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2. C-Y-N-T 2ND BIRTHDAY
SUB 29, WOOD ST, CARDIFF
Saturday 21/2
C-Y-N-T started life with a simple enough
mission — to provide a midweek offering of
underground sounds in a student city that was
severely lacking them. Two years on, they have
achieved their original aims and then some.
Each week, they have 400 raving it up at the
Welsh Club to everyone from Boys Noize and
Sinden to Hybird and High Contrast. For their
second birthday, they take the leap into
Saturday night parties at the bigger Sub 29
with the panoramic sounds of James Zabiela
and acid electro fi end James Talk
soundtracking the journey.
10pm – late £12 adv
c-y-n-t.com
Big, bad and
HEADS UP: Turbo’s Matt Walsh is also due at
C-Y-N-T this month with Beardyman booked up
heavy
for a March date, check the website for deets.
Rewarding the jungle warriors 3. RUSKO
MONKEY CAFÉ, CASTLE ST, SWANSEA 4. BEATZ & BOBZ
1. SOUTH WEST DRUM & Saturday 28/2 CAVERN CLUB, QUEEN ST, EXETER
BASS AWARDS
WHAT THE DJs SAY...
WE’RE bewitched and bedazzled by the Rusko Friday 13/2
LEMON GROVE, EXETER UNIVERSITY, KLIMAX boy — his charm offensive has a vice-like grip BEATZ & Bobz get their rasta hats out as they
EXETER
ON SW D&B AWARDS
on us and we’re smitten like giggling girls. go dub for the evening. Spearheaded by the
Friday 6/2 He’s hot to trot and gigging pretty much mighty Dreadzone Soundsystem, tonight also
“We can feel quite
non-stop whilst his high energy productions sees residents Ben & Lex and James Gill
OUTSIDE of London, the South West has
cut off from the rest
bounce and jump across dubstep, bassline drench their breaks in THC soaked layers of
always been blessed with the nation’s most driven 4/4 bangers and even skwee infl uenced sub pressure. Get horizontal of mind and sway
thriving d&b scenes. From the glory days of
of the country so
ditties. We’re holding tight for his album on to the sounds.
the late ‘90s and Roni Size and Krust’s Full
this awards really is
Mad Decent but you can catch his fun and 9pm – 2am £6
Cycle crew, the tremors produced by the a big deal for us — fi lthy beats for yourself tonight.
myspace.com/beatzandbobz10
region’s low frequency epicentre — Bristol —
it’s the biggest event
10pm – late £5 HEADS UP: Saturday 14th February sees the
have been inspiring the South West’s d&b
of our year by far.
monkeycafe.co.uk Yoda waving his magic wand at Exeter Phoenix.
warriors ever since.
As it’s quite small
HEADS UP: Rewind a week or so and Rusko
Now in its third year, the annual South West
and close knit, the
plays the Great Hall of Cardiff on Saturday 14th
Drum & Bass Awards is the place were today’s Februasry. He’s here, he’s there, he’s every 5. PLAY
unsung heroes get some rewards for their
scene here is pretty
bleeding where! THEKLA, THE GROVE, BRISTOL
underground endeavours.
competitive too, so
Friday 20/2
Of course, there’s more to the night than it’s great to have PLAY have been playing around for the past
simply dishing out the accolades so look
everyone in one
seven years now but not just playing, they’ve
forward to a full-on rave assault from
place and means so
been actually doing it — putting on one of the
heavyweights and local talent alike.
much to win it —
longest running techno nights in Bristol! This
So the doom dark sounds of jungle godfather
Grooverider will sit alongside those of local
last year I claimed
is D.Ramirez’s sixth time here now but his fi rst
in three years. Filthy funky electro-tech and
residents like Klimax, Maxxi P, Tuskan,
best resident for my
dirty minimal are on the cards.
Monkey T and a whole lot more.
sets at Truro’s L2
10pm – 4am £7
One man that has claimed more awards than Club and I am
iloveplay.co.uk
most — MC Skibadee — hosts proceedings
hoping to do the
HEADS UP: Deepgroove, Dan Wild (Just Jack)
with his breakneck chatter
same again.”
and Earspasm are also on the bill with Jamie
8pm – 2am £14 Anderson performing a live show.
swdnbawards.com
HEADS UP: Breakbeats of a slightly
less frenetic persuasion will be supplied
Local
● MARC VEDO brings the Newport’s ESCAPADE ● COOL HOUSE have a lot to
by nu skool breaks originator Rennie
KOOLWATERS LIVE SESSIONS to NIGHTCLUB on Friday 6th shout about this month as they
Knowledge Bristol’s JAVA on Saturday 27th February with UBERDRUCK, present the tech wizard JAMIE
Pilgrem this evening.
WEST &
February. We’re talking live CALLY & JUICE, MARK H, JONES on Saturday 21st
WALES
vocalist, saxophonist and VANDALL, BASSBANDITS AKA February. Well known for his
percussionists.
koolwaters.com ROB THE RED & TEKNO TOM awesome releases on Crosstown
plus many more, all competing Rebels, Jamie join residents DAVE
● If you like it harder, faster for the extra hard factor. 9pm – MILLS and MATT JOY at the GLO
then check out BIONIC at 5am.
Bionicevents.com BAR in Cardiff from 10pm – 4am.
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