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Wednesday night saw the unveiling of the artrepublic winner of the Art of Hope competition, Archi Ram, with his witty entry of Bob Hope on a ten pound note. He was one of three finalists including Jimi Jugio and Toad who were whittled down from over 120 entries via social media platform Flickr, a massive success and great quality entries that made choosing the winner a testing task by local, established artists Hutch and Graham Carter.

Brighton Race Course found itself with a very diverse bar full of attendees on Saturday and Sunday as an abundance of ink covered guys and dolls descended on the city for this annual event. The tattoo convention features:
170 of the best artists from the UK and Europe’s finest tattoo studios are joined by guests from [...]

Photos by Patrycja Gawejko
We bring you a few photos of Audio’s Monday night special with Norman Cook. Cook was joined on the decks by secret guest, ex underworld member, Darren Emerson. The promoters have previously booked Emerson to play for a one off party at the Concorde and have featured artists from his Underwater records [...]

Photos by Mary Pryce
Plump DJs, Zinc and Brighton’s hardcore give 2 fingers to the detox – Concorde 2 16/01/09
A visit from the Plumps to Brighton is always greeted with an air of great expectation, excitement and a warm welcome. Brighton has been at the forefront of pioneering breaks, artists and DJs for years with [...]

Here are some shots from the Stanton Warriors at the Concorde 2. This night was also the supposed Brighton Fusion x-mas party, about time we had one since our formation in 2004. A great night had by all – ears still feeling the pain. The bellow is an article which Fusion’s Amy Riley did for Trash Menagerie.

Photos by Mary Rhiannon Pryce
Doll and the Kicks: the lead singer is as cute as a doll, and the band certainly kick ass, enough so to take away from the fact that we were in the Providence – one of the few true dives left in Brighton. O yes sticky carpets to boot.
Doll and the [...]

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 [...]

I left the country to see Jeff Mills once; he never turned up, now finally I got my chance.
“a complete mistake…like George Clinton and Kraftwerk caught in an elevator, with only a sequencer to keep them company.” Is how Derrick May once described Detroit techno. The fusion of genres, technology and experimentation gave birth to [...]

Photos from the latest Big Beach Boutique featuring The Whip, Layo and Bushwacka, Danny Tenaglia, Beardyman and JFB, Fatboy Slim.

Photos by Marek Richter.

I’ve not written much recently, thinking about it, I’ve not really been out too much at all. Push aside a few special nights, a techno fest in Germany and generic drinks I’ve been a bit of an old man. Since the demise of our regular beloved Stompa Phunk some months back, I’ve had a slightly [...]