UK rapper Ben Rendèl is the flagship artist of INT Records, a new label that aims to put Dubai on the hip-hop map. Courtesy INT Records
UK rapper Ben Rendèl is the flagship artist of INT Records, a new label that aims to put Dubai on the hip-hop map. Courtesy INT Records
UK rapper Ben Rendèl is the flagship artist of INT Records, a new label that aims to put Dubai on the hip-hop map. Courtesy INT Records
UK rapper Ben Rendèl is the flagship artist of INT Records, a new label that aims to put Dubai on the hip-hop map. Courtesy INT Records

Clubland: Ben Rendèl, Module Virus and Slow Hands


Saeed Saeed
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Ben Rendèl

After launching his single Yeah Yeah and the new hip-hop label INT. Records with Swiss entrepreneur Nick Bohnlein last week, the Dubai-based UK rapper Rendèl will show what the fuss is all about with a performance at the weekly urban music night Massive Fridays at Sensation nightclub. Friday (August 18)  from 9pm, Crowne Plaza hotel, Dubai.

Module Virus

When a DJ prefers to call him a psychonaut, you know this could be an interesting gig. Those looking to explore the outer edges of trance music should check out tonight's set by Bruno Isidro, the Portuguese spinner known as Module Virus. Tonight (August 17) at the Music Room, Bur Dubai, tickets Dh100. For details, email info@ravelations.com

Slow Hands at Summer Vibes

Slow Hands's gigs are multi-layered with the American artist DJing, playing along with a guitar and providing vocals. Tickets start from Dh50 at the venue. Radisson Blu, Dubai Media City. Note: this is a cash only event. For details email info@vibeseries.com 

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Essentials

The flights

Emirates and Etihad fly direct from the UAE to Geneva from Dh2,845 return, including taxes. The flight takes 6 hours. 

The package

Clinique La Prairie offers a variety of programmes. A six-night Master Detox costs from 14,900 Swiss francs (Dh57,655), including all food, accommodation and a set schedule of medical consultations and spa treatments.

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  • Jack Mayle, 30: sold drugs from a phone line called the Flavour Quest.
  • Callum Halpin, 27: over the 2018 murder of a rival drug dealer. 
  • Asim Naveed, 29: accused of being the leader of a gang that imported cocaine.
  • Calvin Parris, 32: accused of buying cocaine from Naveed and selling it on.
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  • Callum Michael Allan, 23: alleged drug dealing and assaulting an emergency worker.
  • Dean Garforth, 29: part of a crime gang that sold drugs and guns.
  • Joshua Dillon Hendry, 30: accused of trafficking heroin and crack cocain. 
  • Mark Francis Roberts, 28: grievous bodily harm after a bungled attempt to steal a £60,000 watch.
  • James ‘Jamie’ Stevenson, 56: for arson and over the seizure of a tonne of cocaine.
  • Nana Oppong, 41: shot a man eight times in a suspected gangland reprisal attack. 
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