Joy Orbison

Just offset from Manchester’s regenerated Spinningfields district – the financial hub of the city – and a few doors down from the Manchester Opera House, the Old Granada Studios complex is an incredibly impressive space.

Where Plan B always felt musically all over the place with little or no curatorial direction to speak of Phonox launched with a vision and booking policy to rival the capital's leading players.

This time it was the UK's Joy Orbison—astonishingly making his debut in Tokyo—alongside Will Bankhead with whom he runs the Hinge Finger label.

Joy Orbison posits a late contender for party of the year, Getintothis’ Laurie Cheeseman emerges from another Abandon Silence bleary eyed into the light. This autumn’s round of Abandon Silence excellence is coming to an end, but before the year’s final party there’s the jewel in the year’s crown – Joy Orbi

Cue Just For You a collaborative project between Hinge Finger (O'Grady's label with Will Bankhead) and promoters Black Atlantic bringing four events to East London's Oval Space.

Promoted as the release party for the label's Think and Change compilation headliners Joy Orbison and Boddika seemed poised to attract a different demographic than usual for Blkmarket.

For their recent fifth birthday celebrations the trio served up a double-header in the form of techno veteran Function and South London's Joy Orbison.