Ceephax Acid Crew (Live), JD Twitch & Sean Matthews @ Noise Pollution, 5 Jun

Article by Colin Chapman | 26 May 2010

After his debut, 1998’s Bainted Smile EP, Ceephax Acid Crew aka Andy Jenkinson, brother of Squarepusher, quickly became known for using vintage drum machines and synths, particularly the Roland TB-303, to create his trademark acid house sound.

Often recorded onto a tape deck, his early output was released by Breakin’ Records, Lo Recordings and Firstcask labels on vinyl and cassette before moving onto remix work for Squarepusher on Rephlex and Warp.

Making use of old samplers, a Commodore Amiga and various old synths, from 2003 onwards, aside from acid house he began working on drum 'n' bass tracks, while in 2007 he had his first full releases on Rephlex and Planet Mu, dropping his fourth album on the latter in February.

His live sets, combining acid house, techno and drum 'n' bass, have proved popular for shunning the expected laptop-driven approach; instead Ceephax uses only analogue and early digital equipment (and occasionally an Amiga computer). [Colin Chapman]

11pm-3am, £10

http://www.ceephax.co.uk