Since Girl Unit shook Perth's shores at the Bakery last year, we have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of more of the All Stars; and what better way to do it than through a back-to-back set from Night Slugs curator Bok Bok and label veteran L-Vis 1990. Earlier in the day the boys played out a taste of what was to come on RTRFM, a short segment with minimal talking; just pure vibes. An unexplained hour's delay wait in the line made for slightly shifted set times, only adding the hype of the crowd. 420 Crew broke the ice with some housey goodness from the likes of Maya Jane Coles and Waze & Odyssey, a back-to-back set that displayed some great chemistry between the two youngsters. The 420 crew dished up some on-point selections, including Deadboy's Wish U Were Here riding sublimely into Martyn's Masks.
Allstate and Ben Taafe then took over, laying down some bass heavy foundations for the Night Slugs boys, including George Fitzgerald's feelgood house hit, Child, and Murphy Jax's cosmic disco gem, Let's Get To it. Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990 took the stage with a air of humility, and coolly began their three-hour performance in true Night Slug style. The set strung together banger after unrelenting banger, rewind after merciless rewind, with many inclusions from the new Night Slugs All Star Compilation. A common theme in DJ sets of late, Boddika's Mercy VIP received the rewind treatment, making for what was probably the biggest highlight of the night. Mike Midnight took to the decks for the heads that remained, playing out some appropriate house bombshells. L-VIS summed up the night nicely with his tweet the following day: “Perth was special last night, amazing crowd!! Very reassuring seeing @nightslugs tracks go off on the other side of the world!!”
