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for reasons that are of no interest to anyone,
last weekend i found myself massively out of my usual comfort zone at a 3 day festival in butlins, minehead.
the weekend was billed as a ‘we love ibiza‘ themed weekend,
first up when it came to what i wanted to check out was the ‘symphonic ibiza‘ live band.
which if i am to be brutally honest, is an updated variation of the james last thing.
now, before you think i am throwing out a diss re james last/symphonic ibiza, you could not be more wrong.
i love the brilliance of james last and how he twisted classics from the 70s into new danceable forms, and have indeed posted on this blog about his thing a few times over the years.
hence when a large live band set up, led by a long haired demonstrative man in a shiny silver suit performing a chunk of well known club classics, then of course, there is an obvious connection to be made.
and yes, i enoyed every bloody minute of it.
genuinely.
as for the rest of the weekend ?
well, there were a few live acts, but i mostly missed out on those as they were during sunlight hours,
and as the sunshine was out for the first time in months, that became the priority.
subsequently the rest of the long weekend was about the name djs.
most of which i was not overly involved with.
other than a relative newcomer, ‘kc lights‘, who i had checked out and realised that we connected via a love for french disco and possibly even some bloghouse.
headed over to check his set out and most definitely threw some shapes.
yeah, there were my bootleg faves, ‘the cut up boys‘, but as they were hemmed into the theme of the weekend, suspect they played it safe with their selections, but i do recall there being some chunks of ‘wtf‘ moments during their excellently executed mix-n-match set.
all that aside, i did make one unexpected discovery.
following on from a recent session at fabric, the main bar of the venue, ‘the inn on the green‘, had been given over to a collective known as ‘housework‘ for the whole weekend.
i expected this to involve random djs playing generic non-descript grooves.
instead, they provided some of the best times of the weekend.
their whole happy crowd pleasing ethos was a breathe of fresh air.
nu-grooves alongside old ibiza classics via a modern twist were thrown together in a way that provided the best soundtrack of the weekend, sometimes involving a live percussionist (known as ‘mr sticks’ perhaps ?) giving an unusual visual focus.
the housework team provided an amazing whole audio/visual experience within touching distance as opposed to on a stage half a mile away, giving their whole takeover a much more intimate and direct connection to the shape throwing masses.
and yeah, now i even know what their logo is all about.
housework have a dedicated session coming up in that there london involving bushwacka!, and then one of their special holiday parties over in corfu in the summer.
and you know what …
i may just be tempted.

more detail : housework – – the cut up boys