I went down to Forward for the first ever time on Sunday, where Martyn was playing out tracks from his new album (his remix of Shed’s “Another Wedged Chicken” was one of many high points for me). I felt pretty apprehensive going down there on my own, but fuck it I thought, it’s been far too long since I’ve had a music-oriented night out and I’ve been getting seriously desperate to hear some dubstep in an environment other than my home / the office / the train. Since moving to London and producing offspring a couple of years ago, I’ve so far failed to really get to know anyone with similar musical tastes, which made it such a relief to be in a club and be part of such a positive and fun crowd who were there for the same music. It was awesome to hear some of the records I love most being played out over a club soundsystem: seeing and feeling the crowd reaction, and experiencing the music in such a physical way. (Breakage’s remix of “Matter of Fact” by DLX sounds good at home, but on the dancefloor it’s like someone throwing buildings at you). dBridge’s set was brilliant, he played just so many great records and I’ve no idea what most of them were or who they were by - and how exciting is that??
I think I’m going to have to permanently give up going in to work on Monday mornings….