Blawan

Seeing him behind the decks can happen, and has happened, but a Blawan live show is something to mark in the calendar: it is on stage, with an arsenal of machines running at full power, that the magic reveals itself and Jamie Roberts’ pivotal role in shaping the new sound of British electronic music becomes unmistakable. SickElixir is a post-human manifesto spanning techno, industrial and bass music, designed to test sound systems, guts and minds alike, and performed with a command of his tools that is second to none. The record alone is not enough: it has to be experienced in the act of creation.