time to revive this.... i decided not to bother with theo as i've seen him both here and in the states a few times lately, so went to see rupture, supersoul and ove-naxx at 93ft east.
ove-naxx was hilarious. really funny - looked like cousin it out of the addams family and made a tremendous racket, but with a real sense of humour. was lauging out loud throughout his set (and i normally find breakcore pretty dour and uninspiring). supersoul, a beta bodega-signed undie hip-hop outfit, were, perhaps unsurprisingly, absolutely shit. wack beats, crappy, stilted, up its arse rapping - a total waste of 40 minutes of my life. rupture was great, but it does make wonder that it takes a harvard-educated american, living in barcelona to make london's avant/experimetal audience really listen to proper east london grime (not of the rephlex, not very grimy at all variety) . i was well happy to hear him play the fwd rhythm, l-sov's "ch-ching" and a few other bits, but virtually no one there knew the records.... this makes me think a lot of people in this city are pretty lazy and shld listen to the radio more.