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✽ Annie Mac Presents Radio 1’s queen of dance music is joined by Magnetic Man
(pictured), Redlight and Rudimental. See interview, page 120. O2 Academy, Glasgow, Sat 29 Nov.
✽ Death Disco Say hello, wave goodbye: DD returns for a 10th birthday party featuring
Crookers, only to bid farewell with an early XXXmas Party starring Jacques Lu Cont. See preview, page 49. Arches, Glasgow, Sat 24 Nov & Fri 7 Dec.
✽ Kapital Deep house and techno from the long-running Edinburgh night, with special
guest from Dublin, Matador (M_nus). See preview, left. Caves, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Nov.
✽ Make Noise Take along a recyclable electronic item for free entry to this
party featuring Radio 1’s Benji B, Martelo and Conquering Animal Sound playing live. Sub Club, Glasgow, Thu 22 Nov.
✽ Motor City Electronics The MCE season at La Cheetah comes to an end in the
presence of one of Detroit’s favourite sons, Juan Atkins and his Metroplex Live tour. La Cheetah, Glasgow, Fri 30 Nov.
✽ Musika Christmas comes early to Musika, with typically big-name guest appearances
from Danny Howells and Lee Burridge. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 8 Dec.
✽ Pressure Prepare for a ridiculous 14th
birthday line-up, with Green Velvet, Maya Jane Coles (pictured), Paul Ritch, Norman Nodge, DJ Yoda, Vitamins and Animal Farm. Arches, Glasgow, Fri 30 Nov.
✽ The Sound of C Quite possibly Edinburgh’s biggest party of the month, featuring Erol Alkan playing a headline electro set with support from Daniel Avery and Jigsaw. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Fri 23 Nov.
RIGHT ON TRACK M_nus signee Matador brings his dark, minimal house to Kapital
T he production line that is Richie Hawtin’s M_nus label just keeps on churning them out, with one of the latest signings being Matador, aka Dublin’s Gavin Lynch. With a few releases under his belt already (he started DJing 12 years ago, then went to college to discover how tracks were made), the EPs Kingswing and Spooks for Hawtin this year have launched his career up a signii cant notch.
‘My i rst break came from my still good friend Ali Wells at Perc,’ says Lynch by email. ‘I remixed for PercTrax initially and then released a series of original EPs, that’s where it all started. From there I worked very hard to bring my sound on and develop it. ‘The big break was of course signing to M_ nus, and writing material strong enough was the challenge. Like my old college head used
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to tell us, “cream will always rise to the top”, so if your tracks are good enough they’ll i nd a way of getting into the right hands. Be patient!’ He still lives in Dublin after 12 years, a city he professes to love while pointing out that ‘it’s great for studio work because of the limited options for going out partying, to gigs and of course the ridiculous closing time of 2.30am.’ Yet his deep, dark minimal sound wouldn’t be out of place in the after- hours basements of Detroit or Berlin. ‘I like to think all my tracks have a decent hook in them,’ he says, not unreasonably. ‘Something to grab onto, an emotion, a riff. Without that I i nd it very difi cult to get past the loop stage.’ (David Pollock) Kapital at the Caves, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Nov.