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UK GOVERNMENT OUTLINES PLANS TO PROTECT MUSIC VENUES New white paper proposes to change planning policies in favour of existing businesses…

he UK government has released a new arising from existing development’. because of changes in nearby land uses since they white paper focussed on fixing the This is, of course, simply a proposal at this stage, were established.’ In terms of music venues, this country’s current housing crisis, and and does only state that if enacted the changes will would suggest that if an existing club wanted to T buried away in the annex is a spot of only ‘help mitigate the risk of restrictions or expand after a new development has already gone good news for music lovers. possible closure of existing businesses and other up, the original business should be looked upon Under a section titled ‘Noise and other impacts on organisations due to noise and other complaints more favourably. new developments’, the paper details a proposal to from occupiers of new developments’ — no These changes could potentially help save clubs amend current planning policies to ‘take account promises then! and other live music venues up and down the of existing businesses and other organisations, However, within the same section, the ‘agents of country, particularly in , where together such as churches, community pubs, music venues change’ principle (those causing change are with the increased focus on the night-time and sports clubs’, in the earliest stages of responsible for its impact) is emphasised, adding: economy introduced with the appointment of Night planning, and when necessary to ‘mitigate the ‘Existing businesses wanting to grow should not Czar, Amy Lamé, supportive measures could have a impact of noise and other potential nuisances have unreasonable restrictions put on them significant impact on the city’s bruised club scene.

DEFECTED CROATIA PACKS DJ MAG BUNKER JOINS FORCES HÏ IBIZA WILL OPEN ON THE FORMER , KENNY DOPE AND WITH DUNGEON JUNGLIST OUTLET, SITE OF SPACE THIS SUMMER MORE FOR 2017 UVB-76 MUSIC Ushuaïa’s latest venture finally has a name UK favourite label pulls no punches on Adriatic Drum & bass, and general ominous (and a strange promo video to boot)... festival line-up… sounds combine with Loxy, Ruffhouse, Overlook and more… THE WHITE ISLE’S NEWEST nightspot, HÏ IBIZA, DEFECTED HAS RELEASED the full line-up for its will launch on the former site of Space in Playa Croatia 2017 event, and it’s a whopper! Taking DJ MAG BUNKER RETURNS on Wednesday 8th d’en Bossa this season. place 10th to 15th August at the Garden Resort in March with a rare label showcase from Ruffhouse According to a press release issued by owners Tisno, the event boasts the headliners such as and Gremlinz’s UVB-76 Music imprint. Ushuaïa Entertainment, the new venue will Kenny Dope, Basement Jaxx, Derrick Carter, Eats Topping the bill is Cylon boss and veteran selector feature: “The highest standards of music and Everything, Dennis Ferrer, , Todd Loxy, bringing his trademark brooding beats to entertainment, bringing world-class music Terry, Julio Bashmore and MK. the basement. Co-founders Ruffhouse will be on experiences to a club designed with the dancer in As if that weren’t enough of a mouthful, the rest hand with their techno-influenced d&b, and, mind.” of the bill includes legends such as Joey Negro having recently announced his debut album for Originally rumoured to be keeping the Space and Nightmares On Wax, alongside the biggest the label, Overlook is sure to have an arsenal of name, the rebranded club will open later this new talents in Sonny Fodera, Sam Divine, Honey fresh killers too. There’ll be warped bass madness year, aiming to “stay true to the open-minded Dijon and more. from Samurai Music’s Clarity, and completing the spirit of Ibiza, bringing together music lovers to “We learned so much from last August and we are line-up is the mysterious Mahakala! dance, discover and experience the magic of the confident that 2017 will be even better,” says As always, we kick off at 6pm at Work Bar in White Isle.” Judging by the promo clip, this Defected Records honcho, Simon Dunmore. London, entry is free by signing up to the means half-naked ravers wearing animal masks… guestlist (via djmag.com/bunker). Well, why not?

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MAKING THEIR OWN LUCK Manchester’s Project 13 party brings a double helping of top-notch techno and bass this month as Joy Orbison and Ben UFO headline Hidden...

hirteen — while the number may spell for an extended set, a live show from Sweden’s of different pockets of people that go with bad luck for some, for Project 13 Peder Mannerfelt, Evan Baggs, Herron and Conor different artists that we book, and it changes with founders Jacob and Matt, it represents Thomas. Then, closing out the month on Friday every event.” Tquite the opposite. Launched back in 31st March, Hessle Audio boss Ben UFO heads up a Combine this with a stripped-back aesthetic — 2011 as a live stream from Matt’s bedroom, the selection of the UK’s most forward-thinking acts “basically pitch-black, bit of smoke and a bit of night kicked off properly after a friend gave the in Beatrice Dillon, Batu, Bruce and Ploy. light so the DJs can see what they’re doing” — and guys a spot at local haunt Joshua Brooks, quickly “It’s quite a new thing doing this many events, it’s clear to see why the night has been so snowballing from a handful of events per year to but it’s so interesting to challenge yourself and successful. Through taking opportunities and become one of Manchester’s most consistently jump into these unknown territories,” Jacob tells creating a recognisable brand without getting impressive monthlies. DJ Mag, enthusing about the importance of bogged down in the details, the Project 13 team March finds Project 13 stepping up a gear once keeping things fresh. This means not getting have made their own luck, and Manchester is again to offer not one but two events at Best Of locked into one venue (although recent parties reaping the benefits.BEN HINDLE British award-winning club, Hidden. First up, on have focused on Hidden, P13 has been held at Saturday 11th, P13 teams up with the Hinge Soup Kitchen, Islington Mill and the notorious Finger imprint to welcome co-founder Joy Orbison White Hotel, amongst others), and, in terms of bookings, never being too predictable. Previous THE BIG GIG If you only book tickets for one Pangaea headliners range from scientist Mumdance to electro whizz , footwork’s DJ live gig this month, make it this… Spinn, DJ Stingray and most recently, Dax J and Cleric, who brought relentlessly slamming techno to the table. In fact, it could be argued that the only thing that really ties P13’s bookings together is a dedication to operating on the cutting-edge of the underground. “Every event is different from the last one, but it still has the same foundations,” says Jacob. “There’s the bass crowd, and then we get an influx

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THIEVERY CORPORATION SUNDAY 5TH MARCH THE ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON CELEBRATING BOTH their 20th anniversary and the release of their new album ‘The Temple Of I & I’, Thievery Corporation round off their European tour at the... well... Roundhouse, in London. Recorded in Port Antonio, Jamaica, the record channels the island’s rich musical heritage through ear-hugging basslines and tropical instrumentation, complimented all the while by the DC double-act’s signature cinematic tinkering. A fitting milestone marker given their close relationship with reggae and dub. Expect vibes. Loads of ‘em.

djmag.com 101 Untitled-1 1 16/01/2017 14:28 ON THE FLOOR INNER CITY LIFE The world’s club scenes in focus

BRISTOL One of the UK’s old global gateways, yet isolated enough to establish a truly independent sound, Bristol has been pioneering cross-pollination for decades — and thankfully nothing’s changed...

he mutation of hardcore, sized sprawls and the counter-culture here called Max Kelan who runs a night acid and roots that became is impossible to ignore. And this vibe called Slack Alice, which is definitely drum & bass and jungle. continues in barely advertised parties very open — whether they’re playing T Trip-hop’s electronic at Easton pubs, where old school ravers jazz, or or techno records, it’s sorrow — only truly understood after nip across the road from home to keep always interesting,” he continues. CLUBBERS your first post-heartbreak comedown. the back room dripping with sweat at “And there’s a really good house night The -inspired techno halfway-point Duvet Vous. Personality in spades, called Dirty Talk, which is the one GUIDE TO we eventually labelled dubstep. outsiders might say — if you live in everyone will talk about. The guys have BRISTOL Whatever Livity’s sound actually is. The town, it’s just business as usual. been doing it a long time, but their West Country capital is anything but bookings are always really interesting WHERE predictable, and all the better for it. “It’s the biggest it has ever been, to be — Young Marco, they were putting on Somerset, UK honest,” explains Chris Farrell, the Hunee before he was big.” Walking around the city today, this man behind Idle Hands — label, vinyl GETTING THERE point is patently obvious. Its centre is a emporium, and all round Bristolian The conversation quickly switches to Junction 19, M4 mix of modernism and old world dock institution — when we ask how the the radio station, Noods, as a key Westbound (from town, but the long-since transformed scene is, in the here and now. platform for electronic talent in the London); Junction 15, M5 harbour is home to more galleries and “Obviously there’s Motion, which is on city, which is seconded by another Southbound (from museums than the corporate offices a very firm footing in terms of what prominent head from these ends. North); Bristol Temple and luxury flats London and they are doing, but there is also a lot of Moving in from more rural surrounds Meads direct trains to Manchester chose. Head to Stoke’s stuff happening out in the fringes too. half a decade or so ago, Batu heads up London, Manchester, Croft for abundant street art, There’s a lack of small clubs here, but Timedance, an imprint that spawned a Birmingham. independent cafes and bars, Idle Hands that means we have pubs where things night of the same name, and found records, and the multi-roomed former happen. itself amongst the UK’s most talked FIVE VENUES warehouse club, Lakota. “The last couple of years there has about techno labels in 2016. By techno The Island, Motion, The local student population might been a movement, maybe slightly away we mean some Kafka-esque Lakota, Surrey Vaults, have much to answer for, but compare from the dancefloor, towards some metamorphosed variant. Cosies this area to equivalents in similarly- more experimental stuff. There’s a guy “I think there’s a tendency in bigger places for things to become about FIVE PARTIES specific cliques, depending on what Just Jack, Dirty Talk, you’re into. I don’t think that happens Timedance, BRSTL, Slack in Bristol as much,” says Batu. “I think Alice that’s really healthy — it’s where the interesting collaborations come from, FIVE NAMES when there’s a bit of conflict and Livity Sound (Kowton,

KATELYN PERRY Pic: KATELYN tension between different styles and Peverelist, Asusu), Batu, aesthetics. Kerry Patterson, Daisy “Cross-pollination is definitely a good Moon, Ossia way to put it. There are several recurring themes that are in Bristol HOTELS music. A relaxed attitude to smoking Functional: Ibis Bristol weed, a town that was a big part of the Centre (central location, slave trade — there’s a significant 12pm checkout, rooms Jamaican heritage here, so there you from £45 per night). get the soundsystem culture running through almost everything. Teachings Party: Marsh House In Dub, a night here, has been going Apartments (Stoke’s Croft for maybe 25 years. area, 11am checkout, “But it also feels really open-minded. units from £160 per You can come with all kinds of different night). ideas and be respectful of what has come before, but also completely put Luxury: Bristol Marriott your own take on what’s going on. Royal Hotel (central There is this solid groundwork, but you location, 11am checkout, have enough space and freedom to go rooms from £100 per where you want from there.” night). Chris Farrell MARTIN GUTTRIDGE-HEWITT

djmag.com 103 ON THE FLOOR EPIZODE, PHU QUOC, VIETNAM

LOST WORLD DJ Mag travels to the far side of the planet for an extra helping of sun, sea and strangeness at Epizode festival’s debut event...

e are not a and Bushwacka! may be global Beach, an endless stretch of white the smaller crowd compared with festival. names, but these are about as high sand primed for more development week one. The second is a lavish Festivals up the pecking order as things get. A and already home to a number of seating area plucked from a luxe “Ware all strong contingency of talent from large resorts, despite the holiday, circa 2030. about money... We think differently. far-Eastern Europe and Russia are surrounding construction work, I think differently. I think we need here too, the latter home to the once through the bamboo entrance Overlooking the lot are wooden to make a gathering for people. A organisers and most of the crowd, gate — fittingly invoking some kind ramparts with balconies and corners meeting point, where people from revealing plenty about intentions. of intergalactic hole — you ripe for exploration, ensuring the all over the world come together,” Heads-down, no nonsense could be a million miles from neighbouring hotel beach stays out explains Tyoma, the mastermind representing. anywhere. of sight and mind. With running behind whatever this is. times approaching 24/7, it adds to A bold statement, but you wouldn’t Around 5000 pioneering hedonists The production behind this intimate the feeling of being inside a private, expect anything less from a guy have tickets to attend at least one realm is impressive. The Eggs stage alternate reality, far removed from who, after cutting his teeth with the day of this two-week epic, proving sets the scene, with its luminescent an outside world currently teetering ambitious Kazantip Republic, has the combination of serene natural orbs suspended in mid-air. Across on the brink of catastrophe. Lasers now decided to throw a 14-day beauty, January sun, solid house the dunes, the Freesby area boasts a shine above the crowd, bouncing off beach party on a Vietnamese island and deep techno will always attract discus canopy ideal for hiding from a the Gulf of Thailand beyond. Giant paradise which is still largely being die-hard folk. Upon arrival it’s sun that borders on oppressive after sculptures of birds stand proudly built in terms of tourism. A brave immediately apparent how much daybreak. Between these stand two above the water. Some guy wades move continued with the bookings. effort has gone into rewarding those more structures; the first a stage out into the waves at 8am to hurl his , Konrad Black, Mike willing to make this pilgrimage. that, during the final five days DJ mobile into the sea. The image is Shannon, The Mole, Ivan Smagghe Situated on the aptly-titled Long Mag attends, remains closed due to complete.

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Mornings do Epizode justice. Sammy for drop of the lot. Followed by things are so relentless for so long. forgiven. No crease is beyond Dee’s punchy set at sunrise on the Perlon and Wolf+Lamb mistress Overall, the event is not without ironing. final Thursday is a case in point. Maayan Nidam, whose rolling minor issues — bars run out of Taking 15 minutes to find a groove, techno betrays her base, it glasses, the release of balloons at More involvement with local soon timeless filth like Cassy’s ‘Soul makes for a compelling pre- sunset results in an ongoing South-East Asian artists would be Saviour’ stomps from the rig. breakfast session. Meanwhile, environmental critique, and we good, more re-used glasses Shortly after, a ludicrously fitting Tyoma himself manages to steal can’t help but feel the best has essential, and more effort to inform Richard X mash-up of Kraftwerk plenty of limelight as Epizode’s happened by the time we’re a European party population weary with Whitney Houston’s ‘Somebody finale appears on the horizon, screaming our first euphoric of tents in fields would boost Who Loves Me’ lands, summarising delivering a set of anthemic expletives — dancefloors are numbers. Nevertheless, you can’t the experience: Seriousness and goodness veering between classic pleasingly roomy, but at times help but feel privileged to see silliness in equal measure, a and Mr Oizo’s ‘Flat Beat’. His border on too quiet. something this deserving take its marathon where you’re just as likely second stint in the booth during our A handful of cancellations also first otherworldly steps. In a to wind up rubbing suncream into a stay in this parallel universe is cause confusion in terms of running saturated international festival stranger’s crimson forehead as followed by fellow Moscovite and orders, and attendees kick into life scene, Tyoma’s words makes sense. stomping barefoot around a Highway Records boss Mike Spirit’s at conflicting (and, at times, utterly This isn’t a festival, but a music- dancefloor, white man overbite in trippy, heavy minimalism, and bizarre) hours of the day, making focused meeting by the sea in a full effect. together the pair show why you peak hours impossible to predict, genuinely special location, with the Highlights elsewhere include should explore less familiar faces on albeit creating a familial vibe. But potential to grow into what many Ukrainian Rayo, who, closing on the any bill. then imagine the logistical have been looking for. As such, we’ll bottomless, spatial dub tech of Of course, where there is light there nightmare Epizode presents, not to see you left and centre next time SCSI-9’s ‘Cozmoport’, is a contender must be darkness, especially when mention its virgin status, and all is round. MARTIN GUTTRIDGE-HEWITT

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CAPITAL GAINS Did London have its moment when Printworks opened last month?

ondon welcomed a new chapter operators, including The Columbo Group in its clubbing history with the — behind numerous London venues opening of Printworks in early including Phonox, XOYO, The Nest and LFebruary. The monstrous new The Old Queen’s Head — The Box Soho multi-room, multi-purpose venue in and The Warehouse Project also gave Canada Water saw an extended triple sizeable contributions. Fabric’s closest back-to-back set from Seth Troxler, The competitors donating to save the venue Martinez Brothers and Loco Dice in the signalled a hunger from operators in the 2500-capacity main room. industry to protect venues and the Granted, the music choice perhaps night-time economy as a whole. wasn’t the most adventurous — although future line-ups are tantalising, to say the It’s something that was reflected in City least — and given this was the first time Hall, with London Mayor Sadiq Khan the owners were able to test the venue moving to re-establish the capital as a with clubbers inside, the soundsystem 24-hour city by installing London’s first left a lot to be desired (one DJ Mag staff Night Czar in Amy Lamé, as well as member even had to remove her earplugs Fabric’s lawyer, Philip Colvin QC, as the when standing at the back of the room as new chair of the Night-Time Commission. the mass of bodies was absorbing so Following the decision to re-open Fabric, much of the sound); however, it was the City Hall also invited the Farringdon wider meaning of the new mega venue venue’s lawyers to provide written opening that was more exciting for the evidence to the House Of Lords Select London club scene. Committee on the Licensing Act, where they made 12 recommendations for It might not be long since Fabric had its changes in law and guidance to stop licence revoked following the drug- situations like Fabric’s closure happening related deaths of two teenagers last year, to other venues in the future. in a decision that sent shockwaves The moves to protect London’s night- through clubland, but a lot has changed. time economy mirror actions taken by Before After The feeling at the time was that if a authorities in Berlin almost 20 years ago, venue seen as a beacon of best practice where the Club Commission was in an industry plagued by bad operators introduced to protect venues’ interests in could be closed, what hope was there for 2000. Famously, the following years have other London venues? After renowned seen the city establish itself at the clubs including Dance Tunnel and Passing forefront of the scene as Clouds were also shuttered in 2016, it clubs and venues thrive in an showed investment into the capital’s club environment that cultivates nightlife scene was a major risk too, making instead of stigmatising it. And when Fabric’s closure feel like a fork in the road Berghain opened in 2004, it quickly for London’s night-time economy. established itself as the poster club of its The situation shone a light on an ongoing booming night scene. issue, which has seen 50 percent of the city’s clubs close over the last eight years Recent actions by the authorities serving and 40 percent of its music venues shut, London’s night-time economy signal the as policing, planning and licensing desire to allow the city’s club scene to struggle to balance the needs of clubs flourish again. After a short period of with those of residents and businesses. time that has seen other new venues Fabric’s #saveourculture campaign including The Bridge, The Pickle Factory subsequently saw huge support when it and Phonox all open, 5,000-capacity was launched, amassing over £100,000 in mega-venue Printworks gives London its four days, and going on to raise £333,618 own poster club, as the UK capital ushers by the time the campaign wound down, in a new era where investors are as the Farringdon venue attempted to confident to spend within London’s change legislation and guidance on night-time economy. licensing. Regulars at Fabric like Jamie Ultimately: after staring down the barrel Jones, Seth Troxler, Andy C and Eats of a gun last year, the future of London DANNY NORTH DANNY Everything all donated generously, but clubbing now looks brighter than it has

perhaps more interestingly, venues and for almost a decade. ROB MCCALLUM Pics:

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Untitled-1 1 17/02/2017 11:58 WHITENOISE PRESENTS @ WHITE DUBAI, UAE ON THE FLOOR

DESERT STORMIN’ DJ Mag heads to Dubai’s luxurious White club to catch previous Top 100 DJs title-holder Dimitri Vegas in action...

nfurling ourselves from Grandstand Rooftop means that, on space buns takes to a podium. are uncut by old-school Prodigy — a the Uber outside Dubai a windy night, you’d better bring a Whistles blast, glowsticks are sample from ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ is super-club White on a coat. DJ Mag — implacably brandished dementedly, and the met with a roar of approval. And Uslightly chilly January ill-prepared, whatever the weather crowd roars as Dimitri Vegas takes to despite the frequent gusts of wind night, DJ Mag is unsure what to — haven’t, but a friendly server the decks at around 1.30am. that cause DJ Mag to pull our expect. Even from the pavement, the brings us a spare jacket. Suitably Belgian-born Vegas first shot to borrowed jacket around us more sheer scale of White is impressive: outfitted, we gaze out over our international prominence in 2008 tightly, the sound quality is steel girders criss-cross above surroundings. with his remix of ‘Work That Body’, on-point. Speaking with the sound Dubai’s only race-track, and girls in and he’s been on a stellar upwards engineer from the DJ booth later in spindled heels link arms with Excitement rises in waves off the trajectory since then, with frequent, the night, we compliment him on his white-shirted men gamely ignoring crowd. Below us, two thousand career-defining performances at work. He points out the custom the cold. people dance and talk in a loosely Tomorrowland alongside his brother Funktion One speakers — white, of We’re here to see Dimitri Vegas take semi-circular mass, connected by a Like Mike. We’re intrigued to see course — encircling the perimeter of to the decks for the first winding labyrinth of stairs and what Vegas — joint winner of the the club, the bass blasting directly #WHITENOISE of 2017, and it’s clear private booths. It feels like we’re 2015 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll, into the heart of the crowd. We the Dubai party crew has turned out looking down at a gladiatorial arena, before dropping to second place last smile. Here we are, on the top of a in force. Arriving at the club just only instead of blood and gore we year — will pull out of the bag as the windswept race course, listening to after midnight, queues snake ahead see freshly pressed slacks and diminutive DJ steps out before the one of the world’s most popular DJs of us. Once safely ensconced in our White’s in-house custom foam crowd. blast out one crowd-pleaser after box, it’s a pleasure to look out over glowsticks. Across the way, we can another, and it’s crystal-clear the crowd and take in the impressive see the blinking lights of downtown Vegas puts in a crowd-pleasing, sound. Only in Dubai would man surroundings. Dubai. The Burj Khalifa winks for us occasionally nostalgic, occasionally triumph over nature to engineer a White is one of Dubai’s largest clubs, alone. Looking back towards the unexpected set. Re-edits of classics world-class club in such an unlikely and its location atop the Meydan club, a dancer with green, glittery like Adina Howard’s ‘Freak like Me’ spot. SIRIN KALE

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Untitled-1 1 17/02/2017 12:07 ON THE FLOOR FEMALE:PRESSURE @ TRESOR, BERLIN

INCREASE THE PRESSURE Female:pressure brings feminism and floor-fillers to Tresor’s new digs with renowned UK selector, Emika...

s we ready ourselves “It was pure coincidence, but quite classically trained UK producer’s Though for Emika, the decision to for a night of techno at fortunate,” says the night’s command over sound and mood is play tonight ultimately didn’t come Berlin’s Tresor with promoter, Kaltès. “Resistance needs breathtaking, and her long hours down to gender or politics. “I didn’t A international female to be something really global… It spent working as a sound designer really think about it too much,” she collective Female:pressure, halfway was quite symbolic.” for Native Instruments are clearly tells DJ Mag in the halls of Tresor. “I ‘round the world, known misogynist The vast, cold, concrete structure of coming into play, helping her carve really love the club, and I got to Donald Trump is busy swearing in as Tresor is the perfect playground for out the dynamics of each track like know quite a few of the ladies who the 45th president of the United our evening. Even in its new home few other artists we’ve seen. set up Female:pressure.” States. At the same time, millions of at the disused Kraftwerk Berlin Combined with her impeccable taste Regardless, one thing remains clear women are sewing “pussy hats” and powerplant, the club’s iconic in bass-infused techno, the energy as we stumble out into the frozen making protest signs in preparation 25-year history is present becomes overwhelming. After a Berlin morning — Female:pressure for the weekend’s worldwide throughout the night. solid few hours lost in music, she throw one hell of a party, putting Women’s March against The Donald The mood immediately intensifies as brings us to climax with Trevino’s female talent into the limelight in — the party’s timing couldn’t feel Emika takes to the booth, working ‘The Dismal Truth’ before finishing the process. CHANDLER more apt. in Rødhåd’s ‘Vivarium’. The with her sublimely melodic ‘Never’. SHORTLIDGE

PRAYER @ PICKLE FACTORY, LONDON

SAY A LITTLE PRAYER… After featuring in our Cheeky Bubblers section last month, Prayer impresses yet again with his debut live audio-visual performance… nterior: The Pickle Factory, weaving a thread between his it’s accessed. This is shoegaze entire narrative film to accompany London. Spotlights tint a bleak, yet hopeful, productions — jungle at its finest. a set would be a hell of a lot of thick veil of smoke an eerie the contrast between industrial The only disappointment, work — but that’s what it deserves! I green, like the set of some ambience and driving breakbeats unfortunately, comes from the His raw halcyon palette yearns to old horror flick. Stern-faced, with a forming fluctuating points of rest visual accompaniment; a loop soundtrack a tower-block tragedy: militaristic buzzcut and and contention in his cinematic comprised of flickering, faded clips Romeo and Juliet encased in monochrome outfit, London symphony. The highlight comes in of the inner city; light reflecting off concrete. Keep the black and classical-pianist-cum- the form of recently released effort of water etc. It feels all too white, it’ll be all the better for it. experimental-producer Prayer ‘Time’, in which Prayer’s live predictable, like a BTEC multimedia One point above all else we take takes to the stage for the inaugural rendition of the track’s wistful arts project. Granted, Prayer’s from Prayer’s live show is that performance of his new audio- chords swamp the room, music does conjure up images of everything is greyscale; bleary eyes visual live show. Armed with punctuated only by the repeating urban wastelands, speed-blurred come from both sadness and joy Ableton and a Novation Launchkey vocal, like a lost memory that shop-fronts, vintage footage — no good story is all light or all MIDI keyboard, he sets about sticks on a single point every time damaged by time, and to create an shade. BEN HINDLE

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Untitled-1 1 17/02/2017 11:02 REGIONAL RAVING! What’s cooking on British soil this month? First up, Convergence Festival lands this month (21st to 25th March). Highlights include Village Underground Opening LONDON Party; BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP featuring ANDREW WEATHERALL and 1. MELT FESTIVAL PRESENTS WHITE NOISE at The Jazz SATURDAY 18TH MARCH Cafe; esteemed composer PRINTWORKS MANUEL GOTTSCHING’S Barbican show with THE ASH THE BEST line-up at this RA TEMPEL EXPERIENCE; address yet is worth writing , GONJASUFI and about. Chris Liebing, Mind KODE9 at Electric Brixton; Against and Recondite will all and ACTRESS and RANDOMER be quality, but the real pulls at Village Underground. here are BPitch mistress Ellen That aside, March starts with Allien, purveyor of relentless SHED’S A/V album launch sledgehammers Tommy Four at Pickle Factory (1st), Spilt Seven, and UK techno deity Milk with Poker Flat’s MIHAI Inigo Kennedy. In short, far POPOVICIU and Robsoul from paint by numbers. type JAVI BORA at Bloc, and 12PM - 10PM £27.50 - £32.50 Superstition’s heaviness — BLAWAN, HEADLESS HORSEMAN, HENNING BAER 2. XOYO LOVES 3. OVAL SPACE MUSIC 4. RUPTURE 5. DJ MAG LIVE PRESENTS (both 4th). A week on, Bussey SATURDAY 4TH MARCH FRIDAY 3RD MARCH SATURDAY 4TH MARCH CATCH Building hosts Dance For XOYO OVAL SPACE CORSICA STUDIOS THURSDAY 2ND MARCH Refuge x War Child featuring WORK BAR THROWING SNOW, DAN TEAM XOYO have outdone PERLON tones en masse; Sonja OH MY! London junglists BEAUMONT and ASQUITH, themselves in the Moonear headlines, Ion Ludwig Rupture have outdone DROP your names off at proceeds going to charity stakes tonight. Detroit Swindle plays a live set, with fast rising themselves once again with a djmag.com/guestlist for (10th), The Playground brings never fail, rising Canadian, Berliner Binh and emerging heavyweight line-up featuring Bobby Pleasure, Nadsat, Ste varied electro via VITALIC, Project Pablo, is here too, Italian minimalist Spacetravel the likes of Sweden’s Seba, Roberts and one of the most COM TRUISE, and MAMIKO and tribal warrior-cum-party- in support. Heads down, please. veterans Total Science, hardworking players in the UK, MOTTO; whilst MR C’s new starter Osunlade guarantees 10PM - 6AM £15 - £17.50 newcomers like Sully and Forest Tom Demac, who is releasing LP forms the centrepiece for jack and sweat. Drive West and many more. one track every month. Top lad. Superfreq’s 15th anniversary 9PM - 4AM £13.50 - £18.50 10PM - 6AM £15 FREE 7PM - 12PM at Bloc (both 11th).

In Manchester, recently opened Versions has plenty THE for March, our pick being 1. BANGFACE WEEKENDER AVALON EMERSON, who NORTH 2017 arrives as LOCO DICE, ENZO THURSDAY 16TH MARCH - SIRAGUSA, FRANCISCO MONDAY 20TH MARCH ALLENDES and PIRATE COPY PONTINS, SOUTHPORT hit The Albert Hall for Kaluki (both 3rd March). Hidden is INTELLIGENT depravity, also on-point — Percolate alongside Luke Vibert, grime has LEON VYNEHALL and trio TQD (Royal T, DJ Q, Flava MARQUIS HAWKES; Project D), d&b mogul DJ Hype, 13 invites BEN UFO, BEATRICE techno legends The Black Dog, DILLON and Timedance dubstep pioneer Pinch, old honcho BATU — featured in school heavyweights Ratpack, this month’s Inner City Life innovative KMAH radio host on p.103 (respectively 18th Kirsti, Jerome Hill, 2 Bad Mice, and 31st). Not forgetting Elijah & Skilliam, Mixmaster EWAN PEARSON at Stage Morris, Om Unit and more. & Radio too (31st). Brace yourselves. isn’t having a quiet one, 3PM - 3AM £175 either. DVS1 finds god at Church with Meat Free ladies BLASHA and ALLAT (17th), 2. MONO_CULT 10TH 3. TWADDLE 4. MEAT FREE 5. BELOW THE SURFACE 3RD The Hifi Club hosts One Night BIRTHDAY SATURDAY 18TH MARCH FRIDAY 31ST MARCH BIRTHDAY With... (18th), RIVA SATURDAY 4TH MARCH THE OLD RED BUS STATION, THE WHITE HOTEL, SALFORD SATURDAY 25TH MARCH STARR plays Mint Club (24th), CANAL MILLS, LEEDS LEEDS HIDDEN, MANCHESTER and Distrikt throws a free MEAT FREE have turned solid bash with FELIX DICKINSON IT TAKES some effort to throw THE RETURN of a Yorkshire techno and glitter into a HOUSE royalty are out in (25th). In Liverpool, MONKI a decade’s worth of nights on legend, tWaDdLe is back after Manchester institution, albeit force for this one: Hunee, takes 24 Kitchen Street the scale of Mono_cult. Proving years in the wilderness, with tonight they’re in Salford and Gerd Janson and Jeremy (9th), ROSS FROM FRIENDS there’s life in the old dog yet, a triple-header from one of arguably the country’s rawest Underground find themselves is live at Buyers Club (10th), Tale Of Us headline with Bicep Britain’s best small festivals, venue, with Ben Sims, John supported by Dekmantel and Underground welcomes stepping up, although the big Freerotation — Tom and Joe Heckle’s Head Front Panel, and Soundsystem, making for an CHRIS LIEBING for a very news is legendary live housers Ellis, and Leif bringing the Dutch dame, Sandrien. unmissable bash indicative of special evening (17th). Mood II Swing. Vogue. proper house. 11PM - 7AM £15 Hidden’s impeccable line-ups. 10PM - 5AM £22.50 - £25 10PM - 4AM £10 10PM - 6AM £30 djmag.com 113 ON THE FLOOR

Brighton opens the scoring on a welcome curveball, bringing PROJECT PABLO to Mono (3rd March). Also 1. THE WINTER SOCIAL SOUTH hailing from North America, FESTIVAL but distinctly more boompty- SATURDAY 11TH MARCH boomp, DERRICK CARTER KENT COUNTY plays Memory Box at Patterns SHOWGROUND, MAIDSTONE a week or so later (11th), with the same venue hosting THE SOCIAL set the bar PENDER STREET STEPPERS high for daytime festivals (18th), and then Jackathon last summer, and we’re dame HEIDI (25th). Mono, expecting the biggest selling on the other hand, continues point — incredible sound — on fine form with Classic once again. That, and Alan house hero LUKE SOLOMON Fitzpatrick, Andrea Oliva, set for Object (24th), and Dense & Pika, Eats Everything, Echoes hosting emerging , Ivan Kutz, hardcore revivalist BENTON Mark and Nic Fanciulli, Paul for the crew’s seventh party Johnson, Seth Troxler, Steve to date (31st). If you’re down Lawler, Sven Väth and many Portsmouth way, Murky Drum more. & Bass are going all out to 12PM - 12AM £49.50 - £75 celebrate four years wth V Recordings boss BRYAN GEE and many more at The Old 2. SIMPLE 3. SHAKE 4. FIRST FLOOR 2ND 5. WE SURRENDER Barn. Whilst ARTWORK and SATURDAY 4TH MARCH SATURDAY 11TH MARCH BIRTHDAY SATURDAY 11TH MARCH guests (TBA) head to Junk in BULLINGDON ARMS, OXFORD THE WINCHESTER, FRIDAY 3RD MARCH JUNK, Southampton for the latest in BOURNEMOUTH PATTERNS, BRIGHTON the touring Art’s House party STICKING to their guns, Simple WHETHER he’ll play ‘We Do series (both 3rd). Same spot, is all about one headliner, one ONE of DJ Mag’s favourite live BRIGHTON can be a bit too What We Want’ — Best Track two weeks later, Freerange room, and a very loud stack. acts, Saytek will be performing nice for its own good, hence winner at DJ Mag’s 2016 Best team up with Worried About Who better to show off how his trademark off the cuff, on the excitement surrounding Of British awards — is besides Henry to welcome potent those ingredients are the fly techno and house for the kind of nastiness James the point; Alan Fitzpatrick is a crew members and than Palms Trax? two solid hours. Those who ‘Blueprint’ Ruskin brings. true UK techno hero, so best be SWINDLE (17th), so expect 11PM - 4AM £12 know will know. Techno, techno, techno seeing you front and centre. an amalgamation of fresh 11PM - 6AM £5 [repeat]. 10.30PM - 6AM £10 - £15 grimey sounds... 11PM - 4AM £9

Glasgow means business with SONJA MOONEAR at SCOTLAND, Don’t Drop’s fourth birthday, NORTHERN Sub Club (2nd March), and 1. BLACKOUT IRELAND Pressure has CHRIS LIEBING, SATURDAY 25TH MARCH three hours of PAN-POT, and THE GLUE FACTORY AND a Second State showcase at JOYTOWN ELECTRIC SWG3 (3rd). Secretsundaze is THEATRE, also in town — GILES SMITH and JAMES PRIESTLEY play ANIMAL FARM open a Vicious Creatures at Sub Club new concept at new venue (9th); whilst VITALIC hits Joytown Electric Theatre, SWG3 a day later on (10th), although this 11-hour and YOUSEF arrives for Circus marathon kicks off round the antics 24 hours later (11th). corner in The Glue Factory. Also catch KASSEM MOSSE See: techno titan du jour, and Workshop house lady Dax J, Ostgut Ton hardware WILLOW playing Bigfoot’s Tea aficionados Somewhen, Party, again at Subbie (17th). Northern Electrics’ Abdulla Edinburgh-way, check out Rashim and Manc lass MAX COOPER’s Emergence Stephanie Sykes. AV show for Kapital at The 4PM - 3AM £25 Caves (3rd). PROSUMER and VIRGINIA stomp out Berlin stuff at The Mash House (4th), 2. MINIVAL 3. PRESSURE 4. SHINE 5. CLONE RECORDS 25 YEARS with ANDREW WEATHERALL SATURDAY 4TH MARCH FRIDAY 31ST MARCH SATURDAY 4TH MARCH TOUR and SEAN JOHNSTON’s A THE TUNNELS, ABERDEEN SWG3, GLASGOW SHINE, BELFAST SATURDAY 4TH MARCH Love From Outer Space a SUB CLUB, GLASGOW week later (11th). Karnival’s FORMER Trouw ressie and LEN FAKI, a live set from Jeroen RØDHÅD returns to the 11th Birthday at The Liquid constantly flying Dutchman Search, a not-so-common Northern Irish capital for SERGE’S Clone Records Room will go off with Job Jobse is in town, with Call appearance by Dirtybird don only the second time, which has been pushing musical DERRICK CARTER (25th), and Super — currently riding high Claude VonStroke, and some is enough to get involved, but boundaries almost as long as Nightvision have PATRICK on the finest Fabric mix in time. typical Terry Francis solidness, Dense & Pika and Schmutz are the Subbie has been open. A TOPPING, DJ EZ, MOVE D and Aberdeen better be ready. with hosts Slam to boot. on the line-up too. What more perfect match, the boss’ regular OPTIMO (11th, 18th, 31st) — 11PM - 3AM £12 10PM - 3AM £20 - £23 do you need? collaborator Alden Tyrell also all at Liquid Room... 9.30PM - 3AM £20 has a pop. 10PM - 3AM £12.50

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As this month’s Inner City Life feature (p.103) shows, Bristol’s scene remains WEST & strong as ever, and March WALES 2017 is no exception, with Motion and The Marble 1. FARMFEST PRESENTS Factory’s schedules the FRIDAY 17TH MARCH busiest of the lot. Check THE MARBLE FACTORY, Solardo Sessions (3rd March), BRISTOL featuring the pair themselves plus a hand-picked selection ECLECTIC sounds define this of guests on a house and one, which is worth travelling techno tip, whilst Hospitality for. Warp Records stalwart touch down for big room d&b Nightmares On Wax will business (4th), HANNAH spin, Romare appear as a full WANTS stops by on her Play three-piece band, Rhythm tour (10th), and GORGON Section boss Bradley Zero, CITY roll in on the 17th. and residents from Shapes, Elsewhere, T3kn0 Valu3 at The Bodywork, and Dropout are all Black Swan has a trio of live involved alongside Late Night sets: CRYSTAL DISTORTION, Tales DJs and Farmfest players. IXINDAMIX and JOHNNY 9.30PM - 4AM £14 - £18 SIDEWAYS — alongside STERLING MOSS; on the same night, Rough Draft 2. SIMULATE PRESENTS 3. PERCCLUB PRESENTS 4. ROOM 303 5. IDLE HANDS PRESENTS welcomes Belfast leftfielder FRIDAY 10TH MARCH SATURDAY 25TH MARCH FRIDAY 10TH MARCH DIVING BIRD and Going Good boss BRIAN BASEMENT 45, BRISTOL THE NEON, NEWPORT MOVE, EXETER FRIDAY 3RD MARCH NOT BRIAN to Cosies (both COSIES, BRISTOL 17th). Elsewhere, The Factory LO-FI house favourite and CURRENTLY enjoying fourth DENSE & PIKA — aka in Plymouth has DLR’S drum Winona Ryder fan DJ Boring studio LP success, Irish banger Hypercolour and Glass Table ANDY MAC unveils the first in & bass (17th), then Vivify has rocks up in the West Country Phil Kieran is joined by another founder Alex Jones and Chris his Diving Bird dubwise 12” the seductive house of SASSY capital for a three-hour set. heavy beat peddler, The Organ Spero, or Glimpse to some — series, London duo Winsome J (18th). In Wales, Cardiff’s Now an internet sensation, the Grinder, for the biggest South will play three hours, making are booked too, with Idle Hands highlights are local lad BODHI bookings are wracking up fast Wales sesh outside the nation’s this a must for self-respecting owner Chris Farrell and Frankie at Undertone Basement Bar so catch him for cheap while capital. local heads. Downbeat also here. (4th), and urbanists MY NU you can. 9PM - 3AM £8 - £10 10PM - 3AM £8 - £12.50 10PM - 4AM £3 - £4 LENG at Y Plas (24th). 10PM - 4AM £7 - £9

In Birmingham, Lab 11 is once again opening its arms to the THE otherworldly mayhem of Magic MIDLANDS Door, so expect bizarre fancy 1. HOUSE OF GOD 24TH dress, a dancefloor accessible BIRTHDAY via a slide and plenty more FRIDAY 10TH MARCH besides top music from a TUNNEL CLUB, BIRMINGHAM secret guest; or alternatively head to Hare & Hounds for IT’S THAT time again — batten Heritage Breaks with old down the hatches and get ready skoolers DEEKLINE and ANDY to have veterans and freshmen BAXTER (both 3rd March). alike asking where you’re from A few weeks on, HANNAH and, err, you know... Surgeon, WANTS stops at 29 Lower Regis and Terry Donovan Trinity Street for her Play tour, have been summoned for the with more underground tech momentous occasion as one of sounds coming from VC-118A the planet’s toughest, wildest and ANDREW INGRAM at and most respected techno Green Street Arts (both 18th). parties passes the 24 mark. Do Nearby Wolverhampton hosts not miss. Twisted Fusion x Faction at 10PM - 6AM £12 - £14 Starworks Warehouse — DALE HOWARD, LEE WALKER, APOLLO 84, RONNIE SPITERI 2. THE MOVE 3. THE DRUM & BASS AWARDS 4. WIGFLEX 5. PERDITION 3RD BIRTHDAY and VIBE KILLERS keeping the SATURDAY 4TH MARCH SATURDAY 4TH MARCH SATURDAY 4TH MARCH FRIDAY 10TH MARCH Ibiza house pumping all night THE SUGARMILL, STOKE DONNINGTON EXHIBITION THE BRICKWORKS, BAR ELEVEN, NOTTINGHAM (4th). Nottingham heads CENTRE, DERBY NOTTINGHAM might want to check Leftback: A MIGHTY fine mighty coup for KEITH TENNISWOOD has done On Rotation at The Cave, where Stoke’s go-to hedonistic haunt, GONGS will be handed out but NOTTINGHAM’S most reliable enormous things for electronic residents and friends will Master At Work and all-round this is really about the tunes welcomes the hugely talented, music and rave over the years, be sharing turntable duties player Kenny Dope is in the — Chase & Status, Sigma, Sub multifarious and sonically not least as Radioactive Man. (also 4th), while Ivy House in house, so best be showing some Focus, SASASAS, DJ Hype, High shape-shifting Max Cooper Catch him in this intimate spot, Coventry welcomes Calypso respect for the house music Contrast, General Levy, Roni for a marathon six-hour or live with eternal regret. Part III with ANTI-SLAM & maestro. Size b2b Total Recall... get it? set, including his acclaimed 10PM - 4AM £5 WEAPON in the booth for 9PM - 4AM £15 10PM - 6AM £28.50 - £32.50 / Emergence live A/V show. techno with a groove (11th)... £40 VIP 10PM - 6AM £12.50

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GOLDIEROCKS: THE GLOBE! THE SELECTOR DJ SWISS ROLLIN’ CONSIDERS THE ‘TRUMP Alpine music and snowsports festival Caprices is back this April EFFECT’ ON CLUBLAND... with Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler, Ben Klock and more... THE WORLD TOOK a collective gasp last month as the 45th President of aprices Festival returns to promises to be, offering skiing, showcase the talents of Italian the United States was inaugurated the slopes of Crans-Montana, snowboarding, ice-skating and pretty techno master Marco Carola, Ben into power, a controversial reality TV C Switzerland for a 14th much every other winter activity you Klock, , Mano Le star with a highly divisive approach edition, once again bringing big might want, plus renowned culinary Tough, and John Talabot and Axel to policy. But what does this mean names, extreme sports and stunning delights. Koris particularly Boman’s joint project, Talaboman. for nightlife culture in the US and views together in the name of dance recommends the traditional local “We have a long-term relationship around the globe? music. This year the event runs from dish, la raclette — essentially with certain artists,” explains Koris. As American DJs and musicians Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th April, gorgeous, melted cheese! “Ricardo and Sven are regulars since express their shock, disappointment presenting the best in tech-house It’s the music we care about most of the early days of the festival, so they and publicly speak out against and techno across three venues. course though, and Caprices doesn’t are always willing to come back. On Republican strategy, fears are “Caprices offers clubbers a disappoint on that front either. the other hand, we strive to bring a spreading about how this will affect mind-blowing experience combining Situated at the top of the Violettes cutting-edge line-up with the liberal values of a scene that visual and sound sensations in one slopes, the festival’s daytime stage, up-and-coming and established thrives on diversity. Online forums unique setting — the Alps,” says MDRNTY — a transparent tent looking names.” are awash with fans criticising Koris, Head of Communication for out over the mountains — will host With the addition of a new venue, ‘outspoken’ artists saying they Caprices and MDRNTY. “We are the likes of Sven Väth, the Martinez Club d’Altitude (a 600-capacity space should ‘just stick to the music’. I can putting our hearts and souls into Brothers, tINI, Jamie Jones and Seth with a state of the art soundsystem understand the wish to not spread making sure the festival-goer’s Troxler going back-to-back with the located at the top of the Cry d’Er negativity, or further divide and experience is as seamless as minimal don, Ricardo Villalobos. Then slope) this year too, it seems that 14 alienate people, but my thoughts possible.” when the light fades, 4000-capacity years in, Caprices is still only just are that we should not become And what an experience Caprices night-time stage The Moon will getting started. BEN HINDLE complacent while basic fundamental human rights for people — the fellow clubber dancing right next to you — are being challenged. Especially in nightlife culture, an entire movement that stems from a LGBT scene based on love, acceptance and freedom of expression. The Black Madonna regularly, passionately and eloquently expresses her desire for the dance community to rediscover its radical roots. Zedd threatened to move back to Germany following the election result, while Diplo, Steve Aoki and Justin Martin have all been incredibly vocal in their disdain for the country’s new leader. Seth Troxler, who smashed the London Printworks launch recently, even changed his twitter bio: ‘I work with music but this is me, my opinions, raw and truthful. We are living in extremely troubling times and I’ll be using this space to discuss these issues.’ Bestival 2017 headliners A Tribe Called Quest, meanwhile, dedicated their Grammy performance to “President Agent Orange”, saying that ‘We The People’ would not spread hate and be divided. Marginalised voices are fighting for their freedom. Will you be one of them? @Goldierocks

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Suruba, Suara, Solid Grooves, Snatch!... Not only does Dennis Cruz have a penchant for releasing on labels beginning with ‘s’, everything he makes for them is nailed-on JOCKEY JOURNAL tech-house fire. The Spaniard had a huge The on-the-road diary of the world’s 2016, breaking onto the scene with a top DJs treading the globe string of Beatport chart smashes and getting remixed by fellow scene advocates like PAWSA and Samu.L — at the moment he’s one of the most commonly selected names on USBs of tech-house DJs. As a DENNIS CRUZ result, he’s getting booked all over — from Australia to Athens. Here’s his tour diary...

CIVIC UNDERGROUND, Franz Costa, Reelow, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Michael Bibi and PAWSA “This was my first time played bomba sets and as in Sydney, it was such always all the groovers a pleasure to visit the made this party unique.” landmarks of the city and the Sydney Opera House, NOX, MADRID, SPAIN which the promoters took “Madrid is my hometown. me to — it was great. It’s always a pleasure to Then I went on to the club play at home. NOX have and the environment and been doing really dope atmosphere was amazing: parties over the last two sold out, good vibes, good years in Madrid, so it soundsystem... I cannot couldn’t be a better time wait to go back there. I to come back to my city had a wicked time, and the with them and share the NOX Civic Underground Australian crowd are so booth with my friend much fun!” Hector. Also it was great because I could meet up PLAYGROUND, ATHENS, and dance with a lot of GREECE friends that I haven’t been “Athens has to be one able to see for a long time.” of my favourite cities. I have been there quite a SNATCH!, BPM FESTIVAL, few times now, always MEXICO with my mate Viton, the “This year was my first owner of Playground year at BPM, I was playing club. The first time I at both the Stereo and visited Athens I could Snatch! showcases. Both feel the energy from parties were amazing, with the public, and we amazing DJs. I selected understand each other this picture playing at perfectly when I’m Snatch! because I was so playing. This particular happy to be playing with time was a very special my buddy Riva Starr and date because we all the Snatch! crew… Snatch! Playground celebrated on Christmas what happened at BPM Day, so the vibes were closing was a tragedy, it amazing and everybody really upset me that it ended was in high spirits.” the way it did and my pain goes out to the victims.” SOLID GROOVES, LONDON, UK CODA, TORONTO, CANADA “What can I say... all gigs “I absolutely love this club. with my Solid Grooves Everybody told me good family are magic... but things about Coda before this time everything was I went there. I felt like I wicked. We all went for a was at home from the first great Solid Grooves family step I took into the club. dinner beforehand and It’s a legendary club with we invited Riva Starr and a sick soundsystem. This Michele from Snatch! to particular gig I played was join us. We arrived early pure magic, and the crowd to the club, because the didn’t stop dancing all line-up was entirely Solid night! Looking forward to Grooves residents, plus returning to Toronto for Solid Grooves the night had completely sure.” Coda sold out. All the boys:

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SOLE INNOVATIONS LESS IS MORE... Filling Pieces kick off SS17 Now hear this. Shouts out... in the sunshine... HEADLINING... It’s all about the THE AMSTERDAM-BASED footwear brand beret, folks — AW17 collections were unleash their ‘Let Us Create’ collection with a full of it. We reckon you can rock the photoshoot on the beautiful island of look in spring-time, too. Mais oui! Madagascar, “an island known for 90% of its wildlife being found nowhere else on earth”. BOOTY CALL... The more said Inspired by nature and culture, founder about Palladium boots, the better. Guillaume Philibert presents around 600 Sometimes we like to wear them and designs in 14 new silhouettes and five new pretend like we’re Kanye West. custom Filling Pieces sole innovations. Shhhhh... Drop one features the Steel Runner, which mixes up their low top styles with a contemporary runner backdrop — made of super-soft nubuck uppers with a patterned sole not dissimilar to shark skin. Personal faves are the OC Runner lavished in layers of wavy cut, textured and organic beige leather with white laces. Lush. Fillingpieces.com TICK!... OK, so Off White is a little bit out of our price range, but sometimes SNEAKERS TO GO DENIM REPORT it’s all about the lusting and aspiring. Anyway, there’s always the sales. Check Show-stopper bags to them out at Selfridges. travel with... LEATHER UP... The biker jacket comes and goes. But you should always have one in your wardrobe, just in case, because this year it’s the business.

LOOK TWICE... Turns out this ‘tortoiseshell’ Havana bracelet from Triwa is actually made from recycled sunglasses residue. Now that has got to be a good thing! And it’s only 30 quid. Watchshop.com

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THE HEX BRAND was born out of a love of music; GOSH, is it really 10 years since Our Legacy’s first full founders Dan Maravilla and Trent Valladares were collection emerged from their Stockholm dwellings? musicians that grew up in Southern California in the Well yes it is, but really it was 2012 that they truly made late ’80s. Their start-up family business is now in its their mark on the scene and 2014 when they opened 17th year and this month their bags will be available their London store in Soho at 1 Silver Place. Since then in UK stores, in particular their sneaker backpack and they’ve managed to grab our attention every season. duffle bags. These beauties are designed specifically Their forward-thinking designs, while having simplicity to hold at least two pairs of kicks and there’s room for as the basis of their palette, hold some real genius and clothes and padded pockets for a 17-inch laptop, cutting-edge appeal. tablet or phones. How thoroughly modern. Naturally, denim features, but not in a massive The Sneaker Backpack has the facility to allow for in-your-face kind of way, just the occasional pair to larger storage area, should you need it. And what with write home about. So with that in mind, this ‘ere compression straps, leather zipper pulls and heavy- pair of First Cut Denim in light vintage wash, duty web strapping, this here item is going to do the available from Goodhood, is a ‘must-have’ business for your travels and adventures. Hooray! object of our desire. Sigh. Hexbrand.com Goodhoodstore.com

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IT’S BEEN A slow-burning rise gone, it’s gone. It’s over. But the for Danny Berman, better known memory lingers. For me the best to house-lovers as Red Rack’em. thing about clubbing back in the With over 20 years of DJ booth day was the random meetings. experience and his own Bergerac You make a friend for life but imprint for piping hot disco/ tragically never see them again.” house re-edits, the last four years witnessed the UK producer go If you could meet anyone — to ground to make his debut LP alive or dead — who would it ‘Self Portrait’, a body of work that be? blends vintage disco influences “Pepe Bradock as he’s my total with flavours into a hero. I haven’t heard anyone heady dancefloor brew. come close to the vibes he can It’s also an album on which he achieve in electronic music. reflects on his time adjusting to a There’s so much life in his music. move to Berlin in 2013. The result He’s not making house. He’s is a classy selection of samples, making movies. His tracks are funky edits and lush, supple like a conversation to me. He house chords. ‘Wonky can make several quite radically Disco’ — a disco bomb with an different moods sit together explosive slap-bass hook — also perfectly in one track. Sometimes makes a standout appearance switching between the moods. and there’s a collbaration with Sometimes all the moods at old school Detroit don Rick once.” Wade that would be proud of. He’s a UK producer Imagine the world is going to who’s soaked up jungle in Bristol, end tomorrow, what are you techno in Edinburgh and house going to do tonight? from Liverpool, so we wanted “Well, in my former life I would you to read all about the history say get a load of gear in and have behind Red Rack’em... some kind of naked sex party with a load of super-hot models Do you remember your first but now that I am a reformed clubbing experience? If so, character, I would just want to please tell us about it… be somewhere nice with a lovely “My first ever ‘clubbing view. Me and the missus. Holding experience’ was when I was about hands and enjoying some quality 14. My older sister had a massive time together. But having said house party in St Andrews, which that. If it was the end of the world was basically a full-on acid house for both of us, I am pretty sure rave. It was full of scantily-clad, she would join me in the former pilled-up women in their early idea.” 20s saying, ‘Oh you’re Julie’s brother… you’re so cute’ and the Describe what you imagine hardest football casuals saying, clubbing to be like in the year ‘I love you man’. I never looked 2070? back.” “No one will go out. You will go into some kind of virtual pod and What’s the most crucial record there will be a completely virtual of all-time in your eyes? club with a DJ set from your “In terms of being a masterpiece favourite DJs playing randomly I would say ‘3 Feet High & Rising’ created sets, generated via an by De La Soul. In terms of a club algorithm, using a constantly record, the Pepe Bradock remix of updated virtual record collection ‘Mouth’ by Iz & Diz has a special from them. You will be able to place in my heart. I remember control parameters such as the seeing Simon DK from DiY play DJ line-up, venue, the type of set it at The Bomb in Nottingham the DJ plays. Interaction with back in the day and people were your choice of sexual partners crying, it was so good.” will also be controllable and can be enhanced or suppressed What’s your lights-up, end-of- depending on your mood. The the-night tune? pod will administer controlled “I have a soft spot for ‘Was That doses of your substance of All It Was’ by Jean Carne. It’s a choice, the DJ will play a set to fit classy and smooth ode to being your mood.” used and abused in love. But it’s also a great metaphor for a full • ‘Self Portrait’ LP is out now via nights clubbing action. Once it’s his own label Bergerac.

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