Funny I should waffle on about Northern Soul, as I stumbled upstairs to avoid further miserable Yuletide TV to find a great e-mail from Dugi informing me that Baron Ansome was playing another impromptu set at the Acropolyse Club and Mall. Only had time to grab the virtual talc before logging in and tping over there as fast as I could, I missed one gig and was determined I'd catch this one.
Ying and Yang indeed, quite a simple club architecturally,,,but the music, ahh the music was bliss. And lets be frank thats what draws us in after all, we all have our different styles and express ourselves in a myriad ways but the music binds us and brings us all together. There's few finer sounds in this virtual world or the real one, than a stream of Northern Soul in full flow and we were treated to that in spades.
Despite myself I started singing away merrily which is always a good sign that the DJ is storming the house, Baron's experience and skill shone through from the choice of tracks to the way he played the crowd, I was having a ball there I was 15 year old wedged between my two older cousins entering the doors of the Casino, addidas holdhall clasped tightly in my hand grinning insanely at my school mate...music harbours memories and I'm grateful to Baron for awakening a few of mine with a blindin' set. We even had a couple of Small Faces tracks as treats for loyal dancers, and who can fault their judgement or loyalty if the music is this good, roll on the next one.
Out on the floor
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