XTRA :: Assembly Launch; Dfrnt Trouble Caves; Trouble CAB VOL; Snakes Gig;
SELLOTAPE
GiGS - Edinburgh

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1 - GET IN with The Nextmen at Assembly Bar, Edinburgh
2 - Dfrnt Trouble - Edinburgh, (THE CAVES)
3 - UPCOMING 'TROUBLE CLUB' (The Cabaret Voltaire)
4 - Sara and the Snakes Gig - Edinburgh
5 - SELLOTAPE GiGS - Edinburgh

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::1 - GET IN with The Nextmen at Assembly Bar, Edinburgh - Fri 15th June
Assembly Bar, 41 Lothian Street / EH1 1HB / Tel. 0131 220 4288 /

Assembly presents GET IN (Assembly Bar Club Card Launch)
Friday 15th June
The Nextmen (4 Deck Set) & MC Wrec
Dava (Headspin) & Hobbes (Trouble)
www.assemblybar.co.uk
5pm – 3am (late licence TBC)
FREE ENTRY

THE DEAL:
With the UK’s premier, freestyle beat-smith-DJs present in full effect with
their
MC, GET IN celebrates a unique collaboration between Assembly and four of
Edinburgh’s premier clubs: Ultragroove, Headspin, Trouble & Departure Lounge.
The
Assembly Bar Club Card enables people who drink in Assembly before any of these
club
nights to gain discounted entry to the club on the night. In essence, the more
drinks you buy, the cheaper you GET IN.

THE NEXTMEN & MC WREC:
The Nextmen are English Producers Extraordinaire and International Superstar
DeeJays! Their new album follows in the foot-steps of previous long-players
Amongst
the Madness and Get Over It, further exploring their long-standing love of sweet
soul music and heavy, heavy beats with a (dis)reputable UK flourish.

This Was Supposed To Be The Future (Antidote) features the golden tonsils of
Dallas
aka Joe Dukie (Fat Freddys Drop), plus LSK (Faithless), London rapper Sway,
Brighton
song-bird Alice Russell (Quantic Soul Orchestra, Tru thoughts), erstwhile Lee
‘Scratch’ Perry collaborator Niney The Observer (Kingston, Jamaica) and Dynamite
MC
among others.

Their solid-gold reputation will be endorsed by anyone who owns one of their ace
mix
CDs: A Child’s Introduction To Jazz, Personal Golf Instructions, Not The Nextmen
and
Fat City’s Friends & Family mix.

The Nextmen’s four-deck shows bump n grind between eclectic, freestyle club sets
and
skilful turntablism, incorporating funk, soul, reggae, hip hop and d n b with
‘nuff
classics and rising star MC Wrec (London Elektricity) hyping the crowd.

"The hip-hop does stop. Talented buggers that they are, it boasts the same
mastery
of different beats as their rip-roaring DJ sets. 4 stars" (DJ Magazine on This
Was
Supposed To Be The Future).

See: http://www.thenextmen.com
http://www.myspace.com/thenextmen

DAVA & HOBBES:
Assembly residents and recognised spinners in their own right, albeit of their
more
local club scene in the capital, Dava (Headspin) & Hobbes (Trouble) bring up a
rearguard assault with their own maverick, freestyle selections representing
their
Headspin and Trouble parties.

Headspin is now in its tenth, glorious year and its popularity shows NO signs of
waning, with Dava sharing centre-stage alongside regular sparring partner Colin
Millar (as The Resonance) plus DJ/promoters Allan Dunbar and Steve Austin and
their
trusty percussionist, Bongo Dave.

Hobbes’s Trouble session recently feted five years of force-feeding Edinburgh a
healthy diet of quality dance music of all shapes and sizes, while March saw him
head off on a mini-tour of China supporting The Nextmen & Bugz In The Attic live
in
Shanghai and Beijing (Bacardi Sino Sessions).

Both DJs can be found applying some dance floor pressure from the decks in over
half
a dozen of Edinburgh’s more happening night-spots and bars (Cabaret Voltaire,
the
Bongo Club, Berlin, Opal Lounge, Lulu, Pivo, The Villager and obviously
Assembly) on
any given night of the week.

So, in the best Edinburgh tradition, the buzzword for GET IN is most definitely
PARTY, people. If one thing is certain, it’s that the Assembly block will rock.

by Andrew Richardson
Director
Black Spring
hobbes@...

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::2 - Dfrnt Trouble - Edinburgh
THE CAVES, NIDDRY STREET SOUTH, EDINBURGH

Fri 29th June :: XVECTORS live at Dfrnt Trouble at The Caves Edinburgh

Listing :: Dfrnt Trouble
FRIDAY 29th June 2007
THE CAVES
xvectors – LIVE (OSCarr)
Trouble DJs
The Dogtooth Girls
11pm - 3am
£8 / £6 concs.
THE CAVES, NIDDRY STREET SOUTH, EDINBURGH

Dfrnt Trouble returns to The Caves after the renegade success of its opening
night
with London’s Spektrum playing live. In spite of a glut of popular events taking
place in Edinburgh that night, Dfnrt Trouble enjoyed a crowd of over three
hundred
thunderously up-for-it and musically hip party people, with half the crowd
getting
so over-excited by the night’s events, they invaded the stage during the Trouble
DJs’ closing set. Spektrum consequently declared it the date of the tour and it
seemed like the obvious thing to do another one as soon as possible. So, here we
are
once again….

xvectors….

…hardly need any introduction, if you’ve been paying any attention for the last
four
years. But here’s a re-cap just in case:

Early 2003: Bored of the lack of any discernible scene in Edinburgh, two
passionate
local music enthusiasts and part-time DJs (one of whom also runs the Trouble
club
night) start an indie-disco night called Dfrnt Drum to put on local bands they
like
and play records that none of the other local indie nights are exposing.

Late 2003: Tired of the dearth of decent bands in the area and itching to get
some
of their own musical ideas down, four Edinburgh lads form a band called
xvectors,
citing diverse influences (see the band’s myspace for more info on that score).

2003-2004: xvectors play a series of rapturously received shows at local club
nights
and venues, including a number of dates at Dfrnt Drum, London uber club Our
Disco
and one of the now-legendary Chateau happenings in Glasgow.

Early 2005: The band's debut single comes out on a tiny London-based indie
label,
featuring the group’s stunning Movies set-closer and a visceral cover of Jamie
Principle’s Chicago house classic, Your Love.

2005-2006: Various fans of the band tip off Glasgow’s JD Twitch and JG Wilkes of
Optimo fame about the band. Eventually they see the band play, love them
immediately, book them for Optimo and offer the band a deal to release their
next
record on the club’s nascent label, OSCarr (aka Optimo Singles Club And Related
Recordings).

Late 2006: After almost a year of record company squabbling, xvectors are
eventually set free to release a new EP, Now Is The Winter Of Our Discotheque on
OSCarr. The press are all over it, with the EP getting The Guardian’s Record Of
The
Week, featuring in Mixmag’s Top 100 Releases Of The Year and one of the tracks
turning up on Tom Middleton & Fred Deakin's Face Off mix CD (free with DJ
Magazine)
among other worthy accolades.

March/April 2007 Famous fans Klaxons invite xvectors to open for them on their
first
major European tour, the band duly oblige and proceed to play some of the best
shows
of their lives to ecstatic, sold-out crowds in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

A new 6 track collection is currently in the works and is due for release in the
very near future.

xvectors are
Rory Connaghan: lead vocals, guitars
David Caldwell: programming, guitars
Paul MacEachen: bass, backing vocals
Jon Murray: drums, percussion
More info can be found at
www.myspace.com/xvectors

The Dogtooth Girls:
DOGTOOTH is a clubnight that larges it up every other Friday at Henry's Cellar
Bar.
The Dogtooth Girls, Laura and Sophie, play a furious mix of disco indie, electro
and
ravin' new wave / nu-rave! Only the best mind, with glowstix!
From time to time The Dogtooth Girls play host to ultra-fashionable new bands
from
around the world, including Neon Plastix, Bono Must Die, Trash Fashion, Scarlet
Soho, Dandi Wind and Fake Shark – Real Zombie!
DOGTOOTH: DIY//GLOWSTICKS//POLICE LIGHTS//HEALTHY CHAT//LTD EDITION DOGTOOTH
BADGES//RRRRAVE//DANCE OFF!
http://www.myspace.com/dogtoothclub

Trouble DJs at Dfrnt Trouble:
In keeping with the Dfrnt Drum style, Dfrnt Trouble is an indie disco style
spin-off
from Trouble and the play-list will reflect this.

Musically, people should expect more electro, punk, post-punk, rock n roll,
indie,
and alt pop in the mix than at Trouble nights per se, which tend to feature more
soul.

That said, at the heart of it and just like its Trouble sister-night, Dfrnt
Trouble
is about dancing and good times, so people should expect a good mash-up of
styles
with a knowing nod in the direction of current trends but no slavish worshipping
at
the altar of fashion.

Please make this clear in any listings or editorial. Thanks!

Venue: www.thecaves.eu / thecavesedinburgh@... / 0131 557 8989
Forum: www.getintoTrouble.com / info@... / 0131 477 6916

by Andrew Richardson
hobbes@...
Director
Black Spring
PO Box 23786
Edinburgh
EH7 5JJ
Scotland, UK

Ph: ++131 477 6916
Mb: ++7946 569 404
www.black-spring.com
www.myspace.com/blackspringrecordings

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::3 - UPCOMING 'TROUBLE CLUB'
The Cabaret Voltaire, 36 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR

Fri 6th July: Friends’ Assembly at Cabaret Voltaire, 11pm-3am, £6/5
Assembly Bar Birthday Party featuring a top bill of Edinburgh talent including
some
of Assembly’s most respected residents and Trouble friends: Gareth Sommerville
(Ultragroove), Dava (Headspin), Fraz Heaps (live percussion), ABC Sam (Mixer),
Ingram at the club + Gary ‘On The Money’ Mallett and ‘The Rev.’ Ally Brown
joining
us for the warm-up at Assembly.

Fri 3rd August: The Scouse Connection at Cabaret Voltaire, 11pm-3am, £6/5
Nick The Greek (Bommynite Music, Brazilica, The Dragon) & Alex ‘Slippers’
Sweeney
(Bommynite Music, Footworks) + Emkai (Bommynite Music, Footworks). Liverpudlian
Troublemakers come correct.

Fri 7th Sept: Bill still TBC.

+ Trouble DJs every Friday
at Assembly, Lothian St, Edinburgh,
5pm – 1am (free entry).

hobbes@...
http://www.myspace.com/thecabaretvoltaire
http://www.thecabaretvoltaire.com/

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::4 - Sara and the Snakes Gig - Edinburgh
8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 5BJ
Bar: +44 (0) 131 467 5200

This is updated info for our late night gig at Henry's
Friday June 08
£5.00
11-3am

Sara and The Snakes
http://www.myspace.com/saraandthesnakes
Sharing the bill with these amazing acts ...

Beltane Fire Society processional drummers who will be cooking up a rhythmic
storm
http://www.beltane.org/

Carla Bozulich
(of Constellation Records, home to Godspeed, Silver Mt. Zion etc) “Evangelista
is a
sound that you can open your chest with, pull out what’s inside and make it
change
shapes, make it open more times and, even more til the sound inside has finally
sealed the hole where your vile/beautiful heart belongs Even if you believe in
nothing, good or bad, I must report: there’s really no such thing as empty
space.
Even inside this void there is sound. You will hear it. You will see. You will
be
cradled and near deafened by love and mercy sounds and the sound of your own
pulsing
blood that used to drive me crazy as a child when I would try to go to sleep.”
http://www.myspace.com/carlabozulich

Chris Corsano
Percussion Paragon, who sounds like he has more limbs than he actually does.
http://www.myspace.com/chriscorsano

Rashomon
“a bewildering mix of prog rock, electronic noise, waltzes, East European folk,
trad
metal, drones, psych rock and free jazz.” Phew, and there was me thinking it was
going to be hard to describe!
http://www.myspace.com/rashomon68

The Nukes
surf rock in the style of Dick Dale and/or Ennio Morricone, depending on what
colour
your curtains are.
http://www.myspace.com/nukesdomination

ALL THIS FOR THE BARGAIN PRICE OF £5... bring your
dancing legs...

Contact
http://www.myspace.com/henrysvenue
http://www.arpconcerts.co.uk

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::5 - SELLOTAPE GiGS - Edinburgh

Thursday 14 Jun 2007 - SELLOTAPE debut gig!!!
The Cabaret Voltaire, 36 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
Tel: (0131) 220 6176
@ Spies in the Wires
Errors live with Rock Action Records DJs,
Sellotape's 1st gig!! & DJ's Vikisellotape and
Uberjugend
11:00pm - 3:00am
£3/4
http://www.myspace.com/spiesinthewires
http://www.myspace.com/vikisellotape
http://www.myspace.com/lysimachos
http://www.myspace.com/thecabaretvoltaire
http://www.thecabaretvoltaire.com/

Sat 16 Jun 2007 - SELLOTAPE GIG
22, South Clerk St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH8 9PR
Tel: 0131 667 2288
G/I/R/L/E/C/T/R/O hosts SELLOTAPE live
plus Daggers Ahoy djs @ the Southern
9pm - 1am
£free
http://www.myspace.com/vikisellotape
http://www.myspace.com/thesouthern
http://www.myspace.com/daggersahoy

Wed 27 Jun 2007 - SELLOTAPE GIG
THE OCTOPUS DIAMOND, 37 Guthrie Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JG
SELLOTAPE plus YOUR LOYAL SUBJECTS l/i/v/e/
& fantastic djs @ Octopus Diamond
8:00pm - 1:00am
£1.99 they say!
http://www.myspace.com/vikisellotape
http://www.myspace.com/theoctopusdiamond

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