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BOYS NOIZE This is the biggest club event of this year’s Edge Festival. German electro producer Boys Noize (aka Alexander Ridha) is a master of the kind of sparkling groove that builds to an epic electro-tech frenzy of acid squelches and heavy basslines. Founding his own Boysnoize Records in 2005 with releases from DIM, The Faint, Housemeister and Shadow Dancer, his debut album Oi Oi Oi was packed with dancefloor nuggets, leading to an enviable roster of remix work for everyone from Depeche Mode and Marilyn Manson to Cut Copy and Snoop Dogg. ■ City: Edinburgh, 08444 999990, Thu 27 Aug, 10.30pm–5am, £18.
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It’s Bass Syndicate’s third birthday special, and they’re joined by a double bill of special guests. DJ Zinc (pictured) will be climbing out of his comfort zone for a special house set, while Hospital Records’ Cyantific supply the drum & bass. Resident/promoter (and proprietor of record store Underground Solu’shn) G-Mac gives us the lowdown
5 words to describe the Bass Syndicate experience? Bass-droppin’, beat-cuttin’, party-rockin’, crowd-smashin’ funhouse!
4 things you love about the DJs on the bill
Cyantific rockin’ drum & bass on three decks like no one else; ‘Super Sharp Shooter’ jungle legend Zinc switching to crack house shocker; Akira Kiteshi representing Edinburgh dubstep worldwide; fellow DJs Believe and Silver Storic battlin’ the breaks! 3 things you love about Edinburgh during the Festival
Cockburn Street buzz in the sun, international talent struttin’ their stuff, 5am clubbing . . . just like the ol’ days.
2 things you hate about Edinburgh in August
Underground Solu’shn is a music shop, not tourist information. And the smell. 1 thing you would change about the late-night festival scene
More music, less drunken comedy. ■ Bass Syndicate, Faith, 225 9764, 11pm—5am, 22 Aug, £10 in advance (more on door).
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✽✽ Benbecula Records: The Final Vinyl It’s with a heavy heart we announce that Scotland’s home of electronic oddities will be issuing their last record in November, 10 years to the day from their first CDR. So let’s party like it’s 1999 with a mix of live acts and DJ sets from Christ, Araya, Stephen Brown, Phase Six and more. The Wee Red Bar, 229 1442, Fri 21 Aug, 7pm–late, £8. ✽✽ Devil Disco Club Take a walk on the dark side as the Trouble DJs invoke his Satanic Majesty and let it all hang out with London’s Horse Meat Disco. The Bongo Club, 558 7604, Fri 21 Aug, 11pm–5am, £5–£7. ✽✽ Lucky 7 Time to get skanking at this ska, reggae, 2- Tone and bluebeat night. The Forest Cafe, 220 4538, Fri 21 Aug, 11pm–3am, free. ✽✽ Axis Adam Freeland (pictured) guests for a night of breakbeat mayhem. With mixes on Fabric, Global Underground and Back to Mine you know you’re in safe hands. Cabaret Voltaire, 220 6176, Sat 22 Aug, 10.30pm–5am, £14–£15. ✽✽ Bass Syndicate The bass, breaks and jungle night goes for something different as DJ Zinc drops a rare house set. See Five Questions, left. Faith, 225 9764, Sat 22 Aug, 11pm–5am, £9. ✽✽ Beardyman’s Unplanned Explosion Who needs turntables, when beatboxer Beardyman is on hand to provide all the beats live and direct? Udderbelly, 0844 545 8252, Mon 24 & Tue 25 Aug, midnight–1.15am, £14 (£12.50). ✽✽ Boys Noize The Edge Festival hits pay dirt: rising electro superstar Boys Noize laying down a masterclass in hard-edged dancefloor annihilation. See picture, above left. City: Edinburgh, 08444 999990, Thu 27 Aug, 11pm–5am, £18. For venue addresses see index page 76
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