The group emerged from a collaboration between MC Naeem Juwan (AKA Spank Rock) and fellow Baltimorian, producer Alex Epton (AKA XXXChange), after being introduced at an art exhibition by Alex Rockswell, who subsequently went on to join the act as a DJ.

Their recorded tracks were heavily influenced by the skeletal breakbeats of electro and bass, while Juwan added his distinctive and gritty lyrics, and several early singles, including Backyard Betty and Rick Rubin (released on Big Dada Records), brought the pair instant attention.

Their critically-acclaimed 2006 debut album, the catchily-titled YoYoYoYoYo, led to a support slot on tour with Bjork, an endorsement by Radiohead's Thom Yorke and a release of their very own Fabric Live mix CD.

Saturday night at the same venue sees an appearance deckside by someone just a little more glamorous than your usual stereotypical DJ, normally complete with beer belly and a permanent baseball cap hiding some kind of follicular fiasco.

Viewers of Channel 4's Faking It show will be familiar with DJ Lottie (left), the foxy mixer charged with training up a classical musician as a passable club DJ. Her other media credits include presenting for MTV and various modelling stints for lads' mag, Loaded.

Lottie has played just about every major UK club and international festival, has held residencies all over the country and has released several of her own compositions, as well as having many remixes and appearances on numerous compilation albums to her credit.

It's as a club DJ where Lottie shines, thanks to the quality of her music and her dedication to playing only proper house — expect deep and tribal, through to tough and techy, with an added twisted disco and funky sound from both UK and American labels.

At the recently-relaunched Club Mono on Ann Street, the Spring season at Pop gets under way tomorrow night with a visit by UK DJ duo The Unabombers, residents and promoters of long-running Manchester club night, Electric Chair.

In fact, the pair recently brought the curtain down on their night which, after 12 years at the top, has been retired to make way for new projects, although the monthly night's unique mix of house, disco, hip-hop soul and techno will be sorely missed by its regulars.

Over the years, Electric Chair hosted numerous A-list guest DJs including Andrew Weatherall, Jazzanova, Carl Craig, Gilles Peterson, Ame, Francois K, Norman Jay, Danny Krivit and Mr Scruff and the club even spawned its own eponymous record label.

Manchester's loss is Belfast's — and the world's — gain, as Unabombers (above) are now able to make more guest DJ appearances than ever before and they plan to step their recording career up by several notches, adding to their huge catalogue of remixes, compilation and mix albums.

Club Soi has been packing in the big name guests recently with the Tidy Boys, Alex Kidd and the Freemasons all setting up shop behind the decks at the Portrush venue since the start of the year, with another titan of the turntables due to turn in a set tomorrow night.

Scot Project, aka Frank Zenker, is one of the true pioneers of hard trance music, using his unique combination of hard percussive rhythms, mixed with melodic trance elements in order to build the kind of euphoric sets much beloved by fans of the genre.

He's best known for his high-profile remixes for other artists, as well as his own phenomenally successful compositions, including his massive dancefloor hits U (I Got A Feeling) and X (Time Is Now).

The German trance-meister has entertained audiences all over the world and is a particular favourite in Northern Ireland, having appeared regularly at Club Soi which is fast becoming something of a Mecca for devotees of quality dance music from all over Ireland.