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Wayward at The O2 Academy, Bournemouth

November 22, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

London-based house duo Wayward were one of the top acts on offer at Bournemouth’s latest deep house event Treatment. The event is put on three or four times a year in different places in the country. Bournemouth’s Treatment events have hosted some excellent acts this year already including Ten Walls,

Amenti Presents James Zabiela at Poison Apple, Bournemouth

November 18, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bournemouth’s teeming nightlife always has new and exciting events cropping up. This time it was turn of brand new events company Amenti to take charge of Poison Apple’s bunker. Amenti choose Southampton boy James Zabiela; a well-rounded tech/house producer. Amenti aims to pick quality lineups aimed at bringing revellers the

RAM Records at Halo, Bournemouth

November 16, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Its so good when a venue can be adaptable, and last week saw Bournemouth’s Halo nightclub play host to one of the world’s best drum & bass labels RAM Records. RAM have done incredibly well in the dnb scene with giants like Andy C, Sub Focus and Chase & Status

Maribou State at The 02 Academy, Bournemouth

November 15, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

After several years on the periphery, London production two-piece Maribou State are edging closer towards the nerve-centre of UK electronic music, Their debut album Portraits was released in June, and they’ve been playing a number of high profile sets, as well as using their live band at some performances. Most

Cause & Affect at The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth

November 9, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

It seemed to be a week of bassline happening in the south, as just two nights earlier we caught Preditah in Portsmouth. Bournemouth event company Lunacy then delivered Preditah, Cause & Affect and DJ Q in one night. Probably the best bassline night lineup ever to visit Bournemouth, and it

Featured Review: Foreverland – The Raveyard

November 5, 2015 No Comments George Hall

Foreverland; once again all expectations were met and exceeded. This event basically writes the books on how to create, what can only be described as, ‘a fucking sick night’. Foreverland is such an influential event, I’m surprised it hast become a religion yet. On this particular service, 31st October 2015,

Featured Review: UFK & Bedlam at The O2 Academy, Bournemouth

November 5, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Well, what can I see about UKF and Bedlam’s night in Bournemouth. The lineup pretty much spoke for itself; and the O2 Academy’s atmosphere was electric. It was incredible to go to a night of this energy, and each act highlighted the great things about drum & bass as a

Review: City Limits Presents Suddenly Funk with Horse Meat Disco

November 4, 2015 No Comments George Hall

Following the recent success of disco and funk nights in Bournemouth like Ben Pearce’s ‘Sextape Series’ at Eden and The Winchester’s semi regular funk night – we were not surprised to see an event at the Old Fire Station. It would seem the next logical step; bigger capacity, better sound

Review: In:Motion Presents SubSoul

November 2, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bristol’s biggest club brought in YouTube Channel SubSoul to bring one of the strongest line-ups the city has seen this year, for one of their busiest weekends of the season. Fresh from London’s super-club Fabric, Huxley headlined the main room with support from Waze & Odyssey, who are best known

Concrete Music Present Preditah at The Astoria, Portsmouth

November 2, 2015 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

You’ve probably heard of Boy Better Know (BBK), but you may not necessarily of heard of Preditah. Preditah works alongside the likes of Skepta and JME who make up British grime group BBK. Their popularity has exploded in the last six months, playing pretty much every festival going over the