I'll be here tonight - mainly coz it's an ace night and I'm DJing for the second time in my life, woop woop. Here's the preview that ran in Metro as part of the clubs column on Thursday, apologies for the shameless plugging.
In the digital era of DJs mixing CDs and using laptops Size Doesn't Matter's policy of only spinning seven inch vinyl is a breath of fresh air. And over the last five years it's proved popular with public and DJs alike as respected names including Frank Tope, Mr Thing, Stu Patterson, and Pogo have jumped at the chance to join residents Mr Shiver, Si Kurrage, and Thor, and play an alternative set, dig deep into their collections and air 'big sounds with small records' with forthcoming guests include Bill Brewster, Fabric resident Craig Richards and X Press 2's Ashley Beedle. Tomorrow's Size Doesn't Matter, has a Valentines theme and features All India Radio spinning hopelessly romantic Bollywood 45s from the 1960s/1970s, and Hugo Mendez (Soundway Recordings and behind East London Latin warehouse parties) upping the ante with steamy Afro funk and Latin rhythms, with music from Ghana to Colombia via Togo to Colombia, and beyond.
I'd also like to go both You Don't Know and Stand And Point, but I ain't superhuman, so it's Size Doesn't Matter all the way, more info here:
Tonight, Size Doesn't Matter, Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green W12, 7pm to 3am, free before 8pm, £5 after (no entry 12.30am) £. Tel: 020 8749 2310. Tube: White City
Ninja Tune returns to London clubland with the quarterly You Don't Know, the label's first regular night since the days of Stealth. Whereas Stealth was at the compact, smart Bluenote, You Don't Know fills three floors of scuzzy, sprawling warehouse Electrowerkz, with a mind-boggling array of artists: the middle floor is Solid Steel and features beats and pieces cleverly threaded together by Strictly Kev (DJ Food), Coldcut's Jon More and Zero DB's incendiary beats, bleeps and bongos; the basement features Hackney producer Xrabit's experimental percussive, rowdy, retro beats, and Texam rappers DMG'. Upstairs Plastician navigates a path through dubstep and grime, while The Bug brings digi dancehall into the mix with Flowdan's (Roll Deep) bashy, patois flecked flow. Whether you chose top, middle or bottom, You Don't Know guarantees you've played your cards right.
Tonight, You Don't Know, Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street EC1V, Tel: 0870 060 0100. Tube: Angel
Music, fashion and lifestyle magazine, Notion begins a bi-monthly residency at Cargo with a line up of eclectic, cutting edge sounds: Seductively moody electronic indie duo The Black Ghosts (Simon Lord formerly of Simian Mobile Disco, and electro hero DJ Touche) headline, as fidget/thug house maestro Herve plays hip hop and dancehall flecked, jerking house, with support from Berlin trio Jahcoozi, who mash up grime and rap with glitchy electronica, bumping broken beat and anything sound that bubbles.
Tonight, Tomorrow, Notion, Cargo, Rivington Street EC1, 8pm to 4am, £10. Tel: 0870 060 0100.Tube: Old Street
This also looks good. Typically after my incessant moaning about having to trek to east London for decent nights, there's a kinda cool night less than ten minutes walk from my yard. But no I'm trekking to Shepherds Bush with a bag of records - no CDs for me - and Shepherds Bush tube is shut. Missions.
Tonight Southern Hospitality, featuring PA’s from Riz MC (www.myspace.com/rizmc) and the live debut of The Misphitz (www.myspace.com/themisphitz), DJs on the night: Dub & Frampster (Lady Sovereign's DJ),
Dex, 467-469 Brixton Road, 8pm til 4am, £5 before 10pm, £10 thereafter. Brixton SW9 8HH t: 0207 326 4455
