There really isn’t a whole lot in the way of decent gigs for lovers of techno and house (or the love child of the two – tech house), so the launch of the new Robot nights was a welcome introduction for many. Hosted at Geisha, the nights have so far been a success; in terms of both the delivery of quality sets by a range of locals as well as the continually positive and up-for-it crowd response it attracts.

Last Friday was a testament to this fact, with an excellent crowd present for the nights’ entirety as well as solid sets from each of the local DJ’s on the bill. Cam B had first set of the night and he worked through a good rotation of tracks which initially were of the slightly harder and deeper variety before working to a much more gradual tempo. This seemed to suit those that were early enough to catch the set; either ordering first drinks for the night at the bar or seated at one of the booths around the club. While the dance floor wasn’t on the go by this early stage of the night, it was quite obvious that his set was perfect for an opener and would have drawn many to shake their thang had it been a bit later on.

Continuing on the more gradual and steady tip Cam had built up to, Sallur played for the next hour and introduced an unquestionably danceable sound which saw many punters hit up the centre of the dance floor. As the club filled quite considerably, Sallur continued throwing down the upbeat tunes and his tight mixes held the transitions together quite subtly as well. By midnight, the club was nicely full and the dance floor was pretty much in full effect.

Stepping up to a packed club and a dance floor that was well and truly busting out, Sean Chee introduced his own sound by way of a myriad of quality tunes. The undeniable tribal beats teamed with the atmospheric stabs in Audiosex – G-String worked the crowd into what could best be described as a frenzy and at such an early point of his set its well timed build ups were clearly being lapped up by those dancing. Having garnered the attention of the room early on, Chee continued to drop a quality range of tracks which were joined together by mixes that balanced the two tracks in play just right every time.

Following on from the quality sets prior, Kriece worked the intimate club system with a range of tech house beats. There were many moments of straight out 4/4 tech house as well as deviant strands of darker, twisted and more minimal sounds. All of which maintained the packed dance floor throughout. Kriece easily moved through the different sounds and beats his range of tracks encapsulated and the resultant was a truly top notch two and a half hour set. There were even moments of mass shout outs and whistles in peak sections of his tunes which is usually quite a rarity at events like these. Amongst other things, it could well have been the overuse of the Jager machine which led the crowd to those actions. But either way it was apparent the crowd was loving the set on offer and this remained the case for the entirety of Kriece’s damn fine set.

Responsible for taking the club to close was MrW who proceeded to bust out a thorough set of Techno. Unrelenting beats teamed with a number of different grooves and rhythms characterized his set. Smooth and well layered mixes highlighted MrW’s track selections which consisted of many familiar and some not so familiar tunes. The crowd’s previous exposure to the Techno genre and whether or not they were actually fans of it didn’t seem to matter as almost everyone in the room was busting out to the set at hand. The change in tempo at such a late time of night seemed to be the perfect way to take the night to close and so there were still a stack of people dancing until the very last track.

So it can be said then, that the latest installment of the Robot nights was quality. And kick ass. Indeed. Some may wonder why this review is so long given it was only local DJ’s on the bill, but that’s the thing – it’s a regular night so good that not to write this much would surely be a crime against awesomeness. Every set was quality and the crowd was notably cool. Whilst a good proportion of the crowd was obviously there specifically for the beats on offer, there were still many who were either Geisha regulars or random blow ins who were loving it just as much as anyone else.

Yes Robot is good. Try it next time. You won’t be disappointed.