TIK-TEK | Lincoln
Location: 1 West Parade, Lincoln LN1 1NL
Date: 21.11.25
Time: 10 - 3:30am
Lincoln strikes again! We were previously here for another Tik-Tech event at the Akedo gaming Bar, which turned out to be a cracking little rave cave with a gaming theme twist attached. The review can be found pinned at the top. Whilst we were there Mark the promoter of Tik-Tech told us about his next event at Sugarcubes few doors away. Having shown us such great hospitality and becoming big supporters of the page, it was only right we attended. They have a loyal group of ravers which has definitely grown since the last event, which is always a positive sign!
Sugarcubes also known as cubes on the socials has a long history of holding events dating back to 1975. They are definitely not the biggest of clubs in Lincoln, however catering for up to 300 ravers it only takes about 100 people to make the dancefloor look busy! As you walk into the building you have a relatively decent cloakroom space and then the seating area, which strangely sits behind the stage. As you walk further round you then come to the bar which for a can of red stripe is only £4.50, perfect price! Great little extra is this seating area at the back of the club, which you can see the mainstage perfectly from. The venue is painted all in black with a various purple and red neon’s placed around with screens so you can add your event logo, which gives it that added touch of class! The Ithax’s sound system which was previously used at Akedo bar surprisingly sounded amazing in there, considering it had the whole building shaking at the previously venue. Only a short 15-minute walk through Lincoln’s city centre is the train station. Close by to the venue are some very reasonably priced hotels with ample NCP Parking. So, for all you travelling ravers there’s everything you need to make it an enjoyable weekend!
With their strongest line up to date, needing no introduction this woman has been our biggest supporter from the beginning. Carly aka Akaya, has only been mixing for a year and always requests to go on first so she can get in with the crowd and go feral like the rest of us! Her set seriously set the pace for what turned out to be a really enjoyable night! With her heavy basslines and hammers being thrown at Ya left right and centre, akaya certainly made sure Lincoln knew who was in town! Akaya has absolutely earnt her stripes and is moving away from opening sets in future to a crowd which will boost her confidence and mixing ability 10-fold. 1 name we believe you need to make sure you get the chance to go and see, if you haven’t already!!
Taking over Akaya was no other than, Jaimy-J the Welsh based Trance DJ, Co-Owner of Jinko Chino and promoter of the Welsh Brand Breathe. Jaimy is currently an active DJ in the Hard dance, Hard House and Trance scenes. Considering techno isn’t her go to genre she done a fantastic job for her northern friends with some catchy bouncy techno sounds and driving basslines. Taking over from Jaimy was her Welsh partner in crime behind the decks, DJ Chuck-E an absolute mastermind when it comes to Hard techno and Schranz. WOW!! An hour just wasn’t enough; we didn’t want it to end!
Taking over from Chuck-e and preparing to handover to the legend mark EG was the man himself, the main face behind Tik-Tech Themkone. The first time we see mark we was at the bar most of the night on the peanut butter shots. Safe to say this time we witnessed this guy drop the dirtiest, hardest set of the night!
Mark EG the absolute legend took over from Themkone, For anyone who witnessed his set at Westfest it was very similar to that. In his own words “A new style of hard trance, acid, hard techno and similar. I pitched up some amazing 130–140 BPM tracks to 160 BPM and I am trying to make them work in hyper speed, while mastering the bottom end and thinking about that all important first octave etc. I call it hyper-tech!” Taken directly from his post the next day, this sums up what an amazing set it was. Which can also be witnessed in our shorts!
Taking over from the legend and the final set of the night we managed to watch due to a long day ahead the next day at Tomorrow’s world was Woolley! This lad seriously is the Gammer of harder sounds!! We kid you not this guy’s mixing ability and his variety in track selection is phenomenal, 2 sets over 2 nights and both clubs were rammed to the rafters to see this guy play out!! Wait till you read our tomorrow’s world review this guy is the real deal!
Be sure to keep and eye on Tik-Tech’s socials for further info on their future events.
