When What Sat 18 December 2004: HAWKWIND Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £17.50adv/£20door, www.wegotickets.com The Future Sound of Exeter's Christmas party on the edge of time! Still going strong, still generating astounding sounds and amazing music, the one-and-only HAWKWIND make this a festive season to remember. Veteran sonic assassin and bandleader Dave Brock is joined by long-serving regulars Alan Davey and Richard Chadwick with special guests waiting in the airlock. Those lucky enough to get in for their Phoenix appearance last year know they're in for a night of quark, strangeness and charm. DUMPY'S SPACE NUTS provide live support with DJ AMBIESSENCE on desck-duty. In the bar SEMBALANCE play live with DJ SPACE TELEGRAPH on the mix and, for one night only CHILDREN OF THE DRONE become CHILDREN OF THE SUN playing acoustic Hawkwind covers. Fri 26 November 2004: LTJ BUKEM Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £12adv/£14door, www.wegottickets.com FSOE present the Phoenix debut for a living legend, the most intelligent drum'n'bass DJ in the world! LTJ BUKEM has been at the forefont of new music for the past decade and the Logical Progression and Earth series stand out as timeless gems in the development of the wide d'n'b genre. Bukem will be joined by Good Lookin' Records regular MC CONRAD for an eclectic set which shows off the breadth of this man's production talent. DJs FOREST GREEN, MIKE JAMES and AMBIESSENCE complete the line-up for the very special night. Sat 23 October 2004: 'FUTUREXCITER' - local dance music showcase feat. ASTRALASIA Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £8adv/£10door (+BF), www.wegotickets.com No less than five local electronic acts fill the Phoenix with their dance-friendly sounds, culminating in a high-energy set by veterans of over a dozen albums ASTRALASIA. SUNFISH lay down guitar-trance; N-TROPIC present organic techno; NEURO SYSTEM mix trance'n'funk; SPATIALIZED provide cosmic beats and TRIMORPHOUS mix bass'n'breaks. Come and support Exeter's underground heroes as FSOE release their eighth CD of local talent - 'Futurexciter'. Thurs 14 October 2004: CIRCLE Three Fat Fish, Exeter, 8-12pm, £6 A welcome return for awesome sonic force who headlined our Krautrock Karnival! CIRCLE come from Finland and sound like a high-energy version of the legendary Can. Swirling layers and guitars and keyboards overlaid on top of driving rhythms result in a full-on sound second-to-none. Seasoned Krautrockers were exclaiming that they were the best band they'd ever seen last time Circle appeared in Exeter! DJ Radio Space Telegraph completes the cosmic line-up. Sat 2 October 2004: EAT STATIC Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £10adv/£12door (+BF), www.wegottickets.com Banging beats, frantic rhythms, funky, squelching basslines and a full-on psy-trance inferno: FSOE have enticed the EAT STATIC mothership to land in Exeter again for the ultimate live techno experience. Forget alien abduction, get beamed up by this cosmic duo and dance 'til your universe collapses! Live support comes from ZETAN SPORE and DBKAOS, with DIBDUB in the bar and DJ BOSTIN POWERS on the mix. Sat 25 September 2004: CELLOMAN Exeter Phoenix, 8-12pm, £10adv/£12door, www.wegottickets.com The stunning world fusionists who headlined the Respect marquee return with a full 7-piece band! Plus PANACEA live and DJ AMBIESSENCE. In the bar: FLUXUS live with THE ICONOCLAST on the mix. Sat 10 July 2004: ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION SOUND SYSTEM and CELLOMAN at EXETER RESPECT FESTIVAL 2004: Exeter Phoenix grounds, 7.30pm-1am, £12adv(£10conc.)/£14door(£12conc.) A local celebration of global diversity promoting multiculturalism with easily the best world music event Exeter's ever seen and heard! In the auditorium: ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION SOUND SYSTEM key ADF members live/DJ set, VIBRONICS live dub, THE COLLECTIV live, BANJANI, KAGEMUSHA TAIKO  opening ceremony, DJ Ambiessence. In the marquee: CELLOMAN live sophisticated world fusion, LE COD AFRIQUE afro-celtic-arabic fusion inc. bellydancer, PANACEA, STREET HEAT 25-piece samba finale, plus DJs. In the bar:  live world chillout and DJs. Plus free all day: workshops, stalls, world cafe, displays, more live music and DJs - watch out for other Exeter Respect events… Sat 5 June 2004: TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND - Devon artists CD launch party! Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £10adv/£12door Original global beat pioneers TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND are back with the full live band which rocked last year's Respect Festival - now with legendary vocalist Natacha Atlas! The ultimate dance music melting-pot spans dub, bhangra, rap, techno, afro and more in soulful style with beats for your feet. Three live support acts complete this party night: SUNFISH lay down hot guitar-trance, UV REACT cavort with their giant puppets and dancers, and SEMBALANCE chill-out the bar. DJ Ambiessence and DJ Radio Bush Telegraph provide the eclectic interludes. • DEVON ARTISTS CD LAUNCH - tonight we release a compilation of Devon artists including Sunfish, UV React, N-tropic, The Collectiv and many more… Sat 29 May 2004: ZION TRAIN & THE CRISPY HORNS - The Collectiv CD launch party! Exeter Phoenix, 8pm-1am, £10adv/£12door ZION TRAIN'S ever-popular full horny line-up returns with their incredible high-energy combination of vocal dub reggae and banging beats. Expect to dance, dance, dance - and get your tickets early to avoid disappointment! Live support comes from local heroes THE COLLECTIV, with DJ Ambiessence on the mix. DBKAOS provide live bar beats with DJ Euphonic Sharpy on the decks. • THE COLLECTIV CD LAUNCH - tonight we release the debut disk by local heroes, those vocaldrum'n'bassrock'n'rolldubsters The Collectiv Sat 8 May 2004: SUNS OF ARQA - Exeter Respect CD launch party! Exeter Phoenix, 8-12pm, £10adv/£12door THE SUNS OF ARQA play ultra-eclectic world dub featuring seven amazing musicians combining vocals, sitar, violin, tablas, bass, drums and percussion under the mix and guidance of the inimitable Michael Wadada. Arqa's diverse collaborators and fans include Peter Gabriel, Prince Far I, Andy Weatherall, 808 State and A Guy Called Gerald. Live support comes from PANACEA's afro-celtic funk with DJ Radio Bush Telegraph on deck-duty. In the bar CHILDREN OF THE DRONE play live with The Iconoclast on the mix. • EXETER RESPECT CD LAUNCH - tonight we release a CD featuring all the artists who played at last year's Exeter Respect Festival, including Transglobal Underground, Nucleus Roots, MoMo, Kausary and many more...! Sat 10 April 2004: HERE & NOW Exeter Phoenix, 8-12pm, £10adv/£12door - re-scheduled from 6 March for a better line-up! The legendary HERE & NOW BAND (look them up on the Planet Gong website!) combine punk attitude with cosmic space-jams and gorgeous digi-dub. Original members Keith the Missile (bass & vocals), Steffy Sharpstrings (guitar & vocals) and Kif Kif le Batteur (drums) are joined by Joie Hinton (half of Eat Static) on synths. Live support from psy-trancers ZETAN SPORE with DJ Ambiessence on the mix. In the bar NEURO SYSTEM play live while Mike James mixes dub. Sat 3 April 2004: ZAPPAFEST with THE MUFFIN MEN and THE WRONG OBJECT Exeter Phoenix, 8-12pm, £12adv/£14door We believe this could be the UK's first-ever Zappafest, a tribute to the legendary composer, guitarist, surrealist and humorist: THE MUFFIN MEN live featuring ex-Mother Jimmy Carl Black, plus Belgian jazz-rockers THE WRONG OBJECT playing their special Zappa set, with DJ Ambiessence mixing the full range of Zappa and big-screen Zappa footage. In the bar DJ Shiny Beast cranks up the Beefheart-Zappa jukebox - and you can expect some 'happenings' too... Click here to return to the gigs menu