Manchester club guide FT High Hoops, Nightmares on Wax, YES Basement & more

Powered by Rec resident, Rhod Parry takes his all-night-long series, Open to Close to the Ramona garage for the first time this Friday, where he’ll be spinning b2b alongside Manchester’s very own Chunky. Expect weird and wonderful sounds from across the board over six hours.

Hidden invites Spec Records founder, Darwin known for her dynamic sets of dubstep, electro and drum’n’bass, which have seen her spinning back-to-back with Mala and DJ Storm of late. She’s joined by a real boss of dance-floor wonkiness, CCL and Irish DJ, EMA, founder of label and Dublin party, Woozy.

This intriguing new act debuts in the Yes basement this Halloween, promising a headline set of brand-new Kylie trance and electro edits. If the snippets on their Instagram are anything to go by, this is ‘gonna be a thoroughly ecstatic affair – putting the vocal from Kylie’s 00s classic, On a Night Like This over Joy O’s Flight FM may sound odd on paper, but the result is more than fun. Sometimes you don’t know what you need ’til you have it.

Long-standing promoters, High Hoops celebrate the launch of Midland’s debut album, Fragments of Us down at the Derby Brewery Arms. The producer’s distinctively psychedelic take on house and techno is more than likely to bend minds and lift moods in this intimate setting. Dress to sweat.

Nightmares on Wax’s new label and party CLUB E.A.S.E. which brings his early Warp Records sound back to the fore, comes to Manchester for the first time. The veteran DJ and producer invites a host of eclectic selectors for a night of cosmic sounds from every corner of dance music. Rhythm Section head honcho, Bradley Zero is joined by Aroop Roy, Mali and Yass.