Our recent recommendations for Basement 45
Seriously, f*ck Glastonbury, come to Basement 45: it never rains and you’ll save yourself £300 in small change with this three room blowout of underground club sounds. Featuring Soz Lad’s not-so-secret hxc weapon cutmesum.flac, percussive slammers from Harmonia’s Slaggamuffin and pounding hardtek from Rigpig. No tents allowed.
GLAS-NOT-BURY: Multi-genre Dance Night at Basement 45.
The definition of go hard or go home! Balter may be over, but Bristol Goes Hard are here with all the trance, hardstyle, tek, donk, and jungle your raving heart could desire to celebrate their first birthday and carry on the last burning embers of the beloved weekender.
Hard dance music all night long
Forget re-watching Skins, get your fix of y2k swag with the season one party finale of Ar-Lein. Expect murky cloud rap, witchouse, drain gang, hyperpop and garage blasting out the Basement 45 speakers. Huge FFO: Snow Strippers, Crystal Castles, 2hollis, Bassvictim.
Our generation, Curated. Ar-Lein V4. 22nd May
Amen breaks abound at this free entry blow-out to whet your Balter whistle! Helmed by Japanese psychedelic hardtekkers Savage States with a whole stack of Amen4Tekno and Japan Crew affiliates in tow, including Ailie’s abrasive hard bass and Keptek’s hi-octane dnb.
Hard dance takeover from Japan