Saint Etienne are an indie dance/indie pop trio which formed in Croydon, England in 1990. The band was founded by journalist Bob Stanley (born December 25, 1964) and Pete Wiggs (born May 15, 1966) in Croydon, UK, January 1990. After recording 2 singles with guest singers, Sarah Cracknell (born April 12, 1967, Chelmsford, Essex) joined as a full member. The band is named after a French football team.

Saint Etienne are one of the bands who defined the early 90s indie dance genre, fusing the production values of the dance-pop that emerged in the wake of the Second Summer of Love with the clever lyrics and self-aware production of indie music. 

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Operations at @dark-disco.

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Kutkh Jackdaw is a Scottish producer and DJ, now based in Brighton, whose productions and mixes take influence from a wide variety of different genres, from post-punk, darkwave and EBM, to synth, industrial and techno. He uses a range of techniques including a heavy use of inventive sampling, combined with extensive use of vintage 80’s hardware.

Mixes, DJ bookings, remixes, collabs, vocals & any enquiries: kutkh_jackdaw@hotmail.com

Past DJ sets:
2025
• Dec 6th: The Mine @ Panke, Berlin, Germany w/ Autumns & Kahn (live), Torn, ophélie
• Nov 15th: Presuming Ed's, Brighton (Italo set)
• Oct 31st: Paradise Noir @ Alphabet, Brighton w/ Body Horror
• Oct 3rd: Acid Reflux @ Volks, Brighton (in collaboration with The Mine)
• Apr 12th: Body Heat @ The DBA, Manchester w/ Wes Baggaley
• Apr 4th: Acid Reflux @ Volks, Brighton (in collaboration with The Mine)
• Mar 1st: Mutant Modality @ Cafe Central, Brussels, Belgium w/ Pierre Berge-Cia, Elaina Vierce, Jon Krieger

2024
• Dec 21st: Paradise Noir @ Alphabet, Brighton w/ Night in Athens
• Oct 4th: The Mine @ Volks, Brighton w/ Goth-Trad
• Sep 20th: Acid Reflux @ Patterns, Brighton w/ Andrømeda
• Aug 31st: Vo!d D!sco @ Tola, London w/ Operation 4.0
• Jul 13th: Acid Reflux @ Patterns, Brighton w/ Voicedrone b2b James Newmarch (FOLD)
• Jul 6th: Acid Reflux @ Mission Radio, London
• Jul 5th: Volition @ The Greyhound, London (Italo set)
• Jun 22nd: Process @ Dream Baby Dream, Berlin, Germany
• Apr 19th - Lusophonica radio @ Cascais, Portugal (Italo set)
• Apr 4th - Acid Reflux @ Volks, Brighton (in collaboration with The Mine)
• Feb 23rd - Acid Reflux @ Komedia, Brighton (2000's Hard Dance set)
• Feb 22nd - Search Party @ Munchies' Craft, Brighton

2023
• Dec 1st - The Mine @ Volks, Brighton w/ Kahn, King Original Sound (Footsie, Sir Spyro, Jah Model)
• Nov 25th - Acid Reflux @ Komedia, Brighton
• Oct 6th - Acid Reflux @ Komedia, Brighton
• Jul 28th - Acid Reflux @ Komedia, Brighton
• May 26th - Acid Dance @ Komedia, Brighton

2022
• Sep 21st - Muscle Up @ Ridley Road Market Bar, London (Italo set)
• Sep 16th - Tekno Acid Beach @ Rialto Theatre, Brighton
• Jul 30th - Tekno Acid Beach @ Rialto Theatre, Brighton
• May 21st - Serotone @ Volks, Brighton (Dubstep set)

2021
• Sep 17th - Nada @ The Castle, London
• Sep 4th - Null/Void @ The Flying Duck, Glasgow

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www.mute.com

Mute was founded by Daniel Miller in 1978, and since then has signed and developed some of the world’s most influential recording artists – including Goldfrapp, Liars, Moby, M83, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Laibach, Yeasayer and Richard Hawley – and become home to a crop of emerging talent and recent signings such as Cold Specks, Polly Scattergood, Big Deal, Beth Jeans Houghton, Josh T. Pearson and Apparat.

Whilst maintaining a firmly eclectic roster, from the earliest days of The Normal, Fad Gadget and DAF through to the techno era with artists such as Plastikman / Richie Hawtin and Speedy J, and to the present day with electronic artists such as Diamond Version and Maps, the label has always been a champion of electronic music.

Mute is also home to the catalogue of a host of seminal artists such as Can and Cabaret Voltaire.

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