Another year means another birthday for everyone and everything, including London’s immense Fabric nightclub, and it has a big weekend planned for itself. The UK dance music hub rings in 11 years starting on October 15 with two massive parties sure to do the occasion justice. The first night, Friday, will feature the likes of DJs/producers Caspa, Marcus Nasty, Hatcha, Greenmoney, and many others spread throughout Fabric rooms One and Two, with Room Three dedicated entirely to the Blunted Robots crew and a couple of their pals, including Brackles, Shortstuff, Martin Kemp, Doc Daneeka, and Scratcha DVA. And then the big guns come out: From Saturday, October 16 at 11 p.m. until the following Monday at 5 a.m., Fabric will host a non-stop party with sets from Craig Richards, Ricardo Villalobos (pictured above), Damian Lazarus, Floating Points, Move D, dOP (performing live), and a whole load of other names yet to be announced. You can read up on the full info and look into buying tickets for any of the Fabric birthday events here.

On a recent tour stop at Musicfest NW in Portland, New Orleans’ bounce music “Queen Diva,” Big Freedia (who we’ve got an excellent interview with here), made a stop at local favorite strip joint Sassy’s. Thankfully, indie web-TV hub Into the Woods was there to capture the absolute madness. Big Freedia performs her “sissy” bounce crowd pleasers “Gin in My System,” “Rock Around the Clock,” and the all-too-appropriate “Ass Everywhere” (this video isn’t NSFW without reason). We’ve embedded the video for you, below, but you can check out more on the performance and download a handful of Big Freedia’s tracks here.

For the fifth year of bringing its massive celebration of electronic dance music to a European locale, the Detroit-based Movement Festival will do more than turn out Torino, Italy’s varied music venues and clubs between October 28 and 31—it will also release a three-disc compilation that looks back at the music and producers that made the past four festivals what they were. On October 30, Movement’s own imprint will drop Movement Torino Festival – 2006-2010 Fifth Anniversary, a compilation containing hours of house, techno, and other assorted electronic sounds from the likes of Dennis Ferrer, Luciano, Model 500, Moodymann, Galaxy 2 Galaxy, Francois K (pictured above), and Plastikman, among many others. Two of the discs are unmixed tracks, and the third is a multimedia CD-ROM that includes more tracks, information on the festival, and an incredible two-and-a-half-hour mix from I-Robots. You can check out the artwork and huge tracklist for the compilation before Movement Torino gets underway next month, below.

CD 1 (unmixed)
01) Loco Dice – How Do I Know ?! – Desolat
02) Ernesto Ferreyra – Bakana – Lomidhigh Records
03) Michael Cleis – Collivo – Cadenza
04) Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts – Sous L’Arbre – Circus Company
05) I-Robots – Own Existance ft. Tuscania (C.D. Edit) – Opilec Music
06) Dennis Ferrer – Transitions – Defected Records
07) Federico Gandin – Moving Points – Opilec Music
08) Plastikman – Spastik (Dubfire Remix) – M_Nus
09) Model 500 – Starlight (Mike Huckaby Synth Mix) – Echospace (Detroit)

CD 2 (unmixed)
01) Beat Pharmacy ft. Paul St. Hilaire – Don’t Bodda Me – Deep Space Media
02) Mental Remedy – Eno (Demo) – Sacred Rhythm Music
03) Motel Connection – H.E.R.O.I.N. (Nemesi Remix) – Opilec Music
04) Vinyl Line – Stamper Square – Adult Only
05) Phil Weeks Whos Gonna Be The One? – Robsoul Recordings
06) Alton Miller – Inner8 (Dexter’s DXR Mix) – Clone
07) U-Roy & Francois K – Rootsman – Deep Space Media
08) Luciano – Octagonal – Cadenza
09) A Mountain Of One – Innocent Reprise – AMO

CD 3 (unmixed MP3s/CD-ROM)
01) Moodymann – Rectify ft. Nikki-O – KDJ
02) Rhythim Is Rhythim – Beyond The Dance (Cult Mix) – Transmat
03) Chez Damier & Stacey Pullen – Forever Monna – Balance
04) Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Hi Tech Jazz (Original Mix) – UR
05) Reese & Santonio – Back To The Beat (with ‘The Sound’) – KMS
06) Affkt & Danny Fiddo – Cartas Para Geisha – Barraca Music
07) The Rythmist – The Agency (Didier Allyne & Phill Weeks Remix) – P&D Records
08) Dan Ghenacia & Chris Carrier – Tumble Blur – Adult Only
09) Tini – Thats Right – Desolat
10) Krakatoa – Girasole 1 ft. Vasta – Danzaikaki
11) Hugo – The Sloop – Tuning Spork
12) Torpez – Scratch – Opilec Music
13) I-Robots Movement Mix Session

I-Robots Movement Mix Session Tracklist:
A Mountain Of One – Innocent Reprise – AMO
Motel Connection – H.E.R.O.I.N. (Nemesi Remix) – Opilec Music
Beat Pharmacy ft. Paul St. Hilaire – Don’t Bodda Me – Deep Space Media
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts – Sous L’Arbre – Circus Company
The Rythmist – The Agency (Didier Allyne & Phill Weeks) – P&D Records
I-Robots – Own Existance ft. Tuscania – Opilec Music
Reese & Santonio – Back To The Beat (with ‘The Sound’) – KMS
Ernesto Ferreyra – Bakana – Lomidhigh Records
Federico Gandin – Moving Points – Opilec Music
Dennis Ferrer – Transitions – Defected Records
Dan Ghenacia & Chris Carrier – Tumble Blur – Adult Only
Tini – That’s Right – Desolat
Krakatoa – Girasole 1 ft. Vasta – Danzaikaki
Plastikman – Spastik (Dubfire Remix) – M_Nus
Mental Remedy – Eno (Demo) – Sacred Rhythm Music
Michael Cleis – Collivo – Cadenza
Model 500 – Starlight (Mike Huckaby Synth Mix) – Echospace (Detroit)
Loco Dice – How Do I Know ?! – Desolat
Vinyl Line – Stamper Square – Adult Only
Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Hi Tech Jazz (Live Mix) – UR
Rhythim Is Rhythim – Beyond The Dance (Cult Mix) – Transmat
Moodymann – Rectify ft. Nikki-O – KDJ
Luciano – Octagonal – Cadenza
Phil Weeks – Who’s Gonna Be The One? – Robsoul Recordings
Chez Damier & Stacey Pullen – Forever Monna – Balance

Serving as the link between his last album for Ninja Tune, 2008’s London Zoo, and a new record of “dub battles” in the works, UK producer The Bug will drop a brand-new EP on November 15, also through Ninja Tune. The four-song, double-12″ release will feature a reworking of Zoo number “Skeng” that trades the original’s gritty vocals with something a bit easier on the ears from King Midas Sound’s Hitomi, and a new version of “Poison Dart” with a vocal contribution from Roots Manuva. On the EP’s second half, Autechre will provide its own remix of “Skeng” and “Poison Dart” gets a new treatment from UK funky DJ/producer (and recent XLR8Rpodcast contributor) Scratcha DVA. You can check out the full artwork and tracklist below, and stream snippets of the whole release on The Bug’s Myspace page. (via FACT)

1. Catch A Fire feat. Hitomi
2. Tune In feat. Roots Manuva
3. Skeng (Autechre Remix)
4. Poison Dart (Scratcha DVA Remix)

For the latest installment of its ongoing podcast series, Glaswegian label Numbers posted a live mix by UK DJ/producer Deadboy from a performance in Barcelona this past June. The excellent DJ set finds the mixmaster working his crowd with a tasteful bunch of garage, bass, and house tunes, though an actual list of the tracks isn’t available. You can listen to and download Deadboy’s podcast here before he joins Redinho and Goodhand this Friday, September 17, in the Numbers showcase during the Turning Point Festival at the Roundhouse in Camden, London.