Brighton after dark: 22 October 2013

Bmusic

Good music, eight days a week
It goes without saying that Brighton has a brilliantly rich music scene, without which Bmusic wouldn’t be in existence. It doesn’t always follow , however, that the gigs over a particular seven day stretch are that strong. Fortunately this week is a true indicator of just why our little coastal city is so brilliant, and why we love being involved in its music scene.

On Monday we had classic British songstress, Alison Moyet, at the Dome, and V V Brown at Coalition. The delightful Miss Brown is currently touring her second album, after a foray into the fashion world following the success of ‘Crying Blood’ and the rest of her first record. We also saw the rather excellent Porcelain Raft upstairs at The Prince Albert, whilst Komedia slowly swayed to the sounds of nu-psychadelic maestros Temples.

The run of great shows continues with Jagwar Ma at The Haunt, who got plaudits galore for their debut album Howlin’, and have spent the summer wowing festival crowds across Europe. Over at The Brighton Centre there is Jake Bugg, still flying from his number one first album/

On Wednesday we’ll be getting the biggest treat, with American chillwave pioneer Washed Out on stage at Concorde 2, backed by a five-piece band. The Haunt will see the most exciting gig of the week, with Lanterns On The Lake bringing their emotive brand of autumnal indie rock to an audience that will have gobbled up their sophomore record, ‘Until The Colours Run’.

If that wasn’t enough, Thursday will see a Veronica Falls gig, while the erudite Mr Nick Cave and his band of Bad Seeds will take the stage at the Dome, in what amounts to a homecoming show of sorts.

It’s an amazing week of music, and confirms what we’ve always known: Brighton is the best city in England, and that music fans like us feel genuinely privileged to live here.

Bmusic have regular open meetings. Please come along and get involved! Check the Facebook page for details: www.facebook.com/Bmusic
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Words: David Hillier

Sade Ali gets ready for supecharged this Halloween

As Freshers comes to a close the clubs, pubs and partygoers are making way for one of Brighton’s favourite public holidays: Halloween! This Halloween Supercharged brings you two pioneering legends of jungle and drum ‘n’ bass. With the the curator of Digital Soundboy plus DJ Zinc returning to his roots for a very special jungle set, this is one treat not to miss.

It takes place Saturday 2 November at Concorde 2. The line-up features SHY FX, DJ Zinc (jungle set!) plus Shift K3y & Dagger Sound System.

Shy FX is, without question, one of the original pioneers of the jungle and drum ‘n’ bass scenes; a true innovator for dance music across the globe. Shy’s career has spanned almost 20 years, cementing his name in both the underground and mainstream folk-law. Shy continues to maintain his legendary status, whilst staying true to his art form, and staying relevant and at the forefront of eclectic dance music.

DJ Zinc is a true veteran of the UK dance music scene, having been involved as a listener, producer and DJ since falling for rave, acid house and early jungle as a teenager. He’s been deejaying on pirate radio since 1991, made his name producing jungle and drum ‘n’ bass throughout the ‘90s and the first half of last decade – including 1995′s slippery anthem ‘Super Sharp Shooter’ – and has released tracks that have gone on to prove hugely influential, such as 2000′s breaks/garage freak-out ’138 Trek’.

Supercharged was recently voted 21 in the top 50 club-nights in the world. Expect line-ups including kream, Benga, Rudimental, Chase & Status, Shy Fx, Friction, Andy C, Foreign Beggars, Gorgon City, Redlight, Rusko, Stanton Warriors, Scratch Perverts, Plump DJ’s, Netsky, DJ Fresh, Krafty Kuts, Lenzman, Opiuo, S.P.Y & Newham Generals to name but a few!
Twitter: @_supercharged
Instagram: @superchargedbrighton

Twitter @SadeAli

>Don’t Miss<

Friday, I’m In Love
Kick off your weekend with one of the week’s most unique club nights. If you are looking for the best of the diverse, from indie and funk to ‘80s and reggae, take your tail feather down to Coalition and shake it ‘til you can’t shake it no more.
Coalition, Fri 25 Oct, 11pm, £3–6

Stonelove
With absolutely nothing but pure classic rock and indie to dance to all night long, there is nowhere you would rather be than at Digital with great music on a friday night.
Digital, Fri 25 Oct, 11pm, £3–6

XXY
To all boys who like girls who like boys who like boys… and so on.
Fill your saturday night with sounds of hip hop, classic R’n’B and just a touch of grime at one of the hottest nights in Brighton.
Smack, Sat 26 Oct, 8pm, £3–5

Skatadays
The very best of vintage Jamaican sound from ska, Rocksteady and the happy beats of original Reggae. Skatadays is Riki Tik’s Saturday night regular with free entry and 2-4-1 cocktails available from 5–9pm.
Riki Tik, Sat 26 Oct, 9pm–3am, free

Brighton Noise

Alastair Reid on the Oxjam takeover
A lot of people have a hard time comprehending the notion of charity, especially when it comes to foreign aid. I should rephrase that, the problem isn’t charity itself per se, more the idea of being asked to contribute to the wellbeing of another in a distant country. The objection normally treads painfully close to ex-UKIP blunderbomb Godfrey Bloom’s “bongo bongo land” speech and, yes, times are hard but supporting those weaker than yourself is the hallmark of a mature and conscientious society, be that nationally or internationally. If you can’t, then don’t; if you can, do.
In a past life I was employed by a charity to call people who had expressed an interest and ask if they would like to help send children orphaned by AIDS in Zambia to school. I cut all the heartstring-pulling, guilt-trip guff out of the script and went for economic factors: break the cycle of poverty and break the need for charity. I earned far more for the charity than I was paid but would regularly be met by bile-spitting Bloomites who never let a good fact get in the way of their prejudices and who did their best to insult me and the cause in the name of excusing their lack of will or ability to help. One particularly vindictive woman called me a “little s***” before declaring that all the girls should be sterilised and all the boys given the chop as “they have too many kids over there”. Charming. After ten minutes of attempted reasoning I lost my rag and called her a racist til she hung up, getting fired in the process, but if she didn’t want to contribute she could have just said no. It’s that simple.

This Saturday is the Oxjam Brighton takeover: 40 bands in 10 venues across the city with all-access passes going for a fiver. Now, developing countries are largely the result of national borders drawn on the back of a fag packet by departing colonial masters, jerking historically different cultures and peoples under one flag, leading to civil war and genocide. American, European and Chinese corporations continue to plunder the natural resources of countries inadequately equipped to take full advantage themselves and sell the product back at a monstrous mark up. Then there’s all the Bangladeshi workers in crumbling warehouses making £100 trainers. So if you’ve got a fiver and like music, go; if you don’t, that’s absolutely fine. I promise I’ll be more fun next week.

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