CRIKEY!
One of the best nights to be had in town went down at the Rainbow Warehouse last night (9 hours ago ish) with the rather shamelessly logo-emblazoned, but equally rather shamelessly awesome, Rizla re-crafted event. Wasn't quite sure what to expect when Audio-Freq checked it out but we were blown away.
First thing - as many free Rizla's as you can stuff your dirty pockets with.
Second thing - AMAZINGLY KICK ASS MUSIC
Third thing - so clearly been run at a loss for PR that nobody really gives a shit whether anyone pays...
The venue. alas, as so often is the case in Birmingham, didn't pack out much but was so full of delectably ravey people dancing like Germans that it was probably a good shout giving us all more elbow room. Which was important as this was a strictly electro/techno/disco vibe so no dub-dub-step was heard all evening. The line-up was massive with Mystery Jets, Simian Mobile Disco, MJ Cole, Le Corps Mince de Francoise and some local talent mixed in for good measure (all of whom got a rather cheerful nudge in the direction of checking out Audio-Freq, so if you have give us a comment, don't be shy, we're actually not as weird as we came across last night whilst stalking you all like prey...)
Massive shout outs must be thrown in the direction of MJ Cole, who definitely bore the brunt of our over-zealous dancing and, naturally, Simian, who looked as if they hadn't showered since 2 years ago and rounded up the excellent evening for the select group of people still "pepped" up enough to dance at 5am.
Look towards the next event and hopefully we shall see more people getting dialled in to this schema of techno-babbling gooch-dribbling brilliance. Naturally, keep it locked on to Audio-Freq for previews and a special article on the Rizla Re-Crafted competition-type thing where the best local B-town producers can get promo from this behemoth of a company simply by remixing a Mystery Jets song.
Special mention must go to the guy standing at the railings dancing like he was 5 years old and just seen Power Rangers/Teletubbies for the first time (delete as appropriate to age group). At first we weren't sure if he was trying to hump the artists from the barrier, but it soon became clear that he was just having a smashing time and all sense of rhythm, composure, self-respect had evaporated. Exceptional effort! If you know ravey-man, or are him, get in touch..
....we'd like to take you for a drink and then home for dinner with our mums.
RIZLA RE-CRAFTED
DJ set - SUB:STANCE 2nd birthday at Panorama Bar Berlin 9/07/10 by MJ Cole
Amazing time eh!? Good to see Birmingham has finally got a blog worth reading! MJ
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