HEXSTATIC – LIVE AT CARGO 01/06/2006
June 6th, 2006 by rui
A Hexstatic concert is always something that wets my palatte, so grabbing the opportunity to catch up with the AV party poppers for their Mix CD “Pix ‘n Mix” launch party was a done deal.
Now, first off, I should say that I haven’t heard Pix’n'Mix yet (check out Johnny Clash’s review of it), but as the first half of the show (I presume) dealt with a lot of the content on the cd (albeit with the welcome video accompaniment) I can happily say that it will be on my list of essential purchases when I pop down my local music emporium.
To classify Hexstatic as an AV act is quite limiting – they are also among the best party djs (if not the only dvjs) around. Combining old Funk, Reggae, Ska and Disco tunes with Hip Hop, Breaks and Drum and Bass beats goes to help describe what is going on but what you miss is the sense of “party” in the air; the crowd (myself included) jumped around and screamed along with the party favourites from start to finish. The beats were pumping, the visuals were perfect and Cargo rocked. Now, it could be said that Hexstatic maybe don’t take themselves too seriously and are showing their cheesy side but, I would contest that high quality cheese takes a lot of time and love to get right and boy, do Hexstatic demostrate a love and desire to rock the show.
There were some familiar bits of other mixes within the set, but they all had been given a “spring clean” (including a new version of “Timber”) giving them a freshness even to my ears and eyes, which have seen and heard some of the segments a number of times.
This was the longest performance I’ve seen the duo perform – 3 hours – which took me by surprise as, based on previous shows I expected 2 hours tops, and on reflection it might’ve been a mite too long, for a School Night at least, but it’s such a small criticism – to say you’ve had too much of a good thing – and once again I find myself happily declaring myself a Hexstatic fan boy.
Mach V (Soxan)
