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Hope For Not For Resale

Not For Resale LIVE!, the late night monthly live band club night brought to you by our very own New Bands Editor Meatbreak will be moving from its home at The Greenhouse Effect to take up residence at The Hope on Queens Road from Friday 9th May.

The move comes ready for the night's 1st birthday, so expect a very special celebration to mark this simultaneous occasion.

Entry to the night will still be free, giving you the chance to witness the most interesting, exciting bands from Brighton (with the occasional appearance from someone from further afield) for nothing. Plus, resident DJs Meatbreak and Fokka Wolfe play until 2am, spinning their unique selection of future dance music.

There’s one last NFR LIVE! left at the Greenhouse Effect before they take a month off to prepare for the relaunch. Here’s what it is:

A Supercharged Retreat

Supercharged’s Lloyd Seymour, also known as Skool Of Thought, has left Brighton for the sunnier climes of Australia. Who can blame him, breaks is massive over there, with his mate Krafty Kuts the biggest DJ in the whole country. But don’t worry, the best midweek breaks night in the UK (the world?) isn’t leaving with him. There’ll be Brits looking after this end of the business, so expect the usual Thursday hangovers. Good luck Lloyd.

Derek Meins Fitz Right In

Nice and simple this one: singer/songwriting poet Derek Meins is starting up a monthly residency at Fitzherberts from Thursday March 13th. That’s got to be worth a look, surely.

Get In Tom’s Studio Cage

Tom Gandey, better known as Cagedbaby, is looking for someone to share his Brighton studio with.
“I'm looking to share the room again with the right person/people,” he tells us. “This has always worked very well in the past. I’m away most of the time but the room is large enough to accommodate many people and has a great feeling. Rooms are gold dust in here and we have a great working vibe with loads of professionals in the building.”
If that sounds appealing, and £200 PCM including all bills is within your grasp, give him a nudge at his MySpace.

Live Is War

The Fortune Of War has just previewed a live music night. Drookit Dogs and Rubylux are planned alongside solo artists like Darius Alexander and Derek Meins, who used to entertain punters at manager Rob Sheppard’s old pub, The Mash Tun. It’s all part of a big change at the Fortune that has seen a move from the electronica that has been a part of the venue for many years. Elsewhere, You Dance I’ll Clap and the All Time Top 100 will entertain every Saturday and Friday night respectively.

Join the Fortune Of War’s Facebook group for all their listings or keep an eye on the back of our magazine.

Brighton Clubland Institution Calls It A Day

Wow, it really is the end of an era then. It’s official — Stompa Phunk has called it a day, in terms of weekly club nights anyway. The underground house night is ending a more than ten year run with a final party that brings together some of the key players at the night: Deepgroove and Orbital/Long Range’s Phil Hartnoll alongside long time residents David Parr and Tula. It takes place on Friday 14th March.

Everyone will have their memories of favourite nights — normally massive stars like Derrick Carter or Josh Wink playing in venues smaller than the cloakrooms of the clubs they typically played in. Our fave memory is the time that Ralph Lawson brought the 2020 Vision crew down to squeeze in 45 minutes sets for his wife’s birthday. All was going well until the after-party where Luke Solomon fell asleep in the middle of the room with a box on his head, while Ralph and Carl Finlow did the washing up and cleaned the whole kitchen for fun.

Stompa Phunk promise some one-offs in the future, but until then we’ll leave you with a list of some of the DJs they blagged to come down.

Laurent Garnier, Norman Cook, Josh Wink, Derrick Carter, Phil Hartnoll, Ralph Lawson, Lottie, Dave Angel, Darren Emerson, FC Kahuna, Metro Area, Rolando, Evil Nine, Ivan Smagghe, James Holden, Andrew Weatherall, Ewan Pearson, DJ Heather, Simian Mobile Disco, Mula, Tiefschwarz, Koma & Bones, Nic Fanciulli, Craig Richards, D. Ramirez, Will Saul, Damian Lazarus, Layo & Bushwacka!, Mr. C, Crazy P, Green Velvet, Luke Solomon, Midfield General, Andy Mac, Deepgroove, Paul Woolford, Carl Finlow, Dave Mothersole, Eddie Richards, Nathan Coles, Hakan Libdo, Dirt Crew, Nathan Fake, Mark Knight, our friends at Mulletover, Secretsundaze, Sancho Panza, Technique, The End, Kliks, Ape-X, Covert, Rounder, Hedonizm, Catskills, Positive, Skint, Underwater, 20:20 Vision, Rekids, Bugged Out, and of course, the ever-reliable residents over the years — David Parr, Serge Santiago, Matt ‘Radioslave’ Edwards, Tula, Dan Hill, Cagedbaby, Kenny Hawkes, Lee Smith, and Holly Cooper.