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How’s Your Party? This month HYP? features a set from The 2 Bears that is, Joe Goddard of Hot Chip fame and producer Raf Rundell who play a blend of 2-step, hip hop and house. Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 27 Jan.

La Cheetah Presents Matthew Herbert Described as ‘a belated Christmas gift’, this is a very special DJ outing for jazz- influence house producer Herbert (!K7, Warp, Peacefrog, Tresor). La Cheetah, Glasgow, Fri 27 Jan. Bedbug Hospital Records have been at the forefront of a new drum & bass sound for the last few years and High Contrast is in town to show you what it’s all about. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 20 Jan.

La Roche Rumba The Southside’s premier indie night transfers itself to with live guests A Band Called Quinn alongside DJ team Slim Jim and Vince D. Maggie May’s, Glasgow, Fri 13 Jan.

Xplicit & Wax On A new monthly night for Edinburgh launches in style with bassy wobbles from dubstep producer Jakwob. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 21 Jan. Highlife Glasgow’s finest new night joins forces with one of its most admired DJs, Twitch (Optimo), playing an exclusive set of cumbia, Afrobeat and other world sounds. La Cheetah, Glasgow, Sat 7 Jan.

LuckyMe Featuring The Blessings, Éclair FiFi and a special guest to be announced (we know who it is and while we promised not to reveal it at this stage you will be chuffed). Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Fri 27 Jan.

Future Thoughts ‘Retro- future psychedelic sounds’ at this new night from the Eyes Wide Open girls and Craig Reece. Doubling as an afterparty for (and guest DJs here) Wolf People. Flying Duck, Glasgow, Fri 13 Jan.

ETC01: Space Trash Aka the Edinburgh TeknoCartel’s sci-fi themed launch night. Featuring a mix of techno, drum & bass, dubstep, metal and breakcore. Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 20 Jan.

Messenger Two chances to catch the sweet reggae sounds and heavy dub riddims of the mighty Messenger soundsystem this issue. So there’s no excuse to miss out. Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Sat 7 & 28 Jan.

To help leftfield house night PLAYDATE celebrate their fourth birthday residents Steven and Stewart give us a taste of what to expect by choosing three of their favourite tracks each

Steven: Nôze ‘Remember Love’ (My Best Friend) features one simple piano loop with two drunk Frenchmen reminiscing over what could have been in broken English with rolling choppy drums that will never get old. Franco-knees-up-party- starting house. Pitch black drumless synths and morse code from the last days of pre-AIDS LA in 1980. The soundtrack to an off-Broadway play, Shawn-Daniel Foreman ‘Master Of The Universe’ (Ti Ohm) arrived at the same time everyone was wide-eyed dancing to disco.

We both claim Mike Dunn

‘Phreaky Mf’ (Robsoul Recordings). Twelve warped minutes of Dunn covering Dynasty over a Loose Joints sample. Just have to mix out before it gets too wrong.

Stewart: At one point I think we were a little unhealthily into Dubsided but Induceve ‘Why Burn’ (Dubsided) is one of the earlier ones that’s still in my bag. It’s got a sort of understated dubby sound that I don’t think I’ll ever tire of.

I love so much of Mathias Aguayo’s music but there’s something special about Mathias Aguayo ‘Minimal’ (Kompakt). The live feel it has sounds so effortless and the half English half Spanish vocals somehow sound totally natural. There’s also a cracking remix by the master DJ Koze on the B side. There are a few Mr G tracks

which make pretty regular appearances at Playdate but Mr G ‘U Askin’’ (Rekids) probably tops the list. It’s mellow and harsh at the same time and definitely has the Mr G low end sound which he does so well. Playdate, Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Sat 28 Jan.

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