Loud-Contact 14th anniversary with Craig Richards
By Kit Macdonald
Sonar Week may be entering its final knockings come Sunday, but there tends to be a relaxed, demob-happy quality to events on that day that sets them apart, and can make them the most enjoyable of all. Loud-Contact's 14th anniversary party has a better chance than most of conforming to this thesis. Going down at the super-cool ZT Hotel in Vila Olimpica, it features three titans of the international house and techno scene plus able backup from two local acts.
Craig Richards has honed his estimable DJ talents as a resident at London's legendary Fabric club for many years, and has recently been the man behind Houghton, possibly the UK's finest summer dance music festival. American DJ/producer Egyptian Lover and much-loved Berlin DJ and longtime Club Der Visionaere resident Binh also feature alongside Lumiere and Anah.
Festivities at the hotel run until 11pm and after that there's an afterparty until 7am at Wolf Club on Carrer dels Almogavers, featuring b2b sets from Francesco Del Garda and Quest, and Christian AB and Onur Özer.