REVIEW: Feel My Bicep // WHP17

Lauren Bones | 14th December 2017

DJ duo Bicep have come from trendy bloggers to trend setters in the DJ and underground techno world. Their iconic three arm logo has been plastered everywhere, from merchandise and album covers, to fire hydrants around cities.

Now, they return to The Warehouse Project for their second self-titled appearance. Their ‘Feel My Bicep’ event last year is still talked about by fans and hardcore tech-heads today, so it came as no surprise that their performance this year was just as remarkable.

The Belfast-born duo have followed suit of huge names such as Skream, Eats Everything and they’ve essentially created a brand by ‘flexing their muscles’ in the music industry. In 2012, the pair won DJ Mag’s ‘Best British Breakthrough DJ Award’ and their collaborative EP with Will Saul (which included the tracks ‘Don’t’ and ‘You’) hit number one in the 2012 Juno Charts. The lads have been dominating the dance scene for the last few years and it was pretty clear to see what the hype was about during their euphoric performance at this Warehouse Project.

The 12 weeks of madness that Manchester’s Warehouse Project brings is coming to an end, but the party definitely isn’t. Feel My Bicep on November 18th fully exemplified this.

Photos By Louis

Although the line up was not one of the most prestigious of the season, it was undoubtably a perfect concoction for techno lovers to take ravers into the early hours of the morning and keeping energy levels at a high until 5:30am.

When it was time for Bicep to take to the decks, they created a truly unforgettable experience, one that many DJ’s performing at Warehouse Project probably only dream of delivering. They made Store Street Warehouse their temple for the 1 hour and 15 minute set, with the most incredible visuals and perfectly executed mixes.

The duo opened with the unmissable track ‘Just’ – if the crowd wasn’t already infatuated by Bicep’s performance, they definitely were after they dropped this absolute tune. They could not have picked a better track to start with, the crowd were cheering and bopping as much as they could in the jam packed Room 1 of Store Street Warehouse.

Tracks form their new album such as ‘Rain’ and ‘Glue’ followed on from the fantastic opening from the boys. Every track gave the crowd goosebumps, with the infamous eery echoes that are so quintessential of Bicep’s style.

The most breath taking part of their set was the visuals and light show. Bicep are renowned for having a spectacle of lasers and visuals during their shows but to witness it first hand was extraordinary and I have never seen anything quite like it – I’m used to a few strobes and some lasers during big DJ’s sets but to be totally mesmerised by the lights rather than by the music at times is definitely saying something – It was the whole package for both sight and sound.

Each track had a different light show, keeping the crowd gripped, from rainbow lasers that danced right to the back of Store Street, to an incredible projection of lights and smoke creating the most unique and incredible sky lines as backdrop to their iconic sound.

The Belfast duo outdid themselves this time with their mind blowing performance, arousing all our senses.