Shitmat, Breakcore Extravanganza, Soundhaus, Glasgow, 8 Feb

It is with stonking gratitude to all the forward-thinking promoters in these parts that we are now able to say Edinburgh and Glasgow between them possess a healthy breakcore and jungle scene. This monumental showdown, courtesy of website and label manager Epsion, will be the first of its kind, and sadly what looks like the last of Epsion's events in Glasgow (you'll just have to catch him in Berlin!). Expect to see pioneering headliner Shitmat (Wrong Music/Planet Mu) - currently astride his Headless Chicken Tour - brandishing his trademark mash-up of jungle mania and deliciously obnoxious hardcore in a live set. Glasgow's beat-murdering Acrynym (Sublight/Deathsucker), also playing live, has a breakcore holocaust up his sleeve, and what with support from Babyshaker's twisted, boundary quaking drill'n'bass (yes, you guessed it, live), Kings of Macumba samba drummers and Error Response's (Hyperoctave/2Point Zero) darkly cinematic downtempo tunes, it's magnificently obvious that this is a congregation for the drumbeat intelligentsia. [Rosie McLean]