22.10.10

Metro clubs column today: Happy Birthday Trouble Vision/Deviation

You can read the Metro column in its full glory here. Alternatively here it is. And seeing as it's Friday it's got to be an excuse to post loads of DJ Zinc youtube vids:












CLUBS

Deviation
Trouble Vision

Tomorrow’s Deviation is a double celebration for founder Benji B: it’s Deviation third birthday and after eight years on 1Xtra, last week Benji B made his Radio 1 debut ‘exploring future beats’.

Deviation (and Benji’s radio show), eases through superficially unrelated music, linking for example, Slum Village’s dreamy hip hop soul, Wiley’s punchy grime, Dam Funk’s mesmeric synths and Skream’s devastating dubstep.

Deviation’s birthday guests Theo Parrish and Kode 9 specialize in underground music without boundaries: Detroit-based Parrish is a sound sculptor (his specialization at art school) who rails against genre straitjacketing. Stirring soul, heady disco, nourishing house and funky techno are part of the same lineage, and how he joins these dots – through re-edits and working the mixer like an instrument - has to be heard to be believed.

Kode 9’s set will personify the futuristic, thoughtful output of his influential Hyperdub label, and traverse apocalyptic dancehall, ghostly garage, android soul, surreal funky house, and beyond.

Tonight’s Trouble Vision is also a birthday celebration as the night honouring garage-inspired music is two: DJ Zinc, who’s been at the top of the Brit-bass game for over 15 years (he’s behind jungle classic Super Sharp Shooter, garage anthem 138 Trek and 2010’s ragga-house sensation Wile Out with Ms Dynamite), stars. MJ Cole and the unsung Zed Bias play ‘history of garage set’ back-to-back encompassing sing-a-long, champagne-swigging two-step, and the eerie, minimal instrumentals that inspired dubstep.

Room two stars masked DJ/producer SBTRKT’S throbbing bass and techno contortions, and Scuba’s deep blends of sub bass and house/ techno, which have made his Hotflush label, the toast of Berlin.

Tonight, Trouble Vision, Corsica Studios, Elephant Road SE17, 10pm to 6am, £10 adv, £12. Tel: 020 7703 4760.

Tomorrow, Deviation, Cable Studios, Bermondsey Street SE1, £10adv, £12 door. Tube: London Bridge.