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FORM 696 REMOVED Controversial risk assessment system made non-compulsory following review...

LONDON’S controversial Form 696 has been exchange of information, advice and intelligence share information at a local level and work to removed following a month-long assessment at between the Met, promoters and venue managers identify any enhanced risk to ensure the safety of the behest of Mayor Sadiq Khan. The form has as part of this process. the public.” been heavily criticized for being both racist and “However, we also recognise recent concerns stifl ing towards London’s grime, garage and raised by members of the London music industry, Sadiq Khan told the Met site: “I called for a review bashment scenes as it targets “DJs or MCs particularly around a perception that events of Form 696 earlier this year because of concerns predominantly performing to a recorded backing associated with some genres of music were raised by promoters and artists in the capital that track”. Many big name artists have spoken out disproportionately affected by this process.” this process was unfairly affecting specifi c against 696, including Peckham rapper Giggs communities and music genres. By bringing (pictured above) who has largely been prevented The risk assessment form, which was established together the Met and representatives from across from performing in the capital after police in 2005 in response to club shootings and gang the city’s legendary grassroots music industry, we deemed his shows a risk. violence, will be replaced by a voluntary system. have shown why having a Night Czar is so “We have taken the decision to remove the Form important for London. This decision will help A statement on the Metropolitan Police website 696 and instead develop a new voluntary London’s night-time economy thrive, ensure the alludes to this criticism: “There is no doubt that partnership approach for venues and promoters capital is a welcoming place for artists and DJs of over the last decade a number of serious incidents across London,” said Superintendent Roy Smith. all music genres and that Londoners are able to have been prevented through the effective “This will provide an excellent opportunity to enjoy live music safely.”

ARTWORK LANDS XOYO RESIDENCY London club names renowned showman for fi rst quarter…

ARTWORK has been tapped for the fi rst XOYO Friday residency of 2018. His three-month stint, dubbed ’13 Works of Art’, will run from 5th January to 30th March. “I never thought I’d actually get to do this,” Artwork said in a statement, adding: “Actually, it was the plan all along.” The UK DJ (real name: Arthur Smith) has a long history with the East London club, taking up a residency in Room Two back in 2011 before launching his own touring party series, Art’s House, which has been nominated for Best Club Event in this year’s Best Of British Awards. He has also guested on seven previous XOYO residencies since their inception in 2014. Denis Sulta (26th January), Derrick Carter (2nd February), Jackmaster (16th February), Derrick May (9th March) and Omar-S (23rd March) will be among those joining Artwork during the run, while a collection of special guests from seminal South London (Croydon) record store Big Apple will celebrate a reunion on 2nd March.

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WITH almost three decades as a professional DJ under his belt, Marco Bailey is guaranteed to provide a techno masterclass when he takes to the DJ Mag HQ booth to kick off December. His Materia brand took over Vista Club in BRISTOL’S THEKLA UNDER THREAT Ibiza this summer, seeing the Belgian don Famous floating venue campaigns against closure… rock the decks alongside a host of top guests, while a hectic international touring THEKLA in Bristol is the latest UK music venue to new building, ensuring noise is managed and schedule and his Electronic Force radio show come under threat from property developers. Last controlled, and in commitments such as ‘deed of keep those mixing muscles well warmed up! month, planning officials took a noise assessment easement’ and accurate marketing to future •djmag.com/hq of the boat — a visit that owner’s DHP Family residents.” described as “woefully inaccurate”. Despite being a moveable venue, the The venue is currently moored on Redcliffe Wharf, development would spell the end for Thekla, as where Complex Development Projects Ltd has the owners recently tweeted: “Unfortunately we TUES 12TH DEC proposed to build 36 homes, along with some can’t just move the ship as there aren’t any office space and a car park. “Recognising the permanent moorings large [enough] and, if there existence of an iconic music venue like Thekla were, they would likely be close to existing starts with a thorough environmental impact residences.” study that specifically understands the noise in DJs such as Gilles Peterson, Roni Size, DJ Yoda the area,” says Mark Davyd of Music Venue Trust, and Eats Everything have already come out in who are campaigning against Thekla’s closure. support of the #savethekla campaign. “Properly understanding noise and activity •Head to theklabristol.co.uk to find out what results in great design for any refurbishment or you can do to help. COLDCUT, otherwise known as Matt Black and Jonathan More, have been instrumental in the development of not just UK dance music, but the global scene. Pioneers of sampling and audio-visual performance, and founders of Ninja Tune — one of the most varied and forward-thinking labels around (and BoB-nominated don’tcha know!) — the duo will be discussing their illustrious 30-year career together with our editor-in-chief, Carl Loben, on this edition of DJ Mag Panels. •djmag.com/panels

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ARCADIA COMES TO LONDON Renowned festival production celebrates 10 years of shows… WITH voting for DJ Mag’s Best Of British ARCADIA has announced plans for a spectacular incredible light displays. Awards 2017 well underway at the time of 10th birthday celebration in London, which will Founders Pip Rush and Bert Cole said: “We can’t writing, we’re already hard at work sorting mark the immersive festival experience’s first wait to bring Arcadia into the capital for the first out the celebrations. As usual a host of ever date in the UK capital. time. Having toured the globe, we’re really nominees from across the dance music Teaming up with London promotion giants LWE, excited to get back onto home soil, and celebrate spectrum will play the Best Of British Awards Arcadia’s anniversary will span Saturday 5th to the best of the past decade.” Party, powered by Relentless Energy Drink, Sunday 6th May 2018. Attendees can expect to “It’s a real honour to be working with the which will be held at Egg London. We’ll have come face-to-face with the iconic 50-tonne award-winning Arcadia team and welcoming two rooms of the finest house and techno, spider, which has wowed audiences at festivals them to London for the very first time,” added plus DJ Mag Bunker will be providing d&b like Glastonbury and Ultra in Miami. Will Harold, Director of LWE. “With Arcadia’s 10th and bass sounds too. If you somehow missed Renowned for combining elements of circus, anniversary falling on Glastonbury’s fallow year, the voting and therefore the free guestlist rave, sculpture and animatronics, Arcadia’s it’s a momentous occasion and a rare chance to sign-up, fear not: we’ll have a bunch of London ‘Metamorphosis’ show will also call on create an incredible event together. All the LWE tickets going cheap too! Tesla performers shooting 2 million volts of team are hugely excited to be part of this one-off •egglondon.co.uk lightning from their chests, huge jets of CO2, and event.”

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FINGER ON THE PULSE Offering hard-hitting techno of the highest calibre, Pulse Edinburgh is fl ying the fl ag for the Scottish capital when it comes to unmissable events…

t’s no secret that the Scots love their techno, Karenn and while Glasgow is often seen as the heart of the nation’s clubbing scene, Edinburgh should I never be overlooked; especially when Pulse is delivering top-notch parties each and every. Founded eight years ago by Darrell Harding, Andy Hay and Ritchie Bryson — three friends who were simply looking for an opportunity to get out and DJ — Pulse has been booking the likes of Pan-Pot, Perc, Karenn, Rødhåd, Len Faki, Green Velvet and Best Of British Best DJ nominee, Dax J, ever since. The event was even the fi rst to bring Alan Fitzpatrick north of the border back in 2009. “I always book artists purely on productions and set style,” explains Harding, who’s been running Pulse solo since its second birthday and still holds down a resident DJ spot. “It doesn’t matter, big or small, if the productions are what I like, then I’ll always go down that route. The lesser-known artists are producing so much more interesting music.” This has earned Pulse a strong core of regulars over the years, as has the hard work of Harding’s fellow resident, Sean Laird. “He’s been there with me for fi ve years,” says Harding, “his track selection and clever sets are hard to beat. I’m very lucky to have him; he always keeps the crowd going, and they’re always so amazing and friendly.”

A man after this hack’s own heart, Harding prefers Len Faki “darker dingy rooms” and as such aims for Pulse to fi t GOURLAY Pics: JAMES this description as often as possible. While booking international headliners keeps the event on the move — hosting at venues such as La Belle Angele and The Liquid Room — in order to keep ticket prices THE BIG GIG down, it still hits The Mash House most often. “It’s IF YOU ONLY BOOK TICKETS FOR ONE my favourite venue in Edinburgh by some margin,” LIVE GIG THIS MONTH, MAKE IT THIS… Harding tells DJ Mag, “it’s just a little black box with a 275 capacity.” Perfect! LOVE SUPREME December sees Pulse offer up two parties just days SATURDAY 5TH MAY 2018 apart. On Friday 29th, Berghain resident Ben Klock THE ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON returns for a third time (the fi rst in two years), joined JAZZ FESTIVAL, Love Supreme launches a by national heroes Slam, still riding high from their new one-day event in Camden with Cory Soma label’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Then on Henry (pictured), Mr Jukes and Elli Ingram. New Year’s Eve — sorry, make that Hogmanay — Pulse “The UK jazz scene is thriving at the teams up with Dogma (of Studio 24 fame) for a local moment and London in particular spesh with Darrell Harding, Nomad, Sean Laird, Neil continues to be a fantastic hotbed for Templar, Shaun Johnston and Johnny Smith. More innovation and creativity,” says festival than enough reason to hit Edinburgh over the director, Ciro Romano. He’s not wrong! holidays then, and with a Perc Trax night (featuring Perc and Ansome) already set for January, you may •Book now via tickets.roundhouse.org.uk as well stay for a while too! BEN HINDLE

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NORTHERN SOUL Over the past decade, Jaunt has become a powerhouse of the Newcastle club scene and continues to define techno in the North — not bad for three pals having a bit of fun...

orth-East England, almost-present sessions he co-hosted, one of which ended with own night and our own projects.” day. A crowd stands outside a works the aforementioned cop/punter stand off. “We used to play warm-ups in town,” continues unit in the cold light of an early April Half of Blackhall & Bookless alongside Chris Rowell, “then go back to Blackhall’s student Nmorning, the last few hours having Bookless, he’s also one-third of the team behind house and DJ together, partying and playing been spent sweating and stomping to the future Jaunt, a party that began life with three friends tunes, and we had a good vision of what to do sound of tech. returning from Ibiza to take over a dark and dingy next. We wanted to bring fresh faces to town, and All that separates them from four police riot vans Newcastle bar circa 2007. Over the last decade it a lot of the artists we have ended up booking is a corrugated iron fence — a barrier between the has grown into a globe-trotting dance institution, played their debut in Newcastle for us. Like harsh realities of life and a dilapidated rave with a few not-so-legal outings thrown in Robert Hood.” utopia they were secretly bussed to from less-than-fully-licensed locations along the way. Newcastle city centre. The forces of normality are “I didn’t really go to university that much,” The list of other names that popped their Geordie desperate to bring this fleeting night of escapism explains Richard Rowell, aka Chad, the quietest of cherry through Jaunt is equally distinguished. to an end, but the only entrance fob to the entire the trio, when we ask how the whole thing DVS1, Nina Kraviz, Move D, Ben Klock, Steffi, industrial estate is missing, so for the time being started. Solomun, Kyle Hall and Motor City Drum Ensemble nobody gets in or out. “We were all in our first uni year. I was at — to name but a few — all got their first taste of Newcastle, Chad was at Northumbria, and what must be one of the most famously full-on UK “Those ‘Unit’ parties were amazing. Subb-an Bookless, Teesside,” Blackhall interjects. “We regions in terms of hedonism. But it has never played one, and there were others. Giles Smith were DJing around Newcastle, and going to been a case of just looking for the most en vogue and Lee Foss were on at two of them,” Chris different parties so were well known as local faces. Blackhall recalls, talking about a series of clubbers, which is what spurred us to start our “With a lot of the artists, we’ve tried to forge some kind of connection with them,” explains Chad, Blackhall & Bookless Bookless. “Me and Blackhall played after Kerri Chandler in Southampton, jamming and singing with him on his keyboard at five in the morning when there was nobody in the club, so we wanted to book him.” “Then, when he played Jaunt he was scratching with his trainer by the end of the night,” adds Blackhall. By now the threesome’s ability to finish each other’s sentences has long been evident, betraying how close they still are. There’s a similarly loyal approach to locations, too. There may have been soirées everywhere from London’s Basing House to Gottwood in Wales, Sónar in Barcelona and, perhaps most impressively, China — easily one of electronic music culture’s farthest outposts. But the core event has been held in the same staging post almost since inception, Cosmic Ballroom, aka Jaunt’s Newcastle home from its fifth instalment to this day (save for a few one-offs at addresses like the now-defunct Legends and renowned Digital).

In many ways it’s the ultimate clubbing romance: three mates who preferred partying to studying

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headed to the White Isle, scored DJ slots, made a Loft Party few contacts, and returned home ready to take on the world. A path many have ventured down, it’s one that has tripped the majority up. There have been highs and lows in this story — Blackhall admits the trio have taken a few financial hits throughout the years — but ultimately it’s been a positive adventure. Hence the name Jaunt: the journey is the prize. DJ Mag wonders when, if ever, promoters realise their small night for pals has become more significant. “I think it’s when people start to talk about it, you end up speaking to someone you don’t know but they know about Jaunt,” Blackhall continues. “That’s when you start thinking what you are doing is right. “When you’re in the scene in a small city, everyone knows everyone and goes to each other’s nights, so there’s a real community. We were at the heart of that and got to a point where all three of us thought we were untouchable because it was going so well. Then you get unlucky on a night and make a big loss. But those have been some of the best learning curves we have had really.”

That education clearly paid off. Not only has Jaunt been celebrating its tenth birthday this year — an achievement most parties can only

dream of — but in 2014 they established a label Marcel Dettmann, April 2012 of the same name, many years in the making. The patient wait to take said plunge mirrors a selective release policy that’s all about getting Robert Hood the time, and tune, exactly right. November’s anniversary triple vinyl is a case in point for quality, and reveals the overall musical direction, with close allies like Luke Hess, Stojche, Basic Soul Unit and Artefakt all involved. “The album builds like a Jaunt night would, opening deep, broken and melodic, turning more atmospheric and techno-focussed, and ending with a set of banging tracks. We asked all the artists to name theirs after what Jaunt means to them, their own interpretation,” explains Bookless — a statement that tells more about what the brand represents than the last thousand words ever could. As such, let’s leave it at that... now where the fuck is that fob? MARTIN GUTTRIDGE-HEWITT

Nina Kraviz, April 2012

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GOING THE EXTRA MILE Based inside an old carpet warehouse, North-East London’s Five Miles is turning heads with an open-minded attitude and heavy-hitting soundsystem…

art of my job is trying to make says Williams. “I’m seeing a lot more non-queer While the relationship between some of London’s sure the programming is really spaces be queer-friendly, and that’s a really great music haunts and their neighbours continues to diverse,” explains Rachael change to witness.” be strained, Five Miles offers a safe space in more “PWilliams, an understandably ways than one. The fact the building also serves as proud member of the team behind one of the UK’s Some might think it’s setting a new benchmark for a recording studio — frequented by the likes of newest nocturnal spots: Five Miles. “We have a what clubs should be about, others would argue Foreign Beggars and Julio Bashmore — has meant really good entrance policy, very inclusive — we this approach is taking things back to the very complete soundproofi ng was necessary, and that stand against sexism, racism, transphobia, basis of electronic music culture — all are mixed use creates a supportive musical enclave in fatphobia, ableism, so I’m on the look out for welcome. Either way, it marks the place out the midst of the UK capital. nights that support women, people of colour, gay amongst an ever-packed landscape, and It’s certainly attracting attention from some nights, basically making sure that it’s not just differentiation doesn’t end with crowd or music esteemed parties. Snap, Crackle and Pop and Let’s standard, white boy techno.” policy, either. Go Swimming are regularly holding court, the With a capacity of 500 for the overall building, the latter most recently via DJ Sotofett in November, If it wasn’t clear already, Five Miles likes to do purpose built club-space housed within this old when Hotfl ush On The Road also stopped by for things a little differently. Opening in May, the carpet warehouse can hold just 250, but despite the imprint’s only date in the capital. This month London address (in Seven Sisters) is billed as a that intimacy, sound quality has led all decisions. Alix Perez’s forward-thinking d&b label, 1985 bar, brewery and club, and this description, The system has already been turning heads — a Music, makes its London debut (see p.92), and coupled with Williams’ comments, means that, bespoke Alcons Audio-based rig emitting tight, Cotch welcomes globe-spanning selectors from unlike many other venues in the country, you’re a punchy, clear sonics from the very walls Portugal’s Principe to Manchester’s Swing Ting. lot less likely to fi nd yourself drinking a warm Red themselves, enveloping ears in truly stunning This is without mentioning 2018, which already Stripe surrounded by a load of identical dancers. acoustics made to make feet move. “There’s not a has Banoffee Pies and Wolf Music locked in. “I think the fact we are doing this is having a bit soundsystem like it in the UK, let alone London,” Defi nitely worthy of real attention; long live of a knock-on effect in London, which is great,” adds Williams. genuine variety. MARTIN GUTTRIDGE-HEWITT

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PYG & EGG LDN PRESENT DEETRON @ PYGMALION, DUBLIN RUPTURE 11TH BIRTHDAY @ CORSICA STUDIOS, LONDON GREEN EGGS AND HAM WELCOME TO THE Dublin goes big with a Swiss leg- FAMILY end… London’s top jungle event celebrates another year… CAREFULLY curated line-ups and a ferociously dedicated crowd have ascended RUPTURE is more than a party (whoever just from Dublin’s suburban warehouse raves in mumbled “It’s a label too…” be quiet, we’re recent years to dominate the Irish capital’s AT ONE LAUNCH PARTY @ trying to make a point). Rupture is a family. nightlife. Few better places are there to DRYDEN STREET SOCIAL, A haven for junglists, the event — run by experience the city’s dirty disco desire than LEICESTER Manta and Double O — is only held a few Pygmallion, which has seen the likes of times a year, with its annual November Honey Dijon, Red Axes, Ivan Smagghe and SMALL CITY, BIG birthday celebration the jewel in its crown. Derrick May don the decks in the past year HEART The line-up is always impeccable; this year, alone. No surprise that UK club Egg LDN Leicester’s locals get a dose of DJ Mag gets lost in a haze of scarlet smoke decided to stage the final stop of their 3D Detroit Swindle... as veterans Digital and J Majik lay down London world tour in the Pygmallion vaults, hammering rhythms, have our minds blown then, where headliner Deetron was propped by breakbeat scientist, Remarc, and witness up by a host of local talent. As DJ Mag AS A CITY with a small but dedicated scene Stretch (literally) destroy the system! enters, resident Colin Perkins is thoroughly for disco and soulful house, Leicester’s (Elsewhere Breakage, Dead Man’s Chest, warming the walls with Mungolian Jetset’s crowd flock to Dryden Street Social to Amit, Kid Drama, Djinn and many more ‘Quintessential Trips To Bergen’ building to a celebrate a riveting three-hour set from entertain.) But it’s not just the DJs that frenzy of percussion and bubbling synth Detroit Swindle’s Maarten Smeets. Also on make Rupture. Always a sell-out, the crowd sonics. By the time Deetron drops KiNK’s the line-up are DJs from historical house is made up purely of heads. The vibe is stripped-back ‘Beats’, the packed main room label, City Fly, as well as figures from the unmatched. One guy offers us Mini Cheddars is locked into the groove, heads down and newly-formed Food For The Soul in on the dancefloor (we politely decline). eyes closed. Dublin’s dance music scene has Loughborough. Although seen as a small, Another has travelled all the way from the never gone away, but it’s now more vibrant in-between city, Leicester’s impressive other side of the Atlantic (a pilgrimage he than ever — Egg LDN’s final tour stop proves nightlife rightfully regards itself as equal makes every year). It’s a family affair. But, if it’s more than capable of holding its own with other cities in the Midlands. With the At Rupture is just a party, it’s unarguably the against Europe’s clubbing capitals. DECLAN One boys, led by head honcho, Jonna, best jungle party in the UK — and if the UK is MCGLYNN booking the likes of Henry Wu, Red Rack’em the world capital of jungle, that means… and Crazy P this year, and with the likes of BEN HINDLE Horse Meat Disco and Artwork in the pipeline for the next, tonight only further proves that the local crowd have a hell of a lot to shout about. OLIVER PAYNE

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25 YEARS OF RAM RECORDS @ PRINTWORKS, LONDON BLACK STAR @ TROXY, cavernous room) goes bat-shit — the Mos LONDON Def favourite ‘Umi Says’ is as soulful and D&B BEHEMOTH moving as we could ever hope for. And then Andy C’s label celebrates a quarter- PURE GOLD the pièce de résistance (remember we century… Mos Def and Talib Kweli unleash a mentioned a third legend) — The Abbot secret weapon… himself, Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA joins Black Star onstage for an impromptu performance WHO could have predicted that when a which includes GZA’s ‘Liquid Swords’. Special 16-year-old Andy C, together with Ant Miles IT’S NOT everyday two legends of US hip-hop doesn’t quite cover it; once in a lifetime? and using a logo drawn up by his sister, appear together on stage in Limehouse, East Just about. BEN HINDLE launched RAM Records in 1992, it would go London (and even less on to become the biggest drum & bass label common that three do, but on the globe? Or that Andy himself, despite more on that later). Tonight, his considerable talents, would become the however, Yasiin Bey — the world’s most lauded d&b DJ? The short artist formerly known as Mos answer: probably no one — but it’s happened Def — and Talib Kweli, take to nonetheless, and now, 25 years later, RAM local music hall, Troxy, under Records is holding court in London’s newest their revered joint project, industrial dance temple, Printworks. Black Star. The pair reel off Highlights come from Calyx & Teebee and numbers from their classic Killbox (aka Ed Rush and Audio), but it’s the 1998 self-titled album, plus bossman who reigns supreme as always, other joint cuts, as expected. giving a history lesson by way of quick-mixed However, it’s when they bust cuts from Moving Fusion, Dillinja, Sub Focus, out bonus tracks from their Chase & Status, Adam F, Noisia and Shimon, solo catalogues that DJ Mag to name but a few. Here’s to 25 more (and everyone else in the glorious years! BART CHRISTMAS

HALL & OATES @ BLUESFEST, THE O2, LONDON HALL OF FAME Out of touch?

BLUES and the O2 Arena are not things often found within these pages. However, when we saw what BluesFest had lined up for a string of dates at the millennium dome in October, we thought, “Oh, go on, then”. With one DJ Mag staff member already in the mix for Chic and Chaka Khan on Friday night (blues-inspired?), we considered it rude not to sign up for blue-eyed (‘80s haircut) soul merchants Hall & Oates on Saturday. And were we disappointed? Erm… a bit, yeah. On record, ‘Maneater’, ‘Rich Girl’, ‘Private Eyes’ and ‘Sara Smile’ still sound incredible: rich, mellifluous and playful songwriting from a Philadelphia duo loved for their silky soul synth-bell hook over the 02’s towering, muddy music. Live tonight, however, they lack, well, stacks. Set highlight ‘Out of Touch’ is certainly exactly that… soul (and funk!). It takes all the a rousing, fun moment, sure. But on the whole, way until Hall’s vocals on ‘I Can’t Go For That perhaps ironically, by today’s standards — live (No Can Do)’ (our personal fave) for us to at least — it appears it’s their sound that’s lost identify that solid bassline and twinkling its edge. ADAM SAVILLE Pics: NICOLA ANTONAZZO, GOBINDER JHITTA

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NORWEGIAN WOULD... DJ Mag visits Vil Vil Vest festival in Bergen, Norway, to discover more about what makes this outpost so crucial for electronic music...

t’s strange to think Bergen, Norway’s second the bigger world than the rest of the country. I producer duo, Johannes and Magnus,” Nadiem largest city, but still a place with under think that a lot of musicians have applied this Shah, A&R for Eskimo, says of Atella. “It doesn’t 300,000 people, is such a hub for dance mindset in their careers, as a large proportion of matter if it’s about creating a catchy electro-pop I music. It was here that Nordic disco was the artists here are signed with labels abroad.” song or a space disco track one can dance to... born and nurtured in the ‘90s, before being One such label is Belgium’s Eskimo Recordings, both work perfectly for them!” forever stamped on the global consciousness by home to Lindstrøm, Prins Thomas and, most the likes of Todd Terje, Prins Thomas and recently, Bergen-based pop/disco duo, Atella. It’s Disco still runs thick in the veins of Norway’s new Lindstrøm post-Millennium — as depicted in the the latter who we catch fi rst at Vil Vil Vest, the duo wave; Cavego is another VVV act to make a splash great documentary fi lm by the people behind performing for visiting French promotion, with his own take on the sound. “Another Paper Recordings, Northern Disco Lights. Kitsuné. Set in the impressive surrounds of an Bergen-based producer who is a genius when it To this day it continues to be an incubator, emptied out museum — ancient trunks locked comes down to funky disco tracks and remixes,” generating globe-trotting EDM stars like Kygo and away in lit glass cabinets contrasting the Shah tells DJ Mag. “This is how disco should sound Alan Walker, leftfi eld singers like Aurora, and with Tron-esque projections of the party — the pair for me anno-2018. I wonder if Chromeo or Jamie a wealth of young underground acts who call the drop an energetic combo of house and disco that’s Lidell already know about him! Also, he has great city home. It’s fi tting, then, that as of last year, simply too fun not to get involved with. “Great disco moves.” Bergen has held its own conference/festival, Vil Vil Vest (that’s Wild Wild West for anyone not fl uent) to help announce new Norwegian talent to the wider world.

The event takes place at numerous venues across Bergen — from museums to art galleries and more traditional theatres and bars. But why here in the fi rst place? Why not the capital, Oslo, or the northern student haven of Trondheim (where, we’re told, many of the musicians actually start out)? Nestled between sea and mountains amongst the country’s south-west fjords, and packed with quaint, colourful wooden houses, it’s a place built to adorn postcards — and while that may seem inspirational, it’s not exactly the type of image associated with dark, sweaty clubs. “I think there are several reasons why Bergen has been a leading music exporter. The obvious answer is the weather, it rains almost 200 days a year,” laughs Andres Dahl of Bergen-based music management company, Paperclip. “What hobby other than music can you pursue with such a climate? A slightly more serious approach is that for centuries Bergen has been internationally- orientated, with a rich merchant tradition, and Atella the people of Bergen tend to identify more with

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Dahl agrees about Cavego’s modern sound — probably the reason he’s been picked up by Paperclip. “His retro-inspired disco tunes have got a way more mature sound that really sticks out,” he says. “I really like that his music has some parallels to Norwegian lodestars such as Erot and Lindstrøm, but at the same time encompasses the now-ness of the disco landscape.”

As with any scene, not everything is perfect. Dahl says that following up huge success stories such as Kygo, Walker and Cashmere Cat is difficult for a start, and the country could benefit from more homegrown, independent electronic music labels. The most obvious issue to DJ Mag — coming from London, where any night finishing before 6am is considered somewhat of an inconvenience — is the early curfews enacted across the nation. “The 2-3am curfew policy from the authorities makes it difficult for young aspiring producers to get the necessary experience in their home market before hitting the road in the EU and US,” explains Dahl, adding that it also makes running the venues hard in the first place. “Fortunately, there are some honorable exceptions like Jaeger and The Villa [both in Oslo].” Overall though, these are minor complaints, and from what we see at Vil Vil Vest, clearly aren’t putting off young musicians. There’s a strong sense of community across genres, which DJ Mag suspects keeps everyone going — a kind of, ‘we’re all in it together’ vibe. This is reflected in the music, with the famous ‘Scandi sound’ (a kind of off-kilter, atmospheric melancholy) permeating everything from disco to techno, through to pop singers like rising star Hanne Mjøen Hanne Mjøen and more traditional bands such as psychedelic three-piece, Cakewalk, who DJ Mag catch in an appropriately dingy basement venue named Garage. “The phenomenon is absolutely widespread,” says Dahl when we question him on the matter. “I think this sound has been created through a strong regional identity and a rivalry between the various Scandinavian countries through several decades. The common Scandinavian melancholy, combined with the somewhat uplifting and sometimes warm tunes, makes the regional identity so strong across various genres.”

And this seems to encourage more cross-pollination between styles, too — bands welcoming more electronic aspects, and DJs willing to take more risks. Nowhere is this more delightful that the final set of our trip; tucked into a tiny curtained-off area in gallery/venue, Østre, and looking vaguely like Phil Mitchell if he was in Lord Of The Rings, Skatebård drops bouncy disco bangers, cosmic Stephan Bodzin-esque prog-techno, tech-house and trance — all with the biggest smile plastered across his face. The locals love him, as do we. “Probably the world’s happiest DJ?” Shah suggests afterwards. “His infectious mood makes me dance.” And with his popularity rising outside of Norway, he’s sure to have a whole lot more people moving their feet

soon, too. Bring on the Viking invasion! CID & SINDRE SOMMERFELT PAULINA BERG, HELGE BREKKE, KRISTOFFER MAGNUS DAHL, Pics: GRY ØEN, BEN HINDLE

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DJ576.OTF-Roots&Culture.indd 89 20/11/2017 11:12 ON THE FLOOR NEW YEAR’S EVE SUN 31ST JANUARY 2017 GO BONG-KERS! While your nan might be happy with her champers and ‘Auld Lang Syne’, we know you lot like New Year to have a bit more oomph! That’s why we’ve once again boiled down the NYE and NYD listings to bring you the best parties across the nation. Ten, nine, eight...

Hope Works AKO BEATZ & LAUNCH WHERE: 512 KINGSLAND HIGH ROAD, LONDON WHEN: 8PM - 6AM PRICE: £5 - £11

SERIOUS d&b for those who like it heads down. AKO boss Stretch and Launch founder Handy are joined by Equinox, Invaderz, Double O and Mantra (who destroyed DJ Mag Bunker’s 1st Birthday in October), Sicknote, Voytek, Skyz, Echo Knight and Rhi-spect, to keep it rolling from first to last. Amen!

E1 LONDON 27-HOUR PARTY WHERE: E1 London, London WHEN: 9PM - 12AM PRICE: £30 - £42.50

FORMERLY Studio Spaces, the team now in charge want to make a serious new impact on the capital. Launching on NYE, running clean past NYD to 2nd January, and starting as they mean to go on, expect Âme, Mano Le La Cheetah Tough, Blawan, Kiasmos, Avalon Emerson, Volvox, Denis Horvat, and a ‘painstakingly tuned’ Funktion One.

LA CHEETAH CLUB PRESENTS NYE 2017 WHERE: La Cheetah Club, Glasgow WHEN: 10PM - 4AM PRICE: £15 - £20

SPORTING such a good line-up local authorities have thought wise to grant an extra hour in the club (or something like that), one of Glasgow’s nocturnal treasures welcomes an esteemed trio of guests: Detroit fave Marcellus Pittman, eclectic and always on-point Brit, Call Super, and Ectotherm boss, Courtesy.

WIGFLEX WHERE: The Brickworks, Nottingham WHEN: 11PM - 6AM PRICE: £12.50 - £20 Wigflex WIGFLEX has hit our Regional Raving pages with almost every party from the last 12 months, and now Lukas and the crew are rounding off the year in similarly impressive style. Avalon Emerson and Willow make their debuts for the event, while Lone arrives fresh from ‘DJ-Kicks’ glory to seal the deal.

HOPE WORKS NYE WHERE: Hope Works, Sheffield WHEN: 12AM - 7AM PRICE: £5 - £10

NEW YEAR’S EVE at Hope Works is an institution. All Sheffield DJs, with owner and esteemed ressie, Lo Shea, topping the bill alongside fellow man of the house and all-round heroic Yorkshireman, Chris Duckenfield. The last few instalments of this annual sweat-fest have sold out well in advance, so act fast.

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LWE NYD 2018 Warehouse Project WHERE: Tobacco Dock, London WHEN: 12PM - 10.30PM PRICE: £65

LET’S hope you left something in the tank for LWE’s massive afternoon offering. Maceo Plex does Maetrik; Agents Of Time, O Phase and KiNK all perform live; plus Alan Fitzpatrick, Axel Boman, Floorplan, Lauren Lo Sung, Lord Of The Isles, Nastia and Roman Flügel all take to the decks.

PRINTWORKS NEW YEAR’S DAY - UNDIVIDE WHERE: Printworks, London WHEN: 1PM - 10PM PRICE: £40 - £65

TEAMING up with HospitalityDnB, The Blast and Metropolis, London’s much-lauded daytime rave collosus goes in hard for this HARTLEYPic: JODY one. Highlights will include Noisia, new breed bass don Mumdance b2b hardcore legend Elrow Slipmatt, DJ Zinc with Special Request, Dub Phizix & Strategy, Nu:Tone b2b Bcee, Caspa, and Nicky Blackmarket.

ELROW - FROM LOST TO THE RIVER WHERE: Motion, Bristol WHEN: 3PM - 3AM PRICE: £29.50 - £39.50

ADDING a second date after NYE sold out in minutes, Team Elrow — aka the most colourful party in the clubbing world — will transform Motion into a Toontown Farmyard, with Eats Everything, Catz ‘N Dogz, Bushwacka!, Melé, Groove Armada and more all set to keep you animals dancing.

MAXIMUM PRESSURE X NYD 2018 WHERE: SWG3, Glasgow WHEN: 5PM - 3AM PRICE: £30 - £35 Printworks SOUND the alarms! Slam’s aeon-spanning big room techno fest has more heavyweights for NYD than should be allowed in any building at once. The hosts join the mighty Jeff Mills in the booth, Alan Fitzpatrick is set to play, as are Paula Temple, FJAAK, Radio Slave, Dr. Rubinstein, Edit Select and Telford.

THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT WHERE: The Warehouse Project, Manchester WHEN: 5PM - 5AM PRICE: £45

ANOTHER season at Store Street comes to an end with a mammoth 12 hours of car park action. Bicep, The Black Madonna, Hunee, Midland, George FitzGerald, Daniel Avery, Denis Sulta, Peggy Gou, Tom Trago, Shanti Celeste, Kim Ann Foxman, DJ Seinfeld, Lone, Overmono (Truss & Tessela), Or:la, Krysko and more.

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DJ576.OTF-NewYears.indd 91 15/11/2017 16:21 ON THE FLOOR REGIONAL RAVING All the parties you need to know ahout this month... BEST OF LONDON 1. NEED2SOUL & FABRIC PRESENT: BODY & SOUL THE REST SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER DVS1, RHADOO, FABRIC RARESH, PETRE INSPIRESCU and OSCAR It’s better to go out MULERO play Fabric with a bang than a (2nd). whimper, and London’s Need2Soul are following ORBITAL bring their world famous live show to that advice to the letter. the Eventim Apollo (2nd). Preparing to call it quits after 15 years of party LARRY HEARD, aka promotion, the crew Chicago originator MR invite NYC’s Body & Soul FINGERS, heads to Oval house dons — DANNY Space with LAKUTI (3rd). KRIVIT, FRANÇOIS K and JOE CLAUSSELL — for Glastonbury dance an eight-hour groove institution BLOCK9 opens odyssey. If only every its new venue via an NYC Sunday was like this. Downlow fundraiser (9th). 2PM - 10PM £25 JACKMASTER invites Sub Club ressies HARRI & DOMENIC to Phonox 2. HUNTLEYS + PALMERS - 3. SHOOM 30 4. PLAYDIFFERENTLY 5. 1985 MUSIC (10th). THE FINAL FLING! FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER PRESENTS: CLOSING PARTY SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER BANKSIDE VAULTS SUNDAY 10TH DECEMBER FIVE MILES CONGO NATTY’s tour CLF ART CAFE / BUSSEY PRINTWORKS fi nishes at Koko; KENNY BUILDING Shoom helped kick-start the Five Miles has been doing great KEN, KAHN & NEEK, UK’s acid house love affair, so A powerhouse closes the things in a small room for a RAGGA TWINS and more H+P are ready to round off show some respect — TONY Printworks season: BENJAMIN few months now, and the idea (16th). the last decade with SOPHIE, HUMPHRIES, LEFTFIELD, DAMAGE, CHRIS LIEBING, continues here with d&b dons VERONICA VASICKA, AUNTIE DANNY RAMPLING, FABIO FLORIDO, HITO, ALIX PEREZ and SKEPTICAL Let’s Go Swimming FLO, WOLF MÜLLER, MEHMET BUSHWACKA!, SAYTEK (live), LUCIANO, NICOLE MOUDABER, (back-to-back), FRACTURE, bring Ilian Tape’s SKEE ASLAN and more. FARLEY & HELLER. RICHIE HAWTIN, REBEKAH. and DEFT. MASK to The Waiting 11PM - 5AM £15 - £20 10PM - 7AM £35 12PM - 10.30PM £32.50 10PM - 4AM £10 Room (16th).

BEST OF NORTH 1. ENRG FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER THE REST INVISIBLE WIND ORBITAL play the fi rst FACTORY, LIVERPOOL of just two UK dates at Manchester Apollo (1st). Promising a night of innovative sounds MIDLAND has hand- ranging from picked former NTS boss immersive organic DEBONAIR for Leeds’ Wire Club (2nd). electronics to heads-down techno, CHAOS IN THE CBD Liverpool’s Energy Crew bring nu-house to follow up on a string of Transmission Funk at impressive parties with Manchester’s Soup what might be their Kitchen (7th). best line-up to date — JON HOPKINS and Sub Club’s 30th MIKE SERVITO. Now anniversary tour hits that’s a combination to Beaver Works for Flux in get excited about. Leeds. Line-up TBA (8th). 10PM - 4AM £16.50 Pretty Pretty Good join Banana Hill for TAMA SUMO at Soup Kitchen, 2. ELECTRIC CHAIR PRESENTS 3. ONE NIGHT WITH… 4. P13 & MINIMAL WAVE 5. QUEST 808 Manchester (8th). END OF YEAR RIOT 2017 SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER WEDNESDAY 6TH DECEMBER WEDNESDAY 27TH DECEMBER WIRE CLUB, LEEDS THE WHITE HOTEL, SALFORD COSMIC BALLROOM, ADRIANA LOPEZ, PAR HIDDEN, MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE GRINDVIK, I/O and more After crate-digging for 30 Heavyweight techno from UK play Beaver Works, Leeds The blowout is back, and years, SADAR BAHAR is an pioneer REGIS, with MW boss Newcastle hasn’t had Detroit (16th). special as ever — OPTIMO, ultimate selector, and graduate VERONICA VASICKA bringing techno kingpin DJ BONE in Lowlife’s BILL BREWSTER and of Chicago’s house haven, the next-level alien noises. Minds town for 16 years. As such, Halcyon has German FRANK BROUGHTON, HONEY Music Box — hence his solo are likely to melt. this one should be well worth techno duo SHDW & DIJON, PBR STREETGANG, sets being so educational. 11PM - 6AM £15 booking Thursday off work for. OBSCURE SHAPE at 24 UNABOMBERS and KIWI. 11PM - 6AM £10 11PM - 3AM £9 - £15 Kitchen Street in Liverpool 10PM - 4AM £28 (23rd).

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BEST OF SOUTH 1. FUSION 25TH THE REST ANNIVERSARY PART 3 H.M.C. offers ROHM, SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER ZUMA and secret guests THE OLD FIRESTATION, b2b at Brighton’s Rialto BOURNEMOUTH Theatre (1st). A serious night of dee- Also in Brighton, n-bee and old skool is WAH brings CALIBRE, the only thing anyone SPECTRASOUL, LSB and should expect from DRS to The Arch (1st). this — PHANTASY b2b SAM DIVINE offers NICKY BLACKMARKET upfront house sounds to with EKSMAN, SKIBADEE The Source in Maidstone and HARRY SHOTTA, plus (2nd). BROCKIE, STORMIN, IC3, SLIPMATT, DRUID Sense Traxx celebrate & SHARKEY. In short: fi ve years via Defected’s sweaty atmosphere, FRANKY RIZARDO at Talk, stacks of amens, tons of Southend (2nd). heroes. 9PM - 4.30AM £15 - £24 In Southampton, Junk invites Scandinavian rising star and ELEMENTS mix-head JONAS 2. EXTENDED 3. SIMPLE 4. BERLIN 5. PULSE CHRISTMAS RATHSMAN (9th). SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBER EDITION CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON THE BULLINGDON, OXFORD THE GREEN DOOR STORE, SATURDAY 23RD DECEMBER Brighton institution BRIGHTON PUBLIC, READING Patterns has LEON After bringing John Digweed With releases on PAN, Trilogy VYNEHALL playing AKA, down last month, the Extended Tapes, Hessle Audio and Where Beste Modus and Unison Wax MAX CHAPMAN headlines this all night (16th). heads welcome his long-term To Now, and recent dates in co-chief, CINTHIE, brings one, which should be enough partner in crime, SASHA, for Athens, Cairo and Moscow, fl oor-focused house stylings to get you down. Just in case, Oxford’s The Bullingdon a mammoth four-hour set. BEATRICE DILLON plays to B-ton, with Geisha’s SUZE though, DJ MAJESTY — of Vanz hosts Musical Medicine Should be involving. Simple’s esteemed little party. ROSSER and South African and MadTech note — is also on with Boston edit and disco 11PM - 5AM £25 11PM - 4AM £11 - £12 veteran, DJ BRUNONEROUNO. the bill; deep UK fours. king, KON (16th). 11PM - 5AM £7 10PM - 4AM £5 - £7

BEST OF WEST & WALES 1. WHITE PEACH THE REST SATURDAY 9TH ARTWORK, JASPER DECEMBER JAMES and JESS FARLEY COSIES, BRISTOL play Art’s House at Motion in Bristol (1st). Attempting to succinctly describe releases on The Lighthouse Project London’s White Peach books one of house’s most isn’t easy. Hugely varied, respected, CASSY, for always innovative, it’s an Swansea’s Sin City (2nd). example of what the UK DIXON AVENUE does best — curveballs, BASEMENT JAMS bring from banging alt-bass to the raw fours to Cardiff’s beautiful downtempo. Clwb Ifor Bach (8th). Roster artists like SORROW, SEPIA, TAIKO, In Bristol, The Island LEMZLY DALE, OH91 and hosts UK techno icon ZHA head to Bristol for REGIS thanks to Room the label’s fi rst showcase 237 (8th). in the city. 10PM - 4AM £5 UK funky and dubstep pioneer IKONIKA joins WHEELMAN and SEMTEK at Bristol’s Love Inn 2. PRESENT TENSE 3. VIVIFY 4. RESISTANCE 5. METRIPOLIS (9th). SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER TAKE 5 CAFE, BRISTOL FACTORY, PLYMOUTH MOTION, BRISTOL MOLES, BATH The Factory in Plymouth has the pleasure of tech- FREEROTATION stalwarts THE number of times OR:LA IF you want big, you’ve got RAVE bass hybrid mistress and house supremo DETLEF SAM WATSON and JOE ELLIS has appeared in these pages it here; local superstar EATS queen of BBC Radio 1’s new (16th). play three hours — no doubt says plenty about how much EVERYTHING, JOHN DIGWEED, school, B.TRAITS, calls at one dishing out deep, forward we rate Liverpool’s First Lady MATADOR, TECHNASIA and of our favourite small rooms. SKREAM plays an open- techno — with residents ETYM of techno, house and all things more arrive courtesy of jet- 10PM-4AM £10 to-close set at The Marble and AMY AMOR. future. Enough said. setting party, Resistance. Factory, Bristol (16th). 11PM - 4AM £5 - £6 10PM - 5AM £5 10PM - 6AM £16.50

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BEST OF MIDLANDS 1. LEFTFOOT & SHADOW CITY THE REST SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER Bass-grime royalty for THE RAINBOW VENUES, Bass Jam at Starworks, BIRMINGHAM Wolverhampton: BUGZY MALONE, FLAVA D, BICEP’s lengthy live tour PREDITAH (2nd). continues off the back of a record we made album of Nottingham’s Stealth has DENIS SULTA (8th). the month earlier this year. ‘Support’, if you can really CHAOS IN THE CBD call it that, comes from hit Vector at Echoes in some huge players: OMAR Loughborough for lo-fi S, TUFF CITY KIDS (aka business (9th). Gerd Janson and Lauer), HORSE MEAT DISCO, Liquescent welcomes HAMMER, LEFTFOOT ALIX PEREZ, HYBRID DJs and SHADOW CITY MINDS, POLA & BRYSON SOUNDSYSTEM. B-I-G- and more to Birmingham’s ness. Lab 11 (9th). 10PM - 5AM £27.50 Dbe’s Birthday involves SOLARDO, CALYX & TEEBEE and ETHERWOOD 2. THE MOVE WAREHOUSE 3. KODEN 4. EVOLVE 5. CLOAK N DAGGER at Loughborough Student SPECIAL FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER Union (14th). SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER AMUSEMENT 13, 119 FLOODGATE STREET, SECRET LOCATION, CHINA HALL, SPODE POTTERY BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Blue Collar Disco’s FACTORY, STOKE Xmas Party features JOEY Koden continues with its Timeless man FRANCESCO DEL As featured in our Birmingham NEGRO at The Exchange, STEVE LAWLER, SOLARDO, mission to represent emerging GARDA tops the bill with a Inner City Life feature — Stoke (16th). DERRICK CARTER, MANU or largely unsung techno four-hour stint in the booth, recommended to us by Adam GONZALEZ, PETE BROMLEY, talent, this evening with Ways while local lads doing decent Shelton — secret guests, no We Present has secured MATT ERST, in an address that To Die dame FLAMINIA, Grey right now, LOPASKI and TOM advance tickets, one solid GRAEME PARK for its next makes plates. Area’s ØLIVER, and residents. CRAVEN, also get stuck in. system and top music policy. at Leicester’s 2Funky 8PM - 6AM £25 10PM - 6AM £3 - £10 10PM - 6AM £7 - £10 3PM - 12AM £10 - £15 Music Cafe (16th).

BEST OF SCOTLAND & N.IRELAND 1. SUB CLUB XXX FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER THE REST THE BARROWLAND Missing Person’s BALLROOM, Club returns to The Art GLASGOW School, Glasgow, with Discwoman’s UMFANG and My oh my, this one is VOLVOX (1st). going to be something else; join LARRY Sandinos in Londonderry has Heist HEARD for his fi rst live honchos DETROIT show as MR. FINGERS SWINDLE for the Dance in 20 years, in one of Factory (2nd). the country’s fi nest concert venues, with SKREAM offers his support from OPTIMO feted open-to-close and HARRI & DOMENIC soundtrack at Aberdeen’s (who then go back-to- Unit 51 (2nd). back for the afters at Sub Club, which will be Minival fi nish 2017 on popping ’til 4am). a soulful house high, with 7PM - 11PM £25 HONEY DIJON at Tunnels, Aberdeen (16th).

DJ Mag techno fave, 2. NSA 3. ANIMAL FARM 13TH 4. BIGFOOT’S 9TH 5. TLF CHARLOTTE DE WITTE, FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER BIRTHDAY FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER FRIDAY 22ND DECEMBER plays Don’t Drop at Sub THE MASH HOUSE, THURSDAY 28TH DECEMBER SNEAKY PETE’S, EDINBURGH THE TUNNELS, ABERDEEN Club, Glasgow (17th). EDINBURGH SUB CLUB, GLASGOW AMONGST the most lauded YOU can imagine the way DERRICK CARTER TWO of the most innovative WHO said birthdays this rising techno and electro this one is going, given the returns to Electric Frog’s DJs around team up for what’s close to Christmas have to be stars, ANASTASIA KRISTENSEN ingredients; Scottish banger notorious Boxing Day likely to be the best night of disappointing? Certainly not — resident at Copenhagen GARY BECK, the hallowed bash at The Hillhead different choons in Scotland DONATO DOZZY, who has been hotspot, The Culture Box — Tunnels, and ‘Mad Friday’ (ie. Bookclub, Glasgow this month; enter MANFREDAS booked for three hours this makes her Edinburgh debut. the last before Christmas). (26th). and IVAN SMAGGHE. evening. 11PM - 6AM £6 Messy. 10.30PM - 3AM £14 11PM - 4AM £15 10PM - 3AM £12 - £15

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DETLEF Greek DJ/producer, Detlef, has fast become his country’s chief tech-house export. A slew of work for the likes of Hot Creations and Green Velvet’s Relief Records has seen him land a spot in the genre’s top fi ve highest selling artists on Beatport; while being named an offi cial resident of Jamie Jones’ Paradise nights at Ibiza’s DC-10, a US tour and numerous other club and festival events have showcased his skills in the booth throughout 2017. Set to play the DJ Mag Sessions Christmas Special alongside Latmun at Egg London on Friday 22nd December, Detlef gave us a run-down of his favourite recent gigs…

DESTINATION: MINT WAREHOUSE DESTINATION: DESERT HEARTS LEEDS FESTIVAL, CALIFORNIA

“I could easily name this gig as one of my favourites of all time. It was the fi rst time I met Green Velvet in person and we were “This was the most crazy event I have ever played. I remember playing together that night in Mint Warehouse when Curtis asked we had to drive into an Indian camp in the middle of nowhere me if I wanted to go back-to-back with him for the night. It’s not and when we got there the set-up was so surreal that you felt every day you play with a legend like him, and his positivity and you were in a different era, or a different world. Everyone was his energy turned that night into something magical. It felt like dressed up so crazy and the stages were amazing and the whole we were performing in a concert where everyone is facing the set-up was on another level. I honestly met the nicest and acts. It was my best night ever.” friendliest music lovers at that festival. A unique experience.”

DESTINATION: ELECTRIC RUSH, DESTINATION: CRSSD FESTIVAL, QUEENSTOWN, NZ CALIFORNIA

“When I arrived in Queenstown I was really surprised by how “This is a festival in a park in San Diego’s downtown where they small the town was, but I was also blown away by the magical have three stages with various genres of dance music. I played at landscape of New Zealand. There is a small party going on there the City Steps, which is the underground stage, and it was called Electric Rush which changes venues often, so when I phenomenal. The whole festival is well organised, but what played there they were setting up in the backyard of a small club. makes the festival unique is the energy of the crowd! Usually I remember I was wondering if there were enough people in this when you play in big festivals you can’t please everyone, but this town to fi ll the venue but not only was it packed, it also had an was one of the warmest crowds I ever experienced. The amazing vibe and it was the fi rst and only time I was offered a combination of the scenery, the set-up and the crowd just made bra.” this event a special experience for me.”

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DJ576.OTF-JJ-Detlef.indd 97 15/11/2017 11:16 ON THE FLOOR AROUND THE WORLD The hottest spots to hit when you’re away from the UK

GOLDIEROCKS: THE GLOBE! ITALO DISCOTHEQUE THE SELECTOR DJ GOES CLUBBING IN Goa Club has ruled Rome for over 20 years, thanks to top-notch THE GULF sound, rock-solid bookings and a taste for the theatrical... FOR a ‘dry’ country, where public flogging is punishment for ucked away down a little backstreet in Rome’s Giancarlino, the owner. excessive alcohol consumption, industrial Ostiense quarter, Goa Club has been But the DJs aren’t put on a pedestal here, either. The there sure are a hell of a lot of at the heart of the Italian capital’s club scene booth is only a slight step up from the dancefl oor and places to get wasted in the UAE. T for over two decades. When it was opened by there is no backstage; “Just a secret slip in the drapes Clubbing here is most defi nitely current owner Giancarlino and co-founders Fabrizio leading to a tiny hallway and the club’s offi ce,” more restrained and centred Caccetta, Danilo Proietti and Pierluigi Di Filippo, the Giancarlino explains. Here the club’s illustrious history around hotels and luxury tourist venue took over an old mechanic’s workshop next to a can be read in a wall of signatures started by Pearl Jam’s resorts, while ‘Ladies Nights’ — food market — clubbers even had to queue inbetween Eddie Vedder back in its opening year. The likes of Frankie where girls drink free all night delivery trucks in the early hours of the morning. Knuckles, Afrika Bambaataa and Gilles Peterson adorn it long — are a standard weekly now too. occurrence at each venue (gross, A lot has changed since then; the 700-capacity space is no?). looking to the future with art installations, theatrical “The most formidable aspect of Goa Club is its sound,” Weekend brunch parties are most performances and a completely renovated design, which, continues Giancarlino, and it quickly becomes clear why defi nitely the most trendy party this season, sees Goa transformed into “a true botanical the space has become such a haven for elite DJs. Eight affair of the week, where for a set garden”. Yet the fundamental principles of being “a place 18-inch subwoofers and eight top speakers encircle the price you have unlimited luxury of experimentation and eclecticism that refl ected the dancefl oor, while a host more serve the booth and bar food, booze and music. They take tastes of its globe-trotting crowd and founders” have area. “The music is really loud, the bass really fat. You over nearly every dining space in remained the same. This means regularly hosting have no escape.” the city, and competition is fi erce. international superstars like Ricardo Villalobos, Ellen This December will fi nd Hunee, Nina Kraviz, Planetary From brunch, people stagger to a Allien, Sven Väth and Moodymann, but also having a solid Assault Systems (live), Praslesh and Fumiya Tanaka boat where they’re whisked off for team of residents in DJ Red, Adiel, Silvie Loto, Fabrizio putting the system to the test, and making their mark on an eve of (relative) hedonism on Sala and Marcolino. “Residents are the heart and soul of the club — and, invariably, the clubbers too. BEN HINDLE Al Maya Island: gorgeous warm the club — without them, it won’t be Goa Club,” says water, a swim-up bar and banging DJ sets. The house music is generic, cover bands are rife, but it’s still a giggle. Of course, big name DJs tour here, and when they do it’s a real event. Calvin Harris will be playing the iconic Du Arena, near Ferrari world, later this month. Which was where I was hosting a festival last week, the same weekend the Chemical Brothers performed in Dubai, only an hour away. Creamfi elds takes over the arena just before Christmas hosting the likes of Deadmaus. MAD nightclub on Yas Island follows this formula with its pulsating roof, as does Empire: the only club in the world standing over a Formula 1 track, with a catwalk running through the middle of the dancefl oor. Club So-Hi and Ray’s Bar on the 62nd fl oor of the Etihad Tower boast extraordinary, breathtaking views, exceptional drinks service and a wealth of sassy-looking ladies. @Goldierocks

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EXIST TO RESIST We talk to photographer Matt Smith about his book documenting the UK’s counter-culture over the past 30 years... “YES, I do get paranoid,” admits legendary facilitated my independence — my personal photographer of the illegal rave scene, Matthew profile with 5000 people has been my tool Smith. “I have a phone and a vehicle, and I have for years, and that’s why my Kickstarter [for to engage, but I would rather not be involved in the book] was so successful [it raised over corporate authority structures like councils or £20,000].” government. I don’t claim benefits — why should Conversations with superstars such as Jeremy I tell you my income, my health? As long as I Corbyn, Jimmy Cauty (KLF) and all kinds of have petrol for the van, I’m alright. instigators will be present and correct at his “I’ve been off-grid for five years,” Matt exhibition in Bristol's Arnolfine, kicking off continues. “I’m in an amazing space in the January 26th. middle of Cornwall. Rave culture enabled me There are various testimonies for his book to have the resilience to be in the middle that Matt has collected along the way. DJ Mag of nowhere, after a decade of carrying editor Carl Loben said: “I first became aware soundsystems to such places. I love the line in of Matt’s unique photography during the Bladerunner 2049: ‘After the big blackout, all time that the Criminal Justice Bill was being that remained was paper…’. That's what my book debated in Parliament in 1993, in my capacity is about.” as a music journalist concerned about the He starts talking about how technology has Bill’s repercussions for dance music. Matt isn’t helped him in his work. “I have a smart-phone someone who occasionally touristed in the and I turn it off,” he tells DJ Mag. “Technology counter-culture — he has lived and breathed it has helped me a lot though, Facebook has for a lifetime. I hope that lots of people support

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DJ576.Reg-OffTheFloor.indd 104 16/11/2017 15:57 the fucking roof, everyone wanted it because BERLIN TRILOGY it was so different. Then came the second In this final part of an Visions Of Shiva single, ‘How Much Can You Take?’, which was even bigger for us, and then interview with film-maker and I asked Paul van Dyk to do a remix for Humate’s label supremo Mark Reeder, ‘Love Stimulation’ as I wanted to give Paul the opportunity to try remixing. That single was legend of Berlin, we take it massive too, and it catapulted Paul into the through the ‘90s to now... stratosphere. “As the decade evolved, trance started to ‘IN 1991, Dimitri Hegemann said, ‘I’ve found become more and more unimaginative and this amazing place, Tresor, it’s an old bank very repetitive — it was almost like music vault of a former department store in the by numbers. You had to have that particular middle of the death strip [the no-mans-land sounding bass drum, that certain synth sound between the Berlin Wall]’. I was thinking of and a colossal snare roll, and I got bored. There something like from a James Bond film, a was no innovation, it was cheesy and treading shiny, steely, gleaming bank vault, but when I over the same old ground. By the end of the saw it it was this horrible, musty, stinking old ‘90s, techno had started to go all minimal and vault full of rusty safety deposit boxes.” intellectual and trance had become tedious. What’s more, both trance and techno were You must’ve made some money out of your losing their dancefloor sexuality. MFS night and label… “I wondered, why are all these people going “Cash was never my motivation, making new out? It’s not just to take drugs — it’s because music was. The techno scene was still quite of the sexual ritual of going out and dancing this project.” small and fresh. I started MFS (Masterminded together. Both minimal techno and trance “I’ve been taking photos since 1985,” Matt For Success) in 1990 really as a platform were missing that most important element, says. “It’s very much a diary of opposition…”. for Eastie kids. Back then, the toughness of so I decided to start something new with a It’s an immensely well-crafted, beautiful index on techno was measured in how many ks were Hungarian DJ called Corvin Dalek. I had met the underground rave scene around the Kill The in the word tekno. Tekkkno was really hard. him a few years before at a Paul van Dyk party Bill period of the ‘90s — a rare insight to times None of my UK mates really got it. They were that he promoted in the Czech Republic and when people rarely took cameras out, and life was still into rave — Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, when Corvin moved to Berlin, I suggested largely undocumented. “I chose the paper, made Inspiral Carpets. I thought, ‘How can I get we create a new style of Eastern European- the pictures, lived the times…” says Matt on the them into techno?’ influenced music that was both techy, tribal book’s DiY ethos. “I also wanted to release music that mirrored and driving, but equally oozing in sexuality. We As well as buying the Exist To Resist book, you can that emotional up and down feeling of the called it ‘Wet & Hard’. also support the project with hoodies, tees, and a reunification of Germany, combined with visit to the exhibition. Pictures speak thousands euphoria on E, where everyone was unified on That sound resonates and ricochets around of words, but wise ones go a long way. Here are a the dancefloor — all of us dancing on the same Berghain now, no? And then the Kit Kat Klub few from Dominic Butler of the Stanton Warriors: mental plane. I thought it might be interesting that pushed a bit harder… “When I was at school, dance music was in effect to combine techno with emotional chord “Corvin was like a god at the Kit Kat Klub. illegal — in so far as mainstream radio didn’t changes like you’d find in Wagner or Mahler We travelled around the world, doing these play it, the tabloids said it was drug music, and and add repetitive, hypnotic, trance-inducing Wet&Hard parties, and he was on the brink of clubs didn’t really do parties. So we went into the sequences and a hookline. I proposed this idea becoming huge, but soon became disillusioned middle of nowhere to get our musical fix. Playing to Cosmic Baby, who interpreted it in his own and eventually hung up his headphones. at raves like Castle Morton cemented my love for way. I called it hypnotic-trance, but the music “It was about this time that I got asked to this culture, no matter how much the powers- magazines simply dropped the 'hypnotic' bit.” do an ‘80s-style remix for Blank & Jones. I that-be tried to stop us. Exist To Resist perfectly thought, ‘OK, just this once’, but then came encapsulates this life-changing moment in time Tell us about Visions Of Shiva and Paul van the Pet Shop Boys and they liked what I’d done in an honest and informative way.” Dyk… and asked me to do something similar for them •Order your copy of Exist To Resist for £35 from “That first Visions Of Shiva single went through — and that’s roughly what I still do now." youthclubarchive.com/store

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