SpeakerJunk (Live) and The Nextmen, Ultragroove with Bacardi presents B-Live, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 2 Dec

Another B-Live Weekender saw Ultragroove join forces with Bacardi for a musical doubleheader with house duo Speakerjunk gracing the Cab's main room, and hip-hop mixologists, The Nextmen, out back. SpeakerJunk fall under the 'fidget house' tag - think crunchy, funky and jackin' and you're just about there. The duo are producers Trevor Loveys and Joshua Harvey, who also run the label of the same name. Their two-hour laptop and FX live set took its cue from raw, pre-pop Basement Jaxx and Homework-era Daft Punk; a slew of sliced 'n' diced samples offering extra seasoning, proving to be a dancefloor filler. In the backroom The Nextmen showcased their hip-hop heavy sound with generous helpings of soul, funk and reggae thrown in for good measure for the smaller but no less enthusiastic crowd: the main room's four-four beats were seemingly favoured by most of the Ultragroove crowd. [Colin Chapman]