Skream - "Request Line" (obviously) and also Pinch - "Qawalli"... I remember hearing that spring of last year on a Blackdown mix and just thinking "what the fuck is this?"...
Did anyone here make it to DMZ last night by the way? Thoughts, opinions? I thought Pinch was decent, deploying almost micro-house style sounds at times (though not rhythms obviously)... but all in all the night was a bit too rote, too much of DMZ/Loefah's set was spent waiting for the big choons (which were great- but seriously given the amount of his own music he played I can now construct a Loefah style track in about 45 minutes, at his best he's skullcrushingly good, but does EVERY piece by him HAVE to have a drop out every 4 to 8 bars???). Also Kromestar seemed to rewind after playing 5 seconds of every new tune he put on his decks, which after a while was just lame, even the MC couldn't be bothered to get that excited, and in essence they are getting paid to do so! Still good fun and better gender balance, though I fail to understand why on earth the gurners are still attending, old habits must die hard eh?
Did anyone here make it to DMZ last night by the way? Thoughts, opinions? I thought Pinch was decent, deploying almost micro-house style sounds at times (though not rhythms obviously)... but all in all the night was a bit too rote, too much of DMZ/Loefah's set was spent waiting for the big choons (which were great- but seriously given the amount of his own music he played I can now construct a Loefah style track in about 45 minutes, at his best he's skullcrushingly good, but does EVERY piece by him HAVE to have a drop out every 4 to 8 bars???). Also Kromestar seemed to rewind after playing 5 seconds of every new tune he put on his decks, which after a while was just lame, even the MC couldn't be bothered to get that excited, and in essence they are getting paid to do so! Still good fun and better gender balance, though I fail to understand why on earth the gurners are still attending, old habits must die hard eh?
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