ON THE FLOOR The on-the-pulse guide to the deep, down and dirty gyrations of global clubland BEATS EVOLUTION AND LET IT ROLL RETURN Drum & bass conference and festival boast huge line-ups for 2017 editions… THE WORLD’S biggest d&b festival, Let It Roll, and Rise Music, along with a plethora of other Camo & Krooked, High Contrast, Bad Company UK, only d&b conference, Beats Evolution, return to big-name DJs and heads working behind the Calyx & Teebee, LTJ Bukem, Hype b2b Hazard, the Czech Republic this summer. scenes. There’ll also be a chance to meet the Total Science, Randall, Current Value and many, From Wednesday 2nd to Thursday 3rd August, BEC Shogun Audio team, attend workshops hosted by many more (seriously, just look up the line-up, it welcomes faces from across the scene to discuss Shimon and Titan Records honcho A.M.C, and would take us all day to explain). Plus, following a the important issues and give advice to aspiring show off your demos to top labels. successful debut in the UK last year, Hospital DJ/producers. Covering hot topics such as how to Then, kicking off on the Thursday evening and Records co-founder London Elektricity brings his break the international market, ghostwriting, running through Friday and Saturday, Let It Roll live Big Band show. All this takes place across a touring and digital promotion, the wide range of heads just outside the city to Milovice Airfi eld, range of tents and stages offering tip-top panels will feature the likes of Critical Music boss bringing over 330 DJs and 30,000 eager drum & production, including a new arena inside a bunker. Kasra, MethLab co-founder Jef Lab, and Jay bass fans with it. •For info and tickets head to beatsevolution.cz Cunningham, director of promo company On The This year, acts include d&b royalty such as Andy C, and letitroll.eu TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR TECHNO CLUB TO OPEN IN HOLLAND The intimate venue will feature a Funktion-One system... A NEW 24-hour techno club called Het Magazijn is to its press release. Located in the basement of an old wallpaper store, set to open this month in The Hague in Holland. The Initially, Het Magazijn will be open two days a week, the Kwantum building will also contain a 150-capacity club will have a 24-hour license and with local promoters District25 taking the helm on restaurant, café, rooftop bar and cocktail bar. feature a Funktion-One system. Fridays, before the venue’s own bookings on Het Magazijn will open Thursday 6th July, with The intimate venue will promote “high quality Saturdays. The club plans to start running on District25 taking over the following night, and the music, freedom, equality and anonymity”, according Thursdays after opening too. fi rst Saturday hosting Eluize and Hubert Kirchner. 072 djmag.com djmag.com DJ MAG PRESENTS... WED 12TH JULY FOLLOWING a killer session from the BBS crew in June, DJ Mag Bunker returns with more breakbeat delights from DJ Stretch’s AKO Beatz imprint. Set up in 2014, AKO Beatz quickly established itself as a home for cutting-edge jungle, with releases from the likes of Ricky Force, Skitty and, of course, Stretch himself. Taking over Work Bar in Angel on Wednesday UK FESTIVALS TO OFFER DRUG 12th July, AKO lines up the legendary DJ Storm, breaksmith Equinox, Stretch TESTING THIS SUMMER back-to-back with Double 0, Threshold Events teaming up with The Loop have support from police to help back-to-back with Due Diligence and rising protect users... MEDHURSTDAN star Tim Reaper. Get your skankin’ shoes Pic: on… •Guestlist & live stream: djmag.com/bunker A NUMBER of UK festivals, including giant welfare support organisation The Loop will set up double-event Reading and Leeds, have announced protected testing tents within partaking festivals, plans to introduce safe drug-testing spaces for where revellers can test their illegal substances. The THURS 13TH JULY punters this summer. Loop headed up the project at Cambridgeshire Head of Live Nation subsidiary Festival Republic, festival Secret Garden Party last year, testing drugs Melvin Benn, who also organises Latitude, V Festival for around 200 people. and Wireless, told the Press Association he is being Founder Fiona Measham said: “It’s really exciting “very proactive” and expects “between six and 10 that police are prioritising health and safety over festivals” to take part this year if he gets the criminal justice at festivals.” She hopes the go-ahead from West Yorkshire Police and the initiative will eventually be rolled out in nightclubs National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). and venues across the country to help educate and If the initiative is launched, drug testing and protect drug users rather than just penalise them. VETERAN NYC selector Roger Sanchez holds court on our HQ stream this month. Nothing short of legendary on the house scene, Sanchez was a regular on Strictly Rhythm during the ‘90s, and has strong affi liations with the likes of Defected. Recent years have seen him focus on his own label, Stealth Records, along with his continuing role as an Ibiza regular. Tune in for enough party vibes to turn your stuffy old offi ce into a little slice of the White Isle… •Watch live from 4pm via DJ Mag’s Facebook FRI 28TH JULY XOYO RECRUITS EROL ALKAN LENZMAN will be taking over our HQ stream FOR FRIDAY RESIDENCY at the end of July, proving why he’s one of Phantasy boss locks in for 13-week run… the most respected d&b producers to emerge from the thriving Dutch scene. Making his name through releases for Spearhead, C.I.A. LONDON HOTSPOT XOYO has announced Erol Alkan “The whole point of being given a platform like this and Deep Kut, Lenzman soon became a will take over as the club’s third Friday resident of is to entertain and infl uence, in equal measures,” staple of the Metalheadz roster, releasing his 2017. The Phantasy label owner will be joined by a says Alkan via the press release. “‘To The Rhythm’ is debut album ‘Looking At The Stars’ via the wide range of talent throughout the run, including a hymn to club culture, bringing people together, label in 2014. At the tail-end of 2016, Daniel Avery, Boys Noize, Gerd Janson, Justice, and the joy of synchronicity.” Lenzman launched his own imprint, The Factory Floor and 2ManyDJs. Dubbed ‘To The Alkan, who has previously held residences with North Quarter, as an outlet for his soulful, Rhythm’, Alkan’s series kicks off 7th July with Dan renowned promotions such as Trash and Bugged liquid d&b sounds and hip-hop excursions. Beaumont and Peaches (live), and lands every Out!, will become XOYO’s 15th resident DJ, •Watch live from 4pm via DJ Mag’s Facebook Friday for 13 weeks, fi nishing up on 29th September following on from The Black Madonna and Andy C, with an all-night-long solo show from Erol himself. who claimed the two previous spots this year. djmag.com 073 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! IMAGINEFESTIVAL.COM Pioneer DDJ-RB NI Traktor S5 Numark Mixtrack Platinum Ultimate Flight Case Multi Format XL Pioneer DDJ-SR Black Plus (Laptop Shelf) Black | U91019BL Denon Akai MPC Renaissance #1CASE4ALL MC4000 Untitled-1 1 19/06/2017 14:21 ON THE FLOOR The venues pulling the BEHIND THE SCENE strings of clubland ALL ABOARD! Newly refurbished venue, Shoreditch Platform, aims to take East London by storm with its unique design and quality new Presents series… ormerly known as Studio Spaces E2, Shoreditch Platform fi rst came into life at the end of last year as a venue and F trendy pay-as-you-go workspace defi ned by its unique fl oor-to-ceiling artwork. Having now ditched the latter function to focus on nailing the club game, the space has been loaded up with a Funktion-One soundsystem, custom- built DJ booth — housing a snazzy Formula Sound rotary mixer — and will soon see a new lighting rig fi tted too. But what about the music? Well, to make the most of the shiny new set-up, the venue is launching a new series called Platform Presents. “We wanted to showcase artists which were more forward- thinking,” explains Events Manager, Tom Lilly. “We can afford to be a little more creative bringing artists who haven’t played in London yet, or artists who would love to play all-night sets. We’ve got some amazing guys coming in over the summer, who cater for all different tastes.” In July alone this means the likes of Addison Groove (22nd), Hivern Discs’ JMII (21st), Mak & Pasteman (7th), and Jacques Renault (28th), and many more, plus a team-up with big-shot London promoters, Avant Garde. “We really want to put [Shoreditch Platform] on the map as a credible music venue, so key bookings is what we will be concentrating on,” continues Lilly. “We’ve actually got some big THE BIG GIG hitters coming into the venue to play all-night If you only book tickets for one sets, from the likes of Dekmantel, Innervisions live gig this month, make it this… and Running Back, but our lips are tightly sealed at this present moment…” Way to leave us ALFA MIST & NUBYA hanging, Tom! GARCIA Lilly does reveal how the Platform will still offer TUESDAY 15TH AUGUST other events too, such as a talk on Amsterdam RONNIE SCOTT’S nightlife by Trouw and De School founder, Olaf Boswijk. But primarily the new music venue’s LEGENDARY London jazz club, stunning album ‘Antiphon’ A saxophonist and composer, focus is on being just that, a music venue, and Ronnie Scott’s, lines up a (which dropped back in March), Garcia has worked with bringing the best talent it can muster to East cracking double-bill of a collection of jazz/hip-hop everyone from jungle star London.