One of the most exciting moments in a Mancunians life is waking up to see The Warehouse Project line ups revealed for the coming autumn. That moment of uncertainty and mystery to who’s been booked and who’s playing together… This WHP season is possibly the most interesting to date with the reveal of the brand new venue in Trafford Park. Those who didn’t manage to get tickets for the Easter weekend earlier in the year, prepare to be completely amazed, the venue is absolutely massive… kind of like Store Street’s almighty big brother!

With the recent announcement from The Warehouse Project just two weeks ago, we are once again ready to fill our boots with more spicy names!  Friday 28^th September is the Rinse 18^th birthday special which see’s Katy B, Skream, Diplo, Jackmaster and Ben UFO awaken the old dog with some heeeaaaavy bass. Welcome To The Warehouse follows on the Saturday with an interesting appearance from Nicolas Jaar, Seth Troxler, Maya Jane Coles b2b Heidi and Maceo Plex.

WHP Presents sees partners in crime, Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin grace the decks, with fellow masters in techno; Loco Dice, Nina Kraviz and Yousef.  While SBTRKT curates and headlines the Saturday bringing us an african beat with the voice of an angel to assist. Four Tet, Caribou, Pariah and XXXY are also on this very electrifying bill.

The weekend after hosts possibly my favourite night, Bugged Out! On the 12^th October, with Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, Eats Everything, Fake Blood, Space Dimension Controller, Erol Alkan and Green Velvet all under one roof! With so many huge names, I think I might just explode when I get in there. The Saturday welcomes a much bassier carte du jour, with Sub Focus, Benga, Doom and Shy Fx all playing at the Ape Birthday special.

The Friday sees Bloc Party take to the stage on the Friday with Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz and Paul Van Dyk playing to all the Trance fans on the Saturday. Friday 26^th October presents The Halloween special – curated by TEED, who will be stopping in as part of his UK tour. The 2 Bears, John Talabot and Drop The Mustard DJ’s are also set to trick and treat the guest’s with this truly spooky spectacular, making us scream with nothing but sheer excitement!

November starts off with an exciting night from Cocoon, expect some dirty underground vibes from the likes of Sven Vath, Ricardo Villalobos, Adam Beyer and Cassy. While the mainstream D&B and dubstep fans can expect one hell of a bass emporium with Chase & Status, DJ Fresh, Skream & Benga, Beardyman and Ms Dynamite playing till the early hours.

Thursday 8^th November hosts a one of performance from Animal Collective while the Friday offers a very electronic and experimental line up, Flying Lotus, Jamie XX, Illum Sphere and Hessle Audio are amongst some of the acts at the WHP X RBMA event. Saturday night is for all the progressive house lovers out there with Laidback Luke, Eddie Halliwell, Steve Aoki and Sandro Silva set to take the night up up up and away!

Next weekend see’s things get heavy again with Hospitality presenting a drum and bass fuelled night with the likes of Netsky, Andy C & GQ, High Contrast and Camo & Krooked. Then knocking it down a post or two, Hot Creations Presents Paradise see’s deep house daddy; Jamie Jones play alongside Maceo Plex, Kerri Chandler, Miguel Campbell and Danny Daze.

Another favourite to DMM, Annie Mac Presents is on for a winner with Justice, Disclosure, Annie Mac, Claude Von Stroke, Cats n Dogz, Justin Martin and Skream all in the bag. Can’t wait for this! While Saturday gets deep with the sounds of Orbital, Modeselektor, Julio Bashmore, Scuba and Blawan.

Getting cooler into December, the 8^th presents The Chemical Brothers in a no doubt captivating DJ set and the week after sees the ledged Fatboy Slim, join forces with some of the biggest names around. Pete Tong, Madeon, Basement Jaxx and Riva Starr join the king, for a fun night of funky beats. Crosstown Rebels host the last event on the calendar… but not the very last! With Damien Lazarus, Maceo Plex, Art Department, Amirali and Subb-An.

I could list names for days making us “eeee” with anticipation but you may as well check it for yourself over at www.thewarehouseproject.com where tickets can also be bought

Jess and Lauren

Creamfields 2012 Lineup?

The Creamfields team have announced that the sale of early bird tickets will close on Friday 2nd March and that the lineup will finally be announced for this years return of the award winning dance music festival.

In true Creamfields style, the lineup has been kept as a closely guarded secret but is being billed as the biggest and best festival yet. We have no doubts however that the usual crowd will be returning from trance legends Tiesto and Van Buuren, to Deadmau5, Pete Tong to Eddie Halliwell to the legends (and now unbelievably popular) trio from Sweden, that form the Swedish House Mafia  of Axwell, Seb Ingrosso and DMM favourite Steve Angello.

Will grammy award winning Skrillex be headlining in 2012? Will Deadmau5 be donning the infamous mau5 head in the Warrington rain? Will Kissy Sell Out be rocking the strongbow tent once again? Who would you like to see in an ideal line up? Comment below or on our Facebook page!

Whilst looking for more sets from Creamfields to share with you, more news, more downloads etc. We stumbled across a blog, related to the Swedish House Mafia at Creamfields. This blog was about an occasion when they in turn stumbled across a playlist on SoundCloud, with every single essential mix ever, to both play online and download. We are not going to coin this as our own, so a massive thank you to Pnutbutterjams.com for this link!

Essential Mix Db by +dB
Soundcloud Link: http://soundcloud.com/das-boy/sets/essential-mix/

Thanks go to: Das Boy

and  http://pnutbutterjams.com/tag/swedish-house-mafia-at-creamfields/

Armin Van Buuren

It’s that time of year again, from now until September 23rd, you can vote for your top 5 DJ’s or groups in the DJMag Top 100 of 2011. The annual event is incredibly popular the world over, with all the big name DJ’s fighting it out to be number 1. Armin Van Buuren, a Dance Music Manchester favourite, has been number one for a record breaking 4 years, with David Guetta and Tiesto trading places last year, putting Tiesto in 3rd and the Frenchman in 2nd.

Steve Angello was last year up 6 to 14th after a fantastic year with the Swedish House Mafia, with fellow mafia member, Seb Angello up 9 places to 16th. Who will you vote for this year? Will AVB retain his crown for a fifth year or will the success of David Guetta’s producing career help him topple the current King of the DJ’s?

Vote on the DJ Mag Top 100

The Warehouse Project, Manchester

So the new Warehouse Project season starts on September 17th with 16 weeks of partying, which unfortunately will mark the end of the legendary Store St venue after 5 years of raving in Manchester.

For those who don’t know about the Warehouse Project, WHP, they are an infamous series of club nights organised in Manhcester since 2006. It runs from September through to New Years Day each year plus occasional one off dates such as Bank Holiday weekends. It began operations in the disused Boddingtons Brewery in Strangeways, and has since moved into the Store Street venue under Picadilly train station, in a former air raid shelter, with original bare brick arches and very limited changes to give the Warehouse Project an absolutely awesome, dirty, underground rave feel.

The lineup this year is as solid as ever, with some nights already sold out. Dance Music Manchester highlights would include Armin Van Buuren headlining on the 30th September, Calvin Harris, Felix Da Housecat and Japanese Popstars on the 7th October and one the DMM lads have already booked tickets for is Carl Cox / Sven Vath on the 21st October, definitely not one to be missed.

Full listings for The Warehouse Project can be found on the WHP website.