London clubs: And the Beat… is Delayed

London clubs: And the Beat… is Delayed

8 February, 2008 | 3.37AM

• Written by: Mark Treadwell
• Filed under: Music News: amersham, curious generation, friday, hoxton, lasermagnetic, shoreditch, sosho, toddla t, weekend

BIG news in the capital then is that the whole of the tube network is planning to go on strike in the near future!! What are we French? I mean they go on strike for everything… Merde…

Luckily though, this weekend it seems that apart from the normal station closures, signal failures, defective trains and planned engineering works the best public transport system in the world will be running as normal, so I guess it’s true (for now anyway) the beat does indeed go on.

Starting from next week I will be posting some interviews with London nightlife heavy weights, The Filthy Dukes plus also some words of wisdom from young upstarts in the form of the promoters from Transient and Disco Bloodbath.

For now though here are what I deem (yes I am the party oracle) to be the top nights in the big smoke this weekend!

First up then the team at the Amersham Arms (the same boys behind programming at Camden’s infamous Lock Tavern) call in the heavy weights in the form of Adventure Close to Home and FACT magazine with DJ sets from Sheffields 2-step rude bwooy Toddla T plus ACTH Djs and also a live set from italo-cum-electro-cum-synth-pop band Heart Break!

Adventures Close to Home and FACT magazine present.. WE WERE THERE

Heartbreak(live)
Toddla T dj
ACTH Djs
Friday, February 8, 2008
Amersham Arms (opposite New Cross station)
388 New Cross Street
London, United Kingdom
9pm till 3.30am £3 b4 11pm, £6 after, £4 NUS

On Saturday Disco mavericks Lasermagnetic return for their monthly pardee at what is probably Shoreditch’s poshest Bar “slash” club (Lounge Lover is in Bethnal Green kids).

Promising Disco in all it’s various guises residents Neil Thornton and Johhny Hiller play a 9 hour Dex n’ Efex type set. 

Lasermagnetic @ Sosho

Special Residents night
Sat 9th Feb 2008
2a Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4LU
London, United Kingdom
Venue Tel: 0207 920 0701
Nearest Tube Old St/Moorgate
8pm till 6am free b4 9pm then just Six pounds all night

Also on Saturday, Phonica records (easily in my opinion London’s best record store) take root at T Bar with co-owners and residents Heidi, and Simon Rigg and DFA’s Justin Miller.

Expect minimal and tech house on a proper phat Function one sound system. Definitely music for your midsection!

Phonica Records @ T Bar

Justin Miller (DFA)
Heidi
Simon Rigg
Sat 9th Feb 2008
T Bar
56 Shoreditch High Street
E1 6JJ
London, United Kingdom
Nearest Tube Liverpool St/Old St
8pm - 2am Free all night

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