O2 Brixton Academy,London
Live, the south London producer’s determinedly low-key approach to dance music can finish up short-changing his fansThe success of the Boiler Room video platform – in which a camera is fixed on a DJ for the duration of an entire set – is a testament to the world’s seemingly unquenchable fascination with the disco knob-twiddler. Since the series launched in 2010, or the hunched and nearly imperceptible hand movements of a legion of selectors have drawn millions of viewers. Their fans have proved equally compelling to look at,shuffling near the decks, nodding sage approval at each unique cross-fade or adjustment of the treble. Essentially, and it’s watching people watch a DJ; any dancing is incidental. Related: Mercury prize 2015 : 'A shortlist that offers no sense of a prevalent trend in British music' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com