Bubblelove @ The Venue (Leicester)

For the last 7 years, House of God has been thrashing every other club night in Birmingham hands down. Hardcore, but friendly, scary in a fluffy kind of way, techno has never sounded so good. Since settling at subway for the time being, HOG have had the chance to seriously get their act together on the DJ front (I dare you to sit down during a Surgeon set!). The venue is small, but there's loads of space to get away from it all, from the garden to the violently red room upstairs. The atmosphere, though has got to be the clincher. Everyone welcome, none of your usual hardcore moodiness, and a complete dedication to party ethics, and it's soooo ...

Despite the huge queue full of overexcited beer boys - the sight that greeted me on entering Bubble Love was as good as expected, bright and colourful banners and excellent purpose built DJ box with a great view of the DJs and a great sound system blasting out the vibes. Neil Appeal probably only known to those in and around Leicester as always played a modest set of hard house, which started off the night nicely, next up was Lonsdale, I'm sorry the guy has a nice style but he's a shit DJ. His attempts at scratching and mixing just don't come off at all and the crap he plays really does your head in. I for one had to hide in the chill out room and ...