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Late
Lounge is held at Britain's National Theatre on London's South Bank, with the
heady promise of "hip hop meets house, soul hooks up with electronica and jazzy
breaks join Afro beats with visuals, film, live music and stunning river views".
The Terrace Cafe's atmosphere of the had a casual, nonchalant
feel to it - like a bar where everybody just meets up for a chat and a pint. It
might have been the National Theatre, but Britain's pub culture made for a
dressed down, friendly atmosphere, with the DJ left to his own devices. The
unassuming nature of the event even extended to the motion graphics
accompaniment by Mickey Hole and Anna 'Glypta' Nyman, which was quietly
projected on a far wall.
The duo who call themselves
A Man Called Adam were on the decks for the night's
edition of Late Lounge, although one of the pair, Sally Rodgers, seemed to be
nowhere in sight, leaving Steve Jones to work the 1's and 2's himself (this
writer was also slightly late and could have missed her set if she had played
earlier).
Jones' eclectic set started off with a few really old reggae tracks before it
moving on to more chilled, unobtrusive tunes, a move which encouraged people to
keep chatting - a bit of a waste since the music was spot on. A few tripped-out
tunes later, and it was on to some quirky electro stuff in the
Warp and
Rephlex
mould.
Then, out of nowhere, the introductory riff of
The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man"
began blasting from the speakers... perhaps a none too subtle signal from a DJ
who was getting tired of providing sonic wallpaper. Just when you thought it
couldn't get any weirder, Jones ended the set with
Justin Timberlake's (yes, of
N Sync N-famy) "Cry Me A River", summing up a night of unarguably eclectic
music.
-Words and Pic:
Wensheng |
