Call On Eric Prydz (Honey Club Set Review)

Eric Prydz was in town this week playing at Brighton’s Honey club. Turning up at midnight wearing a NY baseball cap and his Sennheiser HD25 headphones firmly fixed to his head, Eric opened his 2 hour set with a typical Prydz’s style of tune that reminded me of the old style of House music. Low beats and a lack of vocal accompaniment. The crowd were pleased to see him, even though Eric didn’t really seem to be aware of them for most of the time. Previous DJs that have graced the Honey club in the past few months have included Judge Jules, who for once turned up on his own and danced through most of his Hard Trance set, JFK who spent a long time waiting to come on and then delivered very little in the way of new tunes, and then Matt Darey who in my opinion set the mark for others to follow with his seamless mixing from tune to tune and dedicated awareness on the crowd, finishing his set with what can only be described as one of the best dance tunes of all time – Lost Tribe – “Gamemaster”.

The Swedish DJ kept the Brighton crowd happy for the first 45 minutes and then seemed to lose his way a bit. With a lack of familiar tunes to keep the dance floor busy and each track resembling the next with very little change in tempo, Eric played on obviously unaware that areas of the club were becoming less busy. He finally managed to pull one out of the bag as the time approached 2am with remixed tracks from Robin S and of course the 2006 club anthem “Proper Education”.

Just because he's not a 'performer' behind the decks as such like the Judge doesn't mean to say he's not as good - I thought he was technically one of the best DJ's I've ever seen, he has his own distinctive sound which was nice and fresh to hear for a change.

I really enjoyed it & was well worth the entrance fee. I couldn't stop dancing although it was fucking hot in there!!

I totally agree with you, it was a great night and I thought his DJing skills were very good, but when you consider that people came to see him perform and not just play records, and might I add for twice as much cash n' coin as regular nights, you expect a little bit extra. I've seen a lot of A-List DJs, Tiesto for example in Sweden to a crowd of 7,000 and he couldn't stop entertaining the crowd. After all, what is the point in seeing a famous DJ if he is going to act much like a resident DJ! I liked the style of music Eric played, but 2 hours without a change in tempo or at least for him to spin up one of his famous tunes to keep the Brighton crowd interested wouldn't have gone a miss.

Yeh i kinda agree, but saying that he plays a sound that isnt my favourite so maybe i wud b biast in my opinion there. It was a nice change to a usual banging sevensins sound, and gotta agree he technically is brilliant. Still had a good time!!

Yeah you're right, he could have dropped some of his more well-known tunes like Re-match, Mouseville Theme or Aftermath (so many tunes to choose from!!!) Cant remember hearing any of them which was a little bit disappointing but never mind.

Thought he played a good underground set…only heared the last half as I was plying in the back room but sounded all good!

personally i was happy with EP but as i go clubbing for the fun of it i dont really take much notice who is playing at any particular point of the evening, the only time i do notice is when i am getting bored or the DJ is crap...then is the time to do one! but as i stayed until 4.30ish i reckon all was good with sevensins.

I have no idea what f***ing planet i was on let alone how Eric was doing.

I have no idea what f***ing planet i was on let alone how Eric was doing.

What Adam said


After being awake for about 48 hours I didnt know or care who was on it could have been Noel Edmunds for all I know. I left quite early but the atmosphere was good all night from what I remember.

Its alway nice to see a dj enjoying himself & interacting with the crowd but if hes playing the right music & the crowd are happy then thats good enough for me.

I have no idea what f***ing planet i was on let alone how Eric was doing.

you shouldnt have told me earlier that you were up for getting spangled as you weren't playing!

Dont worry Ray - you helped me enough!

i think the dancefloor started to empty due to the heat and the fact that there was so many people who dont really know eric prydz's dj sets are underground house music and had turned up to see eric prydz play his chart stuff!

but when you consider that people came to see him perform and not just play records,

u dont pay your money to see eric wave his hands in the air and joke around... some djs do it, but when his set is as dark, moody, grating, filthy... it goes with the terretory... quality night, get him back soon

quality night, get him back soon

same as....

BEST BOOKING OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR ME..... WITHOUT DOUBT... Quality chuggin underground house, just how we like it. GET HIM BACK!!

Really lovely down to earth dude as well... Bought me beers in the VIP suite.. Sweeet :o)))