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Savages at Electrowerkz: Live Review
Fast rising four-piece play the first of two nights at Islington’s Electrowerkz on Wednesday 10th October 2012.
Written by Richard Pearmain
Savages by Sharon Farrow
Tucked away behind Angel Tube Station, down a small side street, you seem to be a world away from this most respectable part of North London. Indeed, only a stone’s throw from a Jamie Oliver restaurant, Electrowerkz stands in stark contrast. Housed in an old warehouse, Electrowerkz, or more officially, the Islington Metal Works, is a slightly surreal warren of rooms that, according to the website (when it’s not hosting weddings and other functions) still operates as an actual metal works. As a venue, it’s probably better known for club nights, and its dark, almost claustrophobic interior has that late eighties/early nineties rave feel to it. I’d first been here almost a decade ago (to see a then housemate play an electro set) and, until a month or so ago, hadn’t been back since. In all that time, the place remained unchanged.
Tonight, the buzz was all about Savages, on the first night of a brief residency. First up,… read more
