FutureEverything presents: Space Dimension Controller

Islington Mill, Manchester | 23rd March

Fresh from releasing his excellent debut full-length Welcome To Microsektor-50, astral voyager Space Dimension Controller brings his live show to Manchester in order to close the FutureEverything festival’s summit. If anybody should know about the shape the future will take, it’s Space Dimension Controller. Taking to the stage surrounded by an array of gadgets and gearboxes, he introduces himself as Mr. 8040, the time-travelling protagonist of his space opera records, here from 2357 A.D. to bring the funk to the Islington Mill.

Mr. 8040’s set opens with down-tempo soft rock and cosmic disco chuggers, and builds upwards from there. Taking in sleazy electro and paranoid acid along the way, he stays in character throughout, occasionally adding narration and goofily rapping over tracks. The set ends with the ballistic p-funk cut Welcome To Microsektor-50 leading into the Jonzun Crew-styled Space Party. It’s a climax of full-on lunacy, and proof that SDC’s charming rather than cheesy concepts are destined for the dancefloor.

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Words: Selim Bulut