Approaching Ambar we could see a horde of people lining up to get in, immediately sensing that inside the dance floor would soon suffer from the canned-sardine effect. Nevertheless, we descended into the venue which is generally famous for its packed-out dance floor and intimate DJ setting. The intimacy began with Perth local Philly warming the crowd up for a banging night and the chunky sounds of German-born Malente, who was next in line.
Malente wasn’t playing the average electro-house tunes, he got down right dirty with funky, loud, smashed up tunes that made the dance floor inaccessible. Malente’s crowd involvement was animated – he looked like he was having just as much fun (if not more) than the party goers. He continually held us on edge with solid build-ups and chunky drops. Highlights include F*cked Up off his new album Wow! and Aston Shuffle’s remix of his classic tune Killer Application, to which he concluded the set turning the reigns over to Kid Kenobi.
Previously celebrated for his party breaks, Kid Kenobi was keen to show off his new electro style. Whilst many may have hoped for Kenobi’s funky breaks and infamous MC Sureshock’s touch, they showed no signs of disappointment with his new approach. He kept the crowd active, injecting Reel 2 Real’s I Like to Move It into his set. A little disappointing though was the repetition of Party People by The Presets (already done by Malente). A lot more memorable was Bass Kleph’s Bump Uglies and the Chemical Brother’s Salmon Dance (Crookers Remix). All in all, Kenobi once again successfully proved why he’s one Australia’s top DJs.
Next up, The Freestyler’s Aston Harvey broke up the repetitiveness of the 4/4, with the ‘20th Century Fox’ introduction followed by a solid breaks set. Aston took the end of the night into a different direction, much to the delight of the Ambar breaks massive, with a fresh Vandal mashup of Green Velvet’s La La Land and Justice’s Waters of Nazareth. He further mixed the night up by including a few drum and bass tracks, a cracker being Pink Flamingos by High Contrast. The night was left to one of Perth favourites, with Micah finishing off.
The Tonight Only spectacular was night filled with sounds to keep the whole crowd involved all night, providing nearly everything from chunky electro to breaks, drum and bass and a bit more here and there. And I’m left to wonder what the next Tonight Only will bring…
Adams83 says...
I went for Malente, and boy was I pleased to see him! Funky driving solid beats, I was jumping around like a mad monkey! Kid Kenobi was well...Kid Commercial, I could barely believe my ears when I heard Timbaland at the end of the set. *shakes head* Loved Mr Harvey's DnB finale, who doesn't luv a lill HC?! And KK redeemed himself somewhat when he and Micah settled in together to finish the night off with some great electro, and Jungalist encore by Micah. All in all a great night, too bad it couldn't be played at The Overflow, but the longer sets and therefore More Music I Say made up for the venue change. Interesting to see a variety of styles in one club night. Nice Work T.O., anytime you want to bring Malente back I'll be there with bells on!!
untitled-1 says...
sooo...u didnt realise what a poor set kid k played then???
em_bee2 says...
i wasn't a fan of kiddo's set but people seemed to enjoy it. good night all in all...all djs made it through their set