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Clean electronic night, Browns Coventry 11/2/2007

Gigs // Steve // 17th February 2007

I'd love there to be a busy and successful electronic music scene in Coventry, so I was as chuffed as I could be to hear about our favourite cafe bar thing Browns putting on an electronic night as a flipside to their regular Dirt nights.

But. And there's always a but. I didn't like it.

Sorry lads. Really, I tried. And so did my compatriots on that night, who are both called Jim, for legal reasons.

I did want to like your eardrum-raping drill and bass, but I remember the likes of Jega and u-ziq from oooh, about ten years ago, and I much preferred that.

Also I tried to like your smooth drum and brass, but couldn't get over the feeling that this might be how the Last of the Summer Wine will be soundtracked in 2047.

Your slow-mo post-rock stuff just... well let's leave it there. It's not my thing.

We didn't make it to the last act because of work on Monday, but I fervently hope they were fresh and forward looking, rather the oddly 90s retro sounds of the previous acts.

Despite all this, we're looking forward to Clean 2, scheduled for some time in April. You can get more info at the usual Myspace page, and see a couple of the acts at 93 Feet East in London on Monday 19th Feb.