Review: Acetate 02/11/10
Acetate Loafah, Elgato & Billy Blanks Wire Tuesday November 2nd It’s old news that the art of DJing with vinyl is dying. Sales of physical media are falling across the board, independent record shops are being edged out by online retailers, laptop DJs are ten a penny, and every other interview with an electronic musician asks [...]
Review: Structure 05/11/10
Structure Mark Henning, Maetrik Stinky’s Peephouse Friday November 5th On Friday fireworks weren’t the only things causing sparks. For house and techno enthusiasts further celebration was in order. A new night named Structure at Stinky’s Peephouse had come to fruition, promising a fresh delivery of some serious bleeps and bass-line driven beats. It’s notoriously difficult to get [...]
Review: Jungle Jam 06/11/10
Jungle Jam Commix, Kenny Ken Beaverworks Saturday November 6th Jungle Jam – the clue’s in the name. As someone who proudly proclaimed in first year that ‘I bleed drum and bass’ (please, feel free to cringe with me) but had never visited a Jungle Jam event, Saturday was an overdue experience that transported me back to [...]
Writer’s Top 5
This week, one of our regular contributors Ishraaq Adams, gives us a few of his favourite tunes. A great selection of house, techno and electronica is exhibited here, so be sure to check these out and support the artists. What do you think of these tracks? Email your thoughts and opinions to clubs@leedsstudent.org. The Hundred [...]
Review: Wax:On 12/11/10
Wax:On Fake Blood, Clouds, Bowski Mint Club Friday 12th November A fervent crowd was baying for blood at The Mint Club on Friday night. No cause for concern though, they were only after the fake variety. Mint Club isn’t a stranger to big names in the electronic music scene and not many come bigger than [...]
Featured Review: System Presents Cocoon
Many of the world’s most successful nights have morphed from humble beginnings in a single city’s scene to globe-spanning brands. But is something getting lost in translation? Our writer Marc Rettig compares the Cocoon experience in his native Frankfurt to System’s Leeds-based import at Mint on Saturday 6th November. System presents: Cocoon Onur Özer, Johannes Heil, [...]
Review: Theo Parrish 12/11/10
Theo Parrish, David Martin The Wardrobe Friday 12th November The term ‘house music’ often conjures strong feelings amongst people who disregard it as purely generic and repetitive in nature. Yet this cover-all term masks the ingenuity and depth that lies within much of the lesser-known regions of the genre. From a background in sculpture, and [...]
Review: Booka Shade 11/11/10
Dirty Disco presents Booka Shade, 2020Soundsystem Motor City Drum Ensemble O2 Academy Thursday 11th November Treats like these are certain rarities. On Thursday night Leeds was host to one of the most profound, distinctive and original sounds around. Enter the maize that is the 02 Academy. After wandering the corridors and endless staircases, the cloakroom was found and when the [...]
Promoter Profile: mono_cult
Name? mono_cult Genre? House, Techno, Disco Where? 2nd Friday of the month @ Wire, Large events like NYD @ The Faversham When? Monthly Cost? £8 / 10 Most Memorable Moment/Set? Most memorable moment must be being asked to host the Red Box @ We Love Space, Ibiza this summer for the whole evening. This has [...]