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Blunted Presents asked me if I would like to do a little write-up of my Fabric night after they gave me free tickets. How could I say no? So first off, big thanks for the tickets! I am a bit partial to Fabric (as I am a FabricFirst member and think of Fabric as London’s top club) but I have to say this past Friday was the best night I’ve had out in London to date. With our combination of members and free tickets, we breezed past the friendly door staff (more on this later) and into the club without queuing.

Room 2 had an amazing drum’n’bass lineup per usual but I was blown away by the quality of the Room 1 acts. Sweat X, a raving Electrorap duo from South Africa, had the floor going mental right before Toddla T put down an epic Ragga set. Scratch Perverts were on top of their game but Patchwork Pirates had me seizing when they dropped bombs like The Proxy – Raven and Nadastrom – Pussy back to back. See that? I just listed off the entire Room 1 set list and I truly can’t pick a favorite. Being able to rave it up in Room 1 and then walk over to Room 2 and thrash to Grooverider, Chase & Status, Adam F and the like, made the night just perfect.

That’s what makes Fabric such a top-flight club. The acts they bring in are ridiculous which in turn attracts music lovers. The staff there is also on point. Bouncers are never too rude, the smoking area guy (James) is always up for a chat and the clean-up crew will rave it up with you if they have a moment. Some of my friends shy away from Fabric because of the club drugs but if that’s what’s keeping you away, fear not! Fabric is not about drugs it’s about people who love music letting go and having a wicked night. I truly believe everyone should go to Fabric once.

I’ll be back at Fabric for sure…on February 6th and 13th to be exact (check the lineups … how could you not go?!). Keep a lookout for the half-Asian youngster raving hard. That being said thanks for the tickets Blunted Presents and thanks to Fabric for being on top of your game.

Words: Sam

Sam runs a Blog called called The Free & The Rave - make sure you check it out!

Posted
January 24th, 2009

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Toddla T’s Ghettoblaster

Those of you who went to The Big Chill will have no doubt checked Toddla T. This Sheffield born and bread producer is currently tearing up dancefloors/halls/fields/tents across the land. He’s had such a profound effect on our Blunted compradre DJ Indecision that he actually felt compelled to pull his finger out and write something up about Toddla for the website… he must be good.

“People who know me well might have heard me bang on for the last 6 months about a young man named Toddla T.

I first became aware of him, when I saw this strange name was booked to play the dance tent at The Big Chill this year. Having not seen anything about his profile previously, I was intrigued. Then I saw he was slated to produce a couple of beats for a certain Mr Manuva’s new album. Hailing from Sheffield, and only at the tender age of 23, he’s really started making waves having produced Rodney’s single ‘BUFF NUFF,’ his own releases on 1965 records - ‘Manabadman’ , ‘Sound tape killin’ & ‘Fill up mi portion’

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Blending abrasive Ragga, House, Techno, Dubstep, Dancehall, Drum and Bass & Hiphop, Toddla T is, quite frankly, one of the few DJ’s I have been genuinely excited about for a long time - I’m anticipating his debut album with baited breath.

Easily the most fun I had at the Big Chill this year was, surprisingly, not chilling out - but running round like a loon for 2 hours while ‘Big T Willy’ did his thing for me and 1,999 others.  Toddla T’s Ghettoblaster is what I hope to be the first in a long line of mixes from the man himself, perfect for bumping loud before you go out on the night. Easily the best DJ mix I’ve heard this year, maybe not to everyone’s taste, but fuck it - at least he’s being original!

Now his website is up proper, you can download it for yourself, and for free! - I implore you! Go to ‘Mixes’ - The link is there as well as his mini mix for Annie Mac - bad!  Hosted by long time associate MC Serocee, this packed with lots of dirt, but above all - lots of fun!

DJ Indecision.

Indecision has recently taken over Promotions at Gramaphone in London. Anyone who wants to keep up to date with it’s goings-on, look it up on Facebook.

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October 22nd, 2008

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