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Global Vibe Radio 305 Feat. Slam (Soma Records)

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Scottish duo Slam, Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle, are a tour de force on the global techno circuit. Their unique, six deck, back-to-back DJ performances have seen the duo play leading clubs and festivals across the world. They are renowned for both their experience and their powerful, contemporary sound. Listen to Soma Records’ head honchos signature high energy and peak-time mix for this week’s Global Vibe Radio. 

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The last few years have seen some of Slam’s most prolific studio output as they continue to innovate and keep things moving forward, most recently with the Louder Than Chaos project. Louder Than Chaos was a series of five releases on 12″ vinyl and digital. Each volume released monthly via Soma Records.

The project kicked off with Vol. 1 featuring collaborations with 999999999, Hector Oaks and Keith Tucker (AKA Optic Nerve). Vol. 2 features collaborations with UK techno legend Perc, and Vol. 3 features long term Soma affiliate Rebekah. Vol. 4 with Belgium’s finest export Amelie Lens. Vol. 5 concluded Lounder Than Chaos, featuring the enigmatic Mancunian AnD. Each EP features specially commissioned artwork from German based artist PPP Panic, which consolidates into one constructive piece over the five releases.  

Listen: Global Vibe Radio 305 feat Slam (Soma Records)

Besides heading Soma Records and spearheading projects, McMillan and Meikle are co-directors and co-curators of Glasgow’s Riverside Festival. The festival showcases the best emerging local talent alongside some of the most established names in international techno. Scotland’s premier electronic music festival returns on the Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend, June 2 to June 4. The party will take place at the iconic Zaha Hadid-designed Riverside Museum on Glasgow’s Clydeside. The program features international heavyweights to some of the most exciting, emerging talents. 

Riverside Festival

Riverside Museum

Tickets for Riverside Festival are on sale here.

Riverside Festival Glasglow Lineup

This summer the legendary Slam Tent in Edinburgh also returns after a six year hiatus as Slam Events and Edinburgh promoters FLY join forces. Across one unmissable three-day May Day Bank Holiday Weekender, April 29 to May 1, legions of music fans will once again be welcomed back to what has become globally renowned as one of the biggest dance tents on the European festival circuit. Slam is thrilled to reveal the full line-up which showcases sets from across the spectrum of electronic music inside the hallowed walls of the original Slam Tent as they recreate the greatest dance floor that Scotland has ever seen. 

Tickets for Slam Tent are on sale here.

Slam Tent Lineup

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Terminal V Announces Easter Sunday Lineup

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Excitement is building for Edinburgh’s house and techno festival Terminal V, especially now the full line-up and detailed stages have been announced for the festival’s Easter Sunday Bank Holiday all-day event happening on April 1.

Organizers have announced that there will be three rooms and an outdoor stage. One of them is the “Terminal Stage” which will feature a mix of house styles with contemporary trend setters from artists such as Kölsch, Bicep, Mall Grab, Peggy Gou, Artwork, Mella Dee, and Alan Dobson.
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Abstrakt and Jeremy Underground Find Peace Following “Saunagate” Debacle

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Yesterday we reported on the “hot” subject (pun intended) that had the internet in a bit of a frenzy: Jeremy Underground’s performance for Abstrakt in Edinburgh, Scotland, had been canceled following an agent-promoter fall-out over seemingly ridiculous hotel requirements. The entire thing got out of control quick, first with the agent physically threatening the promoter and then with internet trolls threatening Jeremy Underground on social media after the story, which you can read here, broke.

Since, Abstrakt and Jeremy Underground have talked and found peace, and the agency concerned also apologized to the promoter. The solution that they have reached pleases everyone and gets money donated to charity in the process, which seems like a win-win all around.

Read the full statement below and let this be a lesson for all concerned, especially agents, on how to work better together for the purpose of growing and nurturing the underground house and techno scene both locally and world over.

 

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Saunagate: Abstrakt Cancels Jeremy Underground Gig Amidst Allegations of Ridiculous Hospitality Demands

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Unreasonable artist demands have been a subject of talk for years now, with hospitality riders and artists’ diva personalities a constant subject of ridicule.

As a “small promoter” I have dealt with my fair share of hospitality riders and artist demands, sometimes dealing with “difficult” agents to meet seemingly senseless demands only to find out that the artists themselves weren’t that fussed about the items I was working so hard to fulfill in the first place. I have seen and dealt with it all, from strict hotel specifications to extremely specific pick-up transportation demands, including car make and model, as well as hospitality riders filled with senseless requirements that more often than not go unnoticed and unused. And this is all before even having to deal with the artist’s personal attitude and sense of entitlement.

Luckily, however, these are rare occurrences and in the vast majority of cases agents and artists appreciate the work of local promoters and their vision in growing their local scene and supporting the artist’s very own career and music in the process. When it is all said and done, each person involved is part of a bigger eco-system that requires all cogs to be well-oiled and working with one another to function and progress. Intelligent artists, artist manages and agents understand this.

Unfortunately this isn’t always the case, and stories such as what happened with Abstrakt in Edinburgh, a showcase of music and art that had booked Jeremy Underground for a party at the city’s La Belle Angele tomorrow night, only to have to cancel amidst allegations that the artist’s hotel demands were not only getting ridiculous but against the very ethos of the underground dance music scene the promoter and artist are meant to both be a part of.

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