Cabaret Voltaire: Lucky Number 7

February is usually a dreary month but thankfully this year the esteemed Cabaret Voltaire turns seven and to celebrate the team have lined up a healthy dose of seven hard-hitting events to dispel the incessant seasonal gloom. Cab Vol has persistently nurtured an eclectic, progressive party aesthetic in the capital for some pretty diverse artists and this month-long birthday bash is in no way an exception. 

The obvious highlight is the closing party with the superb Inner City on Sat 25 Feb but there is plenty filling the sound waves until then. On Fri 3 Feb Supernova offer up Frankfurt’s Cocoon resident and general techno wunderkind, Karotte. The Hot Creations addicts at Rendezvous settle in to their new residence on Sat 11 Feb with the luscious, retro fitted disco-house of the label’s recent recruit and founder of Outcross Records, Miguel Campbell. For those with a taste for subterranean bass, Youngman steps up on Fri 17 Feb. Having made his name early on as an MC in the drum 'n' bass scene the Derby-born lyricist is now flexing his R&B vocal muscles as a major fixture on Shy FX’s Digital Soundboy label alongside producers like Benga and Skream. [Rosanna Walker]