BILLED as "a cosy night-time space for reading, relaxing, drinking, listening and creative thinking," Stereo's A Living Room series offered artistic types a safe place for reflection in the first days of the new year.

Turning the Renfield Lane bar's spartan concrete basement into something a little more welcoming, its main purpose was to introduce the work of local writers.

Last Friday saw the project close with a special set from DJ Bomber, who aired a never-before-played selection of 78rpm records spanning the years between 1900 and 1960. It was as esoteric, whimsical and brilliantly pretentious as it sounds.

What happened next was in stark contrast. The grime and bass night Too Much Hype had its first party of the new year almost immediately afterwards, blowing away any lingering sense of cosiness with the most unsubtle of big, bashing beats. Having launched in 2013, the night has graduated from hosting parties for Paisley's more discerning students to bringing the sound of London's underground to Stereo in just a few short months.

Residents Syndakit (who's also the founder of TMH) and Nativ got things moving early on with funkier, UK Garage vibes before established garage producers Klient, from that burgeoning electronic hotbed that is Dumfries and Galloway (not joking) raised the ante further.

The headliners were Blackwax, a dark, experimental grime duo, whose intricate fusion of jungle's rhythmic pulse and grime's ribcage-shaking bass made for a strangely funky and powerful concoction. From the 1900s to the ultra-modern: it was a night of extremes, all in the one basement.