Minus takes Contakt to London, but misses Matter, WTF?!

Minus takes Contakt to London, but misses Matter, WTF?!

20 August, 2008 | 8.57AM

• Written by: Zack Rico
• Filed under: Music News: contakt, matter

Richie Hawtin’s Minus crew have always had a good relationship with the people behind London’s Fabric club, so Beatportal was rather disappointed to learn that when the techno family brings their groundbreaking Contakt audiovisual club night to London they won’t be presenting it at Fabric’s new club Matter, at The 02 Arena.

Instead Hawtin, Magda, Troy Pierce, Marc Houle, Heartthrob and Gaiser will take over the cavernous old rave venue seOne in London Bridge, which is still a half decent venue when packed, I suppose.

But Minus’ Contakt events are the perfect fit for Matter - in fact, we can’t think of any other club event in the world that would better suit the new futuristic club.

For a start, Richie Hawtin recently told Beatportal: “I would love to have control over an immersion-styled environment where there is no separation between the crowd and the performer. I hope that Contakt is the beginning of that idea!”

And when Matter opens on September 19th it will employ the most futuristic, advanced sound, light and visual system of any nightclub in the world.

Matter has a “body kinetic” dancefloor, with 80 pistons underneath the ground transmitting energy through clubbers’ skeletal systems, which dissipates in their chests, effectively turning bodies into organic speakers.

The soundsystem allegedly allows DJs to create 3D soundscapes, so in theory, a DJ could take a bassline, and have it wash around the venue in a circular motion, recreating the feeling of being inside a tornado.

Well hello?! That is what Hawtin and co. are all about.

Matter will also have eight cinema-quality projectors suspended on yokes in the main room which can project solid bands of colour onto minute targets down to the nearest millimeter.

That sounds a lot like an immersive club environment to me.

So why the hell isn’t Contakt being held at Matter? We demand an answer from Fabric or Minus.

For the sake of pushing electronic music culture forwards, this pairing needs to happen.

Like if we’re going to put a man on Mars; Russia, China and the United States are going to have to suck it up.

M_NUS CONTAKT :: LONDON

Saturday 18th October 2008
SeOne Club
Western Street
London Bridge
London SE1 3QX

www.contakt-events.com
www.matterlondon.com

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