ANNIE MAC | CLUBS PREVIEW + COMPETITION
Dublin-born superstar DJ Annie Mac brings her 2014 Annie Mac Presents (AMP) tour to Y Plas, Cardiff this Friday, for what promises to be an unforgettable night of electronic music. T
he 36 year old BBC Radio 1 DJ’s career continues to reach new heights, recently presenting and executive producing Channel4’s Superstar DJs: With Annie Mac, as well as taking the summer festivals by storm, absolutely smashing her sets at Glastonbury, Leeds, Reading, Global Gathering, and Parklife, to name just a few.
Mac has been setting global and UK trends in electronic music for several years via her longstanding residency at Camden’s KOKO and her Friday night BBC Radio 1 show. Since 2012 she has also released annual compilations celebrating the artists and records that she has been consistently playing that year on the radio, as well as at club nights up and down the country.
The popularity of the AMP compilation series’ is clear to see not only because of their multi-platinum status, but also because of the subsequent rise of many of the artists featured. Duke Dumont, Sigma, Keisza & Clean Bandit, Jamie XX, FKA Twigs, Caribou and Nautic (all of whom feature tracks on 2014’s AMP) have all benefitted from Mac’s AMP series, and many artists have become regularly audible in the download charts, partly thanks to Mac’s influence. Always one to champion new music, AMP 2014 also includes 4 new exclusive tracks from Tiga, Alex Adair, Lapsley, Hannah Wants, and Chris Lorenzo.
As the electronic music scene continues to flood into the mainstream, the AMP 2014 compilation, and AMP live shows have never felt like a more accurate reflection of the popular music zeitgeist. If you’re into dance music, this one really is a no brainer.
words HARRI G. DAVIES
Y Plas, Cardiff, Fri 21 Nov. Tickets: ÂŁ25 (Sold Out). Info: 029 2078 1400 / www.cardiffstudents.com
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