The quaint Cornwall fisherman's town, St. Ives marked the end of my summer of 2011. Despite boasting arguably Britain's finest coastline and on a fine day like the one pictured above, one of Europe's, there is barely a decent pub to be found within the town's charming little cobbled streets, so getting a fix of minimal techno in some cottage basement seemed unlikely. Of course, that was never something I expected, and the brief, tranquil escape to the south coast with the family is probably just the rest I need before I relocate back to London in the next few days.

Hopefully I haven't missed too much while I've been away, but it appears that even the relative insulation of a place like St. Ives isn't enough to keep the musical world's most brow-raising news from me. Chris wasted no time giving me the heads-up as soon as In:Motion's 2011 Programme was announced. Much like Manchester's Warehouse Project series, In:Motion offers a feast for all musical palates over 9 weeks starting in October and concluding on New Year's eve, the line up of which has been naturally withheld thus far. Chris will no doubt be stalking the ramps and tunnels throughout the series, as I would myself if I lived as close to the action as he does, but at present only Cocoon's showcase on December 10th has been firmly penciled in my diary. The usual suspects are there, with established nights such as Bloc, FWD vs Rinse, Hospitality and Shit The Bed catering for those of a more bass-craving disposition, while Bristol's thriving indie-electro scene is serviced by Bristol stalwarts Bugged Out! and Annie Mac.

Of more specific interest for Chris and I is undoubtedly the impressive package supply of house on offer, which is far from surprising considering the impact Just Jack's house-driven programming has had on Bristol. Their Halloween party on October 29th welcomes Visionquest's Shaun Reeves and Tale of Us, as well as New York disco hipsters Soul Clap alongside Space Dimension Controller and Just Jack's lynchpin residents, Tom Rio and Dan Wild. RMBA & Futureboogie's November 26th takeover is another intensely intriguing assembly of sounds and performances, with Crazy P and Henrik Schwarz billed live with DJ's Maya Jane Coles, Julio Bashmore, Appleblim and Bonobo. Cocoon meanwhile, presents perhaps the most daring episode of the In:Motion series. While Bristol is well and truly immersed by house music these days, catching up and arguably surpassing dubstep as the city's most influential sound, minimal techno is a soundscape of untested waters as of yet. Will Onur Ozer's shadowy aesthetic be as well received as the Visionquest sound? The jury's out, but either way Shonky, Dinky and Dyed Soundorom are lined-up for those still unsure come the 10th of December, but rest assured I'll be clinging to the most fragile of basslines wherever they come from.

Closer to now, we're also faced with another bank holiday weekend on the horizon, which means more wild Sunday things in London and beyond. Hopefully by then I will have settled in my new home, which unfortunately is no longer a stone's throw from fabric but now the Emirates Stadium. I've studied what's on offer and Ketoloco's Summer Closing Party at The Light Bar in Shoreditch is what stands out most. The Wighnomy Brothers are sadly now defunct, but Robag Wruhme continues to make coveted rare stop-offs in London and this is my opportunity to finally catch him, alongside a handful of other Ketoloco DJ's at one of London's hottest all-day parties this coming weekend. WYS!, Lo*kee, Eastern Electrics and Secretsundaze are making sure whatever party you choose will not be easy, but in short you're unlikely to lose out wherever you are.