Continuing on from our first edition of our club chart, here are our top picks where you are this week. We list cities based on the most popular areas you guys visit us from, but if you would like your city included leave a comment below and we'll do our best to include it next week!
LONDONSaturday: Riot!,
Matter£5 early-bird, £8 after. Hard house.
If you're looking for hard house this is definitely the place to be. With a line up of Lisa Pin-Up, Anne Savage, Pete Wardman and Scott Attrill you'll be in for one hell of a ride!
PARISFriday: Kit Ou Double,
Le Régine€15. Disco-tech house.
Miss Kittin begins her monthly residency at Le Régine hoping to start a new family of clubbers. The dress code? Feathers, sequins, hats, moustaches, tuxedos, and.. champagne!
AMSTERDAMSaturday: Gemengd Zwemmen,
Melkweg€17, free with Galaxy Card. Electro, breakbeat, house.
Legendary club Melkweg takes our pick for the second week running, this time host to the mind and speaker-blowing Plump DJ's. Joined by Mad Ed and Sven & Tettero there's plenty to keep you entertained here.
BERLINFriday: SuriSuriMaSuri Meets Asia Mekong,
Dice€6 before midnight, €8 after. House, techno, progressive.
South-Korean Kim-Gangmin takes over the main room for this themed evening. Together with Mieko representing Japan they're representing the Asian continent. If you want something unique but not over-the-top this is the place to be.
New to Best of House is Random Access, featuring the 'best of the rest' so to speak. Featuring the hottest tunes that never made it to the blog, it's an extra something to spice up your month! We're also upgrading our servers this month due to popular demand. Thank you for your support!
The biggest electronic music business festival has announced its dates for 2010. The conference will last between the 20th and 23rd of October and will feature the majority of last year's participants as well as many new comers. The first event was held in 1995 making this year's event a 15th anniversary special! Tickets start at €230 for a four-day pass if you register before May 1st. For more information visit the official ADE site here.
Club owners and clubbers alike are to enjoy later parties in the city of love this year, after government officials extended Paris' late-night licence from 4am to 7am. After a petition signed by 12,000 bar and club owners warning the city was becoming the "capital of sleep" it seems those officials took notice. Paris currently enjoys a huge electro scene that is only to get bigger now the parties can go on all night!
Never one to shy away from the lime light, house music's biggest rock-star Deadmau5 has opted for another tattoo. This time he's calling to fans who have the star's own image on their skin to submit designs for his next tattoo. Broadcasting his latest idea via Facebook the Canadian had this to say,
For electronic music at least, the future's bright. According to a BBC News article today summing up 2009's popularity for electro-pop acts 2010 is set to continue this trend. Yes, they may be talking pop but as we know, these days the rule of the 'big four' record companies is diminishing and independent artists have just as much chance of making the Charts as anyone else.
House-heads of the world, grab your glow sticks and raise your hands up in the air! For this day is the first of a new and exciting decade that will see our beloved house music twist and evolve into many forms. Today’s best talent will strive to become veterans of the scene while new DJs and artists will emerge from obscurity hoping to stamp their mark on the world’s most exciting music genre.
