A pivotal figure behind Vicious Circle Recordings and ever-rising star on the hard house scene, Ben Stevens has been invited back to play at Cause & Effect after a storming set in June last year. Aswell as being a much sought after, technically sophisticated DJ, Ben has an impressive production and remix discography with work on most of the major hard dance labels including Tripoli Trax, Hardtimez, Vicious Circle and his own label, Fireball Recordings. Expect high-energy, ravey, acidic hard house. Please check our 'next event' section for more info about Ben's return. To see Ben Stevens' full biography visit http://www.red-management.com/stevens.htm . (POSTED 08/08/08)

Friday, August 29th will be DJ Controlled Weirdness's first adventure to the Toon. He is a key player in the South London electro bass contingent and an ambassador for the sound. With tunes out on Control Tower, Dirty Needles and Unearthly records he has been involved in just about every electronic dance music scene since the mid-1980s. From US raves to Dead by Dawn squat parties in Brixton. This August he'll be rinsing out a non-genre specific set including rough ravey electro, dubstep, funked up breaks and dirty bass. Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/controlledweirdness . (POSTED 08/08/08)

Wecome to the new look Cause and Effect website. We are still constructing some of the sections so please bear with us if some of the links don't yet work. The full site and all sections will be online by September. Join our mailing list using the box to the right and we'll let you know when new goodies are uploaded and keep you informed about our forthcoming events. (POSTED 08/08/08)

This July, Newcastle's longest running hard dance night returns with the first in a series of summer parties at the Cooperage with special Guest DJ's Eufex and Bass Generator... Sean Stanley, aka Eufex (pictured) is an old favourite, having played at a couple of earlier Cause & Effect parties. His intelligent take on the hard dance genre has also graced just about every major label in the scene including Vicious Circle, Nukleuz and his own Ravage Records. The hardcore mashup in room 2 will be headlined by Bass Generator. The northeast legend comes to Cause & Effect with with a set of Rezerection classics from the early nineties. (POSTED 15/06/08)

Newcastle's web radio posse, Late Night Fishing have been doing a monthly podcast for over a year now. Each show is a two hour broadcast of phat tunes, diverse beats and morally eclectic geordie patter. More recently the boys have aquired a weekly show on NE1FM 102.5 where they'll be doing their thing live on the airwaves around Newcastle and Gasteshead from 5 til 7 every Saturday afternoon, or if you live further a-field, you can stream the show live at ne1fm.com . Check out their website, www.LateNightFishing.co.uk to download the podcasts and selected shows from the radio. (POSTED 01/04/08)