Archives for August 2010

Ricardo Villalobos heads line up for 15 Hours of non-stop party.

Fabric London still holds the crown for UK venues, and it’s easy to see why with their non-stop party ethics. Saturday 21st August see’s the London favourite offering 15 hours of non–stop music. That’s right amigo’s, why pay to go to an after party in a dodgy back room with a naff PA when you […]

A Decade of Dubstep: The Past, Present & Future of the UK’s Hottest Dance Genre

Dubstep Roots… Dubstep is one of the fastest-growing, most quickly adopted genres of the past decade with its popularity and success soaring rapidly. Originally an underground movement of music in the wake of the decline of UK Garage and a distinct and conscious distancing of itself from more similar genres such as drum ‘n’ bass […]

Win La Roux Tickets

All Star Lanes launches the first of its new music night ‘All Star Presents’ at the flagship Brick Lane venue. Mercury & NME award winner LA ROUX will headline the launch night (on the 3rd September), guests will have the chance to bowl and boogie the night away to the star’s unrivalled DJ set – […]

Smack the Force Up.

Elite Force Smashes The Force Up. U&A head honcho and ‘tech-funk’ pioneer Elite Force certainly knows how to keep his fan base happy, with yet another storming free-to-download release. His Revamp series has seen a hoard of some of the best dance tracks old and new given the Elite force treatment, and alongside the massive […]

Raymundo Rodriguez

Summer 2010 Radio guest mixes by Raymundo Rodriguez Raymond Isaacs AKA Raymundo Rodriguez is the quintessential London underground House music DJ… Being an avid record collector of all kinds of music from a very young age helped him forge an acute understanding of what it takes to keep dance floors moving. The last decade has […]

Royksopp reveal interest in dolls

Scandinavian electro-poppers Royksopp have revealed a short film, ‘Adventures in Barbieland’, to the You Tube, Vimeo and TwitVid public ahead of their forthcoming album.

London to welcome Drumcode

Drumcode, Adam Beyer’s label, has announced details of a warehouse party on September 25th

Kinky Malinki at The White House

Kinky Malinki at The White House – SW4 After Party 65 Clapham Park Road, SW4 Sunday 29th August 2010 Bank Holiday Special, no work Monday! …8pm-4am Kinky Malinki return to The White House for a rare treat to coincide with the dance festival de jour, SW4. It has been said before that there is something […]

Lovebox present Booka Shade

German Electro House duo, Booka Shade perform a headline show at the HMV Forum, 9-17 Highgate Road in London’s Kentish Town on Friday 10th September 2010. Doors open at 8.00 pm The Berlin-based Booka Shade, comprising of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, leapt to the forefront of contemporary dance music in 2005 with their classic […]

House Masters by Copyright

As producers, songwriters and DJs, Copyright have been at the heart of Defected for a large portion of its history. Consistently touring the world as resident Defected In The House DJs their ears for what makes a tune and a dance floor rock are now some of the best in the business. Here are 20 […]