This award-winning, well-attended indie night welcomes veteran UK DJ and Trilogy resident Conan Manchester into the fold, promising an eclectic set veering from ’70s rock to ’90s hip-hop, plus a stint behind the decks from founder Andy Buchan

Producer and DJ Adriano K launches his debut LP A L.A.S., a brave double album mixing traditional South American tango and modern house

Popular indie night Loaded celebrates a belated first birthday with a decades-themed night

A one-off reggae and dub fest from the Deep Crates Cartel

The vinyl collectors and turntable specialists who make up The Deep Crates Cartel celebrate two years in Casa Latina with free drinks, T-shirts and CDs for clubbers

Hot on the heels of Peter Hook’s Haçienda party in Dubai – and The Stone Roses’s huge reunion shows in Manchester – Loaded ride the Mancunian wave with this themed closing party

DJ Conan Liquid guests at this indie night

The musical mastermind behind A Tribe Called Quest’s revolutionary approach to hip-hop makes his Dubai debut

The Loaded team have revived their electro brand, We Are Your Friends, with a guest slot from Parisian DJ Jackal

DJs Andy Buchan and Just Lance will be working through the decades an hour at a time

Another ‘through the decades’ night from the Loaded team. Expect to hear an hour of music from each of the past five or six decades

A fresh selection of eclectic Latino bets, from hip-hop to tango, frpm Adriano K and the Deep Crates Cartel

The Deep Crates team host visiting UK DJ Kennedy

Indie stablemate Loaded hosts its second electro-themed night of the year. Expect electro, nu-disco and strains of house

Expect all manner of Latino-tinged grooves – from hip-hop to house and tango to techno – at this top alternative night

Expect to hear only finest, rarest and deepest cuts of reggae at this night, hosted by New York’s DJ Moma with a little help from MC Hamokane

Reggae and dub night Drop Dread’s first party of 2013 welcomes renowned DJ and Nice Up! founder DJ Shepdog, plus MC Hamokane and a crew of local residents

Andy Smith is best known for supplying beats and glitches to Portishead’s seminal Dummy and Portishead albums

The Bassworx team launch their brand of drum‘n’bass, dubstep, electro and more at a new home

Dubai’s most reliable regular arty event serves up old-school hip-hop, funk, Afrobeat, world grooves and more

One third of India’s ‘first reggae soundsystem’, Reggae Rajahs, MoCity is credited with helping bringing a taste of Jamaica to the subcontinent, while the group host their own Dubstation festival

Reggae Rajahs man DJ MoCity is back at Drop Dread for a sound clash season-closing special

Reggae Rajahs man DJ MoCity is back at Drop Dread for a sound clash season-closing special

Dubai’s most reliable regular arty event