Dabrye & Kadence (live), Numbers, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Sept 8

The multi-monikered Tadd Mullinix (Ghostly International, Eastern Developmentys) touches down in Glasgow for the second time in two months, this time in his Dabrye guise. Following an appearance at Kinky Afro under his tech-house orientated pseudonym, James T. Cotton, he's returning as the guest of Numbers - this time showcasing his hip-hop/electro sound-clash. Since releasing 'Two/Three' earlier this year, the second album in a planned trilogy, he's completed a promotional summer tour of the States with Stones Throw artist Percee P. For the current European leg, he's joined by one of its guest MCs, Kadence.

A native of Detroit outpost Ann Arbour, these shows aren't Mullinix's first live outings as Dabrye; his musical alter-ego was given an auspicious debut at the second Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2001, at the invitation of event organiser Carl Craig. Though his early Dabrye output was largely instrumental, he was keen to combine his beats and heavy electronics with MCs, which led him to hook-up with Detroit legends Jay Dee and Phat Kat on 'Game Over'. Its techno-influenced backdrop helped create a fresh soundscape in hip-hop and became the blueprint for 'Two/Three' with its host of MCs: MF Doom, Kadence, Beans, Platinum Pied Pipers' Wajeed, Vast Aire, Wilchild and Guilty Simpson. Tadd has previously pointed to the early 80s electro scene as evidence of hip-hop's historical connection with machine-driven music, but acknowledges that the recently deceased former Slum Village producer Jay Dee has been his main musical influence. [Colin Chapman]