If you possess a) big skills at getting much sought after tickets b) a fair amount of money and c) a love of roughing it while still managing to look like the lost Delevigne sister then CONGRATULATIONS, you’re probably going to Glastonbury next weekend and, as such, should take a week off. If you’re not then rejoice - it’s the Summer Solstice - what better time to go out and dance.
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is reason enough to go down while the Wah Wah 45’s electronic soul artist Lea Lea also plays live. Meanwhile the World Cup is still going on (one of the best for ages with so many goals and sendings off it’s been like a whole season in only 9 days) and the Ace Hotel is playing Argentina vs Iran and Germany vs Ghana on big screens from 5pm. Then drop downstairs for another installment of SHADE, where NYC’s The Carry Nation ('We make beats & throw parties that keep you carrying till dawn') play until late.
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. Switch say 'expect a sweat-drenched hour of club hydraulics.'****
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@ The Basement, Southend**
Sat Jun 21
The Kool Kids Club welcomes something new and something classic to their basement party. Recent collaborators Mumdance and Novelist (whose track ‘
’ is out right now on the Rinse label ) represent the eclectic, no-rules nature of 2014 while DJ Slimzee is pirate radio legend, founding member of the Pay As You Go Cartel and still a much sought after grime, garage (and more) DJ. This time they’ll be open until 5am.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.