wednesday adventures

Bit of an adventure last night..

It started off with all us London Electrics people meeting up at Smallfish records, to do a photoshoot for Plan B magazine. We got a few shots taken in the shop, then we headed round to the Expanding Studios round the corner to finish the shoot. It was quite weird and funny, i think we were all quite tickled to be getting our picture taken, and it felt a lot like getting your picture taken at School! Anyways, Sarah and Simon who were doing the shoot were really nice, and it all went well.

We went for a drink afterwards across the street, but then me and Mat headed off down to Whitechapel to the Rhythm Factory for an event called Digital Vs. Analog, which had Die Munch Machine (our new favorite band!), Frog Pocket, and Sluts Of Trust.
Was quite empty when we arrived but quickly filled up. I've never been in that venue before and was quite into it, decent size, decent sound and good stage.
Half past nine, Frog Pocket started.. At first me and Mat were both blown away, the first half of his set was so good, from quite intricate and interesting beats, he was layering droney violin over the top, and using half filled beer bottles to blow into, and getting some amazing textures. But then, fsck knows what happened, but he went all a bit Nigel Kennedy mixed with Planet Mu-esque gabba breakcore pish! It was fscking awful! (although other people didnt seem to mind too much).

Die Munch Machine, the reason me and Mat had gone down, were, once again (as i saw them on Sunday at the VF Loud Alldayer), absolutely blindingly great! The pent up energy and sheer Kraut style driving drums battering through the squalls of the Farfisa, melodies and noise just completely mashed together. stunning!!

Headlining were Sluts Of Trust, who opened with "Leave You Wanting More" which is a great track and which they pulled off with great elan, but the second song quickly dissolved into a well rehearsed, but terrible song, which just seemed all over the place, from noise to pale Franz Ferdinand imitation. We hung out for a few more songs, but they didnt get much better. A bit dissapointing, as both of us were quite into them when we'd seen them before..

on another note, when i was in smallfish, Jeremy turned me onto a new Cocteau Twins four disc box set, just out on 4AD containing everything they have ever released, rare singles, eps, and also they're post-4AD output. I havent had time to listen to it yet, but very excited to, and as you'd expect from Vaughn Oliver, beautiful fold out digipack made from tactile, almost rubbery material. Super good!