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.

Bowski - Poppies EP

Bowski first drew my attention earlier this year with the excellent 'Hooves', which immediately gets your toes tapping via it's mischievious melodies, echoey techno bleeps and the "bom, bom bom" sounds sampled from his mates. Now he's got the tedious task of completing a degree out the way he's back with a new EP on Blood Music.

'Poppies' is a fantastic track, demonstrating Bowski's jaunty finesse with its bouncing beats and minimal techy bumps. It's got a breezy build up that breaks down into a tremoring sink hole wobble that wouldn't sound out of place on a dubstep track. But for me 'White Russian' is the best example of his post-club pre-coital micro house. It's got a warehouse ethic, lighthearted yet unyielding, his attention to detail is scarcely perceptable but is exactly what makes it so irresistible.

You can pick this up from Blood Music on December the 12th and then bump it out your iTunes rather than playing it from my shitty blog. LOVE.