House of Techno February 2007

Early on Rob Da Bank is heading back to the Capital on Feb 2 with Paddy Freeform (Bestival FM) and Surface EMP at Trouble (Cabaret Voltaire) - eclectic house, left-field and even hip hop will be the order of the evening (11pm-3am, £6). Staying at the Cab and moving onto the 11th, Jon Pleased (who now has a quarterly residency) will be spinning out the tech-house and progressive tunes for Taste (11pm-3am, £8/£6 members/£5 b4 11.30pm). Also catch some global house from Martin Valentine in the back room. On Feb 15 the Red Star Institute (Red Vodka Club, 10pm-3am, free) has a knees-up for their Techno Hoedown, with local talent from Acid Fairy, Ingen, JD Pyz and Phil Mitchell (no, not that one). If you're still alive after all that, then head along to Beatroot's 3rd birthday (Feb 16, Ego, 10.30pm-3am, £6 b4 12am/£7 after) for Audiojack's dirty tech - the theme is Pimps N Ho's fancy dress so dig out the velour suit. On Feb 17 Edinburgh welcomes its newest club, Musika, with tunes from Mark Knight (Toolroom Records) and Martijn Ten Velden, as well as progressive/house from Gary Bowman and Derek Martin (see our full preview on p48 for details). Over in Glasgow, Blitzkrieg Bop has their Alt>Delete Recordings Night with Twisted Charm (live) and a DJ set from The Aliens (info tbc), and Johnny Violence of Ultraviolence will be making his techno presence felt at Digital Harlot's Violent Valentine themed masquerade (Feb 10, Strathclyde Uni Student Union, 10.30pm-3am, £5) in a buffet of hardcore and alternative dance, while on Feb 17 Death Disco (The Arches, 10.30pm-3am, £12) lay on the electro aided by Headman (Gomma), Tommie Sunshine and DJ Mingo-go. On Feb 23 the legendary Jeff Mills will be taking over Pressure at The Arches (10.30pm-3am, £19 adv) with support from Vakant Records, the maestro's of minimal. Here's an early heads-up for Impact with hardcore techno from The Horrorist and The DJ Producer on Mar 3 (10pm-late, £tbc) and techno and acid from Jamie Ball. See our online preview for more. That should be more than enough to be getting on with! [Struan Otter]