Spektrum in September - Manchester, UK

Rumours have been filtering through the nocturnal clubscape of Manchester for some weeks now that something nuclear is about to detonate on Radium Street. We are in a position to confirm those rumours, by detailing that a new club will indeed open its doors on the first weekend of September 2008. That club is Spektrum.

The team behind Sankeys know how to put on a party. And that’s putting it mildly. The club was recently voted 17th best on the planet in DJ magazine, and what made that special was the fact it was voted for by DJs and music industry professionals. The esteemed Canada-based website The Fresh Page went one better by putting Sankeys firmly in the top 10, as its impact resonates across the…

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Solarstone move to Solaris Recordings

As of the 20th July 2008 Solarstone (DJ & Producer Rich Mowatt) has left Deepblue Recordings to pursue other label interests. Following in the grand traditions of Remington’s Victor Kiam, Rich liked Solaris Recordings (the label Solarstone are released through) so much, he bought the company! Latterly, Solaris has emerged as a new spiritual home for Solarstone and played a huge part in the success of the release of the highly-acclaimed SS album ‘RainStarsEternal’ & its encompassing 25-date world tour.

The imprint will plug in to UK heavy-weight independent Pinnacle for distribution. With the label’s superb resources (which includes the state-of-the-art Green-List system), it will allow Rich the infrastructure with which to raise the label’s profile by many levels. Henceforth Richard will be taking over the A&R reigns at Solaris……

Friday, August 1st, 2008 at 11:22 am

Spektrum Hits Manchester

Rumours have been filtering through the nocturnal clubscape of Manchester for some weeks now that something nuclear is about to detonate on Radium Street. We are in a position to confirm those rumours, by detailing that a new club will indeed open its doors on the first weekend of September 2008. That club is Spektrum.

The team behind Sankeys know how to put on a party. And that’s putting it mildly. The club was recently voted 17th best on the planet in DJ magazine, and what made that special was the fact it was voted for by DJs and music industry professionals. The esteemed Canada-based website The Fresh Page went one better by putting Sankeys firmly in the top 10, as its impact resonates across…

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 4:45 pm

The Japanese Popstars Mix It Up A Little

The Japanese Popstars have announced they’ll be remixing the Ting Tings’ new single, ‘Be The One’. The Northern Irish band, who release their debut album, ‘We Just Are’, on 28th July on Gung-Ho Records, met the Manchester duo at last weekend’s Oxegen festival.

Elsewhere on the remix front, The Japanese Popstars have been busy adding their electronic touch to bands including The Music (’Drugs’), Grand National (’Cut By The Brakes’), Shinichi Osawa (‘Star Guitar’), and Tong & Spoon (’Gas Face’).

You can see the video to their new single, ‘Rise Of Ulysses’ (released on 8 September) below. It features licensed footage from the cult cartoon series, ‘Ulysses 31’…

Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Falko Brocksieper Interview

Falko Brocksieper is founder of hot Berlin based Sub Static label, and boasts recent firm seals of approval from the likes of Craig Richards, Jay Haze and Mike Monday to name but a few. Falko, who is very rarely in London, stops off at Platinum, Shoreditch this Sat (19 July 2008) furing his worldwide tour for a special EBM (Electronic Body Movement) party, playing alongside key homegrown and now globally in demand talents JB (Retox), Darren Roach (EBM), the Lasermagnetic crew (Neil Thornton & Johnny Hiller, the Reverso 68 boys (Pete Herbert & Phil Mison), Asad Rizvi (Reverberations) and Jay Pearce (Affected Music).

Falko brings with him a deliciously playful, deep analog funk based sound which is functionally driving, with a definite melodic sensibility to keep things moving and fresh. Falko…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 11:18 pm

Tim Davison Is A Long Way From Home

From James Zabiela and Nic Fanciulli at Creamfields to Carl Cox at DC10 and John Digweed in Osaka, no peak time set was complete last year without Tim Davison’s reworking of the Chemical Brothers ‘Hey Boy, Hey Girl’. With almost ten consecutive weeks on Radio 1, including the Essential Mix, this rapidly became one of the biggest underground hits of 2007 and a failsafe floor filler for headline DJs the world over.

Tim first came to the attention of the London scene when he was selected by Dave Seaman and Nick Warren as one of their Gallery ‘Future Heroes’ in 2003. Now, with over 45 tracks signed to labels including Baroque, Re*brand, Plastic Fantastic, and Mashtronic and remixes of Grammy Award winners, Deep Forest and New York house legend…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Saturdays @ Sankeys Throughout July

Sankeys has once again been leading the Northern line with the region’s most cutting edge Saturday night soundtrack, with the likes of Eric Prydz (hot news - Eric is back on August 30th!), Jesse Rose, Tocadisco and Paul Woolford serenading to a dedicated faithful in recent months. Lighting up the decks this month, Sankeys has secured a typically top-notch line up for Saturday nights, ensuring that Sankeys’ name continues to ring out as one of the globe’s key clubs to check out in 2008.

First up in July, Sankeys are very proud to present Popof who will be playing with Greg Vickers at Kaluki. 2008 has proved a highly successful year for the Parisian DJ, with a number of his tracks being championed by the likes of Luciano and John…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 1:48 pm