SPACE ODYSSEY IVAN SMAGGHE & PENE

Along with the likes of occasional partner-in-crime Andrew Weatherall, Ivan has the ability to play music like a raw conduit between his famously obscure records and the dancefloor's strobe-soaked bodies, injecting something of himself seamlessly into.

France's most wanted radio host and selector, Ivan Smagghe stands at the crossroads between glamorous parisian hype and musical integrity.

His genre defying/defining production work originally in Black Strobe (describing their dark electronic sound as "frozen balearic gay biker house), and now in It’s A Fine Line (who have recently finished Battant's second LP, As I Ride with No Horse) has connected him to and garnered the praise of (amongst others) James Murphy, Trevor Jackson, Ata, Optimo and the aforementioned Weatherall.

All fellow crusaders in the fight to prove that electronic music can be so much more than a one dimensional soundtrack for a night on the lash. The success of his musical blog 'a few things from Ivan Smagghe' has generated a compilation series of edits for Paris uber-fashion store Colette.

The first volume sold out in a couple of weeks.

His project with Tim Paris, It's A Fine Line, has already put out numerous remixes (from Superpitcher to the XX) and releases that can't be pigeonholed (electro rockabilly on Kompakt to italo rickety disco on Marketing Music). Their new studio is now fully set for original music, remixes and production. Expect a lot more from them in 2012.

Aside from his A&R role for now 10 years old label Kill The DJ (who have released the first EP of RMVN, Ivan’s project with Roman Flugel), Ivan has also started solo work (a noted remix for Parisian label Meant) as well as more planned collaborations with musical friends (Ewan Pearson and Tiga being first on the list). You can catch Ivan subverting the masses on any given weekend, all around the world.

Go to http://afewthingsfromivansmagghe.blogspot.com/ for more info, thoughts, and edits.

THIS SUNDAY IVAN'S CRAFTMANSHIP IS JOINED BY "OUR" PENE.

PENE's establishment running under the brandname RADAR and BDC joining forces to run a collaborative synergy, with two of Radar's signature cocktails to be hosted at the BDC basement for the night curated by their creators, Radar bartenders also.

Doors open 7pm.

Come eraly free entrance until 8pm.

€8 tickets availabne on presale - OUT NOW

Limited €10 tickets at the door.