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!NUMBERS @ Stereo, Glas-gow, tonight: The crew’s

second party of the monthsees back-to-back sets fromtwo of the UK’s brightesttalents — Glasgow’s Jackmasterand London sensation JoyOrbison, pictured.Numbers co-founder Jackwas named Best Break-through DJ at last year’sDJ Magazine awards, andreleases the latest instal-ment of London superclubFabric’s mix CD series nextmonth, while Joy scored agiant club smash with hisdebut record, Hyph Mngo,in 2009 and has kept upthe quality ever since.The warm-up comes fromDeadboy, whose massive IfU Want Me track was thefirst release on the Num-bers label.

$2MANYDJS @ TheArches, Glasgow,

tonight: The infamousBelgian brothersreturn for their onlyScottish date of 2011.Whether behind thedecks in their 2manydjsguise or playing live aselectro outfit Soulwax,David and StephenDewaele always rock it,and this will be immense.As if that wasn’t enough,Death Disco is on at thesame venue tomorrow nightwith The Magician, Renais-sance Man and Blondes.

%MIXED BIZNESS @ ArtSchool, Glasgow, tonight:

Garage genius MJ Cole isback in the game afterproducing some of the

scene’s biggest tunes in thelate 90s — including Mercury-nominated album Sincere.He takes to the decksalongside Hint from TruThoughts and Solid Steel’sBenny Boom.

&SENSU @ Sub Club, Glas-gow, tonight: Romanian

tech-house sensationRaresh returns to Glasgowafter rocking last year’sWee Chill mini-fest.He’s played alongside

everyone from Richie Haw-tin to Ricardo Villalobos andnow he’s stepped out fromtheir shadow to be a formi-dable force in his own right.

(KIDOLOGY @ The Store,Edinburgh, tomorrow:

This massive London nightstarts a new residency inthe capital, kicking off

with a guest slot fromDJ Mikalis. Expectuplifting housevibes.Q You can emailnews and listingsto tom.churchill@the-sun.co.uk

WRETCH 32 hasstarted 2011 like ahouse on fire.His debut single smashedinto the pop charts and hewas also the star turn atthe War Child post-Britsparty this week — hittingthe stage alongside MarkRonson and Boy George.But mixing business withpleasure is something that theTottenham rapper is used to.Wretch — real name Jer-maine Scott — said: “There’sbeen a lot of parties recently,but I’ve been working hard.“With me, the partyingdoesn’t affect my next day. IfI get in at 6am, I can stillwake up at 7am — I pro-gramme myself. Right now,it’s fun times, so why not goout and shake a leg?

Scene“The Brits party was great.It was inspirational perform-ing with Mark, especiallydoing his track and mytracks — it was the best nightI could have asked for.“At the actual ceremony,when they said Tinie Tem-pah’s name when he won, Igot goosebumps.“It’s incredible to knowthat being a rapper he camethrough and did that — andPlan B is from our scene, too.“It was a great night forUK music in general.”The surprising thing aboutWretch’s step into the main-stream is that it was via hard-hitting debut single Traktor —shooting into the top five lastmonth.Wretch, 25, said: “It has aharder, edgier sound — wejust threw that out there totest the waters.“Every week something newwas happening on the inter-net, then it went to radio —we kind of knew it could besomething special but I didn’texpect a top 10 never mind a

top five single.” Now that hehas made the breakthrough,Wretch knows what he wantsto do next.He says: “I’m just stayingfocused. I really can’t stresshow important it is for me tojust continue making music —and hopefully everything elsehappens.“People have been callingme the new this or that, but Ijust want to be Wretch 32. Idon’t want to be the new guy— I just want to be the guy.”Keeping the momentumgoing, Wretch’s next singleUnorthodox — out on April 17— sees him teaming up withhis mate Example.The track samples TheStone Roses’ classic anthemFools Good.Plus they’ll be performingit on their joint tour thismonth at Glasgow’s Barrow-land on February 27 and 24hours later at The PictureHouse in Edinburgh.Wretch said: “We know thesingle is a great track andwe want to make the bestout of the sample.“The Stone Roses are someof the coolest people totouch this planet, sowe want to payrespect by makingsure the track does aswell as it can.“It was hell gettingit approved — we hadto go through a mil-lion and onepeople to getto one person.“Eventuallyw e g o tthrough toIan Browna n d h ethought itwas prettycool, so helet us gowith it — Iwas likethumbs-up,man.”After that,the plan is for

Wretch to release his debutalbum in the summer. He hasalmost finished it but plans tokeep adding songs until thelast possible minute.And Wretch wants every-thing to be pitch perfect —after grafting away for yearsto get his chance to shine.He said: “I’m talking sevenyears of spending my ownmoney on my own videos —they cost thousands of pounds.“You’ve got to spend it andyou won’t make money backas it’s just for promotion.Your studio bill is £200-a-day— it’s a lot of time and effort.“People might look at youlike you’re wasting moneyand time — I could haveended up stopping and get-ting a job.“In the early stages, everyfour or five months you’reworrying if you’ve progressed.“Without that you’re in thesame place.“I always made sure I tookbaby steps and then we tooka big step to get here — butthere’s so many steps to go.“I know what I’m capableof talent-wise and I want tomake sure I meet my expec-tations. I’m laidback andreally chilled — peoplethink I should be look-ing all happy.“I’m happy but I’m notcomplacent — I smile onthe inside. I want to con-tinue the journey. You

can’t be winningthe race andlooking backor smiling,someone isgoing to catchyou. You’vegot to keepgoing.”Q For tour ticketsand more infor-mation, checkout wretch32.com

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Dot JRWHO: James ReevesWHERE: StornowayFOR FANS OF: Daft Punk,Chase & Status, Mr HudsonJIM SAYS: Hailed as “the futureking of pop” and likened to a“Scottish Justin Timberlake” inblog thepopcop.co.uk, this ladfrom the Isle of Lewis is certainlygoing places.I first met James when he was

bass player with indie rockersOur Lunar Activities, so this issome transition.He formed Dot JR (J.R. being

his initials) as a vehicle for hissongwriting in 2007 and the bandI introduced on stage at theRockNess festival the followingyear was very much an acousticfolk outfit.It was always clear he was an

accomplished writer, and one ofthe songs from that set, Where

Stars Fall Down, fits in perfectlywith his new sound. He performedthe track at a showcase recentlyas he debuted his new sound.Anthem Top Of The World was

evidence that he has a wealth ofhits in waiting.While some acts doing the

rounds rely very much on the pro-duction to create a sound, Dot JRappears to focus on the songs.Pumping beats coupled with

massive choruses create asound that’s going to be all overthe nation’s dancefloors within afew months. His stock is set torise with his official remix of TinieTempah’s new single Wonder-man ft. Ellie Goulding.He signed to Polydor Records

last month — it’s yet another steptowards the big time.MORE: myspace.com/DotJRmusicQ Hear Jim on Amazing Radio,Sunday 3-4pm (DAB digital radio& online). Visit jimgellatly.com

ELECTRO outfit The Bullitts have tossed therulebook in the bin.On new single Close Your Eyes, they have

picked a bizarre guest, Charlie’s Angels starLucy Liu — but she’s not singing, just talkingaway throughout the track.Joining her on the song is rapper Jay

Electronica, who adds a stunning verse.It’s one of those songs you’re going to

either absolutely love or hate.Watch the video now at thebullitts.com

POP punks Man Overboard have that classicsound, only made in garages by feistyAmerican teenagers.And right now they’re on a European tour

and roll into Glasgow’s O2 ABC on Tuesdaynight.They’re on the road with fellow US rockers

Senses Fail, so it should be a sweat-soakedgig packed full of rebellious adolescentattitude.Get tickets from ticketweb.co.uk

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