No. 2 (9th November 2009)
Posted on | November 20, 2009 | No Comments
I may have turned up late to this due to some rubbish navigation and very Welsh driving…both on my part.
Anyway.
What was a brilliant idea proved to be a brilliant night filled with an eclectic mix of music. First up were Martyn and Lewis hidden in a dark corner wowing us with their heavy beats and melodic scratching (with some interesting scratch sounds) combination which proved to be an awesome 10 minutes or so. It reminded me of the Goldberg Variations (JS Bach) with the slightly different version of the intro throughout the set.
Up next was Bryn with the beginnings of his guitar orchestra. I felt a Philip Glass influence with the play around a single idea and chord and it had a nice folky feel to it which gave a good contrast from the stuff we’d heard just before. It was a good start to what will be an exciting project, I look forward to hearing more.
Third was Ian Williams with his playful, folky, Jack Penate-esque acoustic guitar and vocal set. The playfulness of the tunes put everyone in an excellent mood, especially with the track about his trip to Amsterdam. This was a brilliantly simple set showing that, used correctly (which this was), less is more.
In complete contrast to the previous sets, Your Big Idea (featuring Aimee) took to the stage complete with an apparently radioactive guitar and flatcaps. What followed was a complete contrast to the music we’d heard before and possibly the heaviest and most energetic set. With Aimee jumping around the stage to the hyper power rock, Your Big Idea proved to be a force not to be reckoned with musically.
The final set was provided by Oscar Later (Louis Derry) bringing back the electro with his epic house/rave track. He successfully turned the venue into a club with the majority of people wanting to have a dance. The track was a continuous one with a lot of different elements, samples and sounds and the influences were clear throughout. Derry certainly provided a quality end to a quality night.
Sight of the night goes to Matt Lovett for successfully manoeuvring 3 drinks from the bar, closely followed by Nic Finch teaching a few second years how to do “the robot dance.”
See you all next time!
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