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The Bank Holiday Grumble

Friday, August 27th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments

You’d think having an extra day off would be a god send but in all honesty it’s a bit of a ball ache. This weekend, Landan Taan will swell to a beachball sized glut of party tourists keen to get their third dose of fun for the year (the other two times being Easter weekend and new years eve). You can expect the clubs, streets and parks to be packed with an assault of people forcibly trying to have fun this weekend. If you’re not too much of an idiot to spend £50+ on a bunch of half assed trance and yesteryear prog DJs playing to a crowd of baying halfwits non the wiser they’ve been fleeced, then I guess these could be a few so called suggestions for the weekend… › Continue reading

Tags: Aphex Twin, Ben Klock, Ben Sims, Cadenza, Carl Craig, Claude Von Stroke, Daniel Bell, DJ Garth, DJ Three, Dollop, Eastern Electrics, Fabric, Goldfrapp, Harri and Domenic, ivan smagghe, Jacques Renault, James Priestley, Joy Orbison, Justin Martin, LED Festival, Leftfield, Lo*Kee, Michael Mayer, Mr C, Nathan G Wilkins, Norman Jay, Notting Hill Carnival, Rich Mix, Robag Wruhme, Scuba, Sebo K, Secretsundaze, Superfreq, SW4, Tevo Howard, The Camp, Thomas Fehlmann, Thomas Von Party, Union Street Car Park

The Weekend Reprise – Contakt, Ministry Birthday, Aphex Twin, Secretsundaze & WYS!

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

I don’t know why but the last weekend in September always seems to be unnecessarily massive. Maybe because it’s the start of uni and the clubs want to start with a bang to get the kids hooked in? Guess it makes sense. Get em whilst they’re young and all that.

So what does the weekend have installed for all these younguns? Well the question should probably more what doesn’t the weekend have installed.

Contakt with Richie Hawtin

For one more time this year London will be graced with the last Contakt show for the year. It’s been almost a year since they last step foot in London and almost a year and a half since they started doing the show. If you haven’t heard by now the Contakt concept brings the Minus clan together, allowing them to perform as one unit set to the backdrop of some impressive visuals. Basically it’s an elaborate back to back session with all the Minus producers in front of a massive LED display showing some incredible trippy visuals. › Continue reading

Tags: Ali Dem, Ali Demirel, Ambivalent, Aphex Twin, Barem, Brixton Academy, Contakt, Dixon, Fabric, Fabrizio Maurizi, Gaiser, Heartthrob, JPLS, Luke Vibert, Magda, Marc Houle, Marcel Dettmann, matter, Ministry, Ministry of Sound, Minus, Nick Warren, Richie Hawtin, Sasha, Secretsundaze, Troy Pierce, Wet Yourself

BLOC Book The 13th-15th March It’s BLOC Weekend Baby!

Saturday, January 17th, 2009 | Event Preview, Events, News | No Comments

BLOC Weekend looks set to return after last year’s sell out success. Taking place on the 13^th – 15^th March weekend, this year sees the early spring weekend move location to the Butlins “mega-resort” in Minehead near Bristol. It boasts the largest water park in the South West with a water slide that can spit you out at up to 40mph. Definitely what you need after a night of jaw breaking techno and Aphex Twin’s microphone in a blender trick! But it’s not really about the luxury settings of the holiday resort its more what’s on. And judging by this year’s current line-up it could be held down the local sewage works without deterring anyone.

So who’s on the bill? › Continue reading

Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, Aphex Twin, Appleblim, Beardyman, Ben Sims, Benga, BLOC, BLOC Weekend, Carl Craig, Digital Mystiks, DJ QBert, Frequency 7, FSOL, Future Sound of London, Green Velvet, James Ruskin, Kode 9, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Metro Area, Modeselektor, Peverlist, Qbert, Redshape, Robert Hood, Skream, Surgeon