Knowledge entries

From Duggo u know u've hit Daddism when... 1 You leave gigs before the encore to 'beat the rush'. 2 You get more excited about having a roast on Sunday than going clubbing.

Off Topic, Duggo, TV channels, disposable income, Pop music

soundwedge: > the ringing in your ears is caused by distortion of the signal in the > soundsystem. often sound systems are percieved as loud due to this, > whereas a clean...

Social aspects, PA, DJing

hmmm. ok then, I've got a few minutes. It hits different people differently but this is how it was for me.

Social aspects, record shop, Sunday 28 June 2009, dance-music

list of things to do in singapore: 1. score drugs, just so you can say you did. go to top 10 at orchard towers and ask some of the lovely ladies there to help you out.

Travel, Singapore, worth checking, right price

by Andy Pirie for record shops check: http:/​/​www.hyperreal.org/​raves/​nyc/​stores.html this lists most nyc shops my favouites on that list are dance tracks (best house record...

Travel, New York, record shop, worth checking, banana republic

Not sure on Hotels, I just grabbed one off the 'Net at the last minute. There are loads in Madrid at reasonable rates.

Travel, Madrid, reasonable rates, Soma, Central

By Hoista! Loads of stuff to do, try The Cave in Shinjuku, also Yellow, also try going out of Tokyo, there are some good clubs in Fukoka as well, and a few tiny ones in...

Travel, Japan, Tokyo, Hoista

Ministry Of Sound at Pacha was the best night there but VERY busy, and don't take your girlfriend/​wife/​whatever coz there's loads of sleazy blokes that try it on with anything...

Travel, Ibiza, Gatecrasher, Pacha, BT

Lotsa good stuff happening over there (I was there last year), though not for the last few weeks cos of the club fire which has resulted in all the clubs being shut all over...

Travel, New Year

Messiah: 1. if i could only make one suggestion about travelling in amsterdam, it's this: rent a bike! make it the first thing you do after you check into your hotel.

Travel, Amsterdam, big-room, Damrak, dance-floor

Where do I start....? OK, in terms of venues keep an eye on The Thekla www.thekla.co.uk Some great long-running nights there, Fruity Antics has a lovely crowd and is deep...

Travel, Bristol, dance-floor, Fruity, lovely crowd

> > anyone can move to bali. it's cheap as fuck to get set up here, > > there are a fair few interesting jobs if you're motivated and creative, > > So how would you go about...

Travel, Visa, Euro, Singapore, credit card

Thanks to all who wished me well on my return to clubland, and to Andy and Duggo who were speculating on my well-being post-Garnier.

Club reviews, Laurent Garnier, Garnier, Duggo, Jeff Mills

if y'all interested, we had a lil party on sunday and i've reviewed it for you... Tom Baker told us that our last flyer got 'flyer of the month' in some mag or other - DJ or...

Live reviews, subterfuge Cabaret, Sunday 05 July 2009, big screen, Fruity

...have a contingency plan! last friday i did the usual last minute test on the laptop & oooops - no output.

Music making, Live performing, Friday 26 June 2009, Rui Teimao

If your break is sounding very light there's a few things you can do. If you MUST keep it sounding "old school" i'd say stick in a bit of a chopped up, but unprocessed original...

Music making, tiny bit, Warp

all you waveform processor addicts out there... just been playing with breaks and processor... thought id share some of the fun ive been having...

Music making

Had the pleasure of going to see Amp Fiddler perform at Fiddlers (oddly enough) in Bristol last night.

Live reviews, Amp Fiddler, Bristol, Fiddler, female vocalist

The Picket thing took the shine off the evening though. It's incredibly sad to see such a worthy institution (a community music venue that's been in operation for 20 years)...

Dance music history, Liverpool, recording studio, Wylie, Kosovo

Last night, I went to the best reggae night in Liverpool I've ever attended (Rockers 2 Rockers at The Magnet, with Gregory Isaacs as special guest).

Live reviews, Rockers, Liverpool, Sizzla, 21st century

It was brilliant. The people were out of this world, so friendly, polite and *human*. We pitched up on Thursday afternoon and camped in the campervan field, so it already had...

Live reviews, Thursday 25 June 2009, banging techno, Guinness, main tent

...orbital live at brixton academy. oh my crikey. it was 1994 all over again! only the barechested men had big beer bellies, my best friend was really chuffed when she found...

Live reviews, Orbital, Brixton Academy, Belfast, Jeff Mills

it's generally thought that the bozak sounds better than the urei. the bozak was the original that the urei was based on.

DJing, sound quality, personal experience, vast majority, Specials