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| Layo & Bushwacka Album
Launch Party |
Date: Saturday
6th July 2002
Address: The End, 16A West Central Street,
London
Occurrence: One Off
Hours: 11pm - 6am
Ticket Price: £15,
£13 NUS
Dress
Code: TBC
Genre: Funky, Tribal,
Soulful House
Capacity:
TBC |
| Line-Up: Layo
& Bushwacka |
After a frustrating few days, the
type where you hate everyone and everything, I was
looking forward to Saturday night's relief of a
good party with good music, good people and good
times.
On Saturday 6th July The End, co-owned by Layo Paskin
(one half of Layo & Bushwacka) and Mr C, played
host to the launch of Layo & Bushwacka's eagerly
awaited second album 'Night Works'.
I was out on the town with two mates that appreciate
quality sounds and especially Layo & Bushwacka,
so I ended up in The End at the incredibly un-trendy
time of doors opening. As I was here to see one
of the UK's finest exports I didn't mind, and with
an already busy queue outside it wasn't long before
the club was filling up with the usual mid-20's
crowd.
Boasting one of London's finest sound and lighting
systems the deco inside although quite minimilistic
had a touch of stylish steel and glass, with a nice
flashy bar and a good size chill out area with plenty
of large intimate couches to get to know the fellow
part-goers.
The night started off with the duo playing funky,
tribal, soulful house and as the dancefloor grew
in numbers so did the BPM's. It wasn't long before
the music was going through both the genres of deeper
and progressive house while keeping to the funky
vibe. What I was delighted to notice was that right
from the start to the end there was a strong element
of South American percussion, this appeared to please
the crowd and myself.
As we were there for Layo & Bushwacka it was
inevitable that the seamless build up was going
to lead into a heavy dose of tech-house, and they
got right into the harder sounds by bursting in
with some vocal tech beats, which were soulful,
hard hitting and appropriate. As the legs got into
the swing of things sounds of chunky breaks came
blaring out to a roar of cheering and clapping.
Of course the biggest response of the night was
the dropping in of their huge hit 'Love Story'.
What really hit me about the event was the incredible
party atmosphere created and carried on through
out the 7 hours. There was some real carnival sounds
thrown in which seemed in line with the festivities
going on down the road earlier at Europe's biggest
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
What I couldn't work out was that the club wasn't
a packed cattle truck like I've seen it before.
Was it because the music is getting more underground,
or was it because the doormen were having a picky
night, or was it because there was something bigger
and badder going on somewhere else (I doubt it).
Whatever the reason I couldn't of been happier,
space to dance, chill and breath within a healthy
numbered crowd is exactly what the doctor ordered.
'Night Works' has a more tech-house approach than
their first release 'Low Life', and It was good
to see a few tunes off the new album, 'Sleepy Language'
and 'Let the good times role' for instance, being
accepted well by the followers on the dance floor.
Basically the set was a fusion of tech-house, soulful
vocals, penetrating breaks and beats, and uplifting
Latino percussion all served up on a bed of funky
hip gyrating grooves. In my opinion (for what it's
worth), this is what the scene has been crying out
for. Peoples tastes seem more varied today and they
enjoy different styles of different music, so why
not throw it all in to create an electric atmosphere
with music you can dance to?
No word of a lie but I consider this to be one of
the most satisfying sets I've been blessed to witness.
My hat goes off to the Layo & Bushwacka partnership.
Night
Works courtesy of XL Recordings is available now. |
Venue: 10
Music: 10
Crowd: 8
Sound System: 10
Total: 38 / 40
Rating: Gold Award |
Review written by: Marc Miller marc@uk-cl.co.uk |
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