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My oh my, what a night last night was. Where do I start? Perhaps at the beginning Got to the venue at about 20:20 and proceeded quickly inside with my chums. Once inside the venue, Cylob was on the decks. He cranked out some pretty wicked tunes if I'm honest, no arsing about like I have heard he has done in previous threads on here. Top quality stuff. Had a chat with him and got him to sign my "Previously unavailable on CD" cover on which he wrote "Yo, I was here...honest, Cylob, Rephlex" His set went on for quite some time but it was all good, only a few people dancing though. Straight after that came Astrobotnia. Quite a variety of things he played, some of it was Astrobotnia, some of it was Ovuca (I think) and then some other tunes he threw in. Very spacey melodies and hard hitting drums that were not amazingly fast, quite chilled infact. A lot of people started dancing to it. I proceeded to dance quite rave-like with my friend Packman. It was a really good set by Astrobotnia, can't remember much else. Got his signature on the Astrobotnia Part 1 CD cover, so I was happy =o) Straight after was DJ Smojphace. This set was a much better set than the one he played at Warp Halloween Party. He played such a variety and it just all worked so well together. Amen breaks firing, speed ranch screaming to computer distortions by Venetian Snares, Roots Manuva bloody hell it was great. Then came the noise. I wasn't up the front of the stage for this part, but I could imagine people would have been having fits of the weirdest kind to it. He then just stopped all the noise and then just slapped on some hip hop which was so fun to dance to. During his set I went and talked to Bogdan. He was really nice, he drew a smiley face and a flower on two of my album sleeves from him, which was pretty cool. I had a nice chat with him about what stuff he was going to play tonight. I was very tempted to ask him what his friends called him for short, but I didn’t want to take the piss as he was a nice enough chap. There was a |
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mosh pit for Aphex which has got to be one of the most violent things I have ever seen. It happened once, and no one wanted to do it again. A couple of minutes rest and The Bug was setting up. If I only I knew how loud it was going to be, I would have worn ear plugs. He comes on and starts firing off Dancehall excellence on his own. Really well produced stuff: hard beats, squelchy bass lines, good MC'ing over the top of it. And that bring me on to the MC's. He had about 4 of them, the first one was excellent, very good, then you had another one which was also very good. Then this woman MC comes on, and it was so weird to hear the words "Rephlex Records, The Bug, Aphex Twin, one time" in a Jamaican accent. At this point Richard got on stage and manned the strobe light which he managed to get in time with the beats. He had a huge grin from behind it. The Bug's set was excellent, very loud however but there we go. Those people on here who said that British crowds don't move in raves should have seen the crowd this time. It was like a sea of mashed people dancing their hearts out, the same for Aphex actually. Sound murderer came on straight after. His stuff was pretty mental, very much like the jungle and fucked up Drum and Bass that Aphex was blasting out. Not much I can say about this set really, it was just really hard and really fast and very good. A lot of people were raving very hard to it. It was fun raving with all the different people, such a wide variety of people in the crowd: People in blazers and fisherman's hats (my friend Packman), middle aged guys off their face, people dressed up in London underground maintenance gear, lesbians and general mash heads and ravers. Superb! |
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Last set of the night was Bogdan. He was not really playing live per say, but it was pretty wicked what he was playing. He started off with drum and bass, moved into some jungle then stopped everything and then played tracks from his newest album. I wasn't raving at this point, I was just watching Bogdan and sitting with my friends. He was pretty cool, whenever one of his tracks came on he had so much concentration on his face and he was singing the melodies to his songs. He ended on his track "Slash attack enter key" which was so very good. He got so much applause after that. Then the house lights came up, and it was time to go. I got a free The Bug - Gun Disease CD. All in all a fantastic night out with my friends and some excellent music. Photos to come very soon. |
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you lucky fucker :D all those stories from ya english guys make me jealous |
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just read everything :D sounds like a quality night :) |
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It was, thank you JAroen. I am so pleased i like this music and only live an hour away from London. I love going up there with my gig buddies (namely Packman) he is a great person to have with you. Up for a good time but serious when you are :) Thank you for the kind words |
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Nice review! Looking forward to the photos! |
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Sounds like one helluva evening ! :D |
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MUST... SAVE... UP.. TO... BUY.. PLANE... TICKETS... |
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fuck... |
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Here are my two mates raving to Aphex |
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London is the IDM capitol, it is a shame they don't usually venture out of England. I suppose its because they know they have a quite a huge fan base round here. |
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so that would be a alot of twenty-something males then!!! |
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True, but there were alot of teens there, and quite a few people in their 30's. And there were many girls, but they stayed to the outisde. Some went into the thick of it, like the two really cool looking lesbians at the front. They were really nice :) |
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haah whos that guy on the left who looks like hes about to fall over? |
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I'm not too sure, he was dancing really weirdly and kept looking at Packman(the guy in the blazer and white hat) as if he was eyeing him up. Me and Jules (guy standing next to Packman) found that quite funny :) |
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why i don't live in uk... :-/ |
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jeezus what a night, crazy mashed up beats and fucking loud sound system, felt like an old rave at times then at others more like an industrial club or something, one of the best nights ive been to in a while... I am in Murray's 2nd picture, somewhere! |
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wow seemed like a great night |
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I was there!!! I was probably the youngest. I went with a two friends, wearing some crazy multicoloured t-shirt. I remember your mate's dancing, he put me off wanting to start coz it was so skilled lol! But once Aphex came on I couldn't resist and just got into the mad groove. I agree; the mosh pit was pretty stupid. But luckily it didn't last too long. I had to leave at 12:50 or so because of school the next day (A-levels are bitches) but it was an amazing night! |
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Man, I wish I could've gone. If they'd had this on a sodding Friday night I'd have been set. As it stands I don't have enough holiday to take a day off to go to these things. Bugger. |
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lucky ass mug... |
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Forgot to mention: Great review Murray. |
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Yeah, saved me doing the thread..ehhehe, you said everything I would have done. Mind you, that could have been two in a row since I started the Halloween one ;) |
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Sounds like a great gig!! And you got a mosh pit, you lucky git! |
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Yeah we got a mosh pit, people loved it at first, but when Packman tried to start it again people just didn't want any of it. I can see why, really. |
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cheers giginger :) CS2x: I had college today too, but i didn't start until 3, so i was ok :) sorry to hear you left at midnightish, shame really :( |
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jules' sirname isn't cocke is it? |
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aphex's set ruled, its like the best set im ever gonna hear in my life. 4 on the floor acid monsters + 160 bmp mash up amen + 180 bmp hardcore it was just fucking brilliant and exceeded all expectations. the man is a genius. i feel sorry for u people who have never raved to him live, u'd love him 100 more. At the end of his set he raised his fists in the air and the crowd went mad. great crowd too, the guy in the London Underground jacket had me cracking up, i kept thinking he was gonna ask 4 my ticket or something! everyone was knackered after aphex, but everyone was wasted by the time bogdan came on! oh was that guy in the hat called packman?? who is he / where he from? i kept seeing him dancing all night. then i saw he was wearing a 'bogdan will eat ur children' tshirt, and i smiled and gave him the thumbs up. i was the asian guy wearing a white sweatshirt i prob saw u too murray by the way murray, where did u meet astrobotnia / bogdan, i wanted to meet some of these guys but cudnt really find em. + im a pussy and thought they might tell me to piss off |
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I saw all of the people mentioned. I think. Yeah Aphex was amazing...didn't like the noise at the end, but otherwise REALLY pumping stuff...he knows when to drop, build up, slow down, speed up etc. perfectly. |
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murray you lucky bastard!!! You met ovuca? omg! Gosh i hope everyone who went realises how lucky they are for getting to see such a great line up! I am dying for this to happen in the midwest (USA) which it probably never will it seems. Sounded like you had a great time! Looking forward to the photos! Thanks for the great review! |
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wwaaaa i want photos? |
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sounds like it was an awesome evening - i'm positively green with envy. i can't believe i couldn't make this one. damn hard drives fucking up and essay deadlines and being a lone girlie in ladbroke grove in the middle of the night. grrrr. we're going to have to make up for it at the xmas rave, ok y'all? glad you all had an ace night tho'! |
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photos added: |
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People, there are more photos to come. My e-mail packed in and i couldnt send any to phobia. I will send ones of Aphex, Bug, Soundmurdurer, and Bogdan soon :) |
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w00t! did bogdan treat you to any dancing? |
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cool photos! is it just me or can't I save the ones in the gallery? It was a top night... all gigs should be like this! |
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super pix murray |
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ACK! you have no idea. thats like seeing jesus. I'M MOVING TO ENGLAND. |
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afx is jesus, Richard D. Jesus :D |
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dam picture wasnt attached, trying again |
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<---- This is me, ha ha! |
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