Mylo at Bud Rising

On Saturday, 11th of November Mylo aka Scot DJ Miles MacInnes made a ground-breaking performance during the winter Bud Rising festival. The Temple Bar Music Centre played host to Mylos epic DJ set, with support from Simian Mobile Disco and Nightmoves.

The Scottish DJ Mylo who hails from fair Isle of Sky which marks the edge of Europe, gained much noteriety for his debut album Destroy Rock &Roll which was released in 2004 and re-released in 2005 with the remix Dr Pressure. The album has drawn many comparisons between Mylo with Air and Royskopp. Mylo’s sound is a blend of french house, dance with an ambient easy listening vibe to it. Destroy Rock &Roll is certainly a soul satisfying record. Since Mylos explosion onto the dance scene, he has been proclaimed the ‘Saviour of Dance’. His DJ set at the Bud Rising festival was certainly a testimony to Mylos rightful accession to the title as the Savior of Dance.

After making a last minute call to the nice people at the Bud Rising press office I secured my name on the guest list and entry to what would be a seminal performance by Mylo. The gig kicked off at 11pm and was witnessed by a good 200 lucky Mylo enthusiasts, with many disappointed faces turned away after queuing to buy the last of the much sought after tickets. Happily instead I wandered around by the bar for awhile as Nightmoves entertained the rest of the punters as they made their way to the Bar for another tasty pint of Bud. Instead at the main stage, things were really kicking off with Simians DJ support set which took fans clear to 1am. Time flew by as Simian aptly laid the rhythmic ground work for Mylo, with memorable mixes and a rendition of his own tune, ‘We are your friends’ to the delight of the enthused audience. Simian made good use of some chemical bros samples in what seemed like crescendo after crescendo of rhythmic gems.

At about 1am Mylo took control of the mixing decks to begin asserting his supremacy as a DJ, his DJ set differes from that of his live performances in that it didn’t contain much material from Destroy Rock and Roll. As I looked around during his set, all I could see was a sea of bodies swaying and energetically contorting to the beats that Mylo dropped. His mixes pumped out eurhythmic hardcore beats with pulsing synths and samples looping over, climaxing in an all out frenzy which saw dance fanatics struggling to keep up as they sweated profusely. Mylo for those who attended the gig was orgasmic at the best of times as everyone pushed their bodies to keep up with the beats of Mylos debaucherous mixes, leaving muscles aching and limp but determined to keep up. A mix of Holiday by Madonna also featured in his set, this has been a popular song to remix with DJs during the late 90s seeing stardust mix it with ‘Music feels better with you’.Mylos version fitted seamlessly into the mélange of beats that followed and preceded it, giving a funky edge to his predominately harder mixes.

Drop the pressure was greeted with by outburst of screams from the adoring fans who immediately took things to a higher levels with hands stretched skyward. This is the song that was mashed up with Miami Sound Machine’s Dr Beat to create the remix Dr Pressure propelling Mylo to even further critical acclaim and it was certainly a hit this night. Drop the pressure was directly followed by a digital explosion of heavy bass samples and block beat rhythms. The night progressed into remixes of the chemical brothers track Believe in such a manner that would make Aphex twin proud.