Strictly Techno @ The Garage, Swansea
Sat 1 July
“Going out tonight Steve?”
“Yeah, thinking about it.”
“Oh right, where to?”
“Night called Strictly Techno, at the Garage.”
“Sounds good pal, what do they play?”
“Errrrr.”
Well, at least they cleared up any ambiguity as to what’s on offer – techno, and plenty of it. The Swansea crew welcome Amelie Lens, Belgian purveyor of dark, sinewy 4/4 beats and feline enthusiast (check her Instagram to follow the escapades of her two cats) to this knees-up at the Garage, which usually plays host to live gigs but occasionally branches out into big raves, such as this.
Lens has released many of her throbbing, moody productions on Second State, the label of Berlin-based techno power duo Pan-Pot, putting her in the illustrious company of the likes of Stephan Bodzin and Marcel Fengler. While her productions tend to veer towards the darker end of the techno spectrum, Lens’ DJ sets are more wide-ranging affairs. It’s a rare chance to see her indoors and in a relatively small venue: the coming months see her take on a fairly punishing festival schedule around Europe.
Support comes from Strictly Techno residents, who will be bringing jazz-funk, world grooves, liquid drum’n’bass and speed garage sounds to the party. Not really, they’ll be playing techno… Strictly Techno. Doof, doof and thrice doof.
Tickets: £10. Info: 01792 475147 (KD)