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EarPipe’s Christmas Three Club Orgy! Matter to Fabric via Secretsundaze

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | Event Preview, Events, News | No Comments

Like any good dance music resource we should round up how to get yourself in a ditch via the most fun way during this festive period. So let’s begin with this weekend.

Saturday sees a lude three-way orgy between Fabric, Matter and Secretsundaze. Firstly Fabric has their annual Digweed soirée joined by Lee Burridge and Radioslave which is sure to be prog-e-licious affair. Up the road at Kings Cross’ Scala, the Secretsundaze rabble once again takeover. They’re joined by Shindoe, 2000 and One and Kabale und Liebe in the main room whilst the residents Giles Smith and James Priestley hold fort in the back room with the excellent Brothers Vibe. Finally a Secretsundaze do wouldn’t be the same without a lick of disco, so the Disco Bloodbath boys take over room three. Again another great party to get too.

Last but not least we have Matter and quite possibly the first decent all round line-up they’ve put on since they’ve opened. The main reason for this is due to RA who is taking over for one night to throw their Christmas party with many of the fantastic DJs that have graced their podcast this year. You’ve got everything from the disco funk realm of Trus’me, the electronic techno and house stylings of DJ Koze and Modselektor and the dubby darkness of Appleblim and Shackleton. And that’s just the main room; out back you’ve also got Move D and the excellent Motor City Ensemble. What’s also good about this night is that you can get £8 tickets from RA. That’s £12 cheaper than your normal Matter night with a line-up that is more exciting than poking your knob in the VCR. The big question is, which party do you go to? Unfortunately I can’t answer that; well my answer would be to do all three.

So I present to you EarPipe’s Christmas Three Club Orgy. The map should help you get about and you should be able to squeeze in about 2.5 hours in each club. It may require a dedicated driver and a wheel barrow of cash too. But meh its Christmas… spoil yourself… Thank me later when you’ve got a stinking hangover the next day.

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Tags: 2000 and One, Appleblim, Disco Bloodbath, DJ Koze, Fabric, Giles Smith, James Priestley, John Digweed, Kabale und Liebe, Lee Burridge, matter, Modselektor, Motor City Ensemble, Move D, RA, Radioslave, Resident Advisor, Secretsundaze, Shackleton, Shindoe, Trus'me

EarPipe’s Field Day Recommendations

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 | Event Preview | 2 Comments

The weekend is nearly here! And that means that our Saturday day time is going to be filled with the joys of Field Day. We’ll be splating rats and sack racing at the village fete and will no doubt be getting slightly inebriated in a field, well Victoria Park to be precise. But amongst all that there is actually some acts and djs to catch. So here’s who EarPipe will be checking out this Saturday.

James Holden

The Border Community head honcho and quirker electronic music extraordinaire is set to play the Bugged Out stage. James isn’t your straight forward techno and electronic dance music DJ. His extensive repertoire of music crosses all boundaries and genres so you’re never really too sure where he’s going to take you. If you’ve heard his At The Controls compilation or album The Idiots Are Winning then you will know what I’m on about. Do not miss this man!

Richie Hawtin

As ever Richie is still a firm favourite of ours at EarPipe. His Contakt set at Sonar was pretty good fun, but this Saturday it will be unadulterated, pure Hawtin. No cube gimmicks, no collaborative dj set antics. Just straight up Hawtin and techno. Well there is the addition of Ali Demirel and his meta-control visual display. Not sure what that means, but if it was the stuff that was on the screens at Sonar then I’m all for that.

The Field

Again another favourite from Sonar, we’ll be happy to catch this man again on the main stage. His warped electronic soundscapes will be a great accompaniment to the sunshine we’re keeping fingers crossed for.

Benga

Fancy taking it a bit urban? Benga is sure to entertain. This man can do no wrong on the dubstep scene at the moment. Everything he releases is touching to gold and his DJ skills are supposed to be a bit alright like. You may know him for that track Night, you know the one that goes bo bo bo bo boooooooooooooo.

Foals

This five piece indie dance amalgamation from Oxford is set to play the main stage. They were there last year as support but this year they come back to headline. Their high paced tracks with hints of punk and urm maybe a bit of funk will no doubt get the Shoreditch fashionistas revelling around.

Modeselektor

The duo from Berlin will be found on the Bugged Out stage. If you heard their Boogybytes CD from last year you will know these guys will cause a stir. House, techno, electronic dance music, the lot. They even have Thom Yorke as a fan.

Simian Mobile Disco

We all know who these boys are. They want to be our friends with those French Justice lot. They did and now we love them all. Their live show is something to be seen with the old skool synths and their taste for electronic music is impeccable. And if their forthcoming Fabric CD is anything to go by then be sure to strap on your air punching arm.

Mystery Jets

The Mystery Jets have a nostalgic kind of eighties feel about them. Their sound is slightly retro with the synths and drums. They combine it with that UK indie sound and the results are colourful. Erol Alkan has produced these guys and with once a father son lineup they’re sure to be interesting.

Crookers

Riding on the crest of fidget house, this Italian duo have been invading speakers with their blend of ghetto tech sounds with hip hop vocals on switch style fidgety beats. Plain fun bounce around beats to where those bright coloured plastic sunglasses with the struts across where the lens should be.

Tags: Benga, Crookers, Field Day, Foals, James Holden, Modselektor, Mystery Jets, Richie Hawtin, Simian Mobile Disco, The Field, Victoria Park