Happy hardcore music might not be what visitors would normally expect to hear being played on a 72-year-old organ.

But tomorrow evening Brighton Dome's handbuilt 1936 pipe organ will be put through its paces by renowned concert organists playing the transcribed dance music more normally associated with nightclubs.

The pieces will be part of Manic Organic, an exclusive Brighton Festival event.

The happy hardcore music will be played by organist Paul Ayres, as part of Matt Stokes' Sacred Selections, which will also include performances of four songs from Brighton bands by William Whitehead.

The songs were voted for by people on Brighton Festival's website and are from Fujiya and Miyagi, The Go! Team and British Sea Power.

Mr Stokes said: "Sacred Selections started in 2005 as a way of bringing people associated with music sub-cultures and the pipe organ together.

"Manic Organic will include shortened versions of a number of happy hardcore tracks linked together on the pipe organ.

"In the transcription process organists pick out pieces of the music that would work with the pipe organ.

"They obviously have to change the music a little bit, as they can't play 170 beats a minute, which is what the dance music runs at approximately.

If audience members know the original pieces of music they will recognise them.

"They will sound very different obviously, as they are going to take on different textures and colours.

"When Sacred Selections was created it was hoped that it would appeal to people who wouldn't usually listen to the pipe organ.

Equally people who did listen would come along and hear it played in a very different way and be introduced to music they wouldn't usually listen to."

Michael Main, from Brighton and District Organists' Association, added his support to the show.

He said: "I think the organ is such a unique instrument, which is really underutilised at the moment. Doing all sorts of different things on it is really imaginative and opens it up to new people."

Manic Organic will also include performances from Robert Lippok, a seminal figure on Berlin's ambient electronica scene and The Necks, an exploratory avant-improv trio from Australia.

The concert begins at 8pm and tickets, priced £15 and £10, are available on 01273 709709.