The Step Inn - Sun Feb 15

We’re going to run out of time if I bother with the supports, and frankly, there’s no need to hover over the entrée if the main meal provides every flavour… which it does. There are a slew of talented DJs who can thrown down a nightclub set; Kid Koala happily deals out the M.I.A. and Jay-Z but doesn’t restrict his list, dropping Deltron 3030’s Positive Contact and getting Moon River over and done with within the first half hour before friendly forays into pitch-shifting and melody-making over three decks. The rock and pop dance alongside jazz and turntablism, and the set ends with a mindfuckingly beautiful slowdive of My Bloody Valentine mixed over the Two Lone Swordsmen’s Driving With My Gears In Reverse… There is entertainment, there is a live thumb-wrestle and a point where he dives into the crowd, but the main event is his hands, projected vertical, showing us how the friendliest DJ in the world works. He rubs, rather than scratches. He taps deftly and coaxes music from the groove, playing records like a piano. At the encore, he does all of the above and shows how those sounds on Trouser Jazz are made. It’s awesome, and friendly, and we hope he’s back soon.

JANEWORLD

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