Craig Richards, from 11pm to whatever, this Saturday and b-imonthly at Fabric...hmm dub techno and nostril vibration. Read the review, looks like Tyrrant without the puff (Lee Garbage)?: Craig Richards presents 'The Nothing Special' @ Fabric, You can work a lifetime to reach your goal and still end up in a crummy bed-sit at 50 with a pot-belly and a packet of condoms ten years out of date. Maybe when you reach that pinnacle you’ll look back and wonder: “Why, oh why, didn’t I get my chance?” The thing is, some people deserve a chance and some people don’t. Take house and techno luminary Craig Richards, throwing out fresh material in the same place (namely Fabric) week in, week out for practically eight and a half years. Well, now Craig’s been rewarded for his do or die attitude with his very own bi-monthly club night at the venue. You could say Craig’s never been your run of the mill house and tech DJ and, if you said that, you’d be right. See, the thing about Craig is that when he takes to the decks it’s a ‘music’ meets ‘art’ philosophy. Like Pink Floyd, only a tad more “down with the kids” and 2008. Craig’s love of DJing, painting, graphic design and photography (the arts), is going to be brought to the forefront in his new ‘The Nothing Special’ club night. Not the most apt name when you consider that ‘The Nothing Special’ has the credentials of one of the biggest spectacles in sound and vision on the bi-monthly house and tech circuit. Alas, you can expect to be taken on a musical journey and not a boring one like the ‘Savings Bank Museum’ in Dumfries, but one that’s “deep” and “wonderful” and actually surges to that crucial point when you lose all inhibitions and dance like a Gibbon on 5 grams of speed. That’s a fine balance to strike, the deep and minimal and the sacred groove, but Craig’s a master of achieving it and so are the DJs he’s invited for ‘The Nothing Special’ launch. In summary, we’ll let Craig do the talking: “The nights will vary in feel but will always have me playing from beginning to end. The variety in the nights will represent the variety in my sets. . A sound which is particularly overwhelming on the Fabric system.” Nice. Words: Dave Dryden Last April, fabric kicked off a new bi-monthly night presented by its very own artist in residence – Craig Richards presents The Nothing Special. An artist at heart in every sense (as a DJ, musician, painter, graphic designer and photographer), Craig’s night is reflected as such: beautifully illustrated and perfectly orchestrated. Covering all things deep and wonderful, Craig plays from beginning to end with intermittent input from some his favourite live acts. This month, Craig invites dubstep heavyweight Appleblim to provide DJ support, and handpicked live performances by Claro Intelecto (www.myspace.com/claro_intelecto) of Modern Love Records and the supremely talented T++ from Berlin. Not to be missed, as it will be - dare we say it? - rather special indeed.

13:48 17/07/2008