Firstly this was the busiest I've seen a now wave and the deaf institute in quite some time. Impressive given this must have been Mount Kimbie's 3rd/4th visit to Manchester in little over 12 months (more if you're including dj sets) plus they're pencilled in at Parklife next month.
Anyway stage set. Packed venue. All a bit hazy post royal wedding street party. Face slightly raw and sunburnt.
I'd heard mixed reports of their set at In the City so was hoping they were gonna pull a cat out of the bag. Well they did to some extent. Not a pedigree Siamese but a decent attempt. The show's clearly benefited from the raft of touring the duo have done this last year and they rarely miss a trick. Momentum builds throughout the set. The tiny dance floor is bouncing along. 'Before I move off' and 'Maybes' are emphatically received although I found Dom's live singing of the chorus line on Maybes a bit grating and lacking the intricate affectation of the original version. Blind Night Errand and (my personal favourite) Carbonated are injected with a thumping 4/4 that wouldn't be out of place in a Jeff Mills 909 set. The lost UR fan within was most pleased with that. Clearly been hanging out with Scuba at Berghain too much. Spinal Tap are channelled in informing the crowd that they'd been much better than the 1000 or so they'd entertained the previous night in London. WE LOVE YOU SPRINGFIELD. It's a short set at just under an hour but I wasn't surprised given the brief extent of their young back catalogue. Perhaps conscious of this Kai comes on to apologise for not doing an encore. Great gig regardless. I told myself I'd do 300 words so am just tacking this sentence on the end to achieve that.
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