It’s been about two months now since we waved a final goodbye to Backlash. Once THE electro night of choice for Dublin students, its (questionably named) replacement Mr. Jones was the cause of much speculation. The Bodytonic crew promised us a similar feel to the original electro night but with a twist i.e. featuring more guest artists, bands and a broader spectrum of sounds. However, with Ivan Smagghe having been a no show when he was billed to perform in January and the sounds in the “Kitchen” becoming increasingly samey and commercial, some people were beginning to tire of the Pod as the dancing venue of choice.

Switch’s guest performance at Mr.Jones last night is surely to change all that. By midnight the venue was already pretty packed as Chewy warmed up the crowd with a selection of bass heavy tech-house and electro. Space on the dancefloor was scarce as eager clubbers psyched themselves up for the self-proclaimed “fidget-house” stylings of Dave “Switch” Taylor and come one o’clock when the man himself appeared behind the decks, the venue was jumping.

The first time I saw Switch was in November of 2006 when he was playing with Klaxons, also in the Pod. At that stage I was unfamiliar with his stuff but remember him playing a banging set, so good in fact that my… em… friend… fell off the stage (and nearly onto the DJ) from dancing so much! Last night was pretty much the same deal, good danceable bassline house and a charismatic, varied and most importantly fun set. The dance-floor didn’t empty in the slightest all night, testament to the DJ no doubt. A highlight of the set for me personally was stage dancing to “This is Sick”, one of Taylor’s own tunes remixed by Donna Summer. Check it out and keep your eyes peeled for more guest sets at Mr. Jones. Last night’s was a stomper.

Olwyn Fagan enjoys fashion hair and pounding, pounding techno music.
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