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Xplicit welcome club favourites NOISIA

14 May 2010

Proving your old friends are your best friends, Xplicit welcome club favourites NOISIA back to the capital for yet another triple bill event at Edinburgh Uni’s Potterrow. ‘The first time they played for us was back in 2006,’ says promoter Simon McGrath.

Labels of Love: Restless Natives

31 Mar 2010

Established January 2004 in Edinburgh Roster DJ Kryptik, DJ Samurai, DC Breaks and Mazzini (pictured) Boss DJ Kid, aka Peter Symington In a nutshell Created and controlled by Scotland’s most vehement drum & bass ambassador, Restless…

Electric Frog Street Carnival

The Notting HIll spirit comes to Glasgow

20 Aug 2009

‘The Street Carnival came about from us deciding that we’re the north’s version of the Nottinghill Carnival in London,’ explains Jack Revell, aka Numbers DJ Jackmaster and one of the people behind The Electric Frog Street Carnival, a new all day event…

Numbers

25 Jun 2009

The trailblazing stargazers from Glasgow’s Numbers are throwing a party to celebrate a milestone of significant arithmetical value. Six years ago they arrived on the scene, bright eyed and bushy tailed, unwittingly setting new standards in a clubland…

Aeroplane

28 May 2009

Location: Brussels, Belgium. Occupation: Cosmic orbiters of Planet Disco. Should I be excited? We think so. Having planted the magic beans in Glasgow with an infamous performance at H&P last September, Aeroplane return to spray their flourishing…

Xplicit

14 May 2009

Wander through the doors of Edinburgh Uni’s Potterrow on 22 May and you might be in for a bit of a surprise. Over the last year or so the venue has once again started to host a growing number of club nights and large events run by some of the capital’s…

Volume!

16 Apr 2009

It’s been a busy couple of years for Volume as they head for their second birthday celebrations. As one of the first nights to bring dubstep to Scotland their pioneering penchant for pushing new music has been a welcome education for the capital’s club…

Playdoe at Mixed Bizness

19 Feb 2009

Playdoe: that squidgy stuff you tried to eat when you were a kid, or a fresh new electro rap duo from Johannesburg. Either way, it’s great fun. Former scratch champion Sibot and local rapper Spoek are the sound of modern Africa. A raucous mix of funk…

Xplicit

2 Oct 2008

DRUM & BASS/DUBSTEP There will be times in your life when you’ll meet relatives with whom you have a strange relationship – second cousins, suspect uncles, your gran’s new boyfriend – you know that there’s a connection, but you struggle to figure out…

Andy C

18 Sep 2008

You’d be hard pushed to find a DJ bigger than Andy C; in this business he’s the boss, the CEO, of D&B. ‘In my eyes there is no other DJ in the drum & bass industry with the profile that Andy C has,’ explains Street Knowledge DJ/promoter DJ Kid. ‘His…

DJ Marky

21 Aug 2008

Think of Brazil and you think of music. It’s a country that lives and breathes to its own unique rhythm, a rhythm which DJ Marky has followed to the top of his profession. Inspired by the Sao Paulo clubs he partied in as a teenager, Marky started out…

Profile - Laidback Luke

24 Apr 2008

Name Laidback Luke Occupation DJ/producer Location Aalsmeer, Holland A Dutch guy playing house music – you must be having a giraffe... Understandably when you think of Dutch dance music you instantly think ‘trance’. Ferry Corsten, Tïetso…

Profile - Hospital Records

13 Mar 2008

Name Hospital Records Occupation Record Label Location West London, UK OK, give me the brief Hospital Records was started by Tony Colman and Chris Goss back in 1996. Today it has grown to be one of the most successful independent labels in…

Nathan Fake

28 Feb 2008

TECHNO Kapital and the Caves, Edinburgh, Sat 1 Mar Kapital’s headliner at this Border Community (James Holden’s rather fantastic record label) special is none other than Nathan Fake, a 25-year-old producer who makes stripped down techno tracks bathed…

Xplicit

Drum & bass

23 Aug 2007

By the end of August the residents of Edinburgh will have endured almost a month of living and working in the midst of the International Festival. Those embracing the mayhem have been out and about soaking up the atmosphere and ensuring the 5am licenses…

Xplicit

29 Jan 2007

DRUM & BASS By the age of two most of us were doing well. We could walk, run, talk and generally fend for ourselves. Xplicit, however, have surpassed us all. In their short existence they have become the country’s biggest drum & bass night with…

Morphos

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19 Dec 2006

Name Morphos Location Edinburgh, Scotland Occupation Producer of loud, banging noise. Info please Morphos aka Graeme Marshall had a simple yet logical path to becoming one of Scotland’s most respected underground techno producers. As the man…

Freeform Five

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11 Nov 2006

Name Freeform Five Location London, UK Occupation Producers, remixers, dance music moguls. Sounds good, hit me with your info stick and beat me with the details Brought together through friendships formed at various educational institutions…

Taste

As Sunday mainstay Taste moves to Cabaret Voltaire

28 Sep 2006

When God had a rest on Sunday it wasn’t because he was tired. Sure he’d had a tough week creating the universe - Adam and Eve were at each other’s throats, Satan was getting on his tits and he still couldn’t get the moon to sit right. But, like anyone…

Billy Nasty

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28 Sep 2006

Name Billy Nasty Occupation Purveyor of fine electro and techno Location London UK Show me the small print! Billy Nasty was one of many DJs to realise that working in a record shop is generally the first stop en route to international DJ…