Gigs (don’t get out much anymore, but this stuff was good) Autechre @ the Hearn Street Car Park in London (easily one of the best gigs ever) The Pole and then the Surgeon/DJ Pete Bleep 43 parties Each of the Süd parties, which got better and better as the year went on Rave BLOC New …
Category Archives: Clubs/Parties
London police vetting musical performances for terror risk
Police vet live music, DJs for ‘terror risk’ Staggering, even given the way authoritarianism has been taking hold in London over the last few years.
Sendex
So… it’s been a while since I’ve given a local update. Saw Sendex on Saturday at To the Bone. Seeing as most of y’all reading this will have seen my reports elsewhere by now, I’ll just say that he was phenomenal. He played live for 3 hours. Run, don’t walk if he’s ever near you. …
Oh forgot about some gigs too
Quick prelude: if you missed my post from a few minutes ago through syndication, I started it as a draft on Monday, and just published it, but it still has the Monday date, so scroll down (or up ast the case may be). In the last couple of months (other than the Berlin trip) I …
Ongaku Kanaderu
It’s hilarious that when you translate the beginning of Dentaku into English you get: Boku wa ongaku ka = I’m a musician Dentaku katate ni = With pocket calculator in my hand Doesn’t have quite the same ring as “I’m the operator of my pocket calculator”, does it? Where the hell do you start when …
Dexter of the Avalanches last night
The place was really full – especially for a Tuesday (who the hell goes out on a Tuesday???), and almost entirely Antipodean from what I could tell. Not a bad thing, but you could tell a lot of people there were not your typical patrons of the underground, if you catch my drift. The music …
Fabric rant, Fabric Birthday and other online shenanigans
Posted a huge rant to [313] about big club deaths the other night, then followed it up by going to a big club last night. Here’s the story: Speaking as an outsider, I think the bigger clubs are suffering from their own weight these days, which in my mind is a good thing since most …
Whistleboat
I’ve had a couple of hours to digest what happened. First and foremost, amazing fucking boat, and amazing fucking crowd! Seriously up for it throughout! 2nd, FK did not quite live up to my expectations, which were quite high. There was nothing wrong with his set per se, but somehow it lacked a cohesive direction …
Surgeon @ Plastic People
Surgeon played a fantastic set tonight at Plastic People. Absurdly loud, but all over the electronic music spectrum, including some weird Surgeonized P-Funk track (I think), The Stone Roses ‘Fools Gold’, two Nitzer Ebb tracks, one of which was ‘Join in the Chant’, the Carl Craig’s Drums Suck remix of Dave Angel’s ‘Take Off’ (or …