Warp20. Has it really been 20 years? That makes it almost the same age as me. Whilst it seemed like all the UK Warp love got dropped up in Sheffield (the label's hometown) what with the likes of Clark, Squarepusher, Harmonic 313, Hudson Mohawke (Hell's Bells I wanna see that guy live) and Andrew Weatherall bringing the noise, the London lineup wasn't half bad.
Highlight of the night had to be Flying Lotus, who more or less shredded the place, but the Plaid classics set was a treat too. I really enjoyed Nice Nice, having not really heard anything by them before. Definitely another band deserving of further investigation. Battles were probably good, I dunno. There's been a lot of hype round these guys, but I can't remember a thing about their set. It's quite likely we missed it completely anyway...
Up in Room 2, Nightmares on Wax and Strictly Kev were both fantastic. I could quite happily have stayed there all night if it hadn't been for the lure of Room 1. Kev is seriously awesome and has never failed to impress. If you've never seen him doing the DJ thing, then you really oughta do something about it. Nightmares on Wax will always hold a special place in my brain, having had his stuff on almost non-stop rotation during my first year at university, and it was pretty brilliant to finally see him live.
Also packaged with the ticket cost was a Warp20 compilation CD thing, which I've still not had a chance to check out. Whilst it's a nice touch, I kinda feel they just threw it in there as an excuse to bump up the ticket prices for the night, which is a little cheeky, but it's still a nice souvenir!
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