We Fear Silence pres the 12 Hour Blueprint Records Special @ Cable (5th Apr 13)

The second We Fear Silence presents Blueprint Records of 2013 has a very special feel to it. Well they all do but this time they've moved the goalposts slightly. Since it's incarnation in 2010, the parties, which have witnessed such techno giants as Jeff Mills, Robert Hood, Sandwell District, Speedy J, Marcel Dettmann and Surgeon to name a few, has traditionally always been a Saturday night affair, but for April's party they've brought it forward a day, to Friday. This has allowed them to utilise the possibility of extended opening hours and bring us 12 hours of glorious techno.

As ever the man behind Blueprint, James Ruskin, leads the way and he's joined by a couple of returning faces and a brand new one. Firstly Berghain resident and Klockworks mastermind, Ben Klock makes his first solo appearance (we have hugely fond memories of his epic b2b set with Dettmann at Blueprint in October 2011). The man from Minneapolis, who's also a Berghain regular and Klockworks artist, DVS1 will once again deliver his high octane, fist pumping, raw brand of techno to Cable. Finally, making his first Blueprint appearance is one the UK techno's most exciting new prospects, Blawan. His uncompromising strand of industrial tinged bass onslaughts have made him one of the hottest properties this country has seen for a while and makes for perfect inclusion to one of London's most consistent parties.

Room 2 mainstays, Colony, take up their usual position as the supporting role and undoubtedly will take full advantage of their extra available hours. Rob Hall heads up the balcony room and is ably assisted by Colony residents Tengui and MB & CB.

Tickets are available from the We Fear Silence Website if you want the full 12 hours of underground techno artistry, or if you plan to be there after 5am, the on the door price is only £10.

We Fear Silence pres Blueprint Records @ Cable (16th Feb 13)

The first Blueprint Records of the year at Cable and the big names don't stop as Dutch Techno pioneer and Electric Deluxe boss, Speedy J, comes to town, joining Blueprint main man, James Ruskin, Regis and Daniel Miller. Room 2, as ever, is taken care off by Colony with Blueprint's latest acquisition, Lakker.

I could bang on about how great all the artists are, but instead I'll let you find out for yourself with some audio and visual treats. Firstly we have Speedy J's four hour recording from Berghain...



Then we continue with Regis live in the Boiler Room

And finally we conclude with and exclusive mix that Daniel Miller has done for We Fear Silence


Tickets for the event are still available through the We Fear Silence Website. More information on Blueprint Records can be found on their Facebook Fan Page or follow them on Twitter for more updates.

We Fear Silence pres Blueprint Records @ Cable (17th Nov 12)

It's always an exciting time when We Fear Silence invite Blueprint Records back under the arches at Cable. Consistently setting the bar for the highest quality techno with every installment, we last saw them in the middle of an August Bank Holiday marathon as Jeff Mills delighted our senses with 4 hours of pure techno legendary.

Sticking with the Detroit heavyweight / Underground Resistance theme, Blueprint turn to another pioneer, Robert Hood. The flyer says he'll be performing live but, you'll be pleased to know, the M-Plant Records boss will also be performing a DJ set on top.

Mr Hood will be ably supported by the combination of James Ruskin and Mark Broom, both individually, and as their production duo alias, The Fear Ratio. Room 2 will be perfectly marshaled, as ever, by Colony. Residents MB & CB and Tengui and joined by the man behind the label Broken20, TVO (check out the top 10 tracks he picked out for WFS silence on their website).

Advanced tickets are available on Resident Advisor, or you can pay on the door, but I wouldn't get there too late if that's your preferred option because we expect it's going to be a busy one!

P/C/M: London, Grounded Theory: Berlin & The Sound Of Berghain: Copenhagen

After our mammoth roundup post last week, we're keeping it shorter this week, but the three parties we have to tell you about, make it just as strong.

London

When London party throwers, Plex, Colony and Machine put on events on their own, they always turn out pretty special, but when they combine at Corsica Studios, it ends up being one of the best events on the clubbing calendar.

The first P/C/M, which took place in October last year, brought together the likes of Surgeon, Perc, Andy Stott, Adam X, Ancient Methods, TVO, Peverelist and plenty more.

As with last year there's a few birthdays to be celebrated. Plex are turning six and Colony are reaching four. Plex take care of room one. Ancient Methods return, Regis puts in a live set, and the two combine for the UK debut performance of Ugandan Methods. Joining them is Surface Records' 65D Mavericks, Ø [Phase], Simon Heartfield with a live A/V show and the Plex residents.

Colony host live sets from Livity Sound, Senking and DJ sets from Millie, Tengui and MB & CB. Machine feature Untold, A Made Up Sound, Ben Sims and Paul Mac as Fokus Group and Kirk Degiorgio.

There's a few tickets left on Resident Advisor, but don't hang about because they won't be available for long.

Berlin

Our favourite Berlin promoters, Grounded Theory, move to a new venue, Stattbad, for their 18th party and they've put together an epic UK trio in the shape of Surgeon, Tommy Four Seven and Sigha. The Berlin contingent is fulfilled by Sven VT and GT boss, Henning Baer.

As is the Berlin norm, there are no tickets, so make sure you get there early to avoid disappointment. Full info can be found on the Facebook Event Page.

Copenhagen

No clubbing roundup would be complete without a stop of at Copenhagen's Culture Box. On Saturday they continue their monthly homage to the sounds of Berghain and Panoramabar and this week it's the turn of Ben Klock to take control of the Black Box for an all night session.

Full info can be found on the Facebook Event Page

Colony & Corsica Studios Present Prologue Label Night (23rd Jun 12)

Here at SDD, we're big fans of Prologue, so as you can imagine we were hugely excited (and still are) when we heard that Colony was teaming up with Corsica Studios to host the UK's first Prologue Label Night.


As you can see from the flyer, the line up is first class, across both rooms. Room 1 is all about Prologue and Donato Dozzy will be headlining with a 3 hour DJ set. There will be UK debuts for Voices From The Lake and Slash Dot Dash Podcast contributors, Cassegrain, and finally as part of his Inner State Album Tour, Claudio PRC.


Colony take charge of Room 2 with Sigha, Forward Strategy Group and Isodyne all joining the Colony Residents Tengui and MB & CB.


Tickets for the event are on sale now. You can get yours via the Resident Advisor Event Page. For more info on Prologue head over to their Facebook Fan Page where you can get the scoop on all the upcoming releases and general news about their artists.

We Fear Silence pres. Blueprint Records @ Cable (26th May 12)

It seems everytime James Ruskin brings Blueprint Records to London's Cable club, it turns out to be even better than the last, and Saturday's event in conjunction with We Fear Silence looks to be continuing that trend.


Ruskin is joined by three S's in the form of Surgeon, Silent Servant and Sigha. Expect something very special as Surgeon is celebrating 20 years at the very frontline of cutting edge music, Silent Servant will be making what we believe is his first London appearance ever and after a few slots in the backroom, Sigha, makes the move into the main room for the first time.


Room 2 is hosted, as ever, by one of favourite London party throwers, Colony. The residents Tengui and MB & CB are joined by Russell Haswell and they provide the perfect accompaniment to the main room action.


Tickets are available through Resident Advisor. Head to the event page for all the event info. More info on everyone involved can be found on Facebook....
We Fear Silence
Blueprint Records
Surgeon
Silent Servant
Sigha

Weekend Clubbing Roundup: London, Berlin, Munich, Athens, Brussels & Copenhagen

Here's our pick of the best events Europe has to offer across this weekend


London

Bank Holiday Sundays don't come much bigger than this as VOID takeover Cafe 1001 with Ben Klock (playing a monster 6 hours) and Tommy Four Seven. Tickets are sold out but there's spaces available on the door. Full event info on Resident Advisor

Colony are back at The Rhythm Factory as they team up with Scand to bring you Perc, Phase, AnD and plenty more.


Tickets available on Resident Advisor




Berlin

Fachwerk Label Night & Kinetic @ Tresor (5th May 12)


Globus: Fachwerk Label Night
Mike Dehnert
Roman Lindau
Sascha Rydell


Tresor: Kinetic
Alan Fitzpatrick
Function
Darko Esser
Mack


Info on Resident Advisor




Munich

Staying in Germany we move to Munich for Time To Express at Harry Klein with Samuli Kemppi (Live) and label boss, Peter Van Hoesen.


Event info on Resident Advisor




Athens

Reform #003 - Modal Analysis Launch Party @ 6 Dogs (5th May 12)


Modal Analysis is a new label with it's first release coming up this month in the form of the 'Plate' EP by Cassegrain with a remix of Kangding Ray (check it out on Soundcloud).  To celebrate Reform are throwing a launch party for them at 6 Dogs. You'll notice another SDD Podcast contributer on the line up too with Sawf on the line up too.


The event starts at midnight but before that (at 11pm) they'll be screening a documentary by Amelie Ravalec called 'Paris / Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno'.


Full event info and tickets on Resident Advisor




Brussels

Fondation Sonore # X @ Le Plan K / La Raffinerie (5th May 12)


Adam X and Ancient Methods swap Berlin for Brussels on Saturday night as they appear at Fondation Sonore's 10th party. Ancient Methods will be playing live whilst Adam will perform both a DJ set and a live set.


The documentary by Amelie Ravalec that's being shown in Athens will also be screened in Brussels at the same before before the event kicks off.


Full info on Resident Advisor




Copenhagen

Sound Of Berghain @ Culture Box (5th May 12)


We finish our roundup in the Danish capital as the Sound of Berghain makes it's way to Culture Box to continue their regular swap. Efdemin and Marcel Fengler have been handed the task of bringing the sounds of the Berlin superclub to the intimate Copenhagen nightspot.


Full event info on Resident Advisor

Plex / Colony / Machine @ Corsica Studios (28th Oct 11)

On Monday we brought you news of a huge line up taking place in Berlin on Friday. Today we switch our attentions back home and have what's probably the biggest techno line up of he year. This Friday London promotions Plex, Colony and Machine join forces for a humongous party at one of our favourite venues, Corsica Studios.

From somewhere, the South London club have magic'd a third room, and it's wall to wall quality across all 3, starting with the main room and Plex celebrating their 5th birthday. Live sets are the order of the day and you can look forward to performances from some SDD favourites in the shape of Ancient Methods and Perc with live support from Neil Landstrumm and Matt Whitehead and DJ support from Dask, Luke Handsfree and James Tec.

Room 2 is Colony with the excellent Andy Stott live, Peverelist and The Village Orchestra (Live) and of course backed up by Colony's own MB & CB.

Finally Room 3 sees Machine complete the line up with a bit of help of UK techno pioneer, Surgeon, and NYC pioneer Adam X makes his first return to London since his UK debut appearance of Traversable Wormhole for us last year at the Hub Club. As if 2 techno legends for 1 room wasn't enough, they'll be supported by Machine mainstays, Ben Sims and Kirk Degiorgio. And all night your heads will be further twisted by visuals by MOX.

As you can probably imagine, with a line up like this, tickets are gone, but fear not as there will be some available on the door. Check out the RA event page to get all the info you'll need on the night.

The set times look like this

22:00-00:00 - Dask
00:00-01:00 - Matt Whitehead - Live
01:00-02:00 - Neil Landstrumm - Live
02:00-03:00 - Luke Handsfree
03:00-04:00 - James Tec
04:00-06:00 - Ancient Methods - Live/DJ
06:00-Close - Perc - Live/DJ

COLONY

22:00-00:00 - Tengui
00:00-01:00 - Andy Stott - Live
01:00-03:00 - Peverelist
03:00-04:00 - TVO - Live
04:00-06:00 - MB & CB

MACHINE

22:00-01:30 - Ben Sims
01:30-03:00 - Adam X
03:00-04:30 - Surgeon
04:30-06:00 - Kirk Degiorgio

More info on all parties involved can be found on their Facebook fan pages

Plex / Ancient Methods / Perc / Andy Stott / Peverelist / TVO / Adam X / Surgeon

We Fear Silence pres. Blueprint Records @ Cable, London (16th July 11)

This Saturday it's the next Blueprint Records party @ Cable, hosted as ever by the in house team, We Fear Silence. The last couple of Blueprint parties have been totally insane. Line ups including Sandwell District, Luke Slater, Surgeon and of course James Ruskin.

This weekends event is just as huge as it's predecessors. Ruskin will be joined by Time To Express boss, Peter Van Hoesen (remember how good he was at fabric!), the man from Minneapolis, DVS1, the beardman himself, Mark Broom and our good friends MB & CB from Colony.

Tickets are available from Resident Advisor now otherwise it's more on the door. Check out the RA page for all the info.

We Fear Silence pres. Blueprint Records @ Cable (26th Mar 11)

If you're out and about in London on Saturday there's only 1 place for you to make plans for. The flyer pretty much tells you all you need to know. Some serious big techno heavyweights. For those of you who don't know too much about O/V/R, it's a live project from Ruskin and Sandwell Districts, Regis. Recently they performed live at Berghain and it went down an absolute stormer. Rumours have it that the whole Blueprint Klubnacht went on till 11pm Sunday!

The room 2 line up is also a strong one. Really excited to see how the ambient set from Sigha and Shifted goes down. I'm expecting it to be special.

Anyway there's still tickets available on Resident Advisor for a more than reasonable £10 (+bf) or you can pay on the door but it will cost you a few more quid.

This weekends pick for London - Colony Vs. Perc Trax @ Corsica Studios

This Friday our good friends over at Colony have got together with our good friends over at Perc Trax to put on a night at one of our favourite London venues, Corsica Studios. Colony have been on a little break (since July) but have really come back with a bang.

Perc Trax has been ever strengthening its reputation for solid techno release after release for a while now and they feel it's time to enter back into the world of promoting. Headlining the event is one of our favourite DJs / Producers around at the moment, Peter Van Hoesen. And that stamp of quality filters it's way right through the line up.

Advanced tickets are still available on Resident Advisor or you can pay a bit more on the door

You can join Colony's Facebook Group or follow Perc Trax on Twitter to keep up to date with all their future news