Sound Control – Fundamental

On Saturday night, Sound Control plays host to Fundamental, “born out of one common purpose: to bring the techno we all know and love to Manchester.  No egos, no rules, no gimmicks – just thumping bass for your fist-pumping pleasure.”

As a regular at Cocoon, Fabric, Berghain and Tresor, Cari Lekebusch will be a welcomed act at Sound Control this Easter for an intimate night of deepest, darkest, fundamental techno alongside Kerrie, Lucy Ironmonger, Hew, and Moriarty, along with Manchester’s very own Gemma Furbank.

Tickets £10 + Bf

Warehouse Project – Kaluki

For their third night over the Easter Weekend, the Warehouse Project have brought together an awesome array of rave favourites to have rooms 2 and 3 bouncing. With Maya Jane Coles, Eats Everything and Subb-An leading the charge for this sell-out event you know Saturday will be huge. Supported by WHP “super-resident” Krysko (our title for Krysko, a legend in his own rights), Horatio, Pirate Copy, Pete Zorba, B_Deep, AJ Christou and Flux Groove the music will be top notch.

As one of the coolest venues around, Victoria Warehouse should provide an awesome atmosphere in the converted warehouse building, with very reasonable drinks prices.

Warehouse Project on Facebook

Venus – Bitch with Kryder and Will Gold

As one of the most popular house nights in Manchester, Bitch returns for it’s Easter special with DMM favourite, the Manchester DJ turned global superstar, Kryder. Donning his infamous visor sunglasses, Kryder will be tearing the main room apart with some epic big-room house music. Alongside Will Gold and the awesome Bitch residents, Saturday night at the Blackfriar Road venue will be one to remember.

A night to wear your favourite dress but then rave until 6am (officially) alongside one of the friendliest, bounciest, welcoming crowds in the Manchester club scene. Keep an eye out for B3AST, a big-room act that we predict huge things for in the near future. With reasonably priced drinks, great bar staff and a cracking venue, we believe this is the place to be on Saturday in the city centre.

Bitch on Facebook
Venus the Club on Facebook

For students who are serious about bass and heavy house, who want a night purely about this (plus decent priced-drinks), the guys behind Rum & Bass may have the answer. Launching on 2nd February, Antwerp Mansion, the former Belgian embassy-turned-squatters-mansion will be transformed, every other Saturday, into a haven for bass heavy house lovers, offering surprise additions and appearances from guest DJ’s.

Rum & Bass

We were chuffed and intrigued when we got a tweet from the guys at Rum & Bass (@RumNBassMCR) inviting us to come down for the opening night. The Gig Room is all about Rum & Bass residents and the best MC’s, with the best tracks from Julio Bashmore, Disclosure, Eats Everything, Mark Knight, Jamie Jones and many more.

Over in The Ball Room, you’ve got ‘The Best of Bass Music – Exposure DJ’s Takeover’ with popular tracks by the likes of Redlight, Sub Focus, Netsky, Magnetic Man and Rudimental, to name but a few.

This all sounds well up our street and it’s good to see a venue outside of the city centre putting on what is expected to be a decent night for music. This fits in with the ethos of Antwerp Mansion, a renovation project striving to turn a beautiful but run-down Victorian Mansions into a music, art and photography haven. This fortnightly Saturday night event looks like it’ll help the venue achieve this for music, bringing in students and those passionate about house/bass.

Launch night poster

So, if you like the sound of a ‘strictly bass heavy’ night at a unique venue out of town and fancy something a bit alternative, come down and join us at the launch of Rum & Bass…we’ll be the ones at the front starting a DMM Dance Off most likely!

Saturday 2nd February @ Antwerp Mansion, 9pm – 3am
Website: rumandbassmanchester
Tickets: Fatsoma website

Last week, a friend of mine asked the Dance Music Manchester team, “where’s good on a Thursday night for house music?“ During term time, when all the uni students are around, it’s an easy answer, here’s a list, choose one… so to speak. However, during the summer, we struggled for a minute.

Then I remembered a poster that Jess and myself had seen at the Black Dog Ballroom, advertising a night called Transpennine Express with Warehouse Project resident Krysko, Will Tramp and Luke Unabomber. Being fans of Krysko’s after years of unbelievable parties at the Warehouse Project, we figured it surely has to be a good night, so headed down to the Northern Quarter to check it out.

We made it to the Black Dog Ballroom quite early, hoping to having a quick chat with the guys involved, a few chilled beers and see what the score was. Considering I had to leave for work at 730 the next morning, we were not expecting a heavy one. What a mistake that was! 

Jess and her friend Kaylie joined myself around 1030 and the bar was full of nicely dressed, relaxed, happy looking people enjoying a relaxed mid-week beer. The BDBR is perfect for this in the evenings so why not? However, as Krysko started his set at about 11, the bar substituted some of its relaxed audience for people who wanted to dance to some decent house music in the city. By 12 / 1230, the appeal of Krysko’s music had drawn in a good, friendly crowd,  seemed up for a laugh and a dance.

The strict but polite door team kept out any muppets, staggering from the locals after last orders, the bar staff served relatively well priced drinks, quite quickly too considering it was busy,  to those wanting to chill and Jagerbombs to those wanting to party and the DJ was playing great music. Perfect start to the evening so far.

The pool tables were packed, the bar area was full but relaxed and the dance floor was busy enough to dance like there’s no work tomorrow but not so busy you couldn’t move. So, in true DMM style, Jess, Kaylie and myself pulled out some ridiculous shapes enjoying the variety in Krysko’s very well thought out set, perfect for the crowd, using his experience across many venues around Europe to provide an awesome, after hours atmosphere in the Northern Quarter.

We can’t really fault the Black Dog Ballroom’s Thursday house night, Transpennine Express, it had everything you would need for a casual beer with friends, pool tables if you wanted a bit of competition, good bar staff, a brilliant crowd of happy party-goers throwing their best moves on the dance floor and awesome DJ’s that would keep you dancing all night.

In fact they did, we left at about 4ish, happy and smiling but then having to go home for 2 hours sleep before work on Friday morning. Worth it? Hell yeah! Might have to nip down for a “chilled out beer or two” this Thursday.

Transpennine Express is held every Thursday at the Black Dog Ballroom in the Northern Quarter, (underneath Afflecks) and is free entry. Massive thank you to Tom, the team at the BDBR and Krysko for hosting a perfect mid-week session. 

Check out the BDBR on Twitter or view their website for more information!

Welcome to The Warehouse Project and what a welcome it is! With some of the hottest DJs making a very special end to September.

With the line up announced just a couple of days ago, the excitement is running through my finger tips as I write this and think about what exactly is to come on the evening of Saturday 29th September. With nothing but bad weather and bleak surroundings over the past weeks this surely did spice things up for a lot of us.

After his recent trip to Manchester’s Sound Control for his “Don’t break your love tour” in January, we couldn’t keep him away! Our friend Nicolas Jaar headlining at the #WHP12 opening weekend! What a way to end his recent trip around Europe in our very our Manchester!

Jaar will be making an appearance with several big names, one of which will always steal my heart, Maceo Plex. After recently seeing him DJ at Parklife and not moving from the Crosstown Rebels‘ tent for his whole set, I’m really looking forward to what cheeky tricks he pulls out the decks. Maceo Plex completely took off with his new album “Life Index” back in 2011. How we he top it off this year?

Warehouse Project 2012 - New Venue

Having not yet made it to the new venue in Old Trafford, I am excited to see what this space has to offer. Instead of hearing whisperings from friends of “massive new rooms” and “epic chill out areas” compared to the previous Store Street venue (RIP). The venue has had since Easter to re-cooperate and re-vamp itself all over again for the massive night that’s ahead of us.

Maya Jane Coles takes the stage with a back-to-back set with the German spirits of Heidi to accompany her. MJC was last at WHP on the Easter Sunday, and let’s keep it catholic and say oh god did she smash it then. As described by our writer James:

“Kicking the hell out of Manchester in her incredible set.” James, DMM

I definitely will be there, front row to see this sexy little minx. Don’t expect yodelling from the hilltops from Heidi but her bringing a dirty bounce to the female double act, adding a real mix to the B2B set.

With my experience from previous trips to The Warehouse Project you can expect to see a real combination of people and you will end up meeting some real west heads. Make sure you don’t make the error of wearing white pumps or shoes that you have any liking for, as you won’t be wearing white pumps once you leave. To the ladies: no flimsy clothes,  short skirts or dresses as you want to be wearing something you can move in – as you will definitely be doing a lot of it!

Get there early if you want to catch the early sets:

• Four Tet (DJ Set)
• Ben Klock
• Julio Bashmore
• 
Scuba
• Joy Orbison & Jackmaster B2B
• 
Jacques Greene
• Andrew Weatherall
• Soul Clap
• Justin Robertson
• Bicep
• Krysko
• Greg Lord

Hopefully Seth Troxler will get as involved with the crowd just as much as he did back in 2010 at the WHP when he was doing some crazy dance moves on stage with Jamie Jones. With Troxler’s musical influences hailing from the whirring of spaceships and the chirping of crickets, I wonder how many grasshoppers he will pull out of the bag!

The tickets are now on sale priced at £25 so it’s well worth opening your wallets for. Gets yours here:

http://warehouseproject.ticketline.co.uk/tickets/13272659

With such an impressive line up, its hard not to miss and so it begins, the 83 day countdown to The Warehouse Project 2012.

Don’t get lost!
If you haven’t been to the new venue yet, check out our simple guide on how to get to the Warehouse Project’s new venue in Trafford Park!

The team behind The Warehouse Project have literally just announced the lineup for the launch weekend of WHP12, on the 28th / 29th September.

An incredible array of DJs, with the Rinse 18th Birthday starting proceedings on the Friday, including Katy B, Skream, a DMM favourite Diplo and 30+ other acts. Not bad for £22.50 a ticket!

The Saturday 29th September holds the, “Welcome to the Warehouse” party, with Nicolas Jaar headlining alongside Seth Troxler, Maya Jane Coles & Heidi B2B, Maceo Plex / Four Tet (DJ Set), Ben Klock, Julio Bashmore, Scuba, Joy Orbison & Jackmaster B2B, Jacques Greene, Andrew Weatherall, Soul Clap, Justin Robertson, Bicep, Krysko and Greg Lord.

The full season of Warehouse Project’s events will be announced on Wednesday 25th July at 9am, watch this space!

Buy Tickets for The Warehouse Project 2012 launch weekend for both the Friday and Saturday and we’ll see you at the Warehouse!

Warehouse Project 2012 Opening Weekend Lineup Announcement