Japanese cyborg-like DJ Yoji Biomehanika has dropped his surname, perhaps having tired of journalists spelling it six different ways in the course of one story (sorry mate).

From now on, he will be known simply as Yoji.

Hands On events have announced their return to Spitbank sea fort, off the coast near Portsmouth, for the 'Overload 3rd Birthday' in August. Watch this space for more details about one of the country's more unusual rave ups.

Having recovered from a serious illness picked up in hospital that saw her rushed to A&E on New Years Day and laid her low for all of January and February, hard dance first lady Lisa Lashes will make her comeback at the Hard Dance Awards tomorrow night.

Fancy dancing in front of thousands? On Saturday 24th February at London’s iconic Brixton Academy, the legendary
Lisa Lashes will take to the stage to perform another trademark set of blistering hard house.
Accompanying her at the Hard Dance Awards 2006 will be 50 of the fiercest dancers we can find. If you’re always on the podium on a Saturday night, if you’re the one that gets the crowd going whenever you’re out, then you could be exactly what Lisa's looking for!
To be in with a chance of performing at the Hard Dance Awards 2006 just say in 20 words why you think you’re the greatest dancer. Email your answer, along with a picture of yourself in all your clubbing glory and your contact details to roman@djlisalashes.com by Monday February 5th. Lisa's people be in touch with successful entrants and you’ll be invited down to London to show us what you’ve got.

There were lumps in throats and tears before bedtime last week when the Mixmag office heard The Opera House were giving long running superclub Slinky the boot. Apparently the new owners don't like having one of the UKs finest trance nights in their venue and so the Haloween Ball will be the last event at the Bournemouth club. Not taking 'no' for an answer, a group of dedicated Slinky kids have begun a petition to keep the night running. "All we want is two nights a month" organiser Maria Mack told us. You can sign the petition too at http://www.petitiononline.com/slinky/petition.html