Concrete

By Ellie Stephens

It’s fast approaching my favourite holiday of the year… Halloween! It’s one of the only times looking a mess is acceptable and it’s also the perfect excuse to get the creative juices flowing (not that we need one anyway.) I’ve chosen the party, the hard choice now is whether to go the kinky Mean Girls route or pay tribute to MJ by taking the Thriller option. Either way the fake blood is coming out to play.

This year you will find Concrete at Mulletover’s annual debauched, Halloween party. The line up this year features three rooms of spellbinding music. Mulletover’s Room One features Steve Bug, resident Geddes and Seth Troxler. Let’s hope Troxler watch’s out for the bats! Resolute hosts Room Two sees Ewan Pearson, Glimpse, Elon and Nisekay take the stage. Man Make Music will be providing sounds in Room Three and you will be able to catch Renaissance Man, Cooly G and Love & Mercy.

This years extravaganza sold out in record time, we bought our tickets back in August because we were so excited about our favourite night of the year. If you were one of the unlucky people who didn’t get a ticket, there is nothing I can say to make the pain go away. On the bright side, the lovely people at Mulletover have taken this into consideration and are bringing you Halloween – Part II.

Part II will feature DJs from the night plus a number of secret guests and with high expectations from us all, I have faith the guys at Mullet won’t fail to disappoint. They have secured a secret venue that isn’t the Star of Bethnal Green. If the Star after parties are anything to go by, it’s going to be a banger.

Bring out your inner devil, make suicide look sexy or go for fun fancy dress, just make the effort because you definitely don’t want to be the only one not in costume. The best costume I spot on the night will get a gory gift from yours truly and we’ll post their picture on our homepage alongside the review.

Please note all tickets have now sold out for Halloween part I but information can still be found here:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?170623

For more information and for tickets to Halloween part II visit:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?198927

http://theransomnote.co.uk/tickets/

By Ellie Stephens

From Paris with Love, Ivan Smagghe will be hosting the next installment of London’s most personal parties, A Night With… With the success of previous parties with musical talent from around the world with the likes of Wolf and Lamb, Anja Schneider and Steve Bug, it was only fair that this legendary Frenchman was added to the line up.

Once known as Ivan Rough Trade from his days working in the record shop in Paris, he is now known not only as a DJ, but as a producer, selector and radio host and writer could also be added to that list and he recently started his own blog, A Few Things from Ivan Smagghe.

Described by Resident Advisor as a musical talent that ‘stands at the crossroads between glamorous Parisian hype,’ this man has had much practice pleasing customers over the years as his sound has become more regular on the London party circuit. On this night he’ll be taking over the evening’s programming providing music lovers with an eight-hour set ensuring for a truly personal experience. Expect dark, modern electronic beats and definitely expect to be blown away.

A Night With… Ivan Smagghe

Saturday 16^th October 2010

22-26 Farringdon Lane

EC1R 3AJ

For tickets and more information visit:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?190671

To catch up with Ivan’s latest blog posts visit:

http://afewthingsfromivansmagghe.blogspot.com

By Ellie Stephens

It’s our favourite time of year again… bank holiday! With no work on the Monday and an endless list of things to do where will you end up? The weather man has informed us that the rain will stop and the sun might put his party hat on but keep your rain coat at arms reach if you plan on stepping outside. The infamous Notting Hill Carnival promises to deliver spice, culture and creativity if you decide to head West. Make sure you pay a visit to the lovely Alice down at Cotton’s Islington food stall where you will find the most delicious Caribbean cuisine.

If you want to avoid the crowds but you are in the party spirit there are a number of daytime parties taking place in East London. Saturday we will be visiting Reset, a yard party held in Hackney Wick, Burnski is headlining and a number of brilliant local talent will be providing deep, soulful electronic grooves. The party starts at 4pm. See you in the Yard!

Sunday daytime sees Kubicle bringing the carnival to Brick Lane as they return to the Brick House. The fancy dress theme is carnival so we expect to see you with feathers and glitter galore. Kick off is 1pm DJs such as MEAT, Arnaud Le Texier and Jozif will be providing the tunes throughout the day and into the night as they take the party to Metropolis.

Eastern Electrics is where you will find the Concrete crew on Sunday night. Their bank holiday bonanza takes us south of the river to Union Street car park. For anyone who hasn’t been to this venue, it’s one of the most popular warehouse spaces in London, due to the amazing atmosphere that it always manages to sustain. There will be three rooms hosted by Mulletover vs. Kompakt Records, Dirtybird Records and Resident Advisor. Claude Vonstroke will be playing a very special set for the partygoers. Orbison, The Wighnomy Brothers and Mayer & Martin will also be delivering sets that will take us deep into the early hours of the morning.

We’ve made our point. Now all that’s left to say is… ‘Be there or be square.’

For more information on these events and tickets please see below.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?187289

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?185735

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?164678