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Hospitality Brixton Review
Wednesday 17th October 2012 | Jenny
“I love d&b.”
This simple tweet on the morning of the 28th September from one of the Godfathers of the Drum and Bass scene, London Elektricity, perfectly summed up the anticipation ahead of September’s bi-annual Hospitality Brixton event. Sold out and with Netsky doubling up and playing a live set next door at Electric beforehand, it was always going to be the sickest night to end the summer.
Getting started on warm up duties were the dynamic Devon duo of the minute, Hospitals’ latest signings Fred V and Grafix. These boys are becoming slick at filling the room and dropping massive new crowd pleasing remixes of Emil Sande, Camo and Krooked and their most recent, Madeon’s ‘Icarus’. For those of you who are familiar with one of Camo and Krooked’s latest tracks ‘The Lesson’, you would have noticed the line up also included a new face in the form of 26 year old Manchester boy Liam Kelly, aka Skittles. Blasting hip hop vibes and having as much chat as tunes lifted the crowd no end, the best introduction to another fresh addition to the line up; DJ Craze. I only caught a bit of his set but you could quickly see why he is a World Champion DJ Winner; spinning tracks faster than you could get your skank on.
High Contrast, fresh from his Olympic soundtrack success had spot on blend of old and London Elektricity seems incapable of delivering a less than outstanding set at every opportunity. This guys passion and love for us ravers upped the emotion in the room, hundreds united together for the timeless ‘Just One Second.’ Danny Byrd was ready for a stomping, with Serocee and the legendary General Levy on the mic. He absolutely killed it, his new single ‘Blaze the Fire (Rah!)’ creating a frenzy. Netsky’s DJ set provided some of his classic, older tracks onto the radar but also treated fans to gems from his second album. The highlight of my night had to be the arrival of S.P.Y, armed with incredible vocalists Ruby Wood and Diane Charlemagne to unleash his latest tunes from ‘What The Future Holds.’ The atmosphere could not have been more electric and the South London crowd definitely gave it the seal of approval.
Camo and Krooked were perfectly placed on the line up, closing business until 6am and working like Duracell batteries to make sure we didn’t want the night to end. Big drops and glossy mixing, these two are savage at Hospitality events.
This night in Brixton seems to get better every time I go. Don’t wait and complain it’s sold out in January; it is huge with a capital H.
By Jenny Allbrook
