Deafheaven and S.P.Y

Got to the gig only to find that the support act, Myrkur, who I was looking forward to seeing even more than Deafheaven, had cancelled. Apparently Amalie Bruun had come down ill. The owners of the venue could have let people know that through their website, but didn't (I checked it that morning before I left home, and I thentravelled a *long* way to be there). So they (the owners) definitely get themselves put into the annoying category.
Deafheaven's bass-player filled in for Myrkur by playing a short set of techno numbers, over which he put vocals. The audience who'd come to see two black-metal bands, proved pretty generous and accommodating to this. The set wasn't very good, and the guy's on-stage movements had something of the Ali-G about them.
I'd heard (and seen footage that suggests) that Deafheaven are boring live, but actually they weren't. They're entirely carried, though, by the energy of their drummer and vocalist - the rest of the band just stand still on stage, manifesting no energy, emotion, or anything. Overall: the experience was ok, but there's room for improvement on all fronts. Amalie - please do get well soon! I'd like to see Myrkur.

Originally from Sao Paolo but on the London drum and bass scene for the last eleven years, S.P.Y has just dropped his epic two-part Back to Basics LP. Released within six months of each other, Chapter One and Two feature collaborations with Total Science, Rene La Vice and vocal tracks from the likes of Diane Charlemagne, Grimm and DRS MC. The 24 tracks blend the uplifting drum and bass timbre of his previous LP, What the Future Holds, and his earlier Love & Hate EP, with a darker, more deeply-rooted house sound. He’s also done stonkingly good remixes with pal, DJ Marky, on Deadmau5’s ‘Strobe’, Claude von Stroke’s ‘Aundy’ and LTJ Bukem’s ‘Atlantis’, and of Chase & Status’s ‘Flashing Lights’ and Delilah’s ‘Go’. He also co-wrote the tune for the 2014 Street Child World Cup along with London Elektricity and Back to Basics collaborator Diane Charlemagne. He’s earned a spot on the bill for Tomorrowland, Global Gathering and the Electric Daisy Carnival and plays a smashing live set. The live atmosphere is ecstatic. There’s an even mix of brimming kids and old scene denizens and S.P.Y manages to cover all the bases.