The Native Beats crew went off with a bang last Wednesday night, completely mashing up the Ocean rooms in Brighton with a full on party vibe. A hardcore mix of midweek party-goers turned up and a great night was had by all.
Entering the Ocean rooms past the friendly ticket staff, at eleven o’clock, the upstairs room pumped out a welcoming array of hip hop beats. Venturing downstairs, the newly refurbished main room was already pumping out some heavy old-skool jungle tracks. DJ Morgue was first behind the decks spinning some dark and dirty drum and bass tunes, the next two DJs; DJ Zeal and Criminal Element moved into more lively jump-around jungle territory playing some old classics that had the small but enthusiastic crowd heaving.
The upstairs room steadily played out the hip hop beats keeping everyone moving until the drum and bass band, Epoc arrived to treat the crowd to some live music from the stage. It took a while for the band to set up but it was definitely worth the wait. The female vocalist had an amazing voice which flowed along with the fast paced beats being played. The crowd were lapping it up, and it was a refreshing change to see some live music at a drum and bass night.
During the band’s set the jungle was still rollin’ in the downstairs room, but coming to an end as the headline act, Ratpack arrived behind the decks.
Before long the room was packed with eager faces awaiting Ratpack’s finishing set. They whipped the crowd into a frenzy playing all the old-skool and ratpack classics. The mc even commented on the fact that even though the place wasn’t packed the crowd were more than making up for it with enthusiasm. There was a really good vibe during this set as everyone sang along to the tunes and danced along in good old-fashioned ‘flail your arms and legs about’ style. The one hour set flew past and was packed full of old-skool raving anthems. A very sweaty, tired but contented crowd poured out the club at 2am. Nice one native beats!! 😀
