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Some Reasons Why Not to Waste Your Time on Clapham Common this Bank Holiday

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 | Event Preview | 2 Comments

All things exciting seem to point to Clapham Common on the bank holiday weekend. But in all honesty, it’s not really all that it’s cracked up to be. Here are some reasons why not to waste your time on the common and some canny alternatives.

Rubbish Soundsystems

Being stuck in the heart of Clapham means you’re in the middle of a massive residential area. Residential area equals people with dogs, children, twitching curtains and a massive thirst for pissing on any parade. Call me crazy but these people hate it when their windows are vibrating during afternoon tea. Unfortunately they also pay taxes and actually have a say in how the world is run. So despite the soundsystem probably having tens of thousands of watts bottled up at its disposal, you can probably expect that the local council has it capped to a dreary cesspit tap drip. So the only way you’re going to hear anything of worth is if you’ve camped out inside the bass bin like some free party crusty.

What you need is some grotty warehouse space where you can crank it up a few notches. It just so happens that Eastern Electrics will be holed up in some grotty warehouse space › Continue reading

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Tom Demac – Stand Beside Me Single Review

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments

Geddes and label MurMur must have a broken quality tap somewhere in their headquarters because that blasted thing is releasing a constant stream of quality tracks. Release five sees rising star Tom Demac grease the wheels of future juggernaut label.

Tom has two tracks on this release. Title track Stand Beside Me is a moody tech house plodder which has a mildly sinister groove punctuated with outbursts of hi hat percussion that are sure to prevent those crowds from gormlessly swaying. Three by Four is the other track from Tom Demac. It has clunky beats, round basslines and an aggressive saw synth with a few muted bleeps and tones chucked in for good measure. Its progressive in nature with enough reverberation to make you feel hungry.

Head honcho Geddes remixes the title track by reigning in the loop lengths making it snappier and punchy. It shuffles along nicely but misses the outbursts of the original. Its typically Geddes and that means dark, techy and dubby. As the ambassador always says, “Excellente”.

Tags: Geddes, Glimpse, Hypercolour, Murmur, Tom Demac