Club pick: Fake Blood, Bowski, Ben UFO @ Bugged Out, Sankeys

There’s absolutely no messing around this April Fools day on Radium Street, as Bugged Out returns to Sankeys with a line-up to perfectly exemplify why the club has remained an ever evolving staple of Manchester’s clubbing scene for so long.

The coming of Spring sees the return of foremost electro master Fake Blood, stepping up behind the decks to drive clubbers into submission with a standard hefty slab of his signature ridiculous riffs, and pounding jackhammer drums. It’s been nearly three years since Mr Blood, aka, Theo Keating, first debuted Mars, an utter show stopper that set DJs and revellers from all scenes tongue wagging about who was behind such a fresh sound. Distinctive remixes soon followed for Little Boots, Hot Chip and Gossip amongst others.

However, even with his identity revealed, he’s well known to keep clubbers scrambling to the booth and back home to message forums alike, peppering his set with all manner of fresh future anthems yet to see the light of day, but killing it in the darkness of the club. Having recently completed work on the sophomore album for his Black Ghosts side project, and with his Noah and the Whale remix (listen below) keeping dancefloors in suspense all over the country, Bugged Out’s Friday night crowd are about to find Fake Blood’s relentless style is hard to wash out of your head.

Fake Blood is supported by protégé Bowski, signed to his own label Blood Music. Bowski's releases have been getting big support across the scene, and he's acquiring an increasing back catalogue of remix work to showcase, including exemplary edits for the likes of Cassius and Caribou. Completing the main room line up is Sheffield’s Run Hide Survive, making the trip across the Pennines from their celebrated residency at the city’s Club Pony to work the Sankeys floor.

Duties upstairs are undertaken by the Hessle Audio crew of Ben UFO and Ramadanman/Pearson Sound. Moving his namesake on after two years of consistently excellent releases, this prodigy DJ/Producer has just received yet more rave reviews for his first Fabriclive mix, an on the button compilation that manages to nail his sound and influences down perfectly – his own celebrated garage and dubstep flecked drum work orchestrated with rythymic, Detroit influenced techno. It’s not hard to imagine how good this sounds on Spektrum’s more than able sound system.

They’re joined by fresh out the kitchen Manchester crew Chow Down, who have recently laid foundation with bookings such as Lil Silva and Bok Bok, and promise to bring the best of cutting edge UK bass music to the city with a forward thinking vision.

Words: John Thorp

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