Other stage
Rudimental’s riotous energy keeps the crowd bouncing like a giant exercise class, helped along by a procession of guests from George Clinton to Dizzee Rascal
It’s right around this time that I’ve started to regret not wearing wellies: the Other stage is a slopfest. The warmup DJ plays a Foo Fighters track and you’re reminded just how massive it would have been if they’d have played on the Pyramid on Friday.
But instead we have Rudimental and a mass of people slipping and sliding to their drum’n’bass anthems. For this Hackney sound system, however, it’s carnival 365 days a year. Their set is a constant shape-shifting coterie of guest singers, jumping hype men, pogoing brass players and soul, house, bass and rudeboy ragga hybrids that pump harder than Fitness First at peak time. In fact, watching them bound across the stage is enough to convince you to sign up to one on Monday.
Continue reading...by Kate Hutchinson via Electronic music | The Guardian
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