Kliks – Ada // Audio

We going to keep this one short and sweet. Hope you enjoy the photos and that everyone had a good evening.

It’s the first Kliks of the year and there’s certainly no better way to kick it off then a visit from Cologne’s melodic lady Ada. Shockingly, It really has been a while since we’ve been down to Audio. Damn busy hibernating over the Christmas period and striding through the most mundane of months January. It may already be February but a lot was hanging on this night to provide a good Audio kick start to 2008.

We have previously mentioned that Audio has gone through a few changes. Most importantly the moving of its signature night Stompa Phunk. The boys in suits have clearly been reading their NME’s closely and realised that dance music is just not as “cool” as it once was. Bands are in further than fists in dodgy German porn, thus bands and I cringe with the term “neu rave” equals dosh. Such a shame that SP is no longer a weekly option, it’s really a big loss for Brighton. Alas things are not completely hopeless for die hard fans. They are embarking on a range of other projects – recently having brought Darren Emerson to the Concorde and there’s definitely more goodies to come. For now we can be happy, we still have a choice of SP and Kliks.

We rolled into Audio to Mark Lerman warming up the crowd, although the venue was not full it didn’t dampen the atmosphere. Anwar mentioned he was on first and that people danced from the second they came in. None of those types who lurk round the edges till it picks up. Time rolled along and many drinks had been sank, 1:30 dropped and it was time for Ada to take control.

The crowd looked on while the music stopped completely and a few cables needed adjusting to incorporate Ada’s equipment. The beat starts up to a usual Audio reception. Ada offered something different to many of Audio’s usual DJ’s, in fact I’m not sure we should technically be calling her a DJ at all. Most folks just swing by Audio, lay some records, CD’s or plug in a laptop with Ableton – not in this case. Ada’s equipment was far more live production orientated then a standard jocks. She wasn’t playing other peoples records, she was showcasing her own music and abilities. The poor girl must carry a mini studio along with her to every gig. She had an IBM ThinkPad, a Yamaha mg12/4fx mixer, ESX-1 – Electribe SX sampler and a retro styled MicroKORG Synth to boot. The point here is we are dealing with a real musician. I’m sure if the environment was more suited she’d be more then keen to add her own live vocals. Not exactly great in a club with everyone screaming.

I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t take to her Blondie album as much as other people, but live is another issue all together. To experience someone live is to see what it partly takes for them to do what they do. And from that point of view the crowd got a feast.

Now we all now that photographers are cunts, myself included, all the flashing and general annoyance of others, but Ada must have had some special stuff going down on her laptop. The minute I started taking shots she slammed down her screen. Maybe I should apologise now to everyone I’ve taken shots of before (too many). I probably wouldn’t want some cunt pointing a camera in my face. Sorry.

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Words: Marek the Czech