SOLID GROOVES UNITE 20.000 GROOVERS AT SILVERWORKS ISLAND.
Welcoming 20,000 electronic music fans to new London venue Silverworks Island, revered London and Ibiza based collective Solid Grooves brought together a superior selection of tech-house royalty for the label’s mightiest show to date. Hosted in the new Silverworks Island space by Broadwick Live, the sold-out day to night session collected the scenes heaviest selectors in one place, including Joseph Capriati, ANOTR, PAWSA, Jamie Jones, Kolter, Lindsey Matthews, Nicole Moudaber, Silvie Loto, Skream, Toman and more. A perfect industrial oasis set at the water’s edge, Silverworks Island cemented its place as one of London’s most distinctive venues with this impressive show.
As the sun blazed down upon Silverworks Island we saw almost 20 selectors keeping the grooves strong, spanning an array of sonics from dark dubby minimal rollers to feel good house with an elite line up of label friends and family. Special mentions include Joseph Capriati, the pioneering DJ who has been a figurehead of the tech scene for over a decade playing on the main stage, as well as label co-founder PAWSA, who delivered a set that summarised the labels sonic personality.
Label associate Lindsey Matthews opened up the industrial stage 2; kicking things off for the 20,000 strong crowd, and Nicole Moudaber and Dennis Cruz took everyone on a journey through deep and melodic techno in their B2B, plus Blackchild marveled with a selection of bouncy edits. Elliot Schooling & Liam Palmer supplied attendees with an exploration of house that had Silverworks Island moving, whilst a stone’s throw away across the dock punters gathered as the sun began to set for legend Jamie Jones.
It’s been an amazing homecoming for Solid Grooves, coming back to London where it all started and seeing 20,000 fans united at the new Silverworks Island space. Solid Grooves would like to say thanks to everyone that has been a part of this journey with us so far – keep grooving. – Marwan , Solid Grooves
Silverworks Island is masterminded by Broadwick Live who are the team behind award-winning brands including Printworks, Field Day, Mayfield Depot and many more. This summer’s shows contribute to the At The Docks programme – a brand new season of world-class arts, culture and events taking over the Royal Docks this summer. For this Solid Grooves special, Silverworks Island was transformed into a sprawling urban oasis packed with three high quality production stages with London’s iconic skyline as the background.
With Solid Grooves kicking off the trilogy of summer events presented by Broadwick Live at Silverworks Island, it is evident to see that this cutting edge space embedded with history will be a true staple in everyone’s event calendar. On Sunday July 2nd, London’s biggest trance festival – A State Of Trance – descends on Silverworks Island, more information here, and finally on the 9th of July bass music fans are in for a treat as Worried About Henry takeover with a super squad of selectors, MCs and live acts.
