Boutique festival in a Leeds forest curated by techno titan Sven Vath, complete with legendary Cocoon Frankfurt dancers, incendiary light and pyrotechnic production and electronic heavyweights Steve Bug and Luciano.

Big northern club brand which grew from a few dirty electro and fidget fans into a movement which swept across the north of England and then to Ibiza this summer. Fresh sounds from fresh artists not championed in the north before. Genuinely innovative.

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Unquestionably the biggest drum & bass night in the north. Filling venues like Leeds’ Victoria Works or Manchester’s Apollo is something they do regularly, and all because they offer the most on-point bass driven sounds. Be they from Chase and Status/Scratch Perverts/whoever – they always get lapped up by the deebee heads which follow them wherever they go.

Rapidly expanding pan-European lifestyle website with event reports, listings and photos, as well interviews with dance music’s movers and shakers. Has a large community and great plans for winter 09. Watch this space.

Coming together of complimentary minds and people from the electronic world on a breathtaking Croatian beach with a house and disco soundtrack provided by tens of our scenes best artists and promotions.

The famous red cherries are a symbol for the most glamorous and decadent clubbing experiences in the world. The sexiest crowds and the sharpest DJing talents fill the club each week so it’s no wonder Pacha is known the world over.

Toolroom is one of this country’s finest independent house labels, and the work of Richard Dinsdale some of their best releases. He’s a UK house hero with residencies at MOS and a slew of killer releases behind him. Watch his stock rise as time goes on…

German Thomas Gold frequently tops the Beatport house charts and has remixed Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez and Paul van Dyk. Creative productions, rad mixing skills and a great fusion of house and electro have had Thomas release on sharp labels like MOS, Toolroom and Cr2 to name a few.

Live techno weaver who’s caused a stir everywhere from Zoo Project in Ibiza, to the M_nus after parties in London at the Egg, as well as having released on Toby Thomas’ excellent Cubism label, and Timo Garcia’s Berwick Street Records. He’s starting his own two record labels and continued to dominate Ibizan techno fans’ memories in 09 with his headline sets out on the White Isle this summer.

Quickly went from being resident and promoter at Huddersfield’s house and electro afterhours party, Afterparty, to having been on Galaxy, done a Radio 1 Essential mix, played Creamfields, been resident at Ibiza Rocks, and has remixed Dizze Rascal as well as having released a slew of his own killer tunes. It’s been a swift ascendency to the big time for party animal Doorly.

Northern rave monkeys whose main concern is fun, frolics and hedonism all set to an in-the-know soundtrack from the likes of the Count and Sinden, Oliver Lang and more. Originally a Sunday night session it just became too big and has since locked down a monthly spot at the World renowned Sankeys, such is its brilliance.

Leeds has a vibrant scene, so to be one of the main players for as long as Asylum has takes some doing. Their selection of the finest house, techno and disco talents to spin each month, as well as the underground feel of all their parties, is what sets them apart.

Manchester’s all night long underground diamond is this clued up club which plays host to everyone from dark minimal pushers like MANDY, to gritty tech-housers Steve Lawler via everything in-between. VIVA Music, Freak ‘n’ Chic, Kaluki, Kissdafunk – they have all partied there in the past.

Bar 54 is now not only a hotbed of underground clubbing activity, but a double edged record label with a concept as sharp as its club bookings. For years this place has held some much loved carry-ons and has developed a decent community of clubbers in the process, bringing acts like Bigger than Jesus and tech house forefathers 'Evil' Eddie Richards into their fold.

THAT club host Balearic brands like ‘In Bed with Space’ and ‘Amnesia’: recently refurbed, London’s THAT is a sonically sound dance arena which puts on a spread of underground house and techno acts each week.

The paths of some of Europe’s most forward thinking promoters crossed in 2008 for a mini-gathering which played out in the hills of Benimussa at Gala Night. In 2009 they returned with underground UK promotions like mulletover and Wiggle, and put on some of the island’s freshest parties.

Threads by clubbers, for clubbers: sharp dance music and electronic culture influenced range of tees, limited runs of each to maintain an air of originality and all endorsed by some big players from the house and electro world.

A fledgling record label with vinyl artwork as sharp as its ‘Light/Dark’ house and techno output. Championing both established and breakthrough talent alike, this label has had a ton of love from the likes of Resident Adviser and I-DJ Mag for first two releases, and is sure to be on everyone’s lips within 6 months.

A pair of DJs who have their own show on Galaxy Radio pushing their own productions, new stars and international acts alike, they focus on sordid, twisted, filthy electro.

Club So is Set in an old Georgian house which was once the residence of the late Prime Minister William Gladstone. The building itself is steeped in history and imposes itself upon you immediately. The club is split over three floors and hosts the best underground house and techno act courtesy of the likes of mUmU and Kissdafunk .

Manchester's fastest growing club night, Electric Vendetta, rocked Ibiza this summer with upfront acts like Dutch electro don Bart B-More and Swedish electro king Dusty Kid playing to a great crowd and recreating the famous Manchester "up-for-it" ethos down by the West End in Ibiza’s most glam venue, Es Paradis.

A twelve hour marathon of dirty twisted funky house and filthy electro, Sick! quickly built a reputation as THE place to be for any pretention and inhibition free party animals.

Started as a place for Huddersfield workers to go when their bar jobs were through, then quickly grew to a massive all night carry on for all the house and electro fans in town. Pete Tong visited for an Essential Mix, as have Annie Mac, Scratch Perverts and a host of others. The people behind it often through random one-offs like a rave a working men’s club, and the occasional warehouse party