Overmono review – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle
Old Royal Naval College, London Playing their biggest headlining gig to date, the Russell brothers are in a bouncy mood, though their grandstanding rave melodies
Old Royal Naval College, London Playing their biggest headlining gig to date, the Russell brothers are in a bouncy mood, though their grandstanding rave melodies lose some punch in an outdoor environment In the age of shortform video supremacy, there has been a great deal of angst about the authentic club music experience being rendered a vapid spectacle.
Stop expecting DJs to be social media stars, put your phones away on the dancefloor, close your eyes and lose yourself in the beats, goes the revanchist wisdom. It’s understandable, but worries about superstar DJs stomping on the face of the pure rave experience are almost 30 years old now.
It is decades since the Prodigy, Chemicals, Orbital and Fatboy Slim lit up festival stages and the charts. And anyway, spectacles can be fun –
and funny – and so can dance music. Continue reading...
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