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10 more acts announced tomorrow morning www.thebigbeachball.co.uk www.facebook.com/thebigbeachball

Hi Maud' dib, hope you are good. While the event is a strong 11 hours long, it is not possible to fit everyone we would like onto the bill. Hopefully there is something good included for most though. You can find more about the different types of acts playing here - http://www.thebigbeachball.co.uk/2013-line-up/ A couple of quick examples to save you time however of acts that do not fit into the indie/dance bracket... Mungo's Hi Fi - http://www.mungoshifi.net S-Type - https://soundcloud.com/s-type Lockah - http://www.lockah.net/ Randolph's Leap - http://www.facebook.com/RandolphsLeap (More acts are being announced next week) __________________________ Anyone in Aberdeen this weekend, there is an official launch party at Snafu this Friday, 9.30pm doors and 3 x pairs of tickets to give away for the Beach Ball festival. Mia Dora (Moda Black/Glasgow Underground) Nevada Base IndianRedLopez Dirty Shoes Snafu DJs

Hi Old Gold Snafu Indoor Main Stage / DSR Sound System Room / Peace & Jam Live Lounge / Outdoor Main Stage / Red Bull Area

half the early birds are sold on this one already http://www.facebook.com/events/100214903500698/

Cameras ready prepare to flash. ???????? Snafu presents GREEN VELVET Fri 17th May - Funktion One Sound System - ???????? Early bird tickets on sale now : Snafu Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/cfopn8g Resident Advisor - http://tinyurl.com/caf5xhx Snafu Website - www.clubsnafu.com/box-office ______________ Club Snafu 1 Union St World Top 100 Clubs 2012 - DJ Mag Upcoming... SURGEON / CHRIS LATTNER / ENZO SIRAGUSA / MARC HOULE / BIGFOOT'S TEA PARTY / DUSKY / JAY HAZE

Snafu 1 Union St Aberdeen World's Top 100 Clubs - DJ Mag 2010-2012 _____________________ // TICKETS // SLAM (Live) - 15th Feb www.clubsnafu.com/box-office SURGEON - 15th March www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?439902 JAY HAZE - 23rd March www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?439765 _____________________ // FEBRUARY SATURDAYS // // FEBRUARY FRIDAYS // More info on the links : 01 _ Krazzy Martin & Friends 02 _ Saytek (Live) & Fuad 08 _ Dirty Hearts Club ft. Stanley Odd and DHC DJs 09 _ Si Smith and Dimbee 15 _ SLAM (live!) & Greg Gibb 16 _ Fuad, Si Smith, Dimbee 22 _ Minival ft. Mano Le Tough 23 _ Let It Bleed ________________________________ Wednesday 27th Feb ________________________________ clubsnafu.com Since 2004

Data Transmissions "Incredibly danceable, uplifting and addictive stuff. It just sounds so good. Rather than showcasing any in-depth or obscure crate-digging, it’s simply accessible in terms of its raw danceability and catchy vocal hooks, underlined with deft and rigorous production." Mixmag 8/10 Guardian "UK house saviour"

Head first down the hole into 2013... BIGFOOT'S TEA PARTY NYE 2012/13 11pm-4am ________________________ After their sold out 4th birthday last week with Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe, we are giving the Bigfoot team all night long on NYE. Strap in and see where they take you. Adv tix on sale now : clubsnafu.com/box-office ________________________ soundcloud.com/bigfootsteaparty

Our last staff picks before Xmas have landed in the laps of some of our most colourful team members. Please note some names have been changed for their own protection. Enjoy! ___________________________________ - Mo - JAMES CURD - WE JUST WON'T STOP http://soundcloud.com/jamescurd/we-just-wont-stop "Heard Rory Phillips drop this and saw a change of atmosphere instantly. I like when that happens." ___________________________________ - Rolanda Cliffhanger - THE ORD - A HUGE EVERGROWING PULSATING BRAIN THAT GROWS FROM THE CENTRE OF THE ULTRAWEB http://youtu.be/rpO_x0CHfoU "19 years old. Driving around from rave to rave my orange VW camper van, trippin on acid and mushrooms in the countryside - best time of my life". ___________________________________ - Kimbo Slice - DESTINY'S CHILD - SAY MY NAME (Cyril Hahn Remix) http://youtu.be/1VMykMSSJg8 "Sooo was going to go with this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_miGclPFGs - but feared you would hate me forever... anyway I have 2 songs so you can just pick which one. I know it's unoriginal and pretty predictable but it's my jam". ___________________________________ - Mad Lion - MAKAM - WHAT YA DOIN' http://youtu.be/W92vEAdC0nU "I get a pick?? WOWIE!" ___________________________________ - Shakin' Stevens - RUN DMC - CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS http://youtu.be/VnfiWCRFRyA "Humbug". ___________________________________ This weekend at Snafu - Friday : T.Williams, Fuad, Krazzy Martin Saturday : Si Smith & Dimbee Xmas Cracker MERRY CHRISTMASSSSS!

We have gone all out to secure you the best Boxing Day party in Scotland with none other than the UK's finest operators HORSE MEAT DISCO. The legends from London are dedicated to the industry of human happiness, bringing you killer underground disco, Italo and rarities that have been rocking crowds worldwide since they burst onto the scene in 2009. In August this year, Channel 4 handed over creative control to six top-class DJs in an unprecedented live television event. With no advert breaks, no commentary and no interruptions, a line-up of top international DJs - Grandmaster Flash, Annie Mac, Horse Meat Disco, Soul II Soul, Erick Morillo and A-Track - play live to the nation with six hour-long sets in a clubbing experience like no other. We are delighted to welcome HMD to Snafu at the end of a brilliant year for them and another big year of electronic music. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * XMAS BONUS TICKETS ON SALE NOW * @ £8 from - clubsnafu.com/box-office - our facebook tix app Once these are gone, a batch of £10 tix will be on sale in Athenaeum & OneUp. Saddle up.

Everyone from Erol Alkan and Optimo to Ivan Smagghe and James Lavelle is indebted to Andrew Weatherall. Not necessarily in terms of aesthetics, but definitely in terms of stance: the legendary English producer, remixer and tastemaker was, after all, the first proper punk DJ. This is why the news Weatherall was going to deliver a mix for Ministry of Sound's somewhat pretentious Masterpiece series (one that isn't "mixed," but "created by," no less) was received with suspicious glances by some. On top of that, making the rare triple-CD mix experience worth repeated listening sessions is always a risky move and remains reserved to the lucky few; some will opt for drastic stylistic changes (think of SOS or Will Saul's Balance mixes, for instance) to the risk of losing a sense of an overarching narrative arc. Thankfully, Weatherall avoids all those pitfalls and hands over the most coherent commercial mix of his long, sometimes puzzling but always fascinating, career. Of Masterpiece's 36 tracks, Weatherall's only real concession to the so-called indie dance he often gets associated with is at the very beginning of the mix (CD1's first cut from Weatherall's new goth-tinged project The Asphodells) and the very end (CD3's last song: A.R. Kane's post-C86, sub-Primal Scream piece of psychedelic guitar pop), their positioning saying more than their actual length or presence. Overall, all three CDs stay on the dubby, sophisticated yet experimental, and highly melodic side of house, with a good slice of cosmic disco (remixes from Disjokke or Prins Thomas among others) and Weatherall's own dance noir reworks of more alternative rockers such as Grinderman, The Horrors or Primal Scream. Guitars may still lurk here and there, as on The Asphodells' trippy "The Lonely City" or on Weatherall's trippier remix of Cut Copy's "Sun God," but they never interfere with the overall dance floor dedication the DJ displays. On the more technical side of things, the overall mix is surprisingly seamless, and if the tempo rarely ventures above the 120 BPM mark (as Weaterall's motto has been in the last couple of years at his Love Letter From Outer Space parties), there are enough engrossing moments (Kasper Bjørke's groovy "Man from Venice," Apiento & Co's dramatic arrangements on "The Orange Place") to keep surprising the listener. Compared to his 2004 Fabric 19 mix, there is an imposing timelessness to Masterpiece, even though it's pretty much as "now" as you could get.

BOXING DAY // 2012 // SNAFU 10pm-2am HORSE MEAT DISCO Klink (Souldiggin') Shake it to the ground. ticket info shortly...

Everyone round here was caught up with a big weekend, so our staff picks are a couple of days late... already with one eye on next weekend. Here goes nothing... ___________________________________ - Michael - OMAR SALGADO - RECHBERG "Some great stripped tracks coming from Tokyo and Berlin on this label. Look out for the great hook starting about half way in." ___________________________________ - Linsey - CHIC - I WANT YOUR LOVE (DIMITIRI FROM PARIS REMIX) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZYEO59Gdw "Good summertime memories" ___________________________________ - Patty / Martin / Krazzy - FRITZ KALKBRENNER - WILLING http://youtu.be/FSFMkK9XWQ0 "Why not? It's cos I'm krazzy. With a kapital K. Kay?" ___________________________________ - Seb - FC KAHUNA - HAYLING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjeWsiujmU "Found this on Saturday mid-way through the trip. It was beautiful. Hope you enjoy it". ___________________________________ - Darragh - BE SVENDSEN - Black Tower Hotel (Mollono.Bass Remix) http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5DhWxocPmHg All Darragh had to say was "This one". He's a busy guy. Likes to let the music do the talking... ___________________________________ This weekend at Snafu : Friday : Bigfoot's Strikes 4! Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe Saturday : NaNa with Gary Smith & Fuad

oh baby it's cold outside... ★ SNAFU - 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS ★ It's the 1st December and we are in a festive mood, every day this month we'll open the advent calendar and give away a prize - all the way up til Christmas! ★ TODAY'S PRIZE - 2 x HEIDI TICKETS ★ To be in with a chance of winning send an email with the subject line "Advent Calendar" to amanda@clubsnafu.com. The winner will be picked by 5pm each day. __________________________________ Prize details : 2 tickets for Heidi & Darius Syrossian @ Snafu, 1st Dec 2012 http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?408056

Tonight, early show - DOORS 7.30pm Stanley Scunner Danny Young £4/3 http://soundcloud.com/stanley-aberdeen "Bands rarely enjoy comparisons, but if you were to take the intelligence of The Divine Comedy, the vision of John Barry, the creativity of Radiohead (circa "The Bends") and the soaring vocal talents of Scott Walker you wouldn't be far away. And that can't be bad, can it?" Combining both musical talent and imagination to create a sound that is innovative, unique, and as a result, totally unclassifiable as the bold city of Aberdeen they call home. Highly accomplished compositions and expressive lyrics are successfully merged and enhanced further by their lead singers distinctive and progressively powerful voice. The group's songs encompass everthing from politics, paranoia and the idiosyncrasies of life, evoking a spectrum of emotions - feelings from the melancholy to the sublime. This is achieved with a broad scope of sounds and styles, from swirling fairground melodies and dramatic orchestration, to good old fashioned rock. Stanley's diverse collection illustrates their versatility and each song captures a different aspect of their unconventional quirky charm which will undoubtedly lead to you making friends with them soon. The band are riding high on their second release "Sandwiches & Tea" ( ) to be followed by the long player "Animal With Amazing Disguises" on 16th April 212.

For such a small company we seem to have an awful lot of staff, but staff with great taste in music. So every Friday now we've decided to let our boisterous crew start giving you an insight into what they are listening to at the moment. Hope they get you in the mood for the weekend. Enjoy! Snafu x ___________________________________ - Jordan - CRYSTAL WATERS - GYPSY WOMAN "Released in 1991, this deep house classic from Crystal Waters is always guaranteed to fill a dance floor. From the legendary parties and battlegrounds in Chicago held by DJ Rashad & Dj Spinn, to Glasgow's own Numbers, this classic ensures that it's guaranteed to go off. If all else fails, it'll at least give your vocal cords a work out" ___________________________________ - Chris Murray - MOODYMAN -WHY DO YOU FEEL "One of the best tunes of the year for me; moves your mind, and your body" ___________________________________ - Will - ALCATRAZ (Jimpster Dub) - KASPER BJORKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uQtAG2fnzk "I only discovered it recently but played it in a back to back set recently and went down a storm" ___________________________________ - Lauren - TOM DEMAC - DIRTY HONEY "Reminds me of rooftop parties and beach ballin' " ___________________________________ - Josh - FABRIZIO MAURIZI - FREE AS WE ARE "...because listening to Fabrizio always brings back memories (partial memories at least) of partying after club hours with the best in a warehouse after he played at Bigfoot's in Snafu! Gooood times!" ___________________________________ This weekend at Snafu : Friday : Minival ft. Russ Yallop & Amirali Saturday : The Jackathon ft. Heidi & Darius Syrossian facebook.com/clubsnafu.com clubsnafu.com

FREE BEFORE 12 with a flyer. Otherwise £6 entry CRAIG SMITH / 6TH BOROUGH PROJECT STRETFORD DOGS CLUB FUAD Sat // Nov 24 _ ___________________ This one is highly recommended. You really won't get better value for money than this on a Saturday night - Craig Smith aka 6th Borough Project // Craig Smith & Graeme Clark (The Revenge) have worked together in the studio for almost a decade, producing house jams and exploring long forgotten funk and dusty disco dubs. Studio output has featured on the much sought after L.E.S.S. Productions label as well as Jisco Music, Instruments Of Rapture, Domino Records and Delusions Of Grandeur, which they provided the first single for in 2009. With a follow-up album due out beginning 2013, influences are soaked in boogie, jazz and funk, through hip-hop and house and his sets are testament to 25 years of telling stories through music. Throughout the years, Craig has played alongside many of house music's visionaries, regularly bringing guests like MAW, Kerri Chandler, Spinna, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Deep, Paul Trouble Anderson to the capital. Stretford Dogs Club // SDC, one of our honourary residents, has had the pleasure of playing with Prosumer, Theo Parrish and Todd Terje recently while his radio show on Deepvibes radio has been attracting DJs like Mark Farina alongside a monthly DJ Podcast with Osunlade, 6th Borough Project, Halo & Black Coffee guest already, and DJ Sneak asking if he can submit a podcast. His groundbreaking A Day in the Dogs Life won acclaim all over the world ___________________ 1 Union St Aberdeen World's Top 100 Clubs 2012 - DJ Mag clubsnafu.com