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Zion Train InterviewWords by Tom Langleyphotos courtesy of Zion Train

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:29:48 +0000

Jump Around Music presents Zion Train live at Plug n Play Studios on 5th September alongside sound system dubsters Jah Lion Movement.

Tom Langley caught up with Zion Train’s founder and producer Neil Perch to find out about their recent movements, and get an insight into the adventures of the worlds most prolific Dub Reggae band.

All Crews – 2006 style!Reported by Mandi PeersBubble Jam’s resident bass addict

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:08:39 +0000

For an info-hungry raver like me, some great news – Drum & Bass magazine Knowledge are publishing an exclusive update by Brian Belle-Fortune, author of ‘D&B bible’ All Crews, on what’s been happening in D&B in 2006, both in the UK and abroad.

He covers a lot of ground: new artists, shops, websites, agencies, radio stations, live D&B bands, plus a bit of scene gossip, such as rivalry between clubs...

Now I Don't Feel So Old...But I've Opened Pandora's Boxby Do The Du

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:02:14 +0000

Who would have thought that a website could confer the power of youth? Yet Pandora has done exactly that for me. Until I discovered this site, I'd tend to listen to rather too much semi-obscure artrock from the '70s and '80s.

But suddenly this station is streaming music I like that was made in the 21st Century.

A Rum Do - Ay Carrumba!

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:31:31 +0000

Get ready for the explosive mixture of fringe theatre, cabaret and musical avangarde of titanic proportion as A Rum Do spectacular hits UK with its 3-day festival extravaganza. Originally born at the Edinburgh Festival as a cabaret comedy night and having been in high demand for shows last year A Rum Do is hosting its first ever 3-day event starting on 18 August amid stunning scenery around Baskerville Hall, birthplace of the Big Chill and famous for inspiring Arthur Conan Doyle to write “The Hound of Baskervilles.

The Knowledge Remix CompetitionWin Yourself A One-Page Interview!

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:15:01 +0000

The crew at Knowledge know that there is a growing number of beat junkies out there with the production skills to understand the difference between a sawtooth LFO and a high pass cut-off so they have devised the Knowledge Remix Competition to put those skills to the test.

The current issue K 83 available in shops now delves into the magic of music production with Digital Nation editor John Murray Hill (aka Don Jon “The Bastard”) giving you the lowdown on how to make a track by dissecting his latest offering, ‘Beatz Are My Armour.’

Rio Carnival is upon us but this time in Hackney!

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:56:35 +0000

This is your last chance to join festivities provided by undisputed masters of provocative glamour and eccentric entertainment: www.lostvagueness.com pack.

As part of the Spice Festival they will be hosting a carnival themed night at the Hackney Empire on Friday 14 July. This promises to be a spice infused night, with a heady mixture of live bands and intoxicating cabaret.

Lost Weekend goes AWOL = cancelled!

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:14:01 +0000

That must be a disappointment of the season for fans of high calibre glamour burlesque and absurd happenings but it is sadly true.

Lost Vagueness, organiser of the Lost Weekend festival scheduled for 23- 25 June at Powderham Castle, Devon, has confirmed that the Lost Weekend is now officially cancelled!

Lost with the vengeance!

Fri, 26 May 2006 21:14:55 +0000

Behold anyone who seeks variety and enlightenment in his partying life!
Lost Vagueness, the purveyors of provocative glamour and eccentric entertainment, are sailing off from Glastonbury with their very own, much anticipated festival extravaganza Lost Weekend taking place on 23 June in truly opulent surroundings.

Old Skool Awards 2006Reported by Epidemik.com

Tue, 09 May 2006 01:13:40 +0000

Well, you have seen trance, hard dance, drum & bass, hardcore & even garage awards over the years, but what about the music - now known as 'old skool’ - that started the whole bloody thing off?
Well, we didn’t and won’t forget!
From the summer of love 1988 acid house & illegal M25 raves through to early hardcore & breakbeat jungle and when rave crossed over from underground to commercial club and even the top 40 pop charts! The party's in the fields around the M25 may be long gone but the music & vibe remains strong and the revival scene has lasted longer than the scene itself.
Long live Old Skool and all the new party people who rave it up, even if it has fragmented somewhat, the original music & love will live on for a long time to come.
Award ceremony will be conducted on Sunday 28th May 2006 @ Koko (Camden Palace).

How to go record shoppingAdvice by Antony Lopez

Mon, 08 May 2006 23:48:36 +0000

So you want to be a DJ. Well guess what... you need records. By records we mean music, a recording. Be it on vinyl, CD, laptop, or wax cylinder. Downloads and such like will be dealt with elsewhere. For now we go back to basics, we are talking about the common or garden record shop. What happens when the green DJ Placenta walks through the door? What should he or she do? Just remember everybody has to start somewhere. Not all DJ's are born cool (that was intended to be ironic).

Stir it up!reported by Bubble Jam

Thu, 04 May 2006 06:19:01 +0000

The Glade Festival organisers have done it again, we may officially announce.
After two very successful outing and acquiring legendary mirth of very happy experiences, they pulled another trick from the hat. It is the first festival in living memory that almost sold out without announcing neither line up or location of the event. Only one thing is certain and that is the time when it takes place between 14 – 16 July somewhere in beautiful English county. Some kind of consolation it is.
Anyway we spoke to the organisers of the Glade Festival and they are not really keen on revealing any details as yet. There is a bet going around that they don’t know it themselves and frantically scratch their heads thinking what to do now.
In a meantime while you ponder who is performing at the festival as a taste of things to come there is something cooking in Vauxhall very soon.

Announcing imminent coming of Baboon! 24 March 2006

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:08:59 +0000

Oops!!

Hey dudettes and dudes
of all orientation!
(including muppets especially)

(inspired by dedicated Pinky)

We are not really good in marketing and self-promotion and there is always something more important than boasting about or so it seems but this time on insistence of friends, we would make an exception and proudly announce fabulous launch of the website – this is where you are now, hmm…

Solar Eclipse Festival starts soon

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:02:25 +0000

7-day Total Solar Eclipse Festival

27 March – 2 April 2006
Antalya
Turkey

Feeling adventurous? Looking for some spring sunshine? Want to partake in a major gathering of the tribes to witness three minutes and thirty seconds of solar eclipse ‘totality’ in a beautiful national park location in Turkey?

Unity Works reported by Corneilius

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:07:27 +0000

It does and in many ways that we are all discovering and re-discovering. One version of this journey of discovery is physically manifesting in a building (an old local Pub in Hackney Wick, East London, that had been abandoned for many years) in the form of a community centre for alternative minded people residing in the area. And as such it's is a welcoming place for any folk be they visitors to the area or passers by.

Soundjunction launches 18 October 2005

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:53:40 +0000

Interactive and inspiring online initiative takes young people on a journey of musical discovery

Over one hundred top musicians, teachers, students and music industry professionals have joined forces to help create a radical new website that allows young people to discover and interact with music on a brand new scale.