Japanese psyborgs PSYDOLL return from the workshop, having spent the last couple of years since their last UK tour perfecting and recording the new album "10 Spyglasses". Digital percussionist Uenoyama and guitar-robot Ucchi join forces with keytar-wielding vocalist Nekoi to create punked-up industrial rock wizzed through a manga blender. Post-apocalyptic calls-to-arms and cautionary fairytales, all through the eyes of a confused, half-organic/half-robotic bunch of crazies. Magic stuff. Like Bladerunner gone a bit 'wrong'.

www.psydoll.com
www.myspace.com/psyberdoll

Edinburgh-based trio METALTECH speedball industrial and dance, dressing it all up in slick grease-paint, dayglo gasmasks and inflatable femme fatales. Plenty here for fans of The Prodigy, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Rob Zombie and the ilk.

www.myspace.com/metaltech

Beats of Rage play digitial hardcore chiptunes dug up from the crypt of 1992 and we're happy to announce they'll be forming the trinity of electronically enhanced acts and tripling the mayhem!

http://www.myspace.com/beatsofrage1992

MONDAY the 2nd of NOVEMBER
Drummonds, Belmont Street, Aberdeen.
Doors 8pm.
£5.

ELIZIUM's officially reached its teenage years, celebrating its 13th year in existence! What's more, our best chums RETRO REBELS are also 13 this year too! Join us as we spend a night giggling like Beavis and Butthead whilst comparing notes on acne treatments.

Yup, we're having a FREE party for all you wonderful folk who have supported both us and Retro Rebels over the last baker's dozen years. Helping us party like it's 1996 will be some old friends and new faces, including a duo of live bands:

The DIRTY PICKUPS - Female led punk'n'roll from Edinburgh
and
FANGS - Glaswegian S.I.C.K.O.s as seen on C4's Unsigned

Plus a trio of fantastic burlesque performers:

Voodoo doll and local favourite, CREME DE LA CREMATION
Star of the fantastic Mis en Abyme shows, MALADY DE WINTER
and, all the way from London, Kreepseville666 deadgirl model extraordinaire, MISS ZARA ANN.

If that wasn't enough, there'll be RECK'N'ROLL and ELIZIUM DJs kicking out tunes all night long alongside extra-special guest star DJ LEE CHAOS from JUDDER!

The TUNNELS Room 2
Saturday the 19th of September
8pm - 3am

FREE! Invites available from Retro Rebels on George Street (should be there by the weekend - apologies for the short delay in getting them printed). Anyone who's out of town, see the first comment in this thread for details on how to get hold of invites.

Requests are in the usual place!

After a break of over a year, Mise en Abyme has risen from the ashes.

The Bird and the Ballerina present another evening of their dark cabaret to be held on Saturday 18th July at Club Sapphire, Aberdeen.

Expect demented mimes, steampunk sweeties, faded Hollywood starlets crawling their way back to fame, insane 18th century composers, tramps, the inquisition, and much more. Our sell out night includes mimes, burlesque, satire, poetry, projections of weird and wonderful films and DJ Nullmouse taking over after the show until 3am.