“Pace” yourselves with part 1 of weasel’s clubbing guide for the double bubble bank hol weekends!! Call your ambulances in advance…

….And stock up on the Alka-seltza!

As we all know over the coming fortnight we are lucky enough to have not just ONE 4 day weekend but TWO of the buggers in a row!! Hallelujah and praise be to Will and Kate! There will be the usual antics this Easter Bank Holiday, starting with the Thursday night… Always a huge one for parties in the capital (and lets not even get started on the Good Friday morning afterparties!) and Easter Sunday/Monday being generally as massive as say, NYE/NYD is in London, but NOW the following week is set to be yet another huge one with not just the usual madness on the Bank holiday Sunday but because of the Royal Wedding an extra Friday off work!! Dangerous stuff!

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Its pretty much certain that if you listen carefully you will hear the collective moan of clubbers when they trudge to work on 3rd May after 2 huge 4 day benders, 2 weeks in a row! I can guarantee that: Your bank balance will be rinsed (don’t check your online balance on the Tuesday for gawds sake! wait until you are able to cope emotionally!), your liver and kidneys will be given an almighty battering,  you will untag a ridiculous amount of photos of yourself on facebook mid week and have a hot sweat wondering how long they were up and how many saw you in such a state, you will definately lose your voice and complain of  “a summer cold” at work, you will probably skive off on the Tuesday – let’s face it 4 days (make that 8 days) free holiday off work will NEVER be enough!! And lastly – if you follow our guide to the top nights London has to offer for both long weekends you will have the best Bank Holiday(s) EVER! Part 1 this week brings you the top nights for each day/evening. (keep ’em peeled for Part 2 next week with more top nights plus tips on how to survive the hellish week at work inbetween and after!)

THURS 21ST APRIL

  1. SHAKE IT PRESENTS… INTEC
    Without a doubt the biggest night on tonight will be Layo and Bushwacka’s  “Shake It” shebang at new super club Pulse in London Bridge.  An absolute Monster of a line up! Carl Cox will be taking the main slot as part of a UK tour promoting his Intec label, alongside himself will be L&B themselves,  while Crosstown Rebels’ Damian Lazarus takes on Room Two with Art Department and Clive Henry… PHEW!
  2. OSTGUT TON SHOWCASE
    Keeping things on a techno tip promoters/labels Warm and Electric minds bring you a showcase from Berlin’s Ostgut Ton label.  Born out of Berghain and Panorama Bar this will be very much for the underground heads in town.  Ben Klock is on hand to bring the “proper” techno, while Chicago house will be supplied by Prosumer, there will be a set live PA from Fiedel & Elif Bicer, as well as label head Nick Höppner in the booth.
  3. DISCO BLOODBATH 4TH BIRTHDAY EASTER BALL
    Fasten your seatbelts! The DB boys are celebrating their 4th birthday! Tonight bringing Rub N Tug’s Eric Duncan over from NYC to help blow out the candles, and residents Ben Pistor and Damon Martin also in the mix downstairs. Upstairs, Turkish edit-king Baris K – whose stacks of cosmic ’70s psych-rock have to be heard to be believed – as well as Bi Bop and Naive Melody’s Elliot Mess.
  4. RAVE TO SAVE
    Profits from this annual bash go to charity Children With Leukemia, needless to say this wont be your atypical stuffy charity fundraiser that’s for sure! (no bring and buy sale in a village hall here chaps!) Expect a night of dancing, drinking and more dancing.  The Rave To Save crew will be serving up house, minimal and straight-up techno with a delicious line up that includes Leftroom honcho Mark Tolfrey, Crosstown Rebels’ Subb-An and Deep End Soundsystem.
  5. DANCE KOKO DANCE
    A brand new night over at KOKO brings an absolutely killer line up! French house king Alan Braxe plays alongside disco heads Villa, who have impressed already this year with their fantastic remix of Adele’s ‘Rolling In The Deep’. Grum and Burns make an appearance, as will Alex Metric who’s also in the headliners list.

Other cracking nights tonight: BEDROCK @ ARCADIA, MADE IN JAPAN W/ SQUAREPUSHER @ THE FORUM, DJ JAZZY JEFF W/ KRAFTY KUTS & THE CUBAN BROTHERS @ PROUD2, LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL @ THE CLAPHAM GRAND, GREG WILSON EASTER SPECIAL @ THE HORATIO

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FRIDAY 22ND APRIL

  1. GET DIVERTED GOOD FRIDAY TERRACE PARTY
    Hot Tub. Barbeque. Cocktail Bar on the Dex Terrace… Surely that alone will sell it? In case that’s not enough for you (there is no pleasing some people) you’ll be interested to know that Radio Slave with be joining Raymundo Rodriguez (amongst other guests).. Nuff said.. get down to Brixton! The party starts at 2pm and rolls all the way through until 2am!
  2. TURBO VS KOMPACT
    Amazing house | techno | disco lineup for this Turbo vs Kompakt Easter special…
    with two artists from Turbo Recordings and another two from Kompakt… And the venue doesn’t exactly sound half bad either! This will be held at the Metal Works in Angel, The guys say ” It’s a converted 19th century warehouse space with 3 separate rooms and no sound restrictions, so we guarantee everyone will love”
  3. HOSPITALITY: FIFTEEN YEARS OF HOSPITAL RECORDS
    Occupying the Academy for their fifteenth birthday will be Drum & Bass titans Hospital Records, and they promise a mammoth bassfest featuring some of the label’s leading artists. In the main room London Elektricity, High Contrast, Danny Byrd and Netsky, while dub-merchant Guido’s is over in room two – playing alongside The Nextmen, N-Type and Subscape – while the folks from Reggae Roast host room three. 
  4. MENAGERIE PRESENTS…THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY AT CARGO
    Brixton wont be the only place holding a daytime funfest.. Over in Shoreditch Cargo will also be treating you to and all day rave. 12 hours of partying, inside and out.  They will be kicking things off at 3pm with some sunshine beats on Cargo’s amazing terrace, before heading inside, under the arches, to party hard with the underbelly of Shoreditch society… Topping the bill will be Hyper Colour’s Alex Jones, Scott Dickie of deep house trio Wildkats and Jamie Jones’ Hot Creations label and Menagerie’s head honcho Scott Martin (We Love…) + many more..
  5. WEARHOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG
    In celebration of Lee Mortimer’s forthcoming “Wearhouse Music All Night Long” compilation, he invites friends and acts involved with the label to smash it out on The Nest’s soundsystem’. As well as Lee, the line-up includes as well hot prospect TAI (Boys Noize / Dim Mak / Turbo) flying in from Munich, plus WARRIOR ONE and KILL LIGHT…

Other cracking nights on Friday: BREAD & BUTTER EASTER SPECIAL AT RUSSIAN BARAPOLLO XXII AT STAR OF BETHNAL GREENCOCADISCO @ THE ALIBI

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SATURDAY 23RD APRIL

  1. STEVE BUG & JAMIE JONES @ FABRIC
    Steve Bug and Jamie Jones show room one how it’s done deep house and minimal style alongside resident Craig Richards, while the one and only Andrew Weatherall heads up room two with plenty of acid, techno and cosmic sounds joined by Slam (live) and disco merchant Andy Blake. Room three is just as exciting too as Hot Natured are in full force, featuring Subb-An (live), Russ Yallop and Richy Ahmed… Not much more need to be said really!
  2. KRUSH
    After their storming launch night back in March – the Krush guys are back and this time they have invited artist Vincent Desforges to convert a secret east London location into a ‘home’ for the next party! If this wasn’t enough on the decks you are treated to sets by Michel Cleis (Supplement Facts , Cadenza) and non other then Wagon Repair & M-Nus’ Konrad Black.. Massive
  3. PAPA RECORDS & REEL PEOPLE MUSIC PRESENT MESSAGES
    Nu-jazz genius and forward-thinking hip-hop producer DJ Spinna leads the bill at this twin showcase for both the Soulful sounds of Reel People Music and the deep house of Papa Records.. Also joining Spinna will be  Aki Bergen, The Layabouts, Zaki, OLI LAZARUS (REEL PEOPLE) and Matthew Bandy
  4. COSMIC-DISCO-TECH
    on this occasion at Plastic People expect deep space electronic sets from steve bicknell and phil asher, featuring selective material from back in the day alongside their own take on future classics, in an intimate surrounding!
  5. COUNTER CULTURE & PELSKI PRESENTS JACKMODE
    Jackmode and Pelski are returning to Counter Culture under London Bridge once again to bring some very special guests on Saturdayl.  Gracing the decks will be Justin and Christian Martin – two accomplished and prolific producers in their own right – this time performing under their production duo guise The Martin Brothers.

Other cracking nights on Saturday: HOLIC EASTER SPECIAL, THE FACE @ EAST BLOC, SUPERNOVA EASTER SPECIAL & GARDEN OPENING AT EGG

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SUNDAY 24TH APRIL

  1. RHYTHMATIC PRESENTS… 10 YEARS OF MOON HARBOUR
    An all mighty monster of a twenty-four rave-up this one! The 1st part of the party is to be held in the daytime at Cargo, then the 2nd “main” party from 10pm has been shifted to London Bridge venue Cable due to a huge last minute let down by the warehouse space. The after party will now also be held at Cable with their weekly Jaded afterhours (more details in tomorrow section) Top London promoters Rhythmatic are joining forces with Leipzig-based imprint Moon Harbour to bring you this mega bank holiday marathon, all this is to showcase ten years of the label’s success. Ace DJ producers Chris Lattner, Ekkohaus and Luna City Express showcase deep house and (Detroit-inspired) techno but be sure to keep your energy for main set – label boss himself… Matthias Tanzmann. Stunning!
  2. WET YOURSELF
    Always an absolute cracker of a night – one of the highlights of my bank hols for sure. Over 3 rooms this time and running all the way until 8am – Cormac, Peter Pixzel, Jacob Husley crank up the electro to minimal to techno madness with some great guests at their polysexual late-night Sunday bash.  Noze from Get Physical takes over in the WYS room,  in the Trailer Trash room you’ll find Timo Maas headlining in what is, rather surprisingly, his 1st gig at Fabric.  Hannah Holland, Mikki Most and Ian Robinson support, and Tsuba’s DZeta N’ Basile headline room three. The vibe at these bank hol bashes are incomparable to be frank!
  3. JUNK DEPARTMENT WAREHOUSE PARTY
    Chicago house legend DJ Sneak, Freak N’ Chic’s Shonky, Veryverywrongindeed’s Tim Sheridan, and Craig Torrance (Mixmag) together in a secret warehouse party in EC1 filled with the best deep-and-tech, techno and twisted electronic beats. All it needs is you!
  4. HALF BAKED
    Sunny days, smiling faces, childlike fantasy and blissful beats – who could have failed to fall in love with the ultimate electronic circus that was Berlin’s Bar25? Well, Half Baked certainly fell hook line and sinker for one of the world’s best loved music venues…Therefore – we thought they’ve prolonged their love and are holding  a very very special edition – yep indeedy, it’s Half Baked meets Bar 25! bringing the love behind the decks will be: Half Baked residents Greg Brockmann and Robin Ordell, Bar 25 and Perlon’s Matt John, Bar 25’s Danny Faber + more
  5. KETOLOCO
    A party which has become a regular fixture on the London scene in recent years… The Ketoloco Daytime Terrace Party! Starting at midday, allowing you to catch some nice spring sunshine in the Bar’s secluded courtyard. Then, as the warmth and light fades away, you’ll be free to roam inside amongst the darker, more headsdown beats coming at you through the killer Funktion One rig. On the lineup this time round will be; American producer Eric Estornel AKA Maceo Plex, Parisian DJ Jef K and last but not least is Cocoon producer and world touring DJ Gav Herlihy all these + more!

Other cracking nights on Sunday: LONDON FIELDS EASTER SUNDAY ALL-DAYERSLOWPOKE RESURRECTION SPECIAL AT THE NEST, KITSUNE MAISON PARTY MEETS PONYSTEP – EASTER SPECIAL AT HEAVENBLACK RABBIT ANNUAL EASTER HOP AT MASONS ARMSDROP (LOFT PARTY) EASTER SUNDAY SPECIAL AT VIBE BAR, SUPERCOOL WITH MATTHEW BURTON, LOUIS GUILHEM,

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MONDAY 25TH APRIL

  1. RHYTHMATIC MOON HARBOUR OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY WITH MATTHIAS TANZMANN & SPECIAL SECRET GUEST + JADED EASTER MONDAY WITH BRUNO PRONSATO & GUESTS
    Owing to a last minute let down by their warehouse space, Rhythmatic’s Moon Harbour party will now be joining forces with Jaded for their afterhours.  They will be bringing Matthias Tanzmann and a very special 2nd guest into the melting pot.  For Jaded Headlining this week in the Cable’s main room will be Bruno Pronsato supported by Raymundo Rodriguez and Gabbi Lopez.

 


 



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