Diggers and Xmas Debauchery

Just when you've got over the last weekend the next one is already around the corner to hammer a few more nails into your coffin. We're coming ever closer to that final nail of new years eve but before that happens there is still one more weekend to go.

But first off, last weekend. The Manchester Warehouse Project rocked my socks last Friday night. I'm sad that I only got to see the venue once this year as I think it was a big improvement on the old Boddingtons factory. The Piccadily station location was more intimate and held a better sound. OK when it was busy it was slightly annoying, but these days busy tends to equate to a better atmosphere and you're either on it with the rest or miserable at the sides. My only advice is to just go with the flow, obviously you can consume a variety of substances to ease you into the mood, say like 6 cans of Red Stripe on a long train journey. That worked a treat for me, plus the beer jacket kept me warm... Its cold up north, which I found out once again. On arrival to the venue, Mr Zabiela didnt really seem to be feeling the cold, his blend of tech house and electronic noises with a dash of efx wizardry (note only a dash) kept the man bouncing and the rammed to the rafters warehouse. The man like Sasha followed and i must say i was impressed. There's so much talk of how the man has lost it and his ableton thing is boring, but the other Friday i really enjoyed his set. However, i am a relatively young clubber, so missed the Sasha late 90's golden era. Which on the flip side might be a good thing as I had no pre-conceptions of what he should be like, I just took the set for what it was. The man like, moved effortlessly through epic prog rollers through to dark dirty electronic grooves and even threw in a smattering of techno near the end. It kept me moving until the end and many other people. The only downside to the whole night was having to get home. It took me 4 hours through a combination of taxis, trains and tube. One thing i dont understand is, who in their right minds would want to go to Milton Keynes, Coventry and Watford? There is no need for my train to stop at these places! Well that's what I was thinking after 2 hours into my journey at 11am in the morning feeling extremely on the edge of oblivion.

Saturday brought the delight of Fabric and a little Chilean. Unfortunately, the little Chilean had some family problems so couldn't make it. Hope everything is alright... But I was really disappointed that Luciano couldn't make an appearance. I was really looking forward to hearing his current standard set of Subliminal back catalog records, Freaks come out and that rose rouge remix. I know his sets haven't changed much since May, but I'm still yet to hear it on a sound system like Fabric's. I caught a bit at Wild in the Country, but the flooded tent, torrential rain, lack of crowd, early set time and quiet sound system didn't really do it the greatest of justice. I guess I'll just have to hold on a few more months :o( . Not to worry as Amé and Adam Beyer were still playing, which doesn't make it a complete lost cause. Far from it actually. Amé played some lavish deep sounds in room 3 whilst Adam Beyer and the real "Swedish Mafia" played some stern techno that would send Angello and co back under their electro gash rock. Some good music all around, however the spirit seemed a bit lacking and flat at times. However like I stated before you're either going with the flow or miserable at the sides and after my miserable train journey back during the morning I might have fallen into the latter category.

Now that's all behind me, its time to talk about this weekend. And once again I'm going to talk about what seems like my Siamese twin separated at birth. That's right, I'm heading to Fabric..... again.... But all for good reason, as its part two of London's prog grandmaster's series. Well that's what I'm calling it. John Digweed rolls into town so soon after Sasha just departed. The Dougal from Magic Roundabout look-a-like (see picture above, i think its only a hair thing really..) will be commanding Room1 this weekend, expect some relentless epic prog, tech house. Martinez are in support and should entertain with their brand of intertwined epic dark melodies which plod along in a nice groove. Just what the doctor ordered, before a week of heavy eating, Christmas songs and mince pies.

Happy Christmas!

p.s Canvas for NYE seems like a safe bet this year. Carl Craig, Dixon (current living legend in my eyes), Andrew Weatherhall, Boys Noize and Jo Jo De Freq. What more could you ask for? Did i forget to mention they're knocking the thing down soon after!? Click Here for more info..

M.A.N.D.Y Fabric:38 Review

The last few Fabric releases have been pretty star studded. Pokerflat head honcho Steve Bug compiled the last one, Villalobos did an artist DJ hybrid release and before them Ewan Pearson and Ellen Allien. The trend continues this January in the form of M.A.N.D.Y. Despite having quite an annoying name to type, the Berlin duo has been at the forefront of the ongoing “German” trend for over the past 4 years. Their co-owned label Get Physical has had a meteoric rise in popularity, not to mention the numerous releases and remixes they’ve produced on their own and with label mates Booka Shade. And the last time M.A.N.D.Y put tracks to CD for a compilation back in 2006, I saluted as they brought together techno and house in a percussive, funk fuelled and eclectic manner over two CDs for the At The Controls series. So I and probably many others were intrigued to see how M.A.N.D.Y would fill one single CD.

After a bizarre bananas based intro the duo fall into the atmospheric and eerie Darkslide by Minz, setting the scene for a mix of dark electronic grooves. The mix shifts into some bright percussion before dropping into the driving, melodic tones of the Crowdpleaser mix of Quarion’s Karasu . The CD continues to twist and turn along a road of sinister grooves and eerie haunted synth stabs, always continually building. M.A.N.D.Y do an excellent job of bringing the mix in to many crescendo points making the listener expect a step up in gear but instead is teased like a kitten with string.

Rewards are reaped with the fantastic Magic M by Lucio Aquilina whose intricate chimes move the mix into the next phase of dark pulsing grooves and futuristic melodies. Again the mix just continues to shift and glide through these different moods arriving at a glimpse of Robag Wruhme’s Dopamine followed by the glitchy but not twitchy Claude Von Stroke mix of War Paint before moving on with its urging groove. The mix plateaus out into a wash of bright pads and strings through Sebo K & Metro’s take on Tunnels and Julian Ganzer’s funk driven mix of 2 Fast 4 U, which completes the mix and for some reason conjures up images in my mind of Disney’s 1933 animation, Father Noah’s Ark.

Imagery aside, this mix is great. Its dark driving groove throughout makes a night time drive or walk home seem epic. If you like the dark and sinister stripped back grooves, then this CD is definitely a recommended buy. M.A.N.D.Y do an excellent job creating an atmospheric mix and whilst I still think their At The Controls CD is better, this effort is not far off from that. 8/10

M.A.N.D.Y will be playing at Fabric on 26th Jan 2008

Tracklisting
01. Intro;
Franco Bianco - Noches De Superacion - Italo Business
Robag Wruhme als Rolf Oksen - Rolf auf seinem Auskukk - Freude Am Tanzen
02. Yello - Bananas To The Beat - Mercury
03. Minz - Darkslide - Perspectiv
04. Guillaume & The Couto Dumonts - Mederico - Oslo
05. Quarion - Karasu [Crowdpleaser Remix] - Drumpoet Community
06. Gui Borrato - Tipologia [Lucy Remix] - Parquet
07. Mark-Henning - Sicknote - Cynosure
08. Decimal - Idiosynkratik - Enemy
09. Lucio Aquilina - My Cube - Cocoon
10. Booka Shade - City Tales [Dub] - Get Physical
11. DJ Yellow & Astrid Suryanto - To The Top [Guy J Remix] - Project
12. Dubfire - I Feel Speed [Audion Remix] - SCI+TEC
13. Martin Eyerer and Toni Rios - Chorizo - Kickboxer
14. Robag Wruhme als Rolf Oksen - Dopamin - Freude Am Tanzen
15. poxyMUSIC Ft. Gina Mitchell - War Paint (Claude Vonstroke Remix) - Hussle
16. Djinxx and X-Pansul – Spanish Kebab - Ovum
17. Matchbox - U Can Get Sonar - Kindisch
18. Deadset - Farm House (Deadset Dub Tool) - Front Room
19. DJ T. - The Dawn [Nass Remix] - Get Physical
20. Simon Flower - The Whisper Had It [Mark August Remix] - Pokerflat
21. Raz Ohara and The Odd Orchestra - Kisses - [Kabuto & Koji Carnea Remix] - Get Physical
22. Basic Soul Unit - Tunnels [Sebo k & Metro Remix] - Mule
23. Lopazz - 2 Fast 4 U [Julian Ganzer Remix] - Get Physical
24. Mike Monday - Bhalobashi [Sideshow Dub Mix] - Simple
25. M.A.N.D.Y. - Don't Stop - Get Physical

The Weekend is Nearly Upon Us!!

The weekend is finally here and the feeling of Christmas keeps creeping in. Expect packed shops, crazy shoppers, overly happy people and repetitive Christmas songs. However there is always the plus side to Christmas, work parties with free booze and a whole hamper of parties from now until the New Year with plenty of debauchery involved. To me this weekend kicks all of that off. The work xmas party is tonight, which is then followed by two monstrous weekend outings.

Saturday in London see’s a massive lineup at Fabric, with everyone’s favourite pint sized Chilean Luciano commanding the main room. Amé are providing some deep stylings in room 3 and room 2 welcomes a Swedish techno invasion with Adam Beyer at the helm. If that doesn’t tickle your taste buds, then Renaissance at The Ministry of Sound might well do. Having had their last outing at The Cross the other week, Renaissance try their hand at rocking the MOS. To do so, they’ve brought in a DJ just as old as the brand. That is of course Sasha..

But for all you people up north that cant make it down here, there is a similar calibre of line-up. The people at the Warehouse Project have the man like Sasha with James Zabiela and Martin Buttrich playing this Friday, so expect carnage in the rave in a cave under the station! Tickets have sold out for this event, so get there early to see if there are any door tickets for those who didn’t manage to get one…. Well all those but the person who won our third and final ticket giveaway.

The entries have been collected and much amusement was had over the optional answers given. It appears that the general public consensus believe that the older, wiser Sasha would ‘ave Zabiela in a scrap, with a consistent theme of long hair being an issue for the young DJ. Anyways I digess! So the person not hassling the ticket touts on Friday night will be:

JOE ASHTON from Manchester

Congrats man!! You’ve won yourself a pair of tickets, which are winging their way to you now! For everyone have a good weekend and i hope you get to whatever party you can!

Coming soon: MANDY Fabric CD review.

The final Warehouse Project Ticket giveaway!!

My how the months have passed… It seemed like only yesterday when I was harping on about the Warehouse Project…. Now it’s dark, cold and wet, people are talking about Christmas shopping and what to do for New Years Eve, and it’s the last Warehouse Project event before the New Year festivities, which ultimately means our last ticket giveaway… We hope you have enjoyed our coverage, with guest mixes on the show from Marco Carola, Sasha and James Zabiela, plus all the tickets we’ve given away. So for our final competition, we’ll be giving away a pair of tickets for the 14^th Decemeber, which plays host to two of clubland’s most well known DJs.

If he played hip hop and wore gold chains with a retro 80’s Addidas tracksuit, we might have called him Grandmaster Sasha, but he don’t, so he’s just errrrm, Sasha, but that doesn’t detract from the fact he is a master of the DJ circuit and clubland and sure enough he will be reverberating the Warehouse walls with his raisin maven ableton contraption show thing.

Dalek lover, James Zabiela the once apprentice/student will feature alongside his former master, unfortunately not for a classic kung fu movie student-teacher fight off, but more so to blind us with one of his renowned decks and efxs trickery sets that has made him one of the last true pure DJs.

In addition to these DJ heavyweights, next Friday will feature a live set from the once mystery producer/silent partner Martin Buttrich. You may not have heard of him, but he’s always been there, kind of like the telephone bidder at auctions, you don’t see them but you know they got some bidding clout. Buttrich has been producing some excellent tracks for a whole host of artists and more recently releasing tracks under his own name. I’m not sure what his live shows are like, but if his productions are anything to go by it should be pure gold.

To win a pair of tickets for the 14th December at the Warehouse Project, Manchester, just answer the following super simple question.

Which DJ is a DR Who fanatic and owns a life size Dalek?

1. Dr Pepper
2. James Zabiela
3. Grandmaster Sasha

Optional question for my own amusement:
If Sasha and James Zabiela had a classic kung fu movie student-teacher fight off, who would win and why?

E-mail your answer, name and location to the usual address of sublevelsessions@googlemail.com, competition closes Weds 12^th December.

Warehouse Project, Manchester
FRI 14 DEC ///
In Association With MySpace
Sasha
James Zabiela
Martin Buttrich [ Live ]
Andro

9.30pm - 5am ///
£17.50 advance

Tracklisting 30th November

Audiojack - 'Panic Attack' [2020 vision]
Booka Shade - 'Numbers' (DJ Kicks Club Mix) [K7 Records]
Ludovic Vendi - 'Magic Morning' [Minisketch]
James Zabiela - 'Perspective' [Renaissance]

** GUEST MIX - Sasha **
DJ Set Recorded Live

Tracklisting 23rd November

Philipe De Boyer - 'Soulfreaka' (Touche mix) [Hammarskjold]
Goldfish Und Der Dut - 'Chirocco' [Dessous]
Kevin Saunderson - 'Til We Meet Again' (Carl Craig mix) [KMS]
Tiger Stripes - 'Mad At Me' [Get Physical]
Booka Shade - 'Numbers' (DJ Kicks Club Mix) [K7 Records]

** GUEST MIX - James Zabiela **
DJ Set (Recorded Live)

James Zabiela Will Be At The Warehouse Project
(Manchester) With Sasha On 14 December!!!!!!!

Tracklisting: 16th November

Sucker DJs feat. Wray - 'Salvation' (Joe T Vannelli mix) [Toolroom]
Funky Green Dogs feat. Murk - 'Reach For Me' [Cr2 Recs]
Marco Carola - 'RE Solution' [Minus:2m]

INTERVIEW - Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem)

** GUEST MIX - Steve Bug **

Manoo - 'Joparish' [Deeply Rooted House]
Dennis Ferrer - 'Touched The Sky' (Joe's Dub Beats mix) [King Street Sounds]
Whitelabel - 'C'mon Dance' [Wasnotwas]
Einzelkind - 'Spam Bot' [Playhouse]
Petre Inspirescu - 'De Bou!' [Arpiar]
Argy - 'Unreliable Virgin' [Cocoon]
Martin Buttrich - 'Hunter' [Cocoon]

No Show This Friday!

Unfortunately 'tis true, I won't be with you this week. But listen out next Friday for a very special mix from the legendary Steve Bug and that much talked about interview with LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney. As well as that we've got brand new tracks from Marco Carola, Booka Shade and a mad little remix from Justice. Well worth the wait!!!

Warehouse Project Ticket Give Away Pt2: And The Winner Is???

So here is winner number 2 in our 3 part warehouse project ticket give away bonanza:

!CONGRATULATIONS!
GORDON LINDSAY from London

You've won a pair of tickets for Cocoon at The Warehouse Project this Friday, they are winging their way to you now! Have a good one!

Tune in this Friday 8-9pm GMT to hear Marco Carola guest mixing on the show as well as guest mixes from Sasha and James Zabiela in the coming weeks.
Also keep an eye out for ticket give away no.3 where we will be giving away a pair for the Sasha and Zabiela night in December.

WEEK 07:
Friday 9th November ­ SOLD OUT!
The Cocoon Party
Sven Vath
Marco Carola
Hardfloor
More acts to be announced
9.30pm - 5am
Limited £15 early Bird tickets available / then £17.50

Tracklist: 02 Novemeber

Click on tracks to purchase from beatport!
Boys Noize - 'Lava Lava' [Boysnoize Records]
LA Priest - 'Engine' (Erol Alkan's transonic re-edit) [Phantasy Sound]
DJ Federix - 'For The Love' (Kroton Sound)
Dennis Ferrer feat. Mia Tuttavilla- 'Touched the Sky' (The For Isolators Only Stereo Phonic Headphone dub version) [Defected]
Jamie Jones - 'Strangers' (Get Physical)
Justin Martin - 'Nightowl' [Buzzin' Fly]
The Lost Men - 'The Return' [Drumpoet Community]
Visionary feat. Mykel - 'Inside Out' (D-Nox & Beckers Remix) [T-Freq Records]
Slam - 'Azure' (Radioslave Mix) [Soma]

Warehouse Project Ticket Giveaway Part 2!

Ok so its a bit late notice... but we have another pair of tickets up for grabs for this Friday.

Thats right Pappa Sven brings the Cocoon train in from Frankfurt via its debauched Monday nights in Ibiza to the Warehouse Project. Going from strength to strength over the past few years, bringing techno to ibiza during times when house ruled the white isle and further extending the clubbing marathon long into Tuesday morning. The showman that is Sven Vath will be joined by German techno stalwarts Hardfloor, who have been technoising people since the early nineties. Italy's Marco Carola who's burning bright currently chips in along with new boy Raresh from Romania. Expect flamboyance, extravagance, champagne sipping and some german sounding fella on the mic.

For your chance to win one pair of tickets to Cocoon on 9th Nov at the Warehouse Project with Sven Vath, Hardfloor live, Marco Carola and Raresh. Answer this simple question:

What night does Sven Vath hold his Cocoon Ibiza night?
A.Monday
B.Saturday
C.Wednesday

e-mail name and where you're from to sublevelsessions@googlemail.com

Competition closes Thursday 8th Nov.

Fabric is 8 CD Giveaway Winner!!

Well Fabric turned a ripe old 8 last weekend and my what a knees up it was. I managed to get down on Saturday and all three rooms were going off… Cobblestone Jazz were on fine form with their noodley jazz come minimal techno sounds, whilst Ivan Smagghe(ad) and his Jesus antics gave room 2 a right pounding. Terry Francis and Craig Richards were doing an excellent job like they have been doing for all these years. And Ellen Allien just played the most ridiculous bass laden head fuck music I’ve ever heard. And the birthday antics didn’t stop at the door… As I type, I’m enjoying a nice glass of purple panda pop chilled to what must be minus 35 degrees with some fresh Fabric shaped ice cubes from the delightful trays they gave out. Let’s hope we can expect more of the same for years to come.

Anyways we had a competition to help celebrate 8 years of Fabric, giving you the chance to win your choice of 3 CDs from the Fabric and FabricLive back catalogue, if you answered the simple question of “Who is Fabric and Wiggle’s long time resident?” The answer was of course Terry Francis and the lucky winner is……………..:

Adam Reynolds from Leeds!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!

Adam you’ve won your three choices of:
Marco Carola Fabric 31
Ewan Pearson Fabric 35
Adam Beyer Fabric 22

They're already winging their way to you now. Lets just hope the Royal Mail arent sitting around doin nowt.

Unlucky if you didn’t win this time, but we have other competitions coming up, to win pairs of tickets to the Manchester Warehouse Project for the Cocoon night (9th Nov) and Sasha/Zabiela night (14th Dec) as well as guest mixes on the show from Sasha and James Zabiela themselves in December and Steve Bug will also be dropping us a guest mix to promote his Fabric CD. Check back here as we’ll be putting up some CD, tune and event reviews too.

Thanks

Chris

Tracklist: 19th Oct

Elektrons - 'Joy' (Wall of Sound)
boys noize - 'lava lava' (boysnoize recs)
marco bernadi - 'square bells' (soma)
dubfire - 'ribcage' (desolat)
jamie jones - 'strangers' (get physical)
efdemin - 'acid bells' [matt o'brien rmx] (curle)
3 channels - 'incoming' (trapez)
** james murphy and pat mahoney guest mix **
**exert from may fabriclive set***
julien jeweil - 'air conditionne' (vendetta)

It Came From Detroit: Warehouse Project Competition Winner!!!!!

This Friday sees a massive medley of techno legends under one roof, featuring Jeff Mills, François K and Underground Resistance. And we had a pair of tickets for one lucky person to win. I can gladly say well done to:

++DANIEL HAMILTON from Manchester!!++

You've won a pair of tickets to this Friday. If you entered, don’t worry tickets are still available at:

FRI 19 OCT ///
It came from Detroit
Jeff Mills
François K
Underground Resistance Presents
Interstellar Fugitives [ Live ] Feat Mad Mike
Skurge + Ray7 + Frankie Fultz + Atlantis
Krysko
9.30pm - 5am ///
£17.50 advance*

Fabric Turns 8!! So here are some free CDs!!

Who would have thought that the converted cold meat store also known as Fabric would still be here 8 years down the line, especially considering all the other flashy glamorous “super” clubs which have fallen by the wayside after the superclub bubble burst circa year 2000. It was Fabric’s dedication to the underground scene, with a diverse and distinct booking policy which saw them evolve from the outcast child to a World leader. It’s the underground vibe turned brand which has kept the meat locker thriving for the past 8 years and to celebrate their continued public service, Fabric are throwing a 3 day extravaganza of a birthday party worthy enough for the return of Jesus Christ covering everything that’s good about dance music at the moment.

Indie dance upstarts The Aliens and The Whip perform live on Thursday night alongside the eclectic stylings of Sinden and The Filthy Dukes. Whilst turntablist and DMC World Champion legends the Scratch Perverts and DJ Craze feature on Friday alongside Bond villain and allround cockney geezer Goldie and sound of now Dubstep pioneer Skream. And on Saturday the weekend festivities crescendos into a night of dark and bleepy electronic dance music with long time residents Craig Richards and Terry Francis supporting the Berlin based BPitch head honcho Ellen Allien and long time French Jesus look a like Ivan Smagghe.

Obviously with Fabric being a global brand, not everyone can come over to London to join in with the festivities. So we’re gonna help Fabric celebrate by giving you the chance to with 3 CDs from the coveted Fabric back catalogue. Answer the simple question below to win 3 Fabric or Fabric Live CDs of your choice!!

Who is Wiggle and Fabric's long time Resident DJ:

1. Barry Peters
2. Terry Francis
3. Terry Chocolate Orange

Send your answer with your name, postal address and choice of three Fabric or Fabric Live back catalogue CDs to sublevelsessions@googlemail.com.
Competition closes Wednesday 24^th October 2007 and is open to UK residents only. **Note: Back Catalogue constitutes any CD other than the current release. (ie. Ricardo Villalobos:Fabric 36 and James Murphy & Pat Mahoney:FabricLive 36)

If you’re struggling to decide which Fabric CDs to pick, check here for the full list of CDs. The Sub Level Sessions recommends:

• Hipp-e and Halo Fabric 07
• Michael Mayer Fabric 13
• Tyrant Fabric 15
• DJ Heather Fabric 21
• Adam Beyer Fabric 22
• Wiggle Fabric 28
• Marco Carola Fabric 31
• Ellen Allien Fabric 34

• John Peel FabricLive 07
• Jacques Lu Cont FabricLive 09
• Adam Freeland FabricLive 16
• Meat Katie FabricLive 21
• Scratch Perverts FabricLive 22
• High Contrast FabricLive 25
• DJ Format FabricLive 27
• Marcus Intalex FabricLive 35

Lineup for the Birthday Bash if you're in the area:

THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER
ROOM ONE:
FABRIC BIRTHDAY WEEKEND - ADVENTURES IN THE BEETROOT FIELD...
The Aliens (LIVE), Sinden, Filthy Dukes, The Whip (LIVE), Crispin Dior, Alphabeat (LIVE), Jape (LIVE), Opera House (LIVE),

ROOM TWO:
Guns N Bombs (LIVE), Envelopes (LIVE), Lightspeed Champion (LIVE), Theoretical Girl (LIVE), Frank Musik (LIVE), Untitled Musical Project (LIVE), Pyrhha Girls, Thomas Tantrum (LIVE), StopMakingMe, Ricky Haley

ROOM THREE:
FABRIC BIRTHDAY WEEKEND - ADVENTURES IN THE BEETROOT FIELD...
Les Petit Pilous, Brodinski, Casper C, Skull Juice, Dolby-Anol

FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER
ROOM ONE:
DJ Craze, Adam Freeland, Scratch Perverts, Krafty Kuts, Joe Ransom

ROOM TWO:
Goldie, Andy C, DJ Andy (Brazil), Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith, J Majik, DJ Go (Mixologists), Macpherson
MCs GQ, 2 Shy & AD

ROOM THREE:
Tayo, Skream, Ali B, Baobinga, Sick Rick

SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER
ROOM ONE:
Craig Richards, Terry Francis, Ellen Allien, Cobblestone Jazz (LIVE), Tobi Neumann, Dyed Soundorom

ROOM TWO:
Ivan Smagghe, Optimo (JG Wilkes), I-f, Black Devil Disco Club (LIVE), Neil Thornton

ROOM THREE:
Rub N Tug, Omar-S, Pete Herbert (Reverso 68)

Sub Level Sessions Resumes Normal Service

Unlike the Royal Mail, the Sub Level Sessions returns this academic year to resume normal service, after a 3 month hiatus taking in the likes of Sonar Festival, Wild in the Country, Exit Festival, various Richie Hawtin gigs, a dissertation and the annual visit to the white isle. The summer has been good, apart from the dissertation writing part, that was just stressful whilst i sat inside and typed, people across the country were having fun at Nottinghill Carnival, SW4 and TDK Cross Central. But apart from that minor blip in august it has been fun.

Anyways, we leave the blustery three months of summer to go head on into another season full of errr... rain, storms, wind, cold and the possible occurrence of snow.... Not to worry! The Sub Level Sessions is back once again for its third and possibly last outing on the "ricketty but not without character" URF Radio.

Its all change this year, the once amateur side kick Luke Simpson takes charge and will now present the show. Whilst the old, tired master? (fool more likely) Chris Wan retires to the bench to supply the online community with the occasional podcast and CD/Event reviews. You can expect from this new audio/visual/textual/online/offline/radiowaved orgy of a two pronged attack the regular plethora of fine guest mixes, new tunes and regular pondering's. All ready in the pipeline is an interview and guest mix from James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, known to most as LCD Soundsystem. They're on the show to promote their newly released FabricLive 37 a disco soul funk rare groove medley which has been making me happy in my car. We've got loads of stuff coming from the Warehouse Project in Manchester such as a massive ticket giveaway to help them kick off another season of humongous rave type affairs. Guest mixes from Sasha and James Zabiela lined up already, as well as possibly one from Italian minimal techno stalwart Marco Carola!! There will be more added as the term goes on, but for now you need to know when we're on.

From the 19th October the Sub Level Sessions will be broadcast Every Friday 8-9pm. You'll be able to catch it at www.urfonline.com with listen again capabilities, or you can catch it on wireless around Brighton if you dial into 1431AM.

WAREHOUSE COMPETITION!!
Because we're super nice people at the Sub Level Sessions, we're gonna kick things off with a chance to win a pair of tickets to the "It Came From Detroit" night at the Manchester Warehouse Project on the 19th October which plays host to some true techno legends. The alien like Jeff Mills headlines the billing and is sure to pound friday night into saturday morning. Francois K brings his deep space NYC stylings to our blustery shores as well as the old guard of techno being the Underground Resistance crew from Detroit in the form of the Interstellar Fugitives featuring Mad Mike will take you on a live detroit techno journey...

For your chance of winning a pair of tickets, answer this simple question:

Which City are Underground Resistance from?
a. New York
b. Detroit
c. Bogner Regis

Send name and answer to sublevelsessions@googlemail.com competition closes Wedsnesday 17th October.

Good Luck!!

19th Oct: It came from Detroit
Jeff Mills
François K
Underground Resistance Presents
Interstellar Fugitives [ Live ] Feat Mad Mike
Skurge + Ray7 + Frankie Fultz + Atlantis

Sonar Review Pt 2!

Day 2 and my day starts like the opening scene of Apocalypse Now, lying in bed sweltering in the afternoon heat whilst the whirring fan moves warm air around the room, there is the distinct lack of napalm but definitely a presence of a hangover and a really dry mouth. I’m struggling to move for anything… until I realize that C2C are playing the Sonar Village… Who can refuse DMC scratch routines outside in the sun? not me! I lug myself to the bakery pick up my all in one breakfast, lunch and probably dinner filled croissant and head straight to Sonar. With my croissant in one hand, beer in the other, all under the glorious Barcelona sunshine whilst C2C run through some of their World beating set pieces. What better way to take in turntablism at its very finest.

For the hour they were on they did a whole host of individual and team routines, scratching and juggling with the finesse, showmanship and that injection of fun that made them 4 times DMC world champions. Its skits like their interesting rendition of Pulp Fiction’s Misirlou (link) that makes C2C technically brilliant in a turntablist way but also fun to watch and heavens forbid even good to have a dance too.

For Saturday rain was predicted in Barcelona, and in true festival style the heavens opened up for a down pour. Well I say down pour…. Its Barcelona, the slightest specks of rain fell for all of 2 minutes then the clouds parted and it was more of the same sunshine… God I love Barcelona, and only wish we had this climate for such festivals like Glasto and Wild in the Country. So after the initial scares of a downpour I check out some French flavored hip hop stylings in the form of Hocus Pocus. Not really having great command of the French language, I fail miserably at making sense of what’s being sung, rapped or said, but they do sound good and like a lot of French hip hop they retain that element of funk that is so often lost in the aggression from the tower blocks of UK hip hop. But this is what makes Sonar so great, just seeing things you wouldn’t normally see or hear, hearing different influences for different countries of what effectively is the same music.

Probably one of the highlights of Sonar by day over the weekend is the Red Bull Music Lounge. Now over the two days this room was bumping and jumping all day without fail. Its success lays down to the intimate space the Red Bull Lounge occupies with the living room décor as well as the podiums and mezzanine areas, which gives it that illusion of a packed house party vibe with people literally climbing the walls. So get a few people in there, play some beats and you have what is known as a “party in a can”. However this doesn’t mean the DJs weren’t any good. Red Bull had hand picked a selection of DJs that definitely added to the atmosphere, playing the right music, from deep house, to broken beat right through to some tribal and stripped back styles. Although above all this, the entrance to this area was probably the most memorable. I don’t usually get that excited about entering clubs, but the entrance to the Music Lounge was like something out of a film. Being on the top floor and me being lazy, meant the lift was my mode of transport inside the complex. The lift to reach the music lounge was via a incredibly small metal lift, which provided many a good opportunity to be pushed up to some hot Spanish girl’s cleavage. But in my fickleness my attention turns to the doors as you reach the top. The doors slide back, on to what can only be described as an extravagant and rocking house party with a hundred or so people hanging off the rafters. Think that scene in Human Traffic when they hit the after party in the mansion out in the sticks.

Moving back outside to the Village, the Lovemonk Soundsystem had transformed the mostly sit down chilled out affair for the first part of the afternoon into a full swinging party, their disco and house sounds had brought the whole of the Sonar Village to their feet setting up the crowd nicely for Junior Boys. After a few technical difficulties the Junior Boys take to the stage with their electronic pop and soul sound. I was expecting something a bit more housey then it finally clicks that this aren’t the guys from Junior Boys Own but just Junior Boys from Canada. I guess that’s my queue to leave.

Arriving a bit later than expected to the Sonar by Night complex, I had already missed some great acts. Devo who were recommended by many people including the Beastie Boys had already been and gone. The M_nus label showcase with JPLS and Tractile was done and dusted as were Damien Schwartz vs Tadeo and Matthew Dear's Big Hands (and might I add tight leather trousers). Bit annoyed by Sonar for sticking all those acts on together in one go, they could have spread them out a bit, but I guess they do say you snooze you lose. That said I still had time to check out a bit of Dixon and his deep stylings out in the pub. I must say this guy has been on fire recently, transcending the deep house, down tempo and slightly minimal pigeon holes, with probably what is becoming the sound of this year. He warms the Sonar Pub up nicely, getting bottoms moving with his edit of Herbert's Moving Like a Train, a track that he's been pushing a lot on his CDs recently. By the time I leave the SonarPub Dixon has stepped up the tempo to some jacking house and the crowd go with the flow as I scoot off to see Mr Mills.

On my way back over to the SonarClub I swing by the Park to catch the end of the original beatbox grand master, the beatbox innovator and all the other hype he spurts out about himself, althought he does fail to mention he is the nubmer one Jabba The Hutt impersonator with a cap in all his hype. Yes it is of course Rahzel who’s doing his usual thing with DJ in toe JS-1. I don’t think his routine has changed too much over the years, but it’s still entertaining and it does create a good atmosphere all the same, not to mention the guy is very talented. However I try not to enjoy it too much after seeing him hand out his CD after a gig in Notts in exchange for cash. I can’t imagine Rahzel being that hard up? tut tut Rahzel, if only your mother really knew.

Anyways after spitefully seeing Rahzel, I caught Cursor Minor on my way to Jeff Mills. What I thought was a eco warrior who had taken over the stage, was in fact Cursor Minor and his outfit. He had some good beats and some interesting sounds which had me and a lot of other people moving, although I didn’t stay too long to see if Cursor Minor was going to dig a swampy style protest tunnel as the extra terrestrial looking Jeff Mills was on next door.

I've always been a bit skeptical of Jeff Mills, I always hear excellent reports about the man, yet the few times I’ve seen him he's only been ok. I've been told I’ve missed the golden age of Mills, which is a shame, because from the stories I’ve heard it sounded like this man used to rip it up like no other can. Looking past my pessimism, he did play an excellent set, dropping big tracks from now and yester-year such as Ame - Rej and his trademark The Bells, as well as working those 303 beats. Actually when i think back he does have a pretty unique sound and because he's slowed down a bit on the bpm it’s made it a bit more accessible for me I guess. I only wish he would take a little more care of his mixing rather than trying to control too much at the same time. But then I guess that would take away from the Mills experience.

From one techno legend to the next, the Dutch residing Dave Clarke takes to the decks in his usual blazing car crash style. This man just doesn’t hang around. From the get go, he's dropping 100mph tracks whilst scratching, cutting and juggling like only Dave Clarke can. There is one thing a Dave Clarke set is never short of and that’s energy. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but he’s definitely worth seeing for a little bit just to see him switch things up so quickly and also to have a little chuckle at some of the ridiculously hard tracks that he drops.

To give my tired legs a break, I go outside next door to see its 1992 again. Altern8 are dropping every single hardcore classic track from back in't day. All the big hitters like Sweet Harmony and Let Me Be Your Fantasy were dropped whilst i precariously made shapes to a time where I was more worried about my packed lunch than raving in a field. My friend who was just slightly older loved it. He had heard all the tracks on Fantazia tape packs but was just too young to experience the 1990’s rave thing. So leaving those guys to it I headed off to see Miss Kitten close the SonarPub arena. She's doing a pretty good job, playing a mix techno, house and quite possibly borderline prog trance as she wails over the top quite affectively. She even went uber minimal with Bodzin and Romboy's The Old Alchemist which rumbled out over the massive rig as the sun slowly rose over the bruised and battered crowd. Again it’s no Hawtin 2005 closing, but she’s not far off. Come 7am I’m cutting my losses and making a dash for the buss where there is already a sizable crowd scrambling to get a seat. The bus heads past the infamous Sonar carry on Anti-Sonar where hundreds of people clambering through the hole in the fence, looks a bit mental in there, think I’ll save that experience for another year.

Sonar Report Pt 1.

Well what a weekend… 3 days, 2 nights and a plethora of visual and audio entertainment makes me a tired bunny… but my, what a happy tired and slightly sun burnt panda eyed bunny I am…. And the cause for my worn out but happy state? It is of course Sonar!

Arriving late Thursday night meant missing the first day of festivities and therefore missing such musical delights as James Holden and a rare appearance of Ricardo Villalobos’ laptop supergroup Narod Niki. However being in Spain means the clubs don’t get going until late, so there were plenty of places to get the party started such as Get Physical’s label party at Razmatazz or Soma at La Terraza. That said I got stuck in a bar and got drunk until the early hours followed by some late night la ramblas delights!

After Thursday’s poor attempt at reaching anything interesting I pulled myself out of bed nice and early into the glorious Barcelona sunshine and headed straight for Sonar Day. Held in the architecturally magnificent CCCB centre which fused old and modern styles, and for this weekend only, a massive music/art event plopped in the middle of it. Donning my shades and my new favourite Addidas Sonar branded bag I headed for the Sonar Village to take back the sun, laidback hip hop and of course a beer. Now as is the usual case with Sonar by day I tend to go minus a programme and never really figure out when or who was on(I have enough trouble figuring out where and who I am). This year was more of the same. I saw some excellent hip hop djs scratch it out. Out back in the marquee I saw some great collaborations from a variety of instruments and electronic music. Taking a break from the daytime sun, I took a look inside. Checked out some of the installation art, and had a play with all the interactive video stuff in there. Some crazy things they can do, such as super imposing alien like features on to you (Shadow Monsters 1, Shadow Monsters 2). After that potential freakout hazard it was time to make a sharp exit to find some beach parties down on Mar Bella beach.

So after an afternoon of milling round Sonar by day and a timeout to recharge for the night’s festivities, we headed out to the Sonar by Night complex a massive exhibition centre in the middle of an industrial estate a few miles outside of Barcelona. To imagine the size is probably not possible, I could give you statistics on how many jumbo jets and football fields fit inside, but you just cant comprehend how big it is until you get there. The Sonar folks do a good job of kitting the place out. Big video screens and speaker stacks all around with surprisingly good acoustics, so you never miss a piece of the action wherever you are in the huge cauldron of people. The night’s events are spread across 4 arenas, SonarClub which is the daddy of all exhibition halls plays host to the big headliner acts. Then there’s the Sonar Pub and Sonar Lab two large outdoor concrete areas followed by the Sonar Park the smaller but just as monstrous and confusing indoor hall with an outdoor name.

Friday night and the most obvious port of call was to see the Beastie Boys. They burst onto the scene with a huge anticipating crowd that erupts into probably one of the most electric atmosphere’s I’d ever seen. I’ve never been the closest follower of the Beastie Boys and their material, but they put on an excellent live show; dropping in those familiar nuggets I recognise whilst pushing some of their new instrumental sounds with the odd punk and thrash out moments together with the legendary and World class Mixmaster Mike stringing the flow together allowing the Beasties to move between tracks seamlessly using famous old skool hip hop beats and the odd scratch skit here and there. Truly a marvel to watch! Their set peaked to an end with a Mixmaster Mike 3 MCs and 1 DJ scratch skit into the hugely popular Intergalactic allowing the crowd including myself to blurt out things like “style…profile….”, “I like my sugar with coffee and cream” and “let the beat… drooooooooop” whilst doing b-boy style poses and hand movements. Definitely a scene that would have a load of old skool b-boys turning in their graves, but entertaining all the same!

After being blown away by the Beasties it was time to check out some of the Ed Banger stable. With their increasing portfolio of talent, one of their brightest dj talents DJ Mehdi takes to the stage, dishing up everything from party hip hop laced with electro beats, some chopped up heavy house switch sounds, mixed in with some of that “nu-rave” stuff whilst throwing in a good measure of party just to be sure... Definitely clean unpretentious fun, with classic gems such as Inner Citys – Good Life to make you throw those old skool shapes.

Caught the start of Uffie with her Miami bass sound to body pop to, but of course she had to make way for the traditional Richie Hawtin Sonar set. This year Mr Hawtin only occupied a 2 hour slot at 3am as well as being located inside the SonarClub to devastate Barcelona; which is a shame because I was hoping for something as equally devastating to Sonar 2005 where he legendarily closed the Sonar Pub one bright Sunday morning. And I think because of this, his set was only enjoyable and not outstanding, with me expecting something more magical which I guess you can only achieve by being outside, with a few thousand other people and the sun rising whilst I cling to a bottle of warm vodka lemon fanta and have my guts resonated by some monster stack of speakers. However with a hint of disappointment and as much as I wanted to re-live a memory, I still boogied my ass off to his techno sounds, thoroughly enjoying every bass drop and robot echo effect thing he does so well. He also dropped Plastikman –Spastik which sounded incredible on the Sonar sound system and made me wish I had been in the thick of the crowd instead of lingering round the edges looking for a drink. Being a 2 hour set Richie had come and gone like one of those hookers you get off La Ramblas late at night. I felt used and empty but slightly satisfied, but this did allow for a little run around for my tiring legs to check out Digitalism pumping out their electronic sounds and everyone’s favorite rubber faced German Timo Mass. Followed by a circle back to pick up flagging mates and to see the end of SMD or Simian Mobile Disco for those not on the trendy Nu-Rave scene. SMD were pretty entertaining, however I had scene there set numerous times around the UK on their recent tour so I decided to call it a day and struggled for the buses to get back to my not so comfy hostel bed.

SONAR REVIEW Pt 2

Tracklist: 27th May

Slam - Looking North
The Unknown Wanderer - Dont Start Just Finish It (Alex Smoke Remix)
Slam - Ghost Song
Justin Martin - Sad Piano Song (Jimpster Mix)
Alex Flatner feat Deafny moon - The Voice (Spirit Catcher Re-Interpretation)
**Olanksii Sunkissed Radio Mix**
Lindstrom & Solale - Let's Practice
Diskjokke - Big Flash
Chris Rea - On The Beach (Rune Lindboeks Sunkissed Mix)
Black Future - Eusou O Rio (Telephones Re-Edit)
Studio - Life's a Beach (Todd Terje Beach House Mix)
Ost & Kjex - Milano Model (A Thrilling Mungophony In Two Parts: Mungolian Jet Set Mix)
Diskjokke - Holy C
Prins Thomas - Fehrara
Crue-L Orchestra - Psycho Piano (Prins Thomas Piano Trax)
Skateboard - June Nights in Sienna
**END MIX**
Slam - Azure

And The Winner is............

Anna Naether from Manchester
Congratulations!!!!

You've won 2 spaces on the guestlist for this Friday :o)
Thanks to everyone else that entered. There are still 200 tickets left for this Friday so get em quick before they go!!

Friday 25th May /// £15 Advance
The Essential Selection Party
/// 22:00 - 05:00

• Pete Tong
  
• Sander Kleinenberg [ Live DVJ Set ]
• Krysko
• -Book Now-

Tracklist: 20th May

Bam Bam - Where's Your Child
Ambivalent - R U OK
Piemont - Cabornet
Troy Pierce & Heartthrob - Horse Nation
Deadmau5 - Outta My Life(Dub)
Ben Klock - Czeslava
Guy Gerber and Shlomi Abur - Belly Dancing
Martin Landsky - Let Me Dance (Sebo K Mix)
Mike Acetate & Carlos Gibbs feat. Roy Davis jr.- Just Move
Boris Fox - Dancing Dude
Joseph Capriati - Microbiotik (Massi DL Mix)

Beneath The Streets Guestlist Competition!!

That's right the people who managed to rip a new hole for everyone over the end of last year are back again for a one off monstrosity of a weekend at the end of May. The Warehouse Project roll back into town, this time in their new location beneath Piccadilly Station. The weekend plays host to Pete Tong's Essential Selection Party on the Friday with special guest Sander Klienenberg, followed by Radio Soulwax, who will be in their Soulwax Niteversion and 2ManyDJs persona's. The weekend will end off on Sunday with Ape Vs Metropolis bringing you a mix of hip hop and drum n bass live acts and DJs that only they could muster up in Manchester.

For your chance to win a pair of guestlist spaces to the Friday night with Pete Tong and Sander Klienenberg, all you need to do is answer this simple question:

"Which UK Radio Station Does Pete Tong Present His Essential Selection Show From?" Is it:

a) BBC Radio 1

b) Capital FM

c) Halifax Hospital Radio

Send your answer and full name to sublevelsessions@googlemail.com

Competition closes 20th May and is open to UK residents only.

Beneath The Streets//
May Bank Holiday Weekend//

Friday 25th May /// £15 Advance
The Essential Selection Party
/// 22:00 - 05:00

• Pete Tong /li>
• Sander Kleinenberg [ Live DJ Set ]
• Krysko
• -Book Now-

Saturday 26th May /// £17.50 Advance
Radio Soulwax
/// 22:00 - 04:00

• Soulwax presents Niteversions [ Live ]
  2 Many DJ's
• Boys Noize
  Vitalic [ Live ]
  Andro
• -Book Now-

Sunday 27th May /// £15 Advance [ Early Bird ]
Ape Vs Metropolis
/// 22:00 - 04:00

• Pendulum [ DJ Set ]
• Friction
  TC [ Live ]
• DJ Yoda [ Live ]
  Foreign Beggars [ Live ]
  Rich Reason [ Live ]
• Prophecy & Mark Od
• -Book Now-

Tracklist: 13th May

Modeler - Mint Condition
DJ T - Jam Pot
David K - Boul De Nerf
One + One - No Pressure
Ambivalent - Indecision
Marc Antona - Xtension (Dan Ghenacia Mix)
**Dixon GetPhysical Guest Mix**
Dembe - Louder (Henrik Schwarz Unreleased Mix)
Martin Landsky - Dance With Me (Sebo K)
Telepopmusik - Love Can Damage Your Health (Dennis Ferrer Remix)
Tracy Thorn - Its All True (Buttrich Main Mix)
Herbert - Movin Like A Train (Smith & Hack Mix - Dixon Edit)

Tracklist: 6th May

Roberto Rodriguez - Moonraker (phonique mix)

James Zabiela - Human (one + one version)

Nathan Fake - Outhouse (Valentino Kanzyani)

DJ T - The Dawn

Booka Shade - Tickle

Marcus Lange & Daniel Dexter - Shooting tigers

***ANDREA PARKER MIX***

Autechre - (Tri Repetae) eutow

Sonar Base - Sonar Base

Andrea Parker - Freaky Bitches

Phoenecia - Get Fresh

Justin Maxwell - Pillow Filter

Andrea Parker - Ball Breaker

Ed Devane - Ramsek

Dez Williams - Invisible Signals

Clatterbox - Digital Dominos

Tracklist: 29th April

Mr G - U Askin (Marcel Dettmann)
Raz O Hara - Whitney Na (Vocal Mix)
Lets Go Outside - I'll Lick Your Spine
Booka Shade - Tickle
Aril Brikha - Akire
Ritch & Collins - Fortuna
**Spank Rock Interview**
**Spank Rock Fabric Guest Mix**
Wild Sugar - Bring it Here
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa
Mighty Ryeders - Evil Vibration
Breakwater - Release The Beast
Parliament - Knee Deep
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Hot Chip - Over and Over
Archie - Over and Over
Laidback - White Horse
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better
CSS - Lets Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (Spank Rock Remix)
Box Tops - I'm Your Puppet
Spanky Wilson - Sunshine of Your Love
The Ronnettes - Be My Baby
KW Griff - Good Man
The Shadows - Apache
Sugarhill Gang - Apache
Switch - A Bit Patchy
Bonde Do Role - Melo de Tobacco (XXXChange Mix with Ford Granada)
Pink Floyd - Money
Jackie Mitoo - Last Train to Skaville
Santana - Jingo
Dennis Brown - Money in my Pocket
Zongamin - Bongo Song
Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
Uffie - Hot Chickz (Freadz Edit) (Devlin Clean Fix!)
Diplo - Touch It
Fleetwood Mac - Riannon
Chicken Lips - He Not Club
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
Yello - Daily Disco

We're Back!

after a rather length hiatus we're back and we've got plenty of stuff for you guys....
first up this sunday......

Summer is finally here!! And the sunshine brings in another round of shows from the sub level sessions. To kick off the final leg of the term, we bring you a guest mix from [b]Spank Rock[/b] who have just released their Fabric Live mix cd. Their guest mix this Sunday has the same random tune selection as featured on the Fabric CD ranging from hip hop to nu-rave and back to mo-town, except this guest mix is how the Fabric CD should have been. We've also got a short interview with the Spank Rock guys too as well as new tunes from Booka Shade and Jet Project from Darkroom Dubs..

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In the coming weeks we've got some good stuff coming up. We've got a guest mix from Touchin Bass' Andrea Parker as well as a ticket giveaway for the Warehouse Project's Beneath the Streets Event.... We'll also be previewing Sonar Festival in Barcelona, Exit Festival in Serbia and Dissonanze in Rome giving you all the information you need for the Summer.. Stay Tuned

Tracklist: 11th March

Lopazz - Share My Rhythm
Spriti Catcher - Night Vision
Boris Fox - Dancing Dude
Alex Delano - Not My Enemy
David K - Mayan
Dennis Ferrer - Church Lady (Rodamaal Mix)
*** Chris' Hot off the Press Mix***

Tracklist: 4th March

Jamie Anderson - Time is Now (Radioslave Mix)
Loco Dice - A Chico A Rhythmico
Martin Brothers - Stoopid
The Juan Maclean - Love is in Air (Mock + Tof Mix)
Slam - Azzure (Part 2)
Elecktrochime - Mucky Star
***Tayo Fabric Live Guest Mix***

CD Review - Ralph Lawson: Fabric 33

The Fabric series descends upon us once again this March. This month the CD compilation is headed up by long time Leeds and Back to Basics resident Ralph Lawson. Ralph’s sound is the result of a long and diverse career in dance music. His sound stands somewhere between electronic, deep house and live elements with splashes of funk, disco and acid. His productions with his 20:20 Soundsystem project and the output of his label 20:20 Vision is evident of this and this Fabric 33 mix is no exception. Rather than wonder down the minimal route like so many of his peers, Ralph has kept true to his sound, which is probably the reason why he’s been around for so long. This mix touches on all the classic Lawson bases. The live funk elements are noted on the 20:20 Soundsystem productions High and Radio by Drum Cult. Deep house is covered by the excellent sounds of Dennis Ferrer with Transitions and Brett Johnson Everything’s Electric. Hints of classic acid swirls are present with Joakim’s Drum Trax and the Tejada remix of Marc Romboy’s Jigsaw. So many brilliant selections, finely blended together by such an experienced dj, showing us that there is some brightness in and amongst all the darkness of the electronic sound.

Ralph Lawson: Fabric 33 is out 12^th March 2007

You can catch Ralph Lawson every other week at Back to Basics (Leeds) and will be appearing at Fabric on 24^th April

Tracklist: 18th Feb

Sascha Funke - Auf Aix
Dennis Ferrer - Church Lady (Rodamaal Dub)
3 Channels - Close Up
Marc Romboy - Jigsaw (John Tejada Mix)
Claude Von Stroke - Who's Afraid of Detroit (3 Channels Mix)
Slam - Azure
****Clatterbox - Live from Vienna****
Power Surge
Synthetic Lifeform
Peripheral Vision
Rosetta Complex
Solar Phase
Future Echos

Tracklist: 11th Feb

***Glimpse Live Set***
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Funk D'Void & Phil Kieran - Black As You Like
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**Fergie Excentric Showcase Part II**
1. Marc Romboy Vs Stephan Bodzin - Atlas [Systematic]
2. Marc Romboy Vs Blake Baxter - House Ya [Systematic]
3. Fergie - Larne Express [Excentric Muzik]
4. Salt City Orchestra - The Book 'Fergie Mix [Excentric Muzik]
5. Fergie - The Yharg [ELP]
6. Marc Romboy Vs Blake Baxter - The Club 'Fergie Edit [Systematic]
7. Fergie - Disco Brother [Excentric Muzik]