05/11/2009
Sick of twats dancing to the same old remixes of everyone but especially La Roux? Well turn your back on east London this Friday and head to Brixton for World Unknown, a new night that deals in electro, synthpop, ebm, new beat and acid house. As well as DJs Andy Blake (Dissident, Black Editions) and Joe Hart (Body Hammer, Bloc), there will bea live set from Radical Majik, who'll be showcasing some of their stuff soon to be released on dissident. The venue isa 'proper old railway arch with a dub soundsystem' - perfect for all that synth and doomy drumbeats.
Here's Andy's brief guide to potentially confusing sub-genres from the 1980s which will feature heavily at World Unknown:
Belgian new beat: a far wider selection of musical styles than most usually take it to mean. Often takes the form of industrial and European synth pop slowed down to 33rpm to accentuate the groove and low frequencies
cold wave: vaguely scary European synth pop and experimental instrumental stuff. Imagine Depeche Mode records sung in Polish by bands you've never heard of, and you're getting there.
synth-pop: imagine Depeche Mode records sung by Depeche Mode, and Blancmange and countless others including Simple Minds before they were shit.
italo: electronic disco from Italy, often with out of tune vocals in badly sung English
jacking acid house: nuff said - surely?
techno: kids from Detroit trying to make Ultravox b-sides.
electro: quite like techno but instead of going bmm, tsch, bmm, tsch it goes bmm, tsch, bmm, bmm, tsch
6th November
10 - 5
£5 before 12/£7 after
Arch 269
Coldharbour Lane,
Brixton,
SW9 8SE
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