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- Jacques lu Cont presents Reload
On Friday February 17th at Sankeys Soap, Manchester and Saturday February 18th at London’s XOYO Bugged Out and Jacques lu Cont present Reload. Lu Cont is BACK after a lengthy hiatus spent producing some of the world’s biggest pop acts under real name Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers amongst them).
- Bugged Out! Jackmaster+Ben UFO+Oneman
Bugged Out returns to XOYO on February 25th with three Gents who have become reknowned for their programming skills behind the decks without having a production to their names.
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- Modeselektor added to Field Day!
We are pleased to announce that Modeselektor, Blawan, Koreless and Daniel Avery (Stopmakingme) have been added to the Bugged Out arena at this year’s Field Day festival on June 2nd, Victoria Park, London. They join SBTRKT, Hudson Mohawke (live), Rustie and DJs Maya Jane Coles and Julio Bashmore. More info on the full line up here.
- Field Day 2012
Field Day festival 2012 takes place on the earlier date of Saturday June 2nd, part of the long bank holiday weekend. Franz Ferdinand, Beirut and Metronomy feature on the main stage and so far lined up for Bugged Out – SBTRKT, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie (all live) and DJ sets from Maya Jane Coles, Julio Bashmore, Stopmakingme with more to be announced.
- Bugged Out NYE
LAST REMAINING TICKETS FROM HERE
XOYO join up with Bugged Out to round off the year and welcome in the new one with a bang, a couple of bears, a Night Slug and a Disco Bloodbath. Playing a three hour set are The 2 Bears who comprise Joe Goddard of Hot Chip who had a huge club hit with ‘Gabriel’ this autumn and his furry friend Raf Daddy. They play house music in all it’s forms, from the fun, tongue in cheek like their own ‘Bear Hug’ to classic tracks and wonky bass heavy Chicago tunes perfect for a party. They are joined in the basement with Night Slugs’ L-Vis 1990 and Southern Fried’s Nathan Detroit. The gallery room is hosted by two Dalston collectives getting the bus down to Shoreditch for the night to play disco and vintage house: Disco Bloodbath and Legendary Children. New Years Eve is all about the party and these guys are certainly going to bring it all night long.
- The Final New Years Day All-Day-Er!
The original and best New Years Day party – Bugged Out has been the party place to end up at (or come back out to) on Jan 1st since 2001. Back then new years day wasn’t even a big party day in London, the Bugged Out New Years All-Day-Er changed all that. Guests over the years have included Erol Alkan, Ewan Pearson, Mylo, Friendly Fires, Foals, Brodinski and many more. Now, ten years on, Bugged Out have decided to make this their final, very, very last New Years Day party. To go out with a bang after a decade. And, as always, it’s still free entry.
The music starts at midday and the party rolls on til 1am at the Old Queens Head pub with DJs playing pop, disco, guilty pleasures, old rave, UK G, vintage handbag and yacht rock.
This year expect the usual antics from Bugged Out’s Johnno, Ben Pistor from Disco Bloodbath, Tayo with his legendary classic house set, Frank Tope from Wild Geese, Joe Ransom, Matt Walsh & La La Leanne, Joe Chalmers on a UK G tip and as usual some VERY SPECIAL GUESTS who will be revealed on the day.
- Todd Edwards & Eats Everything Nov 26th
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Rounding off our road to the weekender series of dates in London we have a superb double-bill as Legendary New Jersey producer Todd Edwards comes to Bugged Out on Saturday November 26th. Edwards has pioneered house and garage with his cut-up vocal technique on recordings like Saved My Life and Shut The Door, recorded with Daft Punk and remixed everyone from Justice to Spank Rock. Joining Todd is rising Bristolian Eats Everything who has recorded for Claude Von Stroke’s Dirty Bird label with tracks The Size and Whatever Whatever. Apocaylpso’s Dekker and D’Lex from Dollop join in. The gallery is hosted by DRM RLL PLS.
* Please note – the Martyn & Julio Bashmore show is being rescheduled for 2012.
- Slugs South of the River
Night Slugs All night long Friday November 11th. As part of our Road to the Weekender series we have hooked up with Night Slugs again for some more all night, all Slug action! The last party we put on in Shoreditch in May was one of the best we’ve been involved in all year…
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- Bugged Out & Trailer Trash: Hallogreen!
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR AT £15. DOORS 9.30PM. GREEN DRESS CODE IS OPTIONAL!
Two East End titans of mutant dance – Bugged Out and Trailer Trash – unite for the first time since NYE 2009 to celebrate Hallowe’en – or Hallogreen as they have Christened it. Why? Because they’ve bagged one of the true legends of techno for the night – Green Velvet…
- Bugged Out! 17th Birthday Film
Thanks to our friends over at Daruma Vision we have footage from the BuggedOut 17th Birthday to share with you.
- Bugged Out Weekender 2012
We are pleased to announce the Bugged Out Weekender taking place Jan 20th, 21st and 22nd 2012.The Bugged Out Weekender promises to reflect our 17 year history and future with a programme consisting of all the best in techno, acid house and bass music. Relatively new acts and collectives like Joy Orbison and Night Slugs will feature on the same bill as globally huge DJs like Diplo and Chase & Status and Bugged Out legends like techno founders Kevin Saunderson and Green Velvet.For more information click here.We are pleased to announce the Bugged Out Weekender taking place Jan 20th, 21st and 22nd 2012.
The Bugged Out Weekender promises to reflect our 17 year history and future with a programme consisting of all the best in techno, acid house and bass music. Relatively new acts and collectives like Joy Orbison and Night Slugs will feature on the same bill as globally huge DJs like Diplo and Chase & Status (DJ set) and Bugged Out legends like techno founders Kevin Saunderson and Green Velvet.
For more information click here.
- Bugged Out XVII: Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Canblaster.
ADVANCE TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT. WE WILL BE HOLDING BACK 200 TICKETS ON THE DOOR.
On Saturday October 15th we celebrate our XVII birthday as Boys Noize returns to Bugged Out after a crazy sell out show in February at XOYO. The set he is bringing to the main stage of The Coronet Theatre in London is very special indeed and the first time he has unveiled this strobes’n'LED DJ show in London. Be prepared to be dazzled. We can now reveal that joining Alex is his partner in crime Erol Alkan who has had an amazing year releasing arguably his best remixes to date (check him out playing their Lemonade track at Field Day recently here). Also playing are Club Cheval’s rising star Canblaster alongside Bugged Out resident and Turbo tune-smith Matt Walsh. Tickets are on sale now priced £14.50 from our shop and Ticketweb.
- Bugged Out film at Field Day Festival 6-8-2011
Big Bugged Out thanks to Daruma Vision who made this film and a big hand to all the DJs who played.
- Azari & III live at XOYO August 11th
The amazing Totontonian quartet Azari & III are live at XOYO next Thursday August 11th. They collaborated with Friendly Fires on the track Stay Here that came exclusively with their Bugged Out Suck My Deck compilation last year. They’ve just released their self titled debut album (8/10 NME) of sordid electronic pop and they’re a brilliant must see live act. Tickets available here
- Border Community Warehouse Party
James Holden’s Border Community return to London on Saturday October 1st to host a bespoke warehouse party in Shoreditch at new events space Factory 7. Holden has been producing his own skewed take on electronic music since the age of 19. His 2006 album debut The Idiots Are Winning still begs a follow up but in the meantime Holden has released last year’s DJ Kicks mix tape to satiate fans and of course keeps the good music coming from his Border Comm signings. Two of his latest who join him in the warehouse are Norfolk’s Luke Abbott, who released the deliciously wonky long player Holkham Drones this year, and Switzerland’s Kate Wax who has just joined the label and releases an album with them later this year. BleeD resident and programmer Casper C and Dollop DJ Dan Tombs join in the action. £11 Tickets are available here or it’s £13 on the door.
- Bugged Out In:Motion October 8th
We return to Bristol and the In:Motion series after our sold out show in June with Erol Alkan and Boys Noize. Heading up the main room is Blood Music boy Fake Blood, joined by co-horts Boy 8 Bit and Bowski. In addition L-Vis 1990 and the Neon Dreams play live! In room 2 Jamie Jones and Heidi get their Jackathon on and in the third room Girl Unit (Nightslugs) and Pariah (R&S) play mutant house and techno. More details and tickets here
- Field Day after-parties!
After Field Day stops, the after-parties start. See in Sunday at not one but two of our Field Day carry-ons. XOYO opens it doors for one third of dubstep duo Magnetic Man – Benga – with MC Youngman, Roska, L-Vis 1990, Benedict Bull and the Dollop DJs (doors open at 10pm).Just around the corner at Hearn St Car Park (off Curtain Rd) is Field Day after-party No 2 with Kieran Hebden AKA Four Tet (DJ set), James Holden, Pearson Sound and Casper C holding it down til 5.30am (details will be announced on the Bugged Out website soon).
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- Bugged Out at Field Day
Last year at Field Day the Bugged Out tent filled up quickly with those who come eager to dance so this year we have got a bigger tent and our best line up yet to fill it.The DJs playing have all been influential to their peers as innovators, record label bosses, recording artists, mavericks. Heading up the bill is legendary Detroit techno artist Carl Craig who, as part of 20 years of his Planet E imprint, will be performing a set of his 69 material live. This is a UK exclusive and the set is only being performed in four cities worldwide this year. Expect sublime tracks like Desire, the frenetic Jam The Box or the contents of 4 Jazz Funk Classics staged in front of a retina popping visual show. Making his Field Day debut this year is Cologne’s Michael Mayer of arguably the most consistent techno label this decade Kompakt. A recording artist in his own right Mayer’s DJ sets are inspirational. Another Field Day exclusive finds Kieran ‘Four Tet’ Hebden going b2b, deck to deck and beat to beat with Border Community boss James Holden. Very welcome back to Field Day after a couple of years is Erol Alkan who, as Phantasy label boss will no doubt be checking out his signing and remixee Conan Mocassin on the EYOE stage before heading over to Bugged Out armed with an arsenal of mutant techno and off kilter electronica like his mix of Avalanche featuring Jarvis Cocker. There’s also one-third of Magnetic Man and trailblazing dub step DJ Benga will be playing with MC Youngman on hollering duties, Dalston dwelling Nightslug co-boss L-Vis 1990 who’s on the cusp of releasing his solo album L-Vis 1990 & the Neon Dreams and tallest man on site James Blake will be dropping in a few hours before he performs live to play a DJ set. Last year he played the main stage as Ramadanman, this year the Hessle Audio boss returns to Field Day with a new name – Pearson Sound and bringing some sunshine to the day, a set of sirens and trademark mentions of his own name is Rinse FM’s Funky pioneer Roska.
Saturday August 6th. Advance tickets here.
- Bugged Out & XOYO presents Rusko
Yes it’s official Rusko will be performing at XOYO on Thursday July 14th after a 7 month hiatus. His last Bugged Out appearance at 2010’s Mad Decent warehouse party incited a stage invasion. The man behind album O.M.G and singles Hold On, Feels So Real and pioneering dub step tunes Gone 2 Far. Rattus Rattus and Acton Dread will be Djing with support from Nightwave who has recently remixed Terror Danjah and Dam Mantle.
Thursday July 14th
10.30pm-3am
XOYO, 32-37 Cowper Street, London
- The return of Tiga!
On Friday May 27th Bugged Out heralds the return of techno legend Tiga to London, his first club show since Planet Turbo a year ago!
He will be joined by fellow Turbo man Matt Walsh and R&S signing Pariah in Shoreditch’s XOYO. More details very soon. Guaranteed entry advance tickets are now off sale. You can pay on the door £13 students or £15.
What can we expect from you guys at the Bugged Out/Durrr Xmas party on Dec 4th for those not familiar with your show?
I had no idea that this was an Xmas party! That changes everything. We'll have to play our Christmas set, which is just our normal set but with a loop of a sample of jingle bells underneath all of our tracks ;)
How did your last London gigs go? Where did you play?
We played in two separate but equally awesome basement venues. The first was a really fun show with two bands from New York who we know, Small Black and Javelin. That was a lot of fun because it felt like a show back home and there were a lot of people there who seemed to like us, which is, you know, sort of the point. The second show was with all UK artists and was more unfamiliar and really good too. I was really impressed by Sampha's performance.
How did you decide what to include on the mix?
There were a few tracks that I thought should define the mix such as the Bot'ox, Round 2 'New Day', the Tom Trago track, our track with Azari, and
BDI... and a few that worked as good buffers between those tracks. Furthermore, a few had to go in as last minute substitutes because of
problems licensing some tracks.
I wanted it to have a range of moods; reflective, full on party, and 'ard as nails slammers. Too many mixes are one-paced and dull because of it.
Green Velvet
