The Drum and Bass Curriculum - January 2007

The best way to lose those extra festive kilos is to head straight for a Drum and Bass club near you and dance off all that turkey and cake. Here's the lowdown on what is starting off the New Year in Edinburgh:

It's not strictly D&B, but Synthetic's re-launch features Morph Live on 4 Jan (Bongo Club, 11pm-3am, £tbc) with a diverse selection of bass, breaks, and hardtek if you're feeling adventurous. Don't forget Split on Tuesdays at Cabaret Voltaire (free) for a guaranteed drum infusion. On 12 Jan Codenine feed you funked up flavours at the City Café (9pm-1am, free), and meet you back there on 26 Jan for even more pre-club liquid D&B to put a slide into your dubstep. Over in Glasgow things don't get going till the end of the month, starting on 19 Jan with Symbiosis at the SoundHaus (10.30pm-4am, £tbc), featuring Beast (Rogue State), LD50 (Frequency FM), Yellow Benzene, Calaco Jack & Baraka. Then it's back to the capital for the big one on 27 Jan for the mighty Manga and its 11th birthday at The Liquid Room, (10.30pm–3am, £tbc) featuring DJ Craze (6 times world DMC champ), T.C, MC Armani, MC Jakes, DJ Kid, G Mac & MC Feelman. Dancing shoes at the ready people! [Jonny Ogg]