The LMG Party with PH Fat + the Nomadic Orchestra + 7ft Soundsystem (25 May)
Think of the Your LMG party as that plate of high-taste salad those professional chefs prepare. The ones where you’re like this is too bizarre a combination of ingredients. You’ve never even liked two out of the three components. But you take a bite anyways. And then the funky brilliance of the randomness hits you. In the case of the LMG salad, the chef threw in some digital dub, Balkan-infused instrumentals, and some bass-rap to top it off. This seemingly random musical assortment made for one high energy mesh of body moving and loving introductions to unexplored genres of jamming. Party goers were fortunate to have their dancing muscles warmed up by some digital chillness provided by 7ft Soundsystem, who kicked off the night with an edubucation for me on my inner love for dub. A trumpet sounds and the robotic reggae-induced Mercury suddenly transforms into a circus show. Nomadic Orchestra has the musical powers to bring out the most boring oke’s inner gypsy. Proficiency in the art of gypsy punk dance need not be required to enjoy this set; Nomadic’s instrumental orchestrations naturally directs bodies to the balkan beat in the most easternly of swaggers. The in-your-face presence of PH Fat suddenly warps Mercury from an Eastern European dancehall into the most absurd of otherworldly parties. The hyphy trio manages to get a crowd going in the unlamest of ways (I suppose you could say I’ve had trouble taking electronic-rap acts seriously in the past). While a ‘Das Racist’ style of playful delivery orchestrates the bopping of heads, the bass heaviness behind the rhymes alters the soundwaves of Zonnebloem and forces hands to be thrown in the air. Stand still and you’d feel like the only one not struck by a bizarre urge to move, a feeling which tied three seemingly unconnected genres throughout the night. When finally digested, the Your LMG party was an infectiously good time of three distinct ‘get your body moving’ flavors of energy.
http://soundcloud.com/7ftsoundsystem
http://soundcloud.com/thenomadicorchestra
http://soundcloud.com/phfat