Jackmaster Presents Tweak-A-Holic
XOYO, London (2nd April 2015)
Last night Jackmaster returned to XOYO to present another of his Tweak-A-Holic nights. A real throwback to everything that was great about music in the 80s, we can honestly say that we haven’t had that much fun in ages!
Here are our top tracks from the night…
The Magician presents Magic Tape 50
Ace Hotel, London (23rd February 2015)
We’ve done quite well not to write solely about The Magician since we started the blog. We did say that he would become a familiar name to you when we got started but sadly we have not seen much of him in London recently so we haven’t been able to rave about him as much as we would like.
That all changed last night when we were given the very special opportunity to be at the recording of Magic Tape 50 for MixmagTV. What you may ask is Magic Tape 50? Well, the Magic Tape series has been a selection of mixtapes that The Magician has recorded and made available for download through SoundCloud (until SoundCloud changed the rules, but it’s still possible to download via Mega).
Last night was quite the milestone as we reached Magic Tape 50!
Skream, Dimitri from Paris, Horse Meat Disco and HomoElectric
Skream residency, XOYO, London (14th February 2015)
This Saturday, while all the couples were out canoodling and doing other such couple-related things, we were doing the only thing appropriate for Valentine’s Day – we were dancing the night away to the infectious sounds of disco as Skream was joined in the main room by two of the biggest names of the genre: Horse Meat Disco and Dimitri from Paris.
Here are our top tracks from the night (many of which I’m sure will be familiar to many of you)…
Skream residency, XOYO, London (10th January 2015)
There is no doubt in our mind that Oliver Jones nailed the first night of his three month stint at one of our favourite haunts. From the moment we walked through the door we knew we were in for a treat – in fact, as the man himself said on Twitter today:
It was certainly the busiest we’ve ever seen the club that early in the night – quite possibly ever!!
As we continue to try and pull ourselves together, here are our top tracks from the night (taken from both rooms)…
XOYO, London (28th November)
Last week saw (friend of the blog) Catriona and I looking to relive some memories by going to see Ten Walls play a live set at XOYO London. Revisiting the moment the crowd carried out a sit down during Walking With Elephants at Unknown never fails to make me go a bit tingly (I love that I got to be part of that!), but was he going to live up to the memories back in the confines of a club venue in the UK? I would say he did, but in different ways.
Marijus Adomaitis had kept his identity secret for much of the early months of his new project under pseudonym Ten Walls. Although his secret is now out, his ever expanding army of fans will likely know him only as the latter and his brand continues to grow based on this. Armed with his soundboard and accompanying visuals, he had the audience captivated from the moment he hit the stage.
Rovinj , Croatia (8th-12th September)
Featuring: John Talabot, Jamie XX, Eats Everything, Jungle, Ten Walls, Mano le Tough, Simian Mobile Disco, The 2 Bears, Waze & Odyssey, Disclosure, Last Waltz, Jackmaster
Thursday was the day of our Island Party and we were looking forward to seeing John Talabot and Jamie XX back to back. We optimistically (or perhaps pessimistically by this stage) looked out of the apartment window to be greeted by…torrential rain. Oh dear. It looked like the Island Party was unlikely, but, having not yet heard from those infamous mouths, we made our way down to the meeting point to find out whether it would be going ahead. With confirmation that is had indeed been cancelled, we were told that some of the artists from the cancelled Island and Boat Parties would be playing on the pool terrace during the afternoon – that was our plan sorted then! To our delight, one of those artists was Eats Everything! One of our highlights from Ibiza this season, Eats never fails to play for the crowd and always has a cheeky grin on his face. We couldn’t resist a photo opp…and of course a dance!
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