Platform 11, Pontypridd
Sun 16 Apr
While Easter’s original purpose was to celebrate a man who got brutally slaughtered and rose from the dead in the space of only three days, over time its meaning has shifted, and to many it represents an opportunity to outperform Jesus Christ by remaining ‘on it’ for a similar time span. Foul blasphemy aside, Easter Sunday in Pontypridd will see the town’s newest, and only halfway credible, nightclub lay on 12 and a half hours of bostin’ house grooves for sesh gremlins and anyone else who fancies a bit of a dance during their four-day weekend.
Topping the bill of DJs, who will be performing both inside the club and in the beer garden out back (it’s being opened for the first time, apparently), is Josh Butler. Hailing from Leeds, Josh has only been on the scene for a few years, breaking out in 2013 with early single Got A Feeling. Signed up for release by Chase & Status, it’s a perfectly pleasant chunk of machine-sliced mersh house which, nonetheless, doesn’t quite reflect the kind of directions a DJ set of his might take.
Expect a set of bassy house that’s deep in the old time sense of the word, with decorative touches of gospel, disco and techno. Hopefully, the Platform 11 bods will assign him a sensible timeslot and, out on the floor, the sesh will be plateauing throughout.
Tickets: £10. Info: facebook.com/platform11pontypridd