Sometimes the best music doesn’t come from individuals, it comes from collaboration. This week’s nights all prove it whether it’s the Butterz crew championing with new talent alongside originators like Wiley, the Soulection group playing two nights across the weekend the partnership of Edwin Congreave of Foals and Jack Savidge of Friendly Fires as Deep Shit. Sometimes it’s simply the great way a venue can collaborate with DJs to put on continuously impressive nights - here’s looking at you Soup Kitchen in Manchester.
Soulection feat Iamnobodi, Lakin, Joe Kay, Hannah Faith @ XOYO, London
*Friday 8th August *
Fiesta w/ Sivey (Soulection), Motive @ Birthdays, London
Sat 9th August
Soulection are a record label, radio show (broadcasted live every Saturday 6pm-9pm (GMT) and creative crew based originally in LA, but for one week they’re taking over London with a night at XOYO and a spot on the line up at Birthdays on Saturday. Artists including IAMNOBODI (check out this bouncier
Another UK representative Sivey gets the Fiesta going just up the road the night later.
Butterz @ Fabric, London
Friday 8th August
They’ve been mentioned in this column before (when Elijah and Skilliam recently put together a Fabriclive 75 featuring artists like Flava D, the unstoppable Lil Silva, Darq E Freaker, JME & more) but they’re a great representation of why collaborating and having many things on the go at once works. As well as regular nights at Fabric and their Jamz club, they’re still running the Butterz label, broadcasting and blogging what they’re up to. Tonight it’s a sweaty, messy, super-exciting Fabric takeover, with the whole gang (Swindle, Royal T, Flava D) plus sets from Murlo and the uncopyable Wiley.
In Deep: Deep Shit @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
Friday 8th August
Deep Shit w Greco-Roman Soundsystem, @ London Edition, London
Sat 9th August
Foals’ Ed Congreave and Friendly Fires’ Jack Savidge team up in their label/DJ guise twice this weekend for Deep Shit nights at either end of the UK. On Friday it’s Edinburgh alongside house-fan Steven Windsor and Notsosilent’s Matt Belcher while on Saturday it’s their regular every-track-is-a-hit party at the London Edition basement. This month they’re joined by Greco-Roman aka the label that put out early releases by T.E.E.D, Joe Goddard and Vampire Weekend’s Baio.
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Soup Kitchen 4th Birthday w Floating Points, Pender Street Steppers, Hashman Deejay @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Friday Sat 8th August
Idle Hands Presents Pender Street Steppers @ Cosies, Bristol
Sat August 9th
The Manchester venue celebrates its fourth birthday with one of the most popular labels/crews of the moment, plus a familiar friend in Floating Points. Pender Street Steppers and Hashman Deejay are from the Mood Hut label (Canada) and the promoters couldn’t be more excited, saying that what they’re doing, simply “party music to be danced to” fits perfectly with the ethos of everything they’re doing at the venue. As part of a tour that will visit Glasgow, London and Berlin the Vancouver based ‘Steppers and Hashman will also visit Bristol’s Cosies.
The Best Of The Rest
*Friday Sat 8th August *
N-type, P Money @ Fire, London
Digital City presents Max Cooper, Shur-I-Kan @ Bussey Building, London
Plump DJs @ The Nest, London
Church w Ejeca @ Corsica Studios, London
Outlaw w Joey Negro, Booker T @ Brixton Jamm, London
Werk with Fabio Monesi @ Basing House, London
Attack w Severino @ Disco, London
This Heat: Batu + Ipman @ Power Lunches, London
Fragmented X @ Rhythm Factory, London
House Of Trax w Mike Q @ Birthdays, London
Neighbourhood 15 w Bleak, TRER @ Dance Tunnel, London
Karousel @ Stokey Stop, London
Night Shifts @ Ace Hotel, London
Heavenly Social @ The Social, London
Alt-J DJ Set @ Proud Camden, London
Micachu @ Canavan’s, London
Recipe Luvstuff @ Lightbox, London
Norman Jay @ Hare & Hounds, London
Brain Machine w/ Dopplereffekt @ Islington Mill, Manchester
Tussle Summer Party @ Kraak Gallery, Manchester
Keep Steppin @ Twenty Twenty Two, Manchester
Return To Mono w Alan Fitzpatrick @ Sub Club, Glasgow
Plaid @ The Art School, Glasgow
Audio presents Subb-an @ Audio, Brighton
Greg Wilson, Twisted Soul Collective @ Sub89, Reading
*Sat August 9th *
Summer In The City @ Tobacco Dock, London
Jackmaster + Moodymann @ XOYO, London
Ricardo Villalobos, Pearson Sound @ fabric, London
Love Fever w Prins Thomas, Point G @ Oval Space, London
Byday Bynight @ The Prince Of Wales, London
Egg Uncut @ Egg London
Drop @ Rhythm Factory, London
Hawaiin Bob Second Birthday @ Bussey Building, London
All Funked Up Open Top Boat Party @ Lightbox, London
Defected In The House 15 years @ Ministry of Sound, London
UV Festival 2014 @ New House Farm, London
Nightowl @ SS:003 @ Coalition, London
Playhouse @ The Waiting Room, London
Baregrooves House Sessions @ Caipirnha Bar Club, London
Saturday Social @ The Social, London
Mixmag Live presents Blackdot @ Rainbow Venues, Birmingham
Anotherworld Festival @ Silverstone Woodlands, Midlands
Paleman @ Stealth, Nottingham
Covert Events @ Gorilla, Manchester
Chow Down w MikeQ @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Subculture @ Sub Club, Glasgow
The Warehouse w/ Dopllereffekt @ SWG3, Glasgow
Warehouse with Drums of Death @ Audio, Brighton
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.