PAUL WOOLFORD The Tube Sun 1st
One of the first people to start playing electronic house music when the rest of the world was cutting up disco loops and shoving them through filters, Wooly has turned further and further towards techno over the decade since. In fact now he’s on the books of highly respected Detroit Premiere Artists with Carl Craig and Kenny Larkin – which is true acceptance. If you know him from 2005’s glitch classic ‘Erotic Discourse’ or from his more recent Cocoon or Planet-E releases you’ll relish seeing one of the most respected DJs in such an intimate space. (JK)

DAVID GUETTA Brighton Centre Thurs 5th
You know what, David Guetta is actually one hell of a DJ. Seriously into the music (deep and tough electro house, when he gets the chance), he’s able to achieve the sort of live remixing on CDJs that less talented people require Ableton for. He’s the master at creating the feeling of an event – the people who bought their tickets months ago will leave having had the time of there nights. Actually, we’re wasting our time here – you either love him or hate him. Shame, this pop star deserves more of a chance in the underground. (JK)

ICICLE Audio Weds 11th
Influential Dutchman Icicle is part of the Shogun Audio gang, who are well known for their rocking parties in Brighton. Highly technical with throbbing basslines, Icicle’s approach to drum’n’bass is intelligent, with sweet melodies over the sharp breaks. Clearly techno-driven, his music has gripped fans of many genres, and his latest releases show a diversity that puts him way ahead of his contemporaries. (JMM)

NEW ZEALAND SHAPESHIFTER Concorde 2 Wed 11th
New Zealand Shapeshifter were signed to Hospital Records last year in order to globally release their latest album ‘The System Is A Vampire’, along with a collection of new remixes under the rejigged title ‘The System Is A Remix’. So tonight we can expect to hear some brand new tracks from the live drum’n’bass act who fuse vocals, synths, sax and samples to create tunes with rich soul and an unstoppable groove. Their powerhouse sound has uplifting vibes, dirty grinds and seems to be driven by a force of nature. (ZC)

MOSCA Life Fri 13th Mosca’s aquatic dubstep track ‘Nike’ turned heads in 2010 and garnered attention from Mary Anne Hobbs and Giles Peterson. Rather than box him in with categories and genrefication, he professes to make straight up club music to get dancefloors bubbling. His tunes flex with garage, niche, hip hop and house elements. This evening he’s backed up by new jack swing maestro Krystal Klear, 8-bit bass head Fantastic Mr Fox and SOURCE’s very own Bark Matter. (ZC)

JACKMASTER The Tube Sat 14th
Jack Revill shuns the idea of making music “with the objective of furthering your career as a DJ, or to become famous.” Hence why he’s focused on articulating himself via his mixing. The Numbers co-founder is fresh from compiling the ‘Fabriclive 57’ CD, rocking Austria’s Snowbombing festival, and signing some top talent like Deadboy and Jamie xx to the Numbers label. So his efforts have been well spent out of the studio and tonight he treats us to a two hour set. (ZC)

CARIBOU Digital Sat 14th Blah Blah Blah DJs continue their run of booking the biggest names in dance music, last month they brought us Annie Mac, this month it’s Caribou. In 2010 Dan Snaith, the meticulous mathematician turned composer, defined the sound of our summer with his album ‘Swim’. Full of folktronica and sunshine pop it was perfect for hazy days on the beach. Groove with him at Digital where he’s got support from celestial electro stars Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and of course the resident Blah Blah Blah boys. (ZC)

DIGITAL SOUNDBOY Audio Weds 18th
Digital Soundboy is undeniably one of the premier drum’n’bass labels out there, and head honcho Shy FX heads the bill at this showcase night. Previously a mainstay of the commercial drum’n’bass scene, Shy FX has been busy in recent years producing new talent, but his forthcoming album shows a return to form. Support comes from UK Funky pioneer Donae’o and the eclectic B Traits, the one and only Digital Sound-girl. (JMM)

RUMBLE IN THE JUMBLE Digital Thurs 19th
Somehow, someone has managed to arrange a night in which all of the quality club nights across town (Poundance, Shameless, Stonelove, Aka Aka Roar, Hospitality) send their DJs to gang up and assault Digital’s Funktion One soundsystem, all in aid of charidee. The mental health charity MIND is the lucky recipient of the cash that you lucky clubbers will no doubt be queuing up the beach to spend, which we can confidently assert is more than you can say for most of your dough. It’s going to be big. (MB)

PARADISE CITY Green Door Store Thursdays from 19th
“Take me down to the paradise city,” requested Axl Rose. “Where the doors are green and the girls are pretty.” But he was selling himself short – he should have asked for karaoke, a live covers band called The Green Store Doors and Kiss-style face painting. We also heard the DJs are going to be strippers. Well, if you’re going to do a cock rock night, it’s worth going all out. Sense and taste was never a genre necessity. (JK)

TIEFSCHWARZ Audio Fri 20th
The brothers Schwarz made some amazing deep house records for the Classic label and then in a complete U-turn dominated crunchy electro house in the mid-noughties. Their remixes of Phonique’s ‘The Red Dress’ and Spektrum’s ‘Kinda New’ stand up as some of the best club tracks of the last decade. But in another twist they are now leading the charge in percussive and clinical, deep tech house. They’re genuine legends so we’ll just go with the flow. (JK)

DJ WOODY Jam Fri 20th
DJ Woody’s been a master turntablist for over a decade, and is credited with innovating and inspiring scratchers for years. After winning multiple awards and accolades, he’s created an audio-visual set that delivers live visual scratching alongside his music; a possible foray into the future of live electronic performances. Woody’s been deemed a “DJ demi-god” by DJ Yoda and “highly entertaining and unique” by Hexstatic, so it would be rude not to go and check for yourselves. (JMM)

JACK BEATS Digital Sat 21st
Jack Beats are a party crunk production duo made up of Scratch Pervert Plus One and Benji G from the Mixologists. Together they make bombastically bass-driven house that wobbles up to big breakdowns and fills floors faster than Ronseal’s quick drying floor filler. They’ve recently returned from Baltimore and Philadelphia with Breakage so who knows what sort of US-inspired inflections their new tunes might have. The dance music don DJ Zinc’s also in the building spinning his own unique genre – crack house. (ZC)

TOKIMONSTA Jam Thurs 26th
Los Angeles based Tokimonsta’s take on future electronic hip hop is infused with psychedelic whimsy, and has been winning her friends in high places (Flying Lotus and Mary-Anne Hobbs to name a couple) and influencing people across the world. Her name sums it up: ‘toki’ means bunny rabbit in Korean while ‘monsta’ needs no explanation, and the combination of sweet ambience and hard beats is a special one. As the latest stop on her seemingly endless world tour, she’s bringing her bass-heavy tropical beats to Brighton. (JMM)

THE LINE-UP • Foggs Bar Fri 27th
The Line-Up’s a relatively new night in Brighton but on their third outing they’ve already managed to book emerging talent White Powder Gold. This London duo aren’t your typical skinny jeaned crooners, their brand of indie has obvious dubstep, hip hop and electro influences to equate a sound that’s simultaneously laddish and thoughtful. There’s also a showcase of local talent including DJ Bean, DJ No Skillz and urban bard Spliff Richard. (ZC)

VICE Green Door Store Fri 27th
Everybody hates on Vice but to be fair, can you think of a free magazine that’s anywhere near as good? Alright, that SOURCE thing is decent, but most freesheets are a waste of paper, and there aren’t many paid rags better than Vice either. So stop moaning, get down to Greedos on the last Friday of each month, pick up your copy and have a dance. They’re even putting on TEETH! live this month and Teen Creeps and 20 Jazz Funk Greats will DJ. Happy now? (JK)

DOCTOR’S ORDERS Coalition Sun 29th
Just Blaze and Alchemist go head to head in a two-hour face-off on four turntables. After a couple of sell-out shows in London last year these two cream of the American crop producers bring their sound clash to Brighton. If you want to get ready to rock steady to a night of head nodding hip hop then pick up your ticket quick because these guys have got some dedicated fans – one MySpace ho messaged Alchemist, “I’m gonna put your name on my ass.” Beat that. (ZC)