House of Techno Highlights November 2007

As the old saying goes, AAAACCCCIIIIIIEEEED Muthafuuucka! Or something to that effect. DJ Pierre celebrates acid in all its glorious forms by thrashing hell out of the Soundhaus system on 10 November. Often credited with inventing the squelchy genre through his use of the Roland Tb303, DJ Pierre certainly penned some of the first trax, along with chaps like Phuture, Spanky etc. Well worth checking out(11pm-4am, £9/£11).

If you're on the east coast you can get your ears around some quality acid and spazz out to 808 State and DMX at Studio 24's new night Clutter House on 2 November. Clutter House is all about old rave, i.e. being spangled and dressing in hideous neon, but that shouldn't stop you getting down to see Guy Called Gerald and the rest of the merry 808 bunch. If you managed to miss all that, the next week sees Le Chic of International Deejay Gigolos fame playing out at Kontrol. Two launch nights with two utterly devastating guests (11pm-3am, £10/£8 both nights).

For something a bit bassier, Get down to Benga at The Art School for another Fortified session on 9 November (11pm-3am, £5/£7/£8). If you caught him at Kinky Afro last year, you'll know how punishing it'll be. Meanwhile, How's Your Party continue to make Friday mornings irrelevant by bringing Spektrum up to rock the dancefloor on 15 November (£6 adv). Bassy and nasty, this is worth getting to. If you're broke and still gagging for great music, Seiji (Sonar Kollectiv / Bugz In The Attic) plays at the Ivy Weekender on 3 November (free entry). The Ivy's providing more and more impressive music every weekend and it's always free.

For home listening, check out the new Subcity schedule which launched in October (subcity.org) for the best new and specialist music shows you can listen to again and again. Alternately, pick up thy pod and walk, as Damien Lazarus provides a weekly fix of great music and rubbish chat on Lazpod (www.damienlazarus.com).

In the capital, there is no excuse for missing Black Strobe on Wednesday 7 November at Cabaret Voltaire (11pm-3am). A full live set from the Godfathers of sleazy electro at only £4 or £3 members? Get down. Then on 16 November see Ivan Smagghe doing a similarly Parisian set for Access at The Cab, at £10/£8 a pop (11pm-3am). Ambassador, you are spoiling us.