Platform Boiler Room XXXV

Platform have been churning out a serious selection of strong line-ups at their weekly Boiler Room sessions, the series of which started earlier on in the year.

Takeovers from a diverse array of forward thinking camps including Hessle Audio, Standard Place, Young Turks, Butterz, Night Slugs and most recently Numbers produced some extremely entertaining and somewhat obscure sets.

Last weeks Numbers takeover saw Deadboy, Mosca, Godhand and Nelson step up, with an appearance from the man himself Jamie xx, who definitely hasn't let off the gas since this years success with his former ensemble.

The hype surrounding the impending release of the Gil Scott-Heron remix album is monumental; not to mention the confirmation that there will be a box-set! That's right kids, the album itself on pink vinyl, the instrumental on green vinyl, 2 CD's and 2 photographic prints. Shit, I'm a geek.

But anyway, the true test of any beatsmith's credibility these days still, in my eyes, comes down to what they can do on the buttons. Geekstep/Brostep, whatever you want to call it proved that, making tunes is great, but playing them out in confidence alongside loads of other good ones is something else.



I saw Jamie xx's set on the first night of Glastonbury and to be honest, from what I remember, it was dope. His Boiler Room session was something else though. Check it. Platform are really gay with their content now so click here for the mix.