SW9 Gangster SW9
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The excellent FWD night was an important circumstance of London underground music and uk underground music. It was the inclusive and open lineups of FWD that led to a space being created where a dj could play wiley’s ground zero, and then that instrumentals’ influence would go on to create a stimulus that would inspire the creation and categorisation of dubstep.
I used to attend FWD on a Thursday, and FWD was at the time every two weeks and twice a month. FWD for me was a club manifestation of ‘on the tempo’ up to date london underground music.
FWD started with events at the end, however its second home was plastic people on curtain road. The events at the end were not popularised to the same level of eskimo dance and sidewinder at the time, however its stubborn discipline to keep its lineup culture the same, meant that it gained respect for its discipline years later as a smaller event.
FWD would typically host events in London with lineups of 4 artists from uk underground music. Their lineup photos would have 4 artists posted on them. The best years of FWD were when the nightclub event was held at The End and when the nightclub was held at plastic people.
In the years from 2013 to 2014 FWD was held at The Tunnel in London.
FWD>> was where Mala, Coki, Skream and Benga were first heard.
This photo displays what FWD>> was like in the 2000s. There is Wiley, Tubby, Mala and JME in the photo.
the guardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/aug/19/fwd-happy-10-birthday
The narrative of the history of FWD states that dubstep artists were the main artists on FWD lineups.
However post 2008 FWD lineups were far more well balanced with djs ranging from dubstep and very much with a lot more grime.
SW9 Gangster SW9’s experiences of FWD have been excellent and whether they be at The Tunnel or the infamous Plastic People, the sound systems and dancefloor arrangements meant that they were underground musically INTIMATE rave events.
FWD, the London rave event very much took advantage of the plastic people clubspace and maximised the excellency of music, of FWD at plastic people. Over the years that FWD was a rave at plastic people every two weeks, the position of the dj booth and the position of the soundsystem changed for soundsystem effect however London underground music bolstered through the plastic people soundsystem and clubspace.
SW9 Gangster SW9 has visited FWD at plastic people many many times and it was an excellent London underground music 2000 and 2010s circumstance.
FWD's monthly consistency as a rave event meant that it held it down for london underground music.
FWD no longer exists and the club music culture that it championed is dead.
THE ORAL HISTORY OF FWD
https://www.factmag.com/2015/02/17/plastic-people-an-oral-history-fwd-cdr-co-op-ade/
“Elijah: I went to FWD>> most weeks between 2007 and when it stopped there. The day changed a few times, from Friday, to Thursday, to Sunday then back to Thursday.”
“FWD>> had a lot to do with the collective of DJs and producers and the crowd, that ritual of coming to a party twice a month, the appreciation of the event and the realisation that you were part making the event dope.”
“Elijah: I only played there for FWD>> and this was at a time when we would have been the only grime set on the line ups. We were usually playing alongside three other dubstep DJs so we never had to make as much of an effort to play different sets to anyone, but we did keep it really upfront. We were pretty much playing our current radio sets of the day, just live in front of people which meant raw unmastered tracks, demos and tunes we had never heard on a system before. Those crowds were more or less the same people that listened to our shows on Rinse FM, it felt really comfortable for us to grow as DJs.”
“It was the people in there that made it special. When we used to go FWD>> it would be mainly other artists watching you play.”
I used to attend FWD on a Thursday, and FWD was at the time every two weeks and twice a month. FWD for me was a club manifestation of ‘on the tempo’ up to date london underground music.
FWD started with events at the end, however its second home was plastic people on curtain road. The events at the end were not popularised to the same level of eskimo dance and sidewinder at the time, however its stubborn discipline to keep its lineup culture the same, meant that it gained respect for its discipline years later as a smaller event.
FWD would typically host events in London with lineups of 4 artists from uk underground music. Their lineup photos would have 4 artists posted on them. The best years of FWD were when the nightclub event was held at The End and when the nightclub was held at plastic people.
In the years from 2013 to 2014 FWD was held at The Tunnel in London.
FWD>> was where Mala, Coki, Skream and Benga were first heard.
This photo displays what FWD>> was like in the 2000s. There is Wiley, Tubby, Mala and JME in the photo.
the guardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/aug/19/fwd-happy-10-birthday
The narrative of the history of FWD states that dubstep artists were the main artists on FWD lineups.
However post 2008 FWD lineups were far more well balanced with djs ranging from dubstep and very much with a lot more grime.
SW9 Gangster SW9’s experiences of FWD have been excellent and whether they be at The Tunnel or the infamous Plastic People, the sound systems and dancefloor arrangements meant that they were underground musically INTIMATE rave events.
FWD, the London rave event very much took advantage of the plastic people clubspace and maximised the excellency of music, of FWD at plastic people. Over the years that FWD was a rave at plastic people every two weeks, the position of the dj booth and the position of the soundsystem changed for soundsystem effect however London underground music bolstered through the plastic people soundsystem and clubspace.
SW9 Gangster SW9 has visited FWD at plastic people many many times and it was an excellent London underground music 2000 and 2010s circumstance.
FWD's monthly consistency as a rave event meant that it held it down for london underground music.
FWD no longer exists and the club music culture that it championed is dead.
THE ORAL HISTORY OF FWD
https://www.factmag.com/2015/02/17/plastic-people-an-oral-history-fwd-cdr-co-op-ade/
“Elijah: I went to FWD>> most weeks between 2007 and when it stopped there. The day changed a few times, from Friday, to Thursday, to Sunday then back to Thursday.”
“FWD>> had a lot to do with the collective of DJs and producers and the crowd, that ritual of coming to a party twice a month, the appreciation of the event and the realisation that you were part making the event dope.”
“Elijah: I only played there for FWD>> and this was at a time when we would have been the only grime set on the line ups. We were usually playing alongside three other dubstep DJs so we never had to make as much of an effort to play different sets to anyone, but we did keep it really upfront. We were pretty much playing our current radio sets of the day, just live in front of people which meant raw unmastered tracks, demos and tunes we had never heard on a system before. Those crowds were more or less the same people that listened to our shows on Rinse FM, it felt really comfortable for us to grow as DJs.”
“It was the people in there that made it special. When we used to go FWD>> it would be mainly other artists watching you play.”
