Delusion @ Sin City, Swansea
Sat 8 July
Trance still does pretty brisk trade in Swansea, nearly 20 years after its commercial high water mark. Delusion’s last promotion, over the May bank holiday, took global trance favourite Ben Nicky into the city’s Scene club for two consecutive sold-out nights. Turned out that that was the swansong for the Scene, however, so they’ve rocked up at stalwart Sin City for their next event – headlined by Sneijder, a Northern Irish DJ who touts a techy take on vintage trance and receives understandable love from laser-reaching sorts.
A recognised name since late last decade, Sneijder – real name Andrew Liggett; the story behind the pseudonym isn’t explained, but may well be a hat tip to trance’s Dutch roots – DJed hardcore and psytrance as a youngster before getting his head turned by Ferry Corsten in the late 90s. His productions walk the narrow path where one can be euphoric yet not cheese-covered; driving without one-dimensional monotony. That seems to be the general thrust of a Sneijder DJ set, too: the tech-trance rhythms are apparent, but with way more unabashed hands-in-the-air moments than you’d expect from the purists of that subgenre.
All in all, this night should more than sate trance heads from Swansea and beyond. Sin City will have two rooms open for this one, with the second space hosted by local techno crew Con7rol.
Tickets: £12. Info: 01792 468892 (NG)