On Friday March 13th there's a proper International slant to Bugged Out Manchester with four acts from four different countries aided and abetted by our local heroes. Montreal’s Turbo recordings – Tiga’s long running techno label – take over the main room...

Friday March 20th sees the next installment of BUGGEDOut in Bristol with Mylo's first appearance in the city for three years. Listen out for his new track 'I'm Back' and more from his long awaited second album. Playing live is Russian noisenik The Proxy who loves Bristol's heritage being a drum'n'bass head at heart. Also playing are Mr C, Deepgroove, Jamie Anderson and Joe Ransom and it's all happening at the Motion Skate Park.

Hot Chip are the next act up to follow in the footsteps of Erol Alkan, Miss Kittin, Klaxons and Felix Da Housecat in compiling A Bugged Out Mix...

The club it all started in for us and our current Manchester home is up for Best Club in DJ mag. To vote for them go here http://www.martinfewell.com/syeknas/eflyer/vote_sankeys_1.gif

Bugged Out is proud to present the first in a series of parties in 2009 to celebrate our 15th anniversary in clubland. Easter Thursday April 9th is probably the best night out in the clubbing calendar because everyone gets four whole days off work afterwards! So we’ve lined up something extra special, Erol Alkan will be breaking from form and playing a six hour set.

We are pleased to announce Erol Alkan as the first confirmation for the Bugged Out arena at this year's Field Day on Saturday August 1st on London's Victoria Park. Also announced across the other stages are Mogwai, Four Tet, James Yorkston, Aoes & Androids, Errors and DJ Skream. Loads more to come. More details from www.fielddaysfestivals.com

Bristol’s underground clubs are on the verge of an electronic music explosion. And there’s never been better proof that, when it comes to club culture this city is hotter than the devil’s jockstrap, than the return of global party institution Bugged Out!

Bugged Out are hosting a one-off party at Matter on Saturday February 21st with a line-up worthy of the club’s boomin’ system and body sonic dancefloor.

Many thanks to everyone that came to the last Bugged Out at The End making it one of our most memorable parties ever. Justice, Erol, JoJo, Matt, Brendan, Hannah, Severino, Skull Juice, Brendan and the Black Rabbit crew: we salute you! We will miss this club so much, it’s been our favourite place to party and our longest running residency yet. But as one door shuts, several more open. This is Bugged Out’s fifteenth year and we are throwing numerous special parties across London to celebrate. We also have a new, improved website launching soon and a podcast and video recorded at the last End. Between now and the end of May we are holding parties in Fire (where we celebrated NYE), Area (Fire’s sister club), Matter (Mixmag’s club of the year), Cable (a new club opening near London Bridge) and a warehouse in Southwark. Here are some dates for your diaries for Spring…

JUSTICE
What can we expect from your last set at Bugged Out at the End? “A farewell is always tough, so we re gonna aim to refrain tears and spread joy, fun and happiness.” More...

EROL ALKAN
What can we expect from your last set at Bugged Out at the End? “I'd like to pull out the records which I used to play in the lounge, between 2005 - 2007. There are some records from back then which still sound so fresh and extremely bizarre, even now, which is pretty special considering dance music dates so fast.” More...

The 500 advance tickets have now sold out. There will be 500+ available on the door. Doors open at 9pm.

The early bird allocation for this party went on sale at midday on Jan 3rd and sold out in 2 minutes. We are putting 300 more tickets on sale - maximum of 2 per person - priced £22 at 8pm on Wednesday January 7th. When these have sold out there will be 500 remaining tickets available on the door on the night.

With much blubbing and hanky filling we have come to the end of our residency at The End. We’ve had some amazing nights there since we laid down our hat in 2002. Who can forget Erol Alkan’s four year residency in the lounge; the nights curated by Tiga (featuring Altern 8!), Hot Chip (featuring Noze!) and Erol (featuring Boys Noize second London appearance!), Dexter from the Avalanches (remember them?), Thomas Bangalter! (actually he had an ear infection and couldn’t come), Mylo live at the tenth birthday, Miss Kittin’s all singing/all spinning sets, JoJo De Freq’s late night magic, Ivan Smagghe in the lounge and main room, Lindstrom, Vitalic and Digitalism’s live sets…God there are loads of happy memories (and so many happy blurs). It has been such a joy to put nights on there and we will miss all associated with it.

Dec 31st 11.30am. There are only 15 tickets available from www.ticketweb.co.uk.

There are also tickets over the counter at Phonica on Poland St, London 0207 0256070. They will be on sale until 4pm today.

Bugged Out: 9-11 Matt Walsh 11-1 Simian Mobile Disco 1-2 Matt Walsh 2-4 Brodinski 4-6 Erol Alkan. Trailer Trash: 9-11.45 Zombie Disco Squad 11.45-1.00 Surkin 1.00-2.40 Hannah Holland 2.40-3.15 Joe & Will Ask 3.15-4.30 Ian Robinson 4.30-6 Mikki Most Disco Bloodbath: 9-12 Ben Pistor 12-1.30 Dan Beaumont 1.30-3.00 Tako 3.00-6 .00 Ben Rymer (Gucci Soundsystem/DFA) & Damon Martin

In Manchester on January 9th Bugged Out enter their fifteenth year at the cutting edge of mutant techno with a legend launching his latest album: Mr Oizo!

London’s finest cutting edge clubs join forces for a big New Year’s bash in a dazzling 3 roomed space.

Bugged Out join up with nocturnal pals Trailer Trash and Disco Bloodbath for an unforgettable New Years Eve at London club Fire which features three amazing rooms including a multi-coloured disco dancefloor and the incredible LED-filled Lightbox. Expect: amazing scenes.

The limited advance tickets for this Friday's intimate Christmas party with Simian Mobile Disco have now sold out. However, there will be plenty of tickets on the door - £10 NUS/£12. Doors open 9pm. East Village, Great Eastern St, Shoreditch. 'I Believe' (in Father Christmas).

Yes, after 14 years at the top of the mutant techno 'tree' Bugged Out are 'branching' out to Japan for a party on December 12th. We are taking our two brilliant London residents JoJo De Freq and Matt Walsh to Warehouse 702 alongside BiBop and Tokyo’s finest underground talent in Mike Munoz and 30 Minutes.

James Ford and Jas Shaw draw another successful Simian year to a close with an intimate Christmas party with their pals at Shoreditch’s East Village club. Though their schedule is always hectic (this year has seen them release Sample & Hold, Clock E.P, a Fabric Live compilation, festival tour, sold out Astoria gig and Ford even found time to produce and bang skins for Last Shadow Puppets) they have kept December 12th free to mix records and mix drinks. Joining them in the club for a glass of egg nog are tour dj’s Nadia Ksaiba and Tom Maddicott with Simon Baker whose remix of Sleep Deprivation featured on Sample & Hold. Oli Isaacs from This Is Music and Johnno from Bugged Out play pop in the bar. “I’m a hustler baby, so buy me a present. No socks though eh?”

This is to be your last gig at The End before it closes. Will you share some memories with us about your past gigs there?

My first memory of the club is hearing the name The End and thinking, ‘Oh that's clever’. I had booked Mr C and Layo over the years in Montreal, and was excited about this new concept club. It seemed to be THE 90's club. I think I played Trash about four times, and probably another six shows, and I never had a lame gig. My best memories are the Trash nights. Very exciting times, meeting Erol, Erol's cousin, and Erol's friend who would roll the joints. I tested lots of tracks over the years, and the reception was consistently ACCURATE. Top night was Sexor release party with Altern 8, and then I think I passed out in the coatcheck with YOU of all people (Actually, I came to wake you up with a reviving ginger beer so you could finish off the party– Johnno). I also met Pet Shop Boys in the backroom. In general, over the past seven years The End was our home in London.

What have you planned for this Mind Dimension party? Is the name of this party and the name of your new single in any way related?

You mean OTHER than the fact that they have the same name? What I have planned is to show up, with Matt Walsh, and play all my best new records. Including several from my new album, which will be world exclusives. The name itself just refers to the fact that I am primarily concerned with the dimension that exists in my own head.

Late of the Pier presents... Late of the Pier – live, Erol Alkan (Disco 3000), Metronomy dj set, Mickey Moonlight (Ed Banger), The Golden Filter – live, Firas (Filthy Few)

Christmas comes early to fans of everyone’s favourite Canuck Tiga. When the Turbo boss and electro dandy heard that The End was closing its doors in January he was keen to play a final show.

Following her Batbox album launch in Hearn St car park in February this year Bugged Out welcomes back Miss Kittin for a weekend of dates in Manchester and London on November 14th and 15th...

LIMITED ADVANCE TICKETS SOLD OUT - LOADS ON THE DOOR, ARRIVE EARLY. The ever evolving mutant disco that is Bugged out reaches another birthday on October 18th and we are ‘very pleased’ with the line-up that marks the occasion, one of the last we will be holding at The End before it closes in January.

We are really excited about this Bugged Out which welcomes Tiga back to Sankeys for the first time since 2006 and rising star Brodinski.

The Count & Sinden Soundsystem + DJ’s Herve´, Sinden, Fake Blood, Hannah Holland, We’re Not Cool. “A bit of hip hop, a bit of juke, some dubstep, a bit of garage, a lot of house and some ghetto business…” That’s what the Count & Sinden are all about and it sounds like they’ve got all basses covered for their Count & Sinden Soundsystem party at a secret Shoreditch location on Saturday October 11th....

It is with regret that we have no option but to cancel this Saturday’s Count & Sinden Soundsystem party. The venue has not been granted a license and we have not been able to find a suitable alternative in time. Refunds are available from the ticket outlet.

Bugged Out are proud to announce Simian Mobile Disco’s next live gig in London taking place on Friday December 12th at Heaven...

It’s been Bugged Out’s London home since September 2002 and we’ve had some of our most memorable nights ever there. Who can forget…Erol Alkan’s four year residency in the lounge; the nights curated by Tiga (featuring Altern 8!), Hot Chip (featuring Noze!) and Erol (featuring Boys Noize first London appearance!), Dexter from the Avalanches (remember them?), Mylo live at the tenth birthday, Miss Kittin’s all singing/all spinning sets, JoJo De Freq’s late night magic, Ivan Smagghe in the lounge and main room, Lindstrom, Vitalic and Digitalism’s live sets…God there are loads of happy memories. It's such a joy to put nights on there, the staff are so efficient but fun to work with and they are as much lovers of the music and club scene as we are. We are absolutely gutted!! We still have three parties (maybe four) left at London’s best club so keep the following inked in your diaries: September 20th with Boys Noize, October 18th with Erol Alkan and November 15th with Miss Kittin. It’s not over yet!

Bugged Out at The End Sept 20th Boys Noize, Smith’n’Hack – live, Mickey Moonlight, Bastard Batty Bass: Hannah Holland, MC Chickaboo, Mama Shamone, Jim Stanton, Cormac, Nik Nik Nik + Black Rabbit with Justin Robertson, Guy Williams and Bones…

After a brief hiatus Bugged Out! return to Sankeys and start things with a bang with an exclusive appearance from Mylo on Friday September 12th.

The Field Day official after party takes place at The End from 11pm this Saturday. The line up features bands and dj's playing records including Simian Mobile Disco (midnight set), Crookers, Brodinski, Foals, Mystery Jets, Filthy Dukes, Disco Bloodbath, Crispin Dior, Skull Juice, Matt Walsh & Casper C and The Lovely Jonjo. £12NUS/£16 or £15adv from www.ticketweb.co.uk

Field Day is nearly upon us – it’s next Saturday! - and the tickets are literally fleeing the outlets like cakes with a raised temperature. Hello Simian Mobile Disco, how are you... (read on)

Ring ring.
"Hello?"
It's Bugged Out and we're back at The End on July 26th.
"Oh, Ok thanks for letting me know. I'll see you there."
Hang on, don't you want to know who is playing?
"Go on then, I was coming anyway as it's usually rather good."
Felix Da Housecat returns to the Bugged Out fold for the first time in aaaaages. Did you like his album last year? Underrated we thought.
"Yep, I liked it, especially Radio. Black pop innit."
He's returned to what he's best at dj-wise: playing techno.
"Great! So no Nirvana records then."
Unlikely mate. Have you heard his Global Underground mix? It's well tech. It's got JoJo De Freq's Saturn Returns on. She's playing too.
"Cool, I just downloaded her new track Brutality, Religion and a Beat. It's bostin'."
Brendan Long and Dekker from Apocalypso are also in the main room.
"Solid chaps both."
We're going disco, post funk and avant pop in the lounge with Severino from Horse Meat Disco, Nadia Ksaiba and Stopmakingme from Go Bang.
"Horse Meat Disco? Stopmakingme? What kind of names are they?"
Good ones.
"True."
And we're very excited to announce that the Black Rabbit crew will be joining us in AKA at every Bugged Out this year. Shane Watcha will be joining Bones and Guy Williams for some techno disco. Or Tesco as we call it.
"That reminds me, I've got to get some shopping in. I'm out of Broccoli."
Right. See you on July 26th.
"Yup".
Click.  The End, 18 West Central St, London, WC1. 10pm-7am. £17/£12 NUS/£15 advance/£10 AKA only.

It’s an explosive combination and it’s coming to Sankeys to detonate your dancing shoes (trainers, flip flops whatever). Tiga’s Turbo label meets Bugged Out for a date in their Omnidance tour on July 11th.

We are pitching tent with pals Adventures in the Beetroot Field (which could be snappily called Bugged Out In The Beetroot Field In A Field but it's not) on the Saturday night in J Market betwixt the main stage and other stage. Rocking the decks are A Trak, Skull Juice, Toddla T and a very special guest. Anyone who has been to this at past Glasts will know this is the only place to be after the Jigga man has said his goodbyes...

Klaxons - Jamie Reynolds dj set, Mark Moore, Allez Allez and Matt Walsh...

We would like to thank Mixmag readers who voted Bugged Out the sixth best club of the last 25 years. The Hacienda, our main inspiration, were fifth.

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STOP PRESS! AUDION - LIVE added to the bill!

Bugged Out are back with another floor filling night of mutant techno and disco curveballs. We end terms and herald the summer with another crackin' line up for June.

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Full line-up and details announced...!! Late of the Pier - live, Annie Mac, Midnight Mike, Zongamin and more...

Bugged Out have been invited back to Creamfields for their tenth anniversary. We are pitching tent on the Sunday August 24th...

Bugged Out are back at Field Day on Saturday August 9th in London's Victoria Park. Here's our exciting line-up...

Late of the Pier live on stage. Plus bands and dj’s to be announced. Friday June 6th 2008. 10pm-5.30am. Secret East London location £13.50 adv from www.ticketweb.co.uk

Simian Mobile Disco, Yuksek – live, Duke Dumont, JoJo De Freq, Hannah Holland… The hiatus is over! Yes Bugged Out has been out of action in London since our ‘mazin’ March gig with Alter Ego, Surkin and Brodinski. But now after the month of April spent naval gazing and thumb twiddling we are back, BACK, BACK!

Dave Clarke, Claude Von Stroke, Surkin, Rob Bright, Slippery People...The February and March Bugged Out show’s both sold out in advance and the May date is looking like being another killer.

You’ve been to the Suck My Deck party, got the album, now buy the t-shirt! This is an official, limited edition Boys Noize t-shirt printed on the finest quality American Apparel tee’s.

Order your copy HERE

Bugged Out follow the hugely successful Suck My Deck by Simian Mobile Disco with the first dj mix by Berlin's Boys Noize, one of the most exciting dj’s to come to prominence in recent years.

ADVANCE TICKETS
Erol Alkan, Brodinski, Skull Juice, Punks Jump Up…
We are cock-a-hoop to have Erol Alkan playing back at Bugged Out at Sankeys this month. His first appearance in Manchester was for us back in 2002 and he hasn’t

STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS ETC!
We are chuffed to announced that Erol Alkan will be making his Snowbombing debut at the Bugged Out party on the closing night of Saturday April 5th. Erol will be will bringing the festival to a snow cap melting, incendiary conclusion supported by London boys the Filthy Dukes.

For the Boys Noize Suck My Deck launch tomorrow at Hearn St Car Park, Shoreditch, EC2 can you please bring photo i.d if you think you look underage. Tickets are selling fast so arrive early to ensure entry.

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Alter Ego – live, Brodinski, Surkin, Skull Juice…
To The End on March 15th we welcome techno legends Alter Ego. Roman Flugel and Jorn Elling Wuttke have been at the forefront of techno since 1994 (hey, the same as Bugged Out!)

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We are tapping our foreheads with excitement at the announcement that Boys Noize has just finished mixing the next installment in our Suck My Deck compilation series and to celebrate we are throwing a party.

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We are pleased to announce Bugged Out presents Miss Kittin's Batbox album launch on Saturday February 9th.

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Boys Noize: Suck My Deck launch, Shadow Dancer – live, Filthy Dukes, Riotous Rockers, Naïve Melody, Sex With Robots DJ’s… Read on…

Advance tickets Here
Erol! Dusty Kid! Brodinski! Read on...We're still peeling ourselves from the ceiling and dusting off hangovers after an amazing New Years Eve party at Canvas and crazy day in the Old Queens Head on New Years Day...but it's time to look forward to our next London party at The End...

Bugged Out are back at Sankeys on January 11th, yes it’s time to dust your new years eve hangover off and get back out there! And we’ve just the line-up to entice you down to bug out with us...

Book through Bugged Out and win stuff!

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Bugged Out are pleased to announce that we are back at Snowbombing in 2008.

Bugged Out’s New Years Day parties have become legendary. Since Jan 1st 2002 it has attracted ravers still partying from the night before mixed with slightly fresher faced folk who have slept but want a second helping of partying. The music policy is decidedly mixed and maximal with an emphasis on pop, disco, guilty pleasures, auld rave, vintage handbag and nu knees-up.

Boys Noize talks us through his faves of 2007 and his plans for his set on NYE at Canvas. He also exclusively reveals that he will be mixing the next in Bugged Out's Suck My Deck series!

Bugged Out! & secretsundaze & Trailer Trash presents

New Years Eve: The Final Countdown

3 rooms of party action from London’s finest clubs at the last ever night of Canvas.

Bugged Out are hosting an arena with our mates Magick on New Years Eve at Birmingham's Custard Factory.

Miss Kittin talks about Bugged Out's Christmas party, her recent London show with The Hacker and her new years resolutions...

ADVANCE TICKETS
Bugged Out returned to Sankeys this year in fine style, adding some memorable moments to the club-nights legacy. They conclude 2007 with a Christmas party that looks sure to bring the noise (with bells on).

Bugged Out comes to Bristol for the first time to sweaty rave box Clockwork on December 1st.

Ticket outlets now closed. Plenty of tickets available on the door at £15.

FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER
Bugged Out returns to Sankeys after a riotous reaction to Uffie & Feadz and Kissy Sell Out at our last event. Playing Manchester for the first time in a year is Mylo whose Destroy Rock’n’Roll album has now attained classic status.

THURSDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
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Exciting news! Miss Kittin & The Hacker will be playing an intimate live show in London on Thursday November 29th. This will be their first live show together in London since they stole the show at the International Deejay Gigolo’s showcase at Heaven in December 2001!

After thirteen years of revolutionary raving across the nation & the globe, Bugged Out is spreading its wings westwards, selecting Clockwork as its venue of choice in Bristol. ‘The sweaty rave box sounds perfect for our parties’ says Bugged Out!

Bugged Out returns to Canvas for the second time this year (and possibly the last what with the place closing down on January 1st!) and a stellar bill has been arranged.

What can we expect from you at Bugged Out on Oct 20th? Any new tracks or new remixes getting aired?

What can we expect from you at Bugged Out’s birthday at The End on Oct 20th?

After an ace return last month with Ivan Smagghe and Tomas Andersson we head back to Sankeys for another session and we are rubbing our knees with excitement at the line up. Performing live is Uffie who makes her Manchester debut alongside producer DJ Feadz. Uffie now has a brace of hip hop bangers under her belt including Hot Chick, Ready to Uff and Party (which appears on the Justice album). Feadz will also be djing, scratching up techno, house and distorted dance. Making his Bugged Out debut is fast rising star Kissy Sell Out who has gone from doing bedroom remixes of Joy Division and Libertines to tweaking official tunes for Gwen Stefani and Mark Ronson in the space of a year. His debut single Her is to come out on Sinden’s Counterfeet label and he’s also bagged himself a monthly slot on Radio 1 to play his ravesome mix of party techno. According to his MySpace he has also just bought some Van Morrison off ebay (hope he leaves that at home)…

It’s been quite the year for Bugged Out (we’re in our teens now!) with albums out by Simian Mobile Disco and Klaxons, our first Classics compilation and nights that have seen us return to our birthplace, Sankeys in Manchester and also throw parties with Hot Chip, Ed Banger, Tiga (an unforgettable Monday night) as well as a few warehouse revues (as we like to call ‘em). On October 20th we return to our London home of The End to celebrate our birthday.
Boys Noize is also launching his debut album from the night. Oi Oi Oi is party techno at it’s best and features his hits Don’t Believe The Hype and & Down. Alex Ridha certainly knows how to put the ‘oi’ in noize! Come and find out why Tiga says “Boys Noize records have saved my life as a DJ” and Erol Alkan calls him “the most exciting producer of the year”. Simian Mobile Disco are having an amazing 2007. Their debut album Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release featuring It’s The Beat and Sleep Deprivation has been a big hit and their remixes for Klaxons and Bjork amongst the best things they’ve done. Their Bugged Out Suck My Deck came out in April and featured vintage house and artists like Para One, James Holden, Switch and also JoJo De Freq who is also playing in the main room tonight. JoJo is currently remixing Miss Kittin’s new release and working on some great new material which should be ready to hear on the night! From Turbo recordings comes D.I.M who will be playing live, his Airbus Baby record has been a staple at our club since Erol first aired in back in January. Matt Walsh, who warms up, recently did a mix for Turbo after wowing Tiga when he played with him at the Bugged Out night at the T Bar in May…

Bugged Out are pleased to announce that our next Bugged Out Mix has been compiled by Klaxons and is out on Oct 1st. CD1 is A Bugged Out Mix and is the kind of dj set you would hear if Jamie Reynolds were to take to the decks of a club at 2am featuring lots of trippy techno from Johannes Heil, Da Boogieboys and Luke Vibert. It also features Justice’s ‘Stress’ and some vintage Chemical Brothers (It Doesn’t Matter from 1997’s Dig Your Own Hole, one of their first Electronic Battle Weapons). The mix concludes with an exclusive, unreleased mix of Klaxons Not Over Yet by Brodinski which is spliced with some spoken word ramblings from one of the bands formative influences Aleister Crowley. The Bugged In Selection is a fascinating insight into the band and what music makes them tick. Sixties psych, art rock and odd guitar pop are segued with Blur, Roy Orbison, Todd Rundgren, Liars, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Wu Tang Clan all featured. To view the tracklisting and to pre-order your copy go HERE

The Bugged Out warehouse party this Saturday will take place at 16 Hewitt Street (next to Hearn Street car park), London EC2A 3NN Tickets are still available on www.ticketweb.co.uk or over the counter at Phonica Records (51 Poland Street). Tickets are also available on the door.

The third Bugged Out Warehouse Revue this year takes place on Saturday September 15th. The venue is probably the best we have used yet (it’s a two-tier car park space in EC2) and a particularly boomin’ system has been ordered. Heading up the line up is Andrew Weatherall and this is the first time he’s played an East End warehouse do in AGES. Playing live is Tomas Andersson, best known for his Washing Up but this year we feel he has eclipsed that monster with the ace Mot Matsalen. We’re also excited about welcoming new Parisian boy wonder Brodinski after hearing his Bad Runner and Klaxons mixes. Mikki Most from Trailer Trash will be warming things up. Don’t miss our third and final revue of the year, it’s looking like being the best yet! Advance tickets

Bugged Out is back in its spiritual home of Sankeys, Manchester on Friday September 14th with another stellar bill. One of our all time favourite dj’s Ivan Smagghe is heading up the party, the ex-Black Strobe dude is the master of hypnotic, dark electro techno. Playing live is Tomas Andersson from B-Pitch Control, best known for Washing Up though this year we feel he has eclipsed this with the ace Mot Matsalen, long time Bugger James Holroyd will be warming things up – don’t miss him, he’s on top form. Swedish mutant disco don Headman is playing the upstairs room alongside Naïve Melody’s Slippery People. Coming up soon in Manchester: Uffie & Feadz, Kissy Sell Out, Paul ‘Phones’ Epworth, Mylo and The Glimmers.

PLAY AT BUGGED OUT’S BIRTHDAY! Last year we ran a competition to 'win a dj set in the lounge' at our birthday night at The End. Last year Skull Juice won and they warmed up for Erol Alkan in fine style. Matt Walsh was the runner up. Both have played for Bugged Out a few times this year with Matt warming up for Tiga in May and Skull Juice will be playing with Miss Kittin in Dec. So we are running the competition again to play an hour set in the lounge on Oct 20th. You will get V.I.P tickets for a couple of mates and also free drinks all night (hope you like Vimto). All you have to do is submit a link of a 45 minute mix to charlotte@buggedout.net or send a c.d to Charlotte Hotham, Bugged Out, 2nd floor, 202 City Road, London, EC1V 2PH and cross your fingers. We need 'em by the end of September. The most inventive, interesting mixes that avoid the obvious will swiftly rise to the top!

We are proud to announce the release of out first Bugged Out Classics album out today through New State. This is the first album that we’ve compiled ourselves (it’s unmixed so no need for those dj types) and it draws on mutant techno, house and electro releases from 1993 through to 2007. The tracklisting includes an exclusive mix of LFO’s Tied Up (mastered from a limited flexi disc initially given away with Jockey Slut), the Chemical Brothers’ rare Electronic Battle Weapon 7, timeless tracks from Tiga, I.F and Carl Craig and recent anthems by Soulwax, Justice and Tomas Andersson. The 3CD set comes with a 16 page book and a poster with selected artwork from the last 12+ years.

Released on New State Monday August 20th 2007

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Thank you for attending our first Field Day. Hands up, we got swamped. sorry. It was our first festival and there were clearly too many queues. We did not oversell the event and the numbers of all toilets and bars were approved by the council. However we clearly didn't anticipate the demands on the bars from a Field Day crowd and it clearly wasn't anywhere near enough. Next year we will be at least doubling both bar and toilets. We feel very disapointed about these problems and hope that it didn't affect your enjoyment of the music and other activities too much. thank you once again for attending the first Field Day, we will improve. Field Day collective.

There are two Field Day after parties both with limited capacities so we advise that Field Day ticket holders buy their after party tickets in advance. They are only a £12.50 in advance and they start up straight after Justice close Field Day at 10.30pm so choose from the following.
Field Day After Party 1: Ivan Smagghe, Four Tet (DJ set), Ben Trucker & Crispin Dior (Druzzis), Filthy Dukes, Battles (DJ set), Foals (DJ set), Skull Juice, Casper C, Eat Your Own Ears DJ’s and Stopmakingme. 11pm-6am
Buy tickets for Field Day After Party 1
Field Day After Party 2: Mustapha 3000, Busy P, JoJo De Freq, Hannah Holland, Cormac. Secret EC2 Location. 10.30-4am
Buy tickets for Field Day After Party 2
08700 600 100 or from Phonica, Poland St or the Lock Tavern, 35 Chalk Farm Road.

Tickets are selling so fat for Field Day we full expect to be sold out in advance of the event. If you haven’t purchased your ticket yet then we strongly advise you to do so this week. Ticketweb 08700 600 100 or See Tickets 08700 600 100 or from the Lock Tavern, 35 Chalk Farm Road. They are still only £22.50 for a line up which includes Justice, Erol Alkan, Chromeo, Ivan Smagghe and Andrew Weatherall, JoJo De Freq, Ben Trucker, Duke Dumont, Hannah Holland and Beyond The Wizards Sleeve. Not forgetting Battles, Mystery Jets, Foals, Late of The Pier, Liars, Four Tet, Bat For Lashes, Gruff Rhys…Jeez, loads more! Oh and there’s also a coconut shy, tombola, a Tug Of War, a jumble sale and copious amounts of bunting. You know you’re at a good party when there’s bunting.

We are chuffed to announce that once again Red Torpedo are joining us for another memorable event: the inaugural Field Day this Saturday. Red Torpedo have created 3 limited edition Bugged Out Tees exclusively available from their website, which you can check out by click here . While you are on the Red Torpedo site, check out the interview in the Gigs section with Justice about their involvement in Field Day. You’ll also discover the coolest keks and a full selection of top quality tees all of which come packaged in equally cool metal tins (which we then keep our CD’s in!). At the event please check out the Red Torpedo Chevy and stall next to the Bugged Out tent where you’ll also be able to buy some of their cool wares and exclusive Justice tee’s.

Bugged Out are back with the Magick dudes in Birmingham following last August bank holidays memorable event with Tiga and 2manydjs and New Years Eve with Erol and Annie Mac. We’ll be emptying the Custard Factory pool, throwing a marquee over it and putting in the same awesome soundsystem as last year. In the Bugged Out/Magick room Erol Alkan is joined by Switch and a live set from Uffie with DJ Feadz. Krafty Kuts heads up the Spectrum line up in the Medicine Bar and Poppy & The Jezebels play a dj set in the Bigger Than Barry room. It’s all happening at The Custard Factory, Gibb St, Birmingham and advance tickets are £16 tickets www.theticketsellers.co.uk 08707 544445.

Bugged Out are hosting an arena at the unique Second Fest virtual festival at secondlife.com this weekend. You will be able to hear live sets from Bugged Out favourites Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism, New Young Pony Club and dj sets from Tiga and a Hot Chip DJ Kicks set. Go to guardian.co.uk/secondfest for more information, create an avatar (joining the 7.6 million others), dance to virtual Tiga and see if you can find Johnno Munro to hang out with.

EROL ALKAN
RITON
FEADZ (ED BANGER)
PILOOSKI
CROOKERS
RIOTOUS ROCKERS
MATT WALSH
NAOMI//
GAVIN HERLIHY
CRAIG TORRANCE
SIMON BAKER
We’ve got a line up that’s hotter than July – and as it actually is July too, it’s going to be double hot. Scorching even. Erol Alkan has been going festival crazy of late (and studio crazy producing Mystery Jets and Late of the Pier) so it’s good to welcome him back into the more intimate confines of a club and the main room of The End (which he knows inside out having played it over 300 times). The blonde boy wonder Riton unschackles himself from the Gucci Soundsystem to play solo. He’s recently mixed the first ‘We Love…’ compilation and has been doing so many ‘re-rubs’ (Simian Mobile Disco, Datarock, Para One etc) that’s he’s got a MySpace site devoted to ‘em (ritonrerub). The Ed Banger dude everyone flipped over the most from the party we threw in April happened to be Feadz. Thrill! To his incredible skills as he scratches up electro, hip hop and house. Don’t! Ask ‘Where’s yer bird?’ Nottingham’s finest synth rogues the Riotous Rockers join the noisy main room action. In the lounge we welcome Pilooski, another young Parisian, who has been so busy editing vintage soul and the like that he’s got a MySpace site devoted to ‘em (pilooskiedits). You may have heard the one he’s done of Frankie Valli’s ‘Beggin’ You’ as it’s all over the radio at the moment and also out on 679 records (if you still buy music with actual money). From Milan Crookers make their Bugged Out debut too, we’ve been loving their remixes of Nelly Furtado, Brodinski and BOTH of their mixes of ‘The Cat’ by Dusty Kid. We also welcome back Matt Walsh who warmed up for Tiga at the T Bar in May (some people actually thought he WAS Tiga) and from All You Can Eat we welcome the first dj we have booked with punctuation in their name: Naomi// (check her latest chart at myspace.com/_naomi) . Over in AKA serving up techno and house the Bump boys Gavin ‘Machine Ate My Homework’ Herlihy and Craig ‘Shrinkage’ Torrance are joined by Simon Baker.

SATURDAY AUGUST 11TH 2007 JUSTICE – LIVE! EROL ALKAN, IVAN SMAGGHE & ANDREW WEATHERALL, MATTHEW DEAR’S BIG HANDS – LIVE, FOALS - LIVE, LATE OF THE PIER - LIVE, JOJO DE FREQ, FILTHY DUKES, DUKE DUMONT, HANNAH HOLLAND, BEN TRUCKER, BEYOND THE WIZARDS SLEEVE, MATTHEW WOW WOW, CASPER C, CRISPIN DIOR, EL PLATE, NADIA KSAIBA, SKULL JUICE, PYRRAH GIRLS, P.I.X DJ’S, LOVELY JONJO, WARBOY, NAOMI//, YOUNG TURKS, ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD, MATT WALSH AND MORE TBA! ALSO APPEARING ON STAGES FROM ADVENTURES IN THE BEETROOT FIELD, EAT YOUR OWN EARS, BLOGGERS DELIGHT AND HOMEFIRES...MYSTERY JETS, FOUR TET, BATTLES, FRIDGE, LIARS, ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT, THE ALIENS, ABSENTEE, THE EARLIES, BAT FOR LASHES, KID HARPOON, 1990S, PULL TIGER TAIL AND TONS MORE! PLUS...HOT BREATH KARAOKE, QUIZ RAVE, COCONUT SHY, WELLY WANGING, TUG OF WAR, MORRIS DANCING, BURLESQUE, HOEDOWNS AND ONLY A TEA AND MOTHERFUCKING CAKE STALL DUDES! ALL THIS WITH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED FOR ONLY £22.50. BUY TICKETS FROM WWW.TICKETWEB.CO.UK THE ‘FIELD’ IS ACTUALLY A LOVELY PART OF VICTORIA PARK, LONDON, E9. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FIELDDAYLONDON WWW.BUGGEDOUT.NET WWW.REDTORPEDO.COM