999999999 (Acid Set)
By Kit Macdonald
"999999999 are an imposing and inescapable presence at the vanguard of the hard techno scene. In the studio and on stage, the immediacy of uncompromising machine music collides with the unpredictability of improvisation to create an ever-shifting, forward-pushing energetic force."
That's nine nines for those trying to count at the back, and "9x9" for those looking for some much-needed shorthand. Anyhow, the Italian pair behind the odd moniker have been noted around the world for a decade now for precisely the type of all-out acid set that Nitsa have very sensibly asked them to perform this Saturday.
Warm-up duties fall to BLONDEX, a DJ and producer born in Girona and with Slovenian heritage, who has been determinedly building a reputation for some time now for heavy-hitting sets of acid, techno and trance, and for the similarly minded output of her label, Stormy.