Derrick May

Electric Frog September Weekender – SWG3, Glasgow, Sat 10–Sun 11 Sep

19 Sep 2011

‘It’s good that this is in Glasgow, ‘cause not a lot of great things happen in Glasgow,’ praised Errors’ Steev Livingston of Electric Frog. His tongue was possibly ever so slightly in cheek, but these micro festivals – of which this September Weekender…

Electric Frog September Weekender 2011

Frankie Knuckles, The Fall, Jeff Mills, Mogwai, and Joe Claussell feature in stellar line-up

25 Aug 2011

Whoever chose to carry out some large-scale maintenance at their Eastvale Place business premises on the last weekend of July has inadvertently done Glasgow’s clubbing fraternity a favour. It might have meant the planned Electric Frog Summer Weekender…

Kevin Bridges, Derrick May and Green Velvet on Rock Ness 2010 bill

10 Jun 2010

Rock Ness has more to offer than just great DJs and lashings of live music, as Henry Northmore finds out

Subculture vs Sensu Detroit Weekender

9 Dec 2009

Isn’t every weekend a Detroit weekend at the Subbie in one way or another? It helps, of course, that this party in two parts will see techno innovator and one of the original ‘Belleville Three’ Derrick May make another of his regular appearances at the…

EH1 Festival

Inaugural all-day celebration of dance music culture

6 Aug 2009

Colours and Streetrave have decided to celebrate their 20th anniversary in style, and you’re all invited as they present perhaps the biggest club event Edinburgh has ever seen – the EH1 Festival at the Royal Highland Showground out at Ingliston. ‘It’s a…

R&S Records

14 May 2009

Weren’t they big back in the day? Not just big but huge. R&S were at the forefront of the European techno scene and helped cement Belgium’s standing in the world of the electronic beat with releases from CJ Bolland, Derrick May, Aphex Twin, DJ Hell…

Slam and Soma issue Pressure10 documentary

11 Dec 2008

As part of their birthday celebrations for Pressure, Slam and Soma have issued Pressure10, a movie on the decade of the flagship club night, showing some of the Glasgow night’s finest hours, with appearances from Richie Hawtin, Green Velvet, Ricardo…

Subculture

13 Nov 2008

PREVIEW TECHNO & HOUSE Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 14 Nov. This fortnight Subculture comes to Edinburgh after Studio 24’s manager, Gill McArthur, witnessed their programming of T in the Park’s Bacardi B-Bar by chance and felt she could make the night…

Various - Sub Club: 20 Years Underground

22 May 2008

ELECTRONICA (Soma) To continue the Sub Club’s 20th birthday celebrations, Subculture’s Harri and Domenic and Optimo’s Twitch and Wilkes (the Subbie’s longest-serving residents) have been invited to compile an album which reflects the music policy that…

High Tech Soul

24 Apr 2008

DOCUMENTARY (E) 64 min Subtitled the ‘Creation of Techno Music’ this documentary sets out to detail just that very subject, going back to the roots of the Detroit scene, the birthplace of techno as we know it today. The film aims to position the…

Skeletons & the Kings of all Cities

24 Apr 2008

Leftfield weirdo popsters who have drawn comparisons to everyone from Sonic Youth to Boyz II Men. Matt Mehlen has drawn together a mixed bag of talents including classical horns, punk drummers, multiple guitars and more for a truly unique bombastic…

Tryptych announces final line-up

13 Mar 2008

Triptych has announced its final ever line-up, which showcases the festival’s trademark brew of international stars, musical trailblazers and cutting edge grassroots talent. Organisers have said that, after eight years creating one of Scotland’s…

Derrick May

17 Jan 2008

TECHNO Pressure at the Arches, Glasgow, Fri 25 Jan ‘Trying to save the world from bad music.’ That’s the motto Derrick May lives by these days. Arguably he’s already done that though, given that, alongside his old Belleville, Detroit high school…