Wow. There was no better way to kick off my invigorating temporary unemployment and the four night run of gigs this week (Modeselektor, MJEX/SEBP, 65 Days of Static and Animal Collective) than the absolute banger of a show last night from the German duo. Myself and Mike danced our Buckfast off with the most enthusiastic crowd I’ve seen in Dublin for quite some time. It helps that the Tivoli is a great venue for a wee dance and that Modeselektor were dropping great tune after great tune, hosing the crowd in champagne, buckets of ice and water. They even passed out their clutch of free beer to the front row, nice chaps they are.
The highlights for myself were “2000007”, “Weed wid da Macka”, the eruption when “Kill Bill no.4” was played, “Hyper Hyper” and the utter pisstaking ending where they played “Can’t Stop Raving” by Dune! It was mental to see so many people dancing to Happy Hardcore in 2007. The videos below are pretty shaky due to the excitement of the crowd but that was part and parcel of an excellent set, so much so that it wasn’t far off their performance at Electric Picnic last year.
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What a gig, havent sweated, havent danced and havent lepped around like that in a nightclub in Dublin in I dont how long.
Holding up the lighters was a quality piss take as well and ‘Cant stop Raving’ at the end…fucking brilliant. It was like a post ironic techno moment or something like that 🙂
Amazing gig. The crowd was bananas from the get go.
‘What a gig, havent sweated, havent danced and havent lepped around like that in a nightclub in Dublin in I dont how long.’
haha i couldnt agree more! amazing set from start to finish!
I hate you all!
Tears are all i can console myself with at the moment, another freakin gig i’ve missed due to my poxy thesis! Pain in the fuckin hole! Fuck it im goin to Shape of Broad minds next friday, i dont care what my mom says!
fuckin a 1. crowd was class.
Champagne in the eye, deadly buzz.
This was pure unadultrated savagery!!! Modeselektor have the most up fer it fans around. And the sound was stonking. Cool vids of a brilliant night.