A mahoosive thank you to everyone who came down to the last Requiem at the end of May, it was such a good night! There were more actual clubbers in attendance than the first one, despite a clash with GCSSS, and the dancefloor remained jam-packed all night long with actual music-lovers. The atmosphere was brilliant with everyone appreciating the breakdowns and really enjoying themselves, and another mahoosive thank you to Pierce Rooney, Butcher Boy, Tim Stokes and Steve Maynard who all played really top drawer sets full of the highest quality hard stuff. I really can’t wait for number 3 now - it’s time for the FlashPoint 5th Birthday Tour bus to call!

Since its revamp, Club 414 is now one of the best clubs in London in my opinion - perfect for grimey Hard House sessions - and will be the ideal place to host the FlashPoint Tour in the capital. The club has one of the best sound systems I’ve ever heard, crystal clear and nicely loud, and since Marc broke the monitor and they had to get new ones, DJing is a lovely experience! Upstairs is a wicked chillout area where you can go without missing the tunage from downstairs, with a fish tank and everything, and there’s even a place to get cheese toasties… Reminds me of a clean Arches in Sheffield!

Heading up the line-up for the FlashPoint tour can be none other than the label bosses, Marc Johnson and Jupe. It’s not often Jupe gets back to our sunny climes from his miserable existence in er… the Dominican Republic, so be sure to come along and check him out! Marc and Jupe will be playing an exclusive b2b FlashPoint Classics set which I can’t wait for! Chris Comben is also back from his oriental jolly and so will be fully in attendance, boshing out the latest material from the Combat and Tripoli camps along with whatever else he chooses. And of course Dave Curtis will also be playing, representing FlashPoint and FlashPoint Digital and the best new music in the scene.

Marc Johnson b2b Jupe
Chris Comben
Dave Curtis
Tom Parr
Kauz
Paul Batten

Our guests this month comprise three of the best up and coming producers and DJs with very different styles. Tom Parr is a future legend, producing and engineering cracking dancefloor tunes appearing on labels all over the place, including FlashPoint, Oktane and his own new label with K8-e, Atomik Reaction. Kauz is seemingly in the studio every 5 minutes and has tracks coming out on FlashPoint, Toolbox, and Hammerheads, and with his djing up and down the country at increasingly large nights he is definitely another star of the future. Finally we have Twist legend Paul Batten who has recently been destroying dancefloors with some particularly evil productions with Brow like Sloppy Jaloppy, Cake Mix, Slapstick and their Deep Swarm remix. Paul is a fantastic and versatile DJ and will be playing a special 2hour warm up set of techno and all-sorts thrown in there.

Come down and help celebrate FlashPoint’s 5th Birthday with us! And don’t forget a present!