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UK PRODUCERS Blawan and Pariah have been touring as Karenn since 2012, establishing a devoted underground following through their notoriously intense live shows.

They're back at the Sub Club tonight, bringing the hard-edged, slamming techno that has won them so much acclaim.

Blawan's reputation as a tattooed techno terrorist - he has KICK DRUM emblazoned across his knuckles - is unlikely to be diminished when their latest EP drops.

This year's Karenn remix of Jon Hopkins' Collider had drum sound geeks sweating, but for a real taste of their industrial live show check out their Boiler Room set from 2012.

With Slam in support tonight, this one is set to be crushing.

Speaking of which, tomorrow's Sensu 10th Birthday bash is set to go along the same lines.

It's the first of five parties marking that milestone, with Roman record label Life and Death bringing along the pick of their roster to celebrate.

The label's co-founders, the smashing DJ Tennis and Tale of Us are on co-headline duties, while Junior and Barry Price warm up.

The antics continue down on Jamaica Street throughout the week with Subculture (Saturday), Fly Club (Sunday) and iAM (Tuesday) but the pick of the bunch is Sub Rosa on Wednesday with the UK Garage-influenced house DJ Huxley.

l Karenn, tonight, Sub Club, 11pm - 3am, 10

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A former pop star, the Rev Richard Coles hosts chat show Saturday Live Colourful past included time as singer in 1980s group The Communards New memoir reveals week-long hard drugs binges and sex in lay-bys He pretended to have HIV until confession when he found God in 1990 Flock in Finedon, Northamptonshire, wryly warned to 'brace themselves'

By Richard Pendlebury for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:29 EST, 14 October 2014 | Updated: 02:03 EST, 15 October 2014

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Book of revelations: The Rev Richard Coles is telling all about his wild life before finding God in 1990

Each weekend, the Reverend Richard Coles takes his two million Radio 4 listeners for a gentle stroll along the highways and byways of British life.

As presenter of the family chat show Saturday Live, his wit and whimsy has been likened to the aural equivalent of Ovaltine; Coles is often described as Britains most famous vicar aside from the fictional central character of the BBC hit comedy Rev, also based on him.

He also has a day job. Twenty-four hours after broadcasting to the nation, the plump, bespectacled clergyman returns to the tranquillity of his role as Vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire.

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Rev Richard Coles who inspired BBC comedy tells how he had open-air sex and drug binges

A former pop star, the Rev Richard Coles hosts chat show Saturday Live Colourful past included time as singer in 1980s group The Communards New memoir reveals week-long hard drugs binges and sex in lay-bys He pretended to have HIV until confession when he found God in 1990 Flock in Finedon, Northamptonshire, wryly warned to 'brace themselves'

By Richard Pendlebury for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:29 EST, 14 October 2014 | Updated: 19:29 EST, 14 October 2014

Book of revelations: The Rev Richard Coles is telling all about his wild life before finding God in 1990

Each weekend, the Reverend Richard Coles takes his two million Radio 4 listeners for a gentle stroll along the highways and byways of British life.

As presenter of the family chat show Saturday Live, his wit and whimsy has been likened to the aural equivalent of Ovaltine; Coles is often described as Britains most famous vicar aside from the fictional central character of the BBC hit comedy Rev, also based on him.

He also has a day job. Twenty-four hours after broadcasting to the nation, the plump, bespectacled clergyman returns to the tranquillity of his role as Vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire.

His 14th-century parish church of St Mary the Virgin has a fine ring of bells and an organ which is said to have been played by George Handel.

Nothing seismic has occurred in this backwater in the heart of England since the collapse of a landmark folly more than 60 years ago.

But that is likely to change this week with the publication of the Rev Coless autobiography, Fathomless Riches. His 150 or so parishioners have been warned by him to brace themselves, for the contents are as far removed from the memoirs of a traditional vicar as can be imagined.

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This is for all you who have never been to Ibiza before. Here followsabrief explanation of the club scene and how it works.

So you've spent the day chilling at one of our amazing beach bars, you've watched the sunset, had a bite to eat and then moved on into town for some drinks, mingling and maybe a bit of a dance. From there the legendary Ibiza clubs are calling you fora big night with your favourite DJs.

These are the major clubs on the island of Ibiza:

In addition there are many smaller venues such as Bora Bora,Ocean Beach Ibiza, Underground, MOMA, Veto,Santos, KM5, Loand more.

The Monday to Sunday entertainment at each club is programmed by the clubs and outside promoters from many different countries around the world and tailored to suit the unique environment that is Ibiza's party scene.

This means that the music played in each club varies from night to night and promoter to promoter.

Please check out our party calendar for the most up to date information available with full DJ listings for every party. Also see Ibiza Partiesfor descriptions of each night.

Examples:

Cocoon promotes Monday nights at Amnesia and book mainly technoDJs to play (Sven Vth, Chris Liebing, etc) and put up their decorations and promote the party around town. On Thursdays Cream take over the club - they hang up a big Cream logo andbring in theirtrance and house djs, like Paul Van Dyk and Eddie Halliwell.

Just to confuse the issue all the major clubs have a back room or alternative area which usually plays different music to the Djs in the main room. In the case of Pacha and Space, there are numerous smaller back rooms playing a big cross selection of musical genres.

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From singers like Sam Smith, Jessie J and Charli XCX to the popular thump of electronic acts like Disclosure and Clean Bandit, England is currently exporting modern pop stateside by the boatload.

The latest big-time arrival is Gorgon City (real names: Matt Robson-Scott and Kye Gibbon), a DJ duo that has produced for huge names like Jennifer Hudson and dropped its debut album, Sirens (featuring Hudson on one track), on Tuesday via Capitol Records. The groups Ready for Your Love has busted out in its native country thanks to a strong house music influence and a killer feature from singer MNEK, and its about time for Gorgon City to connect on this side of the pond.

By phone from London, Robson-Scott, 25, talked to RedEye about Chicago house music and Greek mythology.

"Sirens" sounds like an album you listen to while getting ready for a night out. Was that on purpose?

Kind of. We wanted to make an album that you could get ready to that you can also listen to when you come back from the party, if that makes sense. There's dark and twisted parts right next to big party songs that hit in the club. The goal was a well-rounded album that goes off live. This coming show is our first headlining show in Chicago. We played the Mid with Green Velvet a few months back, and you heard it here first: We're going to throw a banger.

What was your first experience with house music? Has that sound really permeated the culture in England? When I was younger, my brother's friend left a CD of a [legendary London nightclub] Ministry of Sound event. There was a song on it that was a Chicago house track, and I listened to it over and over. At the time I was listening to garage, drum and bass and jungle music but I remember the Chicago house sound blowing me away. I'd be in record stores and they'd talk about how UK garage music originally came from New York and Chicago. [New Yorks] Paradise Garage and stuff like that. You're seeing DJs who play house get booked a lot over here. You've got folks like [Chicago house DJ legend] Derrick Carter doing shows over here too.

It's interesting to hear that the house scene is doing so well over there. You've said before that EDM and dubstep aren't as big there as it is here. Why do you think that is?

It's quite strange. It doesn't really connect with British culture like that. We've had a bit of a different journey when it comes to dance music, listening to it for a long, long time. Not that Americans haven't been listening to it, but it was a smaller thing. Dance music, specifically rave and acid house exploded in the U.K. in the '90s, and that whole illegal rave scene was such a massive part of our culture. EDM doesn't have the same kind of connection here.

Both of your collaborations with Jennifer Hudson ("I Still Love You" and "Go All Night") have a huge sound. You guys really get singers to belt it out over your tracks. How do you provoke that reaction? Are you creating these songs with specific singers in mind?

Generally we write the song from scratch with the singer in the room. We might have some random beats pre-made, but we prefer to have the vocalist in the studio so we can create it all together. Funny enough, the Jennifer Hudson track was originally recorded with [Canadian singer] Kiesza in studio and we thought it would be a good fit for someone with a classic and big voice. [Hudson] absolutely killed it.

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