Tourist at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (11/08/13)

"It's proper cold here in Minneapolis," declared Will Phillips. Spoken like a true tourist from London, Phillips, also known as Tourist, mentioned how he was in Los Angeles the previous night and The 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis was the second to the last stop in his three weeks in the United States. Last night's show was presented by Hydrive Shows, who put together a variety of hip-hop, electronica, and dance shows around the Twin Cities.

The Sundance Kid (left) and Champagne (right)

Local DJ/music producer The Sundance Kid stepped in when doors were opened and filled the club with music. The music never stopped, even when the other local DJ Champagne stepped in and tag-team the Sundance Kid out at 10:30pm.

I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. Watching a DJ push buttons or turning knobs really isn't really the most exciting thing in the world, instead the real action is with the audience and how they react to the songs being pumped over the speakers. Dance fans aren't particularly picky the music, just as long as they can move to it.

Armed with two soundboards and a MacBook Air, Tourist greeted fans with a chilled mix in the first few songs. Any lyrical samples were chopped up and mixed in with several layers of beats. As the mixes pushed into a faster BPM, you heard rare handclapping (this rare because there are no breaks in the mix to indicate when a song ends or begins), which prompted Tourist to say "Thank you very much!"

Halfway into his set, you heard a louder bass from the speakers, which Tourist addressed, "Sounds a bit better doesn't? Didn't realize the bass was turned down."
The rest of the evening continued without incident.

Tourist's last night in America will be at Denver's Norad tonight. Look for his Patterns EP from Disclosure's record label, Method Records, in 2014.

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