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Orbital Return!!!!

Friday, January 30th, 2009 | Event Preview, News | No Comments

When I was a wee nipper one of the inspiring things about dance music was seeing Orbital headline the main stage at Glastonbury. It was electrifying to see their electronic sounds and bobbing torch spectacles whip up the thousands of people predominantly into their indie music. It was truly a magical moment. I talk as if I was there, but unfortunately I was only of the age which allowed me to go across the road. I witnessed the occasion by the magic of BBC television. It did however set two goals for me, go to Glastonbury (still unachieved) and see Orbital, preferably in one go. The dream vanished in 2004 when Orbital played their last gig never to return.

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Tags: Glastonbury, Global Gathering, Orbital, Rockness, Sonar, The Big Chill

Earpipe Looks Hazily Back at the Clubs, Festivals and Parties in 2008

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | Events, News | 1 Comment

Well that’s another year over. Where did the time go? For us it was mostly spent in darkened rooms listening to repetitive electronic music in and around London with the occasional trip to another city or abroad. It probably explains why this look back on 2008 is a hazy one at best. I believe we left most of our brain cells splattered across Fabric’s dancefloor. But we’ve managed to piece together the fractured pieces of memory to come up with this half rate look back at 2008. Enjoy )

One of the main stories of 2008 has to be the shake up of London clubs. 2008 kicked off on a sombre note with the closure of The Cross/Key/Canvas complex in Kings Cross. Apparently Kings Cross needed some regeneration to make it look good for the incoming French on the EuroStar. As a double whammy Turnmills also decided to close their doors at the end of January, due to the lease holders deciding their central London location would make much more money as flats and offices rather than from weekends of debauchery. They’re right, but even though Turnmills had pretty much run its course pushing a dying Trance night and a load of “electro house” nights with asymmetrical haircuts it was still a shock losing two stalwarts of the scene.

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Tags: Alex Smoke, Audio, BedBug, Below, Bestival, Brighton, Canvas, Coronet Theatre, Corsica Studios, Dalston, Digital, Disco Bloodbath, East Village, Fabric, Field Day, Firefly, Glastonbury, Hi Tek Soul, London, Manchester, matter, Matthew Dear, Ministry, Ministry of Sound, Minus, Mulletover, Phil Kieran, Rainbow Pub, Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Secretsundaze, Sonar, T-Bar, The Cross, The End, The Key, TimeWarp, Turnmills, Villalobos, Visions Video Bar, Warehouse Project, Wax:On, Wild in the Country