Win tickets for Rinse FM @ The Arches feat Zinc, Plastician and P-Money – Saturday 18th February
We’ve teamed up with the Arches to giveaway two pairs of tickets to London’s foremost grime and dubstep station Rinse FM’s first ever nationwide tour night in Glasgow on Saturday 18th February. Appearing on the night will be jungle legend turned crack house hero DJ Zinc alongside Plastician, P-Money, Brackles and more. For a chance [...]
48k’s free old skool rave bonanza in Glasgow, Fri 13th January
Is it just me or is there a lack of free old skool rave nights taking place in bowling clubs in Glasgow? The 48k collective thought so and their first event back in November was a bit of a belter. Free entry, a quality rave atmosphere in a unique venue, quality tunes, quality banter and [...]
Win tickets to Africa Hitech @ The Arches, Glasgow – Friday 9th Sept 2011
Friday September the 9th sees Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek bring their Africa Hitech project to The Arches in Glasgow and we have two pairs of tickets to give away. Simply email competitions@phuturelabs.com with Africa Hitech in the subject to be entered into a draw – we’ll pick a winner on Wednesday September 7th and [...]
Fall takes on Nick Cave, Nina Simone and more
Admittedly, I’ve become a little numb to emails received via Soundcloud. One in particular caught my attention this week though and came from Glasgow producer Fall. The track submission in question was a moody downtempo rework of a Nick Cave soundtrack work and captured my imagination immediately and caused me to dig a little deeper. [...]
Martyn & Braiden catch the Deadly Rhythm in Glasgow
Martyn and his 3024 imprint have been making impressive moves of late with some top quality releases from Jon Convex and Julio Bashmore alongside his own material. From his early days producing dnb for Flight’s “Play:Musik” label (if you don’t own “Next 2 U” then you’re doing your collection a disservice) through to his amazing [...]
Glasgow’s Finest: Stay Plastic
This is the first in a new, regular feature for us here at the Labs as we celebrate all that is good in the Glasgow electronic music scene. Its fair to say that it is an extremely vibrant time for electronic music in the city and our new feature aims to cover both the smaller [...]
Manorak – One Minus One – free download
Glasgow producer Manorak has decided to remain faceless for this moment and instead, represents himself with an image of an Analogue Solutions Station X. While details are scarce, all you need to know is that “One Minus One” is a lovely wee slice of moody electronica produced entirely on analogue gear. The 8 minute duration [...]
Record Store Day 2011
From it’s humble beginnings in 2008, Record Store Day has quickly spread and is now celebrated around the world. The third annual event takes place today and in Glasgow we’ll be at Rub a Dub to catch performances from Instra:mental, Koreless, The Blessings and more. LOVE Music Glasgow will also be staging a similar event [...]
Electric Frog 2011
The evening of Sunday 1st August last year saw the Phuturelabs collective wander freely into the world of the Electric Frog Street Carnival at the SWG3 in Glasgow. We caught such delights as Cottam, Felix Da Housecat, Liquid Liquid, Simian Mobile Disco and also spent an unusual amount of time just kicking around talking to [...]
Soundcloud Meetup: Glasgow – Wed 9th Feb
Over the past few months, Soundcloud users have been gathering around the world to discuss music, social media and share content face to face. The first Scottish meetup is lined up for Wed 9th Feb in Glasgow and consists of two parts. A Soundcloud Creative Workshop will take place at City Halls between 5 and [...]
