Kapital

M_nus signing Matador gets ready for guest slot at Kapital

The minimal techno DJ discusses getting signed to Richie Hawtin's high-powered label

The production line that is Richie Hawtin’s M_nus label just keeps on churning them out, with one of the latest signings being Matador, aka Dublin’s Gavin Lynch. With a few releases under his belt already (he started DJing 12 years ago, then went to…

Kompakt's Michael Mayer to appear at Kapital

We look at the label boss and DJ's career

It seems fitting that as they edge closer to their fifth birthday celebrations in July, that Edinburgh club night Kapital have at last managed to secure the booking of one of their most coveted guests, Cologne-based DJ and producer, Michael Mayer. A…

Clubs hitlist

JakN & Cause It, Kapital, Ballers Social Second Birthday Party, Wrong Island, Death Disco, Fortified, Wire, Killer Kitsch

Nathan Fake returns to Kapital

Nathan Fake returns to Kapital this month to showcase his new album Hard Islands. Signed to James Holden’s Border Community, Fake will be putting in a live (or ‘a laptop with some controllers and shit,’ as he describes it) set of melodic techno and…

DJ Ellen Allien to play at Edinburgh night Kapital

TECHNO ‘Ever since her mix tapes first found their way to us at the start of the decade, we [the trio of DJs and promoters behind Edinburgh night Kapital], have been strongly influenced by Ellen Allien,’ says the club’s Barry O’Connell. ‘Everything…

Kapital

MINIMAL Although Kapital’s promoter and resident DJ Barry O’Connell describes his night as plugging a specific hole in the Edinburgh clubbing market, it still draws from a broad spectrum of musical influences. ‘Kapital is mainly minimal techno,’ he…

Nathan Fake

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…