Antony Christou's clubbing guide
With the dust settling from the blowout that was Halloween weekend, it's time to pull yourselves together and hit the road for another weekend of musical exploration and over-indulgence.
As always Friday has plenty to offer, Amusement 13 looks to be a good first stop where local Drum & Bass veterans Break Thru bring Manchester's Soul:ution to town for the LSB album launch. There's a dream team lineup on offer; LSB, Calibre, Marcus Intalex and northern wordsmith DRS covering the main room, while room 2 hosts 'Birmingham's Exemplary' a hand-picked cream of the crop of local talent covering everything from reggae to techno.
Time Tunnel has some alternative flavours on offer at Tunnel Club, grab your dancing shoes for an evening full of disco funk and soul antics! Local underground talent will be providing the positive vibrations all night long so shop local! For those feeling the funk and soul there's alternative options available Friday night with The Hare and Hounds hosting The Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul Festival Presents Smoove and Turrell. Expect even more funky beats and sensual grooves as the pair hit Brum as part of their Crown Posada album tour.
Rainbow's got something for those with dirtier tastes. Get Together is back and to start their season off they've brought Grime and UKG king Spooky to lead proceedings. Two turntables and a nuclear arsenal of dubplates are the only weapons this man needs to get a dance going off and with two hours to play with you can be assured Spooky's got something special up his sleeves.
Saturday's pickings are slimmer, but with Bonfire Night taking centre stage it's easy to see why. There's still some good lineups though, It Dat has got a tonne of Jungle DJs down for and old school rinse out at the Fixxion Warehouse in Wolverhampton with 1xtra's Bailey and V Recordings bossBryan Gee bringing their expertise to the turntables. Meanwhile in Cannock there's more Jungle on offer at Quartz where local label Musik Hertz brings their Ten Years tour to town with Twisted Individual and Bassman at the helm.
Back in Birmingham, 02:31 have got The Rainbow for the evening and their policy for the night is UKG, House and Grime. Providing the bass are DJ Q, Tom Shorterz and El-B. Expect an extended set from DJ Q, giving him plenty of time to lead you on a musical journey across the many flavours of the underground bass sound.
The Hare and Hounds round the weekend off with a mellow musical experience. Soulful House and Deep Electronica will be filling the place with Bruk Up in residence. They've got Minnie Dipple, Flash G & Mr Tibbz at the controls to keep the grooves going till 2am.
One more weekend down and only 8 left this year! Make the most of it and I'll be here next week to make sure your time off hits the right note!
