Let’s be honest. Listening to drum and bass live, vibrating in your ears and under your feet is much better than with your headphones on your daily commute. New London venue Printworks, a 16 acre complex located near Canada Water, took it one step further. Showcasing the biggest and the best dnb artists, with the help of Snowbombing, UKF and Shogun Audio, the once derelict warehouse was throbbing with heavy bass.
Printworks is definitely going for a festival vibe, but in February, it’s a little too chilly for air conditioned, vast and open spaces in the UK. To add to the vision of an outdoor event, a locker and token system is put in place, along with a deposit scheme for the keys, so I would highly recommend attendees leave coats and bags at home, if possible.
From the downstairs entrance area, on the way to the main room, you walk through a dark and dingey industrial area and through an air conditioned bar area, which does become a god send for when you want to take a rave break. The main room is glorious, and unlike anything I’ve seen before. It is comprised of a long narrow galley with large stage at the front, lifted two or three feet above the ground.
The ten hour day rave opened with British producer Feed Me, previously signed to Deadmau5’s Mau5trap label, who played electro house tracks from 2010 album Feed Me’s Big Adventure and Calamari Tuesday from 2013. Jonathan Gooch, or also known as Spor, hyped up the crowd and created the perfect segway into 1991’s performance.
Drum and bass newcomer under the name of 1991, this artist has been heralded as on par with the likes of Chase & Status and the next act at the UKF show, Dimension. Having exploded over the past year, the crowd loved 1991’s “Nine Clouds”, an ethereal and enlightening track which suited the epic venue. As well as this, “Bohemian” from 1991’s newest EP Dim Sum brought an industrial sound to the event.
Anthem-creator Dimension and UKF Music regular wowed the crowds with “Love To Me” and Friction brought a different perspective with Caribbean influences with “Bring It Back” and “All Nite”. Belgian Netsky shut down with dnb class “High Alert” and collaboration with Emeli Sande in “Thunder” which was the ideal transition into Sub Focus’ finale.
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