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Science – FREE Party – Friction Machine LIVE

It’s a fresh chapter for Science, with their first soirée of 2012 taking place at the Edge of the Wedge – an intimate space stacked with plenty of musical heritage. As always they’re pushing sonic boundaries, treading the delicately blurred line between house and techno.

On the night they have selectors Lamech – aka Rich Jones, Science Chief Rich Archaic and the Backwards Disko trio of Josh, Sam & Jamie. The evening will also see an appearance from the highly tipped Friction Machine, who’s quirky and inventive live set will incorporate swirling vocals over widescreen electronica laced with sumptuous melodic textures.

And as usual they will be dressing the venue up in their own inimitable, atmoshperic style, with a suitably powerful sound system ready to incite hip movements and good times. And as the Scientists like to say, be there, or be the perimeter of an equilateral tetrahedron!

THE iNDiGO! & SCIENCE NYE SHOWCASE

iNDiGO! & SCIENCE are very excited to reveal details of their joint NYE Showcase at Drift Bar Southsea, with a line up that simply spells party. For more details or ticket info call 07792751592 or check out their Resident Advisor event page www.residentadvisor.net

Science Halloween Party

Its the start of the winter season, which can only mean its time for Science to step out of the shadows & reveal all about their special Halloween showdown…

Leading the way is a figure deeply intwined in the cities rich techno history. The one and only Ian Void! First rising to prominence with his pioneering Geushky parties, his locomotive grooves have shared stage with the likes of Green Velvet, Chris Liebing & Richie Hawtin, rocking festivals & intimate parties alike. With this in mind Science couldn’t think of anyone better to head up our spooky celebrations! Rounding off our musical medley, tastemakers Stu Bryan, Mayzee & Rich Archaic will ensure some incomparable energy all night long. Horrific dress is encouraged, so don your spookiest and scariest attire.

Science at The Loft and Secret Pre Party

Science kickstarts June with more housey techno shenanigans in the heart of the fabulous Albert Road, at their regular haunt, The Loft. Accompanying Rich Archaic are, as always, a carefully selected cast of the finest local purveyors of sub terrain grooves. Jamie Wilkinson, Stu Bryan and Pearson will all be throwing down some smart body rockin’ beats, making further ripples in the fabric of Southsea’s growing electronic music culture. With fine backdrops and charismatic production, hedonism is indeed encouraged…

There is also a top secret pre party, in a unique, open-air space, setting the vibe perfectly for Toxic Black and Purple People to kickstart the shenanigans early. To find out more and pick up one of the limited free tickets, please email info@science-music.com. Trust us, this will be special! More intel over at Facebook.

Science at The Loft

The March edition sights another evening of mind melding housey techno, all converging at the recently revamped Loft. It’s birthday celebrations for Rich Arachic, with Jon Gurd, Stu Bryan and Craig Rickman all soundtracking the party. Jon will also be making his first outing since launching his new Primal Rhythm imprint, with copious support from Loco Dice, Dubfire, Len Faki and Gregor Thresher. As expected they will be paying meticulous attention to detail, with a new slide show, unique graffiti artwork and a top tier sound system, all adding to the spot on vibe. So pop on your swagger and have a swing at this transfixing underground soirée…….more info is available over at Facebook.

Science

Refreshed and recharged, Science makes its first appearance of 2011 at Southsea’s Drift Bar. Joining the party are three esteemed talents who between them have made appearances at prolific night spots including The Egg, Turnmills and Club Class. It gives us great pleasure to welcome Tommy Mundell, John Barber and Aaron Binstead, who join Science resident Rich Archaic for an evening of on the pulse underground textures riddled deeply in house and techno. With Drift Bar fully decked out and our unique vibe returning, its time to once again slip on your raving sneakers and get mesmerized at this free party…more info over at Facebook.

Science & Miss Cufuffle New Years Eve Extravaganza

Science & Miss Cufuffle Presents are extremely proud to announce details of their joint New Years Eve Extravaganza, with both parties bringing their renowned production values and musical pedigree to Southsea’s hidden jewel The Loft for a night of underground splendor as we groove our way into 2011…

Sparking the fuse across two rooms are 13 djs, each with their own unique brand of sonic trickery to enhance your evening. Comprised of some fresh faces, and our well established residents, upstairs will see Science celebrate what has been a fantastic year, with Rich Jones, Junior Gee, Stu Bryan, Kelly Wainwright, Josh Dunleavy, Laurence Reed and Rich Archaic all exploring the deepest underground regions of house and techno, with plenty of sound system shredding bass, shuffling rythmns, colourful textures and a dash of nostalgia to boot. Downstairs see’s Miss Cufuffle Presents bringing their unique carnival sounds of jungle, jazz, disco, electro, breakbeat, funk, salsa and french house to the evenings proceedings, with appearances from Vortechral, Simon Heartfield, Mayzee, Flymic, Mike Cubist and Fingerman who will all be adding a different and delicious ingredient to Science’s usual sonic flavor.

We will of course as usual be transforming the whole venue into the perfect intimate tripped out rave box for your NYE hedonism, with pumping sound, extra neon and some unique midnight projections to create the perfect party environment. After last years sell out party this will be a ticket only event, so snap up your £6 early bird tickets now! This will undoubtedly be the finest underground party you’ll find in the Portsmouth area on NYE, trust us and make sure your involved!

Science at The Loft

Never the type to rest for too long, the devil making work for idle hands, Science returns for its October edition at the Loft. With Purple People, Gary Wood, Chris Jones and Rich Archaic all at the helm, we are guaranteed a night of musical charms, transmitting the deep underground sounds of London, Berlin and Detroit. Science will strive to keep Southsea’s house and techno vibe well and truly alive. Get involved.

Science @ The Loft

On Saturday 6th March Science continues its current series of parties exploring all aspects of the underground palette. This month they welcome back the very talented Simon Young who impressed at the first Science Party. Simon is well known on the London and international circuit with regular slots at Fabric and the infamous Panorama Bar, spinning with the likes of Jesse Rose, Terry Francis and Derrick Carter! Also lined up for an appearance, Squared party resident Laurence Reed an avid vinyl junkie who will joining Science residents Stu Bryan and Rich Archaic. This month will also see a slight twist to the usual decor, with some psychedelic projections.

8pm to 1am, £4.

Science at the Loft

Rich Archaic’s Science returns to the Loft with another showcase of local electronic talent on Saturday October 3rd… Topping the bill is self confessed music obsessive Rich Jones! The Fareham based DJ and Producer has emerged as one of the souths most exciting techno talents in 2009, receiving plaudits and plays from such icons as Richie Hawtin, John Selway, Josh Wink and Derrick May, with forthcoming releases on T-Bahn, Cubism and the ever prolific Flat Belly recordings. Rich will be piecing together layers of housey, tribally percussion, rhythm and of course techno in his hypnotic hybrid dj/live set at Science. Also joining the bill are two of Portsmouth`s finest jocks, Kriss Baird and Junior Gee, to showcase the cities house and techno sound’s on our mammoth soundsystem! So no choice but to shake your asses and lose yourself to the music! Keep up to dat on Facebook.

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Features

PRIMARY – Extended & Improved

We have some great news about our PRIMARY phonography exhibition (find out all the details here) that we can now announce:

- The deadline for submissions has now been extended to Sunday 4th March. We have had some incredible submissions but want to set aside more time to make the exhibition something really special.

- The competition is now open to up to 10 submissions from each individual. With the ability to capture many photos on your phone over the next two months we we want you to not feel restricted to just three. The same rules apply about the photos conforming to compositions using the primary colours though. If you have already submitted feel free to send more photos over as and when you please.

- The exhibition will be hosted by Albert Road’s own Bonzo Studio who are also partnering up with us in the creation of the exhibition space. More news on this soon!

- Finally, we will be running a competition as part of the exhibition where the best three photos submitted will win some incredible prizes. We will be announcing the prizes available very soon but got to say, these will be the best prize haul we have ever offered.

- We will be putting together a poster for the exhibition that will be on sale on the opening night. The poster will feature some of the best submissions and all profits from the sales will go to a local charity (details to follow soon). Due to this we need to say that any photos submitted to PRIMARY will involve you giving us permission to use them for commercial purposes, if you do not want your photo used in this way simply let us know via email.

Well, that is it for now! We really hope to drum up as much coverage locally for PRIMARY in the next couple of months so if you could Facebook/Tweet/+1 about the exhibition we would really appreciate it. We would love this exhibition to be a real reflection of the whole population of Portsmouth with everyone taking part and feeling involved.

It’s going to be a Strong Movember – Closed at £725

Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.

You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.

Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.

The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.

Poster: Tristan Savage

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