Apologies for the lack of posts over the last week or so, it's been quite a busy period for me what with assignment deadlines and other social commitments. I've also been preparing for my first official event review which will take place at a secret warehouse location in East London this weekend. The party will feature a live performance from Tigerskin and DJ sets from Cocoon's Sven Tasnadi among various other house/techno jocks. Tickets are available on RA now, and the review will hopefully be published on there soon after.

Since my last post I've had the pleasure of experiencing two of my favourite DJ's for the first time, predictably at fabric. Last Saturday Matthias Tanzmann made his fabric debut, a treat I really didn't want to miss out on. The Circo Loco resident was every bit as excellent as I expected, delivering a rhythmic session of bouncy, tribal tech-house for a good three hours or so after Craig Richards' perfectly designed warm-up set. It was a simply magnificent night, made all the more special as I didn't think I was going to make it originally. It's nights like that where fabric really asserts itself as well and truly head and shoulders above the rest. Room 1 had such an upbeat, frolic ambiance which despite it's reputation and brilliance, is not always the case, but Tanzmann knew how to work the crowd in such a way. Yesterday was Sven Väth's highly anticipated touchdown at EC1 for one of his legendary Cocoon nights. The hype surrounding the night was unavoidable considering it was apparently Papa Sven's first ever time at fabric. But by no means was it just his magnificent 4 hour all-vinyl set that the night had to offer. His disciples on the night included Oner Özer, who followed Väth in Room 1 with a powerfully narcotic minimal groove, Illario Alicante and Dinky in Room 2 and Jozif and Craig Richards together in Room 3. To my dismay, Jozif's tragically early slot was in the past by the time we got in, and Craigy didn't quite do it for me the same way he always does when he's at the helm in the main room. Downstairs was at times uncomfortably crowded, especially during Väth's opening couple of hours. The bass-chamber which is Room 2 was surprisingly enjoyable, Illario Alicante was on top form, as was Dinky who closed proceedings with two elegant hours of deep tech-house. Overall Tanzmann edged it slightly though. Cocoon was obviously essential on my hit list but as so often is the case with extremely high-profile nights at fabric (e.g. any time Ricardo Villalobos makes an appearance), things were just a little too stuffy for the most part.

Now time for some music. Again, this is an entirely independent post so I wont pigeonhole anything too much, it's no more than just a collection of some of the outstanding records I've been listening to over the last couple of weeks. Chris will be back with Now We Rave shortly with a review of a recently attended event in Bristol, and I'm mentally compiling the next Sorry I'm Minimal delivery too.

Arne Weinberg - Paralyzed Tribes (Kurt Degiorgio Remix)


Ernesto Ferreyra - Cenote Trip


Slam - Azure (The Black Dog's Corn Beefy Mix)


Tony Rohr - Oddmekanix


Emeka - Bullerengue


Timid Boy - Entreat


Appleblim & Ramadanman - Void 23


Anonym - Go Deeper (Kenny Larkin Remix)


Decimal - Death Song


Egbert - Haasten


Tiga - Sex O'Clock (Mathias Aguayo Remix)


Daniel Steinberg - Move Your Body


Umek - Ljubljana


Rene Breitbarth - Move Me (Matthias Meyer & Patlac Remix)


Reset Robot - La Porte


And finally, for old times sake one of my all time favourite house anthems...

Kerri Chandler - Déja Vú