It's 9am, I'm off to the dentist in an hour and it's pissing with rain, standard Monday business then. But what a weekend, kicked it off in fine style with Naive on Friday. This is a night which definitely has it's priorities in order. There was stiff competition from a number of quality clubs that night but with Ed Banger favourites Feadz & Mr Flash on the bill for a mere fiver, plus local jockeying from Sam Vitamins & Shaun Fae Solar this was always going to do well.
What struck me being a punter at this particular event was the over-riding sense of fun. From the very moment I arrived it was straight to the dancefloor, it's difficult to resist dancing when Sam & Shaun are dropping indiscriminate bass bombs and forgotten classics such as rap-a-long favourite 'Forgot About Dre'. Where many clubs focus too directly on promoting one particular sound or style, Naive refuses to be categorized, and with Peace as resident it never will. This is a good thing.
The bearded wonder, aka Mr Flash perhaps produced the best set of the evening with pounding electro beats which emanated both the energy and quality that we've come to expect from an Ed Banger artist. There was no wobbly nonsense or cheap thrills, just big, jacking beats that saw the dancefloor rocking from start to finish.
By the time Feadz hit the decks, the party atmosphere had really kicked up a notch with the barrier between punter & DJ non existent. At one point there was as many people on the stage as on the dancefloor and although this clearly had an adverse effect on Feadz' mixing skills no one really cared. Inbetween certified bangers from his forthcoming '...Feadz Fairytale EP', floor fillers such as Major Lazer's mix of Gyptian and Sebastian's recent take on Uffie just fanned the party flames as Peace bounced about the stage in a tiger costume and Feadz enjoyed having all manner of spirits poured down his neck by some blonde lovely. This was a night where you felt like anything could, and probably would happen.
Feadz get's rowdy
Although Naive is only three parties in, it's clearly becoming a staple on the Glasgow club scene. With A Trak, Cassius & Busy P confirmed for next month you can only help but feel excited at the prospect of what they have in store for 2011. Ultimately, time will tell whether Naive will fall victim to it's own branding, they themselves admit: "not knowing any better, we go in too fresh and too fast". But right now, it's big names, small prices and no one can argue with that.
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