Posts Tagged ‘lee smith’

The Field delivered a cracking early show at Brighton’s Audio on Wednesday. So much so that it left me feeling annoyed at having to go home in preparation for work the next day. It’s sad I know but the pain of midweek adventures outweighs the pleasures these days. This would have been a perfect Friday / Saturday slot filler… the hour long gig could have so easily have fitted into an entire night.

Kliks – Brighton’s original stripped back techno night will be hosting an event at this year’s Beachdown Festival. Famed for bringing some of the main players of minimal techno to Brighton, they return with another stunning lineup. Started in 2003 by Brighton based journalist Lee Smith, Mark Lerman and Tom Ridsdale their events soon gained a level of notoriousness. Kliks started before the “minimal” media hype and wasn’t led by jumping on to trends.

… used the oppertunity to show us his darker side of harder edge techno and new album “Hard Islands”. It’s a shame about the promotion, there could have been an excellent atmosphere if there were more people. Overall some fantastic techno and great blurpy noises that sadly seemed to echo in a sparce room…

[ May 8, 2009; 2:00 am; May 9, 2009 11:00 pm to May 10, 2009 4:00 am. ] There is a vicious rumor that some serious quality techno will be hitting Brighton this weekend. Nathan Fake, pretty boy and manipulator of dials and synths will be showcasing his new album “Hard Islands” on Friday night at JAM, previously known as the Water Margin and Sumo or whatever it was called the last time you ventured down the stairs.

[ January 1, 2009; 3:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Dave Mothersole (MOS/Swag), Lee Smith (Kliks), Makai (Product/Stealth/Nottingham), Paul Church (High Society), Magnus Asberg (On The House/Positive), Cedric Maison (Hyper Colour), Dudley Strangeways (BTTF/Wobble/Stealth Nottingham), Adam Ryan (Lovestick), Aaron Snapes (Asuca/Rapture Loughborough)

[ 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.

I’m a list person. I must be the only person on the planet who compares the Guardian’s list of Top 100 books with the books I’ve actually read and secretly enjoys watching those shit programs on tv like VH-1’s “Top 50 Music Videos” and “Top 50 Most Embarassing Celebrity Moments”.
So when end of the year [...]

Photo by Marek Richter
Lee Smith: A permanent fixture on Brighton’s party scene, Lee Smith is one of the UK’s foremost supporters of minimal house and techno. Cutting his teeth at Eddie Richard’s famed Dy-Na-Mix DJ agency at the age of 16, he went on to bag a coveted position at Brighton’’s esteemed Covert Records upon [...]

Saturday 18th March 2006 – Kliks Pres. Kompakt – Dj Koze, The Modernist, Lee Smith
I must say when following the line ups of Dj’s in previous Kliks events I thought it hard to out do themselves, but the bar was firmly raised several notches when this week saw a unique piece of Hamburg take the [...]