Subgiant @ Slinky Halloween Ball - The Opera House - Oct 27, 2006

Review by Malc Burgin

It was never going to be easy. Introducing the assembled horde of Slinky Kids to their unique blend of tranced-out breakbeat dub could have been considered enough of a challenge but, considering that this was the last Slinky night at the Opera House and the fact that they had to follow Slinky favourite, Graham Gold, you would be forgiven to think that Subgiant have set themselves up for a fairly hefty fall. This perception is reinforced in that, no sooner has the revered DJ left the decks, the dancefloor empties faster than a bottle of Jack Daniels at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!

Possibly out of concern for the physical and mental health of drummer Tushar, the band decides not to try and follow where Gold has left off and instead opts to "bring the crowd down" to begin with before embarking on the inexorable slide to the kind of storming crescendo that has been blowing festival crowds into blissed-out bass oblivion all summer.

From the brooding set opener and title track from their second LP, 'Global Control', it becomes glaringly apparent that the gamble is not only going to pay off but is also going to provide some sort of dancefloor coup…
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