ShyFX at ArcelorMittal Orbit<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n![\"london](\"http:\/\/www.antondee.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/experience-music-london-electronic-jamie-xx-massive-attack-7.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nMy friend Jeremy (Funster<\/a>) works at Mixmag<\/strong> which is a fantastic publication that covers clubs and the world of dance music. When he invited me to see Shy FX<\/strong>, Skream<\/strong> and others spin at the top of\u00a0ArcelorMittal Orbit I simply couldn’t say no. Although it stands out like a sore thumb\u00a0in the middle of Stratford\u2019s Olypic Park the entire area has become somewhat of a tourist hotspot since it’s redevelopment for the 2012 Olympic Games.<\/p>\nI had no idea that The Orbit had\u00a0a couple of large rooms offering panoramic views across the Docklands as well as overhanging walkways should you get bored of looking\u00a0through a glass window. It was great to let loose and rediscover my love for jungle and drum & bass music. Jeremy was of course ever present with his air horn and managed to get everyone to\u00a0throw out all sensibilities\u00a0and really enjoy the night.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n\n\nThe ArcelorMittal Orbit is the UK\u2019s tallest sculpture. Standing 114.5 metres tall, this towering structure\u00a0was created\u00a0by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThe magnificent looping structure of the ArcelorMittal Orbit is an iconic symbol of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and its design has grown on my with subsequent visits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nJamie XX<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nThe Brixton Academy<\/strong> has become an iconic venue in my eyes as over the years I’ve seen bands such as The Prodigy, War on Drugs, Massive Attack (below) and Kings of Leon perform here and each one brought something special to the table. This time it was the turn of Jamie XX whose current rise to stardom is eclipsing that of his original project The XX.<\/p>\nAfter releasing a number of songs I would consider classic (Far Nearer<\/strong> \/ Beat For<\/strong>) Jamie\u00a0was approached by XL label head Richard Russell to remix Scott-Heron’s 2010 studio album I’m New Here<\/strong>. He worked on the album while touring with his band The xx in 2010 and occasionally communicated with Scott-Heron through letters for his approval to rework certain material.\u00a0The album was a monumental success and reached maximum exposure when ‘I’ll Take Care of U<\/strong>‘ was remixed further by Drake and Rihanna for their iconic pop hit ‘Take Care<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"jamie](\"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12798043_1731602823793551_809760870_n-300x300.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nOn the night the light show based on his new ‘In Colour’ album played a huge part while Jamie’s\u00a0song selection was nearing on\u00a0immaculate. He played a mix of his own singles such as ‘Gosh’ and ‘Sleep Sound’, underground house classics as well as a personal favourite ‘Weak Become Heroes<\/strong>‘ by The Streets<\/strong>. I honestly cannot wait to see where he goes next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nMassive Attack<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nMassive Attack is one of those bands you’ve heard of since forever but can never quite put your finger on it. Over the years movies and adverts ruined their iconic ‘Teardrop’ for me although hearing it live for the first time brought back all those initial emotions I associated with it.<\/p>\n
Their involvement with industry heavyweights such as DJ Shadow<\/strong> and UNKLE<\/strong> is hard to\u00a0ignore while their contribution to trip-hop in general is unparalleled. The gig was bubbling with\u00a0energy as the ensemble performed hits from their extensive discography\u00a0while a huge board showing\u00a0messages about the world economy, Syrian refugees and even Facebook tried to divert our attention.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"massive](\"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/experience-music-london-electronic-jamie-xx-massive-attack-31-300x300.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAgain the Brixton Academy proved to be a\u00a0perfect venue as the downward sloping floors\u00a0provided a fantastic view wherever you were stood and the acoustics amplified songs such as ‘Angel’ to a level I didn’t think was possible. To see who’s playing at the Brixton Academy in the near future please click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIf you enjoyed this post make sure to share it with your friends using the links below and check out my latest photography post where I explore the iconic Canary Wharf<\/a>. As always stay classy and if you wish to be featured in one of my next roundups please contact anton@thestyledivision.com<\/strong> or tag your post with #styledivision<\/strong><\/p>\nINSTAGRAM<\/a> | TWITTER<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a> | PINTEREST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music really does make the world go round and it would be a pretty grey place without it. I never shy away from trying new things and\u00a0everyone should give new music genres a go, don’t always stick to the tried and tested. My first ever gig was Rammstein in Nottingham when I was 15 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,27,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-film-music-book-mag","category-london-to-do-events-attractions","category-mens-lifestyle-magazine-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8067"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8755,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions\/8755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nMy friend Jeremy (Funster<\/a>) works at Mixmag<\/strong> which is a fantastic publication that covers clubs and the world of dance music. When he invited me to see Shy FX<\/strong>, Skream<\/strong> and others spin at the top of\u00a0ArcelorMittal Orbit I simply couldn’t say no. Although it stands out like a sore thumb\u00a0in the middle of Stratford\u2019s Olypic Park the entire area has become somewhat of a tourist hotspot since it’s redevelopment for the 2012 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n I had no idea that The Orbit had\u00a0a couple of large rooms offering panoramic views across the Docklands as well as overhanging walkways should you get bored of looking\u00a0through a glass window. It was great to let loose and rediscover my love for jungle and drum & bass music. Jeremy was of course ever present with his air horn and managed to get everyone to\u00a0throw out all sensibilities\u00a0and really enjoy the night.<\/p>\n The ArcelorMittal Orbit is the UK\u2019s tallest sculpture. Standing 114.5 metres tall, this towering structure\u00a0was created\u00a0by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond.<\/p>\n The magnificent looping structure of the ArcelorMittal Orbit is an iconic symbol of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and its design has grown on my with subsequent visits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Brixton Academy<\/strong> has become an iconic venue in my eyes as over the years I’ve seen bands such as The Prodigy, War on Drugs, Massive Attack (below) and Kings of Leon perform here and each one brought something special to the table. This time it was the turn of Jamie XX whose current rise to stardom is eclipsing that of his original project The XX.<\/p>\n After releasing a number of songs I would consider classic (Far Nearer<\/strong> \/ Beat For<\/strong>) Jamie\u00a0was approached by XL label head Richard Russell to remix Scott-Heron’s 2010 studio album I’m New Here<\/strong>. He worked on the album while touring with his band The xx in 2010 and occasionally communicated with Scott-Heron through letters for his approval to rework certain material.\u00a0The album was a monumental success and reached maximum exposure when ‘I’ll Take Care of U<\/strong>‘ was remixed further by Drake and Rihanna for their iconic pop hit ‘Take Care<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n On the night the light show based on his new ‘In Colour’ album played a huge part while Jamie’s\u00a0song selection was nearing on\u00a0immaculate. He played a mix of his own singles such as ‘Gosh’ and ‘Sleep Sound’, underground house classics as well as a personal favourite ‘Weak Become Heroes<\/strong>‘ by The Streets<\/strong>. I honestly cannot wait to see where he goes next.<\/p>\n Massive Attack is one of those bands you’ve heard of since forever but can never quite put your finger on it. Over the years movies and adverts ruined their iconic ‘Teardrop’ for me although hearing it live for the first time brought back all those initial emotions I associated with it.<\/p>\n Their involvement with industry heavyweights such as DJ Shadow<\/strong> and UNKLE<\/strong> is hard to\u00a0ignore while their contribution to trip-hop in general is unparalleled. The gig was bubbling with\u00a0energy as the ensemble performed hits from their extensive discography\u00a0while a huge board showing\u00a0messages about the world economy, Syrian refugees and even Facebook tried to divert our attention.<\/p>\n Again the Brixton Academy proved to be a\u00a0perfect venue as the downward sloping floors\u00a0provided a fantastic view wherever you were stood and the acoustics amplified songs such as ‘Angel’ to a level I didn’t think was possible. To see who’s playing at the Brixton Academy in the near future please click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you enjoyed this post make sure to share it with your friends using the links below and check out my latest photography post where I explore the iconic Canary Wharf<\/a>. As always stay classy and if you wish to be featured in one of my next roundups please contact anton@thestyledivision.com<\/strong> or tag your post with #styledivision<\/strong><\/p>\n INSTAGRAM<\/a> | TWITTER<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a> | PINTEREST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Music really does make the world go round and it would be a pretty grey place without it. I never shy away from trying new things and\u00a0everyone should give new music genres a go, don’t always stick to the tried and tested. My first ever gig was Rammstein in Nottingham when I was 15 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,27,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-film-music-book-mag","category-london-to-do-events-attractions","category-mens-lifestyle-magazine-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8067"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8755,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions\/8755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\nJamie XX<\/h2>\n
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