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My body and mind have finally recovered from the after effects of the fabric vortex .. so I'm able to cobble together a report of sorts.
Friday it was Sasha and Digweed (1.30 til 5) at Warehouse Project (Manchester) - set on the cavernous arches under a railway station but with a decent set up and better sound than at some of the other Warehouse do's. Having sold our weeks in advance it was warm enough inside for people that had braved the -7° elements.
On before was Jamez Zabiela (11.30 til 1.30) who played a really good set - although he started with the usual high tempo techy wizardry we all expect from Zabs he ended up playing (for him) more downtempo and melodic than usual ... bloody good stuff. He closed and handed over to Diggers with a true touch of genius and one of the top 3 moments of the weekend - bringing the tempo right down with Siopis - Really Love Ya [Get Physical] a lovely touch of deep house with soulful vocals
... complete with "Thank You" and then "Digweed" in big letters on his laptop which he showed to the crowd to great applause.
Taking over the new CDJ2000's John played a killer 1st hour, heads down stuff and really set the mood in the room .. setting things up for Sasha's hour (although someone brought the official timing to 45 minutes with changeovers).
Sasha, was well on form - more of a mellow eclectic vibe ... opening with a track from Henry Saiz's label Damabiah - Sur Les Genoux d Lautomne [Natura Sonoris] there were then lots of layered chiming guitars - one of his best (cough) hour's this year - we were down the front and really got into what he was playing.
John then came back on and played til the end @5.00 (so I don't know if Sasha was unwell ... or just had somewhere better or more important to be
) - but he rocked it, more of a big festival set with the big tunes, working the crowd ... Saiz's Emerald and Future Perfect remixes etc.
The crowd loved it and time flew by !
... not bad for starters
Then, after 4 hours sleep and a 200+ mile trip it was onto fabric for a marathon event ... Guy J (11 til 2) and Diggers (2 til 8.30 !).
Now it's difficult express just how epic fabric was - after a great set from Guy J - all new and very techy plus some special remixes in there (thought I heard a Burma remix at one point) it was onto the main event.
Just as the year's ending Diggers does it to you .. surpasses everything (no mean feat as the music has been excellent all year) and produces the set of 2009 and a true epic
John was on things on from the start and never relented ... just building and building, deep heavy basslines, pounding beats at times and some eclectic stuff t'boot ! Bringing together "the very best in electronic music"® by Transitions from tech house to progressive to techno to deep house to just about everything ellectronic, reverberating around the room at times and a state of the art sound system. What more could you want !
A few of my ID's were:
Olag Poliakov - House Of The Sun [Circus Company CCS036]
Vince Watson - A Very Different World (Funk D'Void Epic remix)
Union Jack - Papillon [Platipus Music PLAT131]
Here's a post from the Bedrock board that sums things up nicely:
"OMG, that was incredible. I have been saying each time Diggers plays at Fabric that he needs to come on earlier to do his build. So last night was fantastic as the main room was just Guy J and John.
I thought Guy J was brilliant. Amazing music and i didn't recognise one track. I definitely he heard a track that john has played a few times now, its definitely changed a bit, perhaps a new edit/remix/work in progress; i assume the original mix is the track he opened Fabric last year with and is the unrecognised id from 10.5. Let's hope its one of his future releases or something like that. Anyway, he built it up veery nicely, wicked baselines and got the crowd going for john to take over.
John was absolutely immense, totally blew me away. So love that opening track, when i bought it a couple of weeks ago, i thought that sounded like a "john opener" so you can imagine me hearing that as his first track i was in 7th heaven from the off. An amazing display of music, control and thought it was a sublime build. This is one of the reasons i prefer john coming on earlier, as he can do his thing, get the crowd in his hands and take you on a journey.
Those tunes were incredible, some of those one's later on were just an incredible wall of sound. Being in Fabric is such a perfect compliment. I know where i prefer hearing John in London!!
I think i recognised about 5 tunes all night. I am certain i heard a new remix of saints and sinners - pushin' too hard. Its absolutely brilliant, that hook, was in my head all night, so pleased to hear that again. I am certain, i thought i heard a beyonce snippet of a vocal behind some hypnotic track. I said to my wife when i got home and it was bugging her that she thought she recognised the vocal. Very clever music, deeply hypnotic and i was in my element. Some of basslines were oscene
Saw john recording at one point, so expect that will be on his youtube page at some point and probably the next releases - i love the internet allows this. Gets me all excited about the upcoming stuff on the label.
John if you read this, thanks for making this my best night out in 2009. This was my NYE as doing family things. Amazing, thank you."
John ended with Local Daddies - Sjeesh (Applescal Remix) .. which is a track I love and had me jumping around like a loon at the end
One if the best nights ever. My body was killing for days after and my timezones thrown out of sync ... guess that's what the vortex does to you !
This is papillon vererberating all around fabric:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNTcJbhqIFA[/YOUTUBE]
Friday it was Sasha and Digweed (1.30 til 5) at Warehouse Project (Manchester) - set on the cavernous arches under a railway station but with a decent set up and better sound than at some of the other Warehouse do's. Having sold our weeks in advance it was warm enough inside for people that had braved the -7° elements.
On before was Jamez Zabiela (11.30 til 1.30) who played a really good set - although he started with the usual high tempo techy wizardry we all expect from Zabs he ended up playing (for him) more downtempo and melodic than usual ... bloody good stuff. He closed and handed over to Diggers with a true touch of genius and one of the top 3 moments of the weekend - bringing the tempo right down with Siopis - Really Love Ya [Get Physical] a lovely touch of deep house with soulful vocals
... complete with "Thank You" and then "Digweed" in big letters on his laptop which he showed to the crowd to great applause.
Taking over the new CDJ2000's John played a killer 1st hour, heads down stuff and really set the mood in the room .. setting things up for Sasha's hour (although someone brought the official timing to 45 minutes with changeovers).
Sasha, was well on form - more of a mellow eclectic vibe ... opening with a track from Henry Saiz's label Damabiah - Sur Les Genoux d Lautomne [Natura Sonoris] there were then lots of layered chiming guitars - one of his best (cough) hour's this year - we were down the front and really got into what he was playing.
John then came back on and played til the end @5.00 (so I don't know if Sasha was unwell ... or just had somewhere better or more important to be
) - but he rocked it, more of a big festival set with the big tunes, working the crowd ... Saiz's Emerald and Future Perfect remixes etc.The crowd loved it and time flew by !
... not bad for starters
Then, after 4 hours sleep and a 200+ mile trip it was onto fabric for a marathon event ... Guy J (11 til 2) and Diggers (2 til 8.30 !).
Now it's difficult express just how epic fabric was - after a great set from Guy J - all new and very techy plus some special remixes in there (thought I heard a Burma remix at one point) it was onto the main event.
Just as the year's ending Diggers does it to you .. surpasses everything (no mean feat as the music has been excellent all year) and produces the set of 2009 and a true epic
John was on things on from the start and never relented ... just building and building, deep heavy basslines, pounding beats at times and some eclectic stuff t'boot ! Bringing together "the very best in electronic music"® by Transitions from tech house to progressive to techno to deep house to just about everything ellectronic, reverberating around the room at times and a state of the art sound system. What more could you want !
A few of my ID's were:
Olag Poliakov - House Of The Sun [Circus Company CCS036]
Vince Watson - A Very Different World (Funk D'Void Epic remix)
Union Jack - Papillon [Platipus Music PLAT131]
Here's a post from the Bedrock board that sums things up nicely:
"OMG, that was incredible. I have been saying each time Diggers plays at Fabric that he needs to come on earlier to do his build. So last night was fantastic as the main room was just Guy J and John.
I thought Guy J was brilliant. Amazing music and i didn't recognise one track. I definitely he heard a track that john has played a few times now, its definitely changed a bit, perhaps a new edit/remix/work in progress; i assume the original mix is the track he opened Fabric last year with and is the unrecognised id from 10.5. Let's hope its one of his future releases or something like that. Anyway, he built it up veery nicely, wicked baselines and got the crowd going for john to take over.
John was absolutely immense, totally blew me away. So love that opening track, when i bought it a couple of weeks ago, i thought that sounded like a "john opener" so you can imagine me hearing that as his first track i was in 7th heaven from the off. An amazing display of music, control and thought it was a sublime build. This is one of the reasons i prefer john coming on earlier, as he can do his thing, get the crowd in his hands and take you on a journey.
Those tunes were incredible, some of those one's later on were just an incredible wall of sound. Being in Fabric is such a perfect compliment. I know where i prefer hearing John in London!!
I think i recognised about 5 tunes all night. I am certain i heard a new remix of saints and sinners - pushin' too hard. Its absolutely brilliant, that hook, was in my head all night, so pleased to hear that again. I am certain, i thought i heard a beyonce snippet of a vocal behind some hypnotic track. I said to my wife when i got home and it was bugging her that she thought she recognised the vocal. Very clever music, deeply hypnotic and i was in my element. Some of basslines were oscene
Saw john recording at one point, so expect that will be on his youtube page at some point and probably the next releases - i love the internet allows this. Gets me all excited about the upcoming stuff on the label.
John if you read this, thanks for making this my best night out in 2009. This was my NYE as doing family things. Amazing, thank you."
John ended with Local Daddies - Sjeesh (Applescal Remix) .. which is a track I love and had me jumping around like a loon at the end
One if the best nights ever. My body was killing for days after and my timezones thrown out of sync ... guess that's what the vortex does to you !
This is papillon vererberating all around fabric:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNTcJbhqIFA[/YOUTUBE]
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