Richie Hawtin and the M-Nus Mob Take On Brixton

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 | Event Preview

contakt3 Now that summer is already drawing to a close its time for the autumn activities to commence; September through till November is often a juicy period on the clubbing calendar. It’s often the time when people are starting new endeavours in new places, be it students, graduates or just plain new job starters. Either way, people are back from their summer escapades, people have relocated and the clubbing community is back to full strength. Prime pickings for big ass stellar events.

One on the not too distant horizon is Richie Hawtin and his band of merry laptop equipped men (and one girl). The M_nus mob return to the capital city to serve up another helping of their multimedia extravaganza show Contakt. It’s been almost a year since they would have last wowed the crowds in London with their multi tag team dj sound and retina burning visual show, so it should be interesting to see how or if the show has evolved. We particularly enjoyed one of their debut shows at Sonar a couple years ago, but still felt they hadn’t fully utilised the possibilities of the setup. So let’s hope their latest offering will step it up to the next level.

After a few niggles at SE-One, it looks like the show has relocated to the bigger venue of Brixton Academy. Good move? I’m not sure. Brixton Academy does have its charm, but the sloping floor and fading live venue layout and décor make it less excitable for a clubbing experience. However I’m going to reserve judgement until the night. I’ve read in places that Brixton Academy can level their floor for a more dancefloor friendly vibe and the visuals should make up for the live venue feel. So maybe all is not lost, but I do wonder why they didn’t make use of matter for this one. It surely has to be the optimal venue for such a show?

Anyways. Its defo worth a shout just to let Ali Demirel rape your eyes with his mind bending visuals on that massive LED display.

Buy your tickets here from TICKETWEB. Get them whilst they’re hot!

M-NUS presents CONTAKT Special

Saturday 26th September 2009
O2 Academy Brixton
10pm – 6am

RICHIE HAWTIN
MAGDA
TROY PIERCE
MARC HOULE
GAISER
HEARTTHROB
JPLS
AMBIVALENT
BAREM

Visuals:
ALI DEMIREL

www.contakt-events.com
www.m-nus.com

Tags: Ali Demirel, Ambivalent, Barem, Brixton Academy, Contakt, Gaiser, JPLS, Magda, Marc Houle, Minus, M_nus, Richie Hawtin, Sonar, Troy Pierce

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