Solescience Annual Bang-Off, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 12 Jan

When the chill of January sets in, there is no greater joy than finding a place where the traditional month of clubbing convalescence and self-restraint is flagrantly ignored by a crowd desperate to shake off flu bugs, cobwebs, and any remaining loose change left over from New Year. A place where you are free to try out your new experimental dance manoeuvres to your favourite songs. Solescience's yearly Bang-Off, although still in its infancy, is such a place - it's the soup kitchen for Edinburgh's weather-beaten house-heads and an occasion where the resident team and local guests really get to shine, as they set the musical agenda for the coming year. Acid, Chicago, Italo, jack, jazz and more were all very warmly received by a lively crowd eager for more. Bang-Off - bang on. Here's to next year's. [Tom Donohue]

The Skinny previewed this Solescience event here.