Kode 9's set at WHP and the general vibe of the night.

[Kensington]

I was going to post something about this so thanks upadeg for bringing this up
I was excited about kode9 (didn’t even realise that Joker wasn't playing - was he a last min replacement? - although I did notice on Jokers MySpace that this night wasn’t an appearance) as I was hoping he would bring it down to a more skanking vibe but I agree with all of the above about it being a let down and very housey -

It was far too busy - we got there at just after 11 and it was rammed got progressively worse, there was a massive empty when magnetic man finished but it was still hammered

mala, coki and pokes were quality, especially when horrid was dropped and the lights came on but the system was shit

agree the crowd has gotten worse every year and far to aggy but not too many options when most of the good nights are on a school night, I realise there is obviously a huge student market in Manchester but does anyone agree we need more options on a weekend - factory and hit and run seem to be pulling in some quality line ups but they are a Monday and a Thursday night......

good to see digital but the crowd was awful

Reading on Joker's Twitter apparently he got triple booked that night so couldn't make it.

[dubloke]

I swear Kode 9's been playing housey bits for time?

[joeki]

I swear Kode 9's been playing housey bits for time?

Yeah I remember him playing house since 2008 when Bad / 2 Bad dropped on HDB?

[herbalicious]

I swear Kode 9's been playing housey bits for time?

Yeah...a good couple years...

[singlepoint]

just had to find a nice spot to move and enjoy, flying lotus and DMZ were awsome. magnetic man was pretty crazy and poaks on the bug was awsome with the vocoder!

top quality night, apart from a few nobheads who i just ignored and did my own thing

highlight of the night for me was DMZ absolutley loving it whilst playing horrid henry

[blackdown]

this sounds like a problem of expectations. you went expecting a "dubstep" set, instead you got kode9, who's made habit of doing exactly what he wants to do, not what people might expect of other DJs...

[Motorway to Roswell]

I wasn't there, but I was there in spirit. Topless, harassing women and wearing shit glasses.

In all seriousness, it sounds awful. I know a lot of people who go to the warehouse project and they're all the kind of people you lot have been describing.

Fair enough, enjoy yourself. It's just a pain when it stops other people enjoying themselves. It sounds like the problem is a lack of awareness on both sides.

[Kensington]

I wasn't there, but I was there in spirit. Topless, harassing women and wearing shit glasses.

In all seriousness, it sounds awful. I know a lot of people who go to the warehouse project and they're all the kind of people you lot have been describing.

Fair enough, enjoy yourself. It's just a pain when it stops other people enjoying themselves. It sounds like the problem is a lack of awareness on both sides.

Lol so true, i saw an array of awful sunglasses yesterday.

[Numan]

there was one fat bastard with curly hair the guy was basically doin laps around warehouse fuckin causin a massive squeeze near the front speaker mainstage

[kris88]

just had to find a nice spot to move and enjoy, flying lotus and DMZ were awsome. magnetic man was pretty crazy and poaks on the bug was awsome with the vocoder!

top quality night, apart from a few nobheads who i just ignored and did my own thing

highlight of the night for me was DMZ absolutley loving it whilst playing horrid henry

completey forgot about Flying Lotus!! - agreed he was superb

[TRNSPLNT]

was shit. worst night ive been to in time. magnetic man were shit. lights were far from impressive. too busy. full of stnuc. sadly i had to leave before mala and coki cos of fucking taxi. grim

[bagelator]

was shit. worst night ive been to in time. magnetic man were shit. lights were far from impressive. too busy. full of stnuc. sadly i had to leave before mala and coki cos of fucking taxi. grim

lol sounds about right

[basra]

The fact that moshing is in Dubstep is just so fucking ridiculous. We're not talking about a rock gig here where moshing is considered the norm or so some fucking hill billy barn dance. It's fucking dubstep for crying out loud. But as i've heard someone say it in the rave "bruv the tune is aggy they are going to go on aggy." My reply was "The tune is aggy safe, but there are plenty more way to go on aggy than to fucking mosh."

I don't understand why anyone feels the needs to push some and think that's dancing? - cus it certainly fucking isn't.

What i've found is that there are a a combination of things that leads to moshing: You've got the piss heads who are charged up and by pushing it gives them a woody, you've got the fools who don't how to dance so have not choice but to do some barn dance bull shit, then you've got the monkey dancers who just like to get involved in anything and everything, and last but by certainly now means least you've got the white dreadlock dude rasta - these fuckers haven't got a fucking clue, I don't know if its the same "rasta" i keep on seeing or if there is a contingency of em? but do us a favour, give him a slap when you see him. Add to this a venue that has hit full capacity and low and behold you've got one out of control mosh.


Rinse 16th @ Fabric - was stupid, really really stupid. People were all out moshing to Perfect Stanger - come on maaaaan? are you being serious? Bouncers had to come through the dance attempting to break it up, but they were getting dashed too. They ended up throwing the wrong guys out

Dubpolice - Caspa's Birthday - again was stupid - girls were falling on the floor, but they were able to put a stop to it quickly by Crazy D saying "if you don't stop, we ain't gonna play no more."


I think it's time to set up a dubstep strickly come dancing to all those fuckers who haven't got a clue!

[treuherz]

I arrived last night shortly before Flying Lotus came on and was right in the mood for some ear pleasing flylo action....
The system is terrible! The only way you seemed to be able to get any 'chestplate action' was to stand right at the front and rub shoulders with the finest gurners Manchester has to offer... and even there you don't get a well rounded bass sound...it just sort of washes over you sounding like white noise (and not the nice white noise that flylo sometimes wants you to hear!).

Gave up on the main room half way through his set and thought the second room would satisfy me until kode9. Which it did... The atmosphere in there was much better, but I still couldn't help but be frustrated by the lack of audibility. Yes it was loud, but funktion 1? Do the sound engineers just not know how to treat sublow music? Yes I could feel bass, but distinguishing notes within that range was not happening.

I really was looking forward to Martyn's set and the sound quality seemed to improve. That could have been because he managed to avoid red lights and the sound guy did some twiddling. Alternatively (and probably more likely), the more drink you have down you, combined with your respect for the artist, the less the audio quality seems to matter - which seems to be the whp's game plan on these kind of nights....get a stonker of a lineup, £20 a head. Throw in some big shiny speakers that you can mention on the website and not really concern themselves with the end result.

Back to the main room for the rest of kode9 and DMZ which was 'goin off'. Of course it was though, its DMZ. You don't need to feel any bass to be able to skank around shouting along to gangsta 4 lyf (which is almost definitely probably what I think i was maybe doing some where in the middle).

I left thinking 'yep that was really really fun, had a rayte good night, can barely walk. Warehouse is pretty sh*t though'

On waking in a 'i don't remember going to bed' state, I reinterpreted that thought: Warehouse is not a good venue for 'UK bass culture' music whatsoever..its just adding to the formulating and glitzing of the scene (please excuse the use of the word 'scene'), raised plinth in room two? No ta. You could see the dj's in that room last year when it wasn't raised... I didn't really go there with the intention of worshiping them like celebritys. Its pulling it away from the no-fancy stuff formula where it belongs: Head in a bass bin, crystal clear, small dark room. Maybe even a big courtyard in Croatia - thanks Mungo's that was epic. Unfortunatly, amazing as it was Outlook managed to keep up the DJ's are VIP gods thing. Inevitable i spose.


Wooo rant

[Pedro Sánchez]

so glad I didn't bother buying tickets, this is becoming the norm for WHP these days.

[Rekah]

so glad I didn't bother buying tickets, this is becoming the norm for WHP these days.

im going to 1 more whp in december and i think thats about it really, this years was a serious let down

[TRNSPLNT]

so glad I didn't bother buying tickets, this is becoming the norm for WHP these days.

im going to 1 more whp in december and i think thats about it really, this years was a serious let down

same. going skream & benga. dont think i will go again after.

[treuherz]

I think it's time to set up a dubstep strickly come dancing to all those fuckers who haven't got a clue!

aha strictly come skanking

[basra]

I think it's time to set up a dubstep strickly come dancing to all those fuckers who haven't got a clue!

aha strictly come skanking

Believe!

[semr]

I didn't go but a few of my mates went....i really dislike warehouse anyways and decided i aint gonna go any this year, place is full of student bandwagon wankers and tbh it really annoys me...sounds like the moshing situation has got worse too, didn't really enjoy whp last year or the year before tbh. take me DMZ EXODUS any day of the week...

fuck WASTEhouse Project................