Belgian brings laptop to Union Hall

Belgian brings laptop to Union Hall

Over 1500 students turned up at a sold-out Union Hall on Thursday 14 March to witness Belgium’s top liquid funk, drum and bass, and dubstep musician Netsky.
The evening started off with opening acts Fazerface and Southern Lights, before Netsky (rhymes with “get pie,” not with “let me”), named after a prolific computer virus, got the throbbing crowd entwined in his body squirming beats.

Tickets to the event were included in the O-Week Superpass and limited to those who purchased them; however, tickets were being on-sold for up to $75, nearly half the cost of a Superpass.

OUSA had initially planned to hold door sales if ticket holders hadn’t entered by 10.30pm but due to unusual promptness all ticketholders had arrived before the cut-off.

While many freshers had been able to on-sell their tickets to older students, some turned up in long-sleeve tops or carrying a bag of chips to the front of the mosh pit, more or less outing themselves as dubstep virgins.

Some revelers told Critic they were “frothing” even before Netsky had started performing, and were “fucking amped after seeing them at R&A.” Critic found that similar highs were not reached with a few paracetamol and Vitamin C.

OUSA President Francisco Hernandez was happy with how the evening was going but noted that they had needed to send a few people home, which was “fairly routine.”
This article first appeared in Issue 4, 2013.
Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013 by Bella Macdonald.