In Autumn 2011 FOUND hit London with a landmark series of deeper, progressive programming, joining the dots between underground electronic genres with 13 back-to-back club nights at Vauxhall venue, Hidden. 10 promoters united to introduce over 200 artists from home and abroad, to represent the sounds of the future and cement FOUND as a home [...]
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A quick chat with London’s Krankbrothers…
February 7th, 2012Danny Clancy and Kieran Clancy are the founders, organisers and resident DJs at krankbrother. Evolving from a private party in Corsica Studios, the last couple of years have seen them develop krankbrother into one of the most cutting edge parties in the capital. The brothers ensure that every party they throw focuses on unique locations, [...]
Addison Groove reveals debut LP details
February 6th, 2012Antony Williams, AKA Addison Groove (and Headhunter), will release his debut album under the former moniker this April. Expectations are high…
Maya Jane Coles set for DJ Kicks
February 6th, 2012Jimmy Edgar, Caribou, Kris Wadsworth, Phil Kieran, Virgo Four, Nocturnal Sunshine, Marcel Dettmann, and Claro Intelecto to feature on Maya Jane Coles’ DJ Kicks.
Circoloco in the Arena
February 3rd, 2012Across one weekend in April, the full-on Circo Loco experience is coming to Birmingham. Known across the globe as the hedonistic and no holds barred after hour session held at DC; 10 each Monday, anyone who has been to Circoloco out in Ibiza will know what to expect – smiley faces, knowledgeable crowds and of course [...]
Free download and video of Chubby Dubz (Art Bleek remix)
February 3rd, 2012Chubby Dubz (Oliver $ Siebert and Gene Siewing) will release their first LP this year on Loungin’. Quality deep house business, here’s a free Art Bleek remix.
Bloc release first wave of confirmed acts for 2012.
February 3rd, 2012Bloc resumes its position at the forefront of electronic music with the first announcements of the programme for the sixth annual Bloc festival. As we previously reported, Bloc has a new home for 2012 in the shape of the London Pleasure Gardens. Set by the water’s edge, overlooked by the monolithic post-industrial derelict buildings of [...]
A quick chat with Sander Kleinenberg…
February 3rd, 2012“On Sunday 5th February 2012, the Electric Brixton is delighted to be co-hosting the Global Flair Challenge, in partnership with Skyy Vodka. The uber glamourous brand is taking over Electric Brixton for an exciting mix of extraordinary showmanship & mouth-watering cocktails – the final of the Global Flair Challenge, which celebrates the most skilled & [...]
Bestival and Camp Bestival announce first acts (Orbital and more)
February 2nd, 2012Rob da Bank’s two revered festivals reveal early bookings, and things look promising. Click here for details of the DJs and electronic live acts appearing.
Metronomy ready for UK tour
February 1st, 2012The acclaimed electronic outfit will play Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester (twice), Nottingham, Leeds, Norwich, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol, Bournemouth, Brighton, and London.
Sepalcure embark on EU tour, new video here
February 1st, 2012The bass heavy duo will hit Glasgow, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Torino, Leeds, and Edinburgh with a new live A/V show alongside visual artist Sougwen.
The Warehouse Project unveils box of Easter treats…
February 1st, 2012Loco Dice, Jamie Jones, Carl Craig, Maya Jane Coles, Claude Von Stroke, Benoit & Sergio, M.A.N.D.Y., Heidi, Nina Kraviz, Scuba and more will be playing records.
Glade is back for 2012!
February 1st, 2012One of the UK’s most diverse and creatively delivered electronic music event, Glade returns with a bang in 2012. Having endured several well documented venue changes in 2011, the owners of Houghton Hall in Norfolk were so blown away by last year’s event they have thrown open their land and welcomed the festival back. [...]
Bugged Out Weekender Review.
January 31st, 2012Bugged Out Weekender. January is normally a month of staying in a longing for payday, and the last thing you think of is going a three day dance music bender, but that didn’t stop the guys at Bugged Out from taking over (a very windy) Butlins Resort in Bognor Regis to present the inaugural Bugged [...]
Toolroom Knights mixed by John Dahlback
January 31st, 2012Well, where do i start.. Ive been listening to a lot of house/tech house recently and was beginning to get a bit despondent with it all until i was lucky enough to receive a copy of the latest toolroom mix by John Dahlback. In one [...]
Timo Garcia
January 30th, 2012tracklist 1. Robert Owens – Ill Be Your Friend (Timo Garcia remix) [White Label promo] 2. X-Press 2 & Timo Garcia – Frayed Of The Light ft Amber Jolene (Wehbba remix) [Skint Records] 3. Timo Garcia – Hawaii Five-0 [Stealth Records] 4. Danny Howells – Too Far Gone (Timo Garcia’s Wonderlust remix) [Afro-Acid] 5. Myomi [...]
Weasel Blog: News, Competitions, Interviews, Podcasts, Jammy’s Jams, New Releases Reviews, All This + Top Picks Of London & Manchester’s Nights Out ++
January 27th, 2012IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: Hideout Festival add a Wave of New Acts to the Bill. Mute launch new record label Liberation Technologies Shake It! to hold special intimate “extra” party on Sat 18th February… Fabric to host new Monolake live audio-visual show A Night With… announces stellar 2012 bookings Ketoloco return to London’ [...]
Free glist for Leading Astray w/ Joel Mull (Drumcode, Truesoul) & Agaric (Ovum, We Are) up for grabs…!
January 27th, 2012After an amazing start of 2012 at The Camp’s Basement, Leading Astray are back with another techno tasty event on Fri February 10th over at Crucifix Lane. All the way from the northern and cold Sweden to warm up the decks will be Drumcode and Truesoul’s Joel Mull, and if this wasn’t enough to keep [...]
Win x2 VIP tickets (worth £45) to Stanton Sessions at Cable (inc entry, drinks, Q jump + VIP access)
January 27th, 2012Breaks music seems to be having a huge revival at the mo and so this event caught our attention…. Next Saturday some of our favourite DJ’s from the breaks scene will be joining the legendary Stanton Warriors for another bass heavy session at Cable. Expect nothing less than the finest in high-octane Breaks, D&B and [...]
Shake It! to hold special intimate “extra” party on Sat 18th February…
January 27th, 2012Shake It’s 3rd Birthday is coming up on April the 5th, we are waiting with baited breath to see the line up (Shake It’s line ups over the years have included names such at Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Dubfire… The list goes on!) they have also told us they have found a [...]
Win free Glist to [Moh-Teef] Cable’s launch party at new sister venue ‘Relay’
January 26th, 2012Back in December we brought you the news that Cable were launching a new sister venue ‘Relay’. Created out of the space that was previously Cable’s mysterious 3rd room, Relay will be standalone venue in its own right, with a program of events that will run parallel to the parties at Cable next door. Next week on [...]
Get your free Jus’ Ed Fabric mixtape here
January 26th, 2012Jus ‘Ed, Levon Vincent, Nina Kraviz, Terry Francis, Sammy Dee, Deniz Kurtel, Craig Richards, Ethyl, Terry Francis, Ralph Lawson, and more…
We chat to Agaric ahead of his set alongside pal Joel Mull at London’s ‘Leading Astray’ party
January 26th, 2012Hello Patrik – thanks for taking the time to speak to us today… My pleasure! So how would you say 2011 was for you? What were the highs and lows? Well all in all I would say it was a really nice year, I went to alot of inspirational places and heard alot of good music. [...]
Hideout Festival add a Wave of New Acts to the Bill.
January 26th, 2012Proving to be one of the most sought after events of 2012, the hype building around Hideout Festival, which is set in Croatia, is testament to the outstanding line-up and stunning beach location this unique festival offers. Now there is even more reason to get to the event in Croatia this summer, as they announce [...]
Mute launch new record label Liberation Technologies
January 26th, 2012Liberation Technologies will launch in March with an EP from Brooklyn resident King Felix, and aims to provide quality, innovative, electronic music.
Fabric to host new Monolake live audio-visual show
January 25th, 2012Robert Henke’s acclaimed Monolake Live Surround Project will take over Fabric on March 1st with Peverelist and Craig Richards.
A Night With… announces stellar 2012 bookings
January 25th, 2012Sebo K kicks off the London party’s new series of events, which will see Craig Richards, Seth Troxler, and Jamie Jones also make appearances in coming months.
Win Tickets to the Kinky Malinki Valentines Party at Proud2
January 25th, 2012Kinky Malinki are getting ready to take over Proud2 once again, and we have a pair of tickets to give away! Three years ago Kinky Malinki held a Valentines Day party that would cement their position as one of the strongest and most popular events in London. You could say they have a recurring theme with [...]
Ketoloco return to London’ Basing House for a Polar Party.
January 24th, 2012Ketoloco decided to return to its native Leeds to celebrate 5 years in existence, and for that reason have been rather quiet in the capital since last summer’s terrace parties. Now, though, they’re set to return to Basing House, London for a rather exciting ‘Polar Party’ with Moodmusic boss Sasse, rising talent Mario Basanov and [...]
Juan Atkins returns to R&S as Model 500
January 24th, 2012The Detroit techno hero is back under the Model 500 guise, without Mike Banks and Mark Taylor, for two fresh cuts of quality beats on Belgium’s R&S Records.
Weasel Blog: News + Comps + Interviews + Mixes + Events: Bloc 2012, ADE, Jazzanova, Warp Records, Cocoon Heroes, Futureboogie, Gottwood, Christian Burkhardt, Claude VonStroke ++
January 20th, 2012IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: Bloc Announce New Home for 2012 The Leeds Warehouse 2012 Line Ups Amsterdam Dance Event unveils 2012 dates Warp Announce New Clark Album ‘Iradelphic’ Plus FREE Download Dimentions Festival Announces Initial Line-up For Summer 2012 Jazzanova Release Long Awaited Remix Album Legendary Recording Studio Strongroom Launch Lifestyle Radio Station [...]
Warp Announce New Clark Album ‘Iradelphic’ Plus FREE Download
January 20th, 2012It’s been three years since the release of ‘Totems Flare’ and to say Chris Clark has been on a journey to create something equally as special is an understatement. Traveling around the world in search of new sounds and obsessions, Chris Clark comments; “I’ve been hunting down that elusive paradox. To create something that didn’t [...]
The Leeds Warehouse 2012 Line Ups
January 19th, 2012More than thirty years after first opening back in 1979, legendary Leeds music venue The Warehouse returned in 2011 with an astonishing new look, sound and feel. Now fully back into the swing of things and with a killer selection of promotions lined up for 2012, The Warehouse is set to celebrate its 33rd year [...]
Dimensions Festival Announces Initial Line-up For Summer 2012
January 19th, 2012And it’s BIG! The festival organisers behind Outlook have announced the first string of Artist’ to appear on the Dimensions festival line-up for 2012 and it goes a little something like this…. Moodymann, Dyed Soundorom, Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock, Scuba, Shackleton, Joy Orbison, Levon Vincent, Kassem Mosse, Gold Panda, Theo Parrish, Pangaea, Loefah, Boddika, Midland, [...]
Win x2 Tickets to ‘House Legends’ w/ Kenny Dope, India (PA), CJ Mackintosh, Bobby&Steve, Jazzie B + More!
January 19th, 2012Last week we gave you the news of a great house event coming to London on Saturday 3rd March at PROUD2. Groove Odyssey are launching the first in a series of parties for 2012, with a night dedicated to House Legends. The night will feature DJs and artists from around the globe, past, present and [...]
Legendary Recording Studio Strongroom Launch Lifestyle Radio Station ‘Strongroom Alive’
January 19th, 2012Set in the arts and cultural hub of East London, longstanding pioneers Strongroom are launching global lifestyle radio station ‘Strongroom Alive’ due to hit the airwaves February 2012. With over 25 years of industry loyalty, the station will host music led shows from some of the local leading record labels, magazines, galleries, shops and promoters [...]
Jazzanova Release Long Awaited Remix Album
January 18th, 2012From the left or the right side, straight ahead or ‘Upside Down’, no matter how you look at it all the Jazzanova remixes that have emerged over the last few years are now to be released in one shiny package. Featuring remixes by some of dance music finest key figures’ with their own interpretations of [...]
Bloc Announce New Home for 2012
January 18th, 2012Bloc Weekend have annouced their new home for 2012, and we have got to say it looks pretty epic! This years festival will take place on the 6-7 July at the London Pleasure Gardens. Set by the water’s edge, overlooked by the monolithic post-industrial derelict buildings of Britain’s former glory, licensed until 6AM, the Pleasure [...]
Amsterdam Dance Event unveils 2012 dates
January 18th, 2012The 17th edition of the world’s biggest festival and conference dedicated to electronic music will run between October 17th and the 21st, extending to five days
Win Tickets to Cocoon Heroes w/ Cassy, Raresh, Tobi Neumann & Onur Ozer…
January 17th, 2012The twelfth Cocoon Ibiza season has now drawn to a close and once again they’ve written a new chapter in club-history. The musical revolution that they sparked more than a decade ago, is still growing and evolving. This year the first ever Cocoon Heroes show is to be staged in London on Saturday 10th March, [...]
Armin Van Buuren Brings A State Of Trance to London.
January 17th, 2012ARMIN VAN BUUREN. Those magical three words which sum up a trance phenomenon. His unwavering loyalty to melodic and uplifting electronic music, has culminated in Armin’s position as the people’s DJ. Hence four consecutive years as the world’s no.1 DJ – in DJ Mag’s Top 100, successive ‘Armin Only’ events selling out the world’s largest [...]
Win Guestlist to Talk is Cheap w/ Inland Knights, Olene Kadar (Live) + Lovebirds…
January 16th, 2012After an incredible party at Cable in October with “House Master” MK Marc Kinchen playing B2B with brother/DJ Partner in crime Scottie Deep and a world’s first live PA from Alana, (video here: http://vimeo.com/32302764) Talk is Cheap felt it only natural to return to Cable for their second instalment, and to showcase some very influential artists [...]
New video from Stay+ (Ramp Recordings) right here
January 16th, 2012Stay+, signed to Tom Kerridge’s Ramp Recordings- home to the likes of Falty DL, SBTRKT, and Zomby- unveil their new video to the track Dandelions. Very nice.
Around the world in 80 labels: Futureboogie – Dave Harvey & Steve Nickolls
January 16th, 2012Bristol lands in the P&S office with Dave Harvey & Steve Nickolls of the Futureboogie organisation expounding on how they run the young house label.
Groove Odyssey present House Legends.
January 13th, 2012On Saturday 3rd March, Groove Odyssey launches its first in it series of parties for 2012, with a night dedicated to House Legends. This massive event will once again be taking place at the PROUD 2 nightclub, in the O2 Arena. The night will feature DJs and artists from around the globe, past, present and [...]
Weasel Blog: Music News, Podcasts, Interviews, Picks of London & Manchester Nightlife
January 13th, 2012Hi All, Hope you have had a good week and looking forward to the weekend ahead! This week we have your regular music news section, some podcasts to get you ready for the weekend, interviews and the pick of London & Manchester’s nightlife. We also spotted a couple of good youtube vids this week and [...]
Simian Mobile Disco get set for Bugged Out.
January 11th, 2012It’s now less than 2 weeks until the mighty Bugged Out Weekender open’s in doors. We continue to grab 5 minutes with some of the artists playing to find out what they have got in store for us over the course of the weekend, and their plans for the year ahead. It doesn’t come [...]
Cocoon Heroes: London warehouse party line up announced!
January 11th, 2012When the news dropped that Cocoon were holding the first ever “Cocoon Heroes” show in London we were all raring to hear what the line up was going to be. We were promised “some of the best artists to perform at Cocoon in 2011″ and we are pleased to say after hearing the announced line [...]
Nicolas Jaar set for exclusive UK shows
January 10th, 2012Nicolas Jaar returns to the UK for three live dates in London, Leeds, and Manchester, with the likes of Dinky, Acid Pauli, Soul Keita and Scuba involved.
Marc Houle releases details of album on Items & Things
January 10th, 2012The former Minus man, who left to concentrate on the imprint he runs with Magda and Troy Pierce, releases ‘Undercover’ in March, but the details are here now.
Addison Groove set for Selective Hearing
January 10th, 2012Addison Groove hits Manchester on February 4th for the first Selective Hearing part of 2012… there’s a few more notable names involved too, details here.
We Speak to Hannah Holland ahead of Bugged Out Weekender.
January 9th, 2012It’s now less than 2 weeks until the mighty Bugged Out Weekender open’s in doors. We continue to grab 5 minutes with some of the artists playing to find out what they have got in store for us over the course of the weekend, and their plans for the year ahead. This time it’s the [...]
Maetrik live and Cocoon ready for Ibiza (already)
January 6th, 2012The latest album en route from Sven Vath’s Cocoon camp will arrive in the form of a live set from Maetrik, recorded at Amnesia in Ibiza last summer.
Back To Basics Move to The Warehouse Leeds
January 6th, 2012After six hedonistic years throwing legendary parties at Stinky’s Peephouse in Leeds, clubbing institution Back to Basics will move onto pastures new and take residency at its new home, The Warehouse, Leeds from 21st January 2012. For the first time ever, Basics will switch from weekly to fortnightly events, allowing the team behind the night [...]
Weasel Blog: News, 2011′s Top Articles, Podcasts/Mixes, Interviews, Recommended Nights Out…
January 6th, 2012Hello and welcome to the first blog of 2012! This week as clubland recovers from its hangovers and come downs we bring you a round up of your 2011 Top 10 Articles on www.plainandsimple.tv (based on traffic) + what’s new this week in the world of music and clubs… IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: TOP [...]
Get your free live Saytek Fabric mixtape here
January 5th, 2012Joseph Keevill, AKA Saytek, delivers the first Fabric mixtape of 2012 ahead of a Cubism Room Three takeover on Saturday. Oh, and Carl Craig’s also in the house.
Around the world in 80 labels: Lower East – Cozzy D
January 5th, 2012Cozzy D, chief A&R at one of the UK’s most prominent young house labels, steps forward to answer a few questions on what exactly Lower East is all about.
XOYO Launch New Friday Night Concept: Versus
January 5th, 2012This January London hotspot XOYO launches a new series of Friday club nights called Versus. Versus is set to deliver an array of bass orientated club music from the UK’s best promoters, DJ’s and record labels as XOYO goes ‘Versus’ on some of the UK”s best brands. Kicking the Versus nights off with a bang [...]
mulletover start January sale with Michael Mayer and Joy Orbison
January 4th, 2012January 28th sees Kompakt hero Michael Mayer and future bass music star Joy Orbison play mulletover, alongside Geddes. Full details here.
Scuba’s new album approaches
January 4th, 2012Hotflush Recordings bossman Scuba will release Personality, his third long form effort, on February 27th, featuring 11 brand new tracks.
Outlook Festival launch party takes over Ewer Street Carpark later this month.
January 4th, 2012Outlook festival is fast becoming one of the hottest festivals on the European calendar. Set in a fort by the sea in the beautiful Croatian sunshine, last year saw them win best European Festival at the Festival awards, with a stellar bass and dub-heavy line up. Later this month they are set to hold their [...]
UK Bass Culture back for March after last years Alexander Palace Smash.
January 3rd, 2012Following the success of November’s incredible debut at the magnificent Alexandra Palace, UKF Bass Culture returns to clubland on Friday 2nd March 2012. This time they take over another of London’s most iconic venues, the legendary O₂ Academy Brixton, for an all-night masterclass of explosive, rib rattling bass music. The next party sets to be [...]
Weasel Blog Special: NYE & NYD… Picks of London & Manc Events, Free Music, News, Comps & Interviews…
December 30th, 2011Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and are looking forward to 2012! Bit of a mini blog this week (reindeers ate our homework) but your latest music news, event recommends, interviews, comps and free music still lie herewithin. There are so many sterling nights out for NYE and NYD this year that we’ve decided [...]
Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) announce new project, taster session here
December 30th, 2011Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore of Depeche Mode have been busy making techno, and released an EP recently, complete with remixes from Regis and more.
Fancy a DJ set at Bugged Out Weekender?
December 30th, 2011We’ve already been busy bringing you the latest news on the forthcoming Bugged Out Weekender, including an interview with Friction last week. Well now the boys and girls at Bugged Out HQ are on the hunt for some fresh new DJ talent to play at the festival! Yes that’s right, you can find yourself on [...]
From Robotnick’s archives: re-releases, E=MC2 video and remix
December 30th, 2011Electronic production hero Alexander Robotnic joins forces with Hot Elephant Music to release forgotten techno, disco and more, plus a video to Georgio Moroder.
Terranova’s Kompakt album approaches
December 29th, 2011Following on from the success of this summer’s single, I Want To Go Out, Terranova, AKA FETISCH and house producer &ME, return with a host of collaborators.
Free Minimum Wastage mixtape from Mark Archer (Altern8) here
December 29th, 2011Altern 8 and Nexus 21′s Mark Archer joins Simian Mobile Disco, Andrew Weatherall, and Radioactiveman at Wang’s New Year’s Eve. Here’s a free mix to celebrate
Defected NYE at Proud 2
December 29th, 2011If you like your house on the funky side and are still at a loss of what to do this new years then we may have found a little video to help you make your mind up. This year defected will be taking over Proud 2 at the O2 to present their first ever New [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: Tronic – Christian Smith
December 27th, 2011European techno stalwart Christian Smith expounds on running Tronic for nearly two decades, working with John Selway, and re-releasing the likes of Carl Craig.
Christmas Weasel Blog: Music News, Competitions, Interviews, Mixes, Jammy’s Jams, Reviews…
December 23rd, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: New video from Torpedo vs Sharam Jey Shackleton set for Manchester’s Kraak New Year’s Eve Last few tickets for Ec-lectricity NYE in Birmingham Changes to the Eastern Electrics NYE party line up MUAK go back to where it all began on their NYD special w/ Jimpster & Milton Jackson [...]
Grab yourself a Jesse Voorn Mix Ahead of tonights Nightowl.
December 23rd, 2011Tonight see’s Nightowl take over Ministry of Sound for a proper Christmas knees up. All the stops have been pulled out for this massive showcase, with four international superstars flying in to create an unrivalled line up and the cream of London’s talent supporting. To get you in the mood, here’s a 60 minute mix [...]
Friction Interview.
December 23rd, 2011Its been a hell of year for drum and bass legend. Undoubtely one of the biggest stars on the scene the Shogun Audio head honcho has enjoyed touring the world alongside landing a coveted Radio One Slot. In the first of our interview series that profiles the artists preparring to kick off 2012 festival action, [...]
New video from Torpedo vs Sharam Jey
December 23rd, 2011Does medieval electro exist? Well, probably not, but with this pleasing oddity the music industry has come the closest yet to achieving such a sound.
Around the world in 80 labels: Vitalik – Ryan O’Gorman
December 22nd, 2011We continue our series exposing and investigating international imprints we think deserve an extra nod. This time round it’s Ibiza’s forward thinking Vitalik.
Shackleton set for Manchester’s Kraak New Year’s Eve
December 22nd, 2011The man perhaps most commonly associated with Fabric and Skull Disco, Shackleton, will be playing Manchester’s intimate Kraak Gallery on New Year’s Eve.
Last few tickets for Ec-lectricity NYE in Birmingham
December 22nd, 2011Following the sold out event in 2010, Ec-lectricity is back to make the biggest clubbing night of the year even bigger! Featuring some of the best DJs on the planet, as well as explosive production and lighting across four incredible rooms of music and entertainment, this huge show will guarantee you see in 2012 with [...]
Changes to the Eastern Electrics NYE party line up.
December 21st, 2011Eastern Electrics and Warm regret to announce that on doctor’s orders, Tensnake has had to undergo urgent surgery which sadly means he has had to cancel his live show at the Eastern Electrics NYE event, as well as gigs at Timewarp, In:Motion and Warehouse Project. Naturally he sends his apologies but we’re sure you will [...]
MUAK go back to where it all began on their NYD special w/ Jimpster & Milton Jackson
December 21st, 2011As any serious London clubber knows… These days, its not about going out on NYE is all about those NYD parties. This New Years Day, fresh from their recent sellout 8th Birthday with Kerri Chandler, the guys over at MUAK are hosting a classic party for those who remember and for those who don’t. They [...]
Introducing Relay… Cable’s new sister venue
December 20th, 2011Relay is the brand new sister venue for Cable launching on Feb 4th 2012. Created out of the space that was previously Cable’s mysterious 3rd room, Relay will be standalone venue in its own right, with a program of events that will run parallel to the parties at Cable next door. Having expanded into another [...]
Win a day in the studio with Nelski!
December 20th, 2011Christmas; the time of year where we can step back from the chaos of our day-to-day lives and take stock of the last twelve months, and the last twelve months has been nothing short of stratospheric for ‘Rising’ star Nelski. From successfully designing and launching an awe inspiring live show to a rapturous audience at [...]
Interview with Cadenza’s Reboot…
December 20th, 2011Reboot is the German tech specialist whose loopy sounds have seen him become one of the most in demand DJs of the day. Fusing fluttery Latin vibes with tribal beats, he plays all over Europe, the US and Ibiza to adoring fans every time. On Boxing Day he headlines Arkitekt and LWE’s Cadenza Showcase party [...]
Win tickets for you & a pal to Cadenza’s Boxing Day Showcase w/ Reboot, Robert Dietz, Mirko Loko( Live), Cesar Merveille
December 19th, 2011As we already reported to you a few weeks back Luciano’s ground-breaking label will be holding a very special, festive showcase. The party was scheduled to take place at Pulse in SE1 but has recently been shifted to Electric Brixton (formerly The Fridge). Christmas has come early as we now have some free tickets to give away! [...]
Weasel Blog: Music News, Competitions, Free Tracks/Mixes, Interviews, Jammy’s Jam’s, New Release Reviews, PLUS Top Picks Of London & **Now** Manchester’s Nights Out This Weekend!
December 16th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: Ken & Davy are back “Down_Under” in London w/ Valentino Kanzyani & Praslea this Fri Cadenza Showcase Boxing Day SpecialNew Talent: Owen Howells. Mouth Taped Shut announce Free secret show tonight with Groove Armada, Zane Lowe and more!! The Whip, Delphic, Evil Nine and Attaque set for Manchester Party [...]
We speak to Valentino Kanzyani… DJ, Producer, head honcho of ‘Jesus Loved You’ and “founding father of Slovenian techno”…
December 15th, 2011Valentino Kanzyani has been on the scene for over 20 years… DJ, owner of label ‘Jesus Loved You’ and a respected producer. Many interviewers popped the question”Does he prefer producing or playing?” and Valentino shows no hesitation with answering this one. He enjoys both, of course- but he is first of all a DJ! We [...]
Mouth Taped Shut announce Free secret show tomorrow with Groove Armada, Zane Lowe and more!!
December 15th, 2011We’ve just had this newsflash drop in our inbox, Tomorrow night LWE x HARD are celebrating the launch of the new film ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ by hosting a very special FREE event at The Coronet, London. The secret lineup was only announced today at midday, and you get can your mitts on a ticket [...]
The Whip, Delphic, Evil Nine and Attaque set for Manchester Party
December 14th, 2011London label Bad Life starts up Free Range, a new Manchester party this Friday. And, with a line up like this, they should be more than welcome.
Audio Farm and Lowdown and Dirty team up for a NYE spectacular.
December 14th, 2011Two giants in club world, Audio Farm and Lowdown and Dirty are joining forces this New Years Eve for a huge 3 floor party, ‘The Dirty Farm’, with one goal in mind, to bring some seriously good music to Manchester. Headlining proceedings for Audio Farm is Trevor Rockliffe. Trevor is a veteran in all shades [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: Hypercolour / Glass Table – Alex Jones and Jamie Russell
December 13th, 2011After cuts from Jimmy Edgar, Soul Clap, Glimpse, Jozif, Mark Henning, Maya Jane Coles, and Tom Demac we ask Hypercolour and Glass Table those six questions.
Manchester mid-weights team up for Christmas ho-down
December 13th, 2011Micron, Content, Zutekh, Departure, and Electronique team up with a few more friends for a Christmas residents bash at Manchester’s Joshua Brooks.
Northern stars rising: On the phone to Moodymanc
December 13th, 2011We talk to Manchester deep beats man, 20:20 Soundsystem member, and revered percussionist Danny Ward, AKA Moodymanc, about We Love, Mr Scruff, and house music.
ARKITEKT NYD – Derrick Carter, Jesse Rose, Yousef & Matt Tolfery
December 13th, 2011Arkitekt welcomes 2012 in stunning style with a panoramic blast of house and techno in Leeds’ Vox club. A brand new clubbing space based minutes away from the city centre, Vox boasts stunning stripped red brick walls, high ceilings and a plush stainless steel exterior; the perfect acid house environ with a contemporary twist. Topping [...]
Win a pair of tickets to this is Nightowl.
December 13th, 2011The UK’s fastest growing club brand teams up with the most iconic club in the World for the final Nightowl party of 2011. All the stops have been pulled out for this massive showcase, with four international superstars flying in to create an unrivalled line up and the cream of London’s talent supporting. With no [...]
Fresh from their night w/ Ostgut at the famous Fuse club in Brussels.. Ken & Davy are back “Down_Under” in London w/ Valentino Kanzyani & Praslea this Fri
December 12th, 2011If you haven’t heard of London living Belgian twins, Ken and Davy Vandegaer – we don’t know where you have been hiding. As well as being past residents of the infamous Cafe d’Anvers, one of Belgiums biggest clubs, they are also the founders of Down_Under, their successful club night which they started at Club Silo [...]
Grab your free Virginia Ostgut-Ton Fabric mixtape here
December 9th, 2011This Saturday Fabric’s Room Three succumbs to an Ostgut-Ton takeover, with Steffi, Tama Sumo, and Virginia in charge- the latter of which has a free mix here
Cadenza Showcase Boxing Day Special
December 9th, 2011This Boxing Day Arkitekt & LWE join forces with Cadenza Records for a showcase set to spark the imaginations of even the most underground minimal and house heads. Luciano’s groundbreaking label Cadenza Records has been at the forefront of underground house music since its launch in 2003, and on December 26th Cadenza hooks up with Arkitekt [...]
New Talent: Owen Howells.
December 8th, 2011London’s Owen Howells, described as ‘genre agnostic and forward thinking’ by IDJ mag, proffers a heady twist on house and techno with wide-ranging appeal. His approach has won him many plaudits; Owen’s productions have been championed by Markus Schulz, Davide Squillace, Sonny Fodera, Raymundo Rodriguez, and Tomoki Tamura, not to mention Loco Dice, who picked [...]
Grab your free track from Ghostly International’s Mux Mool here
December 7th, 2011There is little quite like getting something for nothing. And, with that in mind, we try to allocate a little time to scour the far reaches of the internet in order to bring you some delectable treats that require no more than a download click, or Facebook like at most. So when a link was [...]
Rhythmatic go intimate this Sat for a Christmas Special with Fabio Giannelli…
December 7th, 2011Rhythmatic are back this Sat for their final installment of 2011. After the success of their huge Anniversary warehouse rave on Nov 26th they thought this time round should be a little more intimate and special. 2011 has seen Rhythmatic bring some of the most iconic labels and brands to London – from the first [...]
DJs Bailey and Ron, Bad Men, charity balls and timeless jungle
December 7th, 2011DJ Bailey, Bassman and DJ Ron head to Moho Live for Bad Man Ting this Friday December 9th, while a four man turntable contest separates the men from the boys.
Glade Festival release Early Bird Tickets for 2012
December 7th, 2011After a successful comeback last year, Glade Festival is already gearing up for 2012, and will be releasing a limited number of Early Bird tickets today, available from www.gladefestival.com . With a doubling of capacity from 5,000 to 10,000 on the same site at Houghton Hall, King’s Lynn, which will now be its permanent home, [...]
Another Late Night and Late Night Tales reveal ten best tracks of the series
December 6th, 2011All 27 releases are now available in one special edition boxset, while the top ten tracks from the whole series have been voted on, and we have the videos right here.
Keep an eye out for… Two Inch Punch
December 6th, 2011Ben Ash, AKA Two Inch Punch, just recorded a mix for Sonic Router, which follows another meld of beats for BBC 1Xtra, remixes for Birdy, and solo work on PMR.
Huge iRobots Opilec compilation approaches (and we can’t wait)
December 6th, 2011Georgio Moroder, The Units, Todd Terje, Orlando Voorn, and 013 are amongst the artists that will appear on the forthcoming Opilec label compilation.
Micron prepare for first of last two parties
December 6th, 2011It’s been coming for a while, and after Russ Yallop, Ame, and The Revenge, it’s safe to say Manchester is officially warmed up for the last events from one of the city’s best-loved club nights. Thankfully, the remaining lineups should just about cut the mustard. So this Friday, December 9th, sees mainstays of the North [...]
New Year’s Eve 2011 Event Roundup
December 6th, 2011Troxy, London E1 0HX SecretSundaze NYE 2011 Spending its first year at the unique grade II listed Troxy in East London, Secretsundaze promises to kickstart 2012 in style with a killer lineup that includes a secret special guest headlining live yet to be announced. In the Main Room the likes of Levon Vincent (Novel Sound, [...]
We catch up with Foreign Beggars ahead of Tribe this weekend.
December 5th, 2011It’s been a crazy year for The Foreign Beggars, with a huge UK tour, a smash cross-over hit with Badman Riddim Jump with Vato Gonzalez, not to mention an ever growing international profile and collaborations with some of the biggest producers in the game. This Saturday they headline Tribe: Never say v’s Circus at Electric [...]
Toolroom Knights ‘The Italian Job’ at Ministry of Sound London – 26.12.11
December 5th, 2011Fresh off the back of undoubtedly THE biggest party the UK has seen this year, Toolroom Knights returns to their spiritual home of the Ministry of Sound, with a spicy Italiano twist… Toolroom Knights final UK event of 2011 completes a monumental year that included a successful summer residency at Space Ibiza, returning to Global [...]
Win a pair of tickets to Spectrum NYE
December 2nd, 2011Earlier this week we bought you the line up for the bass heavy Spectrum at Electric Brixton, and now we’re giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets! Electric Brixton launched to critical acclaim earlier this year, and Spectrum have enjoyed hosting some sell-out events at the new London venue, making them the [...]
Karl Phillips and the Midnight Ramblers launch EP in London next Wednesday
November 30th, 2011Grime, dubstep, drum n bass, and punk almost describes Karl Phillips and the Midnight Ramblers’ sound, check out the new video and London gig details here.
Julio Bashmore and Move D will be in No Fit State for New Year
November 30th, 2011Geddes and Co will be putting on another one of their ever-popular No Fit State events this New Year’s Day, with Julio Bashmore, Move D, and more.
Free Anomie Belle track with Sneaker Pimps’ Ian Pickering
November 30th, 2011Seattle’s Anomie Belle follows her LP, The Crush, with more modern trip hop, collaborating with members of Sneaker Pimps and Thievery Corporation in the process.
Groove Armada talk Redlight Ahead of this Weekends Coloursound.
November 30th, 2011Groove Armada present their Red Light at Colousound’s Season Closing party on December 3rd at Stylus, Leeds. As a Live band they were legendary; The Red Light shows though open a new chapter. A four decks, multi F-X, audiovisual DJ experience rooted in the warehouse, delivered stadium style. Over the past decade, Groove Armada have [...]
Win Guestlists and Bubbly for Slide & Get Diverted New Years’ Eve.
November 29th, 2011After a great year at Brixton Clubhouse, hosting the likes of Dimitri From Paris, Anja Schneider, Radio Slave, Felix and Al Hot Chip, Aeroplane and Ralph Lawson, Get Diverted & Slide join forces once again on New Years’ Eve with a fantastic line-up, spearheaded by disco and edit legend GREG WILSON. Joining us for the [...]
Spectrum Bring The Bass for NYE.
November 28th, 2011Delving deep into the sub-bass styles, Spectrum continues to set a standard with its big lineups full of heavyweight names. And this NYE Joker makes a spectacular return to Spectrum! Bristol’s pioneering dubstep don, fresh from the recent release of his diverse and innovative debut album, has received critical acclaim across the board. Alongside him [...]
Weasel Blog: NEWS / COMPS / P-CASTS / INTERVIEWS / PICKS OF LNDN’s & *NOW* MNCHESTER’S NIGHTS: Electric Minds, Circo Loco, Bugged Out, Krush, Paco Osuna, Layo & Bushwacka! Craig Richards, Daniel Bortz, Maceo Plex, Cristian Varela
November 25th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: Appleblim, Jay Shepheard, Dolan Bergin and more for electric minds New Year Circo Loco announce London New Year plans All we want for Christmas is a Bugged Out Weekender ticket. Krush get set to throw another secret party this weekend. Billy Nasty and Swayzak set for intimate Manchester party [...]
Finger Licking Christmas
November 25th, 2011Christmas seems to have come round quicker than ever this year; ghastly lights, baubles and tinsel have been strung up across London town and TV ad-breaks are jam-packed with happy families gorging on cheap Christmas tat… What better way to join in with this festival cheer than to throw a roadblock event! December 17th sees [...]
Classic Craig Richards mix before Tyrant in London
November 25th, 2011Fabric are currently streaming one hour of classic Craig Richards from Room One, a mix that was originally pieced together for Kiss FM. Click here for a link.
Appleblim, Jay Shepheard, Dolan Bergin and more for electric minds New Year
November 25th, 2011To cap off a successful 2011 London’s electric minds will host a New Year’s Even bash somewhere in Shoreditch, with Appleblim, Dolan Bergin and more.
Circo Loco announce London New Year plans
November 25th, 2011Matthias Tanzmann, Davide Squillace, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, Shaun Reeves, and more will help Circo Loco take over London’s Proud 2 on New Year’s Day.
Around the world in 80 labels: Maceo Plex – Ellum
November 25th, 2011Following on from one of Chicagos’ most-established imprints we look to Ellum, the brand new setup from Maceo Plex, of Cocoon and Crosstown Rebels fame.
Win Tickets to Shake it! With Paco Osuna + Layo & Bushwacka! Next Sat…
November 25th, 2011The last Shake It of 2011 is upon us! An amazing year that has seen the likes of Carl Cox, Magda, Reboot, Damian Lazarus, Art Department, Josh Wink, Nina Kravitz, Gaiser, James Holden, Audiofly, Marco Carola, Yousef, Clive Henry and many more work the decks at Shake It, ends with another unmissable night with Layo [...]
Suol’s Daniel Bortz plays his first ever London gig this Dec… We catch up with him to get the lowdown…
November 25th, 2011His DJ sets regularly leave enthusiastic audience that especially appreciates his playful versatility – with musical influences ranging from punk and new wave (Stranglers / Joy Division) to pop (Prince / Peter Gabriel) and classic techno (Dave Angel / Daniel Bell), to local folk music (Biermösl Blosn). We speak to SUOL’s Daniel Bortz ahead of [...]
All we want for Christmas is a Bugged Out Weekender ticket.
November 24th, 2011With the depths of winter taking hold, its hard to even remember spending an entire weekend listening to music at festivals. But Bugged Out have a tasty winter treat in store in January, in the form of the Bugged Out Weekender, to be held at the Butlins Resort in Bognor Regis, West Sussex for three [...]
We catch up with Cristian Varela ahead of Spiritoso this weekend.
November 23rd, 2011Prepare to be astounded by the 4 deck wizardry of Cristian Varela, whose amazing technical skills are duly matched by his ability to bring the energy on the floor ever higher. Little wonder that he’s won “Best Spanish Techno DJ of the year” 8 years running along with a host of other accolades… We caught [...]
Billy Nasty and Swayzak set for intimate Manchester party
November 23rd, 2011Friday, November 25th sees techno veteran Billy Nasty and deep house, tech, and electronic aficionado Swayzak play an intimate party at Manchester’s Kraak.
ilovesundays – A New Innovation For Sunday Clubbing – Win a VIP table and drinks!
November 22nd, 2011ilovesundays has created a new innovation for the desirable Sunday clubber, catering for every conceivable strand of “All Things House” from the cool Miami vibe through to the deep underground sound of Ibiza. Here is your chance to join the fun on 04.12.11 as they continue to party at the only unique venue, that constitutes and [...]
Krush get set to throw another secret party this weekend.
November 22nd, 2011Krush is starting to emerge as one of the finest party posses in London. As well as their carefully selected line-ups, the secret locations are proving more and more exciting and the team¹s love of installation art also helps separate Krush from the myriad other events out there. Making the November party a proposition too [...]
We speak to Stathis Lazarides before he hits Rhythmatic’s 4th Anniversary on Sat…
November 22nd, 2011Stathis Lazarides has the musical ethos and mentality of an artist who finds it impossible to compromise with trends and to specify genres when in the studio or at the DJ booth. Music has been his foremost priority for 20 years and the concept of sitting down to compose in his studio without a specific [...]
Weasel Blog: News / Comps / Music / Interviews / Reviews / Top 5 Events this wkend: Justice, Crazy P, Carl Craig, Craig Richards, Onur Özer, Luke Slater, MiniCoolBoyz, Tomoki Tamura, Wildkats, Huxley, Jeff Craven
November 18th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: Justice set for UK tour in early 2012 Crazy P set for Manchester album launch Carl Craig, Riva Starr and Friendly Fires hit Cumbria for Uber Partizan with Simon Ledder & Rick Nicholls Craig Richards to launch The Nothing Special label with Billy Nasty and Radioactiveman COMPETITIONS: Congrats to [...]
Want to catch some of the UK’s best DJ’s? Get down to Topman as CALM takes over.
November 18th, 2011Get ready for a day of the best DJs mixing it up on the sound system as CALM Takeover Topman Oxford Circus on 25th November, to celebrate the launch of CALMZone London & the new London helpline. This exclusive free event, features sets from Zane Lowe, Rob da Bank, The Maccabees, Huw Stephens, Eddy Temple-Morris [...]
Justice set for UK tour in early 2012
November 17th, 2011Seems like there’s been plenty of stuff worth talking about at Because and Ed Banger of late, with newcomer Mickey Moonlight appearing on these pages, and now one of the most popular acts from the roster have announced they’re setting sail for Blighty. There will only be five dates mind, so get your tickets while [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: Large Music – Jeff Craven
November 17th, 2011After last week’s relative newcomers- LA’s Culprit- we welcome one of America’s most famous house music imprints, Chicago’s Large Music. We are not worthy…
Carl Craig, Riva Starr and Friendly Fires hit Cumbria for Uber
November 17th, 2011Planet E and Detroit legend Carl Craig, mashup king Riva Starr, and revered crossover act Friendly Fires will be DJing at Uber’s 5th Birthday. Click for more.
Crazy P set for Manchester album launch
November 17th, 2011Crazy P, known to some as Crazy Penis, celebrate the release of their sixth album, When We On, with a party at Manchester’s El Diablo’s Social Club on Friday.
Partizan with Simon Ledder & Rick Nicholls
November 17th, 2011WEPLAYMUSIC’s Simon Ledder journeys up north to Manchester this weekend for an intimate bash that sees him play alongside Rick Nicholls of Bohemian Grove.
Get your free Luke Slater Fabric mixtape here
November 17th, 2011Luke Slater just released The Messenger as Planetary Assault Systems on Ostgut Ton, he headlines Fabric’s Room Two on Saturday, so get your free mix here.
Guest Chart: Alland Byallo
November 16th, 2011DJ, producer, promoter, designer, broadcaster, and label boss- Alland Byallo selects cuts and remixes from Tom Ellis, Dave Aju, Gerry Read, Dead Seal and more.
Christian Varela and Marco Bailey Deliver Some Warehouse Treats
November 16th, 2011After the Cadenza Halloween spectacular, Spiritoso’s next party see them take over the amazing Crucifix Lane Warehouse space. And with such a special venue, who better to provide the soundscape? Two of the world’s best Techno DJ’s who will be playing a very special back 2 back set. Christian Varela is to Techno, what butter [...]
We speak to the duo dubbed “Richie Hawtin’s Prodigies”… Sci+Tec’s Minicoolboyz!
November 15th, 2011Dubfire himself defined them as: “The future stars of electronic music!” whilst Beatport dubbed them “Richie Hawtin’s Prodigies”. With releases already on Dubfire’s Sci+Tec Digital Audio label as well as up and coming remix work for Layo & Bushwacka, their productions are also backed by Richie Hawtin (he famously featured one of their remixes for the CD “Sounds from Can Elles” distributed with [...]
Huxley Interview
November 15th, 2011London based Michael Dodman aka Huxley is having something of a renaissance recently… he emerged amid a tide of deep house producers on labels like Cecile a couple of years ago, but in 2011 has risen to the top of the pile thanks to releases on Tsuba, his own new Saints & Sonnets, as well [...]
Uber on fire for November.
November 12th, 2011Now we know we are very London-centric here at Plain and Simple, but in the interest of not alienating our northern friends we thought we’d bering this event to your attention. Uber’s 5th birthday party has a guestlist to die for, with the Friendly Fires (DJ set), Riva Starr and Krysko coming for a slice [...]
Craig Richards to launch The Nothing Special label with Billy Nasty and Radioactiveman
November 11th, 2011This has been the talk of the UK electronic scene for some time now, as two British heroes get ready to become the first producers to release on a brand new imprint spearheaded by Fabric’s main music-man. But now we can confirm the date, and details. Named after the night he heads up at that [...]
In the blog this week: Andrew Weatherall, A Guy Called Gerald, Sci+Tec’s Minicoolboyz, Nina Kraviz, Kissy Sell Out, Jimpster, Isolee, Freerange, Culprit – Droog + More!
November 11th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: Andrew Weatherall, A Guy Called Gerald, and Radioactiveman set for Wang in London, with free DMX mix Sci+Tec’s Minicoolboyz head to London for the 1st time next Fri Dubstep powerhouses do ‘battle’TRIBE launches at The Electric Jimpster, Isolee and more to celebrate Fifteen Years of Freerange L-Vis 1990 drops [...]
Toast’s Steve Shorter chats ahead of tomorrow’s event with Enzo Siragusa & Seb Zito…
November 11th, 2011After a year of throwing some of the most talked about deep house and techno parties in London, Toast finally turns one this Saturday 12th November at Nomad Club on Old Street. Founder and resident DJ Steve Shorter talks to Plain & Simple about the highlights, Exits Festival and plans for 2012. Q1. Tell us [...]
We speak to Nina Kraviz ahead of her set at Jaded’s 7th Bday this Weekend + Comp winners announced!
November 10th, 2011How has your month been? Hello, my month’s been very intense. I was busy with traveling. I did some impossible number of gigs.. But apart from that I was going through some changes in my life.. You are originally from Siberia, where do you currently live now? I am still based In Moscow. That means [...]
Kissy Sell Out
November 10th, 2011With his second album, Wild Romance, having been released to critical acclaim, and with his long standing radio one slot, an international touring roster and his own label, San City High, climbing to new heights, it’s fair to say that it has been one hell of a year for Kissy Sell Out. Plain and Simple [...]
Andrew Weatherall, A Guy Called Gerald, and Radioactiveman set for Wang in London, with free DMX mix
November 10th, 2011Andrew Weatherall, A Guy Called Gerald, Radioactiveman,DMX Krew, Mark Broom,and Sean Johnston will all turn in appearances at London party Wang’s 12 Birthday.
Sci+Tec’s Minicool Boyz head to London for the 1st time next Fri – Win tickets!
November 9th, 2011In just over a week the duo Beatport called “Richie Hawtin’s Prodigies” and Dubfire defined as: “The future stars of electronic music!” hit Crucifix Lane - Don’t miss Minicoolboyz 1st ever date in London next Friday! Minicoolboyz are a Berlin-based Italian duo who are taking booths and dance floors at the hottest clubs and parties in [...]
Dubstep powerhouses do ‘battle’TRIBE launches at The Electric
November 8th, 2011On December 10th, two leading forces from the dubstep scene unite, for TRIBE presents Never Say Die & Circus – a night of big bass, deep dub and forward-thinking underground music. Coming to already legendary new club The Electric, Brixton, dubstep powerhouses Circus Records and Never Say Die Records bring together two of the freshest [...]
Jimpster, Isolee and more to celebrate Fifteen Years of Freerange
November 8th, 2011Freerange Records joins the many dance imprints celebrating a decade and a half, via a party at Corsica Studios in London with Jimpster, Isolee and more.
Around the world in 80 labels: Culprit – Droog
November 8th, 2011As the UK temperature falls we look to sunny Southern California for our next worthy imprint, and speak to Droog about the house music organisation Culprit.
L-Vis 1990 drops new video… here
November 4th, 2011Still riding high off the release of his debut LP, Neon Dreams, the Night Slugs founding member unleashes another video for our viewing pleasure. And this time it’s all gone a bit Chicago. Feel The Void, as the tune accompanying this clip is called, comes complete with a barrage of beats, and a cornucopia of [...]
Weasel Blog: Visionquest, Fabric, Onur Özer, Livio & Roby, Dimitri from Paris, DJ Bone, Derrick Carter, Anja Schneider, Reboot, Joel Mull, Svetlana Industries, Jaded competition + Much More!
November 4th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: Visionquest set for Fabric61 Keep and eye out for… Mickey Moonlight Unrilis vinyl compilation will arrive for Christmas Huge Octave One Revisited release waiting in the wings New Years Eve at WHP. Svetlana Industries and Well Rounded hit London with Deadboy and BNJMN Music 4 Meningitis returns with another [...]
Rhythmatic 4th Anniversary w/ Onur Özer (Cocoon) Livio & Roby (Desolat) – Win free entry + tshirts!
November 4th, 2011It’s been four years since London’s international party throwers, Rhythmatic, began producing some of the UK’s must-visit parties. Since, they’ve had the pleasure of featuring some of the worlds finest electronic musicians including Davide Squillace and Matthias Tanzmann with UK exclusive b2b’s, Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Luna City Express, Martinez, Lopazz, and Carl Cox during southern [...]
Keep and eye out for… Mickey Moonlight
November 4th, 2011A meld of Hercules and Love Affair, GaBLe, and psychedelic pop make up Mickey Moonlight, the latest oddball electro producer from Ed Banger and Because.
Visionquest set for Fabric61
November 4th, 2011Seth Troxler, Lee Curtiss, Ryan Crosson, and Shaun Reeves, AKA Visionquest, will drop the next instalment of the Fabric mix series on December 5th.
Unrilis vinyl compilation will arrive for Christmas
November 4th, 2011Rino Cerrone’s imprint showcases why Naples is on the techno map, with Joseph Capriati, Sasha Carassi, and more ready to deliver dancefloor bombs.
Huge Octave One Revisited release waiting in the wings
November 4th, 2011Big news on the compilation front as one of the finest imprints in Detroit prepares for the next instalment in its retrospective series. And this time it’s none other than head honchos the Burden brothers (Lawrence, Lenny, Lorne, Lance and Lynell) who see their work given the remix and rework treatment. If those three names [...]
New Years Eve at WHP.
November 4th, 2011We know, its a bit early for NYE listings, but the warehouse project always gets a special mention, mainly because the events sell out so far in advance we thought it only fair we give you some warning. WHP’s favourite First Lady of dance Annie Mac has been confirmed to bring in the New Year [...]
Svetlana Industries and Well Rounded hit London with Deadboy and BNJMN
November 3rd, 2011This weekend Belgrade’s finest bass and electronic music imprint, Sveltana Industries, and Brighton house music heads Well Rounded host Deadboy and BNJMN.
Music 4 Meningitis returns with another charity musical mash up
November 3rd, 2011On November 18th, SNO!bar Milton Keynes will once again open its doors to the non-profit musical mash up of live bands, underground DJs, live art & comedy, Raising funds for The Meningitis research foundation.n The second year the event has ran, the music 4 meningitis crew aim to beat last years £2,000 in funds raised [...]
Win VIP tickets to Karma launch night.
November 2nd, 2011A new night launches on the 12th November at Mass, Karma, which promises driving house and jacking beats. Headlining and flying in from Italy none other than top Italian DJ and producer Stefano Noferini. Noferini has played the world’s best clubs, hosts a radio show heard across the world, and has many house music hits [...]
Quick fire interview with Dimitri From Paris ahead of his Slide Gig.
November 1st, 2011Last week we featured the news of the forthcoming Slide party featuring Dimitri from Paris, and we still have some tickets up for grabs over on our competition page! The Gig takes place on the 12th November, so we grabbed a quick 5 minutes to see whats in store from the funky Parisian. What most [...]
Catch up w/ Paul Ritch as he warms up for Drumcode 15 tonight
October 29th, 2011Paul Ritch’s productions and live sets are charged with pure adrenaline and characterised by his powerful, harmonic, and deep techno. This has made him be the holder of a unique mark of sounds in which, his passion and power transmit numerous memorable music moments. We speak to him as he warms up for his set [...]
Quick fire interview w/ Mobilee Record’s founder Anja Schneider
October 28th, 2011The Mobilee records founder, broadcaster, internationally renowned DJ and producer (once labeled a “perpetual motion machine”), is one of the hardest working individuals in the business. Anja is back after taking a short break, and took the time out to speak to us ahead of her set at Get Diverted this Saturday night. Q. Hi [...]
Our round up of the best Halloween nights out this weekend
October 27th, 2011Halloween is peeping its pumpkiny head around the corner, and this means its time for one of the most popular/busy/fun nights of the year in clubbing calendar. This year we have seen a whole menagerie of events coming in – many choosing not to have a halloween theme, concentrating purely on the music. But most [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: Ramp / Fourth Wave / Ashes – Tom Kerridge
October 27th, 2011Tom Kerridge shares a few very brief words on the running of Ramp Recordings, Fourth Wave, and Ashes as we investigate more noteworthy electronic imprints.
Movement Torino opens, and album approaches
October 27th, 2011One of Italy’s most notable techno, house, and club events kicks off today, with thousands of attendees ready for five days of cavorting and other such youthful activities. This year’s line up includes Laurent Garnier, Underworld, Visionquest, and the two guys responsible for founding the original, parent festival in the US (the Detroit Electronic Music [...]
ilovesundays – A New Innovation For Sunday Clubbing – Win a VIP table and drinks!
October 27th, 2011ilovesundays has created a new innovation for the desirable Sunday clubber, catering for every conceivable strand of “All Things House” from the cool Miami vibe through to the deep underground sound of Ibiza. Here is your chance to join the fun on 06.11.11 as they continue to party at the only unique venue, that constitutes and [...]
Win bubbly & free entry to Sat night’s Get Diverted Halloween Special w/ Anja Schneider
October 27th, 2011After a fantastic summer on the terrace with some of the biggest names in underground house music Get Diverted are back at Brixton Clubhouse for a Halloween Special… But this time its a spooky Saturday event rather than their normal Sunday shenanigans. To mark this spooktacular event they bring you Mobilee records founder, broadcaster, internationally [...]
UpTownBoogieDown Halloween.
October 27th, 2011This Saturday 29th October sees Artizan Music’s renowned Uptownboogiedown (as recently featured at Fabric) join forces with Brixton’s superb PLANB to present their inaugural Halloween party. Joining residents, label heads and much loved producer duo Poussez is the legendary purveyor of Good Times, the Frankenstein of Funk…Sir Norman Jay MBE! If ever a UK dj deserves that accolade its Norman, [...]
Amazing prizes up for grabs ahead of Jaded’s 7th Birthday
October 26th, 2011On Saturday 12th Nov Jaded hosts its first Night Time Warehouse Party to celebrate 7 years of this (in)famous London afterhours institution. For their special evening they have booked a plethora of talent who will make this one of THE nights of the year guaranteed. Leading the uninhibited dance towards the dawn, will be siren [...]
Slide presents DIMITRI FROM PARIS – win tickets!
October 26th, 2011After a great summer on the terrace with the likes of Greg Wilson, Radio Slave, Aeroplane, Ralph Lawson and Felix+Al Hot Chip, Slide mark their first party of the autumn months with the focus back on the club room, welcoming a very special guest make his Slide debut, the legendary DIMITRI FROM PARIS. This is [...]
Mulletover reveal Halloween venue and after party while selling out
October 25th, 2011Steve Bug, Tobi Neumann, Guy Gerber live, Andrew Weatherall, Ivan Smagghe… It’s Mulletover’s Halloween 2011, but can you guess where it is yet?
We speak to Truesoul’s Joel Mull ahead of Saturday’s Drumcode 15 party…
October 25th, 2011Q.Hi Joel, how are you? What have you been up to recently? Hey. All very well thank you. I have been very busy lately both with touring and in the Studio.The 15 year DC tour has been magical so far and we have had great moments in Zürich, Barcelona, Amsterdam & Münich. Q.The remix package for [...]
Win Dave Clark Fabric 60!
October 25th, 2011Undoubtedly one of the best compilation series ever created, the Fabric and Fabric Live series of mixes has bought us some of the most innovative and diverse electronic DJ mixes ever released. And now they have turned to techno god Dave Clarke to deliver the goods, and deliver them he does. Anyone who has seen [...]
Chez Damier set for London Idiot’s 1st Birthday
October 21st, 2011The Chicago, KMS, The Music Institute, and Prescription legend, will join Swag and Popular People’s Front man Chris Duckenfield for the intimate part at Life.
Win Tickets to Nightowls Halloween warehouse party!
October 20th, 2011It’s probably fair to say that the warehouse party is the most highly anticipated date of the year in the Nightowl calendar. A chance to step away from the norm and – for one night only – experience a night of hands in the air House grooves in a more underground and intimate setting. This [...]
Get your free Soul Clap mixtape here, ahead of Fabric’s 12th birthday bash
October 20th, 2011This week’s set of melded tunes comes from a rather special duo that have tearing up the scene with their blend of druggy slo-mo house and electro for some time now. That it’s rumoured to be the first recorded set they ever properly laid down only makes it more exciting. Plain & Simple favourites Soul [...]
Federico Molinari’s Oslo mix puts DJ back on pedestal
October 20th, 2011Oslo presents its first mix from bossman Federico Molinari. It comes without a tracklist, but with work from Reboot, Guillame & The Coutu Dumonts, & Johnny D.
First ever Third Ear compilation en route
October 20th, 2011The decade-old label showcases work from Nuno Filipe, Mixmaster Morris, Theo Parrish, Wbeeza, Kyle Hall, Brendon Moeller, and Dubble D on debut roster sampler.
Above & Beyond to host secret London Gig for Tight Space.
October 19th, 2011Tight Space is a music series which has been designed to celebrate creativity while promoting the new G-Technology by Hitachi, a brand dedicated to delivering premium external storage solutions for Mac users. It launched in the US in the summer in association with Brooklyn’s Fool’s Gold Records with live performances by A-Trak, Chromeo, and Treasure [...]
Elite Force unleashes another round of free Revamps
October 18th, 2011U&A’s head honcho and tech-funk pioneer Elite Force has released another selection of quality free downloads. Continuing on the theme of last years epic ReVamped Album, he’s given another series of tracks the revamped treatment. The result = pure filthy electonic joy. Grab the downloads via soundcloud. Boys Noize, Wolfgang Gartner, Elite Force – TechnoNoizeGang [...]
We Love….Coloursound indoor festival.
October 17th, 2011You may remember us featuring Coloursound a few weeks ago, the new party season that has been causing a storm in both Leeds and Manchester, indeed every Coloursound event so far has sold out. As such the crew are going all out to celebrate the end of end term with a massive ‘We Love… Coloursound’ [...]
Weasel Blog: News/Comps/Podcasts/Interviews/Events Recommends/Funny Links: Adam Beyer’s Maze, Drumcode 15, JUSTICE, Jamie Lidell, Raymundo Rodriguez, Layo & Bushwacka!, WHP, Boska, Ben Sims, Soma Records + More!
October 14th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: NEWS: * SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT * Adam Beyer’s Maze comes to Drumcode 15!! Justice Album teaser. Jamie Lidell Performs in Bed with the iMacshine. Part 1 of Raymundo Rodriguez’s special Jaded 7th Anniversary Mix Layo & Bushwacka! mix – live @ Shake It Ibiza, Amnesia Bedrock preps 100th single WHP continues [...]
Win tickets to 15 Years of Drumcode with Adam Beyer, Paul Ritch + More
October 14th, 2011**WIN TICKETS TO 15 YRS OF DRUMCODE – RUNNERS UP WILL GO ON £15 GUESTLIST** We are giving away x2 pairs of tickets to what is set to be one of the best parties of the whole year. Those of you who attended last year’s Drumcode Ewer St warehouse party (now spoken about in legendary [...]
Layo & Bushwacka! mix – live @ Shake It Ibiza, Amnesia
October 14th, 2011This morning when I turned on my computer to check my emails, I noticed I had an email from Bushwacka!, which, to my surprise contained a download link to a recording of the boys at one of their Shake It Ibiza parties. So I downloaded it, pressed play and it provided the perfect caffeine-free hit [...]
Win Tickets to Desert Island Disco at Electric Brixton.
October 14th, 2011It’s been over a year since Nicky Holloway’s notorious club night Desert Island Disco had it’s last outing, but now its back at brand new South London venue Electric Brixton. October 22nd sees Desert Island Disco, bringing together the founders of the UK house scene, Danny Rampling and Nicky Holloway who will headline proceedings alongside [...]
Toolroom Knights Showcase ADE 20th October
October 14th, 2011Toolroom Knights Showcase ADE event in association with Exclusive Productions at the world renowned Escape Club, Amsterdam on Thursday 20th October 2011.. Since its inception at the Amsterdam Dance Event, Toolroom Knights are now celebrating 5 years as a premier clubbing brand in the worldwide nightlife calendar with a showcase of their top talent at [...]
Part 1 of Raymundo Rodriguez’s special Jaded 7th Anniversary Mix
October 14th, 2011It only seems like yesterday that Jaded announced plans of their first Warehouse Party to mark their 7th Anniversary, but the time is finally growing closer and we are becoming increasingly excited! With a stellar line up that includes the likes of Nina Kraviz (Rekids, Naif and Underground Quality), Ryan Elliott (Ostgut Ton/Spectral), Konrad Black [...]
Guest chart – Boska
October 13th, 2011We invite 24-year-old, Tromso-based Norwegian producer Boska to recommend ten tracks of distinction, served with a distinctly fresh, nu-school flavour
Around the world in 80 labels: Soma Records – Glenn Gibbons
October 13th, 2011We catch up with Glenn Gibbons, co-founder of Glasgow’s legendary house and techno imprint Soma, to ask those five questions we ask everyone. Here’s how he answered.
Jamie Lidell Performs in Bed with the iMacshine.
October 12th, 2011Jamie Lidell performs an iMaschine exclusive version of “A Little Bit More” from the album Multiply (2005, Warp) while relaxing in bed. Really! The entire performance was done live in one take, with nothing pre-recorded, and no post-production edits made to the song.This video has gone massively viral in the last few days, and we [...]
* SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT * Adam Beyer’s Maze comes to Drumcode 15!!
October 12th, 2011Drumcode 15 just got even bigger, with the announcement that Adam Beyer’s spectacular visual show Maze will be coming to Great Suffolk Street for the massive October 29th warehouse party. Celebrate this October 29th, as Adam Beyer pulls out all the stops to celebrate Drumcode’s landmark 15th birthday. As Drumcode turns 15, London Warehouse Events [...]
Justice Album teaser.
October 11th, 2011Justice new album “Audio Video Disco” is set for release on the 24th October. The follow up to 2007’s ‘Cross’ promises more indie-tinged glitchy electronica from the French duo, and if the taster is anything to go on, Justice are very much on form. Down tempo electronica with a prog-rock flavour is fused with more [...]
Win tickets to Shake it! w/ Cadenza’s Reboot + Layo & Bushwacka on Oct 22nd…
October 10th, 2011Cadenza’s Reboot makes his Shake It debut on October 22nd at Village Underground. Layo & Bushwacka! are back in London with Shake It! on October 22nd, bringing also a debut appearance from one of Cadenza’s most in demand artists, Reboot. German production wizard Reboot has released killer eps on Connaisseur,… Supplement Facts, Cocoon, Moon Harbour, [...]
Bedrock preps 100th single
October 10th, 2011John Digweed and Nick Muir’s inimitable house music label has spanned production trends and decades with ease, and will release it’s 100th single next week.
Ben Sims preview and interview videos ahead of Drumcode LP
October 10th, 2011Ben Sims, decade spanning techno DJ, producer, and A&R, finally releases his first LP, out October on Drumcode. Click here for interview and preview videos.
Toolroom Knights blows the roof of the O2 Academy!
October 8th, 2011Well what a way to celebrate & blow the candles out on the Sold Out TK5 5th Birthday Event! The Toolroom guys have asked us to say a massive massive thank you to all that attended… What has been billed as ‘ The biggest House event of the year so far…’ From the get go [...]
WHP continues its mammoth season at Store Street.
October 7th, 2011The Warehouse Project continues to celebrate its final season at the iconic Store Street venue in style with a typically diverse line-up of legends, cult heroes and critically acclaimed newcomers throughout October. With over half of the final Store Street season of events now sold out, there’s no shortage of musical treats in store moving [...]
Free DJ Shadow track to celebrate new album launch.
October 7th, 2011DJ Shadow’s new Album The Less You Know, The Better, got its release this week. Shadow says of the release ” I spent about 2 years on this one, on and off. Put everything I had into it. Wanted to make a record that reflected a lot of what I’m liking about music right now. [...]
Weasel Blog: News/Comps/Podcasts/Interviews/Events Recommends/Funny Links: DJ Shadow, Trailertrash & Bugged Out!, Green Velvet, Faze Action, Together Winter Music, Coloursound, Moodymanc, Andrew Grant,Todd Terry + More!
October 7th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: THIS WEEK’S INTERNET FUNNIES: The best of the internets links/pics/videos & other shizzle! NEWS: Free DJ Shadow track to celebrate new album launch Trailertrash & Bugged Out! Present Hallogreen With Green Velvet!!!! Get Loaded take over Fridays at Electric Brixton. Dubai City Guide To the Lazer Cave with Faze Action.. [...]
Trailertrash & Bugged Out! Present Hallogreen With Green Velvet!!!!
October 6th, 2011IT’S HALLOWEEN! ….IT’S GREEN VELVET! …IT’S HALLOGREEN! …OMG !!! Buckle up for a Halloween freak-out coz TrailerTrash are teaming up with that titan of mutant dance – Bugged Out! – for the first time since NYE 2009 for a massive Halloween freakout…. Or HALLOGREEN as they’ve christened it! Why? Because they’ve bagged one of the true legends of [...]
Get Loaded take over Fridays at Electric Brixton.
October 6th, 2011Lock N Load Events present Get Loaded @ Electric Brixton – an eclectic showcase of all things new and electronic. Every Friday from the 7th October, Get Loaded will be taking over Electric Brixton, and will host lineups featuring up-front live electronic music from bands, breakthrough artists and DJs alongside a true pioneer of all [...]
Dubai City Guide
October 6th, 2011Dubai, a Middle Eastern Clubbing Mecca Dubai nightlife is a fickle creature; lurking in the depths of every promoter’s heart is the tenacious desire to out do and out smart. For the clubber this means one thing – an overwhelming plethora of entertainment and music options. With the predominate commercial R&B love of the nation [...]
Todd Terry
October 6th, 2011What can be said about Todd Terry that hasn’t already been said? Legendary producer, house music god, king of the beats, SP1200 warlock, remix maestro, and possibly the first man to really fuse hip hop,disco and house properly. Starting out as a DJ in New York in the 80s, he has gone on to [...]
London deep house imprint Ornate Music chat to us in the lead up to Fri’s party w/ Moodymanc
October 5th, 2011It’s been a busy couple of years for London deep house imprint Ornate Music. Since its launch in 2009 label boss and vinyl junky James Thomson has carefully handpicked a choice selection of producers to release material on the label such as Fish Go Deep, Agnes, Giom, Nathan Coles, Miles Sagnia and more recently The [...]
Coloursound Hits Manchester
October 5th, 2011Having gotten off to a sellout start first time round, Coloursound will once again come true on all their promises with another hefty line-up of talent, this time from a techno and house mould. This time round the northern powerhouse moves to Manchester’s Soundcontrol. Kenny Larkin headlines – a man who’s colourful character always comes [...]
To the Lazer Cave with Faze Action.. Free guestlist up for grabs + listen to special pre-party DJ mix!
October 5th, 2011To the lazer cave… WAREHOUSE PARTY V with Faze Action Space Freaks, Galactic Uniques and Time-travel Disco Lords you are called upon you to prepare for a bold new adventure to the lazer cave… …After the last epic crusade the cave returned to its mystical fabric of existence. Whilst there it intertwined its unfathomable powers [...]
We meet Andrew Grant (Circo Loco, DC10) ahead of his special 4 hr set at Rejam this Fri…
October 4th, 2011Their first two sellout parties brought together a party for real music people, bringing together cutting edge acts with a real community feel shared amongst the dancefloor. Their last adventure together at Public Life was a night of deep grooves and no-nonsense party jams lead by the simply amazing underground house talent Tom Demac. For [...]
The Together Winter Music Festival – selling out fast!
October 4th, 2011On Friday 25th and Saturday 26th November, Lock N Load Events presents the Together Winter Music Festival at London’s legendary Alexandra Palace. All tickets to day one featuring the likes of Chase & Status, Nero, Skrillex, DJ Fresh and Zane Lowe have now completely sold out with day two quickly heading in the same [...]
Toolroom knights 5th Birthday…This Weekend!
September 30th, 2011Following the initial announcement that Toolroom Knights will be celebrating its 5th Anniversary at the mammoth O₂ Brixton Academy, comes the news that early bird tickets have now completely sold out! Mark Knight, Fedde Le Grand, Funkagenda, Michael Woods and D.Ramirez have already been announced for the night, with 4500 clubbers from across Europe set [...]
Armani Exchange Presents Toolroom Knights DJs -This weekend 1st October
September 30th, 2011A|X ARMANI EXCHANGE PRESENTS: DJ RESIDENCY SERIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH TOOLROOM KNIGHTS SATURDAY 1st October 2-4pm HEADLINING DJ ACTS REGENT ST, LONDON – RICHARD DINSDALE WESTFIELD, LONDON – RILEY & DURRANT BULLRING, BIRMINGHAM – KATE LAWLER BLUEWATER, KENT – HOXTON WHORES TRAFFORD CENTRE, MANCHESTER – OLIVER LANG METQUARTER, LIVERPOOL – GRAEME PARK The A|X DJ [...]
Weasel Blog: News/Comps/Podcasts/Interviews/Reviews/Events/Funny Links: Nina Kraviz, Ryan Elliot, Layo & Bushwacka, Reboot, Herve, Hot Flush, Phonica, Russ Yallop, Justin Martin, Intsra:mental, Mylo, DC10, Andrew Grant, Sammy Dee, Fabric Records, Louie Vega, Tom Demac + MORE!
September 29th, 2011IN THE BLOG THIS WEEK: **NEW** THIS WEEK’S INTERNET FUNNIES: OK, OK its not music based but we used to do it, you liked it and you’ve asked for it back so we’ve brought it back goddamit! The best of the internets links/pics/videos & other shizzle! NEWS: Nina Kraviz, Ryan Elliott, Konrad Black and Sascha [...]
Scandalism and Mylo Present Ecstasy, Passion & Pain: Win Tickets!
September 29th, 2011After a series of underground nights at Dalston Superstore, MYLO brings his disco extravaganza to XOYO. Saturday 8th October will see 2 rooms of nu-and-old-disco, with Mylo himself being joined by a huge line-up of guests. After such a long hiatus, expect a full return from Mylo as an artist in late 2011. The most exciting artist to come [...]
A journey to the dark side: Trades 21st Birthday.
September 29th, 2011October 29th sees one of the UK’s truly seminal club nights, Trade, turn 21 – a landmark achievement for the “often copied but never equalled” club night that’s long established after-hours clubbing as we know it in the UK. Celebrating this momentous occasion, Trade will host the mother of all birthday parties, held at London’s [...]
Bushwacka’s End of Summer Mix… A lovely “Warm Up” to Shake it! w/ Reboot on 22nd Oct….
September 29th, 2011Now that their very chaotic and very busy summer in Ibiza is over, where Layo & Bushwacka! took Shake It to the island every Friday in Amnesia’s main room, Layo & Bushwacka! are ready for their next Shake It party here in London. On Saturday 22nd October Shake It will be back at the awesome Village [...]
Joel Mull Sensory remixes en route
September 28th, 2011Alternatives and re-readings from Dustin Zahn, Aril Brikha, Steve Rachmad, Heiko Laux, and Agaric will be available on Drumcode sister label Truesoul.
Win tickets to East Project w/ Russ Yallop on Fri + Listen to some stellar podcasts from the lineup DJs!
September 28th, 2011Hurry Hurry folks! Quick comp alert! East Project is back again, and this time its their 1st birthday party.. So they intend to pull out all the stops! Last week we brought you their taster interview with headliner RUSS YALLOP in the lead up to the party and this week we bring more goodness! The [...]
We catch up with Tom Demac ahead of this weekends Uptownboogiedown.
September 28th, 2011Tom Demac has been causing quite a store over the last few years, with a string of excellent releases and a non-stop gig calendar, this weekend he’ll be making the journey straight from playing the Space closing party to tear up London, we grabbed him on his way out to the White Isle to see [...]
Win a VERY Special Found: “Season Ticket”… Launch Party this Fri w/ Justin Martin, Instra:mental, T.Williams & Tighten Up Records…
September 28th, 2011This Friday sees the launch of FOUND: 13 events of progressive electronic music at Hidden, Vauxhall. FOUND is London’s new home for deeper underground electronica this Autumn, launching a series of Friday night events devoted to the vast spectrum of genres unified by roots in pioneering bass music. From progressive dubstep, dub-techno, and UK house [...]
An Interview with Louie Vega ahead of this weekends 4 hour set at Groove Odessey.
September 28th, 2011Louie Vega is a man who needs little introduction. As one half of Masters at Work, he’s been laying down his own blend of funky soulful house for over 20 years, this weekend he hits London for the Groove Odyssey 2nd Birthday Party at Proud2, we grabbed him for five minutes to see what he [...]
Paul Woolford to collaborate with Psycatron for Hot Flush
September 27th, 2011Scuba’s pioneering electronic music label will release Stolen, a special collaborative single from Paul Woolford and Psycatron, click here for the details.
The Nest 1st Birthday w/ Redlight, Melé, Herve, Reset + more
September 27th, 2011THE NEST’S 1ST BIRTHDAY Since its inauguration in October 2010, The Nest’s basement club space has played host to some of the biggest names in forward thinking electronica. In their first year they’ve hosted: EROL ALKAN / RUSTIE / TODDLA T / OLIVER $ / ANDREW WEATHERAL / JAM CITY / HERVE / CHASE & [...]
Crosstown’s Rebel Rave returns on disc
September 27th, 2011Work from Damian Lazarus, Ewan Pearson, and Art Department will feature on the triple disc collection of house music played under the Crosstown Rebels banner.
Nina Kraviz, Ryan Elliott, Konrad Black and Sascha Dive to headline Jaded Warehouse party…
September 27th, 2011JADED 7TH BIRTHDAY WAREHOUSE PARTY Jaded finally announced their final headliner today for their 7th Birthday warehouse show. Leading the uninhibited dance towards the dawn, will be siren from The East, Nina Kraviz. A haunting sometimes melancholic quality to her work for Rekids, Naif and Underground Quality has struck a chord with the Jaded people. Expect energy, [...]
We Interview FOUND promoter James Benenson ahead of this Friday’s Launch.
September 27th, 2011Pioneering, forward-thinking and ground-breaking, FOUND is a series devoted to the vast spectrum of music genres with their roots firmly planted in bass music; from progressive dubstep, dub-techno, and UK house strands to 2-step, garage, four-to-the-floor beats and drum ’n’ bass – FOUND connects the artists, labels and promoters at the forefront of underground British dance music across 13 intricately programmed events. The [...]
One world under a groove: An interview with Christian Smith
September 27th, 2011International house and techno DJ, Tronic bossman, and the producer who remixed Underworld’s Dark & Long. Christian Smith expounds on a life lived globally.
Soundcrash presents: The Nextmen at Koko.
September 26th, 2011Soundcrash presents a night of mashup goodness, soul-drenched grooves and reggae party vibes at KOKO, a perfect antidote to the onset of Autumn. Unless you have fallen lifeless somewhere through the cracks you’ve more than likely witnessed Cambridge come Londoners The Nextmen, also known as Brad Baloo and Dom Search, at one of their [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: Fabric Records – Geoff Muncey
September 26th, 2011Geoff Muncey of Fabric in London, purveyor of possibly the greatest mix series ever, spanning techno, breakbeat, drum n bass and house, answers our questions.
DJ Mag foils hacking attack on top 100 poll.
September 24th, 2011Yes, if you’re on any kind of DJ mailing list you would have been well aware that the DJ Mag top 100 poll has been running for the last few weeks. Voting was due to close on Friday; however there was an attempt to tamper with the system by hacking the facebook app which allows [...]
Voting now open for the UK festival awards.
September 23rd, 2011Yes, it’s fair to day the summer is now over. Time to start the nesting season, thinking back to hazy summers evenings drinking cider, lying in the grass and listening to music. For most music fans, a festival or two (or five) is one of the great things about the British summertime. Well now you [...]
Weasel Blog: News/Comps/Podcasts/Interviews/Reviews/Events: M.A.N.D.Y, Get Physical, Tiefschwarz, Gavin Herlihy, Phonica, Turmspringer, Nightmares On Wax, Russ Yallop, Spencer Parker, Drumcode + More..
September 23rd, 2011In the blog this week: News: M.A.N.D.Y to unleash a new visual experience at Electric Brixton // A Night With… Tiefschwarz // Rhythmatic get “intimate” with Gavin Herlihy (Get Physical, Cocoon) this Sat at Cargo // Keep an eye out for… Composer // One for the hardcore – Westfest 2011 Competitions: Congrats to: Amanda Lamb [...]
Win a pair of tickets to the DMC world Championships!
September 22nd, 20112011 is a milestone year for DMC, as they embrace a new wave of technology and artists. In its 27th successful year, DMC has brought together the globe’s brightest DJ talents, vetted by a series of gruelling heats from London to Tokyo to Brazil. This year, not only are DMC continuing to host one of [...]
M.A.N.D.Y to unleash a new visual experience at Electric Brixton
September 21st, 2011There is an air of mystery shrouding the true meaning behind the acronym of M.A.N.D.Y., an alias which embodies the mutual talents of childhood friends Philipp Jung and Patrick Bodmer. The pair readily indulge this curiosity by toying with various clever possibilities, including Me AND You, but the truth is likely a giggle under [...]
A Night With… Tiefschwarz
September 21st, 2011The London party that puts one DJ in charge for the full eight hours invites Teifschwarz’s Ali to play at an as yet undisclosed venue. Here are the details.
Rhythmatic get “intimate” with Gavin Herlihy (Get Physical, Cocoon) this Sat at Cargo…
September 21st, 2011Down at Cargo this Saturday, after a short break over the summer, Rhythmatic will be returning to for their renowned Rhythmatic Intimate Sessions. Over last few months, Rhythmatic Intimate Sessions has sold out every single event at Cargo with some very special guests; Steller, Chris Lattner, Ekkohaus, Den Ishu, M.in, Lemos, Kreon, Patrick Kunkel, Gorge, [...]
Exclusive Turmspringer Promo-Mix for Bread & Butter…
September 21st, 2011Turmspringer’s release an exclusive Promo-Mix for Bread & Butter ahead of their gig at Basing house this Saturday. You can also read their interview HERE Turmspringer is the capable moniker of Robert Galic (alias Edgar Peng und RAS) and Tim Brüggemann (alias Didier de la Boutique). In 2001, when they met first time behind the [...]
WIN TICKETS TO PHONICA 8TH BIRTHDAY WITH LEFTROOM & JACKATHON
September 21st, 2011Yes you heard it right! We are giving you the chance to win x2 pairs of tickets to the event that every man, dog, cat and erm.. Dolphin are talking about! To enter it is VERY simple. All you need to do is click “attending” on this event page over on Facebook & we will [...]
How does 5 free entries + a bottle of champers @ Slide & Get Diverted’s end of summer party w/ Aeroplane sound?
September 20th, 2011This Sunday 25 September SLIDE & GET DIVERTED hold their Summer Terrace Closing Party at Brixton Clubhouse (formerly Dex). Throughout the whole of their season this summer that have brought you some of the most amazing line-ups London has seen for a while Ralph Lawson, Butch, Spencer Parker, Coyu, Mr C, Greg Wilson, Radio Slave [...]
Bread & Butter speaks to Turmspringer (Get Physical) ahead of their set at Basing House..
September 20th, 2011Having released on Get Physical, Doxa, Kritik Records, Leutral Recordings and Tonkind, Turmspringer’s Curriculum Vitae looks impressive! Turmspringer is the capable moniker of Robert Galic (alias Edgar Peng und RAS) and Tim Brüggemann (alias Didier de la Boutique). In 2001, when they met first time behind the desks, Robert just had left London to settle [...]
Interview with Gavin Herlihy ahead of his debut appearance at Rhythmatic this Sat
September 20th, 2011Q. I read that you are now living in Leeds… With great venues and promotions up there right now, many are hailing the North as the new London – How are you finding the scene? A. Well I don’t know about that. London is London is London! I lived in London for almost a decade [...]
One for the hardcore – Westfest 2011
September 20th, 2011Once again the biggest DnB event of the year is back, and as you’d expect Drum & Bass & Hardcore are right at the forefront. On October 29th you can join 5000 other ravers under one roof to see cream of the UK’s harcore and drum and bass talent playing on the biggest stage of [...]
Keep an eye out for… Composer
September 19th, 2011The latest discovery at InFine, Agoria’s label, comes in the shape of Composer. It’s lo-fi indie, orchestral electro and everything in between.
East Project speak to Russ Yallop ahead of his headline gig at their 1st Bday Celebrations next Fri!
September 19th, 2011Introducing… RUSS YALLOP Here’s a date for your diaries – FRIDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER – East Project will be celebrating it’s 1st Birthday at CAMP (City Arts & Music Project)!!! From it’s first forays into the nightlife world with a jam packed launch party on the first floor of the Horse & Groom, Shorditch’s infamous disco [...]
Weasel Blog: Music News, Competitions, Podcasts & free Track Giveaways + The Top 5 Picks of Weekend’s events + VERY best of the rest!
September 16th, 2011In the blog this week: News: Tiefschwarz set for Watergate 09 mix // Afterlove Warehouse Party w/ Luna City Express, Richy Ahmed + Special Guest // Gerber, Weatherall and Smagghe added to Mulletover halloween bash // Guest Chart – Robert Hood // It don’t mean a thing if it aint got that swing // Get [...]
It don’t mean a thing if it aint got that swing!
September 16th, 2011The UK leaders of the scene. Now it’s rare when we find a new genre in electronic music, dubstep is the only one of recent years that has actually been a new sound. (jackin this and tech that, we’re music journalists and we can’t up!) With so many PR’s all out to find a new [...]
Gerber, Weatherall and Smagghe added to Mulletover halloween bash
September 16th, 2011You may remember a couple of weeks ago we brought news that one of London’s most successful parties had announced its third and final instalment of 2011. But, should that little story have gone unread, let’s recap. On Saturday, October 29th, Mulletover returns to London to cap off a triumphant year inside an as yet [...]
Get your free Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas) Fabric/BBC mixtape here
September 16th, 2011Death In Vegas are back touring the UK. Next Thursday they play London’s Fabric, but before all that click here to grab Richard Fearless’ lovingly crafted mix.
Guest Chart – Robert Hood
September 16th, 2011Minimal techno mastermind Robert Hood steps up to recommend ten quality slices of electronic dance music. Click here to see the Detroiter’s selection.
Classic Is Your Friend…
September 16th, 2011One of the most respected house music imprints ever announces one night only with Derrick Carter, Luke Solomon, and Rob Mello. Check out the details and video here.
Tiefschwarz set for Watergate 09 mix
September 16th, 2011That’s right, you (may have) heard it here first. One of the most revered outfits in electronic music are to release the next instalment in the Berlin club and label’s burgeoning mix series. Tiefschwarz‘s Watergate 09 will be released digitally and on CD when the calendar reaches November 31st, which is still some time away but [...]
Bugged Out presents Border Community Warehouse Party
September 15th, 2011James Holden’s Border Community return to London on Saturday October 1st to host a bespoke warehouse party in Shoreditch. Anyone who went to the now legendary Border Community nights at Corsica Studios will know that when the label sets its mind on throwing a party, you best be preppared to be a shadow of your [...]
Win Free G-list + Bar Tab (YAY!) @ Afterlove Warehouse Party w/ Luna City Express, Richy Ahmed + Special Guest….
September 15th, 2011Afterlove Warehouse Party – Luna City Express, Richy Ahmed & Special Guest Next Friday 23rd Afterlove are back with yet another “spot on” evening of entertainment.. So far they haven’t failed in putting together the perfect combinations: Perfect venues, music, line-ups, atmospheres, collaborations and of course most importantly perfect crowd. Afterlove is a relatively new [...]
A sad day -DJ Mehdi reported dead
September 13th, 2011We’ve just heard the news here that DJ Medhi has sadly died. The news has been spreading through Twitter, and althouth there has been no official news from Ed Banger, according to several sites his publicist has confirmed that he had been involved in aacident at a party for Busy P’s birthday where a [...]
Get ready for a momentous weekend at Ministry as the birthday celebrations commence!
September 13th, 2011For two decades, Elephant & Castle has been the landmark for the world’s most famous nightclub, Ministry of Sound and to celebrate its 20th year the venue opens its doors for three nights, over one weekend to bring you the three generations of house music that have kept it alive for the past 20 years. [...]
Face Present – The Label Showcase Season- Win Tickets to all the events!
September 10th, 2011The assured party people at Face in Birmingham have decided to take things to the next level between September and October with a solid array nights in association with some of the finest labels in contemporary house and techno. First up they have Steve Lawler’s house imprint VIVA on Sept 17th feat. Leon & Darius Syrossian. Next in line is French collective Lola ED feat. [...]
This week: Drumcode, BLOC, Phonica, Krush, Cari Lekebusch, Wagon Repair, Dave Clarke, Tim Mason, Miguel Migs, Jay Tripwire, Japanese Popstars, Spectrum, 22 Digit Recordings + The Top 5 picks of the weekends events
September 9th, 2011In the blog this week: **GUYS I HAVE SOLD OUT THIS WEEK!! THERE WAS TOO MANY GOOD THINGS ON THIS SAT NIGHT SO I HAVE HAD TO CHOOSE A TOP 6 INSTEAD OF TOP 5!** News: London Warehouse Events to help Drumcode Celebrate their 15th Birthday // BLOC to re-home for 2012. // We begin [...]
London Warehouse Events to help Drumcode Celebrate their 15th Birthday.
September 9th, 2011This year, Drumcode is pulling out all the stops to celebrate its landmark 15th birthday, with a series of very special events and the release of a compilation featuring tracks from Drumcode artists to commemorate. And on October 29th the party comes to London’s Great Suffolk Street Warehouse. Adam Beyer’s Drumcode is synonymous with [...]
Get your free Jay Tripwire Fabric mixtape here
September 9th, 2011Vancouver’s most venerable veteran, Jay Tripwire, heads to Fabric to play Room Three this Saturday. Click here to download a free mixtape he made for the club.
Around the world in 80 labels: 22 Digit Recordings – William Welt & Pete Bartram
September 9th, 2011For our next imprint we look to ever-noteworthy Newcastle, and catch up with the two bossmen behind the all-digital, all-great house and techno label, 22 Digit.
We speak to Japanese Popstars ahead of their Spectrum gig at new venue Electric…
September 7th, 2011Way back in August we gave you the news that underground powerhouse Spectrum has found a new permanent London home at The Electric in Brixton – and is celebrating with an epic launch night! This year Spectrum’s arrival on the London scene has stopped the scene in its tracks, with three sellout shows, and so [...]
BLOC to re-home for 2012.
September 7th, 2011Bloc has outgrown the Butlin’s resort in Minehead, and after their euphoric fifth birthday celebration in March this year, is moving venues for 2012. Bloc is a ‘platform for the finest sounds your minds can comprehend, it’s a maelstrom of sound and light so awe-inspiring it’s often mistaken for the second coming and most importantly [...]
An interview with Tim Mason, and win tickets to see him at Pacha.
September 6th, 2011His 1st release ‘The Moment’ was picked up by Steve Angello and immediately signed to Size, from there it’s been clear that Tim Mason is set for big things. With remixes of Red Hot Chilli Peppers – “Otherside”, PNAU and Lucid – “I can’t help myself”, all set for release soon, all of which [...]
We begin our month long coverage of Phonica’s 8th Birthday… Kicking things off with a Soho teaser mix
September 6th, 2011As you are all very much aware Phonica’s 8th Birthday is just under a month away. This is already one of the most talked about and anticipated events of the year. A month ago we gave you the announcement of the full line up and Plain and Simple are very happy to announce that we’ll [...]
Preview: Krush Partners with German Club Brand Robert Johnson for London Event.
September 5th, 2011September 24th sees monthly party specialists Krush return to a venue off the beaten track (and yet to be announced) for a unique coming together with one of Germany’s foremost clubs, namely Robert Jonson in Offenbach, Frankfurt-Am-Main. Named after a jazz legend, the 250 capacity club plays host to the finest DJs in the underground [...]
Guest chart – Cari Lekebusch
September 5th, 2011H-Productions boss Cari Lekebusch steps up to recommend ten of the best techno cuts of late. And what a list of propellant electronic music it is too.
Watch L-Vis 1990′s new video here
September 3rd, 2011L-Vis 1990′s debut LP, Neon Dreams, is fast approaching, before it arrives on October 3rd though click here to check out the video to first single Lost In Love
Free Miguel Migs track
September 3rd, 2011Ahead of his third album, Outside the Skyline, Miguel Migs offers free remix of new single, Everybody, with disco legend Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King. Get it here.
Wagon Repair compilation approaches
September 2nd, 2011Matthew Johnson, Konrad Black, The Mole, Tyger Dhula, Dinky, Ryan Crosson, Donato Dozzy, Deadbeat, and tobias. will all appear on the 17 track album when it arrives later this month.
Dave Clarke up for Fabric.60
September 2nd, 2011The revered London club invites British techno deity Dave Clarke for the 60th compilation in the Fabric mix series. As with the rest, expect greatness.
Weasel Blog 2:9:11… News, Competitions: This wks winners, Podcasts, Interviews,The Top 5 picks of the wkends events + VERY best of the rest!
September 2nd, 2011In the blog this week: News: Warehouse Project selling out fast // Putting Electricity back into in Brixton, Save Ministry! // Mooch moves to Basing House this Sat // COLOURSOUND Launch Party // FOUND launches this September: 13 hand-picked nights of progressive music Competitions: This weeks winners…. + Watch this space – next week we [...]
Get your free Cesare vs Disorder Fabric mixtape here
September 2nd, 2011Ahead of the Mean Records takeover of Room Three at Fabric London on Saturday September 3rd download a free mix from head honcho Cesare vs Disorder here.
Warehouse Project selling out fast.
September 2nd, 2011Our mouths have been watering about the forthcoming WHP season ever since we first featured the momentous line up here. Well now, as predicted, the events are starting to sell out fast. We thought it’s only fair to post a little reminder to make sure you don’t miss out. This is the last year of [...]
Putting Electricity back into in Brixton.
September 1st, 2011Electric Brixton is getting ready to officially open its doors on Saturday 24th September 2011 following major £1,000,000 face-lift. Formerly known as, The Fridge, and before that, The Ace, London’s newest state-of-the-art music venue combines outstanding sound and visuals with a luxurious interior that marks a defining new era in the Capital’s clubbing. Designed to [...]
Save Ministry!
August 31st, 2011You may have already seen this doing the rounds on social media, but we feel this is worthy of a post just incase you haven’t. London’s Ministry of Sound is once again under the threat of closure thanks to development. Their website states: “On September 13th 2011 our local borough council will effectively decide on [...]
Win free guestlist to Circus Company at Cable w/ Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, D’Julz, Seuil + More
August 31st, 2011We Fear Silence present Circus Company Records For 10 years, Parisian label Circus Company has served as a platform for brilliant, avant-garde beautiful, funky, funny, mindbending electronica from across the dance-music spectrum: constantly delighting and surprising with their totally unique take on house and techno. For this night they present a line-up of some of [...]
Mooch speaks to And.Id (Mobilee) ahead of his set this coming Saturday
August 31st, 2011Interview with And.Id (Mobilee) Mooch meets with Mobilee’s And.Id ahead of their 3rd of September knees up at new venue Basing House…. A little bit about And.Id [Mobilee/2020 Vision]: And.Id (aka Andreas Dimitriadis) was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he was influenced from a young age by his musical surroundings. After attending a [...]
COLOURSOUND Launch Party
August 30th, 2011After months of research and planning, bold new club concept Coloursound is launching on September 24th at rejuvenated and legendary Leeds venue The Warehouse. The first party in a series which will switch up venues and musical styles, from cosy to massive, house to techno, is to be headlined by Stacey Pullen, Tiefschwarz, Darius Syrossian, [...]
Mooch moves to Basing House this Sat…
August 30th, 2011London Promoters Mooch are on the move… Having carved out 6 notches on Cargo’s bedpost, the time has at last come for the affair to end. Down at Mooch HQ, it’s about getting back their roots and moving the party back to an intimate, social venue with an uncompromising Funktion One sound system, all of which [...]
FOUND launches this September: 13 hand-picked nights of progressive music
August 29th, 2011Pioneering, forward-thinking and ground-breaking, FOUND is a series devoted to the vast spectrum of music genres with their roots firmly planted in bass music; from progressive dubstep, dub-techno, and UK house strands to 2-step, garage, four-to-the-floor beats and drum ’n’ bass – FOUND connects the artists, labels and promoters at the forefront of underground British dance music across 13 intricately programmed events. The [...]
Bank Holiday Weasel Blog: News, Competitions, Podcasts, Latest Music Releases Reviews, Interviews, Top 5 picks of wkends events & v.best of the rest!
August 26th, 2011In the blog this week: News: This Aug Bank Hol EGG gets international hijacking leading DJ talent from Brazil & Berlin, Ministry of Sound to release classic 1991 sets from Levan, Morales, Terry and more, Classic and rare remixes collected for Hard To Find compilation, Dave Swindells launches photo journal ‘Spirit of Ibiza ’89’ documenting [...]
Can I keep It?
August 26th, 2011If your looking for something a bit different this bank holiday then have a gander at Can I keep it at Hoxton Underbelly and Zigfrid , which is new music management and ready to secure its place on London music map, Can I Keep It completes this year with its third and final bank holiday party [...]
XOYO celebrate their 1st Birthday!
August 25th, 2011XOYO – the unique events space and venue for London’s live music, club and arts scene, is about to reach the grand old age of 1! Having racked up a collection of forward thinking, discernable music shows in only its first year, XOYO has proven itself capable of delivering the diversity and pedigree of music [...]
Seth Troxler works in NRK’s Lab
August 24th, 2011New edition of NRK’s The Lab series en route, featuring tracks and remixes from Soul Capsule, Kenny Larkin, Ark, Chaim, Dinky, Superpitcher, and Radioactiveman.
Quick Fire Interview: NiCe7
August 24th, 2011NiCe7 are a DJ/producer duo from Italy comprised of Nicola Daniele and Cesare Marocco. Since 2005 they have been honing their tech house templates with releases on Gruuv, Noir Music, Suara Music and now Great Stuff, whilst also spinning their alluring sets to people in countries all across Europe. Initially emerging with some strong remixes, [...]
MGMT prep Late Night Tales
August 24th, 2011The Brooklynites piece together a collection of post punk fare featuring Julian Cope, Suicide, The Velvet Underground, and their own cover of Bauhaus.
Ministry of Sound to release classic 1991 sets from Levan, Morales, Terry and more
August 24th, 2011Live mixes from Larry Levan, Todd Terry, David Morales, Kenny Carpenter, and Justin Berkmann will appear on a boxset showcasing the infancy of house music.
Dave Swindells launches photo journal ‘Spirit of Ibiza ’89’ documenting Ibiza in the summer of 1989…
August 24th, 2011‘Ecstasy Island’: Dave Swindells’ photos show Ibiza at the time when its music and drug of choice inspired Britain’s biggest cultural phenomenon since punk. However vibrant the club scenes in London, Berlin or Bucharest may be, during the summer season all eyes turn to Ibiza. It’s been like this for decades: Ibiza had pioneering venues [...]
Mixmag Celebrates 30 Years of Sven Vath this September…
August 24th, 2011To commemorate an incredible thirty year career behind the decks, the September Mixmag cover CD sees Sven Väth mixing together some of his classic productions dating right back to 1986! The CD is a celebration of the work of a true legend that has dedicated his entire life to dance music… You can listen below [...]
Win VIP tickets to Innovation & One Nation – Bass Heavy – This Sunday
August 23rd, 2011“London, are you ready for something special?!” For the first time ever in the capital, two giants of the drum & bass scene come together with a bang for an almighty collaboration at London’s No.1 Superclub – Proud2 (formerly Matter). Situated on the banks of the Thames, under the domed roof of the World famous [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: My Favourite Robot Records – Jared Simms, James Teej, and Voytek Korab
August 23rd, 2011We head to Toronto, home to a house music label run by Jared Simms, James Teej, and Voytek Korab. Here’s My Favourite Robot on releasing quality electronic sounds.
This Aug Bank Hol EGG gets international hijacking leading DJ talent from Brazil & Berlin…
August 23rd, 2011This August Bank Holiday Egg is getting international, hijacking leading DJ talent from two epicenters of the global party circuit; Brazil and Berlin. The unmistakably wild and sunshine infused Brazilian sound collides with the throbbing intensity of the Berlin scene to create two very different but complimentary takes on the House genre. Add to this [...]
Win tickets to Slide & Get Diverted’s amazing weekender bank hol celebrations w/ Ralph Lawson & DJ T!
August 23rd, 2011After last year’s sell out post SW4 parties, Slide and Get Diverted are back at Brixton Clubhouse. 20/20 Vision head honcho Ralph Lawson joins them on Saturday for Part 1 of their bank holiday celebrations. Ralph has played a pioneering role in electronic underground dance music for the past two decades. Widely regarded as being [...]
Ministry of Sound Launch new Headphone range… We have 2 pairs to giveaway!
August 22nd, 2011Ministry of Sound have put twenty years of audio excellence into creating a new headphone range that delivers their signature sound directly to your ears. Launched during the brand’s 20th anniversary year, the headphones celebrate Ministry of Sound’s unrivalled knowledge in creating ‘the world’s best club sound system’. In March this year they proved their [...]
Classic and rare remixes collected for Hard To Find compilation
August 21st, 2011Tracks and remixes from Sasha, the Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, Arthur Baker, Andrew Weatherall Saint Etienne, Norman Cook, A Tribe Called Quest and many more…
Keep an eye out for… Rainbow Arabia
August 21st, 2011In all honesty you will have probably heard of them already, given the fact we reviewed a pretty stunning single of theirs back in February. And there have been plenty of festival dates throughout the summer too. Just in case you hadn’t come across the name before though we thought it best to shine a [...]
Mulletover Halloween special revealed
August 21st, 2011London party Mulletover to host last event of 2011. The Halloween bash should go off with Steve Bug, Tobi Neumann, and Geddes dropping house music and that techno.
Spectrum finds a new London residency.
August 19th, 2011Pete Jordan’s underground powerhouse Spectrum has found a new perminant London home at The Electric in Brixton – and is celebrating with an epic launch night! This year Spectrum’s arrival on the London scene has stopped the scene in its tracks, with three sellout shows, and so much more to come in November and on [...]
Weasel Blog: News, Competitions, Podcasts, Interviews + Picks of this weekends events…
August 19th, 2011In the blog this week: News: Guest Chart – Soul Clap, Wax:On and Metropolis to deliver 3 sensational nights in Leeds, I:Cube ready for intimate London gig, House of Fun Weekender Competitions: Win: Eastern Electrics: *WIN* VIP tickets to the event, hotel room for the night + travel, Ableton Live 8, EDM, Logic Pro 9 AND Mixing & Mastering Course worth [...]
Eastern Electrics: *WIN* VIP tickets to the event, hotel room for the night + travel!!
August 19th, 2011The countdown has begun. eastern electrics is coming, and it’s going to be LOUD! Are you ready? This bank holiday Sunday eastern electrics are back with another immense line up brought to you by a triad of party connoisseurs and music lovers: MULLETOVER goes BIG this August: Maya Jane Coles / Robert Dietz / Simon Baker / [...]
House of Fun Weekender
August 18th, 2011Now we know your thinking, Madness, that’s not in keeping with the usual daily dose of electronic music happenings we normally get from Plain and Simple, but bear with us, as this event managed to grab our attention. Camden’s own Nutty Boys, the legendary Madness, are taking over Butlins Minehead this November, curating a sensational [...]
I:Cube ready for intimate London gig
August 18th, 2011Revered and respected French DJ I:Cube will be on hand to drop a few of his token house, techno, trance and funk edged bombs when he arrives to play one of our favourite intimate nights in the capital, The Idiots Are Winning, at Life on Old Street. Need we say much more?
Guest Chart – Soul Clap
August 17th, 2011We offer up the floor to the prolific US production and DJ duo, who deliver a list of ten of their remixes and original work that are worth a hefty weight in gold. Expect broken house music, rolling garage, and experimental electronica for the dancefloor, amongst other sounds.
Wax:On and Metropolis to deliver 3 sensational nights in Leeds.
August 17th, 2011For the first time ever leading promoters Metropolis and Wax:On join forces to present a fresh new winter clubbing season in the UK, spanning across three nights of phenomenal dubstep, drum ‘n’ bass electro, techno, and electronica. Taking place at Leeds University Union Complex across September, October and November, Trilogy will play host to 15,000 [...]
Preview: Eric Prydz hits Alexandra Palace.
August 16th, 2011Two incredible nights down, just one to go! On Saturday 26th November EPIC (Eric Prydz in Concert) debuts at the legendary Alexandra Palace, London for the third and final EPIC production in the UK this year, featuring a further thirty acts across four massive stages, this major indoor festival will be one of the biggest [...]
The new New York bopper: An interview with Manik
August 16th, 2011We catch up with the 25-year-old hotshot that delivered one of the soundtracks to our summer not three months ago. A meld of hip hop breaks, disco cuts, smooth synth house and electro-funk the album also constantly referencing The Warriors, a cult 1970s movie. We asked why.
Weasel Blog: Phonica, PIAS, Big Chill, Hypercolour + The Martinez Brothers, Jay Haze, D’Julz, Chris Lattner, Colin Dale, Greg Wilson, Magda + the pick of the weekend’s events…
August 12th, 2011Hullo all! Hope you are all OK and well and settling back into normality after the rioting malarky! In the style of the blitz I think its fair to say the best course of action is “keep calm and carry on”. With this in mind I decided doing the blog was the best thing to [...]
Win tickets to Movement Unit (Part 1) with a VERY special guest!
August 12th, 2011Movement Unit returns with its first of four exclusive parties for 2011. This time they have chosen an amazing loft space in the heart of Shoreditch for the evenings proceedings. Along side residents Joe Le Groove and Inigo Surio warming up proceedings they’ve have also enlisted the talents of Mario Conte & Fabio Spezzaferri (Menomale [...]
Win Free tickets to Hypercolour presents The Martinez Brothers!
August 12th, 2011Hypercolour presents The Martinez Brothers Friday 26th August // The Nest/ 36 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XJ // 9pm – 4am All eyes are on Hypercolour right now. They are without doubt one of the hottest label stables coming out of London. With a heavy release schedule taking in the likes of Maya Jane Coles, Axel Boman [...]
Get your free D’Julz Fabric mixtape here
August 12th, 2011The man behind Bass Culture Records showcases his DJ skills across one hour’s worth of free house music for Farringdon’s finest. Oh yeah, and he appears at Fabric this Saturday alongside labelmates Arnaud Le Texier, Anonym, and Lemos.
Around the world in 80 labels: Svetlana Industries – Toby Svetlana
August 12th, 2011After gracing our pages with the recent BNJMN 12″, and the roster sampler Come On Let’s Go, we invited the head honcho of Svetlana Industries, Belgrade’s finest bass music label, to expound on the impressive young imprint.
Plain and Simple at the Big Chill – The Verdict.
August 10th, 2011If you missed our Big Chill coverage over the weekend, you can catch up with the highlights of Friday and Saturday here, and it’s now time to give our overall verdict of the weekend, seeing as we are finally recovered and feeling close to being human again. Musically we catch up with our reporting’s from [...]
PHONICA ANNOUNCE FULL BIRTHDAY LINEUP – IT’S A BIG ONE!
August 10th, 2011Recently crowned “Best Record Shop in the World” by DJ Magazine. Phonica Records’ 8th birthday party on October 1st was always going to be a huge one! With Soul Clap, Joy Orbison and Heidi’s Jackathon guests announced last week with a very excited response, they have today now announced the remaining guests on the bill…. *trumpets [...]
David Amo, Julio Navas & Mar-T “People From Ibiza”
August 10th, 2011Many will recognise the original ‘People From Ibiza’ when the Balearic Islands were just a twinkle in the eye and people partied alfresco with free love. Now David Amo, Julio Navas & Mar-T have re-energised this classic to capture the vibe from what is undoubtedly the party capital of the world! Out Now: http://www.beatport.com/release/people-from-ibiza/404431 The [...]
Toolroom Knights biggest london show just got bigger!
August 10th, 2011Following the initial announcement of Toolroom Knights biggest ever show with Mark Knight and Fedde le Grand headlining, the toolroom camp announce the next instalment of world class talent to the already HUGE line-up of their 5th birthday celebrations at the O2 academy, Brixton Just added to the bill… Funkagenda Michael Woods D.Ramirez These three [...]
Independent record labels effected by the Sony/Pias warehouse fire in the London Riots.
August 9th, 2011We’ve just heard the sad news of the destruction of the Sony/Pias warehouse in Enfield during last night’s London Riots. The Pias distribution arm handles distribution for more than 100 independent record labels, many of which have now had much of their stocks of vinyl’s and CD’s completely destroyed. Plain and Simple want to extend [...]
Plain & Simple live at the big chill. Superstar DJ’s here we go.
August 6th, 2011So here we are at day 2 of the Big Chill, and we have to start off by giving a rather large nod to the chemical Brothers who headlind the main stage last night. They took the audience through a rollercoaster of old and new school highs, with enough of a live show twist to [...]
Plain & Simple live at the Big Chill- day one welcome to jam rock.
August 5th, 2011So here is the first of Plain and Simple’s reports live from the Big Chill festival. As the name suggests there is plenty of chill to be had. But don’t let the name fool you, there is also plenty of party to be had. With the Chemical Brothers and 2manydjs on main stage duty and [...]
Get your free Jay Haze Fabric mixtape here
August 5th, 2011The man from TuningSpork and Contexterrior gears up for Room One at Fabric on Saturday by delivering a free mix, check that out then get down to Farringdon where he’ll be playing alongside the one and only DJ Sneak.
Weasel Blog: News, Comps, Interviews, Podcasts, Reviews, Leftroom Sessions, EarToGround, Get Diverted, Glimpse, Daft Punk, Heidi, Craig Richards, Dame Music & the pick of this weekend’s events!
August 5th, 2011Hullo all! Hope you are all fine and dandy this week and ready to get outta work! We’ve had lots of comps running this week on the site, some of will help you save your pennies over the coming weekend if you are lucky enough to win! Check the comps section further down the blog [...]
Roll up! We have FREE Get Diverted w/ Butch tickets up for grabs!
August 4th, 2011August is Get Diverted’s Anniversary month and they are giving the terrace a very special treat by flying in one of the biggest names in house music today…Butch!! (woo!) For over a year now Butch has held a Number 1 Position on the Most Charted Artists Chart List on Resident Advisor, as well as a [...]
Win Ableton Live 8, EDM, Logic Pro 9 AND Mixing & Mastering Course worth £399 each w/Garnish School of Sound
August 4th, 2011The Lovely guys at Garnish School of sound have extended the closing date of this amazing comp to Sept 1st due to high demand – get entering! Check out this brilliant competition to win a music production course of your choice at Garnish School of Sound. Free and easy to enter and totally brilliant!: “This [...]
*WIN* FREE tickets to Leftroom Session Part 2 this Sat + free track download!
August 3rd, 2011Leftroom kicked off their fifth birthday celebrations in style in April with Seth Troxler and Maya Jane Coles joining Matt Tolfrey behind the decks. The road blocked event at a secret warehouse will be followed by the second in the series on Saturday August 6. Taking over one of the capital’s freshest and most vibrant [...]
Coloursound set to launch with a range of parties from intimate venues to warehouse raves.
August 3rd, 2011Coloursound is a new season of cutting edge events launching in the North of England. It’s big and bold, is already teamed up with big-wigs like Cadenza and We Love and all kicks off in September. With a fine mixture of the big names you love and the ruder underground talents of tomorrow from [...]
Win free tickets to EarToGround Label Launch w/ Inigo Kennedy & Shifted at Corsica Studios
August 2nd, 2011London promoters EarToGround have recently launched their own record label. ETG 001 is available soon on vinyl only in limited amounts from all specialist outlets: ETG 001 Programm EP Dax J and Chris Stanford … A: Programm B1: Programm (Shifted Remix) B2: Programm (Truss Remix) To celebrate the launch the ETG team have put together [...]
Toast prepare for their Cargo debut with Glimpse…
August 2nd, 2011Toast is back! This Friday the guys hit Cargo for the first time and are double pleased to announce their special guest in the main room as Glimpse! One of the most eagerly anticipated and prolific producers of the moment, Glimpse is a true innovator who is able to explore and master various genres in [...]
20 years of Soma quality en route (with exclusive Daft Punk cut)
August 2nd, 2011It’s been one of the institutions Scottish heads have been most proud of, for longest. An emblem of house and techno- from straight up floor fillers to sounds from the fringes- with the partnership of Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle, AKA Slam, at the helm, and techno deity Dave Clarke heavily involved, what in 1991 probably [...]
Secret Clubbing: Tiger Beer Presents Deadly Rhythm vs. Dirty Canvas Know The Not Known
August 2nd, 2011The seventh in Tiger’s series of 8 NotKnown events will see a collaboration between two of London’s best promoters, Dirty Canvas and Deadly Rhythm. Dirty Canvas and Deadly Rhythm have been pioneering UK bass music for years across London – pushing the most forward-thinking sounds in grime, dubstep, house, funky, techno and all areas in [...]
Event preview – Spectrum continue their London onslaught.
August 1st, 2011With three massive sell-out shows in London so far in 2011, it is fair to say that Spectrum is quickly becoming the most talked about club brand in the capital. The recent Summer Warehouse Party, at Ewer Street Car Park saw Chase & Status, Nero, Zinc, Kissy Sell Out, Redlight and Tomba starring in a [...]
Guest chart – Vince Watson
July 31st, 2011Vince Watson has played an integral part in Glasgow’s underground for over a decade and a half, whether it’s holding a residency alongside Dave Angel or dropping critically acclaimed tracks. His live show is something to be revered too, as is his taste in records, as these recommendations prove.
Around the world in 80 labels: Dame-Music – Bloody Mary
July 30th, 2011Sticking around in Berlin seemed like a good idea considering we’re talking to the bosses of dance music imprint’s worth their weight in black plastic. Next up it’s Bloody Mary, owner of the very young indeed Dame-Music. Did someone ask for dark house, vocal tech and a smattering of new wave?
Weasel blog: Field day, Jamie Jones, Reboot, Gorge, Soul Clap + Comps, Podcasts, Interviews, News & The pick of this wkend’s events
July 29th, 2011**To receive the weasel blog by mail so you can know the minute its posted (and read this instead of clock watching at work!) CLICK HERE and subscribe! You can choose to receive by mail, RSS feed and many other ways just use the drop down option!** If you have any podcasts, comps or nights [...]
Warehouse Project Launch Video
July 29th, 2011Last week we bought you the news of this seasons amazing line up for the Warehouse Project season, the last ever at the now iconic Store Street venue, and now you can see what WHP has in store for you in the shape of their season launch video. With everyone from with everyone from Cocoon, [...]
Headline acts for Toolroom Knights 5th Birthday announced !
July 29th, 2011MARK KNIGHT & FEDDE LE GRAND HEADLINE TOOLROOM KNIGHTS’ 5TH BIRTHDAY – SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER, O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON Lineup so far… Mark Knight Fedde le Grand plus many more to be announced across 4 rooms! So after weeks of anticipation we can now announce that Mark Knight and Fedde le Grand will be headlining Toolroom [...]
We speak to 8bit’s Gorge ahead of his Rhythmatic gig this Sat…
July 28th, 2011Gorge aka Pit Waldmann, answers to Melissa Jane Frost ahead of his performance at Rhythmatic at Cargo on the 30th July. Q. Now firstly, your name is Pit Waldmann, Where does your DJ name Gorge come from? A. I’m doing windsurfing for a long time and a lot of my inspiration for music came through [...]
WIN TICKETS TO FIELD DAY!!!
July 27th, 2011Quite honestly one of the most brilliant London festivals around… FACT…. Even without the music you are guranteed to have fun – they have everything from sack races to blind folded watermelon relay races! Proper festival fun!! The guys from Eat Your On Ears, Bugged Out! Bloggers Delight, Lanzarote & Village mentality have collectively been [...]
Field Day after-parties: Saturday August 6th
July 26th, 2011Field day, which takes place on the 6th August at London’s Victoria park, is another fine example of a one day festival rave up in the capital. Bringing together a plethora of the cities promoters, including Eat Your Own Ears, Adventures In The Beetroot Field and Bugged Out, it promises to deliver the best in [...]
TOOLROOM KNIGHTS IBIZA – Monday 25th July 2011 – Fedde le Grand B2B Mark Knight
July 25th, 2011TOOLROOM KNIGHTS IBIZA – Monday 25th July 2011 – Fedde le Grand B2B Mark Knight The Toolroom Knights Space invasion continues on Monday 25th July with one of the most highly anticipated line-ups yet – Mark Knight & Fedde le Grand back to back. If you haven’t seen these guys rock the 1’s & 2’s [...]
Free Cut La Roc downloads.
July 22nd, 2011Breakbeat maestro and head of Rocstar Agency Cut La roc has been on a Soundcloud frenzy this week, and if you head on over to his page you can get your mitts on a plethora of free music. No less than 13 free downloads and re edits have been added in the last week, meaning [...]
Toolroom Knights Ibiza 2011 @ Space
July 22nd, 2011TOOLROOM KNIGHTS IBIZA – Monday 25th July 2011 – Fedde le Grand B2B Mark Knight The Toolroom Knights Space invasion continues on Monday 25th July with one of the most highly anticipated line-ups yet – Mark Knight & Fedde le Grand back to back. If you haven’t seen these guys rock the 1’s & 2’s [...]
Toolroom Knights and Armani Exchange presents DJ residency series
July 21st, 2011As part of the A|XX 20th anniversary celebrations taking place this year, A|X Armani Exchange has teamed up with one of the UK’s top dance labels TOOLROOM to bring you six months of unadulterated sound and style pleasure with the launch of the “ARMANI EXCHANGE PRESENTS: DJ RESIDENCY SERIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH TOOLROOM KNIGHTS”. Beginning [...]
Warehouse Project 2011 line up revealed.
July 21st, 2011This year see’s an end of a era for the epic Warehouse Project, as they say goodbye to Store Street, making this the last ever season to be held at the now iconic venue.The closing party, which will be held on the 1st of January, sold out within 24 hours of being annouced, which is [...]
Get your free Reboot Fabric mixtape here
July 20th, 2011Frankfurt’s Reboot is amongst the most sought after production names in the game right now, not least thanks to releases on Below, Cadenza, Cocoon, and Moon Harbour. He plays live at Fabric on Saturday July 23rd, so here’s a free mixtape courtesy of the club with his name on it.
Win a copy of Cream Ibiza mixed by Laidback Luke
July 20th, 2011Leading global, clubbing super-brand Cream launch the next instalment of award winning compilation series Cream Ibiza along side international superstar Laidback Luke & his Super You&Me party brand. Cream Ibiza needs little introduction as one of Ibiza’s biggest nights for over 17 years, bringing the world’s biggest DJ’s to millions of clubbers. This year is [...]
All systems go for MUAK’s summer party this Sat w/ The Martinez Brothers, Phonique + More!
July 20th, 2011This Saturday 23rd July sees Muak (People Together) return to London’s EGG Club to host its annual Summer Party. Looking forward to another special Muak night, organiser Zaki Lais said: “Our summer parties are the stuff of the great house artist and this one will be no exception. With such a great line up of DJs, [...]
Four Tet Fabric Live 59 unveiled
July 19th, 2011Kieran Hebden will deliver the 59th instalment of broken beats in September, featuring Caribou (here as Manitoba), Ricardo Villalobos, Michel Redolfi, Apple, Burial, and many more.
Festival Preview – The Big Chill
July 19th, 2011We’re now well in to festival season and there are plenty of treats still to choose from. One that keeps grabbing our attention this year is The Big Chill. Alongside the label and the bars (The Big Chill bar on brick lane being a perfect Sunday hang out) as of the original boutique festivals this [...]
Win tickets to Select*elect Meets 12volt Party with Catz ‘N Dogz… This Saturday!
July 19th, 2011This Saturday 23rd Select*elect are back on track for another unforgettable music experience. For their last event they took over a secret East London warehouse, where Mobilee’s Dan Curtin set the dancefloor on fire! This time round they say they “are going to rock bigger and bigger, with the same amazing atmosphere, and another amazing secret location” [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: Elsewhere – Fxyz
July 18th, 2011While traversing the globe exposing its greatest imprints we make our first stop off in Berlin. Techno’s Wall Street has some big players, but we’ve opted to begin with fledgeling quirky house and techy electro outfit Elsewhere because they have bouncy tunes and great artwork. Enough said then.
London prepares for Arthur Baker and more
July 14th, 2011Street Sounds, one of the most influential and important hip hop and electro labels in British music history are hosting a reunion throw down at Scala, 25 years after the original UK Fresh 86 event took the nation’s ears by storm.
Stefano Noferini “FHM EP”
July 12th, 2011Nominated as one of the breakout stars of WMC, Stefano Noferini has certainly lived up to that billing with a string of productions setting the Beatport charts alight whilst receiving huge support from Mark Knight, Wally Lopez and just about every DJ there is; Next up is the ‘FHM EP’ which is set to reignite [...]
Toolroom Knights 5th Birthday at Brixton Academy
July 12th, 2011Join Toolroom this October as they make history with their BIGGEST Toolroom Knights party to-date… a spectacular show with world class DJs to celebrate their 5th birthday!! Since their launch in 2006, Toolroom Knights has always been focused on the music, a party founded on impeccable talent from guests and residents alike. They’ve spent half [...]
New Toolroom Knights Album mixed by Jaguar Skills
July 12th, 2011Honing his craft and love of music for the last 15 years, the rise of Jaguar Skills as the greatest Mash-Up DJ on the planet has been well documented. With a weekly slot on the Trevor Nelson Show, alongside regular performances on BBC Radio 1s ‘In New DJs We Trust’, the word of this groundbreaking [...]
Renaissance in renaissance
July 12th, 2011One of the UK’s most recognisable clubbing institutions is back under original ownership.
Jamie Jones set for Fabric 59
July 12th, 2011Britain’s foremost mix series continues its excellent run of compilations with a brand new instalment courtesy of the Visionquest, Crosstown Rebels, Hot Natured and Hot Creations man.
This Week’s Weasel Blog: News, Competitions, Podcasts, Music Reviews, Interviews & The Pick of This Weekend’s Events…
July 8th, 2011**To receive the weasel weasel blog by mail so you can know the minute its posted (and read this instead of clock watching at work!) CLICK HERE and subscribe! You can choose to receive by mail, RSS feed and many other ways just use the drop down option!** In the blog this week: News: ‘Fatboy Slim’ [...]
Get your free Vince Watson Fabric mixtape here
July 8th, 2011Vince Watson’s done pretty well for himself since first emerging from Scotland’s famously productive techno scene, is one hell of a respected producer with fans coming from various electronic avenues, and is in charge of the revered label Bio Music. Here’s a mix by him, and it’s completely free.
Christian Smith to remix classic Underworld cut
July 8th, 2011The techno don will deliver an update on the classic 1994 cut with two new treatments available on Tronic, just in time for the last Bank Holiday of summer. How’s that for timing?
Preview: FACE & Cream Ibiza Classics Present The Rainbow Street Carnival.
July 7th, 2011DERRICK CARTER, JAMIE JONES, TIM GREEN, EDU IMBERNON,PAUL HENRY, BUNNY, SCOTT BLEEPZ & ELLIOT CROFT Having made their mark on the weekend scene in Birmingham with regular sell out parties, Face have teamed up with Cream Ibiza Classics to throw their hugest party yet on August 6th at the huge Rainbow Warehouse. With a capacity [...]
Roger Sanchez
July 7th, 2011Roger Sanchez is a name synonymous with House Music. With a career spanning several decades, he’s seen it all. We managed to get a few words from one of our favourite DJ/Producers during his busy summer schedule and ahead of his return to Ministry of Sound this Saturday… P&S: Hi Roger – how are you? [...]
Tiger Beer Presents… Derrick Does Disco Dammit!
July 7th, 2011Tiger Beer Presents… “Derrick Does Disco Dammit!” A Private Party With Derrick Carter Friday 8th July 10pm till 5am Secret East London Location Tickets £10 in advance from www.residentadvisor.net The fifth in Tiger Beer’s series of 8 NotKnown events sees an exclusive all-night performance from Chicago house legend Derrick Carter. Tiger has already teamed [...]
5 Night Stand with Fatboy Slim.
July 6th, 2011‘Fatboy Slim’ Norman Cook has announced a 5 night UK tour taking place this December. Taking in 5 unique venues with Doorly and Jack Beats on support at each date with the exception of Brighton and he’s promised a full on Acid House party complete with audio visual treats. Tickets go on sale on Friday, [...]
This wk… Win: DMC UK DJ tkts, Free Ryan Elliot Fabric mixtape, Sirup Festival, Ableton Live 8, EDM, Logic Pro 9 AND Music production courses + Podcasts + Reviews + News + Interviews + the Top 5 Events this wkend!
July 1st, 2011In the blog this week: Competitions: Win: tickets to the DMC UK DJ Final at Scala, Tickets to Sirup Festival in Croatia, Ableton Live 8, EDM, Logic Pro 9 AND Mixing & Mastering Course worth £399 each w/Garnish School of Sound, Free Ryan Elliot Fabric mixtape Podcasts: Nick The Record dj set at Taico club festival, Burnski // Ibiza [...]
Modeselektor prep new album
July 1st, 2011Thom Yorke, PVT, Anti Pop Consortium, Busdriver and Miss Platnum all set to appear on new LP from the Berlin alt techno partnership.
James Taylor leaves Swayzak
July 1st, 2011One of the most revered, respected, and loved partnerships in global electronica is set to come to an end in the very near future. Following an announcement this morning the pair will announce ‘one for the road’ live dates across Europe in the coming weeks.
BJÖRK to headline Sunday night at Bestival.
July 1st, 2011Rob da Bank and the Bestival crew have announced that the one and only Björk will be playing her only outdoor festival show in the world this year as Bestival 2011s Sunday night headliner, joining the previously announced bill toppers The Cure and Pendulum. Rob da Bank says: ‘I honestly can’t believe Björk is [...]
Quick Fire Interview: Tom Novy
June 30th, 2011In an industry where DJs and producers come and go in the blink of an eye, Tom Novy has sustained a career that has stretched over 18 years to date with no sign of him slowing down anytime soon. Achieving numerous chart hits, television appearances, world-renowned residencies and underground anthems, there is not a part [...]
Brand new production planned for Global Gathering.
June 29th, 2011With just over a month to go, GlobalGathering have announced the first of the brand new onsite production that will be making it’s debut and completely transforming the festival site this summer. The all new main stage and second stage will bring this year’s colourful artwork concept to life with all new visuals, graphics and [...]
Secret Party Project Turn 1
June 27th, 2011Secret Party Project throw events with a difference. As well as a fresh house and funky soundtrack from a range of established DJs, vocalists and live performers, they like bespoke settings. In fact they really like bespoke settings, so much so that the last year has seen them party at mansions, on boats, in clubs [...]
Get your free Ryan Elliot Fabric mixtape here
June 26th, 2011The man from Detroit unleashes some Spectral Sound stylings for free ahead of Leftroom Records’ takeover of Fabric Room Two, when he’ll be appearing alongside Matt Tolfrey, Inxec, and Mark Chambers.
Around the world in 80 labels: !Organism – Yan Stricker
June 26th, 2011Our tour of the planet’s most exciting imprints takes us to Switzerland, where one of Europe’s foremost purveyors of techno tinged with melody and electro edges offers words of wisdom on standing out from the crowd amid a sea of stiff competition. Say no more.
Win tickets to the DMC UK DJ Final at Scala!
June 25th, 2011Its competition crazy here at Plain and Simple at the moment, not only are we giving away a pair of tickets to SPECTRUM, and to Layo and Bushwacka, and to the amazing SIRUP NATION FESTIVAL IN CROATIA..but now we’re also offering a pair of tickets to the UK DMC final at Scala…dont say we [...]
Dub Pistols RE-HASH – new remix album out now.
June 25th, 2011Hot of the heels of their critically acclaimed forth album ‘Rum & Coke’, Dub Pistols and friends return for ‘Re-Hash’. A thrilling and eclectic release, in which some of the most intriguing producers today remix some classic Pistols tracks from their last three releases re-Hash is a timely reminder of the consistency and quality of [...]
This wk… Win: Sirup fest tkts, Shake it w/Magda tkts, Music production courses + Podcasts + Music reviews + the Top 5 Events this wkend!
June 24th, 2011In the blog this week: News: Eastern Electrics announce lineup, John Digweed unveils Mixcloud promo Competitions: Win: Tickets to Sirup Festival in Croatia, Ableton Live 8, EDM, Logic Pro 9 AND Mixing & Mastering Course worth £399 each w/Garnish School of Sound, Shake it! w/Layo & Bushwacka & Magda tickets, Spectrum tickets + More Podcasts: Nima [...]
Win Tickets to Sirup Nation Festival @ at Fort Punta Christo in Croatia!!
June 24th, 2011An extraordinary fortress on the wonderful Adriatic coast with a delicious portion of electronic dance music…that’s SIRUP NATION After a few flamboyant summer seasons partying the hell out of various hot spots on the Croatian Adriatic coast and testifying the upcoming festival rush, we plunge this summer with a new adventure and a new brand…SIRUP [...]
Win Tickets to see Magda alongside Layo & Bushwacka @ Shake It!
June 23rd, 2011This competition is now CLOSED The lucky winners of the tickets are: Oliver Kelly, Catarina Velosa, Tilda Lundstrom and Arvid Lundstrom… Congrats! Shake it! have given Plain & Simple 2 pairs of tickets to give away to you lucky lot! To enter and win this competition please send your names to: melissa@plainandsimple.tv as always Terry the [...]
Competition call for potential production heroes
June 23rd, 2011Burn Studios, a new online platform that allows file sharing for music production via the miracle of cloud computing launches a competition that could see you, him, her, or anyone else land a slot in the studio collaborating with the man like Sasha.
John Digweed unveils exclusive Mixcloud promo
June 23rd, 2011The Bedrock boss releases a minimix of tracks from disc one of his new Structures 2 triple boxset, featuring ambient remixes of Jy J, King Unique & Anthony Pappa, Robert Babicz, Marco Bailey, Nick Warren, and many more. Click for more information, as per usual.
Preview: First line-up announcement for eastern electrics August 2011
June 23rd, 2011London’s renowned eastern electrics bonanza is always a good party, and this August at Great Suffolk Street Warehouse the ee crew do it again, bringing in some fresh new names and packing three rooms with some of the most exciting, emerging, and breaking sounds of the underground. Three times a year eastern electrics converges on [...]
Win! Tickets to the Spectrum Summer Warehouse party- with Chase & Status, Nero, Kissy Sell out and more!
June 21st, 2011We’ve been previewing this event for a while now, and now the guys at Spectrum HQ have released the final headliner for their summer rave up, in the form of Chase & Status! The drum and bass heavyweights are set to take to the decks for a DJ set that will help cement this as [...]
This wk: Sonar, Cavo Paradiso, Shonky, Sven Vath + the Top 5 nights out this weekend!
June 17th, 2011In the blog this week: News: Sonar, Heidi, Cavo Paradiso Mykonos, Darryl Pandy & Kenny Hawkes, Vondelpark, Elite Force, Solid Steel, David Lynch Podcasts: Throwing Shapes, Gottwood, Yakine & Shonky, Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts Interviews: Sven Vath, Ida Ingleberg Music Reviews: Terrence:Terry, Perc, Presk, Lilian Hak, CocoDaSilva and Choice Cut ALL THIS… Plus the usual top 5 and the [...]
Cavo Paradiso announce their summer lineup including: RICHIE HAWTIN, SVEN VATH, RICARDO VILLALOBOS, LOCO DICE + Many More!
June 17th, 2011Being one of the longest running clubs and upholding a reputation of producing possibly the most diverse, and intense event schedule throughout the summer season is far from an easy task. 2011 marks the year that Cavo Paradiso won it’s highest position to date in this years Top 100 Clubs poll coming in at an impressive number [...]
Elite Force – 18-hours in June Video
June 17th, 2011We had to share this little video we just came across on facebook. Ever wondered what 3 gigs in 18 hours across 2 countries looks like from the DJ’s perspective? Well now you can see for yourself, with this video from Elite Force which charts his day which goes from playing Redlight in Paris at [...]
Keep an eye out for… Vondelpark
June 17th, 2011With a forthcoming release on R&S, home to the likes of Joey Beltram, you might not expect Vondelpark to sound like Jamie XX meeting Mount Kimbie and James Blake for a chat about anti-club tunes and lo-fi glitch stylings. But they do, kind of.
Sonar festival gets underway – Catch the coverage.
June 16th, 2011Sonar, the acclaimed music and multimedia arts festival opened today in Barcelona. Sonar is renowned for presenting some of the most ground breaking music and visual artists and projects in the world, and ranks as the ultimate thinkers music festival. With acts such as Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Cut Copy, Underworld, M.I.A and James Murphy [...]
Sweden’s first lady – A few words from Ida Engberg
June 15th, 2011Plain & Simple catches up with one of techno’s finest femme fatale’s, Truesoul and Drumcode’s Ida Engberg.
Sven Vath talks Cocoon in the Park.
June 15th, 2011Väth is a ruler of the techno world and has been for decades. With his revered label and club of the same name, Cocoon, he has brought techno to the masses all over the world and, most famously, at Amnesia, Ibiza, since the turn of the millennium. His learned vinyl sets included sounds from a [...]
David Lynch to open surrealist Parisian hangout
June 15th, 2011That’s right, as if he hadn’t turned his hand to enough, what with all the richly textured yarns he has spun over the years, his animated work, and art work, now American cinematic rebel David Lynch is opening a venue in Paris. Be scared, but also very, very excited.
Kinky Malinki set for another season in Ibiza.
June 14th, 20112011’s Ibiza season has officially kicked off and Kinky Malinki have announced their eagerly-anticipated return to the White Isle. After spending two seasons at El Divino a few years ago, this time round they will be teaming up with Manchester giants, Sankeys. Sankeys has consistently been Manchester’s finest nightclub since 1994 and celebrates its 17th [...]
Preview: Soundcrash presents Videocrash: Solid Steel Summer Special.
June 13th, 2011Saturday 18th June Soundcrash presents Videocrash: Solid Steel Summer Special – Hexstatic ‘Trailer Trax’ (live AV show) + DJ Food & DK (live AV show) + DJ Cheeba (live AV show) + Quantic Ninja Tunes‘ Solid Steel series has been delivering the best in cutting edge electronic music for some 20 odd years now. The [...]
RIP Darryl Pandy & Kenny Hawkes
June 11th, 2011Sadness today as house fans woke up to the news that DJ Kenny Hawkes & Vocalist Darryl Pandy had both died…. House Music morns the deaths of 2 of its brightest “old skool” stars in 1 single day. Both UK DJ/ Producer Kenny Hawkes and U.S vocalist Darryl Pandy have died. Just as we were [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: EPM Music – Jonas Stone
June 11th, 2011As we tour the globe via its most attention-deserving imprints it’s time to make our last stop off in Britain for a while before jumping to the good ship continental. And this one’s especially significant as those at the helm are also responsible for providing us with countless quality releases from other organisations, them being [...]
Innervisions set for massive London horror show
June 10th, 2011Every fancy watching some of the most revered names on the European house circuit providing the score to a 1920s German expressionist film? Well, after watching this you probably will do.
Waaay too much on the *new improved* blog this wk to fit it all on here… So just open me up already!!
June 10th, 2011We’re back this week with an even BETTER blog with a sheeet load more content for you luverzzzzz of all things music! This week we have the usual weasel guff pour moi, plus… News from: Stacy Pullen, Gil Scott Heron (RIP), Alice Rose, Spectrum & Innervisions Podcasts from: Malaysia’s Raysoo, ONNO, Begin, Tristan Da Cunha [...]
Nero added to Spectrum Summer Warehouse party bill.
June 10th, 2011Last month we bought you the first wave of the line up annoucements for the massive Spectrum Summer Warehouse Party, taking place at Ewer Street Carpark on July 2nd. Now Spectrum have revealed the first of the headliners for this base- heavy event, in the form of Nero. The Dubstep duo have been fast tracking [...]
Jonathan Ulysses Interview.
June 8th, 2011Having just played a storming set to thousands of clubbers as warm up for Faithless’ last ever show, and off the back of more strong singles and collaborations in the studio, Jonathan Ulysses is looking ahead to another great season as resident at Space, Ibiza. At the club he will play the back room of [...]
Tickets still available for this weekends Glade.
June 7th, 2011Yes, we’re surprised too. Perhaps its due to some un-reliablity in previous years. Perhaps its due to the constant venue changes. Perhaps its just because there are so many festivals to fit in. But believe it or not if you’re not up to anything this weekend and fancy seeing some stellar dance music artists then [...]
Relive DJ Fresh’s ‘Louder’ video live.
June 6th, 2011Ministry of Sound are bringing the video for DJ Fresh’s new single ‘Louder’ to life this Wednesday 8th June! DJ Fresh will be rocking the decks and performing ‘Louder’ live for the first time, and the Lucozade LA skater girls from the video will be joining him. If you haven’t seen the video yet check [...]
Keep an eye out for… Alice Rose
June 5th, 2011What’s the use of coming across weird and wonderful artists if you can’t share it with people? Well, none in our opinion, and so we’ve take it upon ourselves to start giving the nod to people we think should be afforded some attention, starting now.
Ode to Gil Scott Heron
June 5th, 2011We pay a video tribute to the legendary Gil Scott Heron as we finish the first full week without him. A sad loss for music.
Best of British – An interview with Simon Baker
June 4th, 2011After eight years Simon Baker finally unveiled his debut album this Spring. Traces arrived to some acclaim on 2020 Vision, the legendary house music label founded in Baker’s hometown of Leeds. We caught up with him, albeit via email, for a quick Q&A.
Guest Chart – Stacey Pullen
June 3rd, 2011Do we really need to provide an introduction here? Innovator of Second Wave Detroit, pupil of Messrs Saunderson, May and Atkins, all round solid but soulful record spinner with exceptional taste… cutting to the chase, here’s some recommendations from Stacey Pullen.
Dirty Cucumbers, SHM “Irony”, Podcasts & Videos, Win Tickets & CDs, The top 5 nights out & the VERY best of the rest!
June 3rd, 2011Hello folks – hope you are all not suffering too much from the effects of last weekend.. Time to fix up and look sharp as another one is here!! Lots on my mind this week – lots of pondering. I tried to come up with a “witty” joke about disease riddled Spanish cucumbers (in case there are [...]
Around the world in 80 Labels: Alola- Omid 16B
June 2nd, 2011We continue our journey through the planet’s freshest, most respected and soon to be celebrated imprints with our second British instalment. And being one of the finest house music institutions in Britain it’s safe to say that we’re proud to present our next Q&A.
Global Gathering Update
June 2nd, 2011GlobalGathering – one of the UK’s cutting edge and forward thinking electronic music festival has announced further details of their 2011 event, which will take place at Long Marston Airfield in Stratford-Upon-Avon on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th July. Following their first ever phenomenal live appearance at Radio1′s Big Weekend and their forthcoming Glastonbury [...]
Fer Farrari Interview
June 1st, 2011Fer Ferrari is no longer a stranger to the house world: his label Deepclass started in 2007 and focuses on chill out, lounge and deep house becoming one of the most refined in the game, gaining the support of DJs like Laurent Garnier, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire, Mark Farina and many more, licensing tracks for some [...]
Yay! Yay! Its Bank Holi-day! This weeks podcasts, top 5 event listings + the very best of the rest!
May 27th, 2011Hullo readers… Another bank holiday is imminent!! *fog horn noise* below is your hand selected weekly podcasts (to get you dancing pre rave up, or toe tapping on the sofa post rave up!), the Top 5 events, as well as the VERY best of the rest (and there are LOTS!). I hope you’ll have a blinder [...]
John Digweed announces new compilation
May 27th, 2011The triple album will be released in June, and comprises electronica remixes of archive releases, a live mix from L.A., and exclusive Bedrock cuts, fresh for 2011. Fine quality progressive house, deep techno and rolling house music should be expected.
An interview with Ibiza’s J P Chronic
May 27th, 2011Originally born in Mauritius, JP Chronic has more than 10 years of experience behind him spinning in the best clubs in the world. Last summer you could catch him in his new residency every Wednesdays at Privilege for the Warung Beach Club party in Ibiza, but also at his regular winter residencies in smaller Ibiza [...]
The Nextmen Vs Bestival Mix.
May 26th, 2011The line up for this year’s Bestival gets better and better, tickets are almost sold out and the boys and girls Bestival HQ keep adding to the already impressive line up. After sweeping up at last year’s festival awards Bestival look set to retain their crown as the best UK festival of the season. [...]
Win Tickets to Ketoloco Daytime Terrace Party Vol:2 with Martinez, Sasse, Nico Purman & Craig Torran
May 25th, 2011**PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ** Primed for premium summer time partying and resplendent with red-hot housesoundtracks, Ketoloco is your friend… Their next party is am 11hr hour terrace special at the Lightbar on Sunday May 29th with Martinez, Sasse, Nico Purman, Craig Torrance + the impeciable [...]
Win tickets to Krush with Mathew Jonson, Nina Kraviz, Deetron, Nikos, Guille Bonesso, + Phonica Showcase
May 25th, 2011**PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ** WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT!!!!! They’re so excited about this crazy night that they have decided to give us at Plain & Simple a pair of tickets to give away!!!Simply send us an email with the subject ‘what [...]
Win dual tickets to 20:20 Soundsystem day & night parties
May 25th, 2011**PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ** 2020 have kindly given Plain & Simple 3 x pairs of dual event tickets (these are on RA @ £25 each, and gain you entry to both the day and night events). To enter and win this competition please send your [...]
Win tickets to MUAK: Night & Day Special w/ DJ Spen, Karizma, Uner, Nacho Marco + more!
May 25th, 2011**PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ** Saturday 28 May sees Muak (People Together) host an Bank Holiday Special party at the Egg Clubs. Continuing their mission to bring together the world’s premiere DJs, producers and musicians, this night will not disappoint as we welcome – In the [...]
Tom Middleton to host his own stage at this year’s Big Chill Festival
May 25th, 2011Tom Middleton, one half of Global Communication and a DJ in his own right, will be an integral part of The Big Chill this year. Having performed at every year of the festival for the last 16 years, 2011 sees Middleton host a stage of his own to build on that experimental, progressive and ambient [...]
Win tickets to the Vague Launch Party with Matthew Styles
May 25th, 2011**PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ** Vague is set to be one of 2011s coolest parties. With meticulous attention to detail the Vague team look set to become London stalwart in the clubbing scene.For their debut they have… Matthew Styles (Horizontal, Diamond and Pearls, Crosstown Rebels) Archie [...]
Saytek Interview
May 24th, 2011Saytek aka Joseph Keevill has gained a reputation as one of the most exciting live acts to come from the UK in recent times. He has been relentlessly touring the UK and Europe with his fully improvised hardware live shows with headline slots at clubs and parties such as Sankeys Manchester, Fabric London, The [...]
Get your free Will Saul Fabric mixtape here…
May 24th, 2011Ahead of Aus Music’s second room takeover the label boss Will Saul pieced together a mixtape containing new and exclusive tracks, which is available here. Something to whet the appetite ahead of Deadboy, Tevo Howard, Midland, Cottam and many more…
Bloc Weekender Mixes now online.
May 23rd, 2011If you’re a regular reader of Plain and Simple, you’ll know that we’re pretty big fans of Bloc Weekender. The Weekender, which takes place at Butlins in Minehead, enjoyed its 5th year this year, and the sell out event presented one of the finest line-ups of techno and electronica that you could lay your mits [...]
Guest Chart – Pitto
May 22nd, 2011With a debut artist album coming next month on Joris Voorn and Edwin Oosterwal’s label, Green, Pitto is one Dutchman whose musical career appears to be flying, whether creating the poppier sounds of his new LP, or solid techno like Feelin’. Here’s his chart.
Craig Richards behind Fabric 58
May 22nd, 2011Named after the night wherein he programs live acts around his DJ sets, the club’s acclaimed resident DJ prepares a meld of tracks from revered artists like Two Lone Swordsmen, Melchior Productions, Joel Mull, Maurice Fulton, Semtek, and many more.
This wks podcasts, competitions, news, top 5 nights out + the VERY best of the rest!
May 20th, 2011Hello party people! Soz for the blog not being quite so indepth today, and errrr a little on the late side (better late than never non?) I do have a good reason though! Firstly spent all yesterday day/eve (*cough* getting rather worse for wear) at THE most amazing afterparty on Koh Phangan island in Thailand – [...]
Spectrum reveal summer party line up.
May 20th, 2011So, the buzz has been building since last week. And now Spectrum announce a lineup that’s set to tear Ewer Street Warehouse apart for the Spectrum: Summer Warehouse Party. Two arena-packing headliners are still to be announced for Saturday 2nd July’s eight-hour bass blast-off, but the supporting lineup is enough to get the mouth [...]
Around the world in 80 labels: Bedrock Records- John Digweed
May 20th, 2011We set off on a global excursion, talking to those at the helm of the world’s best loved labels, and hottest new imprints. To kick things off we keep it British, and invite a legend to contribute. Without further ado then, here’s John Digweed on running Bedrock.
Luke Solomon & Rob Mello set for Saturday in the capital
May 19th, 2011The Idiots Are Winning returns to Life this Saturday for a night of quality intelligent beats, courtesy of Classic boys Luke Solomon and Rob Mello, alongside Swag man Chris Duckenfield, Jake Manders and Louis Finch.
Krush take over Red Gallery.
May 17th, 2011After two storming parties and a heaving mass of exhilarating support on the dancefloor, Krush moves on into its third monthly party. Once again transforming a familiar east London location into a bespoke party paradise, the line-up features a special live show from Matthew Jonson, as well as house don Deetron and a Phonica Special [...]
Chris Cunningham to close this year’s Big Chill Festival.
May 16th, 2011The Big Chill festival has built a reputation for delivering cutting edge music, not afraid to take things of the beaten track they have played host to some of the most eclectic and visionary artists around, with cutting edge audio visual showcases being at the heart of some of the stages. Big Chill festival regulars [...]
Win tickets to Rhythmatic vs Weplayminimal w/ M.In & Den Ishu this bank hol Sunday
May 14th, 2011**PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ** In the 3 short years of its beat ridden life, Rhythmatic has made a colossal mark on the heart of the London dance scene. The graceful and international vibe that comes with an enchanting music policy has gained the party plaudits [...]
Spectrum set to return to Ewer street
May 13th, 2011After tearing things up for their 10th birthday earlier this year, heavyweight promotion Spectrum are heading back to Ewer Street Carpark on July 2nd for a monster summer rave up. Spectrum has been growing from strength to strength since bringing the well established brand (which has dominated nights in the Nottingham and Birmingham club scenes) [...]
Bibio set for London show
May 13th, 2011The Midlands-based Warp Records star will deliver a set of trademark dubby funk, glitchy disco and hip pop on May 27th.
Eastern Electrics final lineup revealed while Bank Holiday blowout almost sells out
May 13th, 2011Mulletover, Deviation, and BLOC also get in on the act, and bring DJ Koze, Clive Henry, Geddes, James Holden, Martyn, Lone, The Bug, Braiden, Virgo Four, Benji B, MC Judah, and Actress for one hell of a party at the Great Suffolk Street Warehouse in Southwark.
Lee J. Malcolm and Ben Sims prep 80s revival
May 13th, 2011That about sums it up really. One of techno’s rising stars, and an all-round legend launch an assault on the 80s electro classic.
weasel blog: waffle, podcasts, competitions, interviews & the top 5 events in town this weekend…
May 13th, 2011Hiya!!! Hope this week finds you all well.. Saw in the news today that volunteers are to be shown taking drugs live on TV in a “radical” new programme commissioned by Channel 4 (ooh they are just sooo cutting edge and “yoof” driven aren’t they?). The four-part “science” series (please excuse the extreme over use [...]
Lovebox Festival Shaping Up
May 12th, 2011A few weeks ago we bought you the first tasters of this years Lovebox festival, and now we can reveal the next additions to the line up. Lovebox is an essential part of any music-loving Londoner’s summer and one of the capital’s most vibrant festivals. They have now revealed further additions to the eclectic line-up [...]
Real talent sounds like this – An interview with Proviant Audio
May 12th, 2011We talk to the youth of today and take time out with Mathias Stubo, A.K.A. Proviant Audio, whose debut album, Real Love Tastes Like This, just dropped on Paper Recordings. The 18-year-old Norwegian talks about jazz parentage and Stones Throw Records.
Ibiza Apartments available at Kanya Beach Resort
May 12th, 2011This summer, the famous Kanya Beach Bar in Ibiza on San Antonio’s sunset strip, have all 12 of their luxury apartments available for rent for your holiday. Named as the Kanya Beach Resort, the self catering apartments sleep up to 6 people, and are available NOW from just £183pp per week May to October. Imagine [...]
A night with Ellen Allien
May 11th, 2011A Night With…which kicked off in February with the legendary Derrick Carter, offers a chance to see some of the worlds greats in an intimate and stripped out setting. Its back again this Saturday at the Red Gallery, and this time round they have the mighty Ellen Alien, who’ll be playing for an entire [...]
Coyu Interview
May 9th, 2011Suara, the label run by Spanish DJ/producer Coyu since 2008, has a reputation for great quality dance music. Now up to over 33 releases, the label is based in Barcelona and is dedicated to exploring the funkier and groovier, techno and house sounds around. We caught up with Coyu to find out more about the [...]
Robert Hood readies Omega Alive for June, and Sonar date
May 6th, 2011The veteran, legend, and all round techno pioneer will launch the release at this year’s Sonar, with Asian, Australian and European dates over summer. Get your head down then!
Bin Ravin’? Feeling a bit dead? Better read this then!
May 6th, 2011Hullo folks – hope you are feeling a bit more chipper as the weekend looms! I imagine it was a wee bit of struggle this week after the 2 bank hols! So… Anyway.. Come on! hands up! Who fell asleep in the cubicles at work using the toilet roll as a pillow?! Hmmm? Who blamed [...]
Field Day Night – Now for Free!
May 6th, 2011If you’re a bit hard up after two bank holidays on the bounce but still fancy a bit of a knees up, then we’d suggest you head over to XOYO tomorrow for field day night, which they are now offering for free! The Field Day festival, which takes place on the 6th August and features [...]
The Therapy release venue details for this Saturday…
May 5th, 2011The Therapy, one of the “new kids” on the underground party circuit, have announced their venue for Saturday night’s event as *fanfare*… Fairchild/ Fairchild place, EC2N 3EN. The Fairchild Car Park was once a bare brick archway… It is now a party rendez-vous, fitted with sofas, lights and hanging bicycle / disco ball. Its also [...]
The International Music Summit returns to Ibiza for the 4th Year.
May 5th, 2011The IMS returns to Ibiza for the fourth year in a row at the end of this month, bringing with it a whole host of industry leaders, record labels and guest speakers for what’s set to be the most exciting year yet for the world’s leading electronic music conference, set in the spiritual home of [...]
Parklife Weekender
May 4th, 2011Festival season is getting hotter and hotter by the day, but before you say we’re very London Centric with our weekenders, (don’t blame us, that’s where most of them happen!) there is also a tasty treat happening in Manchester on the 11th & 12th June, in the name of The Parklife Weekender. Taking place in [...]
Piemont Interview.
May 3rd, 2011Piemont AKA Frederic Möring-Sack and Christian de Jonquieres (sound design students who have also worked as Phunklarique and Dejonka ) have been making electronic music for years. Their records to date have found their way into the record bags of DJs like Richie Hatwin, Dubfire and Carl Cox, probably because of the large array of [...]
deadmau5 punched in the head in Australia…
May 3rd, 2011Not that we condone violence over at Plain and Simple (honest…) but I did chuckle to myself today upon hearing the news that mouse head wearing big mouth was on the receiving end of a fist from a DJ in Brisbane. This will also (I have no doubt) be a source of amusement to those [...]
Shades of Sound – A quick call to Guy J
April 29th, 2011After 2008′s debut, Esperanza, Guy J is back on John Digweed and Nick Muir’s Bedrock Records, with his second LP, 1000 Words. A sprawling triple disc meld of progressive house, downbeat, ambient and deep grooves, we were so happy we interviewed him.
In a right state
April 28th, 2011This Sunday, May 1st sees two of London’s best loved parties team up for the first time since New Year to deliver a night of quality underground house music and electronic beatage to the capital’s masses. Ryan Elliot, Geddes and Dolan Bergin will all play.
Bugged out Secret Warehouse Party with Night Slugs
April 28th, 2011Not content with ruling the roost at London’s XoYo, Bugged out have teamed up with Night Slugs to present a secret warehouse party in Shoreditch on the 21st May. The promotion has been playing host to some serious heavy weights over at Xoyo over the last few months, with big name favourites like Boyz [...]
Danger! Danger! High Voltage! It’s Part 2 of Weasel’s Clubbing Guide for the Royal Bank Hol!
April 28th, 2011See below for Part 2 of our double bubble bank hol clubbing guide, this will help you sort the wheat from the chaff (or the sickness from the shitness) and you’ll be fully equipped to select the best the capital has to offer in nightouts out (and boy are there plenty!) next week we have [...]
We Fear Silence presents Sunday Best.
April 27th, 2011We Fear Silence have built a reputation for putting on some of the best and most innovative parties in London over recent years, not afraid to mix things up they’ve presented parties as diverse as Border Community to Chew the Fat. They have partnered with some of the biggest names in electronic music, and [...]
Plain & Simple’s Festivals Round-Up
April 27th, 2011Southport Weekender Kicking off in just ten days the Southport Weekender will mark the start of a manic festival-going summer for many music fans. It’s lineup, as diverse and exciting as ever, includes a ‘classic US house set’ from the revered Roger Sanchez as well as performances from the likes of Derrick Carter, Carl Craig [...]
MUAK:Warehouse Project #2: Location announced + Win Tickets!
April 26th, 2011MUAK PRESENTS… The Warehouse Project #2 Saturday 30th April **VENUE ANNOUNCED** At the Vaults, 82 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3JF 10pm – 6am Charles Webster Miso Records / Peacefrog / Freerange Andre Lodemann Best Works / Simple / Berlin Zaki & Manish Muak Ryan Bliss (Lost My Dog) & Deporto A BIG thanks [...]
Southport Weekender 47 Timetable
April 26th, 2011Don’t miss your favourites DJs/Artists at Southport Weekender 47 We’ve got the low down on who is playing when but with such an impressive line-up we can’t say you’re not going to miss anything! The full DJ Set Times and Live PA’s are listed below: POWERHOUSE THE HOUSE ARENA FRIDAY NIGHT 7.00 ……….. STEVE [...]
Bestival by name, Bestival by nature?
April 24th, 2011As a Plain & Simple favourite, Bestival has done it again this year and put together a lineup that’s full of mouthwatering musical prospects. With eclecticism and entertainment firmly in mind, the organisers (including head-honcho Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank) of the eighth Bestival have concocted a mix of rock gods, pop prodigy’s and dance [...]
Guest Chart – Space DJz
April 24th, 2011We welcome one of the hardest working pairings in Britain to the site for another series of recommendations. Mark Broom, The Advent and Industrialyzer, Technasia and Sasha Carassi all go towards making up this heavy selection of contemporary techno.
Kompakt to put out huge charity album
April 22nd, 2011Ostgut Ton, Freude Am Tanzen, BPitch Control, Dial, and Optimo Music have all contributed work from the likes of Jahcoozi, Michael Mayer, Efdemin, Monkey Maffia, SCSI-9, and Someone Else. What’s more, all 34-tracks cost just €7.99. No excuses then.
“Pace” yourselves with part 1 of weasel’s clubbing guide for the double bubble bank hol weekends!! Call your ambulances in advance…
April 21st, 2011….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… [...]
Glade Festival Reveals Location
April 21st, 2011Glade have now revealed the location for this years stripped back and thoroughly more exclusive rave up as The Mansion House, Old Warden Park, Biggleswade Bedfordshire. Conveniently situated for festival goers travelling from all directions this location is an ideal site, close to all major routes, in a beautiful landscaped park, and the festival organizers [...]
Something to round off the weekend? Catch Bonobo live on Monday.
April 20th, 2011It already looks like this weekend is shaping up to be a hot one, with a four day holiday, scorching temperatures, and plenty of club action to be had by all. Now we’re all pretty excited about getting our rave on this weekend here; but if you fancy something to see your weekend out with [...]
Glastonbury 2011 – Full Lineup Reveals Dozens of Dance Highlights
April 20th, 2011Glastonbury, the goliath of the British festival-going calendar, is just 2 months away and whilst it’s ticket-holders are praying for nothing but sunshine, Plain & Simple has been eagerly anticipating the announcement of its full lineup, which looks set to have fans of all musical tastes looking ahead to June 24th with even more excitement… [...]
Goldfish Interview.
April 19th, 2011Goldfish Interview. Goldfish are Dave and Dom, two musicians from the top of Africa who have been making waves with their live shows everywhere from Pacha to Sao Paulo, Amsterdam to Tokyo and beyond. Combining cutting-edge technology with dance beats and live instruments including saxophones, flute, double bass and keyboards, the Goldfish ‘Live’ experience is [...]
Win tickets to Adam Freeland’s Kaleidoscope night feat. Todd Terje
April 19th, 2011With Feb’s launch of Kaleidoscope still resonant in ravers’ memories, the sound-spectrum-surfer Adam Freeland is back this upcoming 6th May at The Nest with an almighty bang. Using the party as a platform to explore any and every strain of electronica that takes his fancy, Freeland has welcomed renowned disco don, Todd Terje, to headline [...]
Global Communication return
April 19th, 2011The latest Back In the Box compilation will drop both its discs on the British public when May 30th arrives. Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard are, of course, the gentlemen behind the album, who will also play Glade, Bestival and Sonar this summer.
Bestival goes 3D
April 15th, 2011This years Bestival, which includes headline sets from The Cure, Pendulum, Primal Scream presents Screamadelica, PJ Harvey, Brian Wilson and DJ Shadow amongst a huge and ever-growing line-up of musical treats, are taking their TV coverage to a whole new level this year. They’ll be breaking new ground for festival entertainment with a super-generous [...]
Weasel blog: Weekly DJ podcasts/mixes, Pick of London’s events, Win Tickets to Moon Harbour w/ Matthias Tanzmann, Luna City Express, Chris Lattner
April 15th, 2011This blog goes out online at www.plainandsimple.tv and is also mailed to over 100k of you in the UK every bleedin week! It is not for profit and PURELY recommends nights and other stuff that is great! Help support the cause by sharing with others and sending us stuff! If you have a DJ mix/Track/Event [...]
Guest Chart – Mauro Picotto
April 14th, 2011Who remembers Lizard then? If you want crossover smashes it’s perhaps the biggest of the late 90s push for trance domination. Hard, fast and very much on amphetamines it’s also accessible, and therefore may have only just started to leave the late evening airwaves. Between then and now, or, more accurately, 1984, when he first [...]
Futurehead – An interview with Joel Mull
April 14th, 2011Producer’s producer, provider of epic DJ sets, and an avid dog walker. Joel Mull is all this and then some, as we found out when we called in at base camp, AKA Stockholm, for a chat with the Truesoul, Drumcode, Kompakt Extra and Cocoon man.
More names added to SW4 line up..
April 14th, 2011Only a few days ago we bought you news on the arena hosts at SW4, and already they’ve thrown more musical goodness our way. Pendulum, Underworld and Magnetic Man all provide South West Four 2011 with three massive London festival exclusives. A mouth-watering prospect I hear you cry. But that’s just the tip of [...]
Win tickets to see DJ Sneak and Shonky
April 14th, 2011Shonky, Tim Sheridan, Shane Watcha and Craig Torrence will also be in the building alongside said house gangster, and we have a wonderfully easy question for you to answer in order to receive two tickets, and a t-shirt designed by American Apparel. Cheeky.
So then, who wants to meet Carl Cox? Really! Win tickets and more!!!
April 13th, 2011You heard us right, we’re offering 4 lucky people tickets to see the big man at The Revolution Continues Warehouse Party in Leeds, along with Carl Cox t-shirts, and if that’s not enough you’ll also get to be on hand to a meet and greet with Carl Cox himself! Yes thats right, Carl Cox is [...]
South London Calling.
April 11th, 2011What’s that we hear you cry? ANTOHER London dance music festival! Yup that’s right, and why the hell not we say. This time we head south of the river to Crystal Place Park for an electronic knees up which promises lashings of house, techno and even a bit of old school. Taking place on [...]
Music aid for Japan
April 11th, 2011A mammoth 120-track digital release from Wordandsound, and a new website with tunes from acclaimed producers respectively, Japanease and Soul Aid offer music from DJ T, Wolf + Lamb, Nicolas Jaar, Jeff Mills, Alex Smoke and many more.
weasel blog: pick of London’s nightlife this wkend, podcasts & mixes
April 8th, 2011This newsletter goes out online at www.plainandsimple.tv and is also mailed to over 100k of you in the UK every bleedin week! It is not for profit and PURELY recommends nights and other stuff that is great! Help support the cause by sharing with others and sending us stuff! If you have a DJ mix/Track/Event [...]
日本 再起 ▶ Stand UP for Japan with 2many DJ’s, Erol Alkan and Andrew Weatherall.
April 8th, 2011On Sunday May 1, a stellar line-up of disc jockeys and bands are mucking-in raise money for victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Headlining the main room are everyone’s favourites, 2many DJ’s (at ten o’clock). Erol Alkan(Keeps Kids Dancing‚) kicks off proceedings at 5.45 pm. The midnight finale will be courtesy of the mighty [...]
secretsundaze Announce 2011 Secret Opening Party
April 7th, 2011Celebrating their 10th year, secretsundaze have announced plans for their first party of 2011… Without further ado – here’s what they had to say: Hello Hope everyone is fine and dandy and enjoying the amazing weather. Sure there is going to be lots of naked flesh on show this weekend in true british style if [...]
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SW4 Arena Partners.
April 6th, 2011Yes, its time for even more festival news! (Honestly, we’re all itching for the season to get underway here). SW4 have revealed their arena host partners for this years festival, which takes palce on August Bank Holiday weekend, 27th and 28th. With impressive main stage headliners such as Pendulum, Underworld and Magnetic Man, its [...]
Japan Love Connnection
April 6th, 2011‘People coming together for one afternoon to raise funds for the Japan earthquake and tsunami appeal’ …Every so often, events in our world compel us to act on behalf of others. To give aid and comfort to those who suffer. The call to action is even stronger when we see suffering at the awesome hands [...]
High Definition Dance Festival
April 5th, 2011Festival season is getting busier and busier, with not only the heavy weight contenders releasing stellar line-up’s, there are also a bevy of smaller independents ready to offer you that alfresco musical experience. The latest offering comes in the form of the High Definition Dance Festival, taking place in Ilford, Essex in the 18th and [...]
Southport Weekender adds Roger Sanchez to Line Up
April 5th, 2011A few months back we released the line-up for Southport Weekender No. 47 which was impressive enough – but as we get to within a few weeks of the actual event, Roger Sanchez has been added to the line up – playing a Classic US House set! Now we were VERY big fans of Roger [...]
John Tejada set for new album on Kompakt
April 5th, 2011Before that happens a single, ‘Unstable Condition’, will arrive on May 2nd. The LP will follow, and considering we love John Tejada, whether appearing on his own inimitable Palette imprint or elsewhere, and adore Kompakt, we’re pretty excited. Well, very excited actually.
Wolf + Lamb vs Soul Clap ticket and CD giveaway
April 4th, 2011Do we need to add any more? The event in question takes place in London on Saturday, April 8th. The venue is top secret, but the question is, as always, Plain & Simple. Read on for details of how to enter.
Guest Chart – Ida Engberg
April 3rd, 2011With last year’s storming Owl’s Nest amongst our favourite tracks of the year Plain and Simple extends a very warm welcome to Truesoul’s Ida Engberg, a talented producer who looks pretty good in a picture too. Techno and house from Agaric, Joel Mull, and Freaks all feature.
Circo Loco Ibiza album announced
April 2nd, 2011Matthias Tanzmann’s imprint will release the mix in honour of this year’s White Island residency, melded by the man himself alongside Davide Squillace. House and techno from Matthew Dear, Audiofly, Nil By Mouth, Sascha Dive, Italoboyz and Martinez features on the disc.
Cocoon prepares to celebrate almost 4015 days
April 2nd, 2011Sven Vath’s world dominating organisation will release a mix of 20 tracks put together by newcomer Patrick Kunkel, alongside a selection of nine classics, reworked by the likes of Roman Flugel, Steve Rachmad, Carlo Lio,Visionquest, and Paul Ritch to name but a few.
Weasel blog: funny links, podcasts, best of weekend’s events…
April 1st, 2011Good Afternoon! So many April fool’s today in the press – from Fabric releasing a new energy drink (I actually believed that one for a few hours) to gorillas getting ipods at a zoo (yeah a very crap one “The Sun” did – waaaay too obvious!), I love these light hearted shenanigans every year, unfortunately [...]
Big Apple Beats – Tony Rohr
April 1st, 2011After staying true to his game for years, mid-Westerner Tony Rohr is responsible for scores of weighty, solid and oh-so danceable techno and tech house releases, not least his latest album, Oddlantik Avenue, released on H Productions last month. We call up for a chat.
Stroboscopic Artefacts & Jaded Competition
April 1st, 2011Hello Strobo-Lovers, Ahead of this weekend’s Stroboscopic wildness, the EartoGround and Jaded crews have put together a cool prize for you… Stroboscopic Artefacts bring their vision of the deepest and freshest electronic dance music to London for the very first time on April 2nd 2011. The SA family have destroyed Berlin’s Berghain and New York’s [...]
Win tickets to Mulletover’s 7th Birthday
March 26th, 2011Cadenza’s Reboot will be in the house, alongside Efdemin, Dixon, Ame, and Back to Basics host the back room (with James Holroyd, Adam Shelton, Tristan da Cunha and Buckley). As always, our question is piss easy, and more of a blag than anything. As such, enter it!
Weasel blog: Funny Links, Mixes, Podcasts, Pick of the weekend’s events…
March 25th, 2011Bon arvo folks! Sad news about Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor this week, but I did enjoy the story about her requesting her coffin arrive 15mins late for her funeral – absolute class: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20110325/ten-last-laugh-liz-taylor-late-for-own-f-c3b52a1.html Other things which tickled me this week are these vintage ads: Cocaine for toothache, toys or guns?, clean the car with your [...]
Guest Chart – Agaric
March 24th, 2011With the recent album, Who Made Up The Rules, still warming our CD player (see the review here), it’s with great pleasure that we welcome Ovum’s one and only Agaric. Part Swedish techno roller, part shuffling, low slung basement king; it’s all good that he’s provided us with our next ten recommendations. As you’d expect, [...]
All Blocked Up
March 19th, 2011With Guido, Untold, Joy Orbison, Modeselektor, Ramadanman, Ben Klock, Claude Von Stroke, Addison Groove, King Midas Sound, dOP, Four Tet, Aphex Twin, Billy Nasty, The Advent, Oscar Mulero, Vitalic, Jacques Green, Matthew Dear and Laurent Garnier.
Please Show Your Support For Japan…
March 18th, 2011Hey All, With the events going on in Japan I have to say I have felt more than a bit despondent about doing the blog this week… Writing about nightlife when there are people who have lost their lives and their homes it all seems a bit shallow! Just as I was going to decide not [...]
Black Strobe Records launches
March 17th, 2011Arnaud Rebotini starts label named after the act he masterminded with Ivan Smagghe. They called it frozen balearic gay biker house, we call it electro, who cares when it sounded like Italian Fireflies. Listen to that track here, and find details of new releases.
Glade festival returns!
March 11th, 2011One of the UK’s most forward-thinking electronic music events Glade Festival is returning for 2011, revolutionised and stripped back to it’s shiny roots. Taking place at a brand new, as yet undisclosed, venue this year’s festival will feature a selection of the biggest names in cutting-edge electronic music. This years event sees the festival scaled [...]
This weeks weasel blog: pick’s of London’s events this weekend, funny links, competitions, interviews + podcasts & mixes
March 11th, 2011Hullo there! Just quickly – before I go ANY further… Have you heard this Roger Sanchez track? Sorry if i’m a bit late off the mark with discovering this horror but Ermmmm…. SELL OUT! Listen and be a bit sick in your mouth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg7z8kaMrBk. I am a little disappointed with you Roger – you were [...]
Miami Ultra Music Festival 2011
March 11th, 2011Since 1999 the Miami Ultra Music Festival has grown to become a renowned dance and electronic music Mecca, coinciding with the Winter Music Conference, making Miami the only place to be if you’re a die-hard dance music fanatic. For the first time since it’s inauguration twelve years ago the Ultra Music Festival will be taking [...]
Win tckts & grab Mixmag podcast! Hideout w/ Luca Bachetti,Davide Squillace, Stathis Lazarides + Special Guest
March 9th, 2011Win Tickets & download Mixmag Podcast: Rhythmatic presents… Hideout w/ Luca Bachetti,Davide Squillace, Stathis Lazarides + Special Guest! After a successful year in 2010 that saw Rhythmatic host many of London’s monumental clubbing experiences, where they set their standards high with remarkable appearances by Marco Carola and UK exclusives with Matthias Tanzmann, and the afore [...]
Guest Chart – Mark Broom
March 7th, 2011One of British techno’s most prolific producers offers us his opinion on the best tunes of today, with cuts from Robert Hood, Cajmere, and P.A.S.
Stanton Warriors Join Spectrum for Album Launch
March 7th, 2011Spectrum has announced that for their next London event they are moving from Ewer Street to Proud2 at the o2. The 2600 capacity club, that in its former guise as Matter was voted 6th in the world’s best clubs, is set to reopen. Headlining the proceedings, Stanton Warriors joins the party for the hotly anticipated [...]
Norwich City Guide
March 7th, 2011A night out in Norwich still remains to be the best bet if you’re an East Anglian. Its nearest competitors are Cambridge and Ipswich which both lack the variety of venues and choice of pubs and bars that Norwich has to offer. In recent months Norwich has seen a regeneration of its nightlife after a [...]
Weasel Blog this wk: Carl Craig tkts, Hideout Records, Cocoon, Funny links, Interviews w/ Mr C & Agoria, podcasts, picks of this weekends events
March 4th, 2011Hullo there! Tomorrow is 20 Years of Planet E party with Carl Craig, Radio Slave and Francois K. You can still click my ticket link to get 10% off the price – but I wouldn’t imagine this to be the case for much longer! *gulp* and you’ll be mad to leave it until tomorrow quite frankly if you [...]
Cocoon in the Park 2011
March 4th, 2011Cocoon in the Park 2011 returns to Temple Newsam, Leeds, for their third spectacular open-air festival, the only one of its kind in the UK. Set a stone’s throw from Leeds city centre, the Cocoon in the Park festival site lies within the grounds of a 450-year-old mansion house surrounded by forests and lakes [...]
Sun, Sea and Sensational Music: Sandance Festival 2011
March 4th, 2011Sandance Music Festival Nasimi Beach, The Palm Jumeira, Dubai – Friday 11th March 2011 Dance music festivals are big business around the world but whilst those in Europe, the UK especially, are subject to the great unpredictability of the British summertime weather, the Sandance Music Festival in the paradise of Dubai’s Palm Jumeira guarantees glorious [...]
Miami Winter Music Conference 2011
March 4th, 2011The Miami Winter Music Conference 2011 takes place between 8th and 12th March 2011 Having passed the quarter-century milestone last year, the Winter Music Conference, held annually in the scorching party capital of Miami, is less than a week away from kicking off for 2011 and it promises to be yet another momentous dance music [...]
10% off tickets for Carl Craig’s only UK show of 2011…
March 3rd, 2011VERY LIMITED TICKETS REMAINING! 10% OFF VIA THIS LINK SATURDAY 5TH MARCH 2011 EWER STREET CAR PARK / SE1 0NR / LONDON THIS IS THE ONLY LONDON CLUB DJ GIG FROM CARL CRAIG IN 2011! ARCH 1 CARL CRAIG FRANCOIS K RADIO SLAVE WITH SUPPORT FROM CHRIS STANFORD & RUFUS ARCH 2 PAUL WOOLFORD [...]
Toolroom Records Miami 2011 – The Must-Have Miami Album
March 3rd, 2011Toolroom Records’ Miami 2011 album provides you with the soundtrack to one of the most anticipated global events in the dance music calendar, The Miami Winter Music Conference. Available to buy now and already at number 3 in the iTunes Dance Chart, Miami 2011 is proving to be the must-have Miami dance album of the [...]
We Fear Silence presents… Blueprint Records @ Cable
March 2nd, 2011Saturday 26th March will see Cable, London play host to a stunning lineup of brilliant British talent from Blueprint Records. For over 15 years Blueprint Records, the London-based label, has nurtured DJ’s, producers and musicians from around the UK and further afield and with it’s takeover of Cable will be looking to prove why it’s [...]
Snoop Dogg to headline Lovebox Festival.
March 2nd, 2011East London’s biggest weekender returns this July, with a line up that’s set to get the city jumping. Held in Victoria Park, Lovebox has been getting bigger and better year on year. The three day festival delivers that open-air magic that has you forgetting you’re in London, (until you try and get a tube home [...]
Ministry of Sounds 20:20 project launches this Friday.
March 1st, 2011Earlier in the year we bought you the first peak on the Ministry of Sound 20:20 Project. Celebrating 20 years at the forefront of modern youth culture, the 20:20 Project will feature an extensive range of activity throughout 2011 which includes a free month-long exhibition, a 3 day party celebrating the birthday at the London [...]
Lenny Fontana Interview
February 28th, 2011The USA’s Lenny Fontana is a dance music icon with 20 years of top class experience as a DJ and producer. He has produced hit after hit including the classic’s “Chocolate Sensation”, “Powerhouse”, “Spread Love”, “Sprit of the Sun”, “Pow Pow Pow”, “Nitetime” and the latest, hot off the desk, “Love Kills” featuring the legendary [...]
Guest chart – Dirt Crew
February 28th, 2011After releasing their debut EP way back in 2004, Cleaning Up the Ghetto Part One on MBF [My Best Friend], James Flavour and Break 3000 have established themselves at the forefront of funky micro techno and house. But as their productions and remixes on imprints like Mood Music, 2020 Vision, Trapez, Pias and Soma prove, [...]
The best of London’s nights out this weekend, podcasts & mixes
February 25th, 2011The last few remaining tickets for 20 Years of Planet E party with Carl Craig, Radio Slave and Francois K are available on Resident Advisor now! You can still click my ticket link to get 10% off the price. Also coming up in the not so distant future is the Cocoon warehouse party which I also have [...]
Eastern Electrics line up revealed!
February 23rd, 2011A few weeks ago we bought you the news of the massive eastern electrics May Bank Holiday party, and now the rather tasty line-up has been revealed! Announcing the first names on the lineup, eastern electrics do not disappoint. mulletover bring DJ Koze – and a relentless four-hour set – to the plate, while Bloc [...]
Camp Bestival reveal Line Up.
February 21st, 2011With the nights getting lighter, we’re all longing for the return of long summer evenings and of partying in the sunshine. And that feeling becomes ever more consuming as we start getting news of all the summer festival line ups. This time round its Rob Da Banks super friendly Bestival offshoot Camp Bestival that’s making [...]
Soma Release a Series of Remixes to Celebrate 20th Birthday.
February 19th, 20112011 will see Soma Recordings celebrate their 20th year of releasing stunning and eclectic music from across the electronic spectrum. The label will release a series of singles throughout the year (some vinyl and some digital) , containing remixes of Soma’s extensive catalogue , including remixes of their big tracks like Silicone Soul’s Right On [...]
Weasel Blog: London’s recommended nights, podcasts, carl craig & cocoon discounted tickets
February 18th, 2011Happy Friday! London’s recommended nights for the weekend ahead are below, along with the podcasts. Coming up on 5th March is the 20 Years of Planet E party with Carl Craig and Francois K. I have tickets for this on sale but get involved soon as they are starting to get low in stock! If [...]
SW4 reveal Pendulum as Sunday Headliners
February 17th, 20112010 was a defining year for SW4. For the first time taking over Clapham Common for a whole weekend. The likes of Fatboy Slim, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Boys Noize, Andy C and Skream & Benga cemented South West Four as the UK’s premier inner-city festival. A prime showcase of the best dance talent, [...]
Guest chart – Mr O (Detroit Grand Pubahs)
February 15th, 2011We present the first in a new series of Guest Charts, kicking off with the inimitable Mr O of the rather groundbreaking, bizarre and sleazy Detroit Grand Pubahs. Including tracks from Robert Hood, Mike Parker, Detroit Grand Pubahs, O/V/R, and Orlando Voorn. Get on that.
Example embarks on 18 date UK tour.
February 15th, 2011Kicking 2011 off with a bang, Example is storming across the UK on his 18-date headline tour, launching in Belfast on 19 th February and finishing in Brighton on 17th March. Fans will be able to see Example perform smashes ‘Watch the Sun Come Up’, ‘Won’t Go Quietly’, ‘Kickstarts’, and ‘Two Lives’ as well as [...]
The Senior Eight – 3
February 13th, 2011We finish our series of the nine winners from Royksopp’s make a video competition. Today’s clips come from home turf, with two UK entries, alongside Hungarian and Columbian filmmakers. Quality as ever.
RECOMMENDED LONDON NIGHTS OUT THIS WEEKEND + PODCASTS & MORE…
February 11th, 2011Hey all, Happy Friday! London’s recommended nights for the weekend ahead are below, along with the podcasts. Tomorrow is the Rhythmatic Warehouse party with Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Lemos & Damian Schwartz - to win tickets and more on The Ransomnote:http://theransomnote.co.uk/rhythmatic-live/, Competition on RA, win tickets and more:http://www.residentadvisor.net/competition-enter.aspx?id=692 Also coming up on 5th March is [...]
The Squatters Remix Competition
February 10th, 2011Radio 1 and Kissy Sell Out favourites The Squatters have announced a new remix competition… They are giving you the opportunity to remix “Minesweeper” – a forthcoming single from the boys on the label Champion. All entries will be judged by the very experienced Champion A&R Team (as well as by the Squatters themselves) and [...]
Venue announced: Rhythmatic go LIVE with Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Damian Schwartz, Lemos and Stathis Lazarides + podcasts & ticket comp!
February 9th, 2011Double Trouble Productions Present… RHYTHMATIC LIVE 12th Feb. 2011 / 10PM – 5:30AM HEARN STREET CAR PARK, 7-11 HEARN ST, SHOREDITCH, EC2 3LS Featuring: Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts – live (Circus Company, Musique Risquée) Damian Schwartz (Oslo, Bass Culture) – Live Lemos (Cecille, Bass Culture) – Live Stathis Lazarides (Rhythmatic, Cavo Paradiso) Wesley Razzy [...]
The Senior Eight – 2
February 9th, 2011We showcase another two finalists from Royksopp’s video competition, and this time the films come from South Korea and Poland.
DJ T announces new album
February 9th, 2011The stalwart’s third studio album, The Inner Jukebox, arrives on March 28th, with James Teej, dOP’s Jaw, and Dave Aju all involved.
Being a dickheads cool.
February 9th, 2011We get lots of press releases about events on a daily basis here at Plain and Simple HQ, and normally we spend a bit of time seeing if the event is relevent for our readers, doing a bit of digging and so on. But once in a while something lands in our inbox thats so [...]
LCD Soundsystem annouce last ever show.
February 9th, 2011Its been on the cards for a while now, but LCD Soundsystem are now officially parting ways, with their last ever live performance taking place at Madison Sq Gardens in their home town of New York in April. James Murphy’s groundbreaking band (in the lose term as their recordings pretty much have Murphy playing every [...]
The Senior Eight – 1
February 7th, 2011Plain and Simple examines the efforts fans submitted in an attempt to be chosen as the official music video for one of Royksopp’s latest tracks, taken from 2010′s acclaimed long player, ‘Senior’. Today both entrants are from the US, with each delivering a polished piece.
The pick of London’s nightlife, this week links and podcasts…
February 4th, 2011Hey all, Happy Friday! London’s recommended nights for the weekend ahead are below, along with the usual silly links and podcasts. Just a quick heads up for the coming weeks, next Saturday is the Rhythmatic Warehouse party with Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Lemos & Damian Schwartz – its gonna be a killer so hurry [...]
Erick Morillo to headline Pulse Opening
February 4th, 2011Last week we bought you a teaser on the launch of new London club space Pulse. And now we can reveal who is set launch this new super club. On Friday 18th March 2011, Pulse makes its greatly anticipated mark on London’s club scene by opening its doors for the very first time. The largest [...]
Royksopp video competition winners announced
February 3rd, 2011You may remember how last year we began banging on about this. Well, as if to clarify exactly how fast time flies when you’re having fun (and working on endless deadlines), the entries have all been received, and, more importantly, the best efforts rewarded. Illuismiras grabbed the overall prize in the contest to make Royksopp [...]
BLOC. sells out
February 3rd, 2011The festival will celebrate it’s 5th Birthday in style, with Aphex Twin, Laurent Garnier, Four Tet, Modeselektor, Seth Troxler and so many more people getting involved at Butlins Minehead. If you haven’t got tickets already, unlucky, because BLOC Weekend 2011 just sold out.
Warehouse project annouce easter events.
February 3rd, 2011The Warehouse Project returns for one weekend with impeccable timing as clubbers across the UK seek out the perfect way to spend the Easter long weekend. Manning the decks across four nights from 21st until 24th April at the Store Street venue will be 2manydjs, Aeroplane, Andy C, Skream, Laurent Garnier and Steve Angello, plus [...]
What the Google?
February 1st, 2011The search engine alters its auto-complete function to make it more difficult to find torrents, and deter illegal music downloads. Has the internet piracy fight just got more serious? No, probably not.
Breakspoll moves to a friday at new club counter culture.
February 1st, 2011Breakspoll returns for its 10th year anniversary party – breaking the rules by moving this internationally renowned party from a school night to the weekend! Held at a brand new location, Breakspoll have assembled a wide array of the best breakbeat artists of 2010 to come together to celebrate breakbeat music in all its forms. [...]
Eastern Electrics is back for the Spring.
January 31st, 2011After their rather large NYE party, the eastern electrics team are back for another warehouse party in May. Joining the eastern electrics fold for the first time this time round is Deviation, one of London’s most successful monthly club nights, where resident and Radio 1 Benji B rules the roost. Held on the first Wednesday [...]
Back at the controls – Agoria
January 31st, 2011Plain & Simple caught up with the man otherwise known as Sebastien Devaud ahead of his recent date at Fabric to talk about his new album and forthcoming mix for the club, being hypnotised by Carl Craig, and how he really wanted to work in a record shop.
Dour festival announces first names
January 28th, 2011Joining them will be Shantel & Bucovina Club Orchestra, a group that apparently marry North African and Brazilian beats with Romanian music, and The Amplifiers, acidic power-poppers that shot to fame with their debut album, released just last year. Belgium here we come!
DMC launch online mixing championships.
January 28th, 2011DMC, pioneers of the WORLD DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS, have announced a brand new online competition which will be open to DJs anywhere in the world at www.dmcdjonline.com Launching on the 3rd February 2011, the online comp will be an annual event which promises to secure the art of the DJ for years to come, placing it [...]
Pulse – a new clubbing mecca for London launches in March.
January 27th, 2011On Friday 18th March 2011, Pulse makes its greatly anticipated mark on London’s club scene by opening its doors for the very first time. Formally used as a wine vault, a Thames Link depot station and the last undeveloped Virgin railway space in London, the SE1 venue is now about to introduce itself as one [...]
Lincoln City Guide
January 26th, 2011Lincoln might not jump out at you as a classic clubbing destination but with a vibrant and value-for-money nightlife and blossoming student population it’ll certainly deliver above expectations. A decent night on the tiles in Lincoln can cost you little more than a tenner and with a wide variety of genres played at a concoction [...]
Glade tickets fly out as the festival is stripped back to its roots.
January 26th, 2011Glade tickets went on sale yesterday, and caused a frenzy when it was revealed that this year’s event would be limited to a 5000 capacity. Thousands of fans were disappointed last year after over-zealous policing restrictions caused the festival organisers to cancel, they promised to take Glade back to its roots, and this year’s mini-fest [...]
Ministry of Sound Launches 20:20 project
January 25th, 20112011 is a significant milestone in Ministry of Sound’s history, as they mark the 20th anniversary of the super brand. The South London venue opened its doors as an alcohol-free nightclub dedicated to house music on 21st September 1991 (the former bus depot at 103 Gaunt Street remains the beating heart of the company’s worldwide [...]
Win Tickets to see Eddie Halliwell at Gategrasher Leeds.
January 20th, 2011One of Gatecrasher’s most loved sons returns to head up a huge line-up of talent to kick off 2011 in style… namely Eddie Halliwell. Originally picked out as a superstar DJ by Mixmag back in 2003, he is never out of the top 20 spaces in the DJ Mag annual DJ poll. He has had [...]
Jack Beats announce 2011 tour and Fabric residency
January 20th, 2011The award-winning DJ duo Jack Beats are setting off to spread a little joy around the country in 2011 with their ‘Jack Loves…’ tour and the launch of their new residency at London’s legendary club Fabric. Up and down the UK, Jack Beats will be bringing their party starting mix of House, Hip Hop and [...]
Coachella line up revealed
January 19th, 2011Coachella has risen over recent years to be one of biggest festivals on the planet. The Californian festival was first launched in 1999, and since then has taken its place as the leading US event, with every hipster and mover from the world of fashion and music now in attendance. Dance music wise there’s plenty [...]
Mixmags greatest DJ of all time
January 19th, 2011Mixmag reveal greatest DJ. You may have seen this news being banded across Facebook and twitter this morning, Mixmag have revealed the results of their lengthy poll to discover the greatest DJ of all time. The poll offered a shortlist of 35 of the most influential DJ’s to have ever graced a set of 1210’s, [...]
DJ Doorly Interview and download.
January 17th, 2011DJ Doorly started his career as a bar tender, before starting Huddersfield event Afterparty which is now one of the biggest in the country inviting everyone from DJ Zinc to Annie Mac to headline. He himself has recorded an Essential Mix, has released a variety of electro, house and dubstep productions, edits and remixes and [...]
Skream and Example team up for free download
January 14th, 2011Fancy yourself some free dubstep action courtesy of Skream and Example? Then check out this free download here, and watch the video below:
SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL CROATIA announces it’s first round of top heavy line up below!
January 14th, 2011Big happy smiles all round from the Soundwave Croatia Festival massive as we announce our biggest and best Soundwave line up to date!. Soundwave is infamous for presenting the most in-demand leftfield artists of our time. Back for its third year with an unrivalled series of line up announcements kicking off in style with the [...]
Simon Baker’s debut LP set for spring
January 13th, 2011It’s another one of those surprising stories. After releasing original work and remixes on benchmark labels like Playhouse, Rekids, Get Physical and Cocoon for around a decade, one of the most talked about producers from recent years will finally let people buy a full length collection of his work. The album, Traces, will be here [...]
2562 launches new label
January 13th, 2011And the first single sees the Dutch producer return to record shops with his trademark dubstep-techno sound on a release made available on just 300 blue vinyl copies. No reprints, or digital versions are expected.
New album from Agoria en route
January 13th, 2011Sebastien Devaud’s latest long-player, Impermanence, will arrive early February, with the vocal talents of Seth Troxler, Kid A and Carl Craig all being used to (hopefully) good effect on the new album from France’s premier electronica-cum-techno producer. Cheeky.
New Hot Flush compilation announced
January 12th, 2011‘Back & 4th’ will be released in April, and boasts a tracklist featuring names like Falty DL, Joy Orbison and, of course, Scuba.
Laurent Garnier to close Bloc 2011 with full live show!
January 11th, 2011Yet another massive addition to the lineup for what is already set to be one of the key music events of 2011, Laurent Garnier will be joining the Bloc line up to present: LBS – live, featuring Laurent Garnier, Scan X and Benjamin Rippert, and they have the honour of seeing out Bloc. 2011 on [...]
Ladytron announce new single, album and best of
January 11th, 2011Ace of Hz, which sees the light of day in the UK come March 14th, will be released as an EP pack with remixes from trance-meister Tiesto, disco-rebels Punks Jump Up, and relative newcomer NYCPARTYINFO.
(Another) free Fenech Soler download
January 11th, 2011Fenech Soler are offering the Drums of Death remix of Demons, for nothing.
New Sunday Best compilation
January 10th, 2011Rob da Bank’s fun loving institution has announced a new cut price, digital only Increase the Peace release, available from January 17th
House royalty set for Fabric mix
January 9th, 2011The Chicago house legend is to (finally) team up with the legendary compilation series to deliver a no-doubt boompty boomp flavoured mix, punctuated with the usual physical approach to DJing.
BBC Sound of 2011 winners revealed
January 9th, 2011We hedged our bets on James Blake who, placing second, was beaten to the top spot by Jessie J.
Simian Mobile Disco produce new Beth Ditto EP
January 7th, 2011Beth Ditto will be releasing a 4 track solo EP in January through Deconstruction Records. Produced by Simian mobile disco, The Gossips front woman’s incredible vocal ability gets given an altogether more stripped down, raw and electronic feel. We got a sneak preview and as a stand-alone release the EP is yummy electronica goodness, however [...]
Ten years on Siriusmo’s album finally arrives
January 7th, 2011After a decade in the studio, chalking up remixes on countless Berlin imprints and remix work for the likes of Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism and A-Trak, Moritz Friedrich, aka Siriusmo, will finally put out a full length album in February.
The Great YouTube Disco.
January 7th, 2011We’ve all been to after parties where it happens. Whatever mix you were listening too finishes and (normally the most hammered) attendees deem that they are lord and purveyor of YouTube. Cue, fights for the mouse, an infinite number of browser windows open and often several tracks playing at once. You know when it’s YouTube [...]
Portishead say no to almost everything…
January 6th, 2011Geoff Barrow has used Twitter to say things like this about a new full-lengther: “There will be NO iTunes only There will be NO press launch There will be NO asian version There will be NO radio friendly.”
DJ Mag presents the best of British
January 4th, 2011A few months back we brought you the line-up for the DJ Mag Best of British awards party, and now they’ve released the winners from the poll. The cream of British electronic artists are all here and DJ Mag has put together some great editorial on the winners for this special issue, so we thought we’d [...]
Tunes on the TV – 5
January 4th, 2011Plain & Simple finishes its lists of the greatest, most innovative and memorable dance and electronic music videos ever committed to film or DV with the final five.
Spectrums 10th Birthday line up and interview with Pete Jordan
January 4th, 2011On Friday January 28th 2011, Spectrum celebrates a “Decade of Dropping Beats” with a line up worthy of a brand who’s events across UK and Europe have seen them become the market leader for multi-genre club events. Full details of the party are below, and we also caught up with the man behind it all, Pete Jordan [...]
FOEM and Robert Babicz remix competition
December 31st, 2010Win a year’s subscription to Sound Cloud Pro, plus a release on Babiczstyle Records in 2011. Or, for the runners up, it’s a year with Sound Cloud Lite, and two of your own tracks mastered by the man who has produced presets for Native Instruments. Tempted?
Bedrock album for Marco Bailey
December 31st, 2010Belgian techno heavyweight Marco Bailey is set to follow up on singles for John Digweed and Nick Muir’s Bedrock imprint with a full album, Dragon Man, in February.
Venue announced for Hybrid Life NYD w/ Levon Vincent, dOP (live)
December 31st, 2010HYBRIDLIFE NYD SHOWCASE The Red Gallery, 3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT. 10PM TO 8AM What better way to start a New Year than with a night of unrivalled underground dance music, featuring Levon Vincent and dOP who have both cemented their reputations as highly respected artists and outstanding performers. In the main room, which will [...]
Back in the bath with Crazy Penis
December 31st, 2010Expectations are high for the release of Paper Recordings’ remix album of A Nice Hot Bath with Crazy Penis.
Tunes on the TV – 4
December 30th, 2010We provide our last set of prolific entries in the approach to the final winners list. This time round we’ve got tunes and clips from Hudson Mohawke, Flying Lotus, Hot Chip, Aphex Twin, Audio Bullys, Mount Kimbie, LCD Soundsystem, and Mr Oizo all on the page.
Plain & Simple present: The Definitive New Years events roundup
December 29th, 2010Shiva New Years Party @ The White House At the centre of The White House’s New Years pledge is that any New Year’s Eve is all about ending the year with a bang. It’s about partying until the sun rises and the excesses of Christmas have been well and truly danced off. Shiva’s New Year’s [...]
Beatport feature the best of 2010 by genre.
December 29th, 2010If you think you’ve missed out on some golden releases over the last year, then fear not, as leading dance music download site Beatport have just posted their top 10’s of 2010 by genre. That’s right, nab yourself the best selling tracks of the year, be it house or dubstep, trance or DnB here’s a [...]
James Blake unveils debut album (sort of)
December 24th, 2010One of the most eagerly awaited releases of early 2011, ‘James Blake’, sees the eponymous 22-year-old producer finally get his first long-player onto shelves and download lists. Here’s the tracklist, and album artwork.
Cheekyweasel Crimbo Card + Recommended Nites for Xmas & NYE/D
December 23rd, 2010As its Crimbo I’ve dredged up an old Christmas flash movie I made many years ago – it has naughty Christmas songs, weasels (of course), and of course a few unmentionables! Click on the image to view… ENJOY! CHEEKYWEASEL CHRISTMAS CARD I hope you’re all looking forward to Christmas and NYE – the week is [...]
EPM launches new label
December 22nd, 2010Electronic music PR main-player EPM has announced the launch of a new label, kick started with a 10 year anniversary compilation album featuring the likes of Radioactive Man & Billy Nasty, Robert Hood, Dirt Crew, Sandwell District, James Ruskin and Mark Broom.
Punks Jump Up Mixtape Giveaway
December 22nd, 2010To celebrate Britain’s favourite party night of the year the boys have pieced together an upbeat, dare it be said destined to be a party soundtrack mix.
Tunes on the TV – 3
December 21st, 2010This time things have taken more of an urban route, though there’s still plenty of beauty to contrast with these rugged edges.
University of Regretamine?
December 21st, 2010There has to be neutrality when it comes to scientific reporting, and not least when it comes to drugs- prescription or otherwise.
Quick Fire Interview – Mark Storie.
December 21st, 2010Where in the world are you right now? Travelling on a Virgin train between Glasgow & London Which track has been the highlight of your sets this year? On an Undeground tip it would be Kaiserdisco ‘Pitaya’ on BMF, for the masses it would definitely be Mark Knight & Wolfgang Gartner ‘Conscindo’ on Toolroom…. It [...]
December 17th, 2010
This newsletter goes out online at www.plainandsimple.tv and is also mailed to over 100k of you in the UK every bleedin week! It is not for profit and PURELY recommends nights and other stuff that is great! We do not recommend stuff just cos someone has PAID us to say its good unlike most other [...]
Quick Fire Interview – Dave Spoon
December 17th, 2010We catch up with Dave Spoon as he joins D.Ramirez and Jaguar Skills on the line-up for Toolroom Knights at Ministry of sound. Where in the world are you right now? I’m at home in Portsmouth, getting my Christmas on! Which track has been the highlight of your sets this year? Round Table Knights ‘Calypso’ [...]
Ali Love’s takes us to Moscow
December 16th, 2010It’s with some pleasure that we present this very kitsch video, complete with an ice skater donning a striking red dress.
Tunes on the TV – 2
December 16th, 2010Innovation has had to continue in order for this medium to retain people’s interest, and keep its relevance. So let’s look at some fine examples where art meets advertising, and everyone goes home happy.
Quick Fire Interview – Jaguar Skills.
December 16th, 2010In another of our quick-fire series we catch up with pop-chop master Jaguar skills. Where in the world are you right now? In my secret hide-out in the mountains. Playing Pac-Man….. Which track has been the highlight of your sets this year? Overall this year, I think it has to be “Babylon” by Congorock. I [...]
Quick Fire Interview- D.Ramirez.
December 15th, 2010We grab five minitues with the tech-house star to see how his year’s been.. Where in the world are you right now? I am currently on a plane waiting for my flight to leave for Toronto where i’m doing a mini North American tour. Which track has been the highlight of your sets this year? [...]
Proud takes the reins at Matter for NYE
December 15th, 2010May 2010 saw the end of Fabric’s control of the 02’s monster-capacity club venue Matter, after less than 18 months involvement in what was one of London’s most exciting new club ventures. Now Proud are here to take over the behemoth at London’s 02 beginning with a New Years Eve extravaganza! Back in 2008 the [...]
DJ Shadow- behind the scenes of the world tour.
December 15th, 2010Check out this new video, taking you behind the scenes on Shadow’s recent world tour. Meet the crew, see some live footage, and listen to what Shadow had to say about this incredible tour! Featuring some amazing AV additions, including the man himself playing from inside a custom built sphere, and this video shows just how [...]
Get Global Gathering Tickets for only £99!
December 13th, 2010Yes that’s right, if Christmas shopping hasn’t already rinsed your wallet clean and you’re already longing for the return of summer days you can get yourself early bird tickets for Global Gathering for the bargain price of £99! The festival returns to Long Marston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon for a weekend of Ibiza style hedonism [...]
Tunes on the TV
December 12th, 2010We open up the books on another load of lists. This time it’s all about the best tunes you’ve seen on TV, with music videos from Michel Gondry, Chris Cunningham, Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, Jes Benstock & Luke Losey, and Jan Loscheider (or Jon Watts)
New Fenech Soler video revealed
December 12th, 2010Demons will be the latest single to make it off the Northamptonshire electro outfit’s self-titled debut album, and hits stores on January 24th. Casper Balslev has directed the video, which we’d love to know your thoughts on
Beardyman Album and Tour News.
December 11th, 2010Beatboxer extraordinaire and thoroughly nice bloke Beardyman has only gone ‘done an album’, literally called ‘I Done An Album.’ The beatboxer has taken the artform to entire new levels thanks to his use of sampling, sequencing and looping, and now Sunday Best are set to release his new LP in March next year. If you’ve [...]
James Blake makes BBC hitlist
December 7th, 2010With ‘A Limit To Your Love’ recently released to more widespread acclaim than you would think possible, it’s no surprise to learn James Blake has made it onto the BBC Music Sound of 2011 Longlist, which this year represents the alt-dance, sparse R&B sound in numbers.
Notes on the Holy (Mix) Grail V
December 5th, 2010In the final part of our series, we present the five best mixes from the 34 covered in our hunt for the greatest ever DJ set sold in a shop. Coldcut, Chemical Brothers, Tyrant and Kruder & Dorfmeister all feature, none win.
The Power of Ten – Matthias Tanzmann
December 4th, 2010With the 10th anniversary of Moon Harbour upon us we set to asking label chief bossman Tanzmann a thing or two about where things have gone in European deep house. From Leipzig to your living room, here’s the deal.
Toolroom Records release Sample Pack
December 4th, 2010For you budding producers and remixers out there we can announce that Toolroom Records are proud to present their first Sample Pack, brought to you with the guys at Sample Magic. Toolroom say: The idea for a dedicated Toolroom Records sample collection goes as far back as our first meeting with Sample Magic some years [...]
How to wrap a cat for xmas, sleeptalking, DJ mixes, picks of the wkend’s events!
December 3rd, 2010Hullo and greeting from India! The weasel is on the move around the globe for a year or 2- India is the 1st stop! Fear not I will STILL be bringing you the the best of London’s even recommendations every week , and on top of this will be now also sending across music and [...]
Bestival reveal first wave of headliners.
December 2nd, 2010Bestival announce headliners. After cleaning up at this year’s UK festival awards, as featured here, Bestival have now announced the first wave of acts for 2011. It looks set to be another good stellar year for what is now one of the leading festivals in the UK, and its heavyweight status is confirmed with the [...]
Chemical Brothers, BT, Axwell and Dirty South all receive Grammy Nominations.
December 2nd, 2010The Grammys are the biggest awards in music, and as you’d expect all the American heavyweights such as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Eminem are given the nod, however it’s also been a great year for electronic artists and producers. The Chemical Brothers have been shortlisted for the best electronic/dance album for Further, alongside BT [...]
Swedish House Mafia announce UK Dates.
December 1st, 2010After what has been a ground-breaking year for the Swedish mega group, consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, they have now announced a series of special tour dates in May 2011 entitled ‘One Night Only’. Having scored 2 top 10 hits this year alongside the Album ‘Until One’ which hit the charts at 2, [...]
Saytek Live gets mixed up on Cubism Records
November 30th, 2010Saytek is well known for his live shows, which has seen him perform headline shows to some of Europe’s most discerning dance floors. He’s famed for using vast amounts of hardware, including classic Roland hardware, synths, samplers and FX alongside Ableton, to create his own brand of fully improvised- Detroit inspired- deep house and techno, and he [...]
Get Kinky before Christmas!
November 26th, 2010In two weeks, on December 11th – Kinky Malinki takeover the entire Ministry of Sound for an epic night with an awesome lineup including: Chris Lake || Funkerman || Eddie Thoneick || Kid Massive. This is the final event before the NYE spectacular at Club Warehouse so expect the usual Kinky Malinki club transformation with [...]
Free Download of A Skillz Beatles Remix.
November 26th, 2010Yes we know, the Beatles are now on itunes. The news seems to be featured everywhere. Now we understand that the Beatles are important in the great big music picture, but really, are we actually that bothered that we can now download their music for 79p? Now there’s no denying that 79p is a bargain for such [...]
Roll on Southport Weekender 47
November 26th, 2010Those with a keen ear/eye may have heard that Pontins – the seaside holiday park company that run the Southport venue, fell foul of the recession and went into administration earlier this month. I think many will agree that as a holiday destination, it’s not a number one choice. However, each year thousands make their [...]
Paul Daley & Howie B mixes
November 25th, 2010Whenever we can point people in the direction of delectable bass-filled delights, we obviously oblige.
Free Fenech Soler Download
November 24th, 2010The hotly tipped electronic outfit were interviewed on these pages recently, and are now offering a free download of Battlefields, recorded live in a Salford studio.
Metronomy announce new album
November 24th, 2010The English Riviera will be the third studio album to come from the time-keeping camp since birth.
DJs vs the BIG C
November 23rd, 2010On 31st January 2010 – former Cancer sufferer, Dean Laidler put on the first DJs vs the BIG C event at Ministry of Sound. This Sunday Session had an amazing line-up including Danny Rampling, Rocky & Diesel, Xpress 2, Graeme Park, Allister Whitehead and many more. The vibe inside was really refreshing with people, young [...]
Nottingham City Guide
November 22nd, 2010European Cities Clubbing Guide: Nottingham Aside from Birmingham, Nottingham is the UK’s central-most clubbing city and boasts massive clubs, lively bars and low, low prices 7 days a week. It is also one of the most diverse in terms of musical offerings, with rock and indie firmly on the map whilst Gatecrasher, Oceana and Stealth, [...]
Bestival Scoops Best Major Festival Award.
November 22nd, 2010The UK festival awards took place last Thursday, and saw Rob Da Banks Bestival brand scoop 2 awards, including best major festival for Bestival itself, and Best Family Festival for Camp Bestival. A buzzing Rob da Bank said the following day, “Wow, what a shock. Team Bestival are very hungover today but pretty flipping jubilant [...]
Manchester City Guide
November 20th, 2010Two and a half million people can’t be wrong- so what’s going on in Britain’s biggest student town?
DJ Mag are out to find the best of British!
November 18th, 2010DJ Mag have launched another poll to get us voting on the best in electronic music, and after all our winging about the lack of a British contingent in the Top 100 DJ polls, this time we can focus on all the things that are great about clubland in blighty. Yes that’s right, DJ Mag [...]
Miami Winter Music Conference 2011
November 17th, 2010The Miami Winter Music Conference’s 26th annual program will take place March 8 – 12, 2011 at the Miami Beach Convention Center and other venues throughout Miami Beach and the greater Miami area. Last year WMC attracted 3,763 registered music industry participants from 70 countries and over 100,000 event participants who took part in five [...]
Mount Kimbie – Deep in the Peaks
November 17th, 2010We caught up with Mount Kimbie, darlings of the broadsheet electronica set, for a very special interview at Manchester’s In The City new music showcase. Here’s what was said.
Win two tickets to check 2020 Soundsystem @ Fabric
November 16th, 2010We brought you news of their current tour a few weeks ago, and marvelled then at how good their live house grooves were going to play out in our favourite Farringdon venue.
dbe: End of Term Party: Ms Dynamite, Jackbeats, Danny Byrd, Jacob Plant and more
November 16th, 2010On Thursday 16th December, DBE teams up with two of its tightest friends, BASSLACED & BIGGER THAN BARRY, to bring you an end of term party that resembles more of an indoor festival than your standard night on the tiles…
MN2S launch iPhone app, and chance to win an iPhone 4.
November 15th, 2010The MN2S group, home to the likes of, King Britt, Utah Saints, Seb Fontain, Joey Negro, Martin Solveig, Todd Terry, Bodyrox and Fedde Le Grand (and that doesn’t even scratch the surface of their impressive roster) is one of the most established brands in house music. With over 15 years experience under their belt MN2S [...]
This weeks best nights out, funny links, mixes, tracks & more shizzle
November 12th, 2010Hey weaselings hope you’ve all had a smashing week – the weathers been a bit rubbish – but the light at the end of the tunnel is here and its called THE WEEKEND…! Enjoy this weeks guff and remember you only live once! (unless you are a Buddist and then well.. Erm that saying doesn’t [...]
Katy B to play midnight slot at Togethers NYE party.
November 12th, 2010Together’s 10th Anniversary is shaping up rather nicely, as the O2 Academy Brixton once again prepares itself for another huge New Years Eve. Featuring world class acts such as Mark Ronson, Annie Mac, Fake Blood, Herve and Zinc, Together is set to showcase all that was great about 2010. And now we can confirm that [...]
Kraak & Smaak reveal new video
November 11th, 2010Who would be better suited to Jalapeno’s 100th release?
Munk’s decks get trashed
November 11th, 2010Vinyl addicts should be OK though, the footage featuring the greatest of all dance music instruments’ demise is brief, and quickly (not to mention literally) reversed.
Free Adam Freeland Mix.
November 10th, 2010Just a quick heads up from Plain and Simple HQ about a free Adam Freeland mix you can get your mitts on: You can download the new mix from Adam Freeland over at Urb. This new mix shows a change of style for Freeland, with an eclectic selection of sounds that represent the kind of [...]
Ode to the Walkman
November 7th, 2010We offer up an ode to the longest serving portable music player on Earth, and think about the fact that if people went into an art gallery, and found images on a screen of the artwork, rather than the actual art, they’d be pretty pissed off.
Notes on the Holy (Mix) Grail IV
November 7th, 2010We’re trying to decide on the best mix album ever to have been sold, again. As if to sidestep this responsibility altogether, here’s another crate-load of choice selections from the world of selectors. Enjoy, then argue with us.
This weeks recommended events, DJ mixes & silly links…
November 5th, 2010This week lots going on in the events section, mixes section and of course the silly links. On top of this we also bring you a new segment which will make you guffaw – its my pal Lofty who ALWAYS has hilarious facebook status’ this week was a gem so we thought it was time [...]
DJ JOEY NEGRO and the SUNBURST BAND NEW YEARS’ EVE
November 4th, 2010After sell out shows across the country at Band On The Wall Manchester, Southport Weekender, Concorde II Brighton, Ronnie Scott’s London plus shows at Porgy & Bess Austria, Garden Festival Croatia and Arthur¹s Day Dublin, Joey Negro¹s Sunburst Band has gone from strength to strength since it was first created as a long-awaited live show. [...]
Royksopp offer fans a chance to film
November 4th, 2010We thought they were generous enough, but now the Norwegian electronica stalwarts have gone one step further, and launched a music video competition.
Fenech Soler Interview.
November 4th, 2010This year has been epic for the dance-pop foursome, with a new album, an impressive UK tour and gigs supporting Kissy Sell Out under their belts. They collaborated on the Groove Armada track Paper Lies and they’ve done a mini mix for Annie Mac. Plain and Simple caught up with Dan from the band to [...]
New Website from the Audiowhores
November 4th, 2010The Audiowhores have just launched their new website full of info about their new releases, a video diary and an October mix so get yourselves over to http://www.audiowhores.net
Zero 7 Remix Winner Announced
November 2nd, 2010A while back, masters of chill-out; Zero 7 launched a remix competition with soundcloud.com After a shedload of entries they’ve announced their winner! Many thanks to everyone that took the time to produce and submit a remix, we were really amazed by the amount that came through! We’d also like to thank everyone that took [...]
Time Warp Amsterdam Invasion Weekend
November 2nd, 2010Time Warp Amsterdam Invasion Weekend. If you were thinking about squeezing in a city break this December then we may well have the trip for you. How about a weekend visit to Amsterdam, complete with a 16 hour techno fest? Yes that’s right, its time for the Time Warp Techno tour. The tour will be [...]
‘Mi Casa Es Su Casa’ by Uner, Coyu and Edu out now on Beatport
November 2nd, 2010Cr2’s Live & Direct album series has seen the likes of MYNC, Micky Slim, Harry ‘Choo Choo’ Romero & Jose Nunez take the reigns for previous albums, now for their 14th in the rapidly growing line, 3 of the hottest Spanish producers today; Uner, Coyu and Edu Imbernon are joining forces to create a 3 [...]
Carl Cox says Bollocks To Poverty
November 2nd, 2010You kind find said selector’s selection at Action Aid’s website
Jacob Plant @ dbe
November 2nd, 2010Cr2’s very own Jacob Plant will be playing at dbe alongside Toddla T, Redlight and Doorly among others on Thursday 11th November at Echo’s in Loughborough. After the roaring return of dbe last month where the cobwebs were well and truly blasted off the Loughborough club scene, expect another MASSIVE night with some of the [...]
Bloc Festival release first glimpse of 2011 line up.
October 30th, 2010Covering the entire spectrum of electronic music culture, Bloc Festival will return to Butlins resort in Minehead for its fifth birthday following four sold-out events to date. Forward-thinking, informed, innovative and brain-shatteringly diverse, Bloc’s hallowed stages have so far been graced by everyone from electronica icon Aphex Twin to hiphop royalty Salt N Pepa via [...]
Greatest DJ of All Time?
October 29th, 2010As far as DJ competitions go, there’s no pleasing everyone! I don’t want to sound bitter – but standing in the booth and watching Armin Van Buuren play at Ministry to celebrate his fourth year as The World’s Best DJ, I couldn’t help but think there should be an alternative voting or judging system. This [...]
Van Damme dances to breakbeat, fainting & pumping kitties, Fresh prince on Christ TV, DJ mixes & the picks of the weekend!
October 29th, 2010This newsletter goes out online at www.plainandsimple.tv and is also mailed to 100k of you in the UK every bleedin week! It is not for profit and PURELY recommends nights and other stuff that is great! We do not recommend stuff just cos someone has PAID us to say its good unlike most other sites/mailers. [...]
Modeselektor take trip to the zoo…
October 28th, 2010… but amazingly manage to find no chimps. Who’d a thought it possible? Bonfire night sees the release of an impressive compilation courtesy of the men everyone’s been talking about for ages, and still don’t seem bored of. This time the German pair have invited some of their distinguished peers to monkey around with them, [...]
DJ Mag top 100 results
October 28th, 2010So the results are finally in, and its no major surprises really. DJ mag’s top 100 DJ’s list 2010 was annouced last night, with the winner, Armin Van Buuren retaining his top spot again this year, making him top of the pile 4 years on the trott. As usual theres a massive lack of any [...]
Massive Attack drop bomb against bombs
October 27th, 2010The Bristolian trip-hop-come-sinister-downbeaters will release the Atlas Air EP, which features a remix of the title track, and a collaboration with Guy ‘Elbow’ Garvey, called Redlight, on November 22nd. All proceeds go to War Child, a charity concerned with the protection of minors affected by conflict. We first caught a glimpse of the Atlas Air [...]
White Light from Groove Armada – Out Now
October 27th, 2010Groove Armada’s blistering new album, White Light, is out now across the UK and Europe. The album comprises live studio re-workings of tracks from Black Light. Click below to order your copy: CD from HMV (£6.99 inc delivery) Also available on iTunes White Light will be released in North America on October 25th and Australia [...]
Smiley’s Revenge (Get Ready For The Uproar!)
October 27th, 2010Currently stirring up the dance community on Facebook with the Smiley’s Revenge (Get Ready For The Uproar!) group, early adopters of Together’s ‘Hardcore Uproar (Take Me Back)’ anthem include Danny Rampling, Graeme Park and Craig Dimech, who are already gearing up for the release of the acid house classic and have pledged their allegiance to [...]
Smirnoff nightlife exchange- London meets Miami.
October 26th, 2010You’ve most likely seen the adverts, with Radio 1’s Zane Lowe fronting the campaign. Smirnoff have been on a global hunt to find all that’s great about the nightlife scene across a range of countries including the UK, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Lebanon, Canada, Poland, Thailand, Venezuela, United States, Argentina, Germany, India and Ireland. Smirnoff [...]
Who the funk is Cursor Miner?
October 26th, 2010We talk with Robert Tubb about raving in Soviet Bunkers, why house is boring and breaks are the best.
Cat Vs Printer, Halloween, Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Sneak, Mr Scruff, Morcheeba, Bugged Out + More
October 22nd, 2010If you have a DJ mix/Track/Event or silly link to share with me please mail me at: cheekyweasel@yahoo.co.uk and I’ll have a look/listen. Likewise if you are reading this on the web or facebook etc and you’d like to receive my guff by mail into your inbox every week then also drop me a mail [...]
Snowboming Update.
October 22nd, 2010Last month we bought you the first trickle of news on the massive Snowboming festival, which takes place in Mayrhofen, Austria from the 4th-9th April. Already released are the details of the headline act The Prodigy, and now the rest of the line-up is starting to take shape. The first live acts to be confirmed on the bill [...]
PVT release ‘Light My Fires’ EP
October 21st, 2010Pivot’s first international album, O Soundtrack To My Heart, was great. But it wasn’t easy to tell where things would end up as the Australian outfit developed. The one thing few expected, though, was the name change- brought about thanks to an American band who were first to what the dictionary calls “the central point, [...]
2020 Soundsystem UK tour and live album
October 20th, 20102020 Vision is amongst the city of Leeds’ most valuable musical exports, and live the ‘Soundsystem is known for its musical prowess.
Skint Records turns 15
October 20th, 2010It’s a month of birthdays this October in the electronic music world, as Skint Records turn 15 years old. With Big Beat reunion events packing the punters in all over the country it seems an appropriate time to reflect on the label that was at the forefront of the movement. Skint Records burst onto the [...]
Shapeshifters Announce Tour
October 19th, 2010This November, chart-topping duo The Shapeshifters will be embarking on an epic tour, taking in 11 venues across 3 continents. Hitting China, Australia, Indonesia, Canada and the US, they will be cropping their usual blend of explosive, main room house including their recent hit ‘Helter Skelter’, the forthcoming ‘She Freaks’ and countless numbers of their [...]
Timo Maas to headline Balance at Cable, London (6th Nov)
October 19th, 2010Taking place at the infamous and atmospheric Cable, the club that’s tucked away deep inside the tunnels around London Bridge railway station, We Fear Silence will make a rapturous return to celebrate the launch of the latest Balance mix compilation by dedicated dance DJ Timo Maas. Now you know the where you need to know [...]
Fabio & Grooverider’s Masterpiece
October 18th, 2010UK drum n bass dons Fabio & Grooverider released their epic, triple-disc addition to Ministry of Sound’s acclaimed Masterpiece series today. And by the looks of things it’s quite a well crafted piece of work. MoS began the releases back in 2008 with Francoise K’s impressive effort, and followed with Jazzie B. All the albums [...]
The Squatters on supporting Kissy Sell Out’s tour..
October 18th, 2010Electro impresario Kissy Sell Out first launched his label San City High back in May, and now he’s taking the show on the road with a 16 date nationwide tour that kicked off in September. San City High artists and friends Hot Pink Delorean, Zed’s Dead, Lazy Flow, The Squatters, Urchins, Blamma! Blamma! and the [...]
RedBull Thre3Style DJ comp hits the UK
October 17th, 2010This October and November, Kissy Sell Out and A-Trak will be bringing the largest DJ competition in the world to the UK with Red Bull Thre3style – the DJ battle that takes the art of spinning to a new level. Starting on October 10 in Glasgow, the Red Bull Thre3style tour will also hit [...]
Freeze Festival Update
October 16th, 2010Only two weeks away but the line-up keeps getting better! DJ Yoda, Natty & Shy FX have been added to the 2010 Freeze Festival at Battersea Power Station. If you haven’t got tickets yet, but not try and win some in the Carnaby St. Conga! Full info here: http://www.thefreezefestival.com/news.php?mode=news_detail&t_id=64 Otherwise, make sure you book your [...]
DMC World Championships
October 16th, 2010From its humble DJ record service beginnings in the early 80s, to establishing magazines, a street wear brand and music compilation CDs [including Back to Mine, described by NME magazine as 'probably the greatest compilation series ever'], DMC has been vital in the growth of the DJ as a highly influential modern day cultural icon. [...]
Girls Love DJs
October 16th, 2010GirlsLoveDJs originally started out in 2002 as a small party in the Supperclub for Amsterdam’s in-crowd, now years later it’s an international success story with parties all over the Netherlands and abroad, a record label, a DJ agency (under the moniker Thriller Agency) with more than 25 artists and off course a clothing line being [...]
Essex, cats in Sweaters, creepy Squids, Cold Cut, Mr Scruff + The Pick Of the Events This Week!
October 15th, 2010Hollerrrrrr!! How you doing folks? I’m gobsmacked at the amount of great events there are this week! was a bit hard to choose the faves this week, so there are quite a few! As well as the events and links you also have some great DJ mixes and tracks to have a listen to as [...]
New iPhone app from The Warehouse Project
October 15th, 2010Organisers of Manchester’s The Warehouse Project are pleased to announce the launch of a new iPhone app that will make buying tickets for the fifth anniversary season even simpler as well as saving fans money. As well as offering in-app ticket purchasing, fans buying tickets through the app will save money on booking fees charged [...]
Sneak previews of Daft Punks Tron legacy.
October 14th, 2010The first images of Daft Punks Tron Legacy suits have been revealed. The French Duo, who already have a penchant for neon robot suits, and who make a cameo in the film, have penned the soundtrack to the reworking on the sci-fi classic. The album due for release on the 7th December, just a few [...]
The Nest
October 13th, 2010Well it’s been a busy few months for promoters in London, with XOYO and Arcadia already having opened their doors, promising to be an alternative to the mainstream and a haven for underground music, and now yet another new venue casts open its doors this weekend. Set in trendy Dalston, the Nest has some serious pedigree behind [...]
James Blake reveals new video
October 13th, 2010A reworking of Feist and Chilly Gonzales’ track of the same name, it’s a piano-led blues number that’s a twisted cousin of soul and classic singer songwriter fare.
Barcelona City Guide
October 11th, 2010A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS… Barcelona is one of Europe’s richest cultural and historical cities, which defines twenty four hour entertainment. By day the city is a buzzing, lively centre of culture, art, architecture, shopping and fine dining but by night, located in the nooks and crannies, are some of continent’s biggest and best clubbing [...]
Preview of the long awaited new single from Digitalism.
October 8th, 2010Preview of the long awaited new single from Digitalism. It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from the boys that bought us Zdarlight, Idealistic and Pogo. For a while Digitalism personified the rise of the new sound electronica that has emergedover the last decade, and after months off the scene tweeking in the studio [...]
Redundant Gaydars, Halloween, Office Pranks, Jeremy Kyle & the pick of this weekend’s events!
October 8th, 2010Goodness gracious me! Is it really Friday already? Weasel has been off sick this week so its come round really quick! Boo for being ill but yay for it being the weekend! Right I’m sorry but I have to bring up X-Factor (those of you who hate it you may as well close the door [...]
Cr2 Records Remix Competition.
October 7th, 2010Cr2 have launched a competition for all budding producers out there, to remix latest release Jacob Plant feat. JLD. ‘Bassline in’. The winning mixes will be released on Cr2, with the overall winner also scooping: £100 worth of Juno download Vouchers DJ Hero Renegade Edition’ game for the Wii A Soundcloud Pro account worth £250 [...]
Ministry of Sound website hacked
October 7th, 2010Hackers, Anonymous have carried out an attack on Ministry of Sound using a technique called DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service). The technique gets multiple thousands of users to ‘ping’ the Ministry of Sound website in an attempt to make it crash in response to the London Club & Record Label threatening court action to illegal [...]
Arcadia Launches in London
October 6th, 2010There’s a new London space set to take the underground music scene by storm this autumn, and it’s called… Arcadia. Nestled away beneath the bricked, arched walls of five railway arches tucked behind the South Bank of London’s river Thames. Where the space was formerly a very low key venue, the re- launched Arcadia will [...]
James Lavelle’s travels
October 5th, 2010There’s an intriguing interview with the man for Where & Now, and a free UNKLE track taken from a film about mountaineering doing the download rounds.
Mount Kimbie continue their ascent
October 5th, 2010The 12″ will include Blind Night Errand and Before I Move Off from Dominic Maker and Kai Campos’ acclaimed debut long-player, Crooks & Lovers.
Notes on the Holy (Mix) Grail III
October 3rd, 2010We continue our hunt for the best DJ mix ever recorded, and released.
Stroppy peacocks, more peacocks, drunk history, drunk men & the picks of the weekend!
October 1st, 2010Good afternoon folks! Tick tock, Tick tock thank god it’s nearly THAT time on the clock.. Can’t wait for the weekend this week gawd!! Click below for some Friday giggles and then scroll for the picks of the weekend!! In case you missed it earlier here is a link to a little interview I did [...]
Punchy pianos, new Munk video
September 30th, 2010Winter’s on its way. As is the case each year, punchy beats are the best thing to warm yourself with. Thankfully, then, there’s a perfect release in the pipeline from the Gomma disco stable. Label boss Mathias ‘Munk‘ Modica is about to return after a two year hiatus, unleashing a cheeky five track EP, Mondo [...]
Voting for the UK festival awards is underway.
September 30th, 2010Think back just a few short weeks and we were enjoying the sunshine, ready to spend a long weekend living under canvass and having questionable personal hygiene, drinking warm beer from a flimsy cup and donning some questionable head gear, all in celebration of the great British music festival. If there’s one thing we [...]
Cheekyweasel Meets… Tim Paris
September 30th, 2010This week cheekyweasel met Tim Paris (Kill the DJ/Marketing Music) after his amazing set for MOOCH alongside Molly from Rex Club. This all happened at Shoreditch’s CARGO last Saturday night (some amazing photos here). Tim originally built up his DJ reputation in ¨parisian underground circles, doing parties with Jef K, Chloé, Alexkid and Ivan Smagghe, [...]
Bristol In Motion
September 29th, 2010The In:Motion series, dubbed as Bristol’s Underground Music Season will take place from October 2010 through until NYE and is set to re-invent Bristol’s already booming nightlife scene. No doubt taking influence from the success of Manchesters Warehouse Project, the In:Motion series will be welcoming the finest and most charismatic underground music brands, artists and [...]
M.I.A. borrows from Captcha to tell story
September 27th, 2010The video is based on modern technology but we like to think of it as a wholly organic, hallucinatory experience.
Riz MC releases new video, we post it here
September 26th, 2010Word on the street is this guy’s going to be pretty big. With an already-hyped debut album, MICroscope, out in January, and a forthcoming UK tour following on from acclaimed live dates this year at Fabric, Glastonbury and Latitude, these rumours may well be true. Get On It is released on September 27th, on Conform/Ignore, [...]
Notes on the Holy (Mix) Grail – II
September 25th, 2010Plain & Simple dips back into its Benno CD towers to dig out more priceless gems on the hunt for the elusive Holy Grail of mix albums.
BPM exhibition announce this year’s panel guests.
September 25th, 2010Earlier this month we brought you a preview of the huge range of exhibitors that will be showing at this year’s BPM exhibition, Europe’s Largest DJing and Electronic Music Making Event, and now the line-up for the industry panel sessions has been announced . The panel sessions were introduced last year as an added attraction [...]
Extreme Winter Sports Returns to London: Relentless Freeze Festival 2010
September 25th, 2010Between the 29th and 31st October Halloween shouldn’t be the only thing on your calendar…
D*ckhead Safari, Old Hardcore, Funny links, DJ mixes, Picks of the Weekend’s Events…
September 24th, 2010Bleeding rainin’ again! Thank Gawdy gawd for this bag ‘o’ w*nk newsletter to pass some of the miserable day! There are a few things I have been pondering this week, one of the main things being the fact that since the “Being a Dickhead is Cool” (click if you are the only person in the [...]
Dub Pistols annouce UK tour.
September 24th, 2010Fresh from rocking pretty much every major UK festival this summer and several international ones too, the Dub Pistols are embarking on another UK tour this autumn. The ReHash tour precedes the release of a new same-name mix album from the Dubs, in which a number of high-profile remixers tackle classic Dub Pistols tracks from [...]
Snowbombing 2011 announces The Prodigy as Headliners.
September 22nd, 2010Now that the summer festival season is behind us, you’d be forgiven for thinking that was it for week long parties until next Spring, but fear not. Plans for Snowbombing 2011, a week long ski, board and music-fest are well underway. Returning to Mayrhofen, Austria for its 11th year in 2010, Snowbombing, which attracts some [...]
Expand your mind (and music collection), for free
September 22nd, 2010Oh what a world it would be without legalities in music. On the one hand everyone would probably be shafting everyone else. But then we might still be able to download content from Auntie’s archives via Mix Riot. This month the website, which holds a vast amount of live and studio sets by DJs from [...]
From Belgrade (with love)
September 22nd, 2010One minute your exposed to ear-bleeding breakbeats and mind numbing hooks, the next your on some distorted Caribbean beach listening to some guy talking about SMS text messaging.
Mixmag are on the hunt for the greatest DJ of all time.
September 21st, 2010Who’s the greatest DJ of all time? It seems its’ now not enough to simply have DJ mag on the hunt for the top 100 DJ’s of 2010. (queue an abnormal amount of spam in your inbox from DJ’s that you have never heard off, vote for me! I played at my nans 70th birthday [...]
Factory Reborn
September 19th, 2010The Mancunians descend on the Smoke this Wednesday for a second event at Lockstock in Camden
Pope p*ss takes & the picks of the weekend’s events!
September 17th, 2010ITS FRIDAAAAAY!! This week its really all about the pope isn’t it? With the Papel one crash landing in the UK today, there has been much material for the kind of thing me and you like; viral pope piss takes, paedo priest parodies and silly pictures of cats wearing Pope hats. With the head of [...]
Massive Movement Anniversary Album
September 15th, 2010In order to celebrate half a decade of strings, snares, synths and conferences the team behind the two day dance binge are releasing a rather attractive triple pack album
Renaissance goes into administration?
September 14th, 2010One of the most influential record labels of the 90’s is rumoured to have gone into administration. The label, which grew out of the midlands club night of the same name, was host to the leading lights of the progressive house scene, with DJ’s such as Dave Seaman, Sasha and Digweed, James Zabiela, Sander Kleinenberg, Yousef, Hernan Cattaneo [...]
Guess Who’s Coming?
September 13th, 2010Hip-hop and avant-breaks legend DJ Shadow is offering fans, newcomers and lost web-wanderers the chance to download two new tracks, for free. Def Surrounds Us and I’ve Been Trying were first released on limited 12″ vinyl, with original artwork in ‘selected’ UK and U.S. record stores. Today they were made available, without cost, for 24 [...]
Manchester’s Warehouse Project- Sell Outs
September 12th, 2010The events you’ll now miss if you haven’t already bagged a ticket are October 1st’s Boys Noize Records party, Kelis and Calvin Harris the next day on the 2nd and Thrasher’s appearance on October 29th.
Get ready for Soulwaxmas!
September 11th, 2010The leaves will soon be turning, and the nights start drawing in. We look forward to all those winter nights, Halloween normally involves a fancy dress rave, and bonfire night, and before you know it you’re counting down the days for that special chilly day, out come your best raving shoes as you get ready [...]
Notes on the Holy (mix) Grail
September 10th, 2010A blessing and a curse, the mix album was born and saturated the market place with crap, then millions were made.
Being a dickhead is cool… And so are the events this week!
September 10th, 2010Afternoon! Just a quick one and a basic layout today folks because my software is playing up! First up this is simply the best youtube video I have seen in a very long time! Those of you who live or socialise in or around Shoreditch will laugh the hardest! Its like a modern day Nathan Barley. [...]
Epicentre of Dance: Amsterdam Dance Event 2010
September 10th, 2010Get a few thousand dance, trance and techno fans in a club, play them some music and you’ve got yourself a regular Saturday night in any one of a thousand cities across the world. Get 100,000 people and 2,500 dance industry professionals to Amsterdam and give them a choice of almost 700 world class DJ’s [...]
Free Howie B downloads
September 9th, 2010Think haunting Eastern influences, and a mystery befitting the exotic old Orient that obviously had some part in inspiring this track.
Bestival gets underway- Nextman Bestimix.
September 9th, 2010The last (and one of the best) festivals of the season kicks off this evening on the Isle of Wight. Rob Da Banks Bestival has gone from a humble gathering to one of the leading independent festivals in the UK, all in the short space of 5 years. It has been voted Best Medium-Sized Festival [...]
Jeff Mills
September 9th, 2010JOE LE GROOVE MEETS… JEFF MILLS The Guestlist Network’s in-house DJ writer, Joe Le Groove caught up with the techno legend Jeff Mills to chat about new projects and the clubbing world… Joe Le Groove: What’s going on with the drummer 26 project? Jeff Mills: That started way back in my past; I wanted to [...]
Paper presents ‘A Sound of Norway’
September 8th, 2010It’s saturated in what Annie Nightingale once described as Nor-tek during the hey day of Radio 1′s ‘remember-to-record-the-Essential-Mix’ Saturday night schedule.
Deadmau5 announces UK Winter Tour
September 7th, 2010Deadmau5 announces biggest UK tour to date. A few months after collapsing while performing live on stage, Deadmau5 kicks off a UK Tour on 8th December. Mau5 has assembled an amazing line up of electronic artistes to join him on the tour including:Zane Lowe, Magnetic Man, Calvin Harris, (DJ Set) Stanton Warriors Kim Fai Tickets [...]
From The Cellar (The Best Of Nice ‘n’ Ripe Vol 1)
September 7th, 2010We were over the moon when we heard that Grant Nelson had finally released some of the most successful singles from the Nice ‘n’ Ripe camp which still sound bloody good over 10 years on!! Here’s hoping that the rest are soon to follow… Check them out at http://www.wyzestore.com Tracklisting 01. “Coming Up” – Ambassadors [...]
Evil 9- music for lovers.
September 7th, 2010Well, no it’s not really for lovers. Not unless you’re into some seriously full on bed-room antics. (We won’t ask) The Brokenbeat-electro-rock-glitch-noise makers release another single on their recently formed digital only ‘For Lovers’ label. And if you’re wondering what to expect form the new imprint? - “We don’t have a vision for the label like [...]
Coming Soon…
September 7th, 2010Coming soon we have a feature on ADE – the Amsterdam Dance Event, the first of many European City Guides for the keen travellers among you and a brand new competition. Watch this space…
DJMag tech awards at this years BPM.
September 7th, 2010DJ Tech Awards 2010 Last year’s DJmag Tech Awards at BPM was a phenomenal success and is set to return in 2010 with a new panel of industry judges for an even bigger and better show. But before the fun can begin DJmag need YOU to cast your votes on some of the hottest equipment [...]
Ministry of Sound Celebrates Its 19th Birthday!
September 6th, 2010Since 1991 Ministry of Sound has become synonymous with high-quality, groundbreaking style and the very best night out in London and now, 19 years since the Elephant and Castle-based club opened its doors, it will be celebrating in typical MoS style with the 19th Birthday Weekender. The 19th Birthday Weekender will run over three consecutive [...]
Aeroplane Can’t Fly (much higher)
September 4th, 2010What was the hottest pair on the electronica remix circuit is now Vito Deluca flying the solo flag. But fear not, the album is fantastic.
XOYO promises Everything Everything, and more
September 4th, 2010The latest addition to London looks to offer an educated music policy to match its arty vibe.
Paul Van Dyk Interview.
September 4th, 2010PAUL VAN DYK RE-LIVES THE FUTURE Over a decade has passed since Paul Van Dyk played his legendary first ever 6 hour set as a new resident of the mighty Gatecrasher in Sheffield. The show marked one of the most significant moments in clubbing history. This summer marks his triumphant return as Gatecrasher welcomes the [...]
Point Blank: School for DJ’s
September 2nd, 2010Studying to become a DJ or Producer… Ever looked at a university prospectus or college course brochure and thought ‘why can’t they teach how to become a music producer or DJ?’ With Point Blank Online Music School the dream has become a reality with dedicated online courses aimed to teach students everything from learning music [...]
Leftfield Annouce UK Tour
September 2nd, 2010Leftfield have announced their biggest UK Tour in over a decade. After a series of stunning headline performances at some of this year’s hottest festivals including Rockness, Benicassim, L.E.D and last weekend’s sell out Creamfields, Neil Barnes returns with a new live show that’s set to reverberate the length of the UK this autumn. Barnes [...]
Mix Cloud: Bass buttons on, heads down
September 2nd, 2010Most people know what time it is when Scottish dons Slam take to the turntables. Similarly, the word Drumcode is synonymous with a particular type of techno. Put them both together and what do you think you’ll get? A rolling, groovy bastard of a mix that merges that British techy warmth with some aggressive, peak [...]
Get ready for XOYO.
September 1st, 2010New Shoreditch venue XOYO gets set to open its doors with some already impressive promotions and residencies on the line up. The two room, 800 capacity venue, which is a converted print works, is situated a hop away from Old Street Tube, and is promising to be become a top spot for underground parties, alongside art [...]
Free Royksopp with every Hype Machine
September 1st, 2010More news surrounding the forthcoming album from the Scando-super producers after the video we shared with you all last month. As of Monday 6th September blog aggregating site The Hype Machine will incorporate a SoundCloud audio player giving users the opportunity to stream Senior for one week, some seven days before its official release. A [...]
Review: Shed ‘Traveller’
August 31st, 2010Shed unleashes his latest long-player, and while the content may seem a million miles away from techno, scratching the surface reveals a hidden truth better than you’d dare to believe.
Timo plays balancing act
August 28th, 2010The German jock will follow in the footsteps of James Holden, Chris Fortier, Jimmy Van M, Lee Burridge, Agoria and, more recently, Joris Voorn
Bank Holiday Shenanigans
August 27th, 2010Big up all bank holiday madness! Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? “I’ve been to London to look at the queen.” Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there? “I got chucked in a wheelie bin innit!” ahh – this story just ran and ran didn’t it? Here’s a nice little game, you can get your own [...]
Review of WHO? WHO?
August 26th, 2010Review of WHO? WHO? Fri 13th July 2010 The new night at CARGO Who? Who? was described as: “London’s original talents showcasing their band, labels, and dj collectives and much more.! For the Launch we have 2 parts the 1st with an live performance with the Modernists with full band featuring Don – E, Elisha [...]
SW4 Set Times
August 26th, 2010SATURDAY KISS MAIN STAGE: 13:00 – 14:00 Alex Metric LIVE 14:00 – 15:00 Pete Tong BEDROCK WORLDWIDE ARENA: 13:40 – 15:30 Mutant Clan (Timo Maas & Santos) 15:30 – 16:30 Joris Voorn LIVE THE GALLERY ARENA: 13:00 – 14:00 Jerome Isma-Ae 14:00 – 15:00 Gareth Emery TOOLROOM KNIGHTS ARENA: 12:45 – 14:00 Dave Spoon 14:00 [...]
SW4 Sunday Competition
August 25th, 2010We are offering one of our lucky readers a free ticket to SW4 This Sunday and free entry to Kinky Malinki at The White House for the closest after-party to the festival. To enter the competition, all you have to do is follow these three steps: 1. Update your status to: Win tickets to SW4 [...]
Pioneer offers the chance to play alongside the greats at this year’s BPM.
August 25th, 2010BPM – Europe’s Largest DJing and Electronic Music Making Event is set to return bigger and bolder this year, and if you’re a DJ or producer there’s a massive load of kit to get your mitts on and have a play. We’ve been promised a whole range of exclusive new product launches and demonstrations [...]
Dress Like a DJ with Dirty Smart
August 25th, 2010Dirty Smart’s aim is to provide the best quality clobber for the modern clubber and with a stunning range of brightly detailed, originally designed tee shirts, hoodies and accessories on sale they’re doing just that… Endorsed by dozens of top world-class DJ’s, Dirty Smart is a clothing label that has catapulted to worldwide fame in [...]
Scratch DJ’s meets violin virtuoso? Must be Battlejam.
August 24th, 2010Beatbox extraordinaire and always the musical adventurist, Beadyman gets set to present another of his Battlejam events. A firm favourite in Brighton’s Club Scene Battlejam has always set about being more than a DJ (or beatboxer) in a room, and the latest line up looks like continuing the trend for innovation and multi-disciplined acts. [...]
East London gets ready for LED Feastival.
August 24th, 2010This bank holiday weekend see’s the capital hosting a huge range of festivals and events, not only do we have SW4 and Notting Hill carnival, for those wanting to stay north of the river East London’s Victoria park plays host to LED festival. LED, or The London Electronic Dance festival is a celebration of some [...]
Roll em up. Light em up. Glitch em up.
August 23rd, 2010We quite like it, but then having been born in the 80s early 2D platform games are significantly appealing. So, as you’ll see, this is right up our street…
Top 100 DJs Update
August 23rd, 2010All is not well at the DJ Mag HQ with investigations into false voting attempts. We all know about the tougue-in-cheek efforts for Sir Jimmy Saville over on facebook, but joking aside, here’s there official line on what’s going on: DJmag has uncovered a number of voting irregularities in this year’s DJmag Top 100 DJs. [...]
Sound Cloud (Creative Commons Remix)
August 22nd, 2010With over 1 million users, Sound Cloud should expect to build up an archive of licensed audio in a relatively short amount of time.
M.I.A. added to Manchester’s Warehouse Project 2010
August 20th, 2010Pop-hop superstar M.I.A. has been confirmed as the latest artist to join the lineup on the Annie Mac Presents Tour when it hits the Warehouse Project later this year.
The Definitive SW4 After Parties Guide
August 19th, 2010Inner city festivals have one clear advantage over most other ‘traditional’ festivals in that there are usually dozens of after parties taking place at surrounding clubs and bars to choose from. Keeping you partying well into the early hours and long after the festival music has finished South West Four Weekender has its fair share [...]
Carl Cox: SW4 Video Message
August 19th, 2010South West Four – Carl Cox @ SW4 Carl Cox arrives on Clapham Common in just over a weeks time to bring his Carl Cox & Friends arena showcase to South West Four. With acts including Dubfire, Vitalic, Adam Beyer, Layo & Bushwacka!, M.A.N.D.Y, and Jon Rundell all playing under his banner, we caught up [...]
The Orb, Pink Floyd and the sound of tomorrow?
August 18th, 2010Old school dance stalwarts The Orb have announced another collaboration with Pink Floyd’s legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist David Gilmour following their reworking of Graham Nash’s ‘Chicago’. The release, titled ‘Metallic Spheres’, comprises of two 25 minute sections- one ‘Metallic’ and the other ‘Spheres’- which are in turn made up of five identifiable musical styles. [...]
A Decade of Dubstep: The Past, Present & Future of the UK’s Hottest Dance Genre
August 17th, 2010Dubstep Roots… Dubstep is one of the fastest-growing, most quickly adopted genres of the past decade with its popularity and success soaring rapidly. Originally an underground movement of music in the wake of the decline of UK Garage and a distinct and conscious distancing of itself from more similar genres such as drum ‘n’ bass [...]
Royksopp reveal interest in dolls
August 16th, 2010Scandinavian electro-poppers Royksopp have revealed a short film, ‘Adventures in Barbieland’, to the You Tube, Vimeo and TwitVid public ahead of their forthcoming album.
London to welcome Drumcode
August 16th, 2010Drumcode, Adam Beyer’s label, has announced details of a warehouse party on September 25th
Lovebox present Booka Shade
August 16th, 2010German Electro House duo, Booka Shade perform a headline show at the HMV Forum, 9-17 Highgate Road in London’s Kentish Town on Friday 10th September 2010. Doors open at 8.00 pm The Berlin-based Booka Shade, comprising of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, leapt to the forefront of contemporary dance music in 2005 with their classic [...]
House Masters by Copyright
August 14th, 2010As producers, songwriters and DJs, Copyright have been at the heart of Defected for a large portion of its history. Consistently touring the world as resident Defected In The House DJs their ears for what makes a tune and a dance floor rock are now some of the best in the business. Here are 20 [...]
Ibiza Closing Parties
August 14th, 2010Every year the last fortnight in September and the first in October sees last-chance partygoers flocking to Ibiza to enjoy to biggest and best nights out as clubs celebrate the end of another successful holiday season with a bang. With the summer seemingly over in the UK we started thinking about the Ibiza Closing Parties [...]
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DJs in their room, Lady GaGa, Who? Who?, Stayin UP, 20:20, Jaded
August 13th, 2010Eeee oop! Rain rain go away don’t come back another day! Its bloody August for fecks sake! Right… Can anyone please tell me why I wake up with a different Lady GaGa record in my head like, EVERY morning?!! Its becoming odd esp when I haven’t even heard any of her stuff throughout the day! Answers on [...]
Reading Festival Isn’t All About The Rock Music…
August 12th, 2010This year’s Reading Festival lineup is walking in the footsteps of a number of other UK music festivals this year as it seems to have taken note of the trend of more diverse and alternative music genres being offered. Reading Festival, like Glastonbury once upon a time, has typically been aimed solely at the rock [...]
Bestival 2010 Approaches…
August 12th, 2010The Isle of Wight’s premier music festival Bestival is just a month away and it’s another sell out year for the island’s biggest and best music festival. For those lucky enough to have bagged themselves tickets read on to find out exactly who to see and what to do this year and for those who [...]
SW4 Preview
August 11th, 2010South West Four Weekender – The unmissable dance music festival of the year. The sublime inner-city festival Get Loaded in the Park returns in 2010 in a brand spanking new guise, The South West Four Weekender. The festival will return to Clapham Common this year with an unbeatable plethora of the world’s top dance, dubstep [...]
Creamfields Sold Out
August 10th, 2010Creamfields have announced that their 2010 festival has sold out, becoming the fastest selling Creamfields to date and the 2nd consecutive year the award winning festival has sold out. There are only a handful of Sunday tickets available. The team behind the festival which takes place in Cheshire on August Bank Holiday weekend have put [...]
Vote for your favourite DJ in the DJMag Top 100 DJs
August 9th, 2010It’s that time again when the offices at DJ Mag get very busy compiling the annual Top 100 DJs survey. Voting is open until September 23rd – just visit: http://www.djmag.com/top100 Here were the Top 5 from 2009! Armin Van Buuren Tiësto David Guetta Above & Beyond Paul Van Dyk Hmm, not very underground is it!! [...]
cheekyweasel newsletter: Fuse Rave, Jaded, Half Baked, Underbelly, Tape
August 6th, 2010Eeee oop! Looks like its all about Sunday this week!! Lots going on so get yourself out and get dancing. Last week cheekyweasel went to Eric Prydz PYDA party and Jaded.. You can check the reviews here: PRYDA, JADED….. Laters potatoes! xx FUSE WAREHOUSE PARTY Hearn Street Car Park, 7-11 Hearn St, Shoreditch, London, EC2 3LS, [...]
Fatboy Slim Interview & Video Message
August 6th, 2010In just under one months time dance legend and purveyor of electronic madness Fatboy Slim comes to Clapham Common to headline this year’s brand new South West Four Weekender. As the excitement for this years event intensifies, the SW4 team caught up with Norman for a chat about the world cup, this years event and [...]
Review of PRYDA Warehouse Party
August 5th, 2010PRYDA WAREHOUSE PARTY Sat 31st July 2010 Last Saturday we made the trek over the water to South London for the PRYDA night. PRYDA is the name of Eric Prydz’s label, and also his more credible, less commercial DJ moniker. It was worth the journey as we had a brilliant night, albeit a VERY sweaty [...]
The Weekend’s Reviews: JADED
August 5th, 2010JADED Sun 1st Aug 2010 After the madness over at the PRYDA party we walked (OK – staggered) round the corner to Cable. a short walk that involved picking up a huge cardboard tube and bellowing “cheekyweasel” through it at the passers by, a few collapsing ankle incidents and a short tumble into the gutter, [...]
Deadmau5 Collapses on Stage in Washington D.C.
August 3rd, 2010The Canadian Artist/Producet Deadmau5, aka Joel Zimmerman collapsed in the middle of a live set in Washington D.C. on Friday night suffering from exhaustion. He was rushed to hospital after vomiting before and during the set before collapsing. His management team confirmed the reports stating, “Deadmau5 is sad to advise his fans that on the [...]
Win a trip to Ibiza with Gio-Goi
July 28th, 2010For a 2nd chance to win a trip to Ibiza courtesy of Gio-Goi and Cream at Amnesia, click on the image above. Prize includes: Return flights for the winner and one friend Hotel accommodation for two £200 worth of Gio-Goi gear Two VIP tickets to attend Cream’s closing party
The Shapeshifters facebook Competition
July 15th, 2010The Shapeshifters are launching a very special competition via their Facebook ‘Fan’ Page. As a big thank you to all their existing fans and a big welcome to all new ones; the prize for one lucky winner and a friend will be a 2 night trip to the greatest party island on the planet – [...]
Southport Weekender bring you SuncéBeat
July 14th, 2010After the announcement in 2009 that the infamous Southport Weekender would be going yearly, they announced the first of hopefully many events outside of the UK. The first up in SuncéBeat in Croatia taking place from August 13th to the 15th. The Peninsular itself will feature 2 Outdoor Stages – the larger one for the [...]
Amsterdam Dance Event sets dates
July 14th, 2010The fifteenth edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) will take place from 20-23 October 2010. The four day event is the world’s leading electronic music conference and showcase festival and 90,000 festival visitors and 2,200 conference participants are expected. The ADE conference has become the most important of its kind and provides the international [...]
matter Officially Closed Down
July 11th, 2010So the rumours are true… Despite regularly selling out with door entry often £20, matter has closed down! They seem reluctant to release an official statement with little information on their website, simply stating that it is closing for the Summer "Due to the very unfortunate circumstances". The closure strikes another blow to the London [...]
New Website
July 10th, 2010Welcome to the new Plain & Simple website! In case you hadn’t noticed – we’re now on a new domain and phasing out the old one, so please make sure you make a note of plainandsimple.tv and add to your bookmarks! We’ve got loads of new features coming over the next few weeks/months/years, so make [...]
Things to do in January (when you’re dead)
January 1st, 2011We say Happy New Year to all of you, and here’s hoping it holds with it everything that could (realistically) be expected.
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