skiddle.com’s guide to your nye

CONTENTSIntroduction 02

CITIESLeeds 03Liverpool 04London 05Manchester 08Rest of UK 10-11 FEATURE 06

Leftwing

& Kody

Interview

We caught up with one

half of the LOST label

bosses, Leftwing, in

November to talk the

duo’s future.

FEATURE 07

Watermät

Inerview

We caught up with

Watermät ahead of his

Cream debut in Liverpool

on Boxing Day.

Hotels & Restaurants with Skiddle 09

LET THECOUNTDOWNBEGIN ove it or hate it, New Year’s Eve is considered the biggest night out of the year. It’s the only date you can guarantee pretty much everyone will want to get involved with, and choosing the right way to celebrate the end of one year and the dawning of the next will be taken on by millions in the country this year – so it's best to be prepared.

This year we’ve got more events on sale than ever before, with hundreds of choices for you to get your teeth into. Fancy an underground rave? Prefer an indie singalong? Or an opulent VIP extravaganza for you and all your mates? Whatever it is we’ve got it covered, and as the UK’s biggest what’s on guide you can’t afford to not check us out in the build up to NYE.

This paper not only runs through some of the best choices for the last day of the year, we’ve included a smattering of events on New Year ’s Day and a couple from in and around the Christmas period too, covering Leeds, Liverpool, London and Manchester, as well as the rest of the UK.

We’ve also given you a flavour of our editorial content in the middle spread, and explained how you can make the most of our Hotels and Restaurants section – making sure you’re not out in the cold in every sense come December 31st. Remember though, this is a mere fraction of what is on offer on the main site – head to skiddle.com/whatson for the complete run down.

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Goodgreef Xtra hard

& rave on festive

funny farm 2

skiddle.com/groups/goodgreef/ ------------------------------------Goodgreef’s music policy sure isn’t for the faint hearted, but for fans of the harder spectrum of dance sounds this is a belated Christmas present on 27th December at the Beaver Works. Wrapped up in a typhoon of Hard Dance, Hardstyle, house and electro, Mark E.G, Pavo, Andy Whitby and BK are among the DJs playing across the four rooms.

9pm – 6am Price: £17.50

Leeds

premier

arts and

music

space

Canal

Mills goes

all out for

NYE,

with

mono_cult

taking

over the

venue

mono_cult

skiddle.com/groups/monocult/------------------------------------Leeds premier arts and music space Canal Mills go all out for the first day of the year, with mono_cult taking over the venue to bring an exclusive back to back session between Four Tet and Daphni. Floating Points gets in on the action too, expect a musical journey as we get stuck into 2015.

9pm-5am Price: £22.50

Love Leeds

skiddle.com/groups/sleepin39ischeatin39/------------------------------------Lovers of electro, deep house and old skool are in for a treat as Love Leeds unleashes its New Year’s Eve rave up at Mission, starring the likes of Rob Tissera, Danny Bond, Tom Zanetti and more. Bringing the old and new together, the night will feature star turns from classic brands like Kissdafunk and Glasshouse alongside current giants Insomnia and Habit.

10pm-10am Price: £20-£40

Control

skiddle.com/groups/control/------------------------------------Following on from the success from last year’s sell out NYE spectacle, Control send off 2014 with another killer night of state of the art raving in its expansive confines. A bumper selection of popular dance music mainstays prepare to hurtle out of its Funktion One Sound System.

10pm-6am Price: £6-£15

Subdub meets Jungle

Jam NYE

skiddle.com/groups/junglejam/------------------------------------The venue and line up hadn’t been announced at the time of print, but rest assured the meeting of two of the North’s biggest experts in D&B, Jungle and dub, will result in the perfect end combination for lovers of skanking rhythms.

10pm – 5am Price: £8-£15

LEEDS

Leeds’ music scene remains internationally renowned, with world class nightclubs and the cream of the global dance music community rubbing shoulders with one of the strongest grass roots house and techno scenes Europe has to offer.

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LIVERPOOL

The Shipping Forecast

skiddle.com/groups/theshippingforecast/ ------------------------------------The Shipping Forecast welcomes the seductive grooves of Craig Charles' Funk and Soul on Boxing Day, the perfect opportunity for you to dance off all that Christmas turkey. NYE at the venue sees the Cuban Brothers occupy the bar and 23:59 head downstairs to the Hold basement area for a rave up with Circus residents Lewis Boardman and Scott Lewis.

Boxing Day 10pm-4am Price: £10NYE 10pm-4am Price: £10 in the Hold £12.50 bar

mUmU

skiddle.com/groups/mumu/------------------------------------mUmU are yet to disclose the venue for their Boxing Day bash featuring Scotland's prime cultivator of all things techno, �Gary Beck. One thing we do know is that the guys at mUmU know how to make the most of Liverpool’s warehouse spaces. Special guest TBA.

8pm - 8am Price: £20-£25

Chibuku

skiddle.com/groups/chibuku/ ------------------------------------Chibuku NYE has been a Liverpool tradition over a decade long, and this year Julio Bashmore, Route 94, B. Traits, Jesse Rose and more will help bringing in 2015 for the scouse rave throng.

10pm-5am Price TBA

Circus

skiddle.com/groups/circus/�------------------------------------Circus maintain their gold standard at the Arts Club with Boxing Day and NYD shin digs boasting a flurry of in demand selectors. Yousef goes back to back with Nic Fanciulli for the last Circus of the year backed by Scuba, George Fitzgerland, Darius Syrossian and more. NYD sees Kerri Chandler, Yousef, Richy Ahmed, Coyu and Detroit Swindle man the fort with appearances on both nights from the ever consistent Circus family.

10pm-4am Price: £20

Cream

skiddle.com/groups/cream/------------------------------------Legendary club brand Cream (main image) roll out a Boxing Day spectacular across three rooms at Nation, featuring Laidback Luke, Dannic, Gareth Emery, Eddie Halliwell and man of the moment Watermat (check our interview with him on page 7), alongside plenty more of dance music’s elite.��

10pm - 6am£32.50

Hustle pres. Danny

Krivit.

skiddle.com/groups/hustle/------------------------------------Fabled New Yorker Danny Krivit takes over the controls at Hustle on Boxing Day at retro haunt The Magnet. Expect dance and disco classics, new and old from his bottomless pit of wax that dates back to the seventies.�

8am - 8pm Price TBA

Circus maintains

its gold standard

at the Arts Club

with Boxing day

and NYD shin

digs boasting a

flurry of in

demand selectors.

Celebrated for its legendary football clubs and the Beatles, Liverpool is coming off the back of the biggest year yet for music- and 2014 will be crowned off with a plethora of stunning nights raiding the full spectrum of musical genres.

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LWE

skiddle.com/groups/lwepresents/------------------------------------LWE continue to ring the best sounds to the coolest venues in the city, with NYD seeing them return to the glorious Tobacco Dock (main image) with The Martinez Brothers, Art Department, Visionquest, and more. If that isn’t enough, LWE have also hooked up an after party at the Renaissance Rooms in Vauxhall with Maya Jane Coles, Heidi and Kim Ann Foxmann performing an exclusive back to back set.

12pm – 10.30pm Price: £45-£75Afterparty 10pm-6am Price: £35-£55

Ministry Of Sound

skiddle.com/groups/ministryofsound/------------------------------------Perhaps the capital’s most internationally renowned super club, Ministry Of Sound welcome

Defected in the House for a special NYE event, with Noir, Nick Curly and Hector Couto enlisted to bring some slinky house vibes to the main room, whilst Cristoph, Sam Divine and Copyright are in charge of 103.

9pm-7am Price: £50

Egg London

skiddle.com/groups/eggnightclub/------------------------------------As ever, Egg London’s New Year’s Eve shindig is looking like a highlight of the party calendar. House heads will be thrilled at the prospect of sets from Tribal Sessions mainstay Darius Syrossian, Hot Creations favourite Patrick Topping and Leftwing & Kody (read our interview with them on page 6).

9pm-2pm Price: £25

Reggae Roast

skiddle.com/groups/reggaeroast/------------------------------------Drum and bass, jungle, hip hop and of course the title genre is on the menu when Reggae Roast take over the 1500 capacity Cre8 Lifestyle Centre for their NYE celebration. Their full rig will be adorned by sets from Benny Page, Mungos HiFi and Channel One

LONDON

Sound whilst a cracking selection of Jamaican food and an easy-going festival atmosphere will give all lovers of Caribbean culture their fix.

9pm-6am Price: £15-£45

UKF

skiddle.com/groups/ukf/------------------------------------Leading electronic music brand UKF end 2014 with an enormous drum and bass spectacular at Brixton's O2 Academy. Sub Focus, Camo & Krooked, Sigma, Fred V & Grafix and Calyx & Teebee all arrive to supply a barrage of high octane beats and bass for the capital’s discerning junglists.

9pm-6am Price: £30

Slide and Get Diverted

skiddle.com/groups/theprinceofwales/------------------------------------From crowd pleasing disco to obscure house and techno, Slide and Get Diverted’s joint parties have earned a major following in the city. Returning once more to Brixton’s Prince of Wales, Radio 6 favourite and Brownswood boss Gilles Peterson takes over headline duties on NYE.

9pm-6am Price: £20-£30

The nation's capital is still the city with the most choice over the biggest party period of the year. Whether you're one of the millions who live there, or someone jetting in for the night there's everything you could possibly need at your fingertips.

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We caught up with one

half of the LOST label

bosses, Leftwing, in

November to talk the

duo’s future. They play

Egg London on New

Year’s Eve and the Day

One Festival in

Birmingham on New

Year’s Day.

So are you travelling a lot more now or spending more time in the studio?

We've just been concentrating on pushing this EP that comes out in December - this is the first time that we've actually released on Lost. We thought it was about time that we released on our own label and to work with�Robert Owens�was a big boost for us.�

How did working with him come about?

We're managed by the same people, and they said, "Robert would be really interested in working with you guys, let’s hook something up" then he was literally in our studio for about two hours, he came and laid down some wicked stuff that we were able to use and we managed to get three tracks out of it.

Has having a radio show on Rinse FM helped to move along your sound?

For sure, the Rinse show as well gives us an opportunity not to necessarily play like we would do in the club as well, so we get the opportunity to play music that doesn't necessarily have to be for the dance floor.�It is a radio show so there is some stuff that we can throw in there that's�not necessarily club orientated. That's another way of us kind of being able to express who we are as artists as well and Rinse have been great to us.

But when you're throwing down something experimental�on the radio you're not getting to see how the crowd reacts to it, how do you deal with that?

That's right but in a way it’s kind of cool because there's no pressure either, because when you're doing a radio show there's not that

crowd reaction. On the�flip side�to that, when you're in a club and you're playing something for the first time�and you're not getting the reaction you're expecting half way through your set it can kind of throw you off a little bit.

It wasn't long ago that you both had day jobs, so how has that been?�

Yeah, last year we were kind of juggling music production, DJing and day jobs all at once, and it can be quite stressful you know especially if you've been out at the weekend and you have to go to a nine-to-five on a Monday morning.

We weren't at the time in a financially stable place as far as the DJing and producing was going so once we had the opportunity to leave our day jobs, because we were earning enough through DJing to survive, we left our jobs and as I said before these things only come along once in a lifetime and it could of been a case of do we jump into it and do this thing full time? Or do we play it safe and stick to the day jobs and things like that.

We went for it and it's worked out alright, it's only been a year and we haven't had to go back to our day jobs yet, so we're going to keep the tunes coming out and keep the work rate up.

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Last year

we were

kind of

juggling

music

production,

DJing and

day jobs all

at once...

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I’ve got lots of exciting gigs

coming, like Cream in Liverpool

You can find the full length versions of these interviews as well as club reviews, music news, tour information and much, much more in our news section www.skiddle.com/news. Want to write for us? Email support@skiddle.com.

German producer

Watermät has had a huge

2014, notably via the huge

record ‘Bullit’ which has

been one of the biggest

anthems of the year,

omnipresent across

festivals around the

world. We caught up with

him ahead of his Cream

debut in Liverpool on

Boxing Day.

How did it feel getting your track 'Bullit' signed to a label like Spinnin’, not to mention getting support from some of the biggest DJs out there? That must have been pretty special?

It’s amazing, but also very unexpected! I did the track to put it on soundcloud, but a friend wanted to send it to couple of labels first. And Spinnin’ responded straight away, then everything started.

The record has been a mammoth hit across Europe, with Pete Tong naming it as his 'Essential New Tune of the Week'. Do you feel under pressure now to have the same success with your next release?

Not really, cause I started this project to do music with more freedom and no pressure.�I think I need to keep it like that!

The record has a real quirkiness about it, and a very addictive melody, that seems to be something of your calling card. What would you say are some key components of a Watermät tune?

And where do you draw your inspiration from with producing?

I would say some deep vibe, but with some kind of energy. I like to mix real instruments with electronic elements. I use to listen all kind of music, I guess I take a little bit of everything for my inspiration.

How did your love of dance music start off? Was there a certain night or DJ you saw of record you heard that just converted you?

It’s from my older brother, who introduced me to the house music from Chicago in the late nineties.�

What is next for you? Where else are you looking forward to playing this year?

I'm finishing my next release, and also some collaborations. I've got lots of exciting gigs coming, like Cream in Liverpool.

Last question - and it’s a hypothetical situation. You have the ability to throw the ultimate party, with guest DJs from any time in history, alive or dead. Where would you have it, who would be on the bill and what track would you play to define the evening?

I would do this up on the mountain of the “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Sorry, the line up would be kept secret…but�Daft Punk�and�Darth Vader�would be on the list. My track would be�Elvis Presley's�'You gave me a mountain'

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Considered the country's second city musically for many, Manchester's festive period is bulging with killer soirees to get your teeth into, with all of the city's finest haunts coming correct with their showcases.

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MANCHESTER

Sankeys skiddle.com/groups/sankeys/------------------------------------Music Is Love hit up Manchester's prime nightspot Sankeys on New Year's Eve, with Kerri Chandler delivering some classic house cuts to take the City's dancefloor faithful into the New Year before�SecondCity, Dale Howard and Patrick Topping reach into their chart smashing inventories as Covert bring the sounds of the summer to the dance floor on NYD. �

NYE 9pm - 6am Price: £25-£30NYD 10pm-4am Price: £25.00-£27.50

S2S Festival 

skiddle.com/groups/s2s/------------------------------------Commanding their biggest rave up to date, S2S flesh out the Victoria Warehouse on New Year’s Eve with an arsenal of DJs including Todd 'the god' Terry, Dennis Ferrer, Flashmob, Mistajam and more.�

8pm - 5am Price: £27.50-£40

Electric Chair presents 

End of Year Riot

skiddle.com/groups/electriks/------------------------------------Electric Chair roll out the aptly

named 'End of Year Riot' at Fac251 The Factory featuring a splash of dance music royalty in Francois K, the man who played out some unforgettable moments at the venue when it was known as the legendary Paradise Garage. More acts TBA.�

10pm - 4am Price: £23

The Bug FT Flowdan

NYE 

skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/Islington-Mill/�------------------------------------The Bug, the moniker heralded by producer Kevin Martin permeates the Islington Mill dance space with an armoury of his dub inspired monsters alongside partner in crime and grime MC - Flowdan.�

10pm - 8am Price: £20-£25

NYE @ Deaf Institute

- Girls on Film vs

Higher Ground vs

Electric Jug 

skiddle.com/groups/deafinstitute/�------------------------------------It's all going on at The Deaf Institute on NYE with Girls on Film, Higher Ground and Electric Jug taking over all three floors playing anything from eighties electro pop, to the hip shakin' sounds of

the sixties to straight up rock n roll.�

9am-3pm Price: £8-£15

Gorilla  skiddle.com/groups/gorilla/�------------------------------------Its one celebration to another under the arches of Whitworth St at Gorilla, as shit hot Birmingham imprint One Records celebrate their 5th birthday on Boxing Day along with their notorious gatekeepers Adam Shelton and Subb An. Joining them is John Dimas who plays out a live set and Mancunian duo Pirate Copy.

10pm - 4am Price: £15

Funkademia  skiddle.com/groups/funkademia/------------------------------------Funkademia take over Mint Lounge for their 19th New Year's Eve party. Manchester's longest running club night return to their Northern Quarter home for six hours of hip-shakin funk, disco and soul.

10pm-4am Price: TBC

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A place to stay

skiddle.com/hotels/---------------------------------Our hotels section is literally bursting with places to rest your head after a weary night out, plan a getaway trip or even make them the event in themselves – whether you’re spending NYE in a different city or treating yourself and your loved ones at Christmas.

There’s also an abundance of hotels that offer that essential component for an end of year bender… the late checkout. We also show you the hotels nearest your venue, so you can book somewhere close by to make any staggering home trips all the less painful… particularly if they’re done in daylight. You can catch all the news you need on the hotel offers, choice selections and much more in our dedicated hotel news section here:

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Food, food glorious food

skiddle.com/restaurants/--------------------------------------------------------------------If ever there’s a time to throw caution to the wind as far as grub goes it’s the Christmas period, and that’s just as much fun to be had gorging on it at restaurants as there is waffling down Turkey with the fambo. Better yet booking a table with our system is completely free – you only pay for the meal and no handling fee to us.

Again, like our hotels section, there’s a litany of offers in our cavernous arcade of eateries which you can locate here:

skiddle.com/restaurants/deals-offers.html

We also include a nearby restaurants link on every event making that pre club meal all the easier to find. You can find food reviews about the places we’ve eaten in in our news section too.

skiddle.com/news/restaurants/

HOTELS &RESTAURANTSwith skiddle

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At Skiddle we don’t just sell tickets – you can also book hotel rooms and tables at restaurants around the country to make sure your perfect night out comes equipped with everything you need. And at this time of the year who doesn’t love hopping to somewhere new or making that big night out that little bit better with a slap up meal beforehand?

Make sure your perfect night out

comes equipped with everything

you need...

BIRMINGHAM

CHESTER

EDINBURGHDay One Festival 

skiddle.com/groups/dayonefestival/------------------------------------Taking over an entire street, a converted car park and two warehouses will be Day One Festival. Boasting one of the biggest line ups for New Year’s Day, house and techno heads can get hyped for the arrival of MK, Davide Squillace, Matthias Tanzmann, Huxley, Waze & Odyssey and a lot more.

12pm-6am Price: £25-£35

Rainbow Venues

skiddle.com/groups/rainbowvenues/------------------------------------As ever, the second city’s prime rave complex have an immense run of nights leading up to and including the New Year’s celebrations. Starting with SecretCity’s house and techno Boxing Day extravaganza, it's then followed by Portal's VIVa Warriors party with Steve Lawler on the 27th, then onto New Year’s Eve which will see the city's bass queen Hannah Wants take centre stage.

Boxing Day: 10pm-4am Price: £15Portal: 10pm-5am Price: £12.50-£17.50NYE: 9pm-6am Price: £20-£25NYD: 2pm-2am Price: £15

Live Rooms

skiddle.com/groups/liveroomschester/------------------------------------The city's best venue has had a cracking year, and they close off 2014 with affable disco clowns The Cuban Brothers (main image) bringing their oddball DJ finesse to the masses.

Times and price TBC

Nightvision

skiddle.com/groups/nightvision------------------------------------The fresh rave brand has been on serious form since its inception earlier this year, with its Hogmanay hoedown cementing that reputation. Subb-An and Waze & Odyssey are amongst the guest selectors.

9pm-5am Price: £15-£24.50

BRISTOL

Motion

skiddle.com/groups/inmotion/------------------------------------Motion have had an incredible year, with In:Motion’s returning for its fifth season yielding a faultless run of rave ups. NYE sees a top notch drum and bass line up take over, with Camo & Krooked, Calyx & TeeBee, TC and Dillinja in warehouse one, whilst warehouse two is curated by leading bass imprint Black Butter.

10pm-6am Price: £35

It’s not just about these four cities this NYE, with the rest of the UK also offering a huge smorgasbord of choices, form warehouse parties in the Midlands to old school celebrations in Scotland. Here’s a few to whet your appetite.

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Random Concept

skiddle.com/whats-on/Northampton/The-Roadmender/------------------------------------Northampton’s long love affair with drum and bass yields a killer NYE skank fest at the hands of Random Concept, who bring roots veteran David Rodigan to The Roadmender, backed by fellow legends Hazard, Zinc, Nicky Blackmarket and The Ragga Twins.

8pm-5am Price: £20-£24

Pop Up Party

skiddle.com/groups/popupparty/------------------------------------Pop Up Party have cemented themselves in Nottingham's clubbing scene this year, and they know a thing or two about house music, having welcomed Todd Terry and Kenny Dope to their events this year. New Year's Eve they call upon an artist who has been at the forefront of the development of the genre, Graeme Park, who will be joined by eight piece soul band Funkifield.

8pm-3am Price: £20

Detonate

skiddle.com/groups/detonate/------------------------------------The bass music promoters return to Sheffield on New Year's Eve for a huge showcase, starring the likes of Wilkinson, Shy FX, DJ EZ. S.P.Y and Bad Company playing a classics set at the O2 Academy.

Times and price TBC.

Fez

skiddle.com/groups/thefezclub/------------------------------------Steel City's long-standing house and techno club night Fez’s (main image) 2014 has been their best yet, rammed full of underground sounds for the true music aficionado. To see out the last 12 months they’ve enlisted the help of Defected regular Cristoph and tastemaker DeMarzo to ensure their year finishes on a high.

9pm-7am Price: £8

Junk

skiddle.com/groups/junk/------------------------------------Kicking off on the 27th December, Junk unleashes a mega back to back between Eats Everything and James Zabiela, followed by a huge NYE celebration starring Moon Harbour boss Matthias Tanzmann and Tribal Sessions anchor Darius Syrossian, perfect for those that like their house music deep, dark and mischievously groovy.

9pm-6am Price: £20-£30

GLASGOW

SOUTHAMPTON

NORTHAMPTON

NOTTINGHAM

SHEFFIELD

STREETrave

skiddle.com/groups/colours/------------------------------------K-Klass, Shades of Rhythm and Altern8 are amongst the old skool veterans in charge of STREETrave NYE, which brings the finest sounds of yesteryear to the city’s Studio Warehouse.

8:30pm-3am Price: £25

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