Friday

BRACKLES IN-STORE
Phonica Records, Poland St, free – 6pm – 8pm
Blunted Robot celebrates the launch of his new mix CD for !K7.
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TROUBLE VISION
Corsica Studios, Elephant and Castle, £8 advance / £10 door, 10pm – 6am
Straight up menu of roots, reggae and jungle from Trouble Vision on Friday with Congo Natty alongside  nine-piece band Gentleman’s Dub Club and reggae veteran DJ Derek.
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POISON presents… CARNIVAL FRIDAY AFTER-PARTY
Debut, London Bridge, £15 advance / £20 door, 12am – 7am
London’s largest club hosts an international line-up of DJs playing soca, dancehall, chutney, zouk, r’n’b and hip hop. On the bill are New York’s DJ Spice, Miami’s Private Ryan, Barbados’ Soca Superman and the UK’s own DJ Markee. There will also be Caribbean food on offer.
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PLAYAZ CARNIVAL SPECIAL
Fabric, Farringdon, £15 / £6 after 3am, 10pm – 6am
DJ Hype’s True Playaz label continue their Fabric residency with three rooms of drum’n’bass. The label boss will be playing a two hour set in room one with heavyweight support from Pascal, Friction and Marcus Intalex. Room two will see the liquid stylings of Fabio, Commix and Total Science, while room three keeps things techy with rising stars Calyx and Prolix.
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Saturday

GOOD TIMES CARNIVAL ROUND-UP
The Rest Of Noise, Brixton, £8 advance / £12 door, 9pm – 2am
The ambassador of Notting Hill Carnival Norman Jay OBE brings his Good Times sound system to South London’s The Rest Is Noise for a night of up-lifting soul, funk, house and jazz, with support from Sambalanco and Playing With Knives.
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URBAN NERDS vs. BIGGER THAN BARRY
Hewitt Street Car Park, Shoreditch, £10 saver advance, £12 door
Over two rooms Urban Nerds and Bigger Than Barry will be covering every style of music from electro to dubstep to garage. Gracing their Funktion One sound system will be Toddla T and MC Serocee, Lady Chann, Tomb Crew, Killa Kella, Ramadanman, Katy B and more.
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STANDARD PLACE
The Alibi, Dalston, 9pm – 3am, free entry
Standard Place returns to Dalston’s The Alibi for a floor-focused night which sees Eglo Records’ Funkineven and Alex Nut joined by Jon Rust, Reecha & MC Asbo.
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TACTILE / SHAMELESS DISCO
Horse and Groom, Shoreditch, 8pm – 6am, £4 advance / £4 door
Glasgow’s Jackmaster will be headlining the Tactile room in East London’s Horse and Groom, supported by Numbers cohort Slakk. Shamless Disco will be holed up in Room 2 serving up disco and deep house courtesy of  Andy Blake, Bearfunk’s Lusty Zanzibar and residents.
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EASTERN ELECTICS
Union Car Park, 10pm – 7am, £18
This three room venue features a main space co-hosted by Mulletover and Collogne’s Kompakt label. Heading up proceedings is Kompakt’s own Michael Mayer alongside a live performance from Neue Deutsche Welle legend Thomas Fehlmann. Room Two is hosted by Dirtybird Records with Justin Martin while Room Three boasts man of the moment Joy Orbison.
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THE GARDEN PARTY
Masons Arms, Kensal Green, 2pm – 2am, £12
The Garden Party returns to the Mason’s Arms for the eighth year in a row, this time joining forces with Jon Carter’s Block At The Lock for a bank holiday all-dayer. The line up includes Justin Robertson, Ali Love, Caged Baby, Barry Ashworth, Billy Nasty, Dave Hill, Alex Blanco and more.
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Sunday

CIVIL MUSIC
Old Blue Last, Shoreditch, 9pm – 3am, £5 advance / £7 door
Philadelphia’s Starkey will headline, with a set that we wager will draw heavily on his recent album Ear Drums and Black Holes. There will also be a live performance of synth-driven psychedelia from Starlings and support from Rinse FM regulars Elijah and Skilliam as well as Eglo Records boss Alexander Nut and Civil Music DJs Simon Goldshlager and Jamie Hodgson.
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DEVIATION
The CAMP, Shoreditch, 10pm – 5am, £10
1xtra’s Benji B brings his long-running Deviation night to east London. DJ Zinc will be eschewing his new crack house sound and returning to his roots with a “back to 95” jungle set, alongside the UK Funky stylings of Geenius with Katy B and Tippa and there’s even an appearance from the legendary Noodles of Groove Chronicles.
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PUMA presents SECOUSSE CARNIVAL
Notting Hill Arts Club, 6pm – 2am, £10
Puma bring the carnival vibe to Notting Hill Arts Centre with a set from Radioclit, showcasing their productions as The Very Best as well as a live PA from ragga veteran Top Cat and sets from The Heatwave and Lil’ Siva.
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MORE ABOUT MUSIC
Fat Badger Pub, Portobello Road, 4pm – 11pm (Sunday) / midnight (Monday)
Double-header of house music in West London – Sunday features Wbeeza, Red Rack’em, The Specials’ Jerry Dammers and more, while Monday sports Simbad, Altered Natives, Ceramic, Phil Asher and more.
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SECRETSUNDAZE
Studios 1 and 2 at Rich mix, Bethnal Green, 3pm – 12am, £12 / £8 before 4pm
7th City’s Daniel Bell, Newfamily’s DJ Ennis and a live performance by Tevo Howard head up room one, while ReviveHER take over room two to bring you DFA’s Jacques Renault alongside Pearl Flash DJs, Sean Johnston of the Hardway Bros and resident Bi Bop.
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DEADLY RHYTHM vs. THE HEATWAVE
Plan B, Brixton, 9pm – 4am, £10
A speaker-shaking night in Brixton with Deadly Rhythm and The Heatwave joining forces to bring Bashment king David Rodigan alongside drum’n’bass veteran Shy FX and Rinse FM’s Oneman.
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GIRLS MUSIC / 2 BEARS
Corsica Studios, Elephant and Castle, 10pm – 5am, £5
The line-up to this night is a closely guarded secret but if past events are anything to go by then it’s safe to say that this night from Toddla T’s label will bring the cream of the artists playing at the carnival this year.
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SANCHO PANZA & LEFTSIDE WOBBLE presents CARNIVAL TOP-UP
The Regent, Kensal Green, 7pm – 3am, £10
Only a few minutes walk from Sancho Panza’s carnival site the party continues with DJ Crazy P from 2020 recordings alongside Jonathan Moore from Leftside Wooble and Sancho Panza’s own Matt Brown and Jimmy K Tel.
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Monday

CARNIVAL MONDAY
The Paradise By Way of Kensal Green, 12pm – 2am, £5
The Count and Sinden launch their album Mega Mega Mega in style with the help of Mystery Jets, Fake Blood, Jamie XX, Redlight with Dread MC and recent Rinse-signing Katy B.
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THE GARDEN PARTY – SNOWBOMBING OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY
The Mason Arms, Notting Hill, 2pm – 2am, £12 tickets
A second day of carnival festivities at the Masons Arms, this time featuring a heavyweight lineup including Shy FX, Mathew Bushwacka!, Jon Carter, the Dub Pistols Soundsystem, The Whip and Disco Bloodbath’s Damon Martin.
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