LS2: Clubs

New Bohemia: Soundwave launch party

The Faversham 26/02/2010

The Fav became awash with summertime hopes and dreams last Friday, as the Soundwave launch party kicked off at the renowned venue. To say the night was busy would be an utter understatement; tickets sold out for the event well early on in the day. The New Bohemia event marked the debut of one of the most hotly anticipated acts of 2010 in Leeds; I am of course speaking about Joy Orbison, the 22 year old from Croydon who has been infecting people with his soft and poignant dance music. His music has been described as a ‘lovingly-crafted late-night evolution of house and UK garage’, and I found it quite frankly sick, just enough to make me dance but also a very it possesses a very eerie mellow sound. On a similar music vein preceding Orbison was Floating Points, whose music has been placed somewhere between Flying Lotus and Daft Punk. FP also managed to conduct a good set, managing to increase the summer and festival buzz evident in the little pub.

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