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DJ MAG ANNOUNCES BEST OF NORTH AMERICA AWARDS TOUR We celebrate our first BONA Awards in LA, , San Fran and more…

MAY 2017 will see DJ Mag USA spread its wings to thrive in 2017. Over the past couple of months, we’ve more, we’ll head over to Soundcheck, Washington cover our friends in the north (this means you, been busy fleshing out the nominations, which the following day (7th July) with Autograf. Next up Canada) and in its place, DJ Mag North America include unstoppable talents such as Carl Craig, on Saturday 8th July, Heart Miami hosts Moon Boots, takes flight. With it comes the sister awards to our Maceo Plex, The Black Madonna, Mike Servito, My Favorite Robot and a very special headliner yet to wildly successful Best Of British Awards, aptly titled Kaytranada, Lauren Lane, , be announced, before we switch coasts to San the Best Of North America Awards. Claude VonStroke, , Avalon Emerson Francisco where Victor Calderone heads up our party Here at DJ Mag we know how polarising the Top 100 and DJ Earl. at Halcyon on Friday 14th July. Then we’ll be flying DJs poll can be — however, it’s publicly voted and To celebrate the BONA awards, we’re touring across back east on Saturday 22nd July, when the legendary therefore is out of our control. Best Of North the States and Canada, bringing a selection of Carl Craig will headline House Of Yes in NYC. America, however, allows us to highlight the nominees along for the ride. Kicking off on Thursday With more dates and acts still to come, keep your hard-working acts that have helped the underground 6th July at Exchange LA with Chris Lake, Blaise and eyes on our website for more info.

PERCOLATE LAUNCHES OPEN-AIR FESTIVAL promoters bring the noise to Stratford…

PERCOLATE JOIN the festival game on Saturday Filling out the tip-top line-up is the weird and With the quality of talent already on show, and 29th July with a brand new open-air event in East wonderful DJ Koze, alongside Hotflush boss Percolate’s reputation for bringing world class DJs London. Taking over Three Mills Island, Stratford , Sonja Moonear, Objekt, Moxie, Saoirse and to venues across the capital, it’s probably a wise for an 11-hour daytime up, they boast an Krywald & Farrer. A special live show and a idea to snap up a ticket quickly for this one. We’ll eye-boggling array of underground house and five-hour triple back-to-back set were set to be see you in the circle… stars. announced as DJ Mag went to print.

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SOMETHING very special is happening in the drum & bass world this year: Jump-up titans Hype and Hazard are touring their first ever back-to-back show, and we’ve got the legendary pair locked in for our freshly revamped HQ series! With histories dating back to the birth of the scene, but still with their feet planted firmly on the cutting edge, expect crashing breaks, booming bass and golden oldies aplenty. Just try not skanking out to this one — go on, we LIL’ LOUIS DEBUTS NEW dare you! •Watch live from 4pm at facebook.com/ ALBUM AT djmagazine DJ Mag presents house legend’s “greatest body of work ever”...

WED 14TH JUNE CHICAGO pioneer Lil’ Louis is set to unlike typical album listening parties — you’ll be make his grand return this month, staging a more than welcome to have a boogie along too. special showcase at London’s Ministry Of Sound in “After nearly 10 years in the studio, I am beyond association with DJ Mag. excited to present to you my new music,” Louis Best known for late ‘80s hit ‘French Kiss’, Louis has told DJ Mag. “This is by far my greatest body of been hard at work in the studio over the past work ever.” decade, and the result — his brand new album — is The whole thing will be filmed using innovative finally ready for public consumption. new technology, and broadcast a fortnight later on Taking over the club on Thursday 15th June, Lil’ Thursday 29th June via DJ Mag’s Facebook page. Louis’ Exclusive Worldwide Album Review will Head to the DJ Mag website to apply for free DJ MAG’S bass music live stream returns to present the full work for the first time ever, with tickets. Work Bar, London on the second Wednesday of each track introduced by the man himself, and — June with break-driven Swamp 81 offshoot, BBS. Having recently dropped a tape of slammin’ retro rave, the imprint was named in DJ Mag’s labels to watch in our January issue. Old school jungle and hardcore are the order of the day as top dogs Benton and Loefah head up the bill, alongside the drum & bass legend that is Fabio. Dubsteppa Benny Ill will be on hand too, as will original junglist DJ Ron, while BBS regulars Jonny Banger and Sgt Pokes handle mic duties. Brace yourselves! •Sign up for guestlist or watch live via djmag. com/bunker THURS 29TH JUNE

NIGHT MAYOR PROPOSED

DIGITAL distribution, promo and royalty FOR NEW YORK service, Label Worx, celebrates a decade of Councilman aims to protect venue in the city that never sleeps… getting the finest tunes into the hands of tastemaking DJs around the world with a birthday blowout at London’s Work Bar. NEW YORK councilman Rafael Espinal wants New hindered by bureaucracy.” Topping the bill are veteran French duo Amine York City to have its own night mayor, as with Plans are still in the early phase — with no Edge & DANCE, with support from a plethora of and London, to lookout for smaller candidates for the position being mentioned — talent from across the house music spectrum, venues’ interests. but Espinal feels the ideal candidate would be including Josh Butler, DJ SKT and ‘Yeah Yeah’ “What I imagine the office doing is finding ways someone with plenty of experience of don, D. Ramirez. we can be helpful in creating a business-friendly “frequenting DIY venues”. Also joining the bill are local acts Tuff London environment that supports nightlife,” Espinal said At the time of publication, ’s actual and Mindek, and Leeds lad GAWP. in a recent interview with Gothamist. mayor has yet to comment on Espinal’s campaign •Sign up for free guestlist at djmag.com/ “And I want to make sure that we’re not a city for a night mayor, but DJ Mag agrees that such a guestlist where artists’ ability to express themselves is move would be a mighty fine idea.

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POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Long-running Manchester night Hit & Run is engaging young voters and dropping the best in bass music too…

irst started in Oxford way back in 2001, talking about how crucial it is for 18-24s [to vote], trying to force any particular ideology down Hit & Run has been a staple of the and it goes even deeper than voting — even just people’s throats,” says Rich. “The youth have had Manchester bass scene since migrating registering to vote means more policies are gonna a really tough time. With Brexit they’ve lost the Fto the northern stronghold with be made with the young in mind. So we’re giving ease of which they can live or study abroad, or promoter and resident DJ, Rich Reason, in 2006. away 200 tickets for people who can prove that even fall in love with somebody abroad. Then Originally landing every Monday, the event now they’ve registered to vote.” Best get those they’ve raised tuition fees, cut housing benefit for boasts several weekend spots a month, plus screenshots in sharpish, then! under-25s… That demographic, only 30-40 one-off specials, at venues across the city. A focus percent of them vote so they’ve been stiffed these on drum & bass, , hip-hop, and Landing on Wednesday 7th June (the day before last few years. But if they get out to vote, it’s garage — generally anything underground with a the UK general election) at Best Of British- gonna be a better country for them to grow up in.” whole heap o’ bass gets the thumbs up — has seen winning club Hidden, the night ties in with Hit & BEN HINDLE Hit & Run host artists as broad-ranging as James Run’s annual end of term party, making it the Blake, Kaytranada, Khan & Neek, Alix Perez, Barely perfect time to engage potential young voters. As Legal and Kurupt FM. an extra bit of fun, acts on the night will even Where the party really does the scene proud, represent fake political groups — grime don Sir THE BIG GIG If you only book tickets for one however, is in mobilising ravers for good causes Spyro heads up the Topper Top Party, Channel One and social change. Having led the way with the Soundsystem represent the UK Dub Culture Party, live gig this month, make it this… Food 4 Thought campaign — a concept which the Liquid Bangers Party is led by SpectraSoul, raises money for food banks, and punters can even and, as the event will be something of a farewell pay for entry with canned goods, which has been for resident Jonny Dub, who’s moving to Japan taken up by promoters across the North — Rich is soon after, he’ll be standing for the Japanese now on a mission to get Britain’s youth politically Labour Party. active. “I think this is the most important election “More than anything we’re just trying to of our lifetime,” he tells DJ Mag. “Everyone’s been encourage democratic engagement, rather than

HAÇIENDA CLASSICAL SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER MANCHESTER APOLLO

WITH A GLASTO main stage performance set for the summer, Graeme Park and Mike Pickering’s Haçienda Classical collective return home to Manchester for another orchestral reimagining of the tracks that helped birth UK club culture. This one’s a bit of a way off, but given that tickets are already on sale and the outfit has a tendency to sell out, we suggest snapping one up before you end up kicking yourself! This show has been garnering rave reviews, so what on earth are you waiting for?

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Untitled-1 1 15/05/2017 12:00 ON THE FLOOR The venues pulling the BEHIND THE SCENE strings of clubland

NEW STAR RISING Starworks Warehouse isn’t just bringing top-notch talent to Wolverhampton, but helping reshape the city itself…

hose who saw DJ Mag’s spring feature the licence — meaning we could only open once a making a big impact; unsurprisingly heads have on the new UK clubs looking to right month. We did that, and had 100% success, been turned, even going so far as for Starworks to the wrongs of the country’s famously operating to a very high standard, and so kicked be invited to help advise on how cash should be T draconian licensing laws and off 2017 with a full licence, and phase two of our spent transforming the town itself. greed-fuelled redevelopment plans will likely have investment in the building is now taking place. picked up on the only Midlands address to make “Because of the size of the space, it lends itself to “Wolverhampton at the moment is going through the cut: Starworks Warehouse. being an event venue rather than a club. By the a huge multi-million-pound investment, including In many ways, though, Starworks has become a time we finish phase three, in the summer, we will a huge shopping centre, shipping container reality in tandem with wider proposals to breathe have a capacity of 4,000. Commercially it needs to market, and a complete rebrand. So there’s this new life — and new cash — into Birmingham’s be this way too, with the climate — we need to massive regeneration and they have actually smaller, less fashionable neighbour, host a range of events aimed at different invited us to be a brand partner, alongside several Wolverhampton. Occupying a former car factory demographics.” other large companies, advising on the overall — one of the oldest automobile manufacturing redevelopment of the area. It’s nice for us, that sites in the world — since flinging its doors open Don’t think for a second parties aren’t high on the they see us as one of those businesses that will 12 months ago, this nocturnal haunt has been agenda, though. Operating two rooms and assist in changing the image of Wolverhampton gathering notable momentum, despite some utilising a rig that McGillicuddy describes simply itself,” continues McGillicuddy. voicing reservations when the venue first as ‘loud’, the likes of Detlef, Solardo, Max “Birmingham is a very saturated market. It’s a appeared on the map. Chapman, Cause & Affect, Chris Lorenzo, Flava D good market, and I’ve been going out there for and DJ Zinc have all wowed crowds inside the many, many years as a local. But it’s so saturated “Initially we applied for the licence back in 2015, Victorian-era building thanks to 270,000 watts of people are looking for something new, something and that began the next year,” explains Financial tweeters, bins and amps. Not to mention our own different, but not too far. We’re it — literally two Director and partner, Ryan McGillicuddy. “The DJ Mag Sessions, which took control of the minutes down the road, great transport routes, council were nervous about the site to start with, cavernous complex back in May with Sonny inexpensive taxis. It’s ideal really.” MARTIN due to its size, so wanted to put a restriction on Fodera, Shadow Child and more. Talk about GUTTRIDGE-HEWITT

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FAMILY AFFAIR Passed down over three generations — the same bloodline that started both and Monegros Desert Festival — and the first ever venue to introduce techno to Spain 25 years ago, we visit Florida 135, which was the world’s first-ever experiential clubbing experience, and explore the astounding legacy of the Arnau family...

ehind every decent club is were introduced to entertain So how did an old cafe-turned- would play to more than 500 a decent backstory, but clientèle and eventually a casino, casino transform into an artily dancing couples (with their parents few have one as with roulette, blackjack and poker, conceived clubbing experience; one watching from VIP booths above). Billustrious as Florida 135. was opened too — in this room, on that’s hosted pretty much every In 1953, a marriage between the Tucked away in the rustic surrounds one of these tables, it is alleged that legendary techno and house name only daughter of Duran and the of Fraga — a town just a couple of a certain Juan Arnau Duran was you can muster — from Richie first-born of Arnau paved the way for hours away from — it also eventually born; a descendent of Hawtin to Frankie Knuckles to the two businesses — the Florida serves as the backdrop to two of the Antonio Duran who married Jose’s Surgeon to ? Saloon and Victoria Theatre — to most amazing party experiences in daughter-in-law, before turning Cafe eventually merge. By the ‘60s, it was the world right now: inflatable toy Josepet into Bar Victoria, and A period as a movie theatre at the a discotheque for 3,000 people, bonanza Elrow and a massive, eventually Victoria Theatre at the turn of the 20th Century led to a live where vinyl was played in-between mental desert-festival-rave named start of the 1920s. pianist scoring silent films, which in live acts (see side-bar). Monegros (aka Groove Parade), A name particularly familiar to turn — one night after a screening While Franco’s rule and the which started in 1992. Catalans, it was this same Juan — resulted in the first-ever dancing restricted flow of records into the Arnau (Duran) who fathered Juan experience for customers in the nation stunted the growth of DJ Originally opened by Jose Satorres Arnau (Jr.), the current CEO of club. culture compared to other parts of as a cafe in 1870, scattered with Florida 135, who, alongside his Incidentally, a man named Juan Europe, the venue provided a rare marble shades, large mirrors and sister Cruz Arnau and a dedicated Arnau (Ibarz) and his wife Francisca place of social and musical liberation walls awash with pastel colours, team, today oversee Barcelona’s arrived in Fraga in 1924, and 20 in rural Spain. By the ‘70s, the club initially the space attracted local famous Elrow venue and its years later they opened Saloon was awash with psychedelic red and businessmen who’d meet there to international-themed shows, as well Florida, a local ballroom venue (and pink hues, people no longer danced sell and buy farm produce. In order as Monegros Desert Festival. It runs rival establishment) where — during in pairs (watched by their parents) to spice things up, cabaret singers in the family, quite literally. the ‘40s and ‘50s — an orchestra and go-go dancers performed.

In 1985, the club became officially known as Florida 135. It was this transition that represented a revolutionary turning point in the evolution of Spain’s nightlife culture. A huge circular booth-like stage had been installed in the centre of the main room, and an actual DJ would play. It wasn’t long until it became recognised as Spain’s first-ever proper club. “My father was the first person to introduce electronic/dance acts to Spain,” Juan Arnau Jr. proudly tells DJ Mag. “The first electronic act to ever play at Florida was Front 242, and this was probably 25 years ago.” Following that the likes of Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin and all made appearances within Florida 135’s booth during the early stages of their career, at a time when

104 djmag.com ON THE FLOOR SUMMER OF LOVE From ballroom to mind-blowing , the evolution of Florida 135 in pictures...

techno was basically unheard of in main-room — inspired by Blade Spain, at a club predominantly Runner — is mocked up in the style known for cheesy music (from of an NYC Bronx street made up of Valencia). cobblestones, red-brick facades, neon signs and street lamps — Inspired by trips with his wife across shop-fronts, archways and stairways Europe — to , , leading to bars and balconies — during his late-teens and hidden inside secret rooms, early-20s, Juan’s father switched speakeasies and dark, tunnel-like the music policy to techno during walkways — even a secret cinema the early ‘90s, and for three years tucked away at the back of the the club went from selling 4000 venue. tickets on a good night to selling Not only is it a place to get only 700, as it took time for the physically lost, Florida 135’s indoor locals to adjust to this new, edgy, street — with its huge, pounding repetitive dancefloor sound. soundsystem — is where Fraga’s “People thought my father was clubbers — who flock from crazy,” laughs Juan Jr. “‘How can Barcelona and its surrounding parts you change the sound like this? — lose their minds to the absorbing, No-one understands!’ So back in the chest-beating sound of techno, day, my father had to explain the supplied by local resident DJ heroes history to our customers, so we like Andres Campo, who celebrated printed a magazine about electronic his fifth anniversary at the venue music to help educate people — the with an epic eight-hour set, the club sounds, the DJs, who they were packed to the rafters, last month etc... (see pics). “We lost a lot of money for the first three or four years, but obviously Once here, it’s not difficult to see in became important, Florida 135 the original, embryonic and because we were the first ones traces of Elrow today; the creative [to do it] in Spain, the entire kernel of that insanely explosive, country was looking to us as a colourful and vibrant party now pioneer.” capturing the hearts and minds of But it isn’t only the birth of Spain’s ravers all over the world. techno scene that sets Florida 135 Not only does this old cinema/ apart from other clubs. Walking into ballroom exist as the club that the venue, it’s obvious this venue is started it all in Spain. Only through set up as no ordinary clubbing its artily designed and immersive experience. setting were we first presented with Designed more like the set of a West a club built primarily around an End stage show or a production aesthetic, sensory and physical from an immersive theatre collective experience rather than just music. like Punch Drunk than your average They’re still setting the standard, dark, no-frills nightclub, the even today. ADAM SAVILLE

Andres Campo

djmag.com 105 QUICKFIRE CLUBBING We never sleep, ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death…

LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL @ THE GREAT BALTIC WAREHOUSE, LIVERPOOL ARCA & JESSE RIDE LIKE THE WIND! HOSPITALITY IN Celebrating Southport Weekender’s 30th KANDA LIVE @ THE DOCK @ anniversary... ROUNDHOUSE, LIVERPOOL DISCO Festival was such a screaming TOBACCO DOCK, success when it launched within a set of old LONDON warehouses last October, the team decided to up THE BODY BEAUTIFUL LONDON the ante and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Shock, awe and experimental beats in AHOY MATIES! the legendary Southport Weekender for the next Camden… Tobacco Dock gets a d&b makeover… instalment, as well as roping in Hustle, Glitterbox and Suncébeat to do the disco ARCA HAS always been a walking juxtaposition. IT SEEMS there’s just no stopping Hospital damage. If Carlsberg did disco... Sitting somewhere between hip-hop, Records. Having launched the UK’s first ever Doing justice to Southport’s reputation as the , classical and sound design, the drum & bass festival last year with Hospitality In ‘world’s friendliest festival’ with aplomb, the Venezuelan-cum-Londoner’s futuristic, The Park — set to return, even bigger, this various warehouse spaces, gardens and bars are scattershot productions are as coarse and September — the label fills the gap at LWE’s in no shortage of cheesy smiles, random chat twisted as they are serenely beautiful. And sprawling Tobacco Dock venue over the Easter and swinging elbows all day long — especially having waited a long time to catch Arca live, DJ Holidays. While the line-up does feel a little outside in the Constellation Garden where Mr Mag is pleased to confirm this is taken to a crammed in (Richie Brains following the Scruff gives us a DJ education under a grey sky whole new level in person. Performing work Eatbrain crew?), the variety on offer does at — through to the after-parties with Danny Krivit from across the past few years, although least make choosing between the three spaces and . primarily from this year’s self-titled LP, he easier. The aforementioned Records Jazzy Jeff brings the boogie heat in Hangar 34 combines visceral, self-abusive dance and collective provide the highlight of DJ Mag’s day before D-Train is on the mic, closing with a delicate operatic singing, all the while dressed — tucked away in the dim haze of the Dock’s jumping rendition of ‘You’re The One For Me’. in a variety of corsets, thongs and at one point underground car park, the likes of Chimpo, And by the time it’s dark and Joey Negro is standing on a pair of huge, metal stilts, giving Fracture, Fixate and Sam Binga go all out (a dropping ‘Ride Like The Wind’ — for a few hours an appearance which is both strong and little friendly competition never hurts), with a at least — it feels as if our lives are finally confident, yet — contorting his skinny frame — host of half-time favourites, and bootleg complete. ADAM SAVILLE maintains an overarching fragility. Collaborator of everything from Sir Spyro’s grime Jesse Kanda’s projected visuals are similarly smasher ‘Topper Top’ to ‘90s hit ‘Rhythm Of The contrasted, from mutant babies to slimy Night’ by Corona. Bring on In The Park! BEN part-snakes-part-guts, each is smooth, HINDLE strangely elegant, but greasy and grotesque. At one point, the video cuts to a strobing clip of graphic anal fisting — a gasp arises from the audience… “It’s just bodies, guys,” reassures Arca. And he’s right. Bizarre and beautiful in equal measure, Arca opens eyes, ears and minds — what more could you ask for from a practitioner of art? BEN HINDLE

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DAYMÉ AROCENA @ KLOCKWORKS THE JAZZ CAFÉ, PRESENTS PHOTON ORANJEBLOESEM @ PRINTWORKS, LONDON FESTIVAL @ SOUL IN MOTION LONDON Gilles Peterson-darling brings a taste of END OF THE LINE BLIJBURG AAN ZEE, Havana to London… Ben Klock finishes up Printworks’ Issue 001…

AMSTERDAM RISING CUBAN JAZZ singer Daymé Arocena SO HERE IT is, the final event of Printworks’ LONG LIVE THE KING! made quite a splash in Camden with a gig at The opening season. The new space appears to have House and techno by royal appointment… Forge in 2015 and, following two albums for had a relatively solid run so far, and with a few Gilles Peterson’s north London-based label extra tweaks, Issue 002 should hopefully cement KING’S DAY is a Dutch national holiday that sees Brownswood, there’s no shortage of vibes at the venue’s place amongst London’s finest. the great and good of the world Jazz Café tonight. Arriving on stage in her residents Ben Klock and Marcel descending on the to help celebrate typical white robes, grinning from ear-to-ear, Dettmann are as impressive as ever, with Klock’s the monarch’s birthday. At the festival’s she has this chic, demure rabble in the palm of Photon light-show looking stellar from either beachfront locale, we’re greeted with the her hand right from the first note. end of the hall (if somewhat under-using quintessential Dutch scene: A sea of bicycles Touring her latest LP, ‘Cubafonia’, her set — led Printworks’ already world class production). neatly parked outside the entrance, from the back by an excellent four-piece band Disappointingly, Dax J has pulled out at the last accompanied by thousands of party-goers (with each getting their individual moment to moment — although sadly this doesn’t come as dressed in orange (the national colour), shine) — serves as much as an educative intro to too much of a surprise given his recent soundtracked by the distant thrum of house and the claves (rhythms) that define Cuban music, as controversy in Tunisia — however, some little techno. Bicep are in the throes of a daytime set it is a showcase of her infectious personality and compensation comes from LWE ditching the that sees the Northern Irish duo dispatching rich, wide-ranging voice. From the cha-cha-cha irritating tokens system for the final night. their usual fare of posh Waitrose trance through to rumba and Afro-Cubana jazz, each Here’s to hoping (probably in vain) the alongside deep, tribal grooves. In a natural sand explained with a charming anecdote from the promoter keeps it that way when Printworks amphitheatre, Âme’s Frank Wiedemann is girl of the moment (she’s only 23!), her returns. Sound-wise, things have definitely playing a live set to another bulging crowd, charismatic performance is full of swagger and improved throughout the season, but the system before co-founder plays grace throughout. still needs work in order to give everyone an the day’s most robust techno set. The only real Closing the set with a playfully orgasmic equal experience. With these issues fixed and a criticism that can be levelled at Oranjebloesem rendition of ‘Don’t Unplug My Body’ (from few more line-ups of the Galaxiid and is its length — due to pressure from local 2016’s ‘Nueva Era’), the entire club is swaying or Klockworks variety, we’ll be raring to go back. authorities the festival has to finish at 8pm, stepping by , some actually doing salsa. BEN HINDLE which is just a bit too early for our tastes. Cuba is alive and well in London tonight. ADAM Oranjebloesem’s King’s Day celebrations come SAVILLE to an end with revered Bulgarian maverick KiNK delivering body-rocking house and techno with the kind of showmanship it deserves. ANDREW RAFTER CHLOE NEWMAN, GILES SMITH, HANNAH METCALFE, JAKE DAVIS & VAAG GILES SMITH, HANNAH METCALFE, NEWMAN, CHLOE DAVIS JAKE Pics:

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MAXIMUM MINIMAL DJ Mag heads to Sunwaves, the Mecca of Romanian minimal, to discover the source of the sound once again making waves across Europe…

amed for DJ marathons of minimal house and techno’s key epic proportions, players, Sunwaves proves what’s Sunwaves hits Mamaia been stirring in the scene recently FBeach in Romania for five has blossomed into something days over May Day weekend. Over the special. Selectors like Barac and course of its 21 editions, the Arapu — who form part of the second springtime event has established wave of Romanian minimal artists itself as the world’s premier festival — as well as even younger up-and- for lovers of the minimal end of coming artists like Romania-born, house and techno, and written itself London-based Stump boss Cally, into the folklore of dance music, with simply steal the show. tINI and Bill Patrick’s now-famed 31-hour set at last year’s event Their inventiveness and desire to encapsulating a relentless schedule push what’s loosely been held, since that simply doesn’t stop. the mid ‘00s, under the term ‘the Romanian sound’ — loopy and “I think this year was the longest hypnotic production paired with deep yet,” Robert Precup of Romanian duo grooves — in new directions, displays Livio & Roby — who have become everything that’s exciting about regulars at the festival during their minimal house and techno right now. decade-long career — says of its And the crowd clearly appreciates it, Tuesday finish, over video chat just with every perfectly-timed hi-hat or days after. “It’s famous for it. That’s bassline dropped met with mass the essence of the festival. Everybody cheers and hands in the air. It’s going knows what they’re going to evolving a sound that’s gaining get — long DJ sets so the artists have global interest again. “The sound time to express themselves.” already had a peak a long time ago,” Precup explains that there was a Precup’s partner in Livio & Roby, noticeable influx of foreigners to the Silviu Sandu, explains. “It’s picking festival this year too. “It felt really up more and more as the new guys cosmopolitan,” he enthuses. “And are bringing a freshness to the the fact so many people are coming scene.” shows that the scene is growing again.” The impact the second generation of Romanian artists are having is clear, Following a period of time in the too. RPR Soundsystem, flagbearers wilderness in recent years, after the for the scene for many years, deliver stagnation in sound of some of a masterclass that blends the sound

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of the new wave with the old school, likes of Wildchild’s ‘Renegade “Because of that, Sunwaves is like sonically it’s interesting and and runs from the small hours of Master’ amongst seamless blends of being booked for Panorama Bar or producers are trying things to create Saturday morning to long past percussive workouts, and a low-end DC-10, it’s a big deal and a special their own variation. That means lunchtime. And their support of the that pushes the huge Funktion-One place to play.” there’s a buzz that’s creating an youngsters outside Sunwaves is stacks to their limits. incredible vibe.” clear, having released the likes of The sound that permeates the Dan Andrei on their seminal Many artists also use Sunwaves to festival also hits the White Isle this Sunwaves’ legendary status has [a:rpia:r] imprint. roadtest new material, including year too, with Raresh, Zip, Nastia something big to live up to when DJ Subb-an — real name Ashique and Sonja Moonear doing Cocoon, Mag arrives at Mamaia Beach on the Elsewhere, a packed programme Subhan — who plays the festival for Apollonia returning to Music On, as Thursday evening, but with a crowd hosts Ricardo Villalobos, Apollonia, the first time this year on the main well as the selectors spinning at that’s second to none, allowing DJs Sonja Moonear, Nastia, Ion Ludwig, stage. “Because the crowd’s so Circoloco right through summer. And to experiment freely with nothing Dewalta and Mike Shannon live, and receptive, it’s the perfect place to do Subb-an says it’s the quality of the but rapturous support, and stacked Thomas Melchior — as Melchior it,” he explains afterwards. “Playing music that’s making it happen. “It’s soundsystems built to give artists Productions Ltd — each of whom a big stage normally means you have the culmination of people being perfect projection of the music they deliver in front of capacity tents. Zip to play the game, but at Sunwaves I really on it with the music they’re spin — not to mention the fact it’s also forms a highlight, spinning a set felt comfortable to lean towards the making,” he explains. “The output only £1.50 for a beer and £2.50 for a that demonstrates how he continues after-hours music I like to play in from artists, producers and record spirit and mixer. It’s easy to see why to be one of the most playful DJs on more intimate venues, as the crowd labels in that sphere is incredible so many swear by the Romanian the minimal scene, dropping the are willing to go with the DJ. right now. There’s more depth to it, event’s formula. ROB MCCALLUM DANIEL ILIE & KAY ROSS ILIE & KAY DANIEL Pics:

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TECH-KNOW-HOW Dutch techno party powerhouse, Awakenings, marks 20 years with a four-day bender in the ‘Dam…

ver the past two double-header on Saturday (an Preceding the third night is a day Jasper Schimmel. There are several decades, Awakenings Awakenings first), the event session, topped by ’ focal points to awaken the senses: has firmly established welcomes a wealth of techno royalty pounding early evening Elevated, multidirectional, lighting Oitself as the ultimate — 27 DJs to be precise — performance, which includes the panels, a giant disco ball that hangs European techno brand. Titans from programmed to allow for the most insane visual show we’ve seen over the centre of the dancefloor, a the genre pack out the festival majority of sets to exceed the all year. Once the night-time session mixture of powerful lasers spanning line-up every year, while rising two-hour mark. kicks off, techno baron Dave Clarke the Gashouder, and fire and ice talents are often solidified as the delivers a raucous and inventive cannons to complete the armoury. stars of the future through Each night has its own identity, with two-and-a-half-hour blitz, followed But topping it all, although not show-stopping Awakenings sets that the opener beautifully warmed up by by Dutch favourite DJ Rush and his strictly AV, is founder Rocco, whose are still revisited online for years two Awakenings affiliates, Dimitri frantic style, before Chris Liebing shouting between and during sets is afterwards. The brand has of course Kneppers and Remy Unger, before offers up techno perfection. The notorious, a unique and kind of branched out too, with unmissable being left in the more than capable final night’s programming is a lot weird yet completely authentic, ADE parties and other events across hands of Nina Kraviz, Sven Väth, lighter, however, culminating in a gesture you have to experience to the globe. Pan-Pot, and Derrick May and Kevin superb back-to-back from Joris appreciate. Saunderson. Night two, meanwhile, Voorn and Kölsch, who go deep into Expert planning from the To celebrate its huge 20-year is a back-to-back special; the the classics, and long-standing Awakenings team, astonishing milestone, Awakenings returns to highlight for us being Drumcode Awakenings favourite, Len Faki, who energy from fans all weekend, and Amsterdam over the Easter weekend boss Adam Beyer and Joseph closes out in style. terrific sets from all the DJs make for a special four-day party set Capriati’s three-and-a-half-hour set, this a birthday to remember. Here’s within the city’s enthralling, as the two international superstars The audio-visuals throughout are to another 20 years. industrial Gashouder venue. Split bring fun and heft in equal incredible, the handy work of LEON CLARKSON into five sessions, including a proportions. Awakenings technical director

Nina Kraviz Seth Troxler & Ricardo Villalobos

djmag.com 113 Untitled-1 1 13/04/2017 14:33 WORLD CLUB CRUISE @ MEIN SCHIFF, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, THE MEDITERRANEAN ON THE FLOOR

ALL HANDS ON DECKS! DJ Mag jumps aboard the maiden voyage of BigCityBeats’ latest EDM-packed venture, World Club Cruise…

pproaching the spectacular Mein Schiff cruise liner, it quickly dawns on DJ Mag that this is to be a festival like no other. Awe-inspiring and Agrandiose, it is quite intimidating to think that for the next five days this incredible ship is to become a floating festival, and the setting of arguably the most exclusive event in German electronic music history. Travelling around the Mediterranean, via Barcelona and dance music Mecca, , BigCityBeats’ World Club Cruise will host sets from some of the greatest DJs in the industry. Former Top 100 DJs winners, trance legends, progressive pioneers, house heroes and more. And DJ Mag is ready to experience every single life-affirming moment.

Standing on the Pool Deck as the ship leaves Mallorca harbour, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike release a powerhouse of a set, blending tracks from Dr Dre to . This may not be the first performance of the trip, but the 2000-strong crowd know that the party has now officially begun. DJ superstar Robin Schulz takes over the reins from DV&LM, refusing to let the tempo drop. Even a dip in the temperature doesn’t dissuade the crowd. One important factor to mention: If you ever find yourself on a festival cruise in the heart of the Mediterranean, bring warm clothes, because it can and will get very chilly — certainly pack more than one pair of jeans, eleven pairs of shorts and the thinnest of jackets.

Having spent some time criss-crossing through the hull of the Mein Schiff in an attempt to find the Theatre and W&W the evening before, by day two our bearings have officially been calibrated and Talla 2XLC is at the very top of the viewing list. A true pioneer of the original trance scene, it’s like watching history unfold. Being one of the last DJs of the night means the intimate set is absolutely rammed — the estimated 100-person room fit to burst, one-in-one- out is the order of the day.

Elsewhere the likes of DJ Taucher, Alle Farben, Angemi, Laidback Luke, SwitchOff and EINMUSIK — complete with accompanying live instrumentation — help create an event certain to go down in German electronic music history as a ‘Were you there?’ moment. Apart from a couple of technical difficulties on account of the weather — nobody’s going to wish a nasty shock on any DJ forced to play in the rain — World Club Cruise is seamless and enchanting. This is not a shy, relaxing, retirement cruise; it is loud, it is in your face, but if you’re prepared to party, prepare to live the dream. GREGG KELLY

djmag.com 115 ON THE FLOOR CAPRICES FESTIVAL, CRANS-MONTANA, SWITZERLAND Pics: ALDO PAREDES & VALERIU CATALINEANU

A RAVE WITH A VIEW Now in its 14th year, Switzerland’s alpine Caprices festival offers outstanding natural beauty and beats that’ll knock your thermo-socks off…

he likes of Snowbombing d’Er venue, located up in the and Horizon have long mountains as the daytime MDRNTY established the ‘slopes x stage is. The restaurant-cum-club Tmusic’ festival formula as features in the festival’s Saturday a winning one, but Caprices is no night programme, with a strong skiing holiday, using its setting in billing including Sonja Moonear and the Swiss Alps as a striking backdrop Mathew Jonson. Providing the rather than a playground. The opportunity to showcase a stunning example it has taken from those venue along with some great talent, festivals is the move to being an it’s a shame Cry d’Er’s appearance is exclusively electronic music so fleeting in the schedule. celebration. Former live offerings and the stage scene in the town The jewel in Caprices’ crown, have been gradually sidelined over though, has to be MDRNTY. A its 14-year lifespan, ushering in the 15-minute cable ride up the current state of play as of 2015. mountain, the throbbing bass pumping out from the venue’s The night DJ Mag arrive, we go to greenhouse-like structure into the The Moon (stage). A large indoor surrounding snowscape makes for a space, the chest-rattling system and unique scene. This striking contrast half-geodesic dome of dynamic is perfectly showcased in the triple visuals ensures everyone feels back-to-back between Ricardo well-ensconced for this late session. Villalobos, Seth Troxler and Craig The space is a little anonymous when Richards on Saturday afternoon. compared with its striking fellows up With Hawaiian shirts donned, the on the slopes, but the sound is tropical vibes of tracks like ‘Smokey’ nevertheless right on point, and it by Alphonse mingle with the beating boasts some of the standout sets of Alpine sun to form a heady the weekend, including a masterful experiential cocktail. The space is techno workout courtesy of Ostgut similarly primed for Jamie Jones’ Ton star, Marcel Dettman, and sun drenched sounds the day before, Talaboman’s highly anticipated with the pounding kicks of EON’s Saturday night slot. The ‘Spice’ and, recent BPitch Control collaboration of Hivern Discs honcho number, ‘She Loves Big Black Cock’ John Talabot and Swedish stalwart by DJ T-1000 bringing the perfect Axel Boman generates some of the energy for his peak early-evening most excitable chatter amongst set. festival-goers, and their well- practiced synchronicity proves a A compact festival offering some of match for expectations. Like so the finest DJ talent in the world much of their new album ‘The Night across a sprawling, captivating Land’, the set is a progressive jam, setting, Caprices unique aspects are with tracks manipulated steadily, a special find, and we’re left with a morphing drum rhythms into firm appreciation of how well they’re melodies, techy bleeps into acid carried off, as we descend back to riffs, and proving easily the musical reality after our weekend in the highlight of the weekend. mountains. LOUIS HAINES

A newly integrated feature of the festival is the recently opened Cry

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Ajunadeep’s progginess is in residency at The Nest, LONDON 1. JUNCTION 2 2017 highlights including Way Out SATURDAY 10TH JUNE West’s JODY WISTERNOFF BOSTON MANOR PARK (3rd June), MATTHIAS VOGT (10th) and 16 BIT LOLITAS TECHNO beneath a (24th). SOUL CLAP are also motorway flyover is stepping out in London — something everyone XOYO hosts their afternoon- should do once in their ’til-early-hours soirées with lives. Thanks to Adam DIMITRI FROM PARIS (10th), Beyer, Ben Klock, Joseph WOLF + LAMB (17th) and Capriati, Planetary EGYPTIAN LOVER (24th). Assault Systems and Alan Less regular, also proper Fitzpatrick for making decent, Avant Garde team up it possible then, across with Exit Festival, bringing stages hosted by The JENNIFER CARDINI and FORT Hydra, Sonus, Drumcode ROMEAU to Corsica Studios, and LWE. Impressive, while Oval Space hosts NOBU, even before you get to DJ SHACKLETON and HARUKA Tennis, Willow, Jane Fitz the same day (both 2nd)... and Andrew Weatherall. Regression Sessions returns 12PM - 10.30PM £55 to Fire and Lightbox for games and tunes (3rd), then plays Phonox open to close (4th), and JEFF MILLS 2. FIELD DAY 2017 3. MAKE ME 4. SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER 5. MOONDANCE CAMDEN becomes the latest hero to SATURDAY 3RD JUNE SATURDAY 3RD JUNE FESTIVAL PALACE REUNION seize The Barbican, with his VICTORIA PARK CORSICA STUDIOS SATURDAY 10TH JUNE SATURDAY 17TH JUNE From Here To There residency FINSBURY PARK KOKO (8th - 12th). Less theoretical, and Flying DJ MAG’S pal Lukas Wigflex head to XOYO for our pick of Lotus headline the annual takes a break from hosting SOUL . CLASSICS sets can be hit the THE BLACK MADONNA’S Hackney institution, but Wigflex, a regular fixture in our b2b David Morales, Delano or miss, but not when they Friday shifts — Detroit there’s strength in numbers Midlands pages (see #1 this Smith, Kerri Chandler, Kenny go back to 1989 and come originator DERRICK MAY joins here too — as Lena Willikens, month) to join masked Detroit Larkin, plus a separate afters at from Randall b2b Kenny Ken, her alongside Freerotation boy Machinedrum, Fatima Yamaha, electro don DJ Stingray, Objekt Prince Of Wales with Spen and Ratpack, Phantasy with Uncle done good, LEIF (9th). There’s and more go to show. and Aurora Halal. Tony Humphries. Dugs, Brockie n’ Blackmarket... also solo at Brixton 11.30AM - 11PM £64.50 11PM - 7AM £16 11PM - 6AM £45 10PM - 5AM £21 - £26 Academy (10th)...

First thing’s first, KRAFTWERK are about, so THE NORTH 1. NO BOUNDS FESTIVAL attend — Newcastle (14th LAUNCH PARTY June), Sheffield (15th) and FRIDAY 9TH JUNE Manchester (19th). Point HOPE WORKS, SHEFFIELD taken, Leeds sounds like MC DRS, 8 GOLD RINGS, TYLER we mentioned in our recent AS DALEY, FOX, and CHILDREN Behind The Scenes on Hope OF ZEUS to begin (1st), before Works, the full No Bounds BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS hit festival, later this year, looks Wire with PEARSON SOUND like Sheffield’s answer to no less (2nd). IVAN SMAGGHE Unsound or Simple Things, and plays Duke Studios for Wag this warm-up isn’t bad either. The Dog (9th), whilst his Nina Kraviz, , sometime cohort ANDREW DJ Nobu, Lena Willikens, WEATHERALL is in town Mumdance, Avalon Emerson with SEAN JOHNSTON for A b2b Courtesy, Shackleton, LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE at London Modular Alliance, live Headrow House (16th). Oh, coding, art and more. Big up and TERRY FRANCIS, plays a your host, Lo Shea. free Distrikt party (30th)... 1PM - 7AM £23.50 (DAY) £30 Manchester is all about High (DAY/NIGHT) Hoops in the immediate, as PALMS TRAX and DJ OCTOPUS are at Islington Mill (2nd). Then Below The Surface has 2. BALTIC WEEKENDER 2017 3. MANCHESTER 4. 5. MAYDAY X PROJEKTS more school night business at FRIDAY 2ND - SUNDAY 4TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SATURDAY 10TH - SUNDAY 11TH WEDNESDAY 7TH JUNE Hidden — DETROIT SWINDLE, JUNE 29TH JUNE - 15TH JULY JUNE PROJEKTS SKATEPARK, BARNT, MOVE D and SAN VARIOUS, LIVERPOOL VARIOUS, MANCHESTER HEATON PARK, MANCHESTER MANCHESTER SODA (6th) — with Percolate in the same spot before DVS1, Gerd Janson, Axel MARY ANNE HOBBS’ Dark WHERE do you start? Flying MAYDAY’S next party moves the weekend arrives (8th), Boman, Elijah & Skilliam and programme sees Levelz, Lotus, , Jon to a skatepark beneath MCR’s bringing MR SCRUFF, EROL Denis Sulta show just how Akkord, Clark, Demdike Stare, Hopkins, Craze, , best elevated motorway, where ALKAN, AVALON EMERSON, varied the talent will be in Holly Herndon, Paleman, The Boy Better Know, Seth Troxler, Mall Grab, Shanti Celeste and and JANE FITZ. In Liverpool equally varied spaces scattered Haxan Cloak and Sunn O))) all , , more will play as traffic flows there’s Boogalu BBQ at 24 across The Baltic Triangle. down in the MIF diary. Floating Points, Dixon... overhead. Kitchen Street with ORPHEU 4PM - 4AM £25 TIMES & PRICES VARY 12PM - 12AM £145 12PM - 3AM £25 THE WIZARD (6th)...

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Portsmouth’s Astoria has invited legendary grime DJ, MR VIRGO to join FOOR (1st SOUTH 1. PATCHWORK DAY & June). Other than that, it’s NIGHT a -focused month, THURSDAY 22ND JUNE so if your postcodes starts THE CELLAR, OXFORD BN, count yourself lucky. VRIL, CHARLES GREEN and THIS may or may CATHAY play Patterns; while not be Patchwork’s Al Duomo hosts Jabba with last throwdown in BARTRA, LUCA LOZANO Oxford — either way it and PHOTONZ (both looks like a dance to 2nd). A week on, back at remember. Dekmantel- Patterns, ANTAL shows up associate Orpheu The (9th), and SHANTI CELESTE Wizard is known for rounds off a triumphant his genre-straddling, month in the club with far-reaching sets, her next curated episode, while Lena Willikens is while straight up next level is over at Concorde 2 futurism. Put them (both 24th). Around the together and you start corner, meanwhile, Mono to get our point. is on impressive form too 3PM - 3AM £TBC — ELIPHINO stops by for some quality house vibes (3rd), and later Obskure launches with RIZ LA TEEF 2. SIMPLE 3. ATTIC 1ST BIRTHDAY 4. OSUNLADE 5. BUMP and BRACKLES (30th). SATURDAY 17TH JUNE FRIDAY 16TH JUNE FRIDAY 9TH JUNE SATURDAY 10TH JUNE All of which leaves just BULLINGDON ARMS, OXFORD MONO, BRIGHTON PATTERNS, BRIGHTON BULLINGDON ARMS, OXFORD enough room to mention KRAFTWERK, who are THE groundbreaking Helena TIEF MUSIC player Hesseltime PRESENTING his Yoruba Soul THE big, bold d&b of Cyantific currently on a full blown Hauff heads to one of the will offer his forward-sounds, Orchestra, tribal-house-jazz- is one thing, up-and-coming tour, would you believe, and UK’s best small parties for throwing nu-school house at warrior Osunlade makes a rare Shogun Audio heads Pola & will perform live at Oxford some educated electro and people from all angles. And appearance in Brighton with Bryson joining on the same bill New Theatre (6th) and then techno in one tiny room that, you’ll also get to check out full band in tow. If you’ve never makes this night of rollers all the Brighton Centre (7th) over Simple’s many years, has David Lora and Øvre, who lie seen this in action, prepare to the better, and impossible to before heading off to other become a place of legend. waiting in support. be astounded. turn down. Amens aplenty. regions. 11PM - 4AM £13 - £14 11PM - 6AM £3 - £5 7PM - 12AM £20 11PM - 3AM £4 - £9

Scotland hosts KRAFTWERK’s proto- electro-techno twice this SCOTLAND & NORTHERN IRELAND 1. AVA FESTIVAL 2017 month, first at Glasgow’s FRIDAY 2ND - SUNDAY 4TH Royal Concert Hall (9th JUNE June), then Usher Hall in T13, BELFAST Edinburgh (10th). And if we keep ourselves in the NORTHERN IRELAND’S love capital, a few days prior Hot letter to the cutting edge sees Jeff Mills presenting Chip’s JOE GODDARD stops by to play Witness (7th). Up Close Encounters of The in Aberdeen, meanwhile, the Third Kind with acclaimed unimaginatively named but visual maestro Guillaume fantastically booked Enjoy Marmin; whilst , Fatima Yamaha, has CHASE Ben UFO, Bicep, Job Jobse, & STATUS, and more at Hazlehead Denis Sulta, Tinfoil, and Park (3rd), and The Tunnels Or:la, are amongst those rounds its month off with also playing, with a full conference to boot. the T.L.F Rewind of tunes released 1990-99 (30th)... 11AM - 1AM £40 (FRIDAY Glasgow is busier than both OR SATURDAY) / £65 those cities, mind, with (WEEKEND) ’s epic live show hitting the famed Barrowlands Ballroom (1st), 2. CELTRONIC 2017 3. NOTHING MORE TO SAY 4. PRESSURE SEASON 5. SNEAKY PETE’S repping SWG3 (9th), and WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE - SATURDAY 17TH JUNE CLOSING THURSDAY 29TH JUNE Music Is The Answer drawing MONDAY 3RD JULY THE TUNNELS, ABERDEEN SATURDAY 10TH JUNE SNEAKY PETE’S, EDINBURGH Bedrock’s BOG and THE VARIOUS VENUES, DERRY SWG3, GLASGOW MEDDLING CARTEL to Stereo DJ HAUS and Mall Grab tag- THE only thing you stand to (10th). None of which is to AN unbelievable line-up in team the most northerly venue CONSIDERING all the lose here is your job if the night say there’s nothing brewing some pretty special spots. Carl to regularly make a dint in our wonderful mayhem their goes haywire. Even if it doesn’t over in Northern Ireland; if Craig, Ellen Allien, Ben UFO, UK pages, which means we can parties have caused, it’s only you’re guaranteed deep, solid, our top two picks still leave The Black Madonna, Move expect this one to be packed to fair to let Team Pressure take a curveball grooves that sound a you wanting, try PATRICK D, Levon Vincent and Mike the rafters and sounding fresh month or so off, with Ben Klock bit like house from the much- TOPPING’s three-hour stint Servito. Big. as fuck — sold. sending them off on their way. sought-after Mike Servito. at The Limelight (16th). 9PM - 2AM PRICES VARY 11PM - 3AM £12 10PM - 3AM £20 11PM - 3AM £5

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Wales is going off without the big sell, opening with DJ WEST & WALES 1. GOTTWOOD FESTIVAL 2017 STINGRAY at Kongs, Cardiff THURSDAY 8TH - MONDAY 12TH (2nd), then moving onto a JUNE very ravey looking Full Moon CARREGEWLYD ESTATE, Party out in the sticks at Y ANGLESEY Giles Arms near Betws-y-Coed, before the similarly low-key OVER the years Gottwood has Dogruff Secret Garden Party grown from a quality party offers yet more local names in a serene Welsh estate, and successive sleepless complete with mind-melting nights (no relation to SGP the installations and general festival, 10th). Further down weirdness, to all of that plus the line, The Incubator hits a truly forward-thinking, Oaklands Farm featuring the never-by-the-numbers line-up. likes of A. PAUL and CHRIS Highlights for 2017 include LIBERATOR — we expect b2b Leon Vynehall, bangers and way-back-when Lindstrøm live, Roman Flügel, memories (30th)... Odo host The Black Madonna and the fast-rising Moscoman, but that’s barely at The Island, and DJ MARKY scratching the surface. brings upbeat d&b to Thekla 4PM - 4AM £165 alongside STORM and ILL TRUTH (both 2nd). A day on, Hot Flush boss SCUBA, techno femme NASTIA, DEETRON, 2. HOSPITALITY BRISTOL 3. CIRQUE DU SOUL: EL 4. TIMEDANCE 5. CYNT ANDY BUTLER (Hercules & BBQ XL DORADO FESTIVAL SATURDAY 10TH JUNE FRIDAY 2ND JUNE Love Affair), MR MENDEL and SATURDAY 10TH JUNE FRIDAY 30TH JUNE - MONDAY THE ISLAND, BRISTOL THE GREAT HALL, CARDIFF MR PRICE arrive at Motion MOTION, BRISTOL 3RD JULY for Shapes & Boogie Nights’ EASTNOR CASTLE DEER LABEL boss Batu leads the IF you need any proof Cardiff Summer Show (3rd). And LONDON’S Hospital Records PARK, HEREFORDSHIRE charge at his Timedance is enjoying a proper scene- then stops crew are out in full force, with imprint’s annual summer moment right now, then this by Motion later in the month honcho London Elektricity GROOVE ARMADA, Shy FX, My showdown. Joining the fray, should satisfy. Hunee, Midland for a bout in the ring with the reforming his Big Band, Fred Nu Leng, Bondax, The Sugarhill Berlin up-and-comer Minor and Young Marco represent West Country’s future house V & Grafix, S.P.Y, Nu:Logic and Gang, , Solardo, Kenny Science makes his Bristol debut non-conformist house, disco, heads (9th). In Bath, you can local hero, Roni Size. Ken, Congo Natty and more. and Laksa is on hand too. and unforgettable bangers. catch the mighty MIDLAND at 12PM - 5AM £22.50 12PM - 2PM £110 10PM - 3AM £10 9PM - 4AM £20 Komedia (2nd).

Birmingham crew hold tight — Leftfoot continues the fine THE MIDLANDS 1. WIGFLEX run that has defined 2017, FRIDAY 2ND JUNE beginning with HARVEY THE BRICKWORKS, SUTHERLAND & BERMUDA NOTTINGHAM at Hare & Hounds (1st June), and rounding off at the same of the best TWO venue with DEGO (17th). selectors in the business Elsewhere, the UK’s second go head-to-head at city is home to Portal By Day, one of the UK’s most and Night, with separate reliable underground tickets to the sibling Rainbow sessions. Craig Richards Venues events that will see and Objekt aren’t known DETLEF control after dark with for predictability, LATMUN, and PARADOX CITY straddling everything in the house before sundown from cheeky tech to (3rd)... Shorebitch Goes To Detroit to brain-bending Birmingham this month too, electro and back again, as London’s party-starting meaning this one supremes commandeer should have everything Amusement 13 (9th), Trmnl a proper party needs. touches down at Lab 11 with 10PM - 6AM £15 - £17.50 the mighty SOLOMUN (10th), KRAFTWERK play Birmingham Symphony Hall — their only date in the region (16th) — 2. LTJ BUKEM & GUESTS 3. LEFTFOOT & SHADOW CITY 4. NOTTINGHAM SUMMER 5. HERITAGE and intelligent bleeps aim for SATURDAY 10TH JUNE PRESENT PEGGY GOU ROOFTOP PARTY FRIDAY 9TH JUNE adventurous ears via highbrow THE ROADMENDER, MONDAY 5TH JUNE THURSDAY 8TH JUNE HARE & HOUNDS, techno drones from RAIME, NORTHAMPTON THE RAINBOW VENUES, SALTWATER BAR, BIRMINGHAM and JUSTIN K BROADRICK and BIRMINGHAM NOTTINGHAM KEVIN MARTIN premiering DRUM & bass legend WHILE Bizarre Inc and Altern their ZONAL project at LTJ Bukem needs little PEGGY GOU is unstoppable. The THERE are few better people 8 old skool sort Mark Archer Supersonic Festival, Boxxed introduction. Respected as a Berlin-based Korean is rapidly you could ask to play a roof needs no intro, Crispin J Glover (16th - 18th). In Nottingham, pioneer since the ‘90s, his jazz- becoming a household name, party than kings of slo-mo may be the coup here — see his meanwhile, legend influenced liquid sound comes but that doesn’t mean she’s sleaze, sideways disco and old house anthem, ‘Northern CHRIS DUCKENFIELD will to Northampton this month. above a Monday nighter! efunk, Soul Clap. Lights’. play The Lofthouse (3rd), and 9PM - 3AM £13 4PM - 12AM £10 5PM - 1AM £TBC 9PM - 3AM £8 there’s plenty more besides...

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GOLDIEROCKS: THE GLOBE! SHE CAME WARSAW, SHE CONQUERED! THE SELECTOR DJ IN POLAND

WARSAW IS the new Berlin. I thought this the first time I went seven years ago and again after celebrating Record Store Day there, last month. The prestigious Polin museum was taken over by Polish and international record labels OUT FOR THE COUNT selling their work — from With a line-up that ranges from to Dixon, and Kornél Kovacs to Kenny electronica, soca, hip-hop and Ken, Transylvania’s Electric Castle promises to be one for the history books… beyond. Scratch DJs played live and the New York exhibition Dust and Grooves took over the ground-floor f we asked you for the first thing postcard-perfect lake, secret party 15th century castle, in Transylvania, showcasing images of enviable vinyl that came to mind when we said areas within local forests and 3D where you get to live for five days and collections from the likes of I Transylvania, chances are your projections lighting up the castle party 24/7.” Questlove and Mr Scruff. I presented answer would involve vampires rather walls after the sun goes down, this a live broadcast from the space, on than music festivals. That, however, off-the-wall event is sure to stay with Promising to “shake up the way Radio Kampus, as well as spinning at might be all about to change, as the you long after you’ve boarded the people interact with music, the official after party at DZIK, which reputation of the Romanian state’s plane home. technology and art” and welcoming was the most fun I’ve had DJing in capital Cluj as a party hotspot the likes of Stormzy, Cassy, years. DZIK feels like going to an continues to grow year on year, with Now in it’s fifth year, Electric Castle is Deadmau5, Moderat and Dillinja — we epic house party. It’s literally a adventurous ravers from around the a festival that revels in its eclecticism, did tell you the line-up was broad converted ‘70s home, so each room world increasingly making the city with the 2017 edition set to be — to their unique venue, we’re has different music in it and the their destination of choice another example of diverse already excited to join the décor is suitably kitsch: doily table throughout Europe’s warmer months. programming. “From the beginning, 130,000-strong crowd in attendance cloths, garish wallpaper, quiche on we wanted to offer a unique festival from Wednesday 12th to Sunday 16th sale at the bar etc. At the heart of Cluj’s summer experience that mixes an eclectic July. Just leave your Halloween celebrations is one of the most scenic line-up, the amazing location, and a costume at home; you’re about to I love it there. Warsaw’s scene has a festivals around: Electric Castle, visually innovative concept,” explains forget all about Dracula, and see grunge-y, underground vibe while which takes place within the grounds EC’s Andi Vanca. “Electric Castle is not Transylvania in a whole new light. being open-minded and sonically of a 15th century castle. Boasting a just about music, it’s an escape in a REISS DE BRUIN eclectic. It doesn’t have the attitude; the dark after-taste of Berlin (which I see as a blessing). As well as dramatic history, spectacular architecture, and pierogis available

on every street corner (the perfect BERECZKY SÁNDOR

hangover cure); the city’s Pic: alternative nightlife scene is booming.

Nowa Jerozolima is in an old Soviet children’s hospital, facing the dramatic Palace of Culture and Science. It’s a decrepit and eerie space, which feels like part- immersive theatre experience, part-rave. Parking Bar, as the name would suggest, takes over a ground- floor car park, playing bass-heavy dubstep and trap, while serving beetroot and onion alcoholic drinks in a jam jars. And Luzztro, nicknamed ‘the home club’, is a wonderfully hedonistic techno party, where you can rave till midday. See you again soon, Poland! @Goldierocks

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Ninetoes has been in demand ever since he appeared with ‘Finder’ in 2013. Its explosive tropical steel drums tore up JOCKEY JOURNAL dancefloors in Ibiza and beyond, and paved The on-the-road diary of the world’s the way for a series of wonky tech-house top DJs treading the globe bombs for Martin Eyerer’s Kling Klong and Matthias Tanzmann’s Moon Harbour. He’s also prepared remixes and releases for the likes of Saved, Suara and Mobilee and NINETOES there’s new material lined up for Defected’s DFTD too. Switching from hip-hop to play techno and house a few years ago, these days it’s in the booth with the scene’s finest — the likes of Mark Knight and Re.You — that you’ll find him, sitting on the bill alongside some amazing jocks or DJing b2b, all over the world, at the most wicked parties, as this DJ diary reveals...

ISLAS DEL ROSARIO, COLOMBIA BOAT AFFAIRS, PANAMA CITY “During my world tour I played on this mini-island called Islas “This party is my Del Rosario up in the north of Colombia. The island was so favourite boat party so small you can walk around it in eight minutes. It’s actually an far. My boys from oceanarium where you can go to swim with sharks and K.E.E.N.E. booked me dolphins. The promoters turned the island around in three and my brother Re.You hours into a proper festival, with almost 500 people arriving. for a four-hour b2b in The party was unbelievable because we were surrounded by Panama City. water, and everyone there was stuck there as the first boat After the boat leaves didn’t leave the island at 9am. I can’t describe the feeling when the port, it cruises up the sun came up and 500 peeps were dancing besides the the Gulf of Panama and ocean — sharks and dolphins! It was priceless!” everyone on the boat is on fire. I had so many coconuts with vodka KOFFÄIN, BERLIN shots and the boat was “Every year in Berlin, bobbing around, the Kreuzberg, on 1st May, waves so crazy that it we have a BOAT AFFAIRS was sometimes demonstration, which is impossible to mix! now the biggest street But this party was for party in Berlin. But in the books. If you guys can make it to Panama City, try to join 2016 I played a b2b set this one for sure!” with my bro Re.You in a coffee shop that a friend of mine owns. It , LONDON turned into THE party of “Egg is one of my favourite clubs in London and I was booked the day, with a live for a Weiss City/Toolroom Nights party. After I finished my set stream on be-at.tv and on floor two for Weiss City, I went down to almost 3000 peeps in floor one to say ‘hi’ to Mark KOFFAIN front of us! This was Knight. After I’d said ‘hi’ to EPIC.” him he was like, ‘Bro, could you do the next mix, I have KOWALSKI, STUTTGART to pee...’ It ended up that I “The last gig of my world tour was in my home-town, Stuttgart. played almost one hour So you can imagine that almost every good friend came to see cause no one could find me, and so this party turned into something special. I started Mark! Then he came back to at 2am and the promoters told me I could play as long as I the booth and he was like, want. So it ended up that I played until 8am! I think I knew “Damn bro, I was talking to 70% of the crowd and it was an unbelievable get-together. The an old friend on the bar perfect end of a genius world tour!” and I totally forgot the time. But your set was wicked, you killed it’.” EGG LONDON

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