Friday November 13th
The O2, Birmingham.
The Kaiser Chiefs in the house DJing it up. Roadblock time…
Friday November 13th
Warehouse Party, Los Angeles.
One for you Yankee doodle dandees. The mighty 2020 Soundsystem hitting the West Coast, Ralph Lawson, Developer, JPhlip and Syrena just turning the dancefloor into a right mess. Back To Basics turning a shit city into a bright Hollywood for a night.
Friday November 13th
The Arches, Glasgow.
Pen on paper – a sell out. The Faithless Soundsystem with special guests Felix Da Housecat and Steve Aoki. Maaaaaaaaaasive.
Friday November 13th
Stealth, Nottingham.
Mixmag On Tour
Big one for Nottingham, about time. Zane Lowe, Kissy Sell Out, Jack Beats, Evil Nine, Jaymo and Andy George, Crystal Fighters playing live and Mixmag ressies IAM ONE. Splendid.
Friday November 13th
The Empire, Middleborough.
Adam Sheridan in control.
Friday November 13th
The Glasgow School of Arts, Glasgow.
New York’s Larry Tee making his Scottish debut. Fuck me; hope he has brought his parka.
Saturday November 14th
The Big Chill House, London.
The Jalapeno Sound System continue to rock Saturdays at this cool venue – October saw Bristolian bad boy Boca 45 cutting and scratching to a packed dancefloor – Saturday sees Fingerlickin’s Soul of Man rocking up alongside Mr Trevor Mac. Get in for free before 10pm.
Saturday November 14th
Floorplay @ Coalition, Brighton.
Starring Kim Fai…big Birmingham player, huge re-rub of Funkagenda’s Toolroom smash ‘What The Fuck’ last December, an amazing remix of Inner City’s ‘Good Life’ that Radio 1 were all over and has been holed up in the studio this year remixing for labels such as Big Love, PopPop, Nervous, Flatbelly, Control Freq and Groovedigital. A man on a mission – get down to pebbly beach for this one.
Saturday November 14th
Koko, London.
Annie Mac presenting another cracker. Mike Snow live, Kid Sister live, Young Fathers live, Boy 8-Bit and Doorly all performing at this Camden fantastic venue. Go girl.
Saturday November 14th
65-71 Scrutton Road, London.
Bugged Out and Little Boots presents ‘Boots Camp’.
The Manc crew who in the past have teamed up with the likes of Hot Chip, Saint Etienne and Klaxons, now team up with a real little pop star Little Boots. Always linked with the club world, whether it’s through her compositions with Joe Goddard of Hot Chip, cover versions of songs like Ready For The Floor and Day & Night or choice of remixers like Rusko, Fake Blood, Fred Falke and Drop The Lime. She’s also quite the Italo disco aficionado and recently raved on her popular Twitter feed about the latest Clone recs compilation. So Bugged Out approached her with an idea, well, the name came first: Boots Camp. Turning over a bespoke space in Shoreditch for Victoria to programme with a boomin’ sound system and fancy flashing lights. She has chosen very well: Aeroplane have rarely visited London this year so this is a real coup, they’ve turned in some of the best remixes of recent years, most notably for Friendly Fires and Grace Jones. The guys are currently recording their debut album but are making time for Boots Camp. Joe Goddard from Hot Chip is an obvious choice being a long term collaborator of Vic’s, he’s also about to release his dance heavy solo album Harvest Festival on his own Greco Roman label. Also playing records, alongside Little Boots herself are Heartbreak, the pop group heavily influenced by Italo disco and Piers Martin of London’s Cocadisco. Little Boots says of her camp, “Joe Chip is great and such a versatile DJ, I love his sets. I’ve been a big fan of Aeroplane from finding out about them on blogs so I’m really interested to hear them DJing. I am a huge Heartbreak fan so I’m really glad they are on the bill too.”
