It was hard to say how many people who came to Cosmopol to get a good spot for LCD Soundsystem and how many who were there for Tim Sweeney‘s warm-up set. Considering that the two’s history are very similar, putting the them back to back at the Cosmopol stage Thursday evening seemed like a great idea that just hadn’t reached most of the crowd. So when Sweeney took the stage, a good portion of the tent enjoyed a break on the tent’s wooden floor.
Just like when Sweeney played Jazzhouse in April, he started off with some deep grooves in the more oddball disco realms. And just like last time, he slowly steered towards a set of straight forward house with Beats In Space’s most banging moments as the reference points. It remained clear, however, that Sweeney wasn’t here to fire up Cosmopol, but to keep us wanting more when James Murphy took the stage later on.
As the dancefloor climbed towards euphoria, he allowed us to hang in the air for several seconds with helping hand from filters and craftsmanship before taking things down to a reasonable once again. The raw power of Jayson Brothers‘ The Game pulled some fist pumping, and DJ Harvey‘s multifaceted remix of Rushing To Paradise resulted in a similar reaction. We were never allowed to fully peak the way we did last time, but as a warmup act, Sweeney knew just how to walk the walk. Despite some trouble with the tempo on one of the turntables, he pulled his set off neatly, although you ended up wishing that he had taken us just that one step further.
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