Lory D (live), Automat & Davey Red, Numbers vs Monox, Sub Club, Glasgow, 4 Jan

A great cure for the January blues, Numbers launch their monthly Sub Club residency with another Monox hook-up, in celebration of Lory D's (Rephlex) debut on Numbers' Wireblock label. An ex-DMC champion, he's been rocking crowds in excess of 10,000 in his Italian homeland (where he holds legendary status), since the early days of rave. The UK spotlight fell on his Sounds Never Seen label thanks to Rephlex's 2003 retrospective collection which gathered up all his hard-to-find early output. Admired by everyone from Richard D James to the Skam posse thanks to his dark blend of electroid tweaking and old skool percussion, the prince of Italian acid delivers killer dancefloor moves in the darkest possible way. French operator Automat (Point.One Recordings) will also be on hand to cut up electro, techno and acid in his trademark energetic fashion while Rochdale's Davey Red (Spanner) will also be taking a turn deck-side, with support naturally coming from Numbers and Monox residents. [Colin Chapman]