London’s The End club is set to close its famous metal doors forever on January 25th, with a final double dose of clubbing bliss. For the last few weeks the outside of The End has been headed with ‘Goodbye Baby’ on neon blue paint and Richie Hawtin, Loco Diceand Magda recently played their last-ever party at the venue which kept going till 11am the next day. The final Saturday night swan song will see DJs Laurent Garnier, Layo & Bushwacka!, Mr. C, Erol Alkan, Ben Watt, Jimpster, Will Saul, Rory Phillips and Don Mac throw down beats. It’ll be an emotional farewell for a venue that has remained committed to underground electronic music since it first opened on 2nd December 1995. Of course, it wouldn’t be fitting to have a closing party without an afterparty and afterhour mongers Jaded have the honour of giving the soundsystem its last ever bleep in the adjorning AKA bar on Sunday morning from 5.30am. Raymundo Rodriguez and some very special guests will play (at a guess, it’ll be Garnier, Mr. C and Layo & Bushwacka!) at the afterparty which might go for 24 hours or longer. What will happen to the venue is up to its new owners, but no doubt it’ll become another bland Central London office space, with perhaps only the faintest aroma of human sweat about the place to indicate the energy that was expended by hundreds of thousands of dancers over its illustrious 13-year history.
The End Closing Party Main Room, Lounge and AKA: Laurent Garnier, Layo & Bushwacka! Mr C, Erol Alkan, Ben Watt, Jimpster, Will Saul, Rory Phillips, Don Mac
Event: Love Shy @ The Tube, Bristol 20th Novemeber 2008 (Garage, Bassline, Electro night)
After the enormous success of the launch in June, 'Love Shy' returns to the Tube for another nostalgic garage work out, alongside all sounds of fresh bassline music...
These 2 London DJs are making waves in London and all over the UK. Both residents at the now infamous Urban Nerds, now with a monthly at Fabric to say the least. Expect nothing but rapid energetic mixing of garage, electro and everything bassline!
One last thing, since the first 'Love Shy' there has been a new Chart Rmx of the Love Shy classic garage tune: in no way do we approve. The name comes from the classic, not the 'platinum' waste gash.... Make sure you put a Donk on this event. Nuff ladies, Nuff good tunes ...
The beauty what is DJ Sultana began in the hip hop and RNB culture, she made her first scratches at the age of 15. During time she began to attend the DMC Belgium where she learned all the techniques of dj-ing. Caught by the phenomenon of House and vague Electro that was breaking through the world, she turned to House Electro. A new horizon opens for her ... I know I'd want her at my party.
Please excuse for what I do, but I've been thinking a RMX of this tune had to be done and I've found one. Not the best by any means but a pretty fruity electro mix. Producers watch her space, she may be back with "I licked a girl" or "I fucked a girl". Straight to the top of the chart if it does. Anyway here is the remix. Not sure who its by, just that he's Russian.
London: Clubs To Do Halloween 2008 (Techno, Psy Trance, Electro, Tribal)
Halloween is one of those nights, like New Years and ya birthday where you feel like you should have a big one, and quite right to. It's always a struggle to find something on thr night. This Halloween, there is a fair amount on so you dont have to miss out. Whatever your ears are feeling:
THIS IS NOT LONDON @ MATTER (http://www.matterlondon.com/) is a top choice. One because it has 80 sub basss bins under the floor, 2 it's new and you shoudl check it out and 3 the line up is pretty fruity. With Mujava, the one who brought us Township Funk, spinning which is enough to get me there.
Matter, of course, is the new multi-million pound venue from the team behind Fabric. Doubters might be pointing to its South of the river dwelling and corporate habitat inside the 02 but the reality is the arrival of the most technologically advanced venue in the capital and a music roster that has already heard Sasha, Carl Cox, John Digweed. Deadmau5 and Simian Mobile Disco pump their respective sounds through the venue's revolutionary Body Kinetic Soundsystem.
You can get to Matter on a boat trip with Thames Clippers piers at Embankment, Waterloo, London Bridge, Blackfriars, Tower Pier and Canary Wharf with a new all night boat service running back every night Matter is open.
HALLOWEEN TWISTED LIQUID @ Scala, KINGS CROSS
If the elctro tribal funk insnt fo you and you dont want to mission to the East. Then Scala is playing host to a very fun line up of the psychadelic kind.
Hosted by :Twisted Liquid - Halloween Fancy DressB>
:: Main Room - Twisted Liquid Psychedelic Trance ::
***LIVE*** X-Dream (Solstice Music - Germany) - EXCLUSIVE Mid-90s Goa set !! ***LIVE*** Green Nuns of the Revolution - Full Live Performance ***LIVE*** Prometheus (Twisted Records)
***LIVE*** Tron (Liquid Records - Mexico)
DJ Moon (Mandala Records - Mexico)
Liquid Ross (Liquid Records)
Beatnik (Liquid Records)
Decor: Fluffy Mafia / Visuals: Inside Solutions, Arc-I and Magic Lantern / Lighting: Bubble Vision and more...
:: Room Two - Twisted Liquid PsyDub n Chill ::
***LIVE*** Eat Static - Downtempo Set! I
***LIVE*** Ott (Twisted Records)
***LIVE*** Capsula (Liquid Records - Israel)
Simon Holtam (Twisted Records)
Aliji (Liquid Records)
Ip Cress (Galdalfs Garden Party)
:: Room Three - Liquid Psybreaks ::
***LIVE*** Rex
***LIVE*** Atomic Drop
***LIVE*** Organismic Wilkie (Liquid Records)
MaryMissFairy (Delta Connection)
Agent Smith (Archangel/Liquid)
:: Room Four - Minimal Mayhem
::Simon Baring (Twisted / Minimal Mayhem) Josko (Minimal Mayhem) Nori (Posivision - Japan) Presuming Ed (Furthur Project/4DigitalAudio)
Then if this is all to passive and you just want to go banans and get completely off your head in some grusome fancy dress then:
FAMILY GROOVE HALLOWEEN FANCY DRESS SPECIAL @ MASS NIGHTCLUB, Brixton
Hours: 10 pm - 6am Entrance: More at Door Tickets: £14.00 (incl booking fee) Infolines: 020 7267 8320 Website: http://www.familygroove.co.uk/
"What is this music...?" Sweet old, slightly mash up, Annie Nightingale gets to put on her own breaks party to kick off Glastonbury 2008. Peoples were loving it, and as Annie points out, a lot of them had no idea they were actually listening to breaks... Whatever, and wherever the breaks/electro ting is going, people are loving it, and what better way to illustrate this than a Glastonbury Breaks Party.
Dub Police lynchpin Rusko’s digi- dub melodic basslines have received international acclaim over the past two years. With his Fabric Live mix CD and recent worldwide tours his is a name known even by your grandma.
LOGAN D and MC SHABBA D
Logan's papa Mickey Finn schooled him well, and beginnings on Kool FM led to quickly establishing himself as a prolific jungle/dnb DJ in his own right. His is placed alongside MC Shabba the Lyrical Dappa now a veteran of the jungle and d&b circuit with a career spanning over a decade- admittedly he did start at the tender age of fourteen.
DJ NONAMES and ORIFICE VULGATRON
The back bones of Foreign Beggars and founders of the esteemed Dented Records. Orifice with an insurmountably versatile flow continues to be one of the best rappers on wax and on stage and Nonames icy cuts have laced tracks for artists all over the shop. Expect a brand new grime, hip hop, dubstep mash up. Strictly Grizzness
Room 2 - Electro/Minimal Tech
Hosted by SOLARITY
In just a few months since their formation, Solarity’s productions and DJ sets have caused a worldwide seismic ripple in the tech and progressive scenes. Their bashyness knows no bounds… Just ask Tiesto, Ferry Corsten and Jody Wisternoff who have been caning their tunes to crowds of thousands. TRUST. Love These Guys!
Huge FUNKTION ONE sound system inside the venue. Get In!
“And the winner is…” Ibiza Music Award winners announced
The 11th annual Ibiza DJ awards were held yesterday at Pacha Ibiza and the results are in. The DJ Awards is a way of honoring and celebrating of the myriad contributions DJs, producers and industry people make every day to create the thriving international electronic music community, and the Kryptonite award is a token of that gratitude. Beatport was pleased to have the “Outstanding Contribution” in the Special Awards category awarded to our CEO, Jonas Tempel, and extends thanks to everyone involved.
DJ AWARDS
HOUSE - David Guetta TECHNO - Richie Hawtin TECH HOUSE - Steve Lawler Dubfire MINIMAL - Adam Beyer PROGRESSIVE HOUSE - Sasha HIP HOP Muchomuchacho DEEP HOUSE - Phonique ELECTRO HOUSE - Deadmau5 BREAKTHROUGH - Sander Van Doorn DOWNTEMPO & ECLECTIC - Jazzanova BEST NEWCOMER - Funkagenda
TRANCE Armin Van Buuren IBIZA RESIDENT DJ - Valentin Huedo INTERNATIONAL - DJ Tiesto DANCE NATION OF THE YEAR BRAZIL - DJ Marky
Waveform was a wicked festival. Generally the people were really chilled and friendly, it was hassle-free, and the music was crisp, loud and banging.
I was expecting a big glade-style festival - large crowds and heaving dancefloors. With only about 2000 people though, it was pretty small, and when I first checked out the dancefloors I admit I was not impressed, particularly with the archangel stage (where most of the breaks was and where I knew I would spend most of my time) which was the smallest main arena and tiny in comarison to some festival stages. However, this minor problem spawned three massive advantages which made the festival so good: 1. You could walk from one end of the festival to the other in less than 10 minutes - even in the mud - which meant no long missions to get something back at the campsite. 2. If you lost your mates you would inevitably bump into them again shortly. 3. It created a really cool intimate vibe that ive never felt at a festival before. Besides, when the music is good it doesn't really matter what size the tent is. Apart from a couple of nobs selling overpriced laughing gas the crowd was probably the friendlist ive ever seen at a festival. The security were also really chilled- upon arrival they greeted us in a friendly manor but barely checked our wristbands, let alone considered searching us. About half an hour later we were sorting various lines out and some security people approached with a full view of what we were up to, asked us how we were doing and then just left us to it.
Waveform this year was set in a beautiful green countryside location. A big green hill loomed over the whole area which was cool, and with a short walk up to the top you were gifted with a beautiful view over the whole festival and beyond. The odd seemingly wild horse impressively darting around the steep slope was also a nice touch. There was some tasty organic food on offer in the 'Organic Food Emporium' (I particularly liked the Indian/Chinese place offering chinese style chicken samosas), and some good homemade beer and cider available from the bar. Walking from the campsite there were 4 main arenas in a row- Project storm (techno, dnb, hard trance), the Tribe of Frog tent (all things psychadelic and dressed up in typical ToF style), the Archangel tent (breaks, dnb) and then tucked into the corner of the festival finally was the main stage, which had everything from psy-trance to reggae bands to minimal blasting out from its brilliant speakers-big up Opus Pocus for some amazing sound. The other tents boasted good systems as well. Archangel had the infamous funktion one which never fails to blow me away. The Tribe tent had the music at really nice volume- loud and crisp without being offensive. The 24 hour music license for saturday night was also a massive bonus and something more festivals defintely need to imitate. Stand out acts for me were the Equalizers with some fat and energetic electro / breaks, Subterra with some dark late-night dnb, and of course the mighty Far Too Loud who came on directly after the fairly ridiculous 'Earth Dance' and smashed it with a live set showcasing their mind-blowing psychadelic take on breakbeat. There was also some really good pys-trance, probably some good hard-trance (although I personally wouldn't know), and for all the minimal lovers out there, I heard some really cheaky sounding stuff pumping from the main stage which im sure was jokes. On top of this there was also the Cats Cradle stage, a little tent with a bit everything, offering a chilled escape from the main throb of the festival. Basically, there was great music of all varieties on offer at any given time so you could nearly always find what you were looking for (without of course going on a long trek). In fact, there was only one major problem with Waveform- during the day the crowd were generally much more up for chilling than dancing, which meant the tents were often quite empty. This was particularly the case with the main stage. There were times when some brilliant reggae bands were playing out in the sunshine on a great system and only about ten people were taking any proper interest, which to me seemed almost criminal. Perhaps the organisers need to think about the positioning of the stage- being the furthest from the campsite it is quite easy to get drawn into another tent on your way, even against your intentions.
There was also the mud. However, whilst it did get quite muddy there was still plenty of grass to chill out on and keep the place attractive, and anyone who had been to Bestival the week before would have felt blessed in comparison. You cant go to an English festival and complain about the mud, especially give then time of year.
Waveform was simply very fun and very easy- easy to find, a short queue to get in, short walks about the place, really good drugs in abundance, and plenty of good music. At just £78 a ticket plus the fact that its possibly the last festival of the summer, there really are no excuses for not showing up next year!
Mujava is a DJ from Pretoria, South Africa that was brought to my attention by Zane Lowe, on a radio interview he did on Radio 1. Asked whether he was shocked that it had made it abroad, and recieved the response it had he said replied "yes of course". I cannot imagine why. This tune it heavy. It takes you places that a tune hasnt done for a long time. It's got bits of old-school UK electronica, tribal, minimal, some...hell, I don't even really know how to describe it. If you think this is the sound coming out of Africa, don't, according to Mujava, his sound is unique and he is doing something special. With his help there will be more.
The electronic music scene has been dominated by Europeans (and, at times, various Americans) for the longest time now, so might this be the beginning of a new wave of electronic music from elsewhere in the world? Still too soon to say, but this song is intriguing at the very least and hopefully we'll be seeing more from Mujava and his peers soon. The single came out digitally on Warp Records/This Is Music LTD on August 11th, and will be out on 12" next week, on the 15th. I won't post the MP3 for download since friends of mine are ones putting it out, but I'll at least stream it so that you can fall in love with it and then go buy it yourself.
Here is a great RMX by Ashley Beedle though. Dowload that here
Listen to Township Funk below. But support and the artist and head to Beat Port. Without support these super influencers won't exist. Nah Mean ...
Gouranga London @ The Battersea Barge - Minimal/Electro 12th Sept 2008
Leeds based Electro/Techno/Breaks night Gouranga (don't be expecting a Hare Krishna movement), will host there 3rd London event tomorrow night at the endearing Battersea Barge. Always an event to remember, with funkin breaks/electro controlling the dancefloor for the first half of the night and classy, twisted minimal taking the night to the end. The venue gets packed quickly and the crowd is some what samey, but the atmosphere is sweet. Drinks are pretty reasonable and there is a large outdoor area next to the barge if it all gets too much.
DJs: Ali Haszlak Malcolm Murra Erskine
There is a optional fancy dress code: ALTER EGO is the theme. Those making a good effort will be guaranteed entrance.
5 quid in
Open 9.30 - late on strictly FIRST COME FIRST IN policy, no guaranteed entrance cards or anything guestlists etc
WE WILL BE LIMITING NUMBERS TO ENSURE THOSE INSIDE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES!!
So there will be people turned away at the door if you turn up late.
Every time I've seen The Equalizers (signed to Hardcore Beats), they have literally sent the venue into a frenzy. Playing heavy, but fluid breaks. If break beat was bigger these guys would be at the top in my opinion, they're already underrated. To give you a taster of what these guys are like, check out the link below for the free mix. Be sure to see them live when you can though, as they put on a good show. Catch them at the following shows:
12th Sept - Waveform Festival (Devon)
14th Sept - Shoreditch Shuffle (London)
20th Sept - Bristol Festival 2008 (Bristol)
Made up of Clocker and Sessions, these 2 have the experience and skills to branch out and be at the forefront of wherever the Breaks/Electro collide might end up. Watch this space!
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In fact, there was only one major problem with Waveform- during the day the crowd were generally much more up for chilling than dancing, which meant the tents were often quite empty. This was particularly the case with the main stage. There were times when some brilliant reggae bands were playing out in the sunshine on a great system and only about ten people were taking any proper interest, which to me seemed almost criminal. Perhaps the organisers need to think about the positioning of the stage- being the furthest from the campsite it is quite easy to get drawn into another tent on your way, even against your intentions.
