On Saturday night I got to see Andy C, my all time favourite DJ, live at WOMB, Tokyo. He started his set at about 1:30am and played through till 4 am and showed off some of the fastest, tightest and most incredible mixing I have ever seen. The man had a giant stage presence and knew how to pump up the crowd and have them hanging off every bass line, mix and drop.
He played on 3 turntables, flawlessly mixing between each one. Dropping track upon track, switching and filtering bass lines and I was 2m away from him the whole set and was able to watch the master work his mixer. A fucking amazing experience!
Andy C dominates! I’ve seen him 4 times. He destroys the club every time and will play tracks from the breadth of drum n bass styles and will stray from RAM Records when necessary. I actually can’t think of a dj who doesn’t produce* who I like more.
*disclaimer - Andy C does produce but he is not that great at it and not known for his production
Nicky Romero, not my favorite producers by any means, but he was actually an awesome mixer. And i went to see Knife Party, but that was just insane, i remember like 50% of it. haha
I’ve been wanting to see Andy C for YEARS. I’m booked to spin before him at a festival next month, and I cannot possibly tell you how excited I am.
I’d have to say that even including all of the old schoolers I’ve played with or seen like roni size, aphrodite, bachelors of science, john b, planet of the drums, etc. the BEST Drum n Bass set I’ve EVER seen was Camo & Krooked. I have NO idea how those kids are so talented. They’re only my age and BOTH producing some of the best DnB out there right now, AND playing the most impressive set I think I’ve ever seen.
If you haven’t seen them, even if you’re not into the newer electro-jump up style DnB, go watch them spin. It’s ludicrous next-level constant-triplets shit. I knew every track they played and they weren’t even playing edits… I could gush about how inspiring their set was for ever.
I’ve seen him 3 times. Technically, he’s an amazing dj, but his selection is awful these days.
Randall is a fantastic DJ who doesn’t produce. He plays similar to Andy C, mixes fast with lots of double drops, but his selection is much better IMO. Dieselboy is also an incredible dj that doesn’t really produce. Though his selection sucks too.
Not my favourites, but James Blake and Falty DL positively blew my mind a couple of nights ago. James Blake was only billed for an hour set, he played around 2 hours and dug deep, after the first hour just took us on an incredible musical journey.
Back on topic, jealous of you lot who have seen Andy C… one day I’ll get to see him. Sad to hear his selection is getting a bit off though…
I’d love to see D Bridge sometime, that guy is something else. Goldie would be great to see too.
Last time I saw him was about a year ago… He was definitely better when Nightlife 2 dropped in 2004 the first time I saw him as the energy never dropped. He has tended to play a section of neuro in his sets but still smashes it where it counts. I’m with octostout. Camo and Krooked is the best Jump DnB set I have seen followed closely by Chase & Status, TC or Netsky. Actually I saw Camo and Krooked with two of my all time favorite producers Logistics and High Contrast a couple of months ago, compared to C&K, logistics and High Contrast were kinda boring.
