Posts in ‘2008’

You’ve probably passed that tiny turquoise blue Japanese novelty shop called Nasty Nip on North Road and wondered “how do they stay open?” What surprises most people to learn is that the shop has been there for the past six years, owned by the sweet and charming 30-something Yota and his two Shiba-Inu dogs Mango [...]

Orbital went out in style with a dazzling show at 2004’s Glastonbury and now it looks as if it’s time for a return.
After working on various solo projects, brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll have confirmed that they are reforming Orbital and will be playing at the Big Chill Festival in August 2009.
Brighton’s Phil Hartnoll [...]

This Friday saw the opening of Flawless Kicks on Bond Street in Brighton’s North Laine.
The store takes over from “Fruit Fix”, the smoothie shop that recently went out of business. Who needs to pay for overpriced fruit juice anyway? We all know fruit is so last year, especially with all the crunching of credit which [...]

A strange night: we had just come from the Flawless Kicks store opening and going home seemed premature. Fancying a change, we decided to pass Digital for something different – Bez, the dancer from the Happy Mondays and Peter Hook the bassist from Joy Division / New Order.
I’m not going to say too much about [...]

[ December 31, 2008 11:00 pm to January 1, 2009 5:00 am. ]

With the end of the year approaching fast we have our first NYE listing – it comes in the form of turntablist DJ Yoda. Yoda first came to our attention with his 2002 cut and paste series, mixing, scratching and layering various clips and sound effects. It’s pretty clear he milked that venture, releasing disks [...]

The guys at Supercharged are chuffed to find out their Brighton based club night is the only breaks night nominated in DJ mag’s “Best Of British” poll. Go on support this local night, even though most of these awards are rubbish, it’s nice to have something for your achievements and these guys deserve it. So [...]

[ November 20, 2008 10:00 pm to November 21, 2008 3:00 am. ] Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac hits Brighton beachfront club Digital with very very special guests, the ultra-mysterious hyped up producer Fakeblood, with live performances from UK’s disco sweatheart Little Boots and Italian disco maestros Heartbreak performing live, along with Doorly.

Wanna win up to $6000 in cash prizes? 2008’s Grammy nominated electronic duo Justice are celebrating big time – and they’re giving their fans a piece of the action with their YOU WERE GREAT IN 2008 contest.
The duo are celebrating the NYC premiere and soon-to-launched DVD/CD “A Cross the Universe”, in which every second of [...]

[ December 12, 2008 11:00 pm to December 13, 2008 4:00 am. ]

It’s time again for Brighton to welcome two of the kings of breakbeat, Dominic Butler and Mark Yardley, AKA The Stanton Warriors. Over the years they have given us some fantastic nights and this should be no different.

12/12/08

[ November 7, 2008 11:00 pm to November 8, 2008 5:00 am. ] Underground House & Techno in Brighton, first Friday of every month. No gimmicks! Music for your head as well as your feet. Joining residents Cedric Maison & Paul Church are 2 of the biggest contributors to the Brighton underground.