SINK NIGHT 001
I spent last Friday evening at my local B&Q admiring their range of sinks - some stainless steel, some marble, some white ceramic, even a cream granite sink. Both sleek and stylish... As the title suggests, this was not the first night I will spend admiring sinks.
Alright, that was a joke - apologies if my sudden fascination with sinks and B&Q alienated you. I can assure you, this is still a safe space.
At this point I assume you're wondering, what the fuck is SINK NIGHT 001? Let me enlighten you.
I spent last Friday evening at my local B&Q...
Okay, I really spent last Friday evening at the beloved Liverpool skate shop/live-music venue Lost Art, based in the Baltic on Brick St. It's a beautiful store, with wonderful staff and on this night, it was infiltrated with the cities' 'Nutshell' by day, 'Glue' by night, type hipsters - yes, that includes myself. Like moths, we were all drawn to Lost Art that evening, to witness the beauty which was Liverpool's first SINK NIGHT - a night full of experimental bassy ambience, organised by the label 'Sink Recordings' and its foremen Greystreak and Roscoe Fox (monikers).
So, there we stood, each nursing sweaty beverages and conversations, soundtracked by damwmssni (an acronym for 'don't ask me what my social security number is') before the first scheduled act, and subsequently between the rest of the line-up. A witty moniker, the two had a sonic chemistry that emanated from their set, and their feel-good energy filled the room.
Roscoe Fox opened the night with an interesting set, both ambient yet bass-heavy - at times it felt like the techno equivalent of Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring'. Fox provided an enjoyable set, and the quieter parts granted dancers a much-needed breather before their next dance-off when the bass is punching.
Following Fox was Bristol-based producer/DJ Yau Hei (ASJ), who took the bass that Fox teased at times and ran with it. Experimental in nature, her energy was infectious, as we watched her jump behind the decks and pour her vocals into the autotuned mic, rushing through the sound system into our ears.
Greystreak, like the name suggests, brought a darker tone to the sonic scapes of Lost Art that evening - his baritone vocals and abyss-like droning bass fills had an almost post-punk sound to them.
SINK NIGHT 001 ended with NTS Radio resident BFFT, who brought the lighter tone right back. Would it be cliché to say that he ended the night on a high? Well, it's true, and I suppose clichés are clichés for a reason. All of us, grumpy by day hipsters, were grinning, dancing, and socialising - so, SINK NIGHT 001, was a success, and you should catch them next, or you can do what I did, and admire the sinks in B&Q... or did I?
