ON the FLOOR the On-The-Pulse Guide to the Deep, Down and Dirty Gyrations of Global Clubland
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ON THE FLOOR The on-the-pulse guide to the deep, down and dirty gyrations of global clubland AMERICAN POLICE PREP FOR HEIGHTENED SECURITY AT MIAMI 2018 Outdoor venues become focus following Las Vegas tragedy… POLICE in the US are preparing for heightened Police Chief Jorge Colina has said the Miami Police with so many tall buildings close to its Bayfront security challenges at outdoor venues following Department must focus on the challenges of Park location in downtown Miami. the Las Vegas tragedy at Route 91 Harvest music policing outdoor venues. “It’s something to consider now that we meet festival at the start of October. “We have a lot of outside venues with the weather with the folks from Ultra and we will speak The shooting, which was the deadliest mass and people want to be outside,” he said. “We train specifi cally about some issues,” he said. shooting in modern US history — leaving 59 and go over scenarios, active shooter scenarios “In the past we have talked about putting people people dead and over 500 injured — was carried where people are reminded to get where the in place as spotters on rooftops of buildings in out by 64-year-old retired accountant Stephen shooter is.” close proximity, and this is always something to Paddock. He said Ultra Miami — which takes place between keep in mind.” In the wake of the mass shooting, acting Miami 23rd and 25th March 2018 — is a specifi c focus, FUTURISTIC NEW CLUB TO OPEN IN PARIS Terminal 7 launches this December… PARIS has a new club opening soon, dubbed Club, Terminal 7 is set to open three times a angular lighting rig, which gives the space its Terminal 7, and judging by the photos it looks like month from December onwards. striking futuristic look. it’s straight out of a scene from Blade Runner The venue can accommodate up to four With stunning panoramic views of the Paris 2049. adjustable bars and boasts 1000 square metres of skyline, Terminal 7 looks like it’s going to be a Located at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles space. welcome addition to the French capital’s vibrant exhibition centre, the former home of Electric The most striking thing about Terminal 7 is its nightlife. 156 DJMAG.COM DJ MAG PRESENTS... FRI 3RD NOV DJ MAG HQ returns home after a few months on tour to present Swiss-Italian superstar, Andrea Oliva, in association with Relentless. First taking to the decks at just 16 years old, and a fi rm favourite at Ushuaïa’s underground residency, ANTS, since 2013, Oliva’s DJ credentials are unquestionable. After dropping his debut album ‘4313’ via Objektivity in 2015, Oliva has renewed the focus on his production career too, racking THE STREETS ANNOUNCE up the releases with cuts for the likes of Kaluki, Snatch!, and Rejected this year REUNION TOUR alone. •djmag.com/hq Mike Skinner’s career-defi ning project returns… MIKE Skinner has confi rmed his hip-hop/garage “With my Tonga parties, the new rap and grime project The Streets will reunite for a six-date UK MCs I have been producing and the DJing, I have WED 8TH NOV tour in 2018. Starting at Birmingham’s O2 been living with music since making The Streets Academy on 19th April, the run will stop at for nearly as long as I made The Streets,” Skinner Glasgow, Manchester and Leeds, before fi nishing said. “I’m not the guy smoking in the car anymore up with two dates at London’s O2 Academy on though, I have become the guy in the club, so I 25th and 26th April. It will be the fi rst time The hope I will be excused for putting on after-parties Streets have performed for seven years after in nightclubs after every show.” Skinner said goodbye to the project in 2010. Tickets are on sale now. AFTER a jam-packed October that saw DJ Mag Bunker hold its fi rst birthday party and welcome Hatcha & Friends, we’re back with a rock solid d&b offering to celebrate 21 years of C.I.A Records. Label bosses Total Science make their way up from Bristol with local legend Break in tow. Zero T makes a return after his debut in February, veteran spinner Spirit will have ruffneck breaks aplenty, and recent signee Hydro also joins the fray. Plus MCs GQ and Blackeye will be on hand to host. •djmag.com/bunker THURS 9TH NOV LIVE MUSIC MAKES YOU HAPPY, STUDY SAYS FOLLOWING shows in Brighton and a live stream from ADE, our team-up with Joris That sixth cocktail, maybe not so much… Voorn continues across the pond at San Francisco’s hottest spot, Halcyon. GOING to concerts regularly leads to a happier regularly reported higher levels of satisfaction The Dutchman, who graced our cover last life, a new study at Deakin University in Victoria, with their lives. month, is a techno stalwart, but has recently Australia reports. This is in contrast to listening to music alone, been branching out into other creative The university surveyed 1000 Australians and which the report notes does not cause the same pastures — exploring his Detroit infl uences discovered a correlation between concert-going effect on “social well-being”. and even combining it with his passion for and overall satisfaction of daily-life. It noted that In contrast, the experience for DJs hasn’t always photography. individuals who attend any sort of communal been as positive, however, as many famous faces In other words, expect to see Joris as you musical experience, whether that be a festival on — such as Sasha and Avicii — have, in the past, never have before. the scale of Tomorrowland or simply a night taken time out from the pressures of the touring •halcyon-sf.com outdoors listening to acoustic renditions, lifestyle. DJMAG.COM 157 Untitled-1 1 16/10/2017 11:52 ON THE FLOOR BOOTIN’ OFF One club promotion kickin’ it this month UNLEASH THE BEAST A favourite amongst techno and house-leaning Londoners, Unleash celebrates six years of parties this month… erhaps the reason that London-based promotion Unleash is so popular is that — at its core — it’s a party for fans, by P fans. First meeting by pure coincidence at a M_nus party at Brixton Academy back in 2009, founders Marco Mendes and Jake Kasumov shared an “enthusiastic yet unintelligible” chat, which led to a fi rm friendship and, eventually, a party that can now celebrate being one of the capital’s best (even picking up a nom for Best Event at last year’s Best Of British Awards). And that’s not all there is to celebrate — November sees Unleash turn six, bringing a rock-solid line-up to Studio Spaces E1 on Saturday 4th November. “Musically, this will be one for the record books. Magda is one of our all time favourite artists, and, in fact, we met while listening to her DJ,” say the founders. “Cobblestone Jazz [Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate, Tyger Dhula] and Robag [Wruhme] are sure to please with some left-of-centre, alternative and melodic house and techno.” Plus dOP will perform live, and Bas Ibellini joins the fray. “First and HERE & NOW foremost we book artists whose music we like,” say Marco and Jake. “We like to support lesser Pics: known artists, and programme line-ups that we feel passionate about.” Unleash hasn’t just earned its rep through line-ups either, with high-end production being a THE BIG GIG major part of the event’s appeal. “We always like IF YOU ONLY BOOK TICKETS FOR ONE to invest in quality production and décor; no one LIVE GIG THIS MONTH, MAKE IT THIS… night is ever the same as another,” we’re told. “A few months before each event we will do a site visit with our production team and discuss the PRINCESS NOKIA production ethos for the night. The aesthetics FRIDAY 10TH NOVEMBER actually have a lot to do with the type of music ELECTRIC BRIXTON, LONDON that will be played during that particular night FEW rappers have made as much of an — so if it’s techno, we tend to go for darker, impact this year as New York’s Princess moodier lighting, while if the music is more on Nokia. Outspoken about feminism and the ‘softer’ side, the lighting and production will queer issues in particular, Nokia (real refl ect that.” name: Destiny Frasqueri) was an online All this has earned Marco and Jake a loyal fanbase sensation before becoming a potent force who ensure every party goes off. “Unleashers IRL. She’s self-released three mixtapes from all walks of life attend our events, and this is since 2014, the most recent of which — what we think makes it special — a diverse, ‘1992’ — dropped in September and saw a music-loving, relaxed and friendly crowd.” ‘Deluxe’ version signed to Rough Trade. If And they’ll have plenty in the coming months with you don’t know already, get to know. And Apollonia, Mathew Jonson and another Rumors then get tickets to this before they’re all showcase all on the way; but for now, top of the snapped up! agenda is singing happy birthday and getting the party started. BEN HINDLE •Book now via ticketweb.co.uk DJMAG.COM 159 DJ575.OTF-BootinOff-Unleash.indd 159 16/10/2017 16:55 ON THE FLOOR THE SOCIAL FESTIVAL @ KENT COUNTY SHOWGROUND, KENT FRIEND ZONE DJ Mag heads south to join The Social Festival’s fi fth anniversary celebrations and have a chinwag with founder, Nic Fanciulli… he Social Festival marks its fi fth year in 2017; an early milestone, however there is more than enough cause for T celebration.