Posts in ‘2010’

[ September 11, 2010 11:00 pm to September 12, 2010 5:00 am. ] Blackbox is proud to present the techno baron that will never be part of the establishment, the legendary talent that is Dave Clarke! With skills on the decks that are unsurpassed he’s a true dance music pioneer, constantly looking for new ways to deliver sounds to the people.

Photo from: westbrightonbeach.net
So the police have finally done it – they stopped one of the last remaining free parties on Brighton beach, Black Rock. That is except Fatboy Slims’, which I don’t think is happening either.
Black Rock was the alternative party to all the Pride after hour clubs and bars, running every year for a [...]

Donky Pitch is back yet again with another heavy hitting night of high quality electronic beat mastery.  This one is their 1st Birthday Party so all the stops have been pulled and the holds certainly are not barred!  With a line up consisting of various members of the Donky extended family as well as a [...]

[ May 16, 2010; 1:30 am to 6:00 am. ] Carl will be playing a four hour freestyle set, encompassing music old and new from all areas of his musical spectrum – so expect jazz, hip-hop, disco and funk alongside his fabled techno-house sound.

Not Avon Barksdale from 'The Wire'
New Brighton night Beat Redemption has sure got me excited about their next event in March. The inaugural one at the back end of January was a stonking success with a packed out crowd shovelling the deepest depths of bass marshalled by Hyperdub’s Kode9 and [...]

As far as clubs go in Brighton, Ben Gill and team have held on to their reign at the Ocean Rooms for a good run. Though no one thought it would crumble down the way it has. Following a death at the venue on New Year’s Day, the venue was shut by the council and put up for sale by the owners.

[ February 18, 2010 10:00 pm to February 19, 2010 2:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_3360" align="aligncenter" width="486" caption="Debruit"][/caption]

The Donky Pitch crew return for 2010 with another line-up blending hip-hop, dubstep and all things electronica which is both heavy on cutting-edge experimentation and also damn good fun to dance to!  They’ve lined up two live performances; headlining will be Paris-based Debruit and Brighton-based “Skwee” producer Boss Kite will play [...]

[ January 23, 2010 11:00 pm to January 24, 2010 4:00 am. ] There’s always at least one night that comes along in January, just when you thought ‘I’m not going out for at least another two pay cheques’ and ‘I really should rest up/drink less/stop blacking out’ and by the end of the month all of resolutions you made on the 1st seem stupid and pointless. It’s time to go out.

[ January 11, 2010 10:00 pm to January 12, 2010 2:00 am. ] A new year and a new night to hit our shores – Aka Aka Roar. They really seem to have hit the nail on the head with their concept: “Brighton has its fair share of dubstep nights, but AKA AKA ROAR is distinct, not only in the artists it welcomes on to the bill, but in its unrelenting attempts to provide a quality night of progressive music at a cheap price.”