I’m going to start this review with a qualifier that I had a great time at Eastern Electrics. The music was brilliant with high production value put into the stages, and I ate some delicious food. Still as I bopped my way around I was being wrung...
Author - Charlie L Jones
Charlie L Jones
Eastern Electrics – the five acts you shouldn’t miss
The London Student office is abuzz for Eastern Electrics this weekend. Now in its sixth year, the festival has returned to the capital after a few years in exile in Hertfordshire, bringing dance music’s equivalent of royalty to South London. With...
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