More like a festival than your average event, the line up touched all bases with a variety that ranged from reggae, indie, electro to techno. the night started off late, but it was better this way. I know a number of my friends who would have missed the Bushmen's set if it had started at the original time. If you weren't there (and alot of you weren't!) you really should have been, if only for this initial part of the night. The Bushmen were excellent and I'm pretty sure they had a great time. They played a range of originals and cover songs, they were extremely tight for a reggae band. Syncopated beats and added melodies from the keyboard added extra flavour to tunes you may have heard before. Feel good vibes were all over the place, I could not help swaying to that infumigating sound. By the time it was their last track, everyone was singing along like red, green and yellow dressed caribbean pirates.
Next up a selection of indie rock djs warmed up the dancefloor with feet friendly tracks that started drawing a crowd in slowly but surely. I'd liked this format, everyone was working together, selecting tracks that worked and providing variation from one choice to the next. Not happy jan who was up after the collection of indie rock groups played a set that spanned from older classic tracks, to harder techno and electro. I don't know if it was nerves or a new sounsystem or what, something, or rather someone was off and the crowd cleared.
An afterhours mash up by loopinmotion, lock'n'groove and DJR managed to draw a crowd back with style and humour. Hitting the decks hard lock'n'groove and loopinmotion brought percussion to a peak for the feet, melodies and strings to the clouds for the head. DJR kept things interesting with loops and acappellas, chopping and layering sounds over the basic structure as both l's battled back to back. Creating new tracks out of the combination of 2 tracks and a signature veil over the top, DJR made this set into something that was new for all to hear and dance to. loopinmotion was unforgiving with his deckwork, precise, including chops and effects without a slip. Working together was key and you could tell there was chemistry between the 3, cutting in sounds from each other, playing with one another's sound. Smiles, laughs came from the console with surprise at how things meshed together as if someone had preplanned each and every move.
I had a great time, did you??? please let me know I'd love to hear what you thought.... and felt.
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