Last Friday night Spectrum was launched at The Electric in Brixton (formerly The Fridge). Being a bit of a Fridge veteran I have long lamented its closure, admittedly it did get a bit gritty at the end there and became notorious for all the wrong reasons. I was optimistic about its reopening however and I certainly was not disappointed. The building has been beautifully refurbished with just the right tone and high spec sound and lighting systems. How great too that one of the UKs best known club brands will be holding a regular night at the Electric and bringing their range of dance music to one of London’s best venues. I was a little worried when I first arrived as there did not seem to be many people there and as the Japanese Popstars were already in full swing with their techno bass banging on the walls, it seemed a bit of a waste. They were only warming up though and within fifteen minutes the whole place was jammed with clubbers who really were there for a good time. The dance floor was rammed suddenly and the Japanese Popstars obvious enthusiasm was clearly infectious - Justice meets Dubstep with a bit of Daft Punk thrown in for good measure is the best way I can find to describe it, literally, as they sampled some Daft Punk for their last tune- the crowd did go mad for them!
There followed a night of absolutely hammering music, some proper mash ups from the Stanton Warriors that had the whole place jumping and waving and a lot of swaying and hip swinging when Jabwok was playing heaving Dubstep. This was an amazing night of bass led music and the people were really up for it.
I barely sat down all night I just had to keep dancing and I didn’t manage to leave the main room as the music was so good where I was, the lights were dazzling the people friendly- really friendly actually which was a welcome change. My only criticism might be that the dance floor was like an ice rink when it was wet which it was most of the night whilst folk staggered back and forth trying to dance with their pints, ladies leave your stilettos at home. Tickets were £15 in advance which seemed a pretty good deal considering the line up and I for one will be back for another feast of earsplitting, grimy, dirty electro!
Published on 12 October 2011 by Cathi Moore
