The countdown isn't just about xXx acts y'know. We'll be running through some of music history's most seminal parties and happenings, just to rub in the fact that you most likely weren't there. Like Manchester's Hacienda in it's heyday. Looks good doesn't it. Don't make the mistake with xXx - be there.

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Who?
A collective of Danish DJs and promoters who run ting when it comes to basslines in Scandinavia, serving the appetitite for UK urban music, and laying on the biggest DnB, dubstep and grime rave-ups across the region.  We'll not mention that the name always makes us think of lolCats pictures that say 'oh hai!'

Where?
xXx Copenhagen

What do ...

Who?
A breakbeat turntablist duo from Japan who make a nonsense of the notion that turntablism is outdated - it's not, it's just that nobody's doing it as well as these guys.  And their videos are utterly brilliant - check em out for yourself at their Myspace.

Where?
xXx Tokyo

What do they sound like?
DJ Shadow (when he was at his scratching and...

Who?
Amanda is the world's #1 transexual, according to no less an authority than... Google.  But anyone who can claim to be the muse of David LaChapelle has weight behind such a claim - Amanda has become a transgender icon in New York as a hostess, model and entertainer.  We're kinda nervous about meeting her - we'd have to make a bit of an effo...