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Cream’s 20th Birthday
Nation, Liverpool, October 6 and October 13 www.facebook.com/OfficialCream Clubbing institution Cream marks 20 years at its spiritual home, Nation in Liverpool First up on October 6 is Steve Angello, AN21 & Max Vangeli and Paul van Dyk On October 13 Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold and Pete Tong will lead the way Andy Carroll will go B2B with Liverpool’s Andy Carroll in a one-off birthday special
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Another ‘Bugged Out’ Party with Erol Alkan
The Warehouse Project
Azealia Banks
Waterfront Norwich, October 7 www.azealiabanks.com Everyone’s favourite potty-mouthed female rapper finally makes her first full tour of the UK Azealia will also take in Oxford, Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool on the tour Azealia’s long-awaited debut album, ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’ is due out in February Azealia insisted on Norwich due to her love of Alan Partridge and Colman’s Mustard
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Annie Mac Presents
02 Academy, Glasgow, November 29 www.anniemacpresents.com Annie returns for her annual autumn jaunt around the UK Joining her will be dubstep big guns Magnetic Man and hot newcomers, Disclosure Also on the bill are Rudimental and Redlight The hostess will be selling raincoats at the merchandise stands in a brand offshoot named Annie Presents Macs
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Little Big Planet Vita Without doubt one of the most innovative and imaginative games going, Little Big Planet now arrives on the Vita, challenging you to take the endlessly customisable Sackboy on an adventure to return ‘the joy’ – stolen by a mysterious Puppeteer – to the fairground planet of Carnivalia. There are loads of multi-player options, including pass ’n’ play and multi-touch, if you can’t get online. Better still, both front and rear touchscreens, plus the dual-facing camera, are integral tools in navigating the new single player story and creating your own unique versions of this beautiful, toytown and Tim Burton-esque 3D world.
F1 2012 F1 2012 is about renewed accessibility. Menus have been simplified, control pad steering tweaked and they’ve introduced ‘hot lap’ in-car circuit walk-throughs with exdriver Anthony Davidson guiding you through when to break. Better still, they’ve included an ingame overview F1 for the naïve, explaining tyres, KERS, DRS and fuel use via the ‘young drivers test’ feature. Other newbies include a Champions Mode that puts you in scenarios such as fending off Hamilton in the wet or chasing down Mika Häkkinen. Plus you can drive the new ‘Circle of the Americas’ US grand prix track before it’s even been built!
Trafford Park Rd, Manchester, September 28-29, www.thewarehouseproject.com The Warehouse Project is back for its first full season in its new home Kicking things off there’ll be a doubleheader with Rinse on the Friday and Welcome To The Warehouse Party on Saturday Expect Nicolas Jaar, Seth Troxler, Skream, Katy B, Julio Bashmore and Diplo Bez will play maracas during Nico Jaar’s set
Fire, South Lambeth Rd, London September 29, www.buggedout.net Marks the release of ‘Another Bugged Out Mix’ Erol will be joined by artists who feature on the mix like Mickey Moonlight, In Flagranti, Matt Walsh It’s Erol’s first Bugged Out party since his gruelling nine-hour set earlier this year This is Erol’s first time at this London club, making it his baptism of Fire
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Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII With over 20 historically accurate missions, from the bombing of Pearl Harbour to the battle of Iwo Jima, this WWII aerial fighter unleashes intense air-to-air, air-toship and air-to-ground combat via over 30 classic dive bombers, fighters, and torpedo bombers. Flight-stick compatibility and huge online co-op survivor, carrier-sinking and dog-fight missions, plus a ‘reflex’ (bullet time) mode for close combat elevate this game to high altitude, the only engine splutter its fiddly handling. There’s never a dull moment, particularly in ‘warspeed’ mode which cuts out long flights to get straight to the action.
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Dishonored This cracking twist on the fist person shooter casts you as a supernatural assassin in an immersive steampunk, electroVictorian city, framed for the Empress’s murder and hell-bent on revenge. In a game which you can stealthily complete without killing a single enemy, weapons and powers are still plentiful and wondrous. From the ability to possess fish to swim into secret places or summon a swarm of rats to devour a foe, to unleashing your trusty dagger and unusual wheel of firearms, drug darts and explosives; waging war against a corrupted government in the murky shadows has never looked better.
Sabo, left, and Heartbreak
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MOOMBAHSOUL REMIX COMP The Legitmix-powered remix comp that lets you sample almost anything
MICHAEL KHAN
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samples was a producer’s nightmare. But now, Legitmix frees remixers from traditional music clearance concerns by enabling them to sell a ‘Legitmix file’. Fans can use the Legitmix file to recreate a remixer’s work using their own copies of the sampled songs. If fans are missing those songs, Legitmix provides an easy way to buy them – so remixers and the artists they sample get credited and paid. Heartbreak & Sabo, known for their pioneering blend of moombahton and soul, have set up this Legitmix-powered remix comp. Winners will get their remix on a Sabo & Heartbreak Moombahsoul EP, see their remix properly promoted, and get 70% of the sale of the Legitmix file. “Sampled artists get their due, and the producers who remix them don’t have to hide in the shadows,” says Sabo. www.mixmag.net
Here’s how to enter:
1. Make a soulful moombahton track sampling any big hip hop/ soul/r’n’b sample taken from iTunes (no mashups please). 2. Go to www.legitmix.com, click ‘submit your remix’ at the top and follow the instructions. 3. Tag your work ‘Moombahsoul Remixes’ and price it at 50 cents. 4. Heartbreak and Sabo will choose from the remixes with the most page views, so make sure to promote your work using the Legitmix social media tools. 5. If you want to submit a track you’ve already made, make sure it’s not available for free download. It’s fine to leave a preview up on Soundcloud to promote it, but replace the download button with a ‘buy’ button that links to your Legitmix page. The deadline is November 21 2012. Usual Mixmag T&Cs apply. For full details and how-to screencasts, visit www.legitmix. com/moombahsoul