We arrived at midnight, the place was pretty dead in comparison to a normal night at the SU, but hey ho. At least the drinks were an alright price.
For tonight a massive soundsystem from 'Unleashed' was brought in and speakers were either side of the stage. I felt the bass through my whole body it was crazy.
I didn't realise how many people were on pills untill I queued for the toilet cubicles. Only to realise that everyone else in the queue couldn't see straight or stop their jaw from dancing independently from their body.
The night was a bit of a sausagefest, but thats standard when you play in a small place like plymouth and dubstep/drum and bass community is more male populous.
Benga played an amazing set 1 til 2, accompanied by mc pokes and mc youngman.
Skream joined Benga midway and the two continued til 3am. Playing some classics and also their new project magnetic man, which I am a currently loving. I advise spotifying, buying or downloading the album. From 'Perfect Stranger' to their first single 'I Need Air' as well as Katy B's 'On a Mission' the crowd was mental for it.
As the night drew to a close round 2.50am the crowd knew the music was soon to end therefore went all out. The SU security had been telling the MC's to make people move back throughout the night otherwise they would stop the music.
Well by the time it came to 3am the crowd didn't care, and 'In for the Kill' was on. The security then turned the lights on and decided it was over...
But o no ! They didn't count on people still dancing whilst being exposed to bright florescent lighting (which properly won't be there too much longer with all the budget cuts) and so we danced on !. The MC's got a chant of 'When I say Benga you say SKream' Benga' 'SKRRREAAAMMM' Skream realising he had little time left mixed in the tune that all security hate
Killing in the name of..
It was the perfect song to end on, the event had been shut down by 'The Man' and the people wanted to rebel. The head of security physically had too get up on the 1 foot stage and put his hands on the turntables and start ushering Skream and Benga to oneside.
They left the stage and the crowd followed them outside. I got a handshake off both, and a quick soundbite of SKream.
Skream ;'Thats the fifth riot i've caused this year'
Me ' What happened ?'
Skream; 'The security get too anger'
All in all a sick show and kudos to Unleashed for supplying that massive base, lets just hope the Security haven't put the two dj's from returning to Plymouth again. Below is a picture which goes to show that true artists keep n playing even when they are told not to. And the crowd will always keep on dancing.
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