Drum and Bass Curriculum

At last spring is upon us, bringing us Easter eggs, bank holiday weekends and a healthy dose of forward thinking clubnights. We begin with Az-Tech's 1st birthday party at The Caves on Fri 7 Mar. Since its launch Az-Tech has brought several of breakbeat's key players north of the border, and to celebrate being one year old they have recruited the talents of Glasgow based Bradley C and Aussie breaks supremo Defcon1 (10.30pm-3am, free b4 11, £4/£6 after). On the same night in Edinburgh over at Xplicit at The Bongo Club you can catch Breakbeat Kaos label boss DJ Fresh as part of his new live project, Soundweapon with MC Ivory. The act consists of DJ Fresh drawing on elements of his own productions using Ableton live with MC Ivory providing his unique vocals over the top. The date makes up part of Soundweapon's 1st Lesson tour (10.30pm-3am, £10). The following Friday (14 Mar) it's worth checking out Pangea at The Reading Rooms in Dundee. Up and coming Glasgow producer J Bostron will be headlining (10pm-3am, £5/£7). The next night in Edinburgh (Sat 15 Mar), Hospital Records will be taking over the Liquid Rooms for a one off Hospitality special. The night will see Logistics, High Contrast, Cyantfic and MC Wrec all headlining. Previous Hospital events in Edinburgh have been nothing short of spectacular. Make sure you dust down your dancing shoes for this one (10.30pm-3am, £8/£10). We complete this month's highlights with everyone's favourite, Noizteez. This month they've booked the talents of local producer Nasty P and beat box extraordinaire, Psylent V. As usual there will be a healthy dose of drum and bass in the mainroom, brought to you by the Noizteez residents (10pm-3am, £2/£4). [Al Majik]