The Future Classic crew once again filled out The Civic top to bottom with various flavours of electronica, some deep, some discoey and some techy. Personally, I didn’t rate Isolee’s set – it didn’t go anywhere near as deep as I thought it might. In fact, the whole night was musically so-so, with Simon Caldwell stealing the show.

A slightly odd occurrence on the night -I felt sorry for those who were forced out of the hotel adjacent to the club due to a fire alarm, and found themselves exiting the stairwell into the laneway which was being annexed by the venue, converting it into an outdoor area for the venue – for smokers, and the German BBQ delights. A lot of club goers were quite confused when they saw parents with young children walking through the space.

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Jennifer Cardini in the mix

Some photos I shot from the Kompakt Label Party / 6th Birthday for Deep As F*ck gig at The Cross a couple of weeks back.

I wasn’t overwhelmed by the gig – a modest turnout on the Sunday, which was due no doubt the countless gigs (We Love Sounds for one) that had occurred across the long weekend. Musically though was where I was underwhelmed – it certainly wasn’t anything to adventurous and I have to feel that like the Kompakt label, it’s lost a little of it’s fresh edge that we used to see a few years back.

However, I was overwhelmed by the ‘flu which I came down with the next day and am still recovering from.

Astronomy Class rocked it at the Annandale on Friday night. Go and buy the album – dope Australian dub hip hop. Enough said.

Greg Wilson jammed a great selection of electrofunk, disco, house and everything in between at an outdoor bar gig in Bondi on a Thursday night. A hell of a treat for about 150 people who were there to check it out. Note the old Revox in the background of the above shot! He worked some slick edits and jams, including the bassline from Roxy Music’s “Love Is The Drug” with Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl”, Steve Wonder’s “Superstition” and even the 80s pop hit “Walk Like An Egyptian” by The Bangles.

The playing of such popular tracks for many might be a little droll, and ordinarily it would be for me, however it’s the pastiche – the edits, additions of drums, fusions of basslines and just doing things a little differently that adds to the appeal – think of someone like Richie Hawtin, but in this instance someone who doesn’t use minimal house and techno to create the blend of sounds and isn’t so heavily reliant on new technologies.

Top that all off with a supremely friendly crowd and the full seventeen minute Patrick Cowley mix of “I Feel Love” to close out, not to forget the Little Creatures Pale Ale available by the pint at the bar and you had a fine Thursday night of fun.

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