O’FLYNN
Get Funky @ Vale Warehouse, Cardiff
Fri 4 Oct
People who like to stay in the city centre on nights out’s loss – yes, they are a recognised group – is Cardiff promoters Get Funky’s gain, as their initial plan to have London house hypemagnet O’Flynn headline in Kongs was nixed when the demand for tickets became apparent. It’s moved to Vale Warehouse, which is about halfway between Canton and Penarth and substantially bigger; tickets are running low at the time of writing nevertheless, so it’s surely a punter-pleasing gesture.
The musical pseudonym of Ben Norris (it’s his mum’s maiden name), O’Flynn released his debut 12” in 2015 and has been stitching together an inspiration-patchwork of deep house, techno, ambient and African percussive sounds ever since, to increasing audiences. The patronage of people like Four Tet and Bonobo hasn’t hurt, and neither has his patience in releasing a well-crafted debut album rather than chucking together some water-treading fare.
That album, Aletheia, was released in early September, and as is often the case with club types’ artist albums, is a mite more downtempo and, hmm, cosmic than his singles. Will this DJ set echo its direction? Given that Norris is DJing for the entire night, 11pm-4am, I’d expect tempos to please varied tastes.
Tickets: £12. Info: 07880 327577 / [email protected] (NG)