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Police accused over Milton Keynes free party violence – video footage
Milton Keynes free party goers have slammed the police for what they see as the violent break-up of free parties in the city. More than 90 police in riot gear broke up a rave in Old Wolverton last Saturday after … Continue reading
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Tagged brutality, free party, Milton keynes, music, old wolverton, police, rave, violence
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Scratch Nights: alternative gallery action
Finding experimental music, film, or performance in Milton Keynes is hard at the best of times. But now they’re all available together— in an unlikely venue. Scratch Nights have been taking place in MK Gallery since January 2010, giving the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Music
Tagged alternative, art, Beatcheck, gallery, Milton keynes, mkg, music, performance, scratch nights
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Beatcheck Podcast 010 with Rico Tubbs and Fort Knox Five
This podcast sees us go international on your broken beat butts. First, Finland’s finest export, Rico Tubbs, remixes Prime Time of Your Life by French electro kings Daft Punk. This is one tune not to listen to if you are … Continue reading
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Tagged basslines, Beatcheck, breaks, breats, fort knox five, funk, Milton keynes, mk, music, Rico Tubbs
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Get down like your granny used to
Your gran might not look like she’s up for clubbing, but give her a couple of sherries and we put money on the fact that she has some stories to tell from her youth that’ll make your nights out sound … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Uncategorized
Tagged Beatcheck, events, Hedna's the Vintage Nightclub, Milton keynes, mk, stables, the stables, vintage
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Producers, bands – the concrete city needs YOU
// Today marks the start of our mission to find Milton Keynes’ finest beatmakers. It’s part of a big new Beatcheck project that will help the brightest talent shine out of the concrete cultural wasteland that is our city. If … Continue reading
Who needs the Snow Dome in weather like this?
Milton Keynes may have one of Europe’s biggest indoor ski slopes, but when there’s white stuff sitting on the streets of the concrete city, who needs to go indoors to get boarding? Why not take a leaf out of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatcheck, Milton keynes, SNO!Zone, snow dome, snowboarding, xscape
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‘We turned Milton Keynes’ run-down bus station into a cultural interchange’
For years Milton Keynes Bus Station was a deep down and dirty mix of tacky nightclubs, bored skaters, and grannies waiting for busses that never seemed to turn up. How it’s a hub for the MK’s culture vultures. We caught … Continue reading
Producer profile: DJ Relentless
DJ Relentless is Milton Keynes’ very own four foot nothing tear out mentalist. With his first record out this week, we thought we’d tell you more about him. DJ Relentless, aka Tim Day, started his DJ carear back in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatcheck, beats, breaks, dj relentless, Milton keynes, mk, monkeyman records, producer, relentless
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Milton Keynes’ four-legged film star
A Milton Keynes star took to the red carpet this week – proving the concrete city can create movie A-listers like the best of them. The latest silver screen starlett took centre stage at the premier of Stephen Spielberg’s latest … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, devil's horsemen, horse, joey, Milton keynes, movie, star, stephen spielberg, war horse
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