Pardon the grainy view at the beginning of the video, apparently the fog machines periodically blasting off from the balcony of Webster Hall did their job. But having said that, so did Theophilus London. I thought the few tracks I’d heard from his second release, This Charming Mixtape and his latest, I Want You were pretty cool but I didn’t get it. 20 minutes into his set, it was slapping me in the face in the form of a steady procession of bass heavy dance tracks smoothed out by synths that demanded, at the very least, a two step, and, at the most, me to turn my camera off and jam with the girl in front of me. Besides the structure of the set, what impressed me and what separates him from other dance groups I’ve seen perform are the hip hop and reggae cues used throughout the show. At times he used call and response to keep people’s attention, or, shouting and talking to the crowd to hype up any particular song. Check his music out here, but more importantly, go to a show and see for yourself.
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