REBŪKE
Sin City, Swansea
Fri 29 Nov
The person officially tasked with writing about the sound Reuben ‘Rebūke’ Keeney is pushing at the moment seems to be more puzzled than its exponentially growing audience. “A soundclash of house, techno and rave (yes, rave) records from the early 90s.” Yes, rave! Anyone who thinks the countless hours of brilliant bosh from that era is unsalvageable needs to get their mind right, frankly – and Rebūke, an Irishman with a profile and style which also appeals to creatined-up tech-housers and sleek metalbasher technoheads a la Adam Beyer, could be the man to help.
Hailing from Letterkenny, his first few releases have been picked up by some of the biggest labels in today’s dance culture: Claude VonStroke’s Dirtybird, Defected offshoot DFDT and the ubiquitous Hot Creations. The latter released Rebūke’s Along Came Polly in late 2018 after months of championing by tech-house monarch Jamie Jones; the track’s foursquare chugging beat is belied by a weird scrapey synth effect like you might have found on a Plastikman record in the 90s. He’s also done covers of rave classics by the likes of Moby and 2 Bad Mice, in turn played by names like Solardo. Here as part of a tour titled Erā, Southampton DJ Ronnie Spiteri is his chosen support.
Tickets: £12. Info: 01792 468892 / www.sincityclub.co.uk (NG)
