As Printworks prepares to bring its tenure to an end, the beloved London venue is calling upon The Hydra for a last hurrah event series, the Teachers, paying homage to the clubs and spaces that have come before. FWD>> – the seminal club night that needs little to no introduction – is one such space being showcased.
The bass-centric night is celebrated here, too, in a new mix from Plastician, an early fixture of FWD>>, who steps up for the first instalment in a three-part series that doubles as a vivid trip down memory lane.
“A lot of people will associate dubstep’s earliest moments with FWD>>, but my experience there was a little different to most other DJs on the line-ups as I always played in the spaces between grime and dubstep,” he tells us. “This mix feels like a pretty good flavour of exactly the kind of sets I played down there: a bit frantic and erratic, and often jumping in and out of the two sounds.”
“Playing the way I did back then always felt a bit risky,” he continues, “but I like to think that the opportunities offered to me at FWD>> opened the door up for a lot of creativity to be brought into the movement.”
Plastician plays The Hydra: FWD>> at Printworks on 7 April
FWD>> x The Hydra: Plastician
FWD>> x The Hydra: Plastician
As Printworks prepares to bring its tenure to an end, the beloved London venue is calling upon The Hydra for a last hurrah event series, the Teachers, paying homage to the clubs and spaces that have come before. FWD>> – the seminal club night that needs little to no introduction – is one such space being showcased.
The bass-centric night is celebrated here, too, in a new mix from Plastician, an early fixture of FWD>>, who steps up for the first instalment in a three-part series that doubles as a vivid trip down memory lane.
“A lot of people will associate dubstep’s earliest moments with FWD>>, but my experience there was a little different to most other DJs on the line-ups as I always played in the spaces between grime and dubstep,” he tells us. “This mix feels like a pretty good flavour of exactly the kind of sets I played down there: a bit frantic and erratic, and often jumping in and out of the two sounds.”
“Playing the way I did back then always felt a bit risky,” he continues, “but I like to think that the opportunities offered to me at FWD>> opened the door up for a lot of creativity to be brought into the movement.”
Plastician plays The Hydra: FWD>> at Printworks on 7 April
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