REVIEW | NIGHTMARES ON WAX AT THE PROPYARD

On one Beautiful Solstice evening down by the river at the former MOD torpedo warehouse The Propyard, Bristol.

George Evelyn (born 15 January 1970), better known by his stage name Nightmares on Wax or DJ E.A.S.E. is an English DJ and record producer from Leeds. His music is released by Warp Records & he is currently based in Ibiza(what a place!), His first release was back in 1991 ‘A word of science’, I was so very curious to see what this legend of a DJ has too offer 31 years later…

The gig Started off very mellow with the smudging to neutralise the energy of the room & spreading nice vibes throughout, this is a packed out venue with roughly 1000 people ranging from early to majority being between 25–50 years old.. The fellow musicians come on with jumpsuits that are of a tie dye style colour coded with the letters of the stage ‘Nightmares on Wax’. The first song is an instrumental very relaxing & then we moved on to the song ‘3D warrior’ off his latest album Shout out! To freedom.. introduced by George himself as ‘A warrior fighting in this world we know you got to be to live in this shit’ before the heart wrenching bass full, soulful vibes mixed on point hit my whole body.. I was thinking to myself damn this is good as I was set up in the perfect spot in the front middle of the crowd.
I was thinking ‘Tuesday tasty treat with the vanilla vibes with creamy & tasty topping this was sweet..

Moving on on same soul vibes with a beautiful sweet voice of ‘Hiding away’ same vibes… Smooth not bitter as I sipped on a my now gone warm beer can it was starting to get lit in here…

The next song was bit cheezy & the vocalist reminded me of a Bruno Mars like tone which the crowd seem to be pleased by.. the same time it was a masterful beat that carried the whole venue through to the next track.

Mellow yellow going to town we moved on to the classic tune ’ Les nuits’ off the ‘Carboot Soul’ album released back 23 years ago in 1999 which was a spin off the original sample from Quincy Jones’s ‘Summer in the city’ the lady in yellow(can’t get name) on stage what a voice, she’s rocking the prop off the yard with these absolutely outstanding heart wrenching vocal Cords seamlessly moved onto the next fabulous soulful song ‘Isolated’ All she wanted was to be successful(Don’t we all I was thinking)

This is when the night excelled for me when both vocalists Haile Supreme & mysterious lady in yellow combined to the song ‘flip ya lid’ this was a classic that I never wanted to end.

1 Hr 10 in they go off stage after the sound guys nearly lose the lid on the music in the background. The crowd roars & the musicians come back on after a little jam then George follows & starts talking about the healing herb, the benefits & tells the ‘smokers delight’ album story that took 5 years to collate together through all the life tripping, giggling & how so many people had been touched by this superb album which he proclaimed happened organically & gave thanks & gratification to the herb for the journey throughout.

Outroducing the band one by one with solos before moving on to ‘Up to us’ another song full of sweetness..

Before moving out with the good vibrations on the up with a solid hour & half set ending as it started with George smudging the air for the last time tonight..

This was the first & hopefully not the last to see a lovely mix of tunes led by George. He is a legend in his own right, what a career that keeps on flourishing from his first album release back in 1991 at only 21 years old to still making it happen at 52 years old. I can safely say that I definitely could watch Nightmares on Wax again as he has such depth of outstanding tunes 🎶 the favourite of mine I could only dream of him finishing the set with off the Album ‘Shape the future’ released back in 2018. tune into your headphones for some life gratitude. ‘Back to nature’.. Bloomin fab!!