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Still waters run deep tonight at MoS. PHOTO COURTESY OF MOS

18 Lover continues to be a wise choice for some housey-housey in an intimate setting on Friday evenings. SL plays a little bit of what he fancies which varies weekly — the last few months have seen him tinkling the ivories with some live keyboard work over stripped-down beats, throwing Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water into the mix and generally larking about before Victor takes to the tables.

Last week we were treated to Crystal Waters' Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) and, lo and behold, not only did we get to hear her 1991 debut, but crystal of the balls variety must have been broken out as well. The lady herself visits Ministry of Sound tonight for a live PA.

The New Jersey-based songstress is known best for her debut, written with the Basement Boys, a combination of a potent political message and unforgettable vocals, which has been remixed and re-released several times over the last 15 years. It still airs on radio and it's appeared on so many compilation albums that Ms. Waters is probably living very comfortably off the royalties: but not one to rest on her laurels, she aced a second hit single with 100% Pure Love in 1994 and has also put her vocal talents to good use in collaboration with a number of artists. Bravo Friday is the name of the night and the fun kicks off at 10pm. Door damage is NT$700. Victor and Jimmy Chen provide support on the decks.

Down in Tainan's Fusion Lounge tonight, Luxy/the Loop resident Reason guests at Fasten the Fusion/Restart from Nil Part 2. If there's a lot of Fusions in that sentence, then the line-up should tell you why: nine DJs playing electro and progressive, house and breaks, drum'n'bass and trance mean that there's something for everyone. Tickets are a staggeringly cheap NT$400 for the men folk and NT$200 for the girls.

Hsinchu is not famed for its electronic music scene, but stuck out there in a forgotten corner of farmland, curious things are taking place. Dakar, Ugly, Grant and Poverty go on patrol as the Breakbeat Army storms the Windy City's Club Cammi tomorrow night. Expect breaks both old and nu-school, electro, funk, hip-hop and, erm, brum'n'bass [sic]. Not sure if this is a typo or whether they'll actually be playing drum'n'bass from the UK Midlands ('Brum' being short for Birmingham, non-Brits,) but looks interesting nonetheless.

Also tomorrow, Taichung's Oldies Bar presents A Nickel Bag of Funk, featuring Taipei-based DJs That Guy and Two Hands, Miaoli's Lazy Daze and Kaohsiung's Antihero. As the name implies, funk is the order of the day so dust off those platforms and shake out those Afros, and get down, get down. It's NT$200 for everybody and that includes a beer.
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