Bristol Techno Nights

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Bristol's Techno Scene

Techno is a big deal in Bristol, book the right names or build a strong enough reputation and you’re gonna need a seriously big club to keep everyone happy. And so Bristol has Motion, masterfully converted into a 1200+ capacity nightclub from derelict warehouse via a skatepark. If Motion is Bristol’s techno castle then there’s no denying Just Jack is king. Reigning for over a decade, Just Jack have enough programming muscle to pull names like Ricardo Villalobos and Omar S. If there’s a secret to the ultimate big-room techno experience, then Motion knows it.

On the other hand, if there’s a secret to healthy techno scene, then Bristol has totally nailed it. While tickets for Just Jack, Apex and Tribe of Frog may sell in their thousands, some of Bristol’s most forward thinking techno nights have capacities for just one or two hundred. The Prison Cells at The Island have become an unlikely home to some of the most adventurous dance music in Bristol. Promoters like Room 237 and Timedance are putting out challenging and thought-provoking line-ups with past guests including the likes of Surgeon, Untold, Asusu and Helena Hauff.

If techno had a spiritual home in Bristol, it would be Lakota. With 4 rooms, a back-to-basics yard and a pair of coroners courtrooms for larger events, Lakota is Bristol’s ultimate techno playground. The venue has found favour with pervasive promoters including the electro-techno focused Get Born and bass techno masters Wide Eyes.

Amongst the city’s resident house music djs, many of Bristol’s best techno djs regularly play Bristol’s smaller clubs and bars. Dojos, The Love Inn, The Doghouse and the Small Horse Inn to name a few.

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Sell out warning! Hauff Force One docks in Sawmills, going full CDJ orchestra with Timedance don Batu for the biggest En Masse since records began. 'Tis an uncompromising, nigh historical union of club wreckage with Verraco's TraTraTrax raptor-damaged-techno, Barker's weightless living soundworlds + more TBA. Out of body experiences likely (but not guaranteed)... En Masse x Sawmills - Helena Hauff b2b Batu + more at Sawmills.

Sell out warning! Chain mail at the ready! The medievalcore LARPing agenda marches upon Loco Klub once again for tankard-clanking revelry in The Great Hall and Dungeon. Bardcore, archaic donk, Celtic techno, jungle and jigs galore alongside theatrical immersion, fortune-telling mischievous puppetry and jester japes. Knights Out 3 at Loco Klub.

Sell out warning! Rupture celebrates TWENTY (!!) years of nu-skool magik in the halls of Trinity for a proper junglist dnb blowout - only they can do it like this! Kicking off with a Double O live scored theatrical treat, before taking to the 'floor with Sully’s twisted sci-fi tekkers, Loxy’s darkside dread & MUCH MOREEE. You just know this is gonna lift the roof off ... 20 Years of Rupture at The Trinity Centre.

Ok ok ok ok. DJ Marcelle is punk in her own odd way: bonkers turntablism ft. wonky dubstep, percussive scraps, tractor sounds, goat noises and a whole lotta distortion. She arrives in timely fashion for Ceramic boiz Copper Sounds’ new release party with mega support from Sarahsson and k means’ ultra-spun-out club excursions. Deranged club fulfillment … cripes! DJ Marcelle, Copper Sounds, k means, Sarahsson at The Island.

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What our editors say

“As a DJ he has RANGE, comfortably playing blazing disco boogie at Pickle Factory in London, deep house at TV Lounge in Detroit or raw swingy techno at Greissesmühle in Berlin. 2025 saw him headline Sydney Opera House and play Berghain’s garden before Ben Klock.”
From: Wiper and True's Annual NYE House Party with Red Rack'em

“Goth-Trad has been pushing the boundaries of bass music and experimental sound since the late 1990s. His music draws from dub, dubstep, jungle, grime, techno, rave, noise, industrial, and experimental music, constantly evolving into his own unique sound as one of dubstep’s leading artists. Alongside producing and touring, Goth-Trad still runs Japan’s most famous bass driven club night, Back To Chill. Appearing at numerous leading international festivals he remains one of the key figures connecting Japan’s underground sound with the global bass music community.”
From: It's Okay

“Where to start? Brum as fuck, total gent and complete reprobate, Regis has been at the helm of galvanised techno music for over thirty years. Live & direct, Karl will grace the Island’s tunnel for a night of no nonsense synthesiser music peppered with the skills of the one like Anina and our resident probe Jay Galligan. Please; you must join us.”
From: Regis featuring Liam Andrews + Anina + Jay Galligan

“Support from Bristol’s chameleonic queen of the deep Danielle - whether she’s locked in to laser-beam electro, smooth & silky techno or house pumpers you know it’s gonna be the highest quality from the first beat to the last. We can’t wait to see what cards she pulls for the underground disco..”
From: Disco Isn't Dead with Derrick Carter

“Luigi Tozzi (live) Born and raised in Rome, Tozzi has become one of the most prominent names in deep techno, with a hypnotic, cinematic and introspective sound built on slow-evolving structures, dark drones and deep atmospheric textures. He has released regularly on Sweden’s Hypnus Records and Psyk’s Non-Series. His music is impactful without being forceful, submerging the audience, pulling them deeper and deeper.”
From: RTN w/ Luigi Tozzi