Their latest innovation is Planet Angel Rocks - a one-off Sunday party, where the main focus was on live bands, with DJ’s filling in between the live acts. Still; PA residents, U4IC, Matt Therapy, and Dr Fluff got people moving with their more eclectic than usual selection of beats. I remember hearing plenty of ska, and Prodigy tracks.

There were four bands on in total: my faves were Patladjan and Subsource, who played more dance-orientated styles. Patladjan, whose girl singer had a lovely haunting voice, began their set in a very chilled ambient way, slowly building up the speed until the last couple of tracks, which were pretty damn ravey.. Subsource are a fusion of breaks and drum & bass, sometimes supported on the mic by Lady MC. This time, their set was more breaks-orientated, although the dnb tunes and basslines did kick in towards the end.

Other bands on included the headliners Horsebox, who were very indie-rock, and drew a large appreciative crowd (not my cuppa tea tho’), and Crossfader, who were more pop-orientated, with some funny lyrics and onstage patter by the singer Arif. Their other singer also played an impressive bit of baritone clarinet. Impressively, it was their debut gig – the facts that they are all experienced musicians, and have rehearsed intensively throughout the summer showed brilliantly in the tightness of their set.

There were also video projections, showing the bands onstage, as well as some very interesting effects, which went with the music. Plus, the whole thing was being broadcast live on the web.
The crowd there were mainly PA regulars; a very friendly mish mash of hippies and ravers of varying ages and backgrounds. It did take a little while to get going, with the place not really filling up until about 4pm. After that, it was comfortably full

As well as the music, Planet Angel were doing the food: it was all good tasty veggie stuff, available all day.
All this was happening at the Jamm bar on Brixton Road – a nice looking place with a Mediterranean feel to it; all russet tiles near the bars, plus booze that was reasonably priced (unlike PA’s other venue, Hidden).

Jamm has two rooms; one of which was used as a dining and chillout area with relaxing music. A nice touch was the ‘food and entertainment menus’ on each of the tables. Also worth noting is that it’s wheelchair accessible, through a side door.

It was a nice place to be on a Sunday. I do hope they decide to hold this one again sometime.

For more info on Planet Angel parties go to www.planetangel.net

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