I may not go out anywhere near as much as I did before. I was burning the midnight oil with a flamethrower about two years ago, so I just don't have the energy anymore. Lame.
However, that does not stop me from recognising a good night when there is one going.
This was one.
Got there around 11.30, only to have my head shattered by a wall of bass in room 2. Apparently the dj's were Silly Tango b2b Jon Five. It was a nice amalgamation of possibly the most bass fuelled dubstep known to man, the stuff which isn't amazingly creative, but powerful enough to shatter your hip in several places.
Oddly enough, the sound at Timbuk2 was pretty fucking amazing by most standards. Loud? Check. Clarity? Good. The extra rig is usually a hindrance in that place, and the sound is usually awful there, but no such happenstance tonight, which was a relief.
On to Lethal... Now I can't call myself a music buff when it comes to darkside dnb, but that was some good shit. As long as my gabba fist is occasionally in the air then it's a good reaction, but with enough melody to stop my mind from collapsing. (Which had evidently been the case for a fair few spectators surrounding me)
XTM was interesting. I could not decipher whether it was terrible djing or interesting broken dnb tracks, but the first 15 minutes were an assault of beats so broken that I my inner grandad could not take. Very interesting, just too much for me. I did notice that he had clearly brought down a friend of his to act as Rave-master general for the set. Pouncing up and down on the dancefloor, almost in aggressive way, forcing everyone to put their joints at a serious risk. Towards the end of the set, with hints of drumfunk, but mainly darkside, it developed into a nice groove, but not instantaneously memorable.
Benofficial is a great local dj, not just going on the Duhbstep tip, but with a fantastic infusion of minimal techno, normal techno, and the highlights of the aforementioned genre, just a massive shame he was clashing with Panacea.
I want to at this point write up Panacea's performance, but there is no worth. Whatsoever. Everyone knows Panacea is stupid good live. There was never any doubt. So gabba fists back in the air for the best part of a good hour whilst being utterly shocked at how abysmal his stupid haircut is. Please Mr. Mathis, just shave it off.
The Sect was probably the best though, such a punishing set of dnb, tune after tune was just epic. Then I realised my inner grandad had had enough and went into shutdown. Fuck. (coincidentally, my girlfriend's inner grandmother had also shutdown)
It was almost an achievement for me to have stayed almost the entire night, but alas, far too lame.
So in conclusion, great night, shit reviewer.
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