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Friday, June 15, 2012 SFTW 9 ONE2SEE WELSH babe Marina And The Diamonds is playing stadiums with Coldplay. CHRIS But she’s still got By her own tour to do NEW SWEENEY —and has apair of Scots dates MUSIC WHEN dance wizard coming up. She’s at By JIM GELLATLY TeKlo heard he’d be Glasgow’s ABC on playing TInThe Park he Wednesday and the DARC thought it was a following night at WHO: David Thomas (key- the Queen’s Hall in board/MC), Ross MacLean wind-up. Edinburgh. (sequencer/controller), Rich- The Edinburgh youngster Get tickets at ard Kennedy (guitar/vocals), was having along lie, when gigsinscotland.com Steve Wilson (drums) he got the call confirming WHERE: Edinburgh he’d nailed aslot on the pres- FOR FANS OF: Jean Michel tigious TBreak Stage. Jarre, Modestep, Pendulum TeKlo said: “It was insane, Ididn’t expect it. My old JIM SAYS: When Ifirst caught manager who’d put in my ONE2HEAR them on Ally McCrae’s BBC application was shouting, Introducing show on Radio 1, ‘It’s really good news’.” STRAWBERRY Ijust assumed DARC was one OCEAN “I was thinking, ‘It won’t SEA are aproper person. It was adelight to WIN be TBreak, Iwon’t have got WIN blue-collar band. discover they are actually a that’. But she wanted me to four-piece band, but with all of send her pictures over to use They have an army them also regulars on the DJ MADONNA for the press release, then I of fans although they circuit, the boundaries was like, ‘I really got T haven’t yet got the between aDJact and alive Break, you are not joking’. backing of abig band can become blurred. TICKETS record company. The Edinburgh group were Honour But they are among anumber of emerging “I’m pretty chuffed to get ploughing on and outfits who caught my eye at SMIRNOFF is giving three lucky Scottish through at the first time of have acorker of a last week’s goNORTH show- Sun readers the chance to BE THERE with asking, Iknow people new single, Carry cases in Inverness. afriend at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield who’ve been applying for On Suzie —it’s a It does sometimes take a years and never got it.” rock ’n’ roll stomper. Stadium on July 21 to see Madonna live TeKlo isn’t letting the pres- gimmick to draw critics to cer- Give it alisten tain gigs and DARC’s kiddie as part of her World Tour. sure of playing TBreak — at To celebrate the with previous big name acts facebook.com/ party bag was anice touch. SOSarecoming Electronic music can suf- launch of Madonna’s including headliners Snow Patrol —get to him. new album, Smirnoff He said: “There’s pressure has created alimited ATCH to make it to go well. But edition pack that contains it’s an honour to be put next exclusive access to back- those bands.” too, so we can mix things horrible. Ifell to my knees. abad side. He added: “It’s The newcomer’s also keen up abit and there’s some But I’ve redone the way we one long track split down stage content and an opportunity to win to introduce fans to his style. improvisation.” do it and it’s alot more reli- the middle. The energetic prizes such as music downloads, merchan- TeKlo, 22, explained: “So He’s admits live shows are able now.” stuff and then my dark, dise and concert tickets. 2W many people don’t under- still alearning curve. TeKlo All TeKlo needs now is a angry half. The Smirnoff limited edition pack is stand what Iactually do. added: “I played at King later stage time. He said: “I “Some people say it’s like “I used to just DJ but now Tut’s in January with my old don’t think peoplewant to split personality music but now available from all major high street I’m on alaptop in control of drummer and lost it. wake up to my music.” fans can make up their retailers. everything that’s being “I got too into playing and TeKlo’s Mutilate EP was minds at TBreak.” fers without abig light show For your chance to win one of three played and playing in parts. forgot to be queuing the labelled ‘split personality’ Q For more info, check out or aclubby vibe. DARC pulled pairs of tickets, simply answer the “I’ve got alive drummer next part of the song, it was music as he’s got agood and facebook.com/TeKloMusic it off in avenue probably more following question: What is the name of likely to host traditional music. ONES Steve said: “The passion Madonna’s new album? from alive performance with Text SUN1 plus your answer, name and the energy of electronic music address to 61192. gives us aunique edge.” Q Texts cost £1 plus standard network rates. Some of the tracks are quite Over-18s only. Traveland accommodation is laid-back and their new EP not included. Competition TOM GETTING ’HAMMERED Lights Out features astorming closes at midnight By instrumental in the shape of tonight. If you text after JACKHAMMER @The Annexe, Edinburgh, Rephlex Records star Global Goon. Up Digital’s opener Level Up, plus 3vocal the closing date/time of CHURCHILL ! tonight: Yet another Detroit legend graces the Barry Forbes warms up. tracks. Two of feature Edin- this competition you will burgh singer Alannah Carson. Jackhammer turntables, this time in the shape of SUITE SOUL @Foxbar Hotel, Kilmarnock, not be entered but you Kevin Saunderson, pictured. He’s one of the origi- & tomorrow: Scots soul hero Bob Jeffries returns David said: “Even if you may still be charged. don’t like electronic music, Three winners will be nal techno pioneers and scored huged hits with his to the controls at this ever-popular monthly bash. come see us live and we’ll selected at random after Inner City project in the late 80s. Don’t miss. This time he’s joined by his highest-profile guest convert you!” the closing date $ SUB CLUB 25 @Sub Club, Glasgow, tonight: yet, New York legend John Morales. Expect the DARC headline King Tut’s from all correct First in aseries of one-off events as part of very finest disco and house from atrue master. Summer Nights in Glasgow entries received. the legendary venue’s 25th anniversary celebra- LOVE ELECTRO @O’Couture, Glasgow, on July 26, with The Mouse Usual Scottish tions, with the mighty Martyn hitting the decks. ( tonight: First birthday bash for this elec- That Ate The Cat, TeKlo and Sun rules apply. Support comes from Mia Dora and HaHaHa. tro-fuelled extravaganza, with headline acts By CHRIS SWEENEY from the pressures which forced one else fitted, plus it was impor- JAK @Stereo, Glasgow, tonight: Top- Cahill, Liam Keegan, and Whelan &DiScala. Johnny And The Giros. them to split. tant to our reformation to do it For more informa- MORE: soundcloud.com/ tion visit facebook. % notch techno and electro line-up including Q Email your news and listings to tom. PUNK boys Blink 182 Mark revealed: “We’d sit ourselves and not have adisinter- live sets from Dutch master FastGraph and [email protected] darcmusic together in the studio, sharing ested third party. We wanted to com/SmirnoffGB Q Jim will be playing DARC have been in the ideasback and forth. We’d come stand on our two feet. CLUBBING on In:Demand Uncut, Sunday with aframework of songs, then “Jerry was always telling us 7-10pm on Clyde 1, Forth game for 20 years. really important to us and that’s break. Each person would work what worked and what didn’t, so One, Northsound 1, Radio whywepushed the tour here on their own ideas and then it felt like he was in the room Borders, Tay FM, West FM & In their scene, that’s usually when bands forget back ayear. We wanted anew we’d come back together. with us.” West Sound FM. See album that we were proud of. “Whereas before we didn’t own With their new-found drive, indemandscotland.co.uk the charts and focus on the “We didn’t want to be one of studios, so the clock was ticking they’ve shelled out asmall for- nostalgia circuit. those bands that just tours on and you’d come up with an idea tune on making the tour special. But after splitting up for the old stuff and doesn’t do and there’d be disagreements Mark reckons it’s their best five years and getting back anything new. “If acertain guitar part isn’t ever and can’t wait to unleash it Head for together to make last year’s hit “We’ll play stuff from 1999 for working you have to figure it on their Scots fans. album Neighbourhoods, the trio the rest of our lives but we out right then as you’re playing He said: “Scotland is always are on fire. always wanted to make new thousands of dollars aday. great, the fans are amazing. The album went Top 10 in music, that’s so important. “But if it’s your own studio, Every time we play the reac- fest end both the UK and US —and did “At the shows it’s interesting you can try out ideas to solve it. tion’s incredible, so Ican’t wait. the same all over Europe. to look out and there’s people in So doing it that way allowed us Singer and bass player Mark their 30s who’ve been following each to explore our own ideas.” Different EDINBURGH is gear- Hoppus said: “The reaction has Blink since day one and those in The album was also an emo- ing up to welcome the been very humbling.