Dirty Laundry CD Launch @ Revolver Upstairs, Melbourne (03/07/08)
On a wet and windy winter’s Thursday night, a cool, trendy and extremely fashionable crowd braved the cold to hit Revolver for a CD launch. Not surprisingly, no dirty laundry here as these smartly attired youth squeezed into the front room, not seeming to mind being caged in, standing on couches and anything else to get a better look. Knocking down free Jagermeister shots like it was good for their health, these young peeps of the South side of the river were up and ready for who they’d come to see – Dirty Laundry.
Melbourne club fiends Dirty Laundry have been slowly building their name across the nation for the past few years, playing various venues and festivals. Finally though, they have launched their long-awaited debut single and album. Disco Infected is the name of the single and having already been successfully picked up beyond the club scene with some much deserved exposure and airplay, Dirty Laundry have already made their mark in the industry.
Before Dirty Laundry hit the stage, CC Martini provided her sassy, sexy yet in your face sound to the crowd. Her sound, a mix of pop, hip hop and rock, wasn’t really appreciated by this trendy lot though, but she battled on, giving it obviously all she got, as I suspect she does at all her performances. A tough chick with a lot to share, I gather that CC Martini would be better suited to a different crowd unfortunately. But this rapper/singer/songwriter sure had some power and some followers down the front who gave her support while the place started to become packed by the end of her performance.
If you don’t know Dirty Laundry’s sound, it’s a mash-up of house, electro and disco and true to what I’d read, their live show showcased their mash-up approach to performance. Starting off with next single to be released Hate Me, the heaving crowd roared and didn’t seem to mind that the front room had turned into one of the tightest spaces I’ve ever seen it to be. From here on, Dirty Laundry treated us to a combination of original tracks, including Talking Man, The Doctor and Shake off the debut album, along side some mean as mash-ups! The ones that took my eye were one that featured Crookers’ The Salmon Dance, The Presets’ My People, Justice feat. Uffie’s The Party and Herve’s Cheap Thrills plus Dirty Laundry throwing over the top lyrics, sax and percussion!
Another wicked one was Armand Van Helden’s I Want Your Soul (Crookers remix) mashed with Missy Elliot’s Lick Shots, and also Robin S vs Angello & Laidback Luke’s Show Me Love vs Be (Hardwell remix) with the Laundry doing their thing. The mash-ups were mad and the crowd just loved it! The room was just one big sweaty mess and as Dirty Laundry finished up on their single Disco Infected, you could tell that all that were there, despite it being a weeknight, were pleased that they came.
Revolver is the kind of venue that it doesn’t matter which day (or night) of the week it is, it always seems to pull an interesting trendy crowd from the surrounding Prahran, Windsor, South Yarra and the like. Live act Dirty Laundry certainly caused a stir this night, where they put on a stellar performance for this CD launch and showed Melbourne that this CD is absolutely not the last we’re going to see of them… They are definitely in for the long haul.
Check out Dirty Laundry’s intergalactic video intro to their new album…
