Stepehen N Young reviews the first ever 'The Happening' music night in Leith for STV Local.

Walking along Great Junction Street I noticed a simple but eye catching poster promoting a new music night.

It had a big MeltedBeetle on it and an interesting line up labelled. Local indie quartet Frantic Chant, Lo-Fi electronica band Sacre Noir and cult OriginalSauce techno maker D.J Giro were listed offering an eclectic mix of the local scene - promising and intriguing I thought.

It turned out that Saturday, November 12 was the launch of MeltedBeetle’s 'theHappening' night live at Cruz bar in Leith and what a take-off it was.

When I got there I was greeted by the most helpful MeltedBeetle’s pr staff and the crowd that had already gathered were in good spirits.

Kicking off at 8.30pm down in the boat’s engine room, three piece Sacre Noir walked on and aptly opened the first session with an abiotic inducing quality of ambiance.

Encrusted with different levels they played their absorbing set and won many over in the audience.

Second up was Frantic Chant, here to throw a boat party of parties due to their imminent release of their new album “Oscillator”.

Life jackets at the ready as land fast approached with these boys, the crowd which had increased by the time they had come on had started bobbing and when they launched into their first chord the boat began to rock.

Full steamin’ ahead! Psychedelic Indie fans really should pay more attention to this band as they conveyed their set with an attitude of noise and nonsense.

If you can’t get a ticket for Primal Scream this Hogmanay, definitely check the local listings to see where these boys are, a healthy alternative.

Hard acts to follow but D.J Giro defiantly docked the boat and dropped the anchor in true techno style.

Working the decks by pushing the progression and bounce D.J Giro ripped the boat a new top deck in the bottom.

Booming bass with thumping energy was delivered aesthetically by D.J Giro who played the grooves that were minimally essential to making the people bounce.

Overall the night was an experience and I can see what MeltedBeetle tried to do. They attempted to bring three styles of psychedelica from three styles of genre of music and I think this worked. I enjoyed my night fully and judging by lots of other reaction, they did too and it looks like we will be looking forward to seeing what’s on next month’s MeltedBeetle poster. They said it was ‘theHappening’ and that night it was.