Drum & bass

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…

Student guide: Clubbing hitlist - Edinburgh

15 Sep 2008

David Pollock selects the top ten club nights you cannot afford to miss. Residents Hobbes and Erik D’Viking DJ all over town, but the eclectic party night Trouble is still their biggest deal. Diversity is key; since the start of 2007, Rob Da Bank…

Student guide: Clubbing hitlist - Glasgow

15 Sep 2008

David Pollock selects the top ten club nights you cannot afford to miss. OPTIMO Riding the crest of a wave for the best part of a decade now, JD Twitch and JG Wilkes’ Optimo (Espacio), which borrows the aesthetic of early 80s New York nightlife and…

Parklife - Brand new dance

4 Sep 2008

This first-ever instalment of dance music festival Parklife should take attendees back to the mid-90s glory days when T in the Park was still young and finding its feet, and Strathclyde Country Park was big enough to contain it. It’s not like the Park…

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…

Tasty sub - Glasgow Sub Club honoured in Resident Advisor poll

7 Aug 2008

Glasgow clubbing institution the Sub Club has been honoured with a place in respected dance magazine Resident Advisor’s Top 10 list. The Sub Club was placed inside the worldwide Top 10 in three out of four categories, including Atmosphere, Programming…

Sultans of swing - Pendulum Interview

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

Hardcore drum & bass fans may have objected to the rockier feel of Pendulum’s new sound, but Richie Meldrum finds original member Rob Swire in no mood to apologise

Street Knowledge

22 May 2008

DRUM & BASS Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 24 May Exactly how do you follow Manga? The much-loved night was perhaps the prime mover in establishing the Scottish drum & bass scene and has left a solid legacy on the world of clubbing. DJ Kid, the…

Pendulum

24 Apr 2008

DRUM & BASS Carling Academy, Glasgow, Sat 3 May Pendulum, the drum & bass production trio from Perth, Australia shifted more than 200,000 copies of their debut album Hold your Colour. Like Roni Size, LTJ Bukem and a few others that had gone before…

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…

Manga

17 Jan 2008

It’s not always easy being a pioneer, something Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus or Marie Curie would have no doubt attested to. The same can be said for George Macdonald, lesser known perhaps, but equally forward thinking in his field: the world of…

Noisia

17 Jan 2008

Expect techno-inflected drum & bass as Dutch production trio Noisia (Vision) descend on Xplicit for their third birthday. Not forgetting Shy-FX and Sub Focus (Ram), an impressive roster of the best drum & bass from past and present. Xplicit…

Ben Westbeech

15 Nov 2007

Skunk Funk team up with Trouble to bring you a live set of funk from Ben Westbeech. Gilles Peterson chose Westbeech’s debut single ‘So Good Today’ as the first release on his new Brownstone label so he must be doing something right. Expect soul, hip…

Hint

1 Nov 2007

Expect everything from full on drum & bass to soul, funk and post rock from Ninja Tune signee Hint, who’s guesting at the Ivy Weekender. He’s joined by local hero Boom Monk Ben for the Friday session (2 Nov) while the Saturday weighs in with Bugz in the…

Pendulum

18 Oct 2007

DRUM & BASS Xplicit at the Arches, Glasgow, Thu 1 Nov; Potterrow, Edinburgh, Fri 2 Nov They’ve become firm friends with the crew at Xplicit and Pendulum are once again winging their way up to Scotland. Their visit coincides with Xplicit making…

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…

Departure Lounge

16 Jul 2007

JAZZ/HOUSE/DRUM & BASS/LATIN/GLOBAL DEPARTURE LOUNGE The Caves, Edinburgh, Fri 20 Jul (Image: DJ Junior) Too many clubs assume one style of music will keep you entertained. Fair enough if you crave a night of heads-down techno or…

Obscene Fifth Birthday

Ego, Edinburgh, Fri 23 Mar

12 Mar 2007

DRUM & BASS Although Obscene hasn’t had much luck with venues since opening five years ago in Edinburgh, it is still going strong as a showcase for the best new and local D&B talent and is an essential flipside to the big-name guests who are a staple…

Goldie

Classic Grand, Glasgow, Fri 2 Mar; Studio 24, Edin

26 Feb 2007

DRUM & BASS Just maybe, if Goldie keeps his head down for long enough, we’ll come to forget that he was binned early on from a series of Celebrity Big Brother and no doubt coined it in as ‘gangster of the moment’ in EastEnders for a while. Perhaps…

Xplicit

Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Fri 9 Feb; Glasgow School o

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…