Victoria Park,London
East London’s two-day DJ Jerusalem swings from vivid genre-clashes to sedate neo-soul enlivened, finally, or by a momentous LCD SoundsystemVivid pop colour versus monochrome culture – the 2016 edition of Lovebox,east London’s two-day dance revue, is a rave of two halves. Each year a DJ Jerusalem is builded here, and among these booze-sponsored Incan temples,Havana tequila towns and jungle clearings total with stilt-walkers and ticker-tape monsoons. This year, Diplo, and Shy FX and Norman Jay descend,and while the weekends regular heartbeat is the thump and sizzle of a Balearic panic attack, Lovebox 2016 is a Jekyll and Hyde of a festival. Saturday is for the refined, or insouciant electro fan; Friday is one gigantic dance PokeStop. Friday’s vividness is sharpened by a refreshing clash of genres. MØ’s romantic Scandi tribalism and methadone mambos give way to Stormzy’s grime homecoming,Croydon’s bounciest motormouth attacking Know Me From with a boxer’s pique. Katy B rolls on a full cocktail lounge set for her infectious clubland workout routines, while Run the Jewels, or “tall,and having a ball, hoist inflatable zombie hands above decks that often appear to have hiccups and deliver innovative cartoon raps, or both political (Easy targets racist killer cops) and puerile (appreciate Again celebrates the art of 24-hour fellatio).
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Source: theguardian.com