Date :: Friday, 23 October 2009
Time :: 10pm – 6am
Venue :: Stealth, Masonic Place, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, UK. NG1 5JT
Cost :: £10
Line-up ::
James Holden
Fairmont
Lukid
ACTRESS
LONE
SPAM CHOP
HIZATRON
TAYLOR
METAPHI
CHAMBOCHE
BIZMARC
WINDOWS 78
This is the biggest and most forward thinking event to hit Nottingham for well over a year now, possibly two. Wigflex have pulled out all the stops, made some more stops and pulled them out too for good measure. With 12 acts on the bill, its not only the headliners that deserve props, even read from the bottom you’re gonna find artists with releases on some of the most exciting labels in dance at the moment.
With programming that will wander from Chamboche’s disco grooves, through Bizmarc’s chairobic take on the UK funky sound, Taylor’s reduced tech house, you’re in for a treat before you’ve even seen the headliners. Thats even a prelude to the warped sounds of Lone and Spamchop mashing his way through his inimitable dub/techno hybrid.
Headliner Holden really needs no introduction. Head of the agenda setting Border Community imprint that turned up the likes of Nathan Fake, he’s been at the top of the DJ pile for nearly a decade, having become the darling of the nascent prog scene of the early 00s while only just out of his teens. Since then he’s released several jaw dropping compilations, a critically acclaimed album and been privy to several massive hits on his own label. Holden’s sound has always been hugely influential to the Wigflex crew and this will be a land mark gig for Spamchop and co, as if the occasion wasn’t big enough!
Fairmont’s own Coloured In Memory album continued the trend set by Holden and Fake, with highly textured soundscapes married to dancefloor dynamics, making it one of 2007’s standouts. Another producer who limits his output, Fairmont touched many hearts with his 06 anthem Gazebo, which was cained by the likes of John Digweed and Luciano. Expect a massive crowd reaction if he decides to unleash that beast.
Actress is a producer who stradles dub, dupstep, house and the UK funky sound. His set at Futureproof last year combined brash garage basslines with percussive elements and dubby wobblers, expect more of the same as this man’s stock continues to rise.
This is a massive event with DJs who will be driving Stealth’s funktion one soundsystem to it’s very limits, from disco to dubstep to house and electro, this will be a celebration of all forms of cutting edge dance music and should not be missed!
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