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Southampton Soundclash: Round 2

October 19, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

For the second time, 10,000 dance music fans flooded into Eastleigh for Southampton Soundclash. The festival is in no way small, considering it is still awaiting its first birthday; debuting in May this year. Soundclash isn’t stopping there, either, as May 2016 will see the capacity of the festival

Review: Foreverland: Forever Young

October 13, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

When Foreverland announced they would be presenting MJ Cole and Flava D at The Old Firestation, many club-goers, including myself had high expectations and planned for a hectic night of heavy skanking. The Old Firestation is the epicentre of Bournemouth’s student life, and when big artists are playing, it always

Jaguar Skills at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth

October 12, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Jaguar skills at The Old Fire Station has proved to uphold both the indisputable reputation of the venue, and, of course, Mr. Skills himself. Once again a wonderful display of choppy track transitions and funky nostalgic backdrops featuring guest appearances from the Power Rangers, Sub Zero and Scorpion back to

Review: Mumble Sound Present Shiba San & Wilfred Giroux at Halo, Bournemouth

October 3, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bournemouth has one of the best electronic music scenes in the whole of the UK, and Mumble Sound’s first night in Halo was no exception to this. French house producer/DJ Shiba San, and British producer Wilfred Giroux headlined the night, alongside Mumble’s ‘Mumble Collective’ of local, talented DJs. Mumble conveniently

Bestival 2015

October 2, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

The non-stop party of epic proportions. The end of the summer. The end of the UK festival season. One last blowout before everyone returns to college, school, uni and work, for the dismal winter weather ahead. Of course, we can only be talking about Rob da Bank’s Bestival. The escapists

Concrete Music’s 5th Birthday with b.traits at The Astoria, Portsmouth

September 30, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Portsmouth has an upcoming and growing electronic music scene, and Concrete Music is one of the company’s leading the way. Last week’s night with Canadian techno DJ b.traits at The Astoria was no exception to this. Concrete Music are celebrating their 5th birthday and bringing the BBC Radio 1 DJ

United Festival 2015

September 28, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

As 2015’s festival season came to a close, 1234 festival goers danced one last time in London’s Finsbury Park for United Festival on Sunday 13th September. The sun was shining over the circle of eight arenas, which boasted plenty of the biggest names in all flavours of dance music to

Applebottom at The Poison Apple, Bournemouth

September 28, 2015 No Comments George Hall

When Elysium Presented Applebottom, Taim and Neffa T at Bournemouth’s newly owned Poison Apple, (previously Orange Rooms) it was the alternative night to fresher week parties churning out chart music. Poison Apple is a venue that plays close to my heart, with its Shoreditch-esque bunker room reminiscent of London’s Nest

Boomtown 2015

September 16, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Only on the mad streets of a field in Winchester will you see costumed cowboys and pirates lure you into hidden parties, narrow passageways and themed rooms. This, of course, is the annual Boomtown Fair; one of the UK’s best, completely non-commercialised festivals. The whole place is a make-belief town

Cardiff’s First X Music Festival

August 21, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

The middle of June saw Cardiff’s first X Music Festival. The 2 day festival was held in Cardiff’s Blue Park and it certainly didn’t disappoint! On the Friday, thee festival saw its incredible lineup get underway with the likes of Skepta, Krept & Konan and Fuse ODG perform taking to