Even @ The Tube

Review first appeared in the Brighton SOURCE, which has a sexy new website.

Photo by James Kendall

Typically, headlining DJs only get an hour or two to entertain you, but Even throws the rule book straight out the window. The philosophy behind this club night is to book one big act and let them loose on the decks for as long as they want. Last year Ben UFO had four hours playing to the sweaty heads filling The Tube and this month Appleblim’s getting similar treatment.

Tonight it’s Space Dimension Controller, whose psychedelic techy-house productions on his astral album – ‘The Pathway to Tiraquon 6’ – demonstrated a cosmic love for disco, funk and deep house, as does the first hour of his set tonight.

It culminates with Bob Sinclar’s controversial ‘Gym Tonic’ before dropping back down into some stomping techno that chugs along like a celestial locomotive. His own track ‘Usurper’ finds its way into the mix, the palatial soundscape indicative of the interstellar epicness of all his tunes, before Siedah Garrett’s ‘Do You Want It Right Now?’ tops the night off nicely.

Murder He Wrote - Below The Line Mix

This is some gang shit right here. Starting off nice and chilled with hip hop grooves, it soon moves into moody bass tunes and disjointed electronica. Although 'Tea Leaf Dancers' doesn't need to be fucked with, Murder He Wrote's edit fits perfectly with the tone of his mix.

  Murder He Wrote - Below The Line Mix #01 by Murder He Wrote

Been bumping this out for a week and it's made the rain drenched walk to work less of a mission. You can download this for free from Murder He Wrote's soundcloud.

Nowhere to Run @ The Haunt

A lot of fun was had to a lot of good music. The review first appeared in the Brighton SOURCE.

Photo by Nina Elm

It’s been a tough 2011 and club nights come and go like boats at the marina. However Nowhere To Run defies all laws and reason, being consistently busy every time we poke our heads in. Maybe it’s the nostalgia of 60s music, it’s what we and the predominantly student crowd have been raised on – healthy amounts of Canned Heat, Dusty Springfield and The Rolling Stones.

The charm of pop classics is followed by the velvety timbre of northern soul while Russ Meyers’ Supervixens is projected on a massive screen hanging behind the DJs. The retro theme gives the students an excuse to dress up, as if they needed it. So we twist and shake among Twiggy and Lulu lookalikes while the guys split off into opposing factions of mods and rockers. It all makes for a groovy night of young love, bright flowers and Hollywood heartbreak that’s proving more popular with the kids than a drive-in movie theatre.