Fortified Sessions Third Birthday @ Vic Bar, 30 Oct

Scotland’s longest-running exponents of dubstep, the Electric Eliminators, will celebrate the third birthday of their Fortified Sessions this month.

After giving Scottish debuts to scene main-players such as Digital Mystikz, Skream and Plastician, they’ll be doing it in style with a proper, bass-heavy nu-skool-meets-old-skool session.

Bristol’s Joker couldn’t be any hotter right now, thanks to his slick brand of psychedelic thriller-funk which has seen him deliver such global anthems as ‘Gullybrook Lane’ and ‘Purple City’, so expect his set to exceed expectations.

Another of dubstep’s nu-wave who will rock this night is west Londoner Silkie, whose full-length debut ‘City Limits Vol 1’ was the first on Digital Mystikz’ Mala’s Deep Medi label. Like Joker, Silkie is another producer steeped in the funk, serving it up over his distinctive musical backdrops.

Also making an appearance will be El-B, a figurehead from the dawn of now a truly international sound. El-B’s been responsible for some of the heaviest and most influential dubplates out there, earning him a well-deserved ‘Roots Of El-B’ retrospective album. Longstanding collaborator MC Rolla will be joining him on the night.