The Northern city of Leeds is set to continue it resurgence of nightlife and club culture as its announced that new venue Control is set to open soon.

Dubbed as the biggest club in the north of England, Control is set to be able to hold 3000 people and is maintained by The Warehouse, who have been running clubs and venues in the city stretching back to 1979. The club is set to boast a full FunktionOne soundsystem, seven bars and 24 hour license. Other features include LED walls, a series of tunnels and the world's largest Geometric Geodome, sporting "thousands of individually controllable LED lights.

Residencies and events are yet to be announced - but satisfy yourself with the cool promo video above. More details to follow.

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This is by no means a gig guide to everything that’s happening under the sun over the weekend, it is though a little whisper as to what’s going to be worth going to in the massive amount of event invites you’ve probably received. 

Cape Town

AfrikaBurn Decompression 2013

The Bus is back for this one. If you missed AfrikaBurn – now is your chance to jol with The Bus.  Gather your wits, gather your friends and your finest costume – it’s time to reconnect and release the pressure. Get ready to dress up and get down - it's Decompression time! Get inside for the full line-up.

Sahu Sensi track: 

PHFat 'Happiness Machines' Album Launch @ The Assembly

For the PHFAT ‘Happiness Machines’ Album Launch Party the lads had a chat to chat with Golden Circle Events (previously Hellfire productions) and found out if it would be feasible to put in a top of the range Line array sound system into the Assembly. (The type they use at festival stages) – it is! Get there, in get in here.

Track off the recently released album: 

Honey Cream <Friday 26th July>

David Ireton, danalog & Plaigarhythm will be be the line-up for Honey Cream tonight that’s is a monthly Techno Party at Chukkachurri. Let us take you on a journey with Techno, to a place beyond judgment and negativity. Where we are all one , connected through music.

Here is something from danalog: 

Cape Town

MULTIVERZ PRESENTS - TIME TRAVEL with DJ CUBIXX (IONO MUSIC)

Sight and Sound penetrates the chaotic sludge, unfiltered it activates our DNA - this is Sacred Technology. Open your mind and expand your consciousness and take a trip through sound with DJ CUBIXX (HEAD OF IONO MUSIC) at this one.

Sounds of Germany’s DJ Cubixx: 

Johannesburg 

UNDERGROUND SOUND - WINTER INDOOR SPECIAL feat. CUBIXX (IONO) GERMANY & MIX n BLEND [CT] 

Three stages. International act DJ Cubixx and fierce back-up by Cape Town’s Mix n’ Blend. See inside for the full line-up and event details. 

Mix n’ Blend: 

Johannesburg 

The Friday Sundowner

The Friday Sundowner happens on the pool deck at the Hyde Park Southern Sun Hotel on the last Friday of the month. The event provides a classy house music ambience to one of the best sunset venues in Johannesburg. Rudy Adams and Travisto are weekly residents with seasoned professionals and new talent being invited to the monthly events. This month features Justin Miller, Kelvin White, Phat Jack and Catherine Grenfell.

Sounds of Catherine Grenfell:

Johannesburg 

House Call the vinyl edition 2

A night of vinyl. Dished up by some of Jozis finest House DJ’s at one of the most loved venues in town. A night not to be missed!! Line-up: Phat Jack, Brad S, Nick Essential and the Audio Villains.

Nick Essential: 

Durban

A night in Durban with URULU (Los Angeles, USA)

TRUTH & LOVE-TEC present: A night with URULU (Los Angeles, USA). Truth & Love-Tec’s mission is to bring you the hottest sounds from around the globe and with this goal in mind we proudly present Los Angeles-based DJ/producer: URULU! Support coming from Coco Loco, Green Jnr and Bashkar – hot evening in Durbs!

Sounds of Urulu:

Pulse will be bringing you a series of Keinemusik Radio show releases selected from their already massive collection of released mixes. Keinemusik, out of Berlin, Germany is a record label that do a run of shows hosted with a changing roster, this finds them in that place absolutely nobody wants to be (poor sarcasm attempt there) – that is with an enormous amount of good music.  They post the radio shows regularly and we’ve decided to bring the mixes straight from Keinemusik to you. 

Here are the artists featured in the mix:

00:00 - 29:00: David Mayer
29:00 - 1:03:00: Rampa
1:03:00 - 1:41:00: Adam Port
1:41:00 - 2:19:00: &ME

Listen in on the series:  

The Delicious Festival in Johannesburg is getting itself ready for 5-6 October 2013 in a big way – With Its Personal Entertainment hosting the dance marquee, you would be virtually insane to miss this as Jamiroquai will be on stage. Great news to welcome Jay Kay back to our country. 

A two day extravaganza with the main focus being best described as a food festival for music lovers or a music festival for food lovers, either way, our focus is on the music and the music you can expect to be exposed to here is magnificent. Jamiroquai, massive international artist that really needs no introduction with hits like ‘Virtual Insanity’ from way back in 96’ to name only ONE that will already get you on-point - we could go on for days with all his successes……Jay Kay says “Looking forward to returning to South Africa to see all at the Delicious Festival” - quite sure the rest of South Africa is looking forward to your return as well Jason. Yes definitely. 

For the back-up of the main act on the It’s Personal dancefloor, they’ve made it happen with South African heavy weights holding it down for the Saturday and Sunday, whether you’re in for food or music – one thing assured, the music will be served hot on a platter you won’t be able to turn down. The line-up includes Ricky H, Kyle Watson, Pimpsquad and JustSmart for the Saturday, and Sunday bringing the heat will be Brad S, Ryan Dent, Craig Massiv and closing with JustSmart again. 

Stay on track leading up to the event with Its Personal Entertainment

Tickets are available at Computicket.

Tickets are R380 per day

After tracks from Four Tet's forthcoming album were streamed on BBC Radio One and Rinse FM last night, it seems a rip has appeared on YouTube for opening album track 'Kool FM'.

Kieran Hebden's new album Beautioful Rewind sees him exploring more experimental dancefloor ground in mucbh the same way as his contempoary Daphni. Rugged, toughened beats and raw percussion make up the meat of this homage to the famous UK Pirate radio station.

You can check the rip out above in the YouTube player.

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On occasion, the musical fruits delivered by the trending collision of pop and dance musc crossover can be oh-so-sweet. Mixing up dance music tempos, poppy hooks and lashings of atmospherics and sub bass, London based DJ/producer Russ Chimes is concerned with making music that appeals to all - without selling himself short. Keeping true to his core aesthetics of youthfully energetic beats & irresistible grooves, his latest EP 'Turn Me Out' sees the young Londoner go deeper into his self-styled sound. Pulse's Martin Moffat decided to give Russ a good grilling for our latest Quick Fire interview.

Hi Russ, for anyone who is unfortunate enough to not have heard of you yet – tell us a bit about yourself... My name's Russ Chimes, I'm a producer from London UK, and i've been making dance music for the last 4 years or so.

You broke onto the scene in 2010 with your Midnight Trilogy EP and accompanying music videos. What prompted you to make the trilogy? It must have taken a lot of work, would you ever go down a similar route with a future release? The trilogy was actually the idea of the director at the time. He messaged me out of the blue as a film student when i first started out, saying he was a fan and asking if he could ever work on a video for me in the future. A year or so later I sent him through the 3 track 'Midnight Club' EP with a view to him picking a track to make a video, when he got back to me he said he couldn't choose - "so let's make one for each". Pretty ridiculous to think back at that now. We were only really able to do it due to the director just finishing film school in California, so we got to use the schools equipment and insurance to help keep the costs down. I think to do it again, it would have to be a particular cohesive and concept heavy EP. It's not something i'm looking to do as there'll always be comparisons now, but who knows!

You've produced some extremely popular tracks that have had a great response in the mainstream (enjoying regular national radio play) while still maintaining (or so it appears from the outside) your underground sensibilities. I hear your DJ sets often include stuff by Dusky and Breach and I saw on your blog recently you picked up the new Bicep x SMD release on vinyl. How do you manage to maintain the balance between underground and accessible– is it a conscious effort? I never consciously produce music to appeal to the mainstream, it just sort of comes out that it's accessible as sorts. I guess if just a fan of all the melodies, riffs and hooks from the music I grew up listening too, and it naturally finds its way in there. It can be problematic at times, as sometimes i'm really trying to go the other way and make more underground stuff, that suits what I play out a bit more, and i end up having to reproduce things and enter a process of stripping it back, which actually can quite therapeutic. But yes, the majority of music i listen to and play out is from the underground world really. It's never been a conscious thing, so it's good that it seems balanced from an outside perspective.

You've remixed tracks by some pretty big names so far in your career. How important was remixing other peoples work to your career? Do you enjoy remixing as much as producing a track from scratch? Remixing is usually easier as at least you have a set defined starting point, whether it be a vocal or a riff etc… It can be quite a challenge sitting in front of a blank Logic project and trying to get something going from scratch. I think it's been really beneficial for me to remix other artists work, it's kind of how the ball got rolling for me, and seems to be an entry point for a lot of producers (doing a bootleg or re-edit).

You've got a history in graphic design which which you were doing before you were making music for a living. I know you take a hands on approach towards your artwork and music videos but, in your opinion, how easily does being a visually creative translate into musical creativity? What made you make the switch from visual to aural? It kind of got to that point where i had quit full time and was working freelance, to open up more time for gigs/remixes etc… 3 days on/4 days off kinda thing. The music just became too much to fit around another job, and eventually it got to a point where the question arose "do i give this a shot now and see what happens, or regret that i never tried it in 10 years". The first few months were actually terrifying, but once you settle into the new way of living it kind of becomes normal. The process seems to be largely the same, as do the creative blocks, and flurries of inspiration when it all comes together. I think the main factor has been from being used to working in a studio of other designers, to just being on your own all the time, it can be quite difficult to decide on something with no easy direct interaction with others, and can lead to procrastinating on stupid shit for ages!

Your new track Turn Me Out not long ago – and I must admit its a little groover which comes correct with a pretty cool video. When watching the video I liked the dancing people (mostly the girls) but was a bit confused by the introduction of a fish at one point. Was that one of your creative inputs and if so...what was that all about? Don't be confused by fish, he means no harm. It was part of the directors treatment to be honest, i had no direct involvement with any fish on the day. I think it was just one of a load of random nonsensical cut shots that they wanted to use around the edit, just to make it largely different or more unusual than most cookie cutter mainstream dance videos.

I know a lot of people have been wondering for some time when they will get to see a Russ Chimes album being released. Is there anything you can throw our way regarding that? We know you can't rush perfection but the people want to know. It's an ongoing thing really. I've had enough tracks in the past, but it just never felt like the right tracks all came together at the right time. Hopefully that will change in the near future and i'll feel comfortable releasing a number of tracks as a body of work that feels cohesive and purposeful.

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You've enjoyed a lot of success from your music which has seen you play all over the world. What has been the best non-musical thing that you've been able to do as a result of your music career? Travelling is obviously a huge bonus, and getting to meet some really cool people and make good friends along the way. You've got a busy schedule ahead of you this summer playing at festivals all over the place.

Your also going up to Glasgow to play at the Sub club (my favourite club in the whole world). Have you played in Glasgow before? Will you be sampling the cities traditional food and drink (Irn Bru, deep fried Mars bars and Buckfast)? Never played at Sub Club before, but always heard good things, so massively stoked about it. Actually it will be my first time in Glasgow, but i have played in Edinburgh and Inverness before. Had a deep fried pizza once. Fuck me. It was intense.

What have you got lined up for the future? Anything you can exclusively reveal to us? I'm working on a follow up to Turn Me Out, as well as some other releases, that aren't on such a mainstream level, more of a club cuts thing. I've been doing a mix tape series called 'Expressway Mixtapes' for the last few years which came to it's 5th and last instalment earlier this year, so i'm going to be starting a brand new series soon. And yeah still working towards that elusive album! 

'Turn Me Out' is out now. Buy it from here.

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We really have to commend some of the tumblrs out there for some funny creative content to get us through our Friday mornings. We recently discovered our new favorite, the Agent vs Promoter tumblr, which presents a funny array of gifs that showcase the business side of the music industry. Agents and promoters' misconceptions and realities are put forward for chuckling, but still carry a lot of truth behind them. Who needs a music business course, when you can see the daily doings metaphorically re-enacted by Seinfeld and Ryan Gosling gifs. Much more effective class if you ask us.

Here are a couple of our favorite gif selections and their explanations, but be sure to check out the tumblr here for more.

Promoter: My interactions with agent

When going over the final deal points to confirm a show:

When I see them at Pollstar or SXSW

Promoter: What I think agents do:

Promoter: When my show has a good onsale

What I tell media partners:

What I’m really like:

Agent: At least 7 out of 10 interactions I have at festivals…

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DJ EZ - the longest serving stalwart of the UK Garage scene - is the next name to step up to the FABRICLIVE instalment, taking over the 71st edition due for release on September 6th.

He's been one of the scene's hardest working names, mixing the Pure Garage series for eight years and also holding a residency at KISS FM for fifteen. He's enjoyed a resurgence of late being booked at club nights such as Bugged Out! and also being endorsed by Red Bull. The tracklist sees him spinning some trusted garage classics that have served him well, from the like of Wookie, Dem 2 and Shystie, alongside some more contemporary artists such as SBTRKT, DJ Q, Jess Mills and Disclosure.

There's only one thing to sign off with in this situation... Deejay! E-Z!

FABRICLIVE 71 is released on September 6th.The compilation is launched on Friday September 16th.

Tracklist:
1. EZ – EZ Intro 7 (One Recordings)
2. Artful Dodger feat. Zoe Kypri – No I Turn You On – Disclosure remix – DJ EZ special (Public Demand)
3. Moony – Relax (PearShapedMusic)
4. Cleptomaniacs – All I Do – Bump & Flex Dance Floor dub (Defected)
5. Jammin – Hold On (Bingo Beats)
6. Sia – Little Man – Exemen Works (Long Lost Brother)
7. Jook 10 – The Beginning (Vex)
8. SBTRKT feat. Sampha – Living Like I Do – Lil Silva remix (XL)
9. Cause & Affect – Kamikazee (Bullet Train)
10. Shystie – Pull It – Fabian Dubz remix (Genius Beats)
11. N’n’G – I Keep (Swing City)
12. Stephen Emmanuel presents Colours – Hold On – SE22 mix (Ice Cream)
13. Woz – Reach (Black Butter)
14. Mike Delinquent Project feat. KCAT – Live (Champion)
15. Dem 2 – Destiny (XL)
16. Majestic – Let’s Go Back (Speakerbox)
17. Royal T – I Know You Want Me (Rinse)
18. Nativ – Afrocentrism (Vex)
19. DJ Q presents Classified – Classified Bass (Q Recordings)
20. EZ – Want You Back (One Recordings)
21. Todd Edwards – Javid Khan (Nu Trend)
22. Once Waz Nice – Messing Around – Wideboys mix (Garagejams/Dubz Fro Klubz)
23. Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle – You & Me (Island)
24. Ed Case feat. Shelley Nelson – Something In Your Eyes (Red Rose)
25. Smokin Beats – Dreams (Smokin Beats)
26. Disclosure feat. Ria Ritchie – Control (Greco-Roman)
27. Issac Christopher – The Good Old Days – Kerri Chandler instrumental (Madhouse)
28. MD X-Press – God Made Me Phunky (Defected)
29. Cause & Affect – Social Experiment (Bullet Train)
30. RiP Productions – Mellow Works (Ice Cream)
31. MJ Cole – Sincere (Metrix)
32. Jess Mills – Vultures – MJ Cole remix (Island)

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Here's something rather morbid you don't hear of every day: you can now preserve your ashes into vinyl, thanks to Raveyard by andvinyly.com. Now people can keep you in their memory by listening to you, literally. While the site has slightly humorous deathly look to it, full of grim reapers, and uh, skulls, the service is taken very seriously and with the utmost respect towards the deceased.

The "Basic Package" provides 30 vinyl discs made from yours truly with standard R.I.V. (Rest In Vinyl) artwork, and an audio recording of your choice for the grand total of £3000 (~$4618 USD). If you feel that your "immortalization" requires more than that, they have quite a few extras available. For example, the album artwork can be a portrait of you painted by James Hague of the National Portrait Gallery or by Paul Insect, if you choose to have your image commemorated. Other features include a Sonic Template for the voice recording you supply, "Bespook Music" - music written and tailored for the customer, and Closed Loops. These extras, of course, all have an added cost ranging from £3500 to £250.

Don't feel like contributing all your ashes? You can submit body parts and have the rest arrange to be buried, so you can have the best of both worlds. FUNerals can be organized as well, as an alternative to the traditional funerals people orchestrate, by an team of event organizers to play your record to an audience of friends and family members.

So if you wish to "live from beyond the groove," or if you're a very staunch vinyl advocate until the day you die, we highly recommend you look into this form of musical "immortalization."

For more information, check out their site, andvinyly.com.

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It's over a month later since Disclosure's fake DJing stunt at Capital FM's Summertime Ball on June 11th, and still the buzz about it keeps on going. While the boys have said in a statement that they were upset that weren't allowed by the festival to mix or play live and made it look as obvious as possible that they weren't, MTV News UK interviewed the duo yesterday once more on the topic.

Guy details in the interview, "It was really horrible you know to be at such an amazing venue, hearing your own music and not being able to play any of it." As much as they disliked it, after the fact they have come to a new slightly different conclusion.

“But… I can understand now why DJs have to do that, because for that show for instance, the reason we had to do was ‘cause the change over was like thirty seconds and … I know that everyone will say it, it’s like ‘if you’re really incredible you should’ve said no to the show’, but its like, understand, we just had to do it.”

For that instance they may have acquiesced, but the duo still holds true to their values of delivering a show and playing their music, which they put a lot of effort into.  

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Infinity Ink has just released a music video for its spectacular track, 'Aya.' With a nice airy but still groovy vibe with suave vocals of Ali Love, the track is perfect for your car getaway out east to the Hamptons or whichever beach shores may be calling your name. Love mentioned in a statement that he got his experience from a gospel singing course, which lends to why he hits every note just perfectly. As to the soulfulness behind it, the track lyrics summarize it well, 'love is just a feeling.'

The video features hypnotic and beautiful visuals of nature, intermixed with shots of Infinity Ink themselves.  Check it out bleow. The track is also available for free download on their website houseofinfinity.com.

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After the success of last year’s one-off at DC-10, much-lauded Parisian house trio Apollonia is returning to their home turf here in Ibiza for an epic 8-hour journey through music on Saturday, August 24th.

The trio, made up of Shonky, Dyed Soundorom and Dan Ghenacia – heavy hitters behind the decks and in the studio even as solo acts – recently released their debut production under their Apollonia guise entitled ‘Trinidad,’ hot off the back of their turn at the much hailed Fabric mix series, Fabric 70.

Needless to say, the trio has built up incredible momentum since the inception of Apollonia, gracing the decks with their back-to-back-to-back sets at some of the hottest and most cutting edge clubs around the world. Partly due to their style of music, a mix of slow burning, druggy house with the most subtle hints of progression, and partly due to a deep connectedness as friends, their sets are known for leading listeners on a journey deep through the minds of the Frenchmen, connecting you to them almost as much as they are two each other. And as anyone who’s seen them knows, these unique, introspective journeys, even when held back at just three hours of mixing, are always awe inspiring, making their upcoming 8-hour performance at DC-10 something that will be truly special to behold.

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2012 was Todd Terje's biggest year of his career to date and it was all down to his ubiquitous summer jam, 'Inspector Norse,' which made it to our list of the best tracks of the year. He even got to jam in the studio with his hero Bryan Ferry. The Norwegian disco and house aficionado is backing up his successful 2012 this year with a set for the infamous Essential Mix, which sees him turn in a set peppered with his own edits, including Men At Work's classic 'Down Under'. Listen in full below.

Tracklist:
01. Wally Badarou - Voices 1'49''
02. Ryuichi Sakamoto & Robin Scott - Once In A Lifetime
03. Herb Alpert - Rotation
04. Jim Morrison - Ghost Song
05. Guru Guru - Tacoma
06. Edu Lobo - Zanzibar
07. Paul Mauriat - From Jupiter With Love
08. Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel - Cumbanchero
09. Traks - Wild Safari (Todd Terje Edit)
10. Men At Work - Down Under (Chuck Norris Dub)
11. Dennis Brown - Out Of The Funk
12. Tanner Ross - Straight To The Moon
13. Tim Green - Cherry
14. Johnwaynes - 1002 Nights
15. Nee Karabcek - Yali Yali (Todd Terje Edit)
16. Angelo & Eighteen - Flight 2
17. Status IV - You Ain't Really Down (Todd Terje Edit)
18. Lone - Lying In The Reeds
19. Chico Hablas - Los Voladores (Todd Terje Edit)
20. Joe - R.E.J. Bit
21. Kitty Winter - New Morning (Prins Thomas Edit)
22. Shindai Lovers - A Little Bit Faster
23. Linus Loves - Skagg
24. Steve Miller Band - Serenade
25. Sleazy McQueen - Mrs. Vanderbilt
26. Guitar Slim Green - Shake It Up (Todd Terje Edit)
27. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line
28. Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love

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Every year ahead of their annual December music festival at Riverwood Downs Mountain Valley Resort in NSW, the Subsonic crew throw a launch party for their punters. This year is no different with the party set to once again take over all 3 floors of Sydney's Burdekin Hotel with a slew of local talent providing the tunes and a "a special super secret guest or two."

More than just an excuse to let loose and dance, there will also be earlybird prizes, merchandise giveaways, discount festival tickets on sale and most importantly the first round of bands and artists featuring at this year's festival will be announced.

Tickets are available for a very reasonable $11+BF below, plus more on the door at $15.

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This photo was snapped of what could quite possibly be the only pair of 7'' Technics turntables in the world at the Tools of War Crotona Park Jams party in New York City recently. The owner of the extremely rare set of decks is the same person who claims they are the only ones on the planet - hip-hop DJ Biz Markie. DJ Worx (who took the photo) speculates that they were prototypes crafted before Technics shut down in 2010.

If it's true, then who better to have the only pair than Biz Markie. They guy has an epic collection of 45s. See the below video for proof.

Via Factmag.

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Burning Man Festival - the creative and arts based festival situiated in the Nevada desert - has announced that it shall be expanding size after being granted a recreation permit from federal land managers to hold more people.

Now able to grow in capacity to be able to hold 68,000 attendees, growing from some 56,000 attendees last year - a rise of around 20%. However, this move to embrace the off beat festival comes with a hefty set of conditions, including tighter public safety, resource management and keeping the area clean.

"Our priorities in managing this permit continue to be the protection and conservation of natural and cultural resources, as well as the safety for all participants and staffs," government spokesman Seidlitz said. "I feel confident the permit addresses these priorities." The Burning Man Festival originally began in Baker Beach, San Francisco, and attracted 80 people in 1990. The crowd was capped at 50,000 under a five-year permit that expired in 2010.

Burning Man takes place between August 26th - September 2nd.

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