Collecting records from the safety and comfort of you home is fun. You can have even more fun by leaving the confines of your house and heading to club to go and hear what other people are playing. Seeing a DJ perform live is important - not only do you get to hear records you’ve never heard before, but you get to have a bop under a nice big sound system too. Another important thing is to make sure you don’t post things on a blog two months after they happen. Oh well, never mind - like Meatloaf used to say, two outta three ain’t bad. Late last year, after much anticipation a trip to the very luxurious Matter at the O2 was in order to check out contemporary house hero, Rex The Dog.
Anticipation is not always a good thing. When you’ve wanted to see someone perform for so long and are such a big fan of his productions, there is the very real danger that expectation will sadly outweigh reality. Thankfully, that was not even near the case. Rex The Dog was simply fantastic, and certainly worth the wait. Opening up with his remix of The Knife - Heartbeats, the short hour and a half to which the second room of Matter stood witness to this impressive event was crammed full of energy.
Rex was awesome and so are his records. Sadly, the only ever time I’ve heard one of his productions played live on a large sound system is when I’ve played it myself. When you’re DJing no matter how much you get into the set there is always a stage of removal between yourself and the party. Hearing for the first time two of my favourite Rex productions, Frequency and Prototype, live, on a large system, dropped by the man himself was worth the ticket price alone.
Rex the Dog is playing much closer to home at the O2 Academy Oxford on the 27th of Feb. Apparently Hot Chip are playing too - but we all know who is more important. Until then, enjoy these photos, and listen to frequency on youtube.
Tune of the night:
Rex The Dog - Frequency
Anticipation is not always a good thing. When you’ve wanted to see someone perform for so long and are such a big fan of his productions, there is the very real danger that expectation will sadly outweigh reality. Thankfully, that was not even near the case. Rex The Dog was simply fantastic, and certainly worth the wait. Opening up with his remix of The Knife - Heartbeats, the short hour and a half to which the second room of Matter stood witness to this impressive event was crammed full of energy.
Rex was awesome and so are his records. Sadly, the only ever time I’ve heard one of his productions played live on a large sound system is when I’ve played it myself. When you’re DJing no matter how much you get into the set there is always a stage of removal between yourself and the party. Hearing for the first time two of my favourite Rex productions, Frequency and Prototype, live, on a large system, dropped by the man himself was worth the ticket price alone.
Rex the Dog is playing much closer to home at the O2 Academy Oxford on the 27th of Feb. Apparently Hot Chip are playing too - but we all know who is more important. Until then, enjoy these photos, and listen to frequency on youtube.
Tune of the night:
Rex The Dog - Frequency
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