Like dog years, club nights age in a similar fashion. Following this logic, you’d think that breaks night Slackers Convention, after seven years of creating fun and mayhem, might call it a day?

No. The breaks party lovers ran a messy birthday bash in Whitechapel’s Rhythm Factory in early August, followed by an all-dayer two weeks later at Brighton’s Worlds End, sandwiched of course in between the heavy festival season.

Eager not to let the momentum go, the start to the autumn sees Slackers bring two breaks stalwarts for their September night at the Volks – Russian breaks DJ, producer and promoter Lady Waks and Neurodriver aka Dom Smart, one-half of breakbeat act Far Too Loud, who recently split this year. Lady Waks swept up the 2009 Breakspoll Best Breakthrough Producer so it’s a good year to catch the goodness.

With guests and residents: Pav & LuQas, Dirtbomb, Loop De Ville, Sidius, Stebo, and Biggsey and The Don (Cut Loose)

Slackers Convention: Saturday 26 September @ Volks, 11pm – 4am. £4 b4 12, £5 after

[ Pre club drinks at Hectors House, where Playgroup are doing bands, silly rapping and stuff. 8pm til 2am. Free. more on facebook.]

Mean Poppa Lean

This Bank Holiday Sunday, Allied Beats invite you to join them at Audio for an all building take-over like no other. Three party crews (The Slackers Convention, Electric Playboys & Flawless crews)  present 10 hours of pure unadulterated FUN FUN FUN, with a BBQ 6-9pm to boot.

On the live music front, it’s all Brighton baby: chickens come home to roost for the former Skint darlings Lo-Fidelity AllStars, who will be celebrating the launch of 3rd album “Northern Stomp” in June; tongue-in-cheek music nickers the Kleptones, and funk outfit  Mean Poppa Lean.

On the DJ front, the night promises breaks-o-plenty with Breakspoll-winner Hexadecimal (Scott) and Junior Hacksaw returning to Slackers Part Deux, along with Loop De Ville, Statikedge (Flawless) , Dirtbomb, Pav & Lucas (Slackers/Brap FM), Granted (Electric Playboys), Dan Sampayo (Electric Playboys), Gildror, Phat Pants (Electric Playboys), Del Gazeebo, and Broken Headfones.

Plus circus style treats from Pyrosym and visuals from Finkfunk .

Allied Beats, Sunday 12 April 2009, 6pm-4am, tickets £10 advanced from Flawless Clothing, Kensington Gardens (01273) 688484 & Rounder Records (01273) 325440

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