At
1am on Saturday morning Big Narstie
bounces onto The Milton Club's
stage and encourages people to sing The Spice Girls' 1997 hit
'Wannabe.' I wasn't sure what to expect of the London grime artist's
performance, but it wasn't this.
The
crowd, which I wouldn't imagine to be fans of the girl band, are
still happy to oblige and it's undeniable fun. He dishes out CDs to
the front row (presumably of his own music, not the Spice Girls')
while his DJ plays a remix of R Kelly's 1993 hit Bump 'n' Grind with
an up-tempo beat and an electronic backing track. The clientele are a
lot younger than usual tonight.
Big
Narstie's performance is, as you might expect, loud, brash,
occasionally vulgar but consistently entertaining. I've since
listened to some of his tracks- they sounded better live. I was
previously only familiar with When the Bassline Drops, his duet with
Craig David.
Another
good live event put on by the Deansgate venue as part of their weekly
Truth lineup. I went with Manchester Cool Bars.
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