When a gig involves many important looking boxes - well, amplifiers, mixer and synths, keys and many many wires, not forgetting lots of pretty whirly lights you know it'll be a cracker. Thus, Simian Mobile disco was one of those indeed. To further light up my little world, they started with 'Sleep Deprivation' a tune indeed, which created an instantly responsive and enthusiastic crowd. Not one foot wasn't a-tapping. One bloke infront even had a little strobe light on his phone at the ready, bless him.
They ran, hopped, ducked, tweaked, plugged and the suchlike with great art. The energy that those two James have is truly a gift. That and their electro pop musical talent. After a few more turbulent yet not so impressive ( simply because newer stuff from 'Temporary Pleasure' simply fails to please me personally, but ho hum) additional tracks, more goodness was released and the masterpieces such as 'Hustler' were pumped out which certainly marked a climax.

They succeeded in maintaining full complete devoted attention throughout the entire gig with their astounding enigmatic music and damn good lights. No more can be said, it was simply, purely a brilliant set with not a fault to be found. Other than that the loos were too far away, resulting in missing a bit of a track.. gutting stuff. So, the moral of the story is that we all [should] heart Simian Mobile Disco.

By Peta Richards