music, shoreditch

Rated & Retarded: Drums of Death

Drums of Death completely fucked Cargo in it’s poorly configured face last night. A masterclass in stage presence; whilst his Joker-esque make-up is the attention grabber for the lazy, it’s his unrelentless energy and truly diverse musical artillery that guarantees he’ll be ripping through gigs and festivals this year. He dropped infectious, heavy rinse out beats that had the diverse crowd bouncing (which was seemingly full of midget fashion victims from Tokyo at the front!). Then when he flicked seemlessly into the melodic and heartfelt Voodoo Lovers it was like being teleported into another gig entirely. Just as I was fumbling to get my lighter out for some waving, he turned the script on it’s head again and covered Jay-Z’s Big Pimpin’. Then back to the dancefloor carvery that had us going mental; heavy, dark and bass-heavy beats…all topped off by him jumping into the crowd for the last song.

Mark my words; this guy is going to be molesting your eyes and ears in 2009 and for once, you’re going to be thankful for the molestation. We were saying after the gig that he’ll be upstaging acts left, right and centre across the festival scene this summer and getting your motors burning.

PS. The support act were Lesser Panda. We instantly wanted less of Panda.

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