C=T sent contributor El Güero down to Colfax to take in a night of floor bumpin’ beats with MiM0SA leading the charge.
The Fillmore was packed with young bass fanatics the Saturday before Halloween, everyone was costumed up and full of energy. I saw a ton of Where’s Waldos, some clever use of light ropes on black backgrounds to make glowy stick men, and a lot of people who just looked like they were dressed as ravers. Made me a little nostalgic seeing all the kids getting lightshows and hittin’ the Vick’s.
Sleepyhead opened, laying down some solid tracks that ranged from standard wobbly dubstep to to eclectic tribal sounds while the room filled up. Ginz (James Ginzburg – http://www.multiverse-music.com/) followed, with, well let’s face it – moar dubstep. By now the place had gotten pretty crowded and it was really feeling like a party, the energy a dubstep loving bass hungry crowd puts back is always super impressive, especially seen from the side where the sea of arms pumping is like a pulsing wave.
Kastle came next and had mixed success keeping the energy going that Sleepyhead and James Ginzburg had built up, he was on the mic a lot trying to get the crowd going, but then he played a lot of vocal heavy UK Garage, which never plays well in the big room. Before Mimosa came on was an unheard of break of what felt like ages, (was about 20 minutes).
They played some Burial, which I love ordinarily but *snore* and a track by Die Antwoord which got everybody hyped and really got into the set, almost enough to stop complaining about where’s Mimosa.
Mimosa came out in a blaze of light, the entire wall behind him had been dead and dark and suddenly light up with leds and bright floods aimed out at the crowd. The energy (and the volume) tuned up about 100% instantly and he blasted the auditorium with a wall of bass. Well worth the wait. Happy Halloween 😉 — El Güero
MiM0SA
Kastle
