This 350yearold London Landmark Just Hosted Its First Techno Night
London CNN-
St Paul's Cathedral, an icon of the London skyline for hundreds of years, concluded its usual evening Mass on Wednesday at 6pm. Just an hour later, the nearly 350-year-old Anglican church was ready to host its first techno night.
This historic site has become the backdrop for a number of important events. Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, the funerals of Admiral Lord Nelson in 1806 and Winston Churchill in 1965, and the marriage of King Charles III and Diana in 1981. Australian techno artist 'Texture Nightclub' is his stage name of rock singer Ray Cummings. Accompanied by Ry X, London Contemporary Orchestra.
"We wanted to bring people back to the city," Jorge Nieto, Fabric's creative director, said hours before the event. Neto said that St. The Bol neighborhood is somewhat hidden among office buildings and corporate restaurants. “It's about reconnecting a young community to the city and reimagining spaces.”
The public response to this event was great. According to Fabric, 95% of the 2,000-seat church sold out within three hours through pre-registration (the remaining tickets sold out within minutes of general release), resulting in a waiting list of more than 4,000 people. .
That evening, the young crowd sat in awe for what seemed like an eternity as the sounds of electric guitars, drum machines and synthesizers filled the 17th-century domes. Aside from external security, the event was presided over by the church's lay ministers, who typically supervised rituals such as Communion, Mass and Holy Communion. Unlike a typical techno concert, there was no bar. The theatre, though it was the setting of a play, seemed almost insignificant. Instead, it was the blues, reds and oranges reflected in the gold leaf murals, or the intricacies of the stained glass windows that caught your attention as the music got louder.
For Ry He said that Saint Paul was useless. "There's not much you can give up," he told CNN before his speech. "If you have a place that's already got wonder and beauty and grandeur, when people walk in, it's already changed. Then half the job is done."
Organizing a rock concert in a protected area certainly has its problems. The temple's unique architecture and abundance of negative space were particularly difficult for Rhea. “I don’t think an instrument has ever been played in this building before.” "So I thought. "As it would be? Is he going to whisper something?" He also looked at the meaningful feedback. Each sound causes a chain reaction of echoes that float in space for 11 seconds. If he plays too fast, he risks hearing shock. "I'm not going to play anywhere. He also said, "I'll just play in this room." “I'm almost editing the music specifically for (St. Paul's Cathedral).”
The cathedral was in active use an hour before the show, so Raya and Nieto's team only conducted a sound check the night before to make sure everything was in order. “We just made our best guess,” Nieto said. “We were here until two in the morning, and it was very noisy.”
Perhaps it was the impressive temple iconography or simply the power of the live music, but there was a certain energy in the air during the performance. When Ray ordered the audience to stand up from their seats during the finale, we did, screaming louder than the average audience. The guests left their seats to approach the stage, and some even climbed onto the chairs. “Who says you can't play techno in church?” Ray shouted to the audience to thunderous applause.