Wax:on 5th birthday

On Saturday the 28th of November Wax:on celebrated its 5th Birthday at Stylus Leeds University. Since 2004 Wax:on has graced us with some of the most exciting and innovative new music, ranging from electronic dance to Dubstep. Headlining the night was Cassius the French electro-house duo, Zdar and Boom Bass have been mixing on the music scene since 1988, and Leeds was lucky enough to witness such legends in action. Second on was Belgium based band Aeroplane and one of Wax:Ons favourite DJs, Brodinski. Also playing that evening was People Get Real and Eskimo Twins.

Down in Mine the more intimate room in Stylus was The Count and Sinden. The Duo consists of Joshua "Hervé" Harvey (The Count) and Sinden. They are most well known for their track “Beeper” which features girl of the moment Kid Sister. Doorly, Jack Beats, Mumdance, Tek-one and Birthday treat, Nero were all representing down in the Mine as well.
Over the last year Nero has become the name worth dropping in both the Drum and Base and Dubstep scenes. They have remixed tracks by the likes of La Roux, Deadmau5, and The Streets.
The highlight of the night had to be Brodinski, who usually plays noisy techno, bass heavy house through to a more melodic minimal, came out of his comfort zone for the final hour and played some of the best Dubstep of 2009.

I caught up with The Count and Siden later that week, while they were producing in The Counts studio in North West London. Both mentioned how amazing the crowd in Leeds was, even though they were shattered after playing in Paris the night before. They said the energy of the crowd was so intense, as soon as they started all tiredness was forgotten. After the gig the duo said they only had 10 minutes to say a quick hello to Brodinski, Mumdance and Jackbeats before they ran out the door and set of back to London.
The Count, also known as Herve, gave me some inside information about collaborations with Armin Van Helden and A-Trak planned for 2010. They also mentioned that they have been working with Fat Boy Slim on their next current album. When asking the duo what the highlight of 2009 was they said it was having a track as big as ‘Mega’ that so many people across the board played is a huge achievement for them. They are now planning on holding a remix competition to try and get some variations of the track, which would be great for any young potential DJs to get involved with. The guys were a pleasure to talk to and are next performing in Cardiff on the 10th December.