Bringing their world tour home to London, Gorgon City delivered a sweaty, Ibiza rave to a cold, wintery evening at the sold out Brixton Academy. The duo who are currently working on their second album, Kingdom, packed their setlist with songs from a variety of projects they have been working on, making us feel that our summer all-nighter raves are yet to die.
Gorgon City opened the night with Real which seemed anything but real as the lights of Brixton Academy awakened. With Foamo donning a #SAVEFABRIC t-shirt, the night was an important one for the techno creators. After the recent news of Fabric being shut down, Gorgon City took a stand to show us that techno will never die as they blasted their way through the night.
An explosive set, to say the least (balloons, confetti, beer cups, the whole lot flying over the audience), the techno duo played tracks from their early days, Unmissable and Zoom Zoom, before welcoming us to the new age of techno house music. Gorgon City brought on support act Elderbrook as they played their newest single Smile.
The highlight of the night came in the form of Drake’s One Dance being remixed, bringing every audience member to an euphoric climax. Before ending their energetic, lengthy set, Gorgon City brought on to the stage MNEK to perform their Chart topper Ready for Your Love. As the Academy filled with the screams, sweat and audience’s spilled beer it was clear that the set had been a resounding success.
Following in the footsteps of techno forefathers, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, Gorgon City delivered a tremendous light show along with their epic floor fillers, reaching it’s peak as they slipped into Saving My Life before leaving the stage.
Showing no sign of exhaustion Gorgon City were welcomed back on stage by the rowdy crowd to conclude their awesome show with Go All Night, which was clearly the duo’s intention. Coming to life once more the Brixton Academy celebrated the end to a raucous show while balloons and confetti rained down from the rafters once more.
With Fabric’s recent demise Gorgon City proved to us that, for now at least, techno music still has a home in London’s heart.
Words by Brigid Harrison-Draper