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Wax:On & Metropolis present Reclaim The Dancefloor

Pendulum DJ set/Nero/Jack Beats/Kissy Sell Out/Zinc

Leeds University Union

Saturday 29^th January

The recent affair between Wax:On and Metropolis has unsurprisingly produced some amazing line-ups that have seriously entertained lovers of dance music. This meant that anticipation was smothered thickly over the most recent incarnation of this illicit relationship, Reclaim The Dancefloor showcasing the Valve Sound system at LUU on Saturday night.

However, just hours before the night was about to begin it was revealed that one of the main acts and reasons for going, Busy P, was unable to make it. This left the line-up looking slightly dilapidated, so it was with dampened spirits that the night began.

Wax:On and the Leeds University Union go together like chicken and chips and it was comforting to be greeted with electro’s embrace on entering the building. Zinc was kicking things of in Stylus, although the crowd was lacking numbers towards the beginning of his set. This may have been because the entire world was queuing for the toilets or because of the man jumping around the front of the stage, irrationally shouting things into a microphone. Calling yourself an MC isn’t a excuse for ruining a DJ’s set and stealing his thunder.

Things were going down in the Terrace however and the relatively unknown Redlight was making the crowd jump. The prospect of hearing the same song over and over courtesy of Pendulum meant that the Refectory was a no go area for an hour. It turned out that most people preferred to freeze to death for a cigarette rather than subject themselves to the torture.

The night had hardly begun yet though and the best was certainly still to come. Jack Beats, Stylus, and an incredible set, unparalleled throughout the night. They had the room packed and going crazy. Throwing down a mixture of their own tracks, some well-known electro-gold and topping off with some well placed dubstep. Kissy kept the crowd going afterwards and provided an awesome set himself.

Misplaced doubts forgotten about, Wax:On and Metropolis provided another superb night. Busy P better play soon though, or else…

So this happened a while ago. T'was pretty good. What about the photos though? Got to borrow an DSLR, so was experimenting a little. They were taken by myself and the beautiful Miss Harley Wood.