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Jesus Died So We Could Rave for Two Extra Days – Easter Weekend Update!

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments

A weekend bookended by bank holidays, don’t you just love Easter. Jesus died so we could rave for four days with out feeling guilty about work. I’m pretty sure that’s what it said in the bible. Plenty of stuff on so I won’t ramble on in this blasphemous theme.

Thursday

Secretsundaze @ Stamford Works (Buy Tickets)

Ooo its nearly time for Secretsundaze to emerge from its winter cocoon and head back out into the great outdoors. I cannie wait. But just to wet your whistle they’re throwing a Bank Holiday warehouse party this Thursday. I remember reading somewhere that its at the great little warehouse called the Stamford Works in Dalston where the recent DDD birthday took place. Its round the back of the Jazz Bar and Kingsland Road station. However I can’t find where I read that, so the official word is its in Dalston and yet to be announced. For the line-up they’ve got a veteran of the New York scene Morgan Geist of Metro Area fame, whilst in support they have new comer Nina Kraviz who’s found breaking fame on Radioslave’s Rekids. › Continue reading

Tags: 93 Feet East, Argy, Bearweasel, Beats in Space, Bedrock, Ben Klock, Carl Cox, Chris Box, Chris Sullivan, Chris Wan, Christian Smith, Cocoon, Craig Richards, Danny Howells, DDD, Derren Smart, DFA, Disco Bloodbath, DJ Pierre, DOP, East Village, Einzelkind, Electric Minds, Fabric, Floating Points, Frank Tope, Fuse, Geddes, Giles Smith, Great Suffolk Street Car Park, Greg Wilson, Guido Schneider, Heidi, Hewett Street Car Park, Holic, Horse and Groom, Horse Meat Disco, James Priestley, John Digweed, Jozif, Lakuti, Layo and Bushwacka, Lean Left, Levon Vincent, Lobster, Loco Dice, Makai, Marcel Dettmann, Marco Bailey, Matt Tolfrey, matter, Metro Area, Morgan Geist, Mulletover, Nina Kravis, Paul Louth, Pete Herbert, Product, Prologue, Radioslave, Rekids, Resident Advisor, Rock Steady, Secretsundaze, Shake It, Shoplifter, Simon Morrell, Sven Vath, Tayo, The Horatia, Tim Sweeney, Tim Xavier, Tommy Four Seven, Transition, Visions Video Bar, Wbeeza, Wet Yourself, Will Saul

EarPIPE’s Extensive But a Tad Late NYE/NYD Guide

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | Event Preview | 1 Comment

So I guess I should do some NYE recommendations since it’s that time of year again. However I might be a little late on the ball these days as you practically need to start planning your NYE activities in the summer. But if you’re still stuck for something to do here goes:

Eastern Electrics (Buy Tickets)

Top of the picks again is Eastern Electrics. Last year’s party was quite phenomenal – great line up, good crowd and interesting location. This year is more of the same. Headlining the main room is the amazing Steve Bug, he’ll be bringing in the new year with his 11pm set. Shonky is in there for some moral support whilst the BLOC folk take over the second room with a seriously dubbed out line-up – Kode 9, Appleblim and Plastician. Finally Man Make Music host the third room with a couple of bumping headliners in the form of Justin Martin and Riva Starr, a pretty stellar line-up for new years. Location wise they’ve taken over some railway arches, this time in London Bridge, next door to the new Shard building on St Thomas Street three minutes walk from the station. Tickets are selling out extremely fast so get them now at a relatively reasonable £32.50. › Continue reading

Tags: Andre Gullizzi, Andrew Weatherhall, Appleblim, Bill Patrick, Brodinski, Bugged Out, Cassy, Cocoon, Cosmonauts, Craig Richards, Delano Smith, DFA, Disco Bloodbath, Dorain Paic, Eastern Electrics, Enzo, Fabric, Fuse, Geddes, Giles Smith, Heartthrob, Hector, Hold Ghost, Horse Meat Disco, Hot Chip, ivan smagghe, Jacques Renault, James Priestly, Jamie Jones, Jesse Rose, Joe Goodard, Justin Martin, Kevin Griffiths, Kode 9, Magda, Marc Romboy, Matinez, Matt Tolfrey, matter, Ministry of Sound, Nick Curly, Old Queens Head, Plastician, Riva Starr, Rui Da Silva, Sasha, Secretsun, Secretsundaze, Seth Trovler, Sonky, Stephan Bodzin, Steve Bug, Sven Vath, T-, T-Bar, Tayo, Terry Francis, Visions Video Bar, Wbeeze, Wet Yourself, Yousef

Fuse Presents… Deetron Review

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments

I’ve only ever been to Brussels once and that was when I was a kid on a school trip. In my opinion there was little to see or do. We took a look at the European parliament and then spent the rest of the time getting drunk in a cheesy discotheque due to Belgium’s lax drinking laws. Had I known that the Fuse club existed I might have found the place a little more exciting. They get a good stream of cutting edge talent through their doors and if you’ve ever scoured the internet for DJ sets you’d be sure to come across some great live mixes from this club. And like any big club they have to have the obligatory CD series which has the Swiss born Deetron taking the reins in the next instalment.

For his Fuse Presents mix, Deetron explores the deep, spacey and percussive end of house and techno. The opening tracks such as Salvatore Freda & Volta’s Basic Hood Lobos build slowly through restrained beats. Jackie Idjut’s remix of Fragment Four Love Won’t Leave Me Alone incorporates beautiful violins and slow burning percussion whilst we get a blast of sublime old school with the vocals and bass guitar on Fingers Inc’s A Path.

Through the middle section we see Deetron focus more on the percussive style of house as the mix steps up a gear. Tracks like Gene Hunt’s Inspire and Schwarz, Ame and Dixon’s D.P.O.M.B help the mix hit its peak time step. We also hear various influences from a little injection of dub with Trus’Me’s W.A.R Dub, Shakleton’s Moroccan influenced Death is Not Final and a head nod to Detroit with Redshape’s Warrior.

The mix finishes at the peak of a crescendo with Radioslave’s Eyes Wide Open in a flurry of bongo percussion before finishing out on the ‘91classic Future by Mr Monday to end a well programmed mix. In terms of style there are similarities with Ame’s Fabric 42 in the variety and styles of house used, but Deetron does a great job of giving the CD its own identity.

Buy Fuse Presents Deetron on (CD)

Tracklist:
01. Mossa – Body Selector (Swayzak remix)
02. Salvatore Freda & Volta – Basic Hood Lobos
03. Kenneth Bager Feat. Jean Luc Ponty & Nikolaj Grandjean – Fragment Four Love Won’t Leave Me Alone (Jackie Idjut Remix)
04. Iron Curtis – Ass & Cash
05. Dop – I’m Just A Man
06. Jacopo Carreras – One Sentence (Efdemin Remix)
07. Baaz – Something
08. Fingers Inc. – A Path
09. Marcel Dettmann – Plain
10. Spacetime Continuum – Kairo (Carl Craig Mix 1)
11. Gene Hunt – Inspire (Abicah Soul Remix)
12. Jerome Derradji – System Of Survival
13. Henrik Schwarz / Ame / Dixon – D.P.O.M.B. (Version 1)
14. Adam Marshall – Thelon (Todd Sines Remix)
15. Trus’me – W.A.R. Dub
16. Redshape – Warrior
17. Dettmann & Klock – Blank Scenario
18. Matthew Styles – We Said Nothing
19. DXR – Dark Rain
20. Shackleton Feat. Vengeance Tenfold – Death Is Not Final
21. Michel Cleis & Salvatore Freda – Sassicaia
22. The Lost Men – I Cried For You
23. Herb Martin – Soul Drums
24. Radio Slave – Eyes Wide Open
25. Mr. Monday – Future

Tags: Ame, Deetron, Fuse