Published
Thu, Jan 11, 2007, 19:00
- It's a quiet one across Blighty this weekend, but a great weekend for London breaks heads with three top nights happening in the capital.
It's a quiet one across Blighty this weekend, but a great weekend for London breaks heads with three top nights happening in the capital.
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SIMPLE SOUNDS @ HERBAL
Friday, January 12, London
The pitch: Disco maverick Maurice Fulton and minimal proggers Audiofly headline the Simple Records night alongside label boss Will Saul. Simple as that.
The cast: Will Saul, Maurice Fulton, Audiofly, Pete Herbert (Reverso 68) and Roundeye.
The bottom line: 9pm - 3am. £6 before 11/ £10 after.
- Event details: Simple Sounds at Herbal
CHEW THE FAT! @ THE END
Friday, January 12, London
The pitch: First "fat" of the year with a gobsmacking breaks line-up in the main room and artists from hot Berlin label Sonar Kollektiv in the lounge.
The cast: Soul of Man, The Rogue Element, Chris Carter, Blim, Paul ‘Trouble’ Arnold, Kid Blue and Plaza De Funk in the main room. Slope, Trickski, Toby Tobias and Movementz in the lounge.
The bottom line: 10pm - 6am. £12/£8.
- Event details: Chew The Fat! at The End
TRIBAL SESSIONS @ SANKEYS
Friday, January 12, Manchester
The pitch: Tongy headlines the first Tribal Sessions night of the year with Deeper Substance's Shafunkers. It's all gone...
The cast: Pete Tong, Shafunkers, Fake DJ and more across three rooms.
The bottom line: 11pm - 5am. £7NUS/£9 before 12am, £9NUS/£11 after 12pm.
- Event details: Tribal Sessions at Sankeys
DJ ROLANDO @ RETURN TO MONO
Friday, January 12, Glasgow
The pitch: Rolando and Slam nurture the Detroit-Glasgow axis. Where there's love, there's techno.
The cast: DJ Rolando and the Slam boys.
The bottom line: 11pm - 3am. £10 / 8.
- Event details: DJ Rolando at Return to Mono
HEARTTHROB, JEFF SAMUEL, CROWDPLEASER & ST. PLOMB @ FABRIC
Saturday, January 13, London
The pitch: Minus allstar Heartthrob checks into Fabric - listen out for the new 'Baby Kate' remixes. Elsewhere there's a DJ set from Jeff Samuel and laptop jams from Drama Society and mental groovers Crowdpleaser & St. Plomb.
The cast: Craig Richards, Jeff Samuel, Heartthrob (live), Matt Tolfrey in room one, Swayzak, Percy X (The Separatists), Drama Society (live/DJ), Crowdpleaser & St. Plomb (live) in room two and Terry Francis, Justin Harris, Johnny Rock in room three.
The bottom line: 10pm - 7am. £15/£12 (NUS/Fabric First Members).
- Event details: Heartthrob, Jeff Samuel, Crowdpleaser & St. Plomb at Fabric
DJ CHLOE, TIM PARIS & ALEXKID @ WAVEFORM
Saturday, January 13, London
The pitch: Parisian hipsters Chloé, Tim Paris and Alexkid bring their three way back2back night Ghetto Blaster to London. Tres cool.
The cast: Chloé, Alex Kid and Tim Paris back-to-back in the main room, the Wrong crew in the Lounge and more DJs in AKA.
The bottom line: 9pm - 7am. £16/£12.
- Event details: DJ Chloe, Tim Paris and Alexkid at Waveform
GLIMPSE @ ONE NIGHT STAND
Saturday, January 13, London
The pitch: London producer-to-watch Glimpse performs a live set at this new minimal night.
The cast: Glimpse (live), Ajele (chicks behind the decks), RichNxT and Wandson Maxx
The bottom line: 10pm - 5am. £8 / £5.
- Event details: Glimpse at One Night Stand
SI BEGG @ SOUNDHAUS
Saturday, January 13, Glasgow
The pitch: IDM and electro as Si Begg and Cursor Miner drop in on the Scots.
The cast: Si Begg, Cursor Miner, Jon Virtue, Monsieur DeLarge, Jon Cannon and more.
The bottom line: 11pm - 4am. TBA.
- Event details: Sibegg at Soundhaus
MEAT KATIE & DYLAN RHYMES @ HERBAL
Saturday, January 13, London
The pitch: Spin Out and Lot 49 Records team up for a night of house and breaks in East London.
The cast: Meat Katie, Dylan Rhymes, James Harcourt, Caninesounds, John Donaghy, Si McEvoy
The bottom line: 9pm - 3am. £6 before 11, £8 after 11.
- Event details: Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes at Herbal
DEEKLINE & ILS @ MYBREAKZ
Saturday, January 13, London
The pitch: Third of the big breakz nights happening in the capital this weekend has booty breaks star Deekline and Ils.
The cast: Deekline, Ils and My Breakz residents.
The bottom line: 10pm - 5am. £5 b4 11, £8 after.
- Event details: Deekline & Ils at Mybreakz
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