Something for the weekend: Surkin

Surkin releases tracks on the French Institubes label. Check out White Knight Two, his new single, below. Ravey stabs, vocal snippets and Detroit string stylings come together on this summer anthem in the making. I can taste the cervezas now….

Wax:On Live - Sat 31 May Leeds

Wax:On Live takes places at the end of this month, a one-day dance festival in Leeds with headliners Primal Scream, Reverend and The Makers and Hercules and Love Affair. There's something for everyone from the glee-ridden youth to the older conoisseur, from 4pm on Saturday 31st May until 6am the following morning. With over 60 artists on the bill and arenas hosted by Wall of Sound, Technique, Hospital Records, Adventures in the Beetroot Field and Naïve Melody, Wax:On Live looks pretty much unmissable.

Line-up includes: Primal Scream, Hercules and Love Affair, Late of the Pier, Green Velvet, Erol Alkan, Annie Mac (Radio 1), Reverend and the Makers, X-Press 2 (acid house set), The Infadels, The Shortwave Set, Andrew Weatherall, JD Twitch (optimo), Unabombers, Steve Lawler, Derrick May, Stacey Pullen, Steve Bug, Ivan Smagghe, Shy FX, Ed Rush, London Elektricity, DJ Die, Killa Kella, Skream, Plastician, Foreign Beggars, Cyantific, Logistics, Mathew Herbert, Justus Kohncke Live, I-F, Ame, Dixon, Toby Tobias, Tim Sweeney (DFA), The Count and Sinden Live, Friendly Fires, Operator Please, Christopher D Ashley, Autokratz, The Black Ghosts, Crookers, Brodinski, Filthy Dukes, plus loads more.

See the web site for full details.

Lotherton Hall, Leeds. Saturday 31st May, 4pm-6am. Tickets £40.
http://www.waxonlive.com/

Renaissance launch with KING UNIQUE - Fri 9 May Edinburgh

Cab is delighted to host Renaissance's new Scottish residency, and looks forward to hosting the events on an alternate monthly basis, six times a year. For the launch night, the guests of honour will be King Unique.

King Unique are two Matts - Matthew Roberts and Matt "Watkins" Thomas. A pair of self-confessed studio junkies, they have a taste for bulldozer beats and sick synthesizers, and they use them with devastating effect to create rough-edged dirty house music. Their decks'n'fx DJ sets have made them regulars in some of the world's most respected clubs and biggest festivals, while the King Unique Broadcast radio mix series regularly airs to countries across the globe.

Also on the decks at the opening night party will be Neil Bartley of Musika and Afterdark infamy, and Cab's old mate Nick Yuill, a co-founder and resident DJ of the still-missed Solescience. Completing the line-up will be Renaissance resident Euan McKenzie.

FRIDAY 9 MAY : 11pm - 3am
£ 10 plus booking fee in advance £ 12 on the door on the night

Fortified Sessions with MARK PRITCHARD - Fri 16 May Glasgow

Another heavy line-up this month, with dubstep forum awards DJ/radio show winner for the last two years N-Type going back to back with fellow Rinse FM Sunday night stalwart DJ Chef on three decks.

Warming up for them is a true electronic music legend, Mark Pritchard of Global Communication/Jedi Knights fame. Mark will be unveiling new tunes from his current Harmonic 313 project and some of his as yet unreleased dubstep productions.

FORTIFIED SESSIONS
N-TYPE vs CHEF (3 deck mash up)
HARMONIC 313
ELECTRIC ELIMINATORS
16th MAY @ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 11-3

Taste Bank Holiday Special - Sun 4 May

Sunday 4 May: May the fourth be with you at Studio 24, Calton Road with Fisher & Price, Miss Chris and Marco Smith. Doors open 11pm. Prices £8 members, £10 non-members

Taste is Edinburgh’s original and longest running gay-friendly club night that brings together like-minded people who enjoy a club environment free from hassle and bad attitudes and for whom sexuality is not an issue. After nearly 14 years and over 700 Sundays, Taste is now running one-off events throughout the year on holiday weekend Sundays.

Taste's resident DJs Fisher & Price play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music currently available while in the backroom Miss Chris and Marco Smith play ass-shakin' filthy house.

Event hotline 0131 557 4656. For more info including galleries and music downloads visit our websites at www.taste-clubs.com and www.bebo.com/tasteclubs. Members can book their place at Taste by email to guarantee fast entry and discounted prices.