Intothefray’s other nights – that include Smack & Tickle, Game Over and more recently the succesfull Trouble Vision debut – have garnered a solid reputation as music events that consistently show host to innovative, open-minded musicians; the up-and-comers; the blog-friendly forward-thinkers… So it’s unsuprising that both Detboi and Joe And Will Ask? have graced the pelski pages before.
Drums of Death recently burst on to the scene, followed by a rapid ascent, recently appearing in mixmag and DJ mag respectively. Drums of Death is the ghostly, skeletal incarnation of Colin Bailey – a voodoo-obsessed Scottsman with a penchant for halloween make-up and dinner jackets. Spooky. His dark melodies – blending grime, garage, dubstep, old school house and techno – most resemble YoucancallmePelski favourite Drop The Lime. Its a progressive, experimental style. And his recent remix of Late Of The PIer’s indie-electro tune provides a fresh take on the much remixed band ( – think tapedeck remix of Klaxons. Yup. Fun 4X4 sillyness). His lively and innovative laptop set (in Trouble Vision’s Room 1) ought not be missed. All warping bass and 2-step rhythms:
Detboi’s an irish producer and DJ who’s banging style’s most similar to the Jamaican genre of dancehall (or sometimes ‘bashment’) – the dancefloor-friendly cousin to reggae, but Detboi incorporates all sorts: from clattering b-more drums to all-womping garage noise. Many use dancehall as a dirty word – a genre associated with cheesy tropical beats. Whatever your preconceptions of dancehall may be, don’t bracket Detboi’s inventive brand among them. Bass-heavy and booming, detboi should be a joy. A couple of months ago Detboi kindly sent Pelski a number of his tunes. Find them here:
dirty grinding electro-tech is surely crafted with only the dancefloor in mind, with their jump-up-and-down techno stompers and electro-house bangers. This London duo have been working the London circuit – now in hot demand – since their recent arrival on the scene. Support from Erol and Streetlife DJ’s can’t have done any harm either.
Joe And Will Ask? – Surge [pelski highly recommends]
Joe And Will Ask? – Monster
Mystery Jets – Half In Love With Elizabeth (Joe And Will Ask? Remix)
