What's On: Gorgon City

Techno at Drumsheds or drum and bass at fabric this Friday? Hit reply and let us know.

Welcome to No Skips. Terminal V brings three rooms of techno to Drumsheds on Friday, Critical Sound takes over all of fabric the same night, and Stephan Bodzin plays live at fabric on Saturday. The clocks go back early Sunday, so there is an extra hour to spend on the dancefloor. Here's a glimpse of what's on this week and what's ahead.

Terminal V: Holy Priest, I Hate Models, 999999999, Charlie Sparks
🗓 FRIDAY | 📍 Drumsheds
🎟 Tickets
7pm to 3am, 18+. The Scottish techno festival returns for a second Drumsheds edition, months after its final Edinburgh weekend. Holy Priest, I Hate Models, 999999999 and Charlie Sparks hold Room X, with Natte Visstick, Onlynumbers and Nikolina b2b KLOUD across the other two rooms. Room X will be relentless from the off.

FABRICLIVE x Critical Sound: Simula, Kasra, Skantia, Dub Phizix
🗓 FRIDAY | 📍 fabric
🎟 Tickets
11pm to 6am, last entry 1am. Kasra's Critical Music takes all three rooms with a label-only lineup. Simula, Skantia, SMG, Samurai Breaks, En:vy and Dub Phizix play, with MC GQ and SP:MC on the mic. The drum and bass option on Friday night.

fabric: Stephan Bodzin (Live), Ivory, Olympe, Adana Twins, Öona Dahl
🗓 SATURDAY | 📍 fabric
🎟 Tickets
11pm to 7am. Stephan Bodzin brings his live show to Farringdon, with Ivory, Olympe, Adana Twins, Öona Dahl and LⵣBNA on the bill. His live sets build slowly, so stay for the back half.

KOKO Electronic: Shanti Celeste
🗓 SATURDAY | 📍 KOKO
🎟 Tickets
Shanti Celeste headlines KOKO's AW26 Electronic Nights series in Camden. The Peach Discs co-founder plays bright, bouncy house with plenty of warmth in it. The pick if you want house over techno on Saturday.

Gorgon City (Live)
🗓 Sat, 28 Nov | 📍 Alexandra Palace
🎟 Tickets
Doors 6:30pm, 18+, from £42. Gorgon City bring their full live show back for the first time since 2019, and Ally Pally is the only London date. Two weeks earlier they release Aether, their first album on their own REALM label, so expect new material next to "Ready For Your Love" and "Voodoo". North London's own in the Great Hall. Book early.

A State of Trance: Armin van Buuren
🗓 Sat, 14 Nov | 📍 Drumsheds
🎟 Tickets
From 1pm, 18+. ASOT turns 25 with its first indoor festival in the UK, and Armin van Buuren headlines. The full lineup is still to come. Trance at warehouse scale, three weeks out.

TOMORA, AURORA & Tom Rowlands, "Hold On Let Go"
(Capitol, out 16 October)
Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers and AURORA follow April's debut album with the CELEBRATION EP, recorded in Rowlands' Sussex studio after a summer that ran from Coachella to Fuji Rock. "Hold On Let Go" is the shortest of the three new tracks at under three minutes. They play a sold-out Roundhouse next Wednesday.
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ALTAR opens in Leytonstone this Friday
A new arts space, bar and record shop on Church Lane, programmed by Jon Clifford of Dreamhouse Records, Toby L of Transgressive and Simon Singleton of Shake The High Road. A listening bar upstairs, DJs and live music in the basement. Simian Mobile Disco and Kate Hutchinson play the free launch on Friday, first come first served, and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip opens the ALTAR Lates series on 6 November.
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Bloc returns for one night at The Cause
Ten years after its last weekender, Bloc comes back for a 20th anniversary reunion on Saturday 6 March, 16 hours across every room at The Cause. Jeff Mills leads, with British Murder Boys and Egyptian Lover live, plus Tama Sumo b2b Lakuti, DJ Storm b2b Tasha and Leftfield (DJ set). More names are still to come.
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We had the pleasure of working with Club Culture to produce The Top London Clubs Guide, built from a mix of your reviews and the venues you rated highest.
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