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Losing an Hour in a Weekend Chocca Full of Parties

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments

Its pretty straight forward for party selection this week with a distinguished set of nights and days to fill every minute of the weekend despite the clocks going forward.

Warm at Plastic People (Buy Tickets)

As the club’s existence swings in the balance, Warm are continuing to make the most of what little time could be left for Plastic People. Berlin’s Sebo K will be joining Marcus Worgull for another Friday shindig of sublime house music. Get yourselves down to show Hackney council how important this club really is. And if they don’t take notice, vomit in the street to slowly take them down with street cleaning bills. › Continue reading

Tags: 1Roof, Ben Sims, Burnski, Cable, CJ Mackintosh, Craig Richards, Dean Mushin, Dubfire, Fabric, Frequency 7, Giles Smith, Guy Williams, Headspace, Josh Wink, Justin Drake, Kenny Dixon Jnr, Luciano Esse, Marcus Worgull, matter, Moodymann, Nic Fanciulli, Peace Division, Plastic People, Public Life, Sebo K, Shaun Reeves, Surgeon, T-Bar, Villalobos, Warm, Yousef

Yet Another Bank Holiday! Earpipe’s Guide to Completely Waste it Away!

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

My god, this weekend is so packed that there is hardly any room to manoeuvre for hangovers. But even though we know of the impending doom that is likely to happen next week in the form of an almighty comedown we’re still going to give you our low down on what seems fun for the short term.

If you’re starting things early then new club Cable in London Bridge has their opening night on Thursday. Will Saul, Dave Congreve and the Disco Bloodbath fellas will no doubt be cracking open a bottle of bubbly in celebration.

But now on to the real weekend. Friday sees the French grand master Laurent Garnier debut his live show in the UK at matter. Things kick off early with the live show starting at 7pm and running through till 9pm. That’s then followed by a pretty monstrous line-up consisting of DJ sets from Garnier, Francois K, Yousef, Norman Jay, The Unabombers and Chris Coco. Not a bad way to start a weekend eh? Get your tickets from the following links: Live Show only or Combined Live/Club tickets here or Club night only tickets here

If a trip all the way out to Greenwich is too much (and I don’t blame you) then maybe a trip to East Village where everyone’s favourite Romanian DJ, Pedro of a:rpia:r fame is manning the decks in the basement. He’s sure to have things bumping with his blend of techno and house. Moving on to Saturday and there is one event which is sure to be a complete roadblock. › Continue reading

Tags: A:rpia:r Soundsystem, Anthea, Burnski, Cable, Cecille, Chateau Flight, Chris Coco, Coronet Theatre, Dave Congreve, Dig Your Own Rave, Disco Bloodbath, DJ Rolando, East Village, Egg, Fabric, Francois K, Geddes, Jay Haze, Ketoloco, Laurent Garnier, matter, Ministry of Sound, Mulletover, Norman Jay, Pedro, Pier Bucci, Raresh, Ricardo Villalobos, Robert Dietz, RPR Soundsystem, Rub N Tug, Sebo K, Secretsundaze, T-Bar, The Unabombers, Tim Paris, Tobi Neumann, Will Saul, Yousef

Burnski – Draw Your Own Sword EP | Single Review

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

Burnski is a young whipper snapper from Leeds. Aged 23 and he’s already seen a variety of his tracks released on labels such as Dessous, Morris Audio, Trapez and home label 20:20 Vision. He’s also resident at one of the country’s longest running club nights Back to Basics. A few strings to his bow I think you’ll find.

For his release on Pokerflat, Burnski has combined the deepness of Chicago house with an electronic and spacey palette to create this three track EP. Title track Draw Your Own Sword takes a Chicago style skipping beat with bellowing sub bass and gives it a slight twist with the massive plunging piano keys and trickling synths. A similar style is used on Sleep. The beats are slightly chunkier but the same ethos is there. The rest of the track is made up of washy pads and hollow keys to give it that classic twilight deep house vibe. Finally Mud and Mouse has a more upbeat approach using a rounder more prominent bassline which is accompanied by more skipping beats and a distinct see-saw accordion melody.

The result is unfortunately a mediocre package. All three tracks are middle of the road house with little to get excited about. It’s well produced with some interesting sounds, but lacks a spark to get you really involved.

Tracklisting:
1. Draw Your Sword (6:25)
2. Sleep (7:44)
3. Mud And Mouse (6:53)

Tags: 20:20 Vision, Back to Basics, Burnski, Dessous, Morris Audio, Pokerflat, Trapez