Pendulum, MC Verse, Mampi Swift & MC IC3, Xplicit's Potterrow Takeover Party!, Potterrow, Edinburgh, Mar 16

Xplicit have picked the 1200 person capacity student venue in a bid for the biggest drum and bass party ever thrown in Scotland: if the event sells out the title's in the bag. Xplicit are riding high after the success of Xtrabass in 2006. Pendulum (Breakbeat Kaos), the Australian electronic group, are guests and have successfully dominated the d&b industry ever since their debut album Hold Your Colour was released in 2005 to international acclaim. Their heavy beats and reverbing basslines will be making a comeback with their new LP due this Easter, but until then you can get your fill at Xplicit, accompanied by MC Verse from Crunch Recordings. Mampi Swift will be back in Edinburgh after two years absence for a two hour set (on three decks). The man behind the sucessful Charge Recordings imprint, and who refuses to perform with CDs, embracing dubplates and vinyl all the way, and will be accompanied by labelmate MC IC3. From learning studio skills from Pete Parsons aka Voyager at the studio next door to the record store where he worked, to the eight year DJ residency he landed at Kool FM London in 1992, Swift has engineered his own fortunes with skill and dedication. Charge was launched in 1997, and has enjoyed hits with Twisted, Feel Good, and the ever-popular, The One. There will also be music and lyrics from Prophecy, Eno, Paul Reset, Morphy, and MCing from Tonn Piper and Bz. As always there will be free membership available on the night, and giveaways of CDs, T-shirts, and more. [Alex Burden]