the rolling london dancing thread

i went to stink last week. DJ Koze played quite deep minimalism and r'n'b for a bit, Lazarus played his usual selection of whatevers hot this week. Didn't do much dancing, as my snogging partner was present- but it was really good.

Is anyone going to t-bar tonight? Ivan Smagghe and Andrew Weatherall

My plan is to go to Big Sexy Land and then maybe Tiga as well.

what's Big Sexy Land?

can't make smagghe/weatherall, although i'll be interested to hear reports back from anyone who does...

i know this is more a dance music thread, but im down for essentials then straight outta bethnal tomorrow... if anyone wants the grime.

i want to come down for cosmic sandwich (gareth - tom is planning to go) but think it clashes with a night we are putting on, possibly.

other key dates (good pun huh) - triple r/riley at sud electronic 31/3, jeff samuel at the key 13/04. should be down for both of those i reckon.

oops ofrgot to say alex under is playing with riley at that night

yay someone wants to go to the grime!!! ambrose, i will email you.

i was going to do weatherall/smagghe but feel like utter shit today - haven't had a quiet night in since last thursday.

on saturday my vague plan is to go to big sexy land, and then on to tiga, this will depend on a lot of things inc organisation. matt, are you and yours coming along to tiga afterwards?

some t-bar listings:

THURSDAY 16TH 8PM TIL 2AM
WRONG MEETING
RESIDENTS ANDREW WEATHERALL & IVAN SMAGGHE

WEEKLY FRIDAYS 7PM TIL 2AM
DITCHED DISCO
BONES & RAMSEY (WITH JO JO DE FREQ SPECIAL GUEST 17TH FEB)
BUGGED OUT POP FROM 7PM TIL 9PM

SATURDAY 18TH 8PM TIL 2AM
CARPET BURN
BEN FAT TRUCKER, PABLO PSYCHONAUT, CRISPIN DIOR

THURSDAY 23RD 9PM TIL 2AM
HAYWIRE
MAGDA [m-nus] with SHELLEY PARKER

SATURDAY 25TH 8PM TIL 2AM
LETS...
JEROME PACMAN (PARIS) WITH RESIDENTS BORIS HOREL & GREG SONATA (FOREIGN MUCK : MOST RECORDS)

WEEKLY WEDNESDAYS 8PM TIL MIDNIGHT
WIRED FOR SOUND
RESIDENTS DERREN SMART & J'AIME

MONDAY 6TH MARCH 9PM TIL LATE
STINK
DAMIAN LAZARUS, MICHAEL MAYER & MARGARET DYGAS

i would go and see magda next week, if it wasn't for me not being in england. definitely going to stink on the 6th, though.

jeez, fabric on the 4th of march looks quite good:

Craig Richards
PERLON:
Ricardo Villalobos
Zip
Matt John (live)
Room Two
B PITCH CONTROL: Ellen Allien
Kiki
Drama Society (live)
Room Three
Tom Middleton
King Britt

however i don't think i'm ready for fabric again after the villalobos/hawtin horror. but if anyone finds out anything about an afterparty then i might well be up for that...

haha so far my rolling dancing 2006 big dates are a virtual carbon copy of my rolling london 2005 big dates - vitalic at bugged out last jan, tomas andersson this jan; bpitch night at fabric last march, bpitch night at fabric this march. yeah, march 4 sounds ace.

tiga at bugged out was pretty good last night too!

oh shit lex, really sorry...i never check my gmail and didnt see this thrwead before i went! what a shame, dirty canvas was prretty giood although a bit strange and sort of took a looong time to warm up...straigth outta bethnal was on fire! that is definitely worth going to next time, JME and skepta were big, think some of selw dem were there but dont know anything about them. JME was doing this tune which was this really philistine sort of funk, slow, heavy bare beats which were really clunky but awesome! dunno what it was. the renegade boys turned up from whitechapel but they didnt really set the room on fire any more than they had done at dirty canvas. chantelle and hattie collions were doing a decent set, plasticman was really good as well. left when newham generals came on.

it's ok, i didn't go in the end - was a bit down in the dumps on friday, so went to a friend's flat and drank rum until we passed out. i'll make the next one though. i saw fiddy and collins on hackney road lugging their rekkids down to 333!

did i mention ALTERN8 at bugged out yesterday? that cheered me up.

hello london dancing people! any info on things to do techno-wise midweek 28th Feb (Tues) to 2nd March (Thurs) and Monday 6th or March 6th (Monday)? I will be passing through London on these dates and would like to sample your nightlife, etc. I hear there is a Stink party which is supposed to be fun on Mondays first of the month: is it happening on the 6th? I can't find any info online. help

yes, stink is at the t-bar in shoreditch on the 6th...

great, this is excellent timing! It looks like Michael Mayer is spinning on the 6th with Damian Lazarus & Margaret Dygas.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event_view.asp?ID=11349

If any ILMers are making it out to this one I'd love to meet y'all. I'm in from Japan for few days/not a freakish internet weirdo/interested in the faces behind the names.

Also this is a free party. How do London clubs work? Do you have to get there early/be on guestlist to get in or avoid a queue?

who is Margaret Dygas? i feel ignorant.

i've not been to stink, but my guess is that getting there early is advisable - anyone?

Margaret Dygas? no idea. I just felt guilty only copy and pasting the other two.

margaret dygas is a resident at back to yours and plays at fabric and has played in berlin and stuff. she was really good fun when i saw her, and also v cute. the tunes she played were in that category "dunno what this is but its wicked" - this category is massive for me cos i dont know anything except for brutalga square and a.n.other

Toby - were you aware the Old Queen's Head round the corner from your house has just been done up by the Evil Fabric Overlord?* Roots Manuva apparently played there on Friday and various other people are promised... might be worth keeping an eye on.

*I for one welcome...

Ooh, I am DJing at Lovelife on the 28th by the way. Come along and drink, London.

yes matt, i am aware of that - roots manuva was only djing though, i think. i'm hoping they get really into this and end up having villalobos etc djing...

...and I am DJing at Lovelife this Monday

it will be a HIP HOP AND R&B SPECIAL

do come!

so, is anyone going to stink on monday? and does anyone know anything about a fabric afterparty on sunday? i saw a hint somewhere that it might be at the t-bar...

i'm not sure about stink on monday, but i'm almost certainly going to the bpitch night. dunno about afterparty though - i have to go to what looks like a semi-civilised birthday party on sunday...

from another messageboard:

we're going to have fabric go on until 9am on saturday night / sunday morning so make sure you bring dancing shoes, then....

we're having another big fuck off afterparty just like the we had back in November just for the sake of it as it would be bloody rude not to wouldn't it.

so then, on sunday from midday we're taking over the T-bar until midnight Very Happy

musical entertainment will be provided by any of the DJs that are still standing from Saturday!

which does sound good. but i suspect that dancing won't be what i feel like on sunday afternoon.

Not sure if I can make Fabric as I'll be at a birthday party beforehand. It's in Farringdon and chucks out at 2 so Fabric might be an option, but it'll be rammed by then, won't it?

toby, what time do you intend to get to fabric? do you have my number? i don't know when i'll get there yet...

Hey -

Margaret Dygas is great. Plays some awesome minimal stuff. There is an excellent mix of hers on minimallondon, in the mixtapes section.

I'll be at Fabric on Saturday night, after party for a bit maybe, and T-Bar on Monday definately.

T-Bar has been getting really busy. Last Stink for DJ Koze was a little bit like DC-10, still cheering and up for it at 2am on a school night. Which is fun.

Then there is James Holden at T-Bar on Thursday. Big week. Fun.

R

anyone know anything thats going on the 14th-16th? i have two friends from the states coming through and as far as im concerned they need to experience very large amounts of dirty techno.

oh p.s.

does that italodisco night still go on? i remember that being midweek.

hello all, i am in london for one night and i am definitely heading down to stink if anyone would like to hook up. with luck there will be a small gang of us. Im glad to hear that dygas is the business because lazarus sure wasnt when i heard him in Tokyo but i am willling to forgive anything to see mayer. /fanboy. How late will this thing go? I assumed it was all night but will it stop at 2 or so?

i think i've heard that it goes until 3. sorry for crying off fabric this evening - after november's villalobos/hawtin i can't face the fullness, and there was no way i was going to make that and stink anyway.

i'm going to stink, and so's tom (ledge). anyone else? lex, ricky?

for those of you who've been to stink before: what time is it sensible/necessary to arrive?

i couldn't persuade a single person to come to fabric with me, so i stayed in and got cooked for by my flatmate.

i don't know about stink - will see how i feel tomorrow. last time i went we were at 93 feet east until 11, then we wandered on down to the t bar, and it was a good time to arrive - if i go tomorrow i shall be doing the same. all people up for stink, 93ft east beforehand!

i wished i had gone out last night.

i am very keen to go out next weekend, i'm thinking about steve barnes at the key, but really, i'll go anywhere, i need a big blow out

i'll see about monday

I walked past Fabric at about 3am and briefly considered going in until I saw the queue. Quite glad I didn't considering no one was in there.

I am up for the Key this weekend.

I went to Fabric. It was good. Matt John was very impressive. Kiki was nice. Ellen Allien a little dissapointing. Ricardo Villalobos and Zip excellent.

Fabric wasnt as rammed as it has been. All in all fairly manageable. They also extended the hours and it was open till 9.30am. When I left at 8, Ricardo and Zip were playing back to back, dancefloor had space to move and upstairs was half full.

Afterparty at T-Bar was excellent too. Ricardo played back to back with Kiki / Matt John / Zip and Craig Richards. Lots of random messiness but quite funny.

Stink tomorrow will likely go till 2. Last Stink went till 3-3.30, but I think theyve been wrapping up a bit earlier. Anyway should be fun. Margaret Dygas mix is available at: http://www.minimallondon.com/margaret_dygas/mixtapes/margaret_dygasMIXTAPE_underl_nemix.zip

R

oh, the key, lets get drugs, lets make it the best

OMG TRAPEZ/TRAUM STYLE

i'll be in the t-bar from 10...

i don't think i'll make it tonight :(

cant make tonite (not sure how many mondays im going to be able to make)

definitely keen on the key at the weekend though

i can make no plans for the weekend (inc those you referred to in your text last night, gareth) - i think my friday might be quite big. also i don't know how to get guestlist for the key and i can't afford to pay for clubs.

contemplating holden at the t bar on thu.

what is holden?

james holden! dude who remixed 'the sky was pink' and made it amazing.

Ill be at the t-bar from 10 or so. if you see a guy in a black t-shirt with a red star, say hi!

I'm staying in tonight, and am busy elsewhere on Saturday, but will be rocking Bangface on Friday as per.

So I went. It was good. Lot of really excellent trance. Like The Knife - Silent Shout being really well received. Yes, kinda minimal, but really trance.

yeah, the knife was definitely a highlight. i now know why i don't usually drink when i go out dancing, though :-(

Yup, that was fun, I'd go again. Although it did make me yearn for the good ol' IDM club nights of yesteryear...