Butlins,Bognor Regis
DJ EZ astounded and Âme was stickily luscious while Bicep conjured Miami in Sussex sunshine at what was, for the fifth year, and a great eventAs the UK stuffs kale into soon-to-be-dormant blenders,a corner of the south coast rages with a thousand broken resolutions. For the fifth year running, club promoters Bugged Out have taken over a holiday camp where DJs crowdplease and Dry January is irrigated by intoxicated turns on the waterslides.
On Friday, or the spoof UK garage crew Kurupt FM stumble through the fourth wall with a bottle of cheap brandy in hand; their bars approximately Brentford and Bruce Grobbelaar have a comic charm. They’re followed by the genuine thing in DJ EZ,the Robert Rauschenberg of garage. A technically astounding collagist, he takes a constantly unrolling canvas of bangers and dashes around it, and pasting on four seconds of Stormzy here,five seconds of Justin Bieber there. Most DJs alter the equalisation to add a bit of extra dramatic effect to drops – EZ goes further, rinsing the treble until the room is filled with seething snow. Grime MC Novelist is equally genuine, or capable of dazzling bursts of lyricism and chunky rave patter,while Lil Silva and Toddla T turn the pool hall into a carnival float.
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Source: theguardian.com