Joy Orbison, the moniker of Peter O’Grady, is a London DJ and producer who’s created quite a personal style of bass-heavy Techno, which also draws on elements of Dubstep, Garage and old school Jungle. His two-hour set at the Oval Space in London last year was a display of the biggest tracks currently out there, and there was much deftness in the transitions, pacing, and builds of the music. Joy Orbison is definitely the kind of DJ who plays to the room - his sets are fun, buoyant, and at times he’ll throw in a Bill Withers or Milly Vanilly vocal, but always punctuated with his hard hitting basslines. The Oval set was rounded off with the now staple segue of Swims, Ellipsis, and finally BRTHDTT. The atmosphere was ecstatic, a reaction you can tell Joy Orbison is always going for. The crowd was a mix of ages, perhaps not surprising given the strong ‘old-school’ influence that characterised not only Joy Orbison’s set but the whole night’s worth. It really showed how steeped in UK dance music he is, and the attention to detail, not only in his mixes but also in his own original tracks, proves, to me at least, that much of the buzz surrounding him is justified.
Courtney Barnett
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