Welcome to No Skips. We trust everyone held themselves together through Maiden Voyage and Anjunadeep last weekend, both landing right in the middle of what the Met Office says is shaping up to be the UK's hottest summer on record. This week brings the heat again: Cristoph headlines fabric on Friday, Palms Trax goes day into night at The Cause on Saturday, and Got Soul closes out Sunday on the Somerset House terrace. Here's a glimpse of what's on this week and what's ahead.
THIS WEEK
fabric: Cristoph, Giolì & Assia, Layla Benitez + more
🗓 FRIDAY | 📍 fabric
🎫 Tickets Here
Cristoph headlines Room One alongside Giolì & Assia and Layla Benitez for a night of widescreen melodic house and techno. Room Two swings toward UK garage and bassline with hitty and Lowsteppa. Big room energy from the first hour.
Phonox: Recondite (Live)
🗓 FRIDAY | 📍 Phonox
🎫 Tickets Here
Recondite returns to Brixton for a full live show of melancholic ambient techno, his first London date since two sold out nights at the same venue. Expect tracks like Levo and Bird rendered live on Phonox's Funktion-One.
The Cause: Cooking With Palms Trax
🗓 SATURDAY | 📍 The Cause
🎫 Tickets Here
Palms Trax goes day into night across the Courtyard and Warehouse, joined by Call Super, John Talabot, Prosumer and Powder on an all-nighter. Sun-up in the Courtyard, sundown in the Warehouse.
Guy J [Extended Set]
🗓 SATURDAY | 📍 E1
🎫 Tickets Here
Guy J takes the long road through progressive house and trance with an extended set alongside Khen and Elliot Moriarty. Few artists build a night the way Guy J does, so pace yourself.
fabric: Wax Material, Jordan Masters, Jelsen + more
🗓 SUNDAY | 📍 fabric
🎫 Tickets Here
A younger fabric bill built around Wax Material's rolling house and breaks, running deep into Sunday night. Room energy over big names, the way fabric Sundays are meant to feel.
Got Soul Day Party
🗓 SUNDAY | 📍 Setlist, Somerset House
🎫 Tickets Here
Neo soul and acid jazz on the terrace early, sliding into amapiano, afrobeats and garage as the sun drops over the Thames. Somerset House's newest rooftop bar, done properly for a Sunday.
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LOOKING AHEAD
fabric x Sennheiser: Sven Väth at The View From The Shard
🗓 Fri, 21 Aug | 📍 The View From The Shard
🎫 Tickets Here
Sven Väth opens fabric and Sennheiser's new rooftop series 310 metres above the Thames, a sunset set at London's tallest building before he heads down to headline fabric itself later the same night. First of five dates, and the only one with a name attached so far.
Purple Disco Machine
🗓 Sat, 22 Aug | 📍 Magazine Open-Air
🎫 Tickets Here
Purple Disco Machine's biggest London show yet, an all-day outdoor takeover on the new Greenwich Peninsula stage. Flight Facilities and Jayda G join for a lineup built on disco house and 70s and 80s nostalgia, running from afternoon into golden hour.
THE BOOTH
Kasper Bjørke: "Ready, Kick It (Kasper Bjørke Rework)"
(Genesis Records, out this week)
Anna-My's tech house original gets a rework from Danish veteran Kasper Bjørke, who turns the bouncy bassline and Sam Dees soul sample into something warmer and more sun-drenched. Deep house built for the tail end of a heatwave, playful without losing the groove.
🎧 Listen Here
EDITORIAL
Khan pushes new powers over West End licensing
The Mayor is rolling out powers letting City Hall override local councils on late night licenses, aiming squarely at Soho's restrictive rules for new venues. Westminster is pushing back, but if it holds, expect more places able to open past 11:30pm in the West End.
👉 Read more here 👈
London's drug checking services keep expanding
The Loop's public facing drug checking service in Hackney and Camden is now a regular fixture, with Ealing due to open next. It gives Londoners a free, anonymous way to get substances tested before a night out, a small but real shift in how the city treats harm reduction.
👉 Read more here 👈
Overmono on walking away from two solo careers to make Pure Devotion
RA Editor Gabe Szatan sits down with brothers Tom and Ed Russell to talk through the chaos behind their new album, baking a cymbal in the oven, running tape past magnets, and the self imposed rules that keep them from ever disagreeing in the studio. A rare, properly reflective read on two of London's own.
👉 Read more here 👈
A quick trip through Rome, Naples and London's underground rooms with @vittosica.
👉 Watch here 👈
