The two best things about D:Percussion are a) the anticipation leading up to the day, finding out who’s playing and where and such forth, and b) bumping into people you never see any other time of the year. Everything else is just a bonus.
Bonuses this time around included Elektrons’ tight, funky, lithe set full of northern soul, with just a little disco and hip-hop thrown in for good measure. Let’s crown Justin and Luke the kings of Manchester and be done with it. They’d be humble, noble rulers. Also, The Whip were dependably ace, with ‘Trash’ in particular being suitably rabble-rousing. Also, FC Kahuna’s jackin’ electro-house DJ set was just the tonic as the night started to draw in.
There’s always something that pisses on your chips though, be it Norman Jay’s patronising early rave set, the non-event of Badly Drawn Boy’s mini-appearance or the sheer lack of any well-stocked bars past 6pm. That’s what D:Percussion was always about though, wasn’t it? Hopefully someone will do something similar, yet altogether different this time next year. It can’t fail, can it?
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