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Under the Hood jump starts itself back into action this Saturday night (12th Oct) at the Basura Blanca club, downstairs in the caveaux of Glasgow's colourful Brunswick Hotel on Brunswick Street in the Merchant City. The organisers have welcomed acts like Charles Webster, Moodymanc, Tim Paris and Ralph Lawson to Glasgow in the past and this month welcome one of our favourite producers and DJ's Ray Mang (Eskimo/Mangled/Disco Deviance) This is a limited capacity event and is pay on the door only with a capacity limited to 120 persons. This is very rare opportunity to hear a DJ of distinct calibre and taste and one of the Uk's finest Disco Re-Editors pleasure your senses in the unique and special Micro-Club that is Basura-Blanca. UK DJ/Producer/Remixer and all-­‐round studio boffin (known to his mates as Raj Gupta) Ray Mang is definitely not a new boy on the Disco Dance scene. He landed his first 12” Number One in ’96 on Noid Recordings gaining ...

 This weeks hottie is the sultry brunette Lake Bell! The actress, writer and director is set to release her feature length writing, directing and producing debut next month with 'In a World...', a film which follows a young woman doing voice-over work for film trailers. Lake Bell is no stranger to the big screen, with roles in films such as 'No Strings Attached', 'Its Complicated' and 'What Happens in Vegas' but I would hope that most people who read this blog would recognise her from the HBO TV show, 'How to Make it in America'. She also appears on the cover of the latest New York Magazine in a particularly awesome shoot, wearing nothing but a painted tattoo drawn by tattoo artist - and her new husband - Scott Campbell. Go and check out her new film if you can and definitely check out 'How to Make it in America' if you even have a remote interest in the clothing business....and also because Lake Bell is really fit!...

Toolroom Records is one of the world's leading dance record labels. From the humble beginnings of owner and superstar DJ Mark Knight’s Tool Shed in 2003, the label has grown in to an international powerhouse, achieving unrivalled success in just a short few years; smashing innumerable sales records, scooping some of the industries biggest awards and a globally renowned events brand make the Toolroom name synonymous with the best in the business!  They kick things off for their tenth birthday tour in style with a night and day event at Colours, Glasgow. On Sunday 4th August 2013, they will be celebrating from 1.30pm to 2am at the Barras Art & Design Centre and SWG3  with a soundtrack provided by this stunning line-up: Mark Knight Stefano Noferini Mark Storie Jon Mancini Giovanni Ferri MARK KNIGHT Mark Knight’s legacy already ranks him as a leading player in dance music culture. His rise to the forefront has been more than just gigs and remixe...

Up and coming producer Clams Casino is the focus of Music Monday this week! More commonly known as Clams Casino or Clammy Clams, Mike Volpe is an Italian-American electronic musician and hip hop producer from Nutley, New Jersey. He started gaining recognition after contacting Lil B and sending him a variety of instrumentals which he utilised on many of his mixtapes. His production often samples spacey female voices—such as Björk, Janelle Monáe, Adele, or Imogen Heap and has received acclaim from The Needle Drop and Pitchfork , the latter of which ranked his first mixtape, 'Instrumentals', as one of the top-50 records of 2011. He has since gained further recognition because of his work for the likes of ASAP Rocky, Mac Miller, The Weeknd and XV amongst others and this week he released a collaboration track with underground hip hop legend DOOM titled 'Bookfiend' which you can check out below. This looks set to be a big year for Clams Casino...

This weeks Music Monday is gifted musician, producer and DJ Nicolas Jaar! 23 year old Nicolas Jaar was born in New York in 1990, but spent much of his early childhood in his father's native country of Chile before moving back to New York. When Jaar was 14, he heard an album by electronic music legend and fellow Chilean, Ricardo Villalobos, and he was completely taken by the sound and feelings that the music evoked. So much so that he decided to try his hand at making music of his own. Fast forward to January 2011 and the release of Jaar's first album 'Space is Only Noise' which garnered massive critical acclaim, ranking as the best album of the year by Resident Advisor and Mixmag, receiving an 8.4 score from Pitchfork and 4 stars from The Guardian. Nicolas Jaar describes his music as 'Blue Wave' drawing inspiration from a host of influences including minimal techno, Ethiopian jazz and experimental hip hop to create a truly unique, ruminative ...