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Pete Heller kept an even keel at Fluid
Photo By Mark Coatsworth
PULSE
MY WEEK IN THE CLUBS
By BENJAMIN BOLES
While Fluid is known as a mainstream club, over the summer the people behind Most Wanted Entertainment have been running a Saturday-night underground dance music event called Discotek . The dwindling number of underground venues and the increasingly saturated commercial scene have made this kind of arrangement more appealing to both the club and the promoters.
Headlining last week was Pete Heller , a UK-based DJ and producer who's had a hand in many big-room dance hits over the years. It's a bit surprising, considering that it's been a while since he visited Toronto, that the club wasn't more rammed for his gig. Not that it was dead – the dance floor in the main room was full all night, but the lounge area was mainly empty, and the place was nowhere near capacity.
Heller specializes in a dark and trippy sound somewhere between tech-house and progressive, with a bit of electro and acid influence here and there. It kept the crowd moving but lacked much of a sense of dynamics, which means there were few moments that stood out.
Kenny Glasgow's opening set had more variety and drama, which is probably why he's so well loved locally.
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