Red Alert's 6th Birthday, The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, August 11
Red Alert reaches the bonny age of six this month, and will be chasing away any inertia this festival with the drum n' bass, jungle and breaks-stylings of DJ Alcane, Hex, Dangamouse and DJ D'Sylva.
| 14 Aug 2006
These days you're fairly lucky if a club lasts longer than five weeks, nevermind five years. Red Alert reaches the bonny age of six this month, and will be chasing away any inertia this festival with the drum n' bass, jungle and breaks-stylings of DJ Alcane, Hex, Dangamouse and DJ D'Sylva. The night will also double as an extended licence launch party for their new website and MySpace pages (like, everyone has one!).
The club has gone from a friend-filled function room in Dumfries, to Glasgow in 2005, and then on to Edinburgh for appearances at Xplicit and Obscene before settling into a new home at the Wee Red Bar. "We knew there would never be a huge audience for our beats in the town (Dumfries), but we persevered and gradually the crowd started to grow," says Chris Bruce aka Overchore/Kid Ill, "The move to the 'Weeg' proved successful but resulted in less frequent appearances from the Red Alert crew over the year; though it maintained its reputation with Alcane featuring at many of Scotland's most respected nights." Expect choice cuts from the breakbeat spectrum, an electro warm-up and a final bass thrashing, but also keep an eye out for some special guests and special promotions.
The crew are already looking forward to the late-night birthday bash: "We hope everyone will join us to celebrate in August - from all of our long-time regulars right through to any open-minded people out for a great evening! We've always got some exciting tricks up our sleeves so you'll just have to look out for more details, doubtless to say, there will be treats for everyone, birthday cake and a whole load more". [Alex Burden]
The club has gone from a friend-filled function room in Dumfries, to Glasgow in 2005, and then on to Edinburgh for appearances at Xplicit and Obscene before settling into a new home at the Wee Red Bar. "We knew there would never be a huge audience for our beats in the town (Dumfries), but we persevered and gradually the crowd started to grow," says Chris Bruce aka Overchore/Kid Ill, "The move to the 'Weeg' proved successful but resulted in less frequent appearances from the Red Alert crew over the year; though it maintained its reputation with Alcane featuring at many of Scotland's most respected nights." Expect choice cuts from the breakbeat spectrum, an electro warm-up and a final bass thrashing, but also keep an eye out for some special guests and special promotions.
The crew are already looking forward to the late-night birthday bash: "We hope everyone will join us to celebrate in August - from all of our long-time regulars right through to any open-minded people out for a great evening! We've always got some exciting tricks up our sleeves so you'll just have to look out for more details, doubtless to say, there will be treats for everyone, birthday cake and a whole load more". [Alex Burden]
The Wee Red Bar, 10.30pm-4am, £4/3, August 11