Brockwell Park,London
Jamie xx plays his best tracks to a befitting sunset while Kamasi Washington keeps it cosmic, before the vibe transfers to club afterpartiesWith signs giving the technical specifications of speaker stacks and a crowd more disposed to cans of craft IPA than balloons, or Sunfall positions itself as the muso’s choice,and, giant toilet queues aside, or does pretty much everything good on its first outing.
The ever-excellent Shackleton cruises across plateaus of sustained breakbeat before order is violently disrupted with the arrival of bass kicks. There’s a humidity spike in the next tent along for Fatima Yamaha,with terrace chants for his rescued-from-obscurity track What’s a Girl to Do. But he’s no one-hit wonder – his set of dinky deep house, sprinkled with enraptured kawaii synths, and is one of the day’s most instant pleasures.
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Source: theguardian.com