DJ Magic
DJ Q
Fabric, London.
08.08.08
Remember way back in 1999 when you began hearing Artful Dodger on every radio station? Remember when you thought that it was just a passing phase that wouldn’t be annoying for much longer? And then remember when you got pissed off when it refused to go away?
Yeah, me too. But now bassline has come along and is giving garage the oomph [yes, oomph] that it lacked by pumping the bassline up so loud that the vocals take much less of your attention. And it was this that DJ Q was banging out in the small room 3 at Fabric. With the mainstream-scratching Heartbroken by T2 and TS7’s remix of American Boy getting everyone going, he provided a good warm up for Tomb Crew.
You know just what you’re going to get with a Tomb Crew DJ set – fun. Having seen them a few times before and having a ridiculously good time I was hyped to see them play a smaller room and they didn’t disappoint. Dropping in dubstep, grime, bassline and even a B-More remix of Dead Prez’s Hip Hop, they finished up with 20 odd minutes of jungle taking the atmosphere up the notch that already seemed impossible to get at. If you can find a better night out than this lot, your head is going to explode.
DJ Magic had the unenviable task of following them but his tune selection proved spot on as he was joined in the DJ booth for PAs by both Tinchy Stryder, whose latest single Stryderman got a massive response from everyone in attendance, and the irrepressible Jammer who kept the vibe going with his ever popular “Shatap”. And when Magic dropped Silverlink’s The Message Is Love [featuring Jammer and Badness], which is arguably the heaviest track out there at the moment, it went off.
With Yoda and the Scratch Perverts playing the main room and High Contrast in Room 2, the Urban Nerds lot had a lot to compete with, but they brought it off and did it in style.
Abjekt