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  • Erol Alkan – 7 hour set, Easter Thursday

    Following last years 5 hour set on Easter Thursday Erol returns to Fire’s ace main room for another epic jaunt through his record box and beyond. But this time he’s doing the whole night! Arrive early and find Erol in a candle -lit room playing the kind of odd electronica he champions on his BBC6 music show, his Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve productions and his Bugged In selection. Expect the night to weave through Disco 3000 territory and full on mutant techno and into classics from his tenure at Trash, Bugged Out and Durrr. Durrr dudes Rory Phillips and The Lovely Jonjo play in room two. Anyone who travelled to this night last year will tell you it’s not to be missed! So. Don’t. Miss. It.BUG_EROL7_EFLYER[1]

  • Crookers’ Tons of Friends launch party

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    Crookers long awaited debut album Tons of Friends is released on March 8th and they play an exclusive London date for Bugged Out in London on Saturday March 6th. They will be flying over to play the ace main room of Fire so expect to hear a lot of tracks from the album and some Crookers classics (and if their last two London parties have been anything to go by they will probably lose their clothes at some point). Also on the bill is Boy 8 Bit who wowed all at our recent new years eve party and whose productions just get better and better. His next release is on Turbo so listen out for that. Hannah Holland from Bastard Batty Bass and Nathan Detroit from Southern Fried complete the line up in the main room. In room 2 are Warrior One, who release their debut release Bad Like Jimmy Cliff in Feb and Untold – who has recently remixed The XX and Boys Noize and released the Gonna Make It Fine E.P.

    Listen to an exclusive streaming of Crookers – Remedy Feat. Miike Snow – Magik Johnson Acid Thunder Dub here

    £12 students or £15 on the door or Buy your advance tickets here.

    Crookers – Remedy Feat. Miike Snow – Magik Johnson Acid Thunder Dub
  • FIELD DAY reveals first acts for 2010 Saturday 31st July

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    Including Headliners: Phoenix
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miina / Beth Jeans Houghton / Caribou / Chilly Gonzales / 
Corsano and Flowers / Gold Panda / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / James Holden / Joker and MC Nomad / Max Tundra / 
Memory Tapes / Mouse On Mars / Pantha Du Prince / Silver Apples with more acts to be announced.

    Saturday 31th July 2010
 Victoria Park / London /  E3

    Ticket price: First announcement: £33.33 + BF. Advancde tickets HERE.

    TIME: 11am – 11PM
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  • Simian Mobile Disco’s Delicatessen

    myspace450x550We are back at London’s Matter on Saturday February 20th for the Simian Mobile Disco curated Delicatessen. SMD will be headlining with a live show drawing on their first two albums (expect some techno friendly reinventions!) plus a line up offering a mouth watering selection of techno, electro and dubstep cooked up by James Ford and Jas Shaw. There’s Chicago’s legendary Green Velvet, Bristol bassline wrangler Joker, 20:20 Vision chief Ralph Lawson, Serge Santago and Tom Neville’s Retro/Glade not to mention further DJ sets from DJ Pierre, Boy 8 Bit, JoJo De Freq, Mowgli and Stopmakingme.

  • Bugged Out & Primary Talent International presents DECKED OUT 10TH ANNIVERSARY

    MAIN
    9- 11 Justin Robertson
    11-12 Busy P
    12-1 Brodinski & Feadz
    1-2 Dave Clarke
    2-3 Xavier Du Rosnay & Erol Alkan
    3-4 Boys Noize & Mehdi
    4-5 Crookers
    5-6 Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo (Bloody Beetroots)

    ROOM 2
    9-10.30 Rory Phillips
    10.30-11.30 Mickey Moonlight
    11.30-12.30 Midfield general
    12.30-1.30 JoJo De Freq
    1.30-3 Aeroplane
    3-4 The Glimmers
    4-5 Headman
    5-6 Vicarious Bliss

    Friday February 5th 2010

    This event has now sold out. However, a limited amount of tickets will be made available at 10am on Friday January 22nd. Maximum amount 6 per order.

    Tickets on sale HERE

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    Decked Out, the pioneering DJ/artist agency that launched in London in 2000, celebrates its 10th anniversary with what is sure to be the party of the decade with a line up that features Justice, Erol Alkan, Boys Noize, Dave Clarke and Crookers amongst many others.

    Party promoters Bugged Out conceived the idea of Decked Out towards the end of 1999 and it is Decked Out’s first lady Martje Kremers’ roster that forms the line up for the party at the Coronet on February 5th. And what a line up! Most of the DJ’s will be playing either special sets or joining forces. In the main room Justice’s Xavier will play with Erol Alkan, Busy P from Ed Banger is playing a special French Touch set, Crookers are playing techno, Dave Clarke electro and Boys Noise & DJ Mehdi are playing vinyl only. Brodinski will hook up with DJ Feadz and The Glimmers and  Aeroplane are already perfectly formed duos and the spectacularly named Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo from The Bloody Beetroots will conclude the night. In room 2 are Headman, JoJo De Freq, Rory Phillips, Midfield General, Mickey Moonlight and Decked Out’s first signing Justin Robertson. All DJ’s will also all be giving up their fees as all proceeds from this special night will go towards local charity Kids Company.

    The line-up in alphabetical order:
    Aeroplane
    Boys Noize
    Busy P
    Brodinski
    Crookers
    Dave Clarke
    Erol Alkan
    Feadz
    Headman
    JoJo De Freq
    Justin Robertson
    Mehdi
    Mickey Moonlight
    Midfield General
    Rory Phillips
    Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo (The Bloody Beetroots)
    The Glimmers
    Vicarious Bliss
    Xavier Du Rosnay (Justice)

    Advance tickets £25 available here

    £25 + £2.50 booking fee (proceeds from the fee go towards the charity) + to minimise the cost of administration we are sending all transactions out by Special Delivery (£4.80). Maximum six tickets per transaction.


    Friday February 5th 2010. 9pm-6am.
The Coronet, 28 New Kent Rd
London, SE1 6TJ
    Coronet: Tel. 020 7701 1500
    Decked Out’s full roster:
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    More on the charity here:
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  • NYE: sold out. No tickets left at any outlet. No tickets available on the door. If your ticket has not arrived by post please bring a print out of the confirmation e-mail and the credit card you booked with. Tickets and credit card collections valid until 3am.

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    Tickets are flying out for our New Years Eve party with Trailer Trash. Both the early bird and second release tickets have now sold out and tickets are now available at the still insanely reasonable advance price of £25 here or tickets can be picked up from the bars of Dalston Superstore and the Old Blue Last also priced £25.

    We have chosen the relatively intimate surrounds of the bespoke Scrutton St basement club in Shoreditch, will be filling it with a Function One sound-system, lazers and super smart flashing lights and a line up of amazing DJ’s. Brodinski is part of the Bugged Out family, he mixed the Suck My Deck compilation for us this summer and continues to wow with his DJ skills, he is one of a few that can make so many styles collude and cross pollinate well and his kinetic energy is infectious – he will be playing the main two hour set of the night. Joining him are two chaps who rocked our Mad Decent party back in May; Boy 8 Bit will be playing through midnight no doubt including his smash tracks from Baltic Pine and Mumdance who will be concluding the bash with his bassline filled mutant house. From team Trailer Trash come Hannah Holland who stole the show at our 15th birthday recently and residents Mikki Most and Ian Robinson.

    Listen to a recent DJ mix from Hannah Holland here

    Join the Facebook event page here

  • Seriously Social winner announced!

    The winner for the Seriously Social Party competition has now been announced and I am really pleased to confirm that Will Fraser has won the chance to put on his Seven Deadly Sins Party after an extraordinary campaign mobilised by all his friends at Liverpool University and his hometown in Harrogate.

    Bugged Out’s Johnno says, “Will has been the front runner all along and I can see how he has won. His Seven Deadly Sins idea is fun and each themed room well thought out.  His video is simple but convincing and the idea for the party can also realistically be achieved. I am looking forward to helping Will realise this idea and attending the night.”

    Head over to www.facebook.com/3seriouslysocialparty for the full details and become a fan of the page for updates in the lead up to when the party happens in January, plus the chance to win freebies from Bugged Out party tickets to 3 handsets such as the new HTC Hero.

  • Seriously Social Deadline looms

    We’re reaching the deadline for the voting stage of the 3 Seriously Social Party competition which I am mentoring. There are some fantastic ideas and entertaining videos put forward by the finalists which are well worth checking out – have a look and vote for the idea you like best and be in with a chance of going to the lavish £30K affair which will take place at the end of January. Be quick though as you’ve only got until 5pm tomorrow to get involved! www.facebook.com/3seriouslysocialparty

    You can also download Johnno’s Erection Section Spotify Playlist for the campaign and win the chance to get your hands on a HTC Hero handset here: http://www.facebook.com/3seriouslysocialparty?v=app_2347471856

  • Bugged Out New Years Eve!

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    Bugged Out raise a glass or three to bid farewell to 2009 and welcome the new decade in alongside rave pals Trailer Trash this New Years Eve.

    We have chosen the relatively intimate surrounds of the bespoke Scrutton St basement club in Shoreditch, will be filling it with a Function One sound-system, lazers and super smart flashing lights and a line up of amazing DJ’s. Brodinski is part of the Bugged Out family, he mixed the Suck My Deck compilation for us this summer and continues to wow with his DJ skills, he is one of a few that can make so many styles collude and cross pollinate well and his kinetic energy is infectious – he will be playing the main two hour set of the night. Joining him are two chaps who rocked our Mad Decent party back in May; Boy 8 Bit will be playing through midnight no doubt including his smash tracks from Baltic Pine and Mumdance who will be concluding the bash with his bassline filled mutant house. From team Trailer Trash come Hannah Holland who stole the show at our 15th birthday recently and residents Mikki Most and Ian Robinson.

    There are a limited amount of early bird tickets on sale now, a snip at £19.50. Get your here.




BUGGED OUT ZINE INTERVIEWS
Crookers interview

Crookers give us the run through of collaborations on their debut album, ‘Ton’s Of Friends’
1. We Love Animals - Crookers feat Soulwax & Mixhell 3:56
"We recorded this at their studios but their synthesizers were broken. The sound that you hear on this track is because the synth’s didn’t work properly!”
2. No Security - Crookers feat Kelis 3:10
"We sent her a lot of beats.140 bpm track in fact. When she sang on that beat we were like, 'Oh shit we don't like it'. We scraped it and had to start all over again.”
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Simian Mobile Disco Interview
Simian Mobile Disco run through their line-up for their Delicatessen party at Matter on Sat 20th Feb at Matter.
Green Velvet
Old school legend who is still making amazing stuff. His tracks have been staples in our DJ sets for ages now. Very excited to hear him play – ‘Cameras Ready, Prepare To Flash’.
Retro/Grade
Italo aficionado Serge Santiago has teamed up with Tom Neville to make Retro/Grade. Expect classy, souped up disco vibes from this exclusive live set.
DJ Pierre
Acid pioneer DJ Pierre absolutely nailed a remix of ‘Cruel Intentions’ for us. Watch him join the dots between acid old and new like no-one else.

Boy 8 Bit
Last years stellar Baltic Pine set Boy 8 Bit apart from the pack. His DJ sets are simultaneously pastoral and mean. A real British talent.
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Boy 8 Bit

Where are you right now and what are you doing?
Currently at home, doing that Monday thing of getting back into the swing of it after a 3 show weekend. Aiming to do a bit more work on some new material and maybe head out and start my Christmas shopping!
As you’ve released most of your EPs on many different and varied labels. Which is your favourite and why?
I don't really judge my release by label and have never really thought about it in that way. I'm proud of everything I have done over the years and I am honored to be on any label that believes in my music enough to put it out in the first place!
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Mumdance

Where are you right now and what are you doing?
I've literally just woke up & I'm just getting myself ready to head out & play a few dates on the Major Lazer tour this week. At the weekend I'm heading to France to play in Lille & at the Paris Social Club, its my first headline slot at the Social & I'm a bit worried that no one is going to turn up!!
It must be a hoot being in the Mad Decent camp? How did that come about?
I feel very privileged to be a part of it all. I guess it came about when a little while back Diplo did a remix of "Veni Vidi Vici" by the Black Lips. At the time I was working for Vice Magazine who put the record out. I did a little sneaky bootleg & remixed his remix, turning it into this weird Balie-Grime thing with Jammer on. I sent it to Diplo on Myspace and a few days later he got in touch with me & asked me to remix Santigold's "Creator" for his Top Ranking mixtape. It's just gone on from there really. I gotta big up Wes actually, he has been so supportive of me over the past couple of years & it has helped me out a lot.

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The Chemical Brothers

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
(Ed Simons): Although I know you have been based in London for years it still means Manchester and Sankeys Soap to me. Hearing those huge DJ’s playing in that back street club back then (1995). Also Jockey Slut’s (magazine) office was upstairs at the time so it all tied together.
Do you remember the Disco Pogo nights we threw before Bugged Out?
I remember one night was in Joshua Brookes and it was like an early incarnation of what we went on to do with the (Heavenly) Social. We played the Manics at the end (La Tristesse Durera). When we did Disco Pogo it was one of the first times we had travelled up from London to DJ. We were still playing records in our set we had bought from Moonboots at Eastern Bloc from our time (studying) in Manchester though. We were working on a remix of Faster for the Manics at the time. We went up to DJ and then came back and went straight to the studio to finish it off. We all fell asleep under the desk at one point, me, Tom and the engineer. Seems like a different time now.
The first time you played live at Sankeys it was in April 1995 as Very Special Guests from Planet Dust…
Yes the clue was in the title there wasn’t it (they had just changed their name from Dust Brothers to Chemical Brothers). Derrick Carter played and I remember thinking he was good. We heard (resident) James Holroyd for the first time too and he became a permanent fixture of our touring party. We also used Stuart James for the first time too and he has been our tour manager ever since. One of our crew on that night, Joe Wright is a director now, he directed Atonement and Pride and Prejudice. It was a small stage, quite ambitious to play live on. But back then we just used five keyboards, samplers and four strobe lights. It was always a bit hairy in Manchester at the time. We DJed once and decided to walk back to the hotel rather than get a cab. These locals shouted at us, Oi are you the Chemical Brothers? We were like, ‘Yes my good men’. And then they started throwing rocks at us.
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Boys Noize


What does Bugged Out mean to you?
A great team that always has a great taste in music and always supports the young unknown talents that get bigger one year later. I always have great moments at Bugged Out.
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Simian Mobile Disco

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Techno, that's a compliment.
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Mylo

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Um, you're the guys who do that gay disco right?
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Busy P

What were you doing 15 years ago?
I was learning how to look after two guys who wanted to be anonymous but who were changing the game in our music industry.
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Justin Robertson

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Friendship and a shared love of the absurdly fun, serious music not taken seriously, quality with tremendous shoes.
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JoJo De Freq

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Making an unforgettable mark in the history of dance music; being respected by being a respecter; making and breaking a multitude of DJ's and acts through influence and enthusiasm; and having un-waverable endurance the face of many ups and downs and reincarnations oh and not to mention many a proper, fun, messy night out!
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Matt Walsh

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Quite a lot! Bugged was my favourite club night for about 8 years and now I’m a resident! It’s always at the forefront of current dance music and it has, by far, the best crowd in the world.
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Hannah Holland

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
It means pure quality clubbing with cutting edge dance music and an honour to be part of.
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Brodinski

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
I'm speechless. Best party in the world? I think so!!
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