Mixx and Lucifer are one of the better clubs in Pattaya. If you get past the girls it actually a really good club with soem good DJ’s. Sometimes the music can get repetitive, but if you get tired of hip-hop(?) there also a dance room.
Looking fro a hip-hop night in berlin. look no further than Cassiopeia.
Located in an abandoned train yard its easy to miss. Once you get past the sometimes long queues it a great place. Last time I was there it was pure old-school classics. Once you get used to the Kush and cigarette smoke.
http://www.cassiopeia-berlin.de/
This is a guaranteed sell out gig, Questlove from the Roots will be playing a DJ set at East Village on the 11th of September 2010. Usually these gigs are held at the slightly smaller capacity Jazz Cafe. East Village has a capacity of 400. The Roots crew member is always guaranteed to drop some sample moments.
Tickets here. More Info at The Doctors Orders
The Doctor's Orders (the monthly hip hop night held at Plan B) celebrated their 5th Birthday Party at Fabric 23 July. DJs on the night inc: Spin Doctor, Tim Westwood, Shortee Blitz and DJ MK. Westwood was almost on his best behaviour bringing back the old skool; late 80s-mid 90s, with some newer music mixed in. Best parts where Extended players 6 deck mixing session and Guilty Simpson Live! Special Birthday Mix available here
3 stars
Venue:
Charterhouse St
London
EC1M 3HN
London 020 7336 88 98
What is UK Garage. this question comes up a lot when people visit the island and hear it’s and its multiple sub-genres.
I like this explanation here
Here is an excerpt.
“UK garage (also known as UKG or simply garage) is an umbrella term that refers to the offsprings of UK Garage in the form of sub-genres of garage generally connected to the evolution of house in the United Kingdom from early/mid-1990s. Nowadays, garage is now referred to as old skool garage as nobody really makes it anymore.
In 2001-2003, when this old skool garage died out, (which is called 2step, the subgenre of UKG, which garage was in the 1990s,) it produced three sub-genre offsprings in order to replace it. Grime, Dubstep and Bassline.”
“Some UK Garage/Grime/Bassline/Dubstep producers are leaning towards a newer evolution called UK Funky, often misnamed Funky House, a term for commercial House music. UK Funky takes production values from many different shades of UK Garage music and blends them, at a standard House Music tempo, with tribal style percussion. There are many different takes on Funky, including producers such as Apple, Lil Silva, Roska and Scratcha DVA, who have a harder, more syncopated sound, and other producers aiming for a more commercial, RNB friendly audience, such as Crazy Cousinz.”
This is very similar to the current wikipedia entry, so not sure which was the original source. Wiley explains the evolution.
Pacha newly opened branch in Marrakesh is a literal palace. Capable of housing 300 revellers and occupying 9000 sq meters, this place has a lot of potential. Only two rooms are currently in use. Its expensive, so take plenty of dirhams! While I was there we enjoyed a great set by legendary DJ Abdel blending great hip-hop and pop. Morrocans can party!
