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Platinum Nightclub Reveals Huge Lineups For August And September

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Queensland's Platinum Nightclub is gearing up for plenty of action over the coming weeks with a slew of massive names set to headline the club's regular Saturday night party.

Across the remainder of August the much loved night spot - which just received the honour of Best Club Night at this year's inthemix Awards - will play host to Melbourne stars SCNDL and Joel Flecther, and Sydney hero Ember. Also on the agenda this month is a very special celebration in the form of the club's 10th Birthday on Thursday August 28th, which will see fourteen top notch DJs in action including Tigerlily, Tenzin and more.

September is looking just as big, with a Ministry Of Sound shindig lined up for Saturday 6th with Chardy& New World Sound, followed by One Love affiliate and Pulse's newest scribe Generik on 20th. Plus plenty more action which you can check out below in the full lineup schedule (after you watch a video of some recent Platinum action below).

Platinum August Lineup
16.08.14 - SCNDL
23.08.14 - Ember
28.08.14 - Platinum 10th Birthday
30.08.14 - Joel Fletcher

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Platinum September Lineup
06.09.14 - MOS Sessions: Chardy & New World Sound
13.09.14 - Dubvision & Julian Jordan
20.09.14 - Generik
27.09.14 - Jebu, Samual James, JDG

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Andrew Weatherall: 'I was never ambitious for power and wealth'

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In a candid interview with Ro Maher, gentleman disc jockey Andrew Weatherall chats from his London studio about conspiracy theorists, a follow up to ‘A Pox on the Pioneers,’ not remembering playing at the Hacienda, his ideal retirement plans, and the weird and wonderful Welsh town of Portmeirion, where this September he’ll join Laurent Garnier, Beck, Prosumer, Steve Mason and many others for boutique festival of the arts, Festival No 6. 

Andrew, first of all, thank you for taking the time to chat with me. You’re welcome.

Are you in the Bunker today? Yeah, I like to get in of a morning. I’m not actually making music today, but I come in every day because it’s quite a creative place; there’s always plenty to listen to, plenty to read. I like days that are just about cultural immersion, really.

What are you reading at the moment? Just about to finish a biography of Marcel Duchamp, the artist. I can’t remember the name of the author but it’s published by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. And a book called Lure of the "Arcane - The Literature of Cult and Conspiracy" by Theodore Ziolkowski, which is about conspiracy theories going back to Greek tragedies, and the conspiracy theories about how various cults and religions worked. We think the Dan Brown phenomenon is a modern thing. This book points out it’s been going on for thousands of years. It’s a very interesting book.

How do you feel about conspiracy theories? Yes, it’s the intellectual equivalent of living at home in your mum’s basement; a warm intellectual embrace, the conspiracy theory, compared to the cold reality of what’s really going on. You know, the fact that this world’s arbitrary and totally out of control. I guess it’s quite comforting to believe there’s some order to this world, that someone’s responsible.

Just pattern seeking mammals, eh? Well, yes, we’re just the same as chimpanzees. It’s as simple as that really, We think we’re very sophisticated because now we all have devices that we stroke. But the human condition hasn’t changed in thousands of years. You know, what’s the first thing that gets done when film was invented? Pornography. What’s the biggest trade on the internet? Pornography and gambling. We’re not as sophisticated as we like to think.

If other mammals had the means do you think they’d film themselves in the act of love too? Oh yeah, of course they would, yeah. [laughs] Or make drawings of it. Look at us, look what we can do. That’s what it’s all about..

So you’re not tinkering with vintage bass guitars today? Not today, no. My friend Andy Baxter, who sells vintage bass guitars...when my music stops I can hear him playing along to The Who, Led Zeppelin, The faces and the various old soul records. He comes in to do an hour’s practice. Like I said, there’s always something interesting going on here. If you find a man playing along to Zeppelin records, interesting, that is. [laughs]

Scott Fraser (London DJ and producer) works in the same building, doesn’t he? Yeah, he does. He’s in a little studio next door to mine. He’s not in at the moment; he usually works a late afternoon / night shift. We kind of crossover. I’m an eleven till six guy these days, I don’t do the late sessions. He has a regular job so he comes in
after work.

What have you been working on recently? I split my time between my studio and a friend of mine’s, Nina Walsh; she’s got one in Streatham. I go over there sometimes; it’s where I did the soundtrack for the book I did for Faber & Faber, the ‘Unreal City’ thing, and I produced a couple of tracks for Pete Molinari’s album, a couple of months ago. And we’ve just been working on my follow up to ‘A Pox on the Pioneers.’

I just got that feeling in the air that people wanted an album by a 50-year-old, singing acid house DJ, and who am I to deny them that pleasure? Indeed, it would be rude.

Yeah, wouldn’t it?[laughs] Churlish, I think is the word.

When can you tell me about it? It’s the follow up to that, really. It never started out to be that way. I was just working with my friends in the studio in Streatham, and we were recording lots and lots of tracks, and after sort of a month or so we thought, well, this could make an album. It’s kind of how I do everything really. I never get in on day one with a blank canvas, thinking I have to make an album, or I have to do this, or I have to make something under this name. It makes life a lot easier.

How did you find your way into DJing? I just kind of, what’s the word I’m looking for? Blundered into it, really. Or broke into it. I feel like my position within the music business...I feel like someone that’s thrown some poisoned meat over the walls and while the guard dogs of music are chowing down on that, I’ve managed to sneak in, or jump over; you know what I mean? It’s just a love of music: I collected records. Even when I was eleven or twelve years old, when I bought some records I’d invite people around my house to listen to them. Over the years word got out that I had a good record collection and I got asked to play during the nascent, what was to become, acid house scene. I was the go to guy for the weird shit at six o’clock when everyone was too fucked to care what the hell was being played a lot of the time. And then my name got associated with various clubs, which gained me entrance to other clubs around England, just as the acid house scene was beginning to build throughout the country.

I just worked to live in my teens and 20s; and probably pretty much up to the current day, too, really. As long as I’ve got enough money to put a roof over my head and buy some reasonably nice clothes, records, and books, I’m kind of happy. I was never ambitious for power and wealth, really. That’s probably why I’ve managed to achieve some sort of longevity; because I’ve never seen it as a career path. It’s why I’m 50 years old and still living in rented accommodation, but hey-ho.

How long have you been on the road now? I did the odd gig through the ‘80s. But my name was first on a flyer probably ‘87 or ‘88. So we’re talking 27 years.

Week in week out; that must have had quite an impact on you. Well, no, I treat it as a job. Everyone with a job usually has to work hard. I just don’t see it as a career; that’s the constant. I thought it’d be a job that would last for a year or so and I’d go on and do something else. It just so happens it’s lasted for 27 years. I think probably because I’ve treated it as a job and put the hours in I’ve managed to retain a modicum of, erm, self respect. [laughs]

What will you do if you decide to stop? I was just talking about this with a friend of mine. I do artwork as well, I sell my prints, lino prints, and copies of those prints. In an ideal world I’d have a nice attic studio with good sunlight with a printing press and easel, some moleskin notebooks, a record player, you know? And I’d quite happily just make art that wasn’t music based. That’s probably where I’m headed, I would imagine. I just like making stuff; and it’s down to other people to love it, loathe it, sell it or whatever.

Do you have a favourite DJ dead or alive? Yeah, probably. I don’t really listen to music radio very much. I only hear snatches of DJs I play with. Dan Avery’s very much alive, and I like him. [laughs] As for radio DJs, I really like Jonny Trunk; not just for his DJing, but the general cut of his jib, and the records he puts out. I don’t listen to music radio really. I’m in a studio all day so when I go home I don’t listen to much music.

You’ve played Festival No. 6 before, haven’t you? Yeah, I’ve done all of them. Whether that’s 3 or 4, I can’t remember.

What’s it like? It’s good. It’s Portmeirion. It’s a strange and wonderful place, full of strange and wonderful people. There’s some really good music. Yeah, I don’t do social networking or social media, so for me it’s a good way of catching up with old friends, really. And you get the edited highlights, rather than the minutiae of their everyday life [laughs].

You’ve been involved with music journalism over the years. What impact do you think social media’s had on the trade? It’s the same as any form of art, everyone’s an artist now, everyone’s a musician. It’s part of the democratisation of art and literature, which is a double-edged sword. The fact that everyone can do it is a really good thing, but on the other hand, the fact that everyone can do it is also a very bad thing. It’s quality control; there’s just too much... I distance myself from it. I’m not totally anti-it, that would be ridiculous; but I just don’t need to live my life through that medium, really. If someone says, "There’s such and such article you’d like," I’ll read it. But I don’t really feel qualified to comment other than that it’s part of the democratisation of art, which has also meant that people expect their art for free, and people expect you to give your knowledge away for free.

You used to live in a vicarage in Leeds, didn’t you? Just outside Leeds, yeah; a village called Darrington. The old vicarage. I don’t know how old it was; I think it was probably eighteenth century. It was within a stone’s throw of the Haribo factory in Pontefract. It was a while back; various circumstances led me there. I had friends who lived in the rhubarb triangle, which is always a joy to go and visit.

Were you ever at any of the acid house parties in Blackburn? Yeah, I went to Blackburn once actually. I don’t know where we’d been but we then went to Blackburn, and we were all wearing Boy’s Own sweat shirts, which was creating a bit of tension, because you might as well of had a shirt on that said, “Hello, I’m a cockney.” [laughs] There wasn’t a great tension, but there was a little bit of weirdness going on.

I went to one in Manchester. I think it was called the Thunderdome, which was quite heavy. I got out of there quick, because I was a stranger and it was on this sort of council estate I was being set up for a right royal drubbing. But I realised what was going on. These guys were sending girls over to talk to me or dance in front of me; I could see it going on, so I just thought, ‘OK, I’m out of here!’ I used to play at the Orbit in Morley too, which was pretty full on.

I believe you played the Hacienda a good bit? Yeah, apparently so, according to Peter Hook’s book, yeah. My girlfriend was reading 'How Not To Run A Club' a few years ago, and she said, "Oh, there’s a list of all the times you played at the Hacienda." I was like," I don’t remember that one, don’t remember that one." But yeah, according to Peter’s Hook’s book. Better refer to that than me; I don’t really remember. I am worthy, apparently: someone showed me a picture of down by the canal near where the Hacienda used to be, where there’s a big sculpture with everyone’s names on it that played there, and my name’s on it. I felt quite a warm glow inside when I saw that picture.

Do you have any memories of the club? Yeah, I do. There’s a couple of stories, but I’d rather not. [laughs] My abiding memories involve criminality, and there’s been enough of those stories about the Hacienda over the years. It was pretty mind blowing, but it could be a pretty scary place too.

Do you pack different music for a festival than you do for a club? Sometimes the crowds are bigger at a festival. It never depends on the festival or club; it just depends on the size of the crowd. Sometimes subtlety goes out the window...the bigger the crowd, the lower the chance of any subtlety. I never play music I don’t like, but you can go a lot deeper and weirder with 150 people in a sweaty basement than with 5,000 people in a tent in the middle of a field. Each have their plus points, but I’d rather hear any music in a small venue than a stadium. I’m still luckily not playing to many more than 1,000 people or 2,000 people, so it’s not like I have to really lower the bar because I have 30,000 people to entertain.

Do you still enjoy playing techno as much as you used to? Well, I don’t even know what techno is, what is it? I don’t know. I like dance music made with machines, always have done, always will do. Who knows what it is? To some it’s records made in Detroit at certain times, to other people it’s something else. To a kid that listens to Disclosure and doesn’t know the history, it’s probably something else entirely. A lot of people, sadly, when you say techno, think of something heavy and soulless, which is a bit of a shame. I just like sleazy, funky records made with machines. But I always have done. There’s certain rockabilly records that are using the burgeoning electric guitar technology, and spring reverbs, and tape delays, and stuff like that - so yeah, any music made with knackered old machines, really.

Are you playing much of the same stuff you always did combined with new releases and your own productions? Yeah, absolutely. This weekend is A Love From Outer Space, so I’m listening to lots of stuff that’s sub one hundred twenty. But I’m having a big record cull. I’m getting rid of loads of records; I do it every now and again. I’m just going through stuff from 15 or 20 years ago, and I’ve found a few little things.

Obviously you have to decrease the tempo drastically, but I’m finding a lot of things from, sort of, ‘95 that if you take them to minus eight you know you’re gonna have people coming up to you and asking, “Is this new?” And at the risk of sounding patronising, you have to say, “Well no, actually it was made before you were born.” [laughs] But that’s the great thing; it’s timeless music. You get someone who’s probably sort of twenty or something saying, “What’s this?” and you say, “It’s made in 1990,” and their eyes light up, and say, ”Fuck, this makes sense.” Timeless music. My set this weekend will be a mix of old and new. But hopefully, whether it’s old or new, it still sounds like it comes from the future.

That's great, thank you, Andrew. No problem. You're welcome.

Andrew Weatherall plays back to back with Ewan Pearson, at Festival No. 6 on Saturday, September 6.

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Win Tickets To Wolfkop Weekender

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Wolfkop Weekender
 returns to the Citrusdal Valley for it’s 2nd installment for 2014. Power Flower Picnic takes us away from the river and into the lush pastures for a weekend of deep beats of a different kind. Following on from the unique atmosphere created at January’s Lilo River Pub Flow; live electronica, daytime dubs and other moody music will be purveyed around a crystal clear dam, in a field of wild flowers.


 

Pulse Radio are giving away two tickets - here how you can win:

Tag the event and Wolfkop weekender facebook page, tag a friend, email a screengrab to: pulseradioza@gmail.com


SATURDAY

10:00 Ghost Track 

10:30 Dan C

12:00 Bruno Morphet

13:30 Valve State

15:00 Card on Spokes

16:30 Felix Laband

18:00 System off

19:00 Black Book

21:00 Kanan K7 & Richard Marshall

23:00 Bruno Morphet

SUNDAY

10:00 Richard Marshall

11:00 Black Book

12:00 Private Life

17:00 System off
 

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XOYO Loves Returns With Six Parties

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London party brand XOYO is heading on a mini-tour across the capital.

XOYO Loves sees parties being thrown outside the walls of the XOYO club and in numerous different locations across London. The six parties will be held across Studio Spaces, Brixton Electric and the Coronet Theatre.

Saturday 18th October will see Groove Armada playing alongside Shadow Child, Casino Times and Bodhi with a special guest also set to be announced.

Detroit native and one of the most notorious live performers, Danny Brown, is set to perform at the Coronet Theatre on Saturday 29th November, with support coming from the likes of Mark Ronson and Redlight.

Another highlight will come on 25th November when Dmitri From Paris joins proceedings to offer up some fine disco selections.

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Deep Dish Return to the UK

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Deep Dish, the duo made up of Dubfireand Sharam, will play a 5-hour set at Electric Brixton on 25th October.

The duo have been making waves in underground scene since the 1990s, with remixes of De’Lacy’s ‘Hideaway’ and Sandy B’s ‘Make The World Go Round’, proving particularly successful hits for the pair. Their label Yoshitoshi has also been lauded over the years, with support coming from the likes of John Digweed, Sasha and Steve Lawler.

In 2006 the pair parted ways to focus on their solo careers and this year returned to the fore with a set at the Space Ibiza Opening Fiesta.

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Corona SunSets Heads To Ibiza

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With a slew of international stars, Corona SunSets is heading to Ibiza

Friday August 29th will see Corona SunSets bring its global beach festival concept to a close in Ibiza. The series of beachfront events has visited beaches in the UK, Mexico and Canada, and now heads to Marina Botafoch.

Young phenomenon duo Disclosure are set to headline, along with techno star Maya Jane Coles, Radio 1's Rob Da Bank, Bondax, Eton Messy, Nightmares On Wax and Thalab, who'll play a live set.

There will also be a Crown Stage with sets from the Corona Sound of the Beach DJ Competition finalists.

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What's Happening SA? 15-8

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It's the weekend humans, your feet and hearts need to know what is happening this weekend, fear not, for we are here to let you know what you should be doing this weekend. You can thank us on monday (or now, if you so please).

Friday 15th August

Cape Town

The Bullion- Bruno Morphet

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 Fiction- ODA DAY

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Johannesburg

ToyToy- G-Force

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Saturday 18th August

Durban

Origin- Julian Jewell

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Cape Town

The Assembly- After Hours

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Johannesburg

Carfax- Protoculture

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SubLevel- 2Lani the Warrior

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 Truth- Ryan Dent

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Sunday 17th August

Johannesburg

Living Room- Felix Laband

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Eastern Electrics in Photos

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Eastern Electrics once again blew the socks off everyone in attendance.

With artists like Kerri Chandler, Laura Jones, Steve Lawler and Dyed Soundorum, the 2014 Eastern Electrics was bigger and better than ever. 

We take a look at some of the best photos from the party so you can relive the moment - even if just for a bit. See below. 

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Watch: Electronic Music In India

Showcase - BenSon

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This weeks SHOWCASE brings you a much loved legend of the Johannesburg drum 'n' bass scene. He is a part of the Science Frikshun and Addictshun crew. Affectionately known as the 'Liquid King' or ‘King of Swing’, BenSon brings a soulful and emotive side to drum & bass. His infectious smile and incredible crowd interaction, not to mention sick mixing skillz, has made him one of the firm favourites among the top drum & bass DJs in Jo'burg for 18 years.BenSon got into drum & bass while looking for different music to play for his Aerobics classes back in 1994. After listening to Q Project's 'Champion Sound', he was hooked and has never looked back.

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His first residency was in April 1997 at 206 in Jo'burg. Back in those days, as part of the Next Step crew, he's played at various clubs - including 206, Reality and 115, various Raves in Jo'burg as well as radio shows. He played alongside the likes of Ed Rush, Aphrodite and Raiden in those years. He was one of the founding members of the Reflex Crew - that brought the legendary Trancesky (Phuza) Thursday Drum & Bass nights in Mellville. He has played in PE, Cape Town, Durban and J-Bay.

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He has also played at Big Outdoor Festivals like RAMfest, Earthdance (Jo’burg and Cape Town), Twilight, AmaFullThrottle. Now he's Rocking Jo'burg as part of the Science Frikshun movement, at the SF parties and Addictshun (on rotation) He has played alongside DJ Fresh(UK), Camo & Krooked, Nymfo, Danny Wheeler, Drumsound, Netsky, Logistcs, - to name but a few. He is also co-host to the Science Frikshun DnB Radio show on Pro Sound Live.

Listen to this Pulse Radio exclusive mix from BenSon:

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Watch: Electronic In India

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It was on August 15th 1947, that India become a republic and declared its independence from United Kingdom of Britain. As India grows from an emerging developing nation into an evolving Asian super power, as does its youth culture and musical influence evolve. When most people think of India they think of Bollywood or Indian classical music, but what most of the world does not see is the emergence of electronic music in India.

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India boasts Asia's largest electronic music festival named Sunburn Festival as well as international underground acts touring this large nation. India is also producing its own talent and scene that is slowly being exported to the rest of the world. Thump's Scene Unseen' video series turns its focus on electronic music in India featuring Unmute Agency DJ and partners Arjun Vagale, Dev Bhatiaas well as Nucleyaand Bay Beat Collective partner Kris Correya

Listen to Sunburn on Air - Independence Special. Happy Independence Day India! 

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Showcase - BenSon The Liquid King

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This weeks SHOWCASE brings you a much loved legend of the Johannesburg drum 'n' bass scene. He is a part of the Science Frikshun and Addictshun crew. Affectionately known as the 'Liquid King' or ‘King of Swing’, BenSon brings a soulful and emotive side to drum & bass. His infectious smile and incredible crowd interaction, not to mention sick mixing skillz, has made him one of the firm favourites among the top drum & bass DJs in Jo'burg for 18 years.BenSon got into drum & bass while looking for different music to play for his Aerobics classes back in 1994. After listening to Q Project's 'Champion Sound', he was hooked and has never looked back.

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His first residency was in April 1997 at 206 in Jo'burg. Back in those days, as part of the Next Step crew, he's played at various clubs - including 206, Reality and 115, various Raves in Jo'burg as well as radio shows. He played alongside the likes of Ed Rush, Aphrodite and Raiden in those years. He was one of the founding members of the Reflex Crew - that brought the legendary Trancesky (Phuza) Thursday Drum & Bass nights in Mellville. He has played in PE, Cape Town, Durban and J-Bay.

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He has also played at Big Outdoor Festivals like RAMfest, Earthdance (Jo’burg and Cape Town), Twilight, AmaFullThrottle. Now he's Rocking Jo'burg as part of the Science Frikshun movement, at the SF parties and Addictshun (on rotation) He has played alongside DJ Fresh(UK), Camo & Krooked, Nymfo, Danny Wheeler, Drumsound, Netsky, Logistcs, - to name but a few. He is also co-host to the Science Frikshun DnB Radio show on Pro Sound Live.

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Listen to his Pulse Radio Exclusive Mix:

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Scene Unseen - Electronic Music In India

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It was on August 15th 1947, that India become a a republic and declared its independence from United Kingdom of Britian. As India grows from an emerging developing nation into an Asian super power, as does its youth culture and musicical influence. When most people think of India they think of bollywood or indian classical music, but what most of the world does not see is the emergence of electronic music in India.

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India boasts Asia's largest electronic music festival named Sunburn Festival as well as international underground acts touring this large nation. India is also producing its own talent and scene that is slowly being exported to the rest of the world. Thump's 'Scene Unseen' video series turns its focus on electronic music in India featuring Unmute Agency DJ and partners Arjun Vagale, Dev Bhatiaas well as Nucleyaand Bay Beat Collective partner Kris Correya

Happy Independence Day India!

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Darkside Call It A Day...For Now

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If you were planning on hearing a new album or catching a live show from Darkside in the near future, then you might be waiting a while. Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington have have announced via twitter that their project is "coming to an end...for now".

The last time you'll be able to catch Darkside perform their debut album is on September 12 in Brooklyn, though fans need not be completely forlorn, as the band have shared two unreleased tracks from the 'Psychic' sessions which will feature on the 'WORK' compilation to be released on September 29th (listen below).

Goodbye for now fellas, we hope its not too long before we see you again.

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Falls Festival Announce 2014 Lineup

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Falls Festival has announced the first round of acts for its 2014/15 edition.

Electronic music has been well catered for with man-of-the-moment Jamie XX, Norwegian disco don Todd Terje and UK masked wonder SBTRKT sitting alongside the likes of Tycho, Tensnake and the newly formed super trio, Royksopp and Robyn.

There's also a slew of hot local acts in the form of The Presets, Movement and Alison Wonderland. And the surprise blast from the past? Salt N Pepa.

Check out the lineup below with more still to be announced.

Falls Festival 2014/15 lineup
Alt-J
Big Freedia
The Black Lips
Bluejuice
Cold War Kids
DMAS
Glass Animals
George Ezra
Jagwar Ma
Jamie XX
Joey Bada$$
John Butler Trio
Kim Churchill
The Kite String Tangle
Milky Chance
Movement
The Presets
Remi
Röyksopp & Robyn
Run The Jewels
SAFIA
SBTRKT (Live)
Spiderbait
Sticky Fingers
The Temper Trap
Tensnake
Tkay Maidza
Todd Terje (Live)
Tycho
Vance Joy
Wolf Alice
+ More To Be Announced

Boogie Nights lineup
Alison Wonderland
Badbadnotgood
Client Liasion
Salt N Pepa + More.

Event dates:

Lorne, Victoria: December 28 – December 31
Marion Bay, Tasmania: December 29 – December 31
Byron Bay, New South Wales: December 31 – January 2

'People who are afraid usually aren't very good at partying': Infamous Berghain Bouncer Publishes Memoirs

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This year iconic Berlin techno haunt Berghain celebrates its 10th birthday and to mark the occasion the club's infamous gatekeeper Sven Marquardt has launched his memoirs to critical acclaim.

Entitled 'Die Nacht Ist Leben' (which translates to "the night is life") the book documents Sven's life in alternative culture and was ghost written by journalist Judka Strittmatter.

At the book's launch party last week, Marquardt outlined that being a bouncer is all about creating the "right mix".

"I don't mind letting in the odd lawyer in a double-breasted suit with his Gucci-Prada wife. If they make a good impression, let them in," he explains. "We also take guys in masks and kilts, or Pamela Anderson blondes in run-of-the-mill high-street outfits who tag along with bearded blokes, licking the sweat off each others' armpits. That, for me, is Berghain."

Berghain's strict and often arbitrary door policy led by Marquardt has become a part of modern day clubbing folklore, with many Pulse readers who can attest to either being given the nod of approval or turned away into the unforgiving night. So what is the big, tatooed bouncer's best advice for getting into Berghain?

"Don't be afraid. People who are afraid usually aren't very good at partying."

You can purchase 'Die Nacht Ist Leben'here. Fingers crossed for an English version.

[Via The Guardian]

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'People who are afraid usually aren't very good at partying': Infamous Berghain Bouncer Publishes Memoirs

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This year iconic Berlin techno haunt Berghain celebrates its 10th birthday and to mark the occasion the club's infamous gatekeeper, Sven Marquardt, has launched his memoirs.

Entitled 'Die Nacht Ist Leben' (which translates to "the night is life") the book documents Sven's life in alternative culture and was ghost written by journalist Judka Strittmatter.

At the launch party last week, Marquardt outlined that being a good bouncer is all about creating the "right mix".

"I don't mind letting in the odd lawyer in a double-breasted suit with his Gucci-Prada wife. If they make a good impression, let them in," he explains. "We also take guys in masks and kilts, or Pamela Anderson blondes in run-of-the-mill high-street outfits who tag along with bearded blokes, licking the sweat off each others' armpits. That, for me, is Berghain."

Berghain's strict and often arbitrary door policy led by Marquardt has become a part of modern day clubbing folklore, with many Pulse readers who can attest to either being given the nod of approval or turned away into the unforgiving night. Heck, there's even an app with tips on how to get in!

So what is the big, tatooed bouncer's best advice for getting past the club's hallowed doors?

"Don't be afraid. People who are afraid usually aren't very good at partying."

You can purchase 'Die Nacht Ist Leben'here. Fingers crossed for an English version.

[Via The Guardian]

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Win A Month Of Free Entry To Chinese Laundry This September

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One of Sydney's longest running and most iconic nightclubs, Chinese Laundry, kicked off a completely revamped music policy this month which has seen the introduction of two new weekly Friday and Saturday nights - BASSIC and LNDRY - new resident DJs and more.

To help the club celebrate their exciting new makeover we've lineup up a competition with two epic prizes to be won for a couple of lucky Pulse readers: The opportunity to win a double pass to every Friday or Saturday night throughout September PLUS a free bottle of champagne! Yep, that's two prizes on offer:

- Double pass + bottle of champagne to every Friday in September
- Double pass + bottle of champagne to every Saturday in September

And how does one win such an epic prize? Simply email us here with your full name and tell us in 25 words or less why you want to spend a month partying at Chinese Laundry. Please put either the words 'CL FRIDAY' or 'CL SATURDAY' as the email subject heading.

The two winners will be announced by 6pm on Thursday August 28th. Good luck!

Chinese Laundry September Lineups:

BASSIC Fridays
Sept 5th Party Favor
Sept 12th Akuou / Promnite
19th Boss Bass
Sept 26th KLP / Hatch / Bar 9 / Habstrakt

LNDRY Saturdays
Sept 6th Tommy 4 Seven | Destroy The Machines
Sept 13th John 00 Fleming
27th Surprise International Guest
Sept 20th Will Clarke | MoS Clubbers Spring tour feat. The Only & Komes

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