Bloody hell. It has been nearly 3 months since I last updated this.
What a 3 months it has been.
As I write I’m in London, at my mate Ed’s house. I’ve been in London for nearly a week, and back in the UK for just over three. It’s quite fuckin mad being back here - I feel quite like a foreigner; so many things are different from when I was last here, and so many things are different from what I’d become used to in Australia and that all adds up to a fairly confused Si.
This week I’ve been catching up with old (and older) friends as well as making some new ones. I made my first ever trip to FWD which was fuckin great:
Interesting things about FWD:
1 - The first half of the night features NO DUBSTEP. They were playin old NY house, early breaks, anything bass-heavy basically.
2 - Plastic People is fuckin well small. The dancefloor is smaller than the Phoenix.
3 - The sound system is HEAVY. Funktion One baby
The guests were Ramadanman who played a fuckload of straight 4/4 shit that was like minimal tech at 138 bpm, and plenty heavy mellow echoey stuff and at the end he played the Martyn mix of TRG’s ‘Broken Heart’ that is like my favourite dubstep track at the moment.
After a good set from Ramadanman, it was time for Benga - first time I’d seen him, very different sound to Ramadanman, didn’t pick any tunes (except for ‘night’ which he mixed excellently with something else). Great MC alongside him as well, loads of rewinds, London vibes everywhere.
I’ve been record shopping too much - Honest Jon’s, Sounds Of The Universe and I stood outside Phonica, while looking in disparagly and saying in a very loud voice ‘there are much better record shops than this’. There are a lot of second hand stores with great selections but for the most part they seem to know what everything is truly worth and so I think more exploration is needed before findin any bargains. I will highly recommend the Steel An’ Skin 12 on Honest Jon’s though. It’s great.
And I played my first UK DJ gig! At the schmicko Institute Of Contemporary Arts no less. It’s pretty cool trekkin through trafalgar square on your way to a gig.
Man, London is fuckin well epic. The weather has been killer as well. I have seen loads of art and generally soaked up the vibes of this mad mad town. I think perhaps it’s a bit too mad for me - time seems to move twice as quickly as normal and the place is a goddam money vortex. I can see how people get trapped here.
So, back to Manchester on Monday night and then head down in the studio for a couple of weeks. I’ve been here 3 weeks and finished one tune. That ain’t great efficiency. Then it’s Usonia for a month and a macbook woohoo!
Oh for a limited period you can listen to the tune I made
I resolve, upon my return to Mancunia, to keep updating this blog a little more regularly than every fuckin 3 months.
