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mario Kart 7 (3DS)after bringing the greatest karter of them all back to its best on the standard DS, nintendo has munched enough mushrooms to keep things in top gear for this eagerly awaited 3D instalment. with karts hatching hang-glider wings to soar through the skies or popping out propellers to plunge into the sea alongside full kart customisation and new accessories, this is next-level racing, but with all the trimmings. there’s also continued wiFi compatibility, mii support and jungle courses taken straight out of Donkey Kong Country Returns. well worth shelling out for!phil DuDman

rayman originSoozing with tongue-in-cheek, cartoon humour, this classic 90s platformer sees rayman, globox and the teensie wizards teaming up after 15 years to rid the glade of Dreams of zombie-like Darktoons. with four- player ‘jump-in/jump- out’ co-op action, a genuinely brilliant Tom & Jerry-style soundtrack and over 60 varied levels with some epic boss fights to boot – including one with a giant, pink, hundred-eyed monster and a possessed, mountainous golem – this refreshing take on the 2D platform genre will satisfy youngsters and nostalgia freaks alike. pD

neeD For SpeeD: the runtaking full advantage of DiCe’s ice-cool new Frostbite 2 engine, need For Speed: The Run is an arcade race across the uS that would have Dastardly and muttley licking their chops with glee. easy to handle and dripping in adrenaline, it’s time to enter a world of illicit, high-stakes underground racing versus over 200 drivers as you negotiate all types of traffic and terrain, race deadly avalanches down rocky peaks and leave the law inhaling your nitrous fumes from the golden gate Bridge to the empire State Building. Slick, flat-out fast and mountains of fun.phil DuDman

Super mario 3D LanD (3DS)mario’s back in all his neS glory, and with a polished 3D twist. his classic Super mario 3 accessories return enabling him once more to slap enemies silly and float around like a flying racoon-like thing. true 3D environments make all the difference, and really help when judging jumps. plus with new moves like mario’s rolling somersault attack and new enemies including goombas with tails, tall goomba stacks and piranha plants that spit ink across your screen, it’s time to stick mario back in your pipe and, er, get him to help with the plumbing. pD

re-imagined n. a term used by club owners to mean ‘recently painted’Shock mix n. Classic overacting by a DJ who makes turning a treble switch on a mixer appear as though it’s such a dangerous move it electrocutes his entire armKet-man-do expr. a tarzan-like

instruction for a male friend to take horse tranquilliser walkers’ rights n. the maligned right of way of someone to walk through a group photo. “hey, you just walked right through our photo!” “walkers’ rights, love. you should’ve taken it before or after i’d passed by”

Speaking sewer expr. to talk shit: “gary’s speaking sewer after that last dab. he just told me he’s leaving his post as mayor of Cardiff.”Factor in the x exp. promoter jargon for why bars don’t get busy until after 9pm on a Saturday, ie after itV’s popular singing competition

dancefloor dict ionary

the holy grail of electronic music is finally on display

w hotels & Burn Studios’ ibiza DJ Lab was the golden ticket of 2012, bringing together hand-picked, up-and-coming DJ talent to hone their production and DJing skills through workshops and mentors. So what did the DJs reckon?

Oramics machine stars in exhibit

Stu-stu-studio

n Witness the Oramic machine: a ground- breaking device which paved the way for the electronic music of today. it’s now on display at London’s science museum as part of their ‘Oramics to electronica: revealing histories of electronic music’ exhibition.

this delicate contraption was the brain- child of electronic music’s grandmother, daphne Oram. Oram set up the pioneering bbc radiophonic Workshop in 1958 before leaving to work on her own experimental electronic music projects. the Oramic machine was her pièce de résistance and was made at the cost of £4550 (over £13,000 in today’s money) over the course of six years.

the device had the unique ability to read wave patterns inputted into it. these were painted onto film and fed into the machine. the different lines and squiggles told it what noise, pitch and volume to play. the exhibition includes other synths, computers and contraptions used to make electronic music over the last half century, as well as a virtual version of the Oramics machine that visitors can use to compose their own music.

daphne passed away in 2003, but her legacy as a true pioneer of electronic music lives on. The free exhibition at london’s Science museum runs until December 2012. For more, see sciencemuseum.org.uk/oramics

musical history

pop-up studio

who are you? eiko, 23, tokyoDescribe your sound and

influences: disco and house, influenced by chilly, bumboo, new Order, Junkie XL, in Flagranti and den haan. how did the sessions help you with your music? i learned technique and the attitude toward music. One of the dJ Lab students said that dJing is not about self-satisfaction; it’s about communicating with the audience. it’s just so right – i still remember that.what do you have coming up next? i’ll be on the global tour for W hotels and burn studios’ dJ Lab. also my single ‘Girl’ is going to be out in november.

who are you? daniel avery, aka stopmakingme, 26, London

Describe your sound and influences: electronic music that’s as much inspired by my bloody Valentine, chris carter and spacemen 3 as carl craig and instra:mental. how did the sessions help you with your music? talking to dJ Lab mentor arthur baker about when he produced new Order is the kind of thing you never expect to be able to do! what do you have coming up next? Lots of dJing all over the place and my Fabric residency. i have a new eP with Justin robertson called ‘On rushmore’ out in november, plus a couple of other solo ePs due at the beginning of 2012.

who are you? angus Wong, 27, hong KongDescribe your

sound and influences: i draw inspiration from the golden disco era of the 70s and the 80s, as well as what is up and coming. how did the sessions help you with your music? in a way, being a dJ is a lonely job because you work with different people every day and you don’t have any real colleagues. We talked about the struggles we’ve had in the past and how keeping an open mind always helps. what do you have coming up next? i’m going to dJ for W hotels in barcelona, st Petersburg, seoul and bali before the end of 2011, and more destinations should follow next year.

who are you? noemi sunshine Ferst and dju, aka

miaou mix, 25 and 26, ParisDescribe your sound and influences: eclectic and unexpected. We play music from the 1920s to today. We like interacting with our crowd and keeping them on their toes! how did the sessions help you with your music? they confirmed what we already believed: that music and dJing are all about passion! they’ve inspired us to work on the technical aspect of dJing, so we can bend and shape our music more freely. what do you have coming up next? Our next stop with W is London on new Year’s eve. and of course at Le baron in Paris!