Juan Maclean launches new live project

Juan Maclean will be performing a special audio/visual live show at Berlin's Scala on Thursday 20th November.

His 'Love Acid' project is a collaboration with Alison Childs, who is the resident video artist for the Berlin's Donuts night. Dubbed as a "psychedelic visual live acid disco house party", Juan will provide a set of live analogue audio which will be supplemented by Childs' video projections. Fellow DFA artist Gavin Russom will also be performing live under his Black Meteoric Star guise, lugging his bank of machines over to Scala to provide a set of dark and psychedelic acid. As if that wasn't enough, both Plastique De Rêve and Juan Maclean will DJ at what's sure to be one of the hottest parties happening in Berlin this week.

Nov 20 New Project Debuts By Juan Maclean & Gavi.., Scala, Berlin

DJ Page: Juan Maclean

BPM Festival announces initial line-up

January's BPM Festival has announced the initial names on its line-up, including current RA podcaster Lee Burridge and Damian Lazarus.

BPM takes place in the Playa del Carmen region, which is located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Of course, they'll be making the most of the tropical location, hosting daytime beach parties for each of the ten days before moving the music into the clubs with a load of top DJs. The full bill is yet to be revealed, but they have currently announced that Lee Burridge, Sander Kleinenberg, Damian Lazarus, Steve Lawler and M.A.N.D.Y. will all be making appearances.

The festival runs from January 2nd-11th, so if you need to wash those New Year's blues away with some sun, sand, sea and beats, there are worse places to be than BPM.

Jan 02 Bpm Festival, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Snowbombing announce initial line-up

Austria's Snowbombing festival is now one of the biggest events in the festival calendar, and it has just released its line-up for 2009's bash.

As with previous years, the line-up has an incredibly wide range of acts for your delectation. Whether you're into house, techno, disco, dubstep or drum & bass, there'll be plenty for you to check out over the course of the week long event. The organisers have got their cheque book out and managed to secure Fatboy Slim for a rare headline set, while elsewhere you can hear DJ sets from Grandmaster Flash, James Zabiela, Claude VonStroke, Nic Fanciulli, Greg Wilson, Reverso 68, Lindstrøm, Chase & Status, High Contrast, Skream, Benga and many others. For those sick of seeing DJs, the live line-up is bigger than ever this time around, with artists booked including Dizzee Rascal, Beardyman and The Whip.

There's so much going on during the week that it doesn't seem like there'll be much time for anyone to go skiing. Just make sure that you don't inadvertently go whizzing down a slope after a few too many!

Mar 29 Snowbombing, Mayrhofen, Austria

DJ Page: Fatboy Slim

• Upcoming dates
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Richie Hawtin headlines The End

M_nus boss Richie Hawtin is set to headline The End on Saturday 27th December.

Unless he gets booked to play again before the West London club closes its doors for good on 24th of January (which is not impossible, but unlikely), this will be the last time that you'll have the chance to see Hawtin at The End. M_nus will be taking over the main room with Richie taking the headlining slot, with a supporting cast yet to be announced. After the disastrous sound problems that plagued the main room of the Contakt event at SEOne, fans will be thankful that M_nus' next visit to the capital will take full advantage of The End's more than adequate soundsystem.

The night won't be all bleepy minimal techno, however, as Layo and Mr C will be playing all night in the AKA Bar. With the club closing less than a month after this event, you can be sure that the two co-owners will be making the most of their time left in the venue.

• Reviews
• Minus presents Contakt at SEOne
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• Upcoming dates
• Nov 28 Richie Hawtin 2008 World Tour..
• Nov 29 Richie Hawtin at Aura Club
• Nov 30 Pd056 Richie Hawtin at Moroccos
• Dec 06 Minus presents Contakt at TBA

• Dec 27 M_nus, The End, London

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DJ Page: Richie Hawtin

Circuit party all night long

London club night Circuit have announced a new afterparty for clubbers that haven't partied enough come 4am, starting off this coming Sunday morning.

Their new venture, entitled Circuit AM, will take place straight after their regular night at Home, starting this weekend. Situated just around the corner from Home, the venue for Circuit AM will be the cosy Platinum club, which will open until 11am each Sunday. Mulletover's Geddes will be the first to make the most of the night's extended hours, with appearances later this month from Secret Sundaze resident Giles Smith, Luna City Express and Afrilounge.


Nov 22 Circuit AM: Giles Smith
Nov 29 Circuit AM: Afrilounge
Dec 06 Circuit AM: Hector
Dec 13 Circuit AM: Electricsex
Dec 20 Circuit AM: Gavin Herlihy