as
those manufactured by Neve, down to one
simply titled Lo-Fi, an oxymoron for a
digital package, surely?
When you consider the on-screen
parameters of the enormous collection of
preamps, amps, cabinets and effects
models and combine them with the
numerous parameters that can be derived
from the keyboard, the potential is mind-
boggling.
Whether you’re using the Ableton Live Lite
software or your own digital recording
platform, what you have at your fingertips
here is the lion’s share of a vast virtual
studio for the price of a cheap effects unit.
Not bad, huh? *
VERDICT
HYPE
Not only is it stacked with an incredible number
of effects and models incorporated into a natty
looking keyboard controller, it’s fantastically
well-priced too.
GRIPE
The hardware isn’t as substantially constructed
as with some other keyboard controllers.
There’s little to fault
about the TonePort KB37
other than build-quality.
4.0
TECH VERDICT
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Other than the small mobile phone-style getting this system up and running. It GRIPE *Balanced XLR audio
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 It’s the new column where
we name and shame. Be
warned… No-one is safe.
M
uch like the Chinese snow
leopard and the African bush
elephant, there is a particular
breed of caner that is looking
a bit green around the gills these days. The
Brandon Blocks, the Alex Ps, the Barry
Ashworths. The shameless 24-carat
loonbars that wash away their dignity with
triple cognacs, crush their decorum with
the nearest available credit card and snort
the crumbs of decency into a vortex of
hedonistic abandon.
At least we can rely on Danny Howells to
prove this desperately endangered species
isn’t yet extinct. Yep, at the Club Class
tenth birthday, tequila junkie Howells
flooded his veins with so much Mexican
poison that he was lifted out of the venue
while the celebrations raged around him.
Mid set.
Nice work, Danny. After all, who could
forget the occasion Danny confused a
promoter’s instructions of “Play a blinder
son” with the phrase “Chain enough
slammers to sink the Armada, collapse
behind the DJ booth and curl into a
gibbering, functionless mess for the
remainder of your set”. Thus rendering his
performance at The End that evening
something of an alcohol blitzed shambles.
“He let down his fans,” cried one. “We pay
his DJ wages and he can’t even stand up,”
whined another. “Er, do fuck off,” belts
Shameless ’cos the lad’s a fucking legend.
What happened to celebrating the cads,
caners and exhibitionists?
We all know DJ stands for disc jockey. Not
disgusting japes. Or disreputable jaunts. Or
any other painfully basic anagram that our
narcotic singed brain can muster. But let’s
be honest here. No-one ever got laid or
sucked into a 70-hour bender whilst
chained to their decks learning to mix. Do
rookie DJs spend hours perfecting their
technique so they can spend their adult life
tugging over antique test presses with
anorak vinyl spotters? Do they fuck.
The party might start from the turntables,
but it never ends there. Nope, clubland’s
real stories are burnt across the sordid
corners of the dancefloor or bleached into
the blood-shot abyss of the after-hours.
Each fortnight Shameless will plunge its
alcohol drenched tentacles into these
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squalid depths and hook out the most
debauched misdemeanors around. Or
celebrate any witless twat clattered (or
stupid) enough to make a prize chief out of
themselves in public.
Which nicely sums up our new Clubs Editor
Allan McGrath and his shameless cross-
dressing audition to become one of Lisa
Lashes’ stage troupe, ‘The Lashettes’.
Okay, it wasn’t strictly his doing. In fact, he
didn’t have a choice. Truth told, we hurled
our newbie into his office initiation whilst
he yelped like a slutty schoolgirl with
chronic fanny cramp. Funny, as once we’d
tied him to his chair and plastered his face
with Vicky Pollard’s make-up bag that’s
exactly what he looked like.
As for the auditions themselves, you’re
probably imagining some pithy estrogen X
Factor for the cellulite afflicted fluffy
brigade. Congratulations, put the words
‘head’, ‘nail’ and ‘hammer’ in order. The
only hitch being the lack of estrogen. Read
50 perving drunk geezers to five would-be
‘Lashettes’, all engaged in a comical battle
for the collective male erection and the
dangling glowstick of first prize. Which, as
it happens, was the chance to strut their
stuff on stage at this year’s Hard Dance
Awards. At Brixton Academy, no less.
So why the fanny drought? Who knows?
Maybe any would-be ‘stage dancer’ with a
modicum of intelligence (a strange concept
we know) saw through this Jade’s PR style
sham and realised they were better off out
of it.
Either way, it left the podium open for our
cross-dressed rave fiend to steal the show.
Sambuccas blazed, shapes were thrown and It left the as fresh-faced wizard Harry Potter, we
found Radcliffe topless and blitzed off his
suddenly ‘Allana’ was flipping a 720 degree podium freshly dropped testicles in Brighton’s Wild
pole gyration that would put Spearmint Fruit gay hang out. Better still, the skinny
Rhino’s finest to shame - gristly pins open for our twerp was klaxoning, ‘Where’s the
akimbo and fluffy boots pointed to the
heavens, his wretched pubes glistening
cross- paparazzi?’ every five minutes.
Priceless? Definitely. Shameless?
under a miniscule pink skirt as each swivel dressed Absolutely. Your train is departing from
brought a fresh wave of cheers.
Unsurprisingly, the grubby little scrote rave fiend to
platform nine and a half, Potter.
*
enjoyed the flurry of gender bent attention
so much that he’ll be making a regular
steal the Ever woken up semi-conscious and
trouserless with no recollection of the
‘exhibition’ of himself at clubland’s more show previous 36 hours? On Shoreditch High
dubious establishments. Street? At rush hour on a Tuesday morning?
Send your shameless tales of hedonistic
Which reminds us of our recent spotting of depravity or grass up an industry player to:
one Daniel Radcliffe. Perhaps best known shameless@djmag.com
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Van Buuren, Andy Cato (Groove Armada), Dave Seaman,
Nick Warren, Underworld, Hernan Cattaneo, Sven Vath
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