Cab Vol Turns Four

Edinburgh’s Cabaret Voltaire celebrates its fourth birthday this month with a series of special guests. It begins on 25 February with a guest slot from DJ T at We Are Electric, and continues the following evening with a live performance from the much-hyped Little Boots at Sick Note on 26 February. The festivities are brought to a suitable climax with the arrival of Erol Alkan and Boy 8-Bit from South London.

For over twenty years DJ T has been a key player in the techno and house music scene and the Dusseldorf-born DJ will be making a rare appearance at Cabaret Voltaire. Being both a pioneering musician and co-founder of the excellent Get Physical label, his headline gig is sure to be a stand-out night for Edinburgh’s club scene. Get Physical’s popularity and fame has spread well beyond its Berlin base over the past few years, reaching number four in the annual Groove magazine readers’ poll of best labels in 2004. Get Physical also claimed the coveted Label of the Year 2005 slot within the pages DJ Mag. The label’s appeal is wide-ranging and boasts a loyal fan-base for good reason.

Little Boots has been announced as THE NEXT BIG THING by pretty much every publication that decides what THE NEXT BIG THING is these days. And you wouldn’t want to miss out on THE NEXT BIG THING would you? Otherwise your former friends will laugh at you, your partner will leave you and your home will become repossessed, if the aforementioned members of the associated press are to be believed. And when were they ever wrong? Artists such as Sandi Thom and The Twang instantly became national treasures, didn’t they?

The scathing pessimism of the last paragraph aside, Little Boots’ music falls into category of italo pop, a genre that 90 per cent of people incorrectly believe was invented by the NME in August. See her perform her Glass Candy-lite works at Sick Note on 26 Feb.

Finally, Sugarbeat pull a top level guest out of the bag in the form of Erol Alkan, who returns to Scotland for what is certain to be a sold out night. At Erol’s last Scottish appearance he filled The Arches to capacity and broke Death Disco’s attendance record, so catching him in the confides of the Cab Vol will be a real treat for fans. Joining him is Boy 8Bit, dropping all manner of Amiga made sounds in support of the fringed one on 27 Feb.