Get Carter

Original British superclub Ministry Of Sound enters its terrible teens this weekend and welcomes Chicago's Derrick Carter and mates to mark the occasion at its

Carter is the producer's producer, the DJ's DJ (techno legend Richie Hawtin describes him as 'America's last true underground DJ') and is considered a god among trainspotters, which surely qualifies him as a bona fide superstar DJ. Carter's productions loom large over house's golden decade of the 1990s and cover the whole house spectrum. Similarly, his DJ sets eschew myopic genre fascism; instead, he's all-embracing - layering a cappellas over chunky disco and tech grooves, and taking in tribal, funked up and jacking house. Above all, Carter plays for us (the crowd) - not himself - and rumour has it the drunker he is, the better his sets are.

It's all about breaks at FabricLive's Eargasmparty tomorrow night, as all three rooms are given over to arguably the most good-natured sound in clubland. It's an international pick'n'mix of a line-up that features many of the UK's leading players, including Fabric's resident Plump DJs with their acid-bass-lines meets-juicy-breaks, The Freestylers' 'raw as f***' jump-up and Radio 1's champion of the genre, Annie Nightingale. The international cavalry is led by Orlando's DJ Icey with Miami booty bass meets funk, all-conquering

Aussie band Infusion performing live and Germany's prog trance-demigod Timo Maas making his Fabric debut. Let's hope it's head and shoulders above his usual substandard, no-brainer trance.

After marking its fourth birthday in October, the bi-monthly Tempo Tantrum returns for its last celebration of all things breakbeat of 2004. Tempo Tantrum has survived four years up against bigger venues and nights because it's doing something different - providing a much-needed alternative to the anthem-bashing and jump-up obsessed d'n'b nights dominating weekends. Tempo Tantrum has variety, representing breaks, broken beat and dubstep in the bar, with musical d'n'b reserved for The Telegraph's warehouse-club space out back. This weekend, TT welcomes the deep and melodic sounds of pioneering producer Nookie, who will contrast the lowend bass rumblings of d'n'b's most popular DJ, Andy C.

Inspired by nothing more than a 'love of dancing around like loons to good music', House Trained has brought Mylo, Chibuku Shake's Wandy and Fabric resident Bill Brewster to its micro-club environment in the course of 2004. And to round off a cracking launch year, it has paired Terry Farley (of Junior Boys Own record label and Faith party and fanzine fame) and Steve Proctor to roll back the years and revive their acid house glory days. Residents (and brains behind the night) Neil Terry, Ben Terry and Phil Lorraine bring electro, disco and oddities. Best of all, it starts early enough to turn a W1 postwork (or Christmas shopping) drink into a potential night of carnage.

Friday Eargasm, Fabric, 77a Charterhouse Street EC1,

9.30pm to 6am, £12, £10 concs. Tel: 020 7336 8898. www.fabriclondon.com Tube: Farringdon

Friday House Trained, The Albany, 240 Great Portland Street W1, 7pm to 2am, £5. Tel: 07939 016 154. www.house-trained.com Tube: Great Portland Street

Saturday Saturday Sessions, Ministry Of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street SE1, 11pm to 7am, £12 adv, £15 door. Tel: 020 7378 6528. www.ministryofsound.com Tube: Elephant & Castle

Sat, Tempo Tantrum, The Telegraph, Brixton Hill SW2, 9pm to 6am, £6 before 11pm, £9 after. Tel: 020 8678 0777/6683. www.tempotantrum.co.uk Tube: Brixton