Saturday 6th June 2009 @ Lakota, Bristol

Anyone expecting Shit the Bed 9 to be anything less than incredible needn’t have bothered going because the number of excitable clubbers who did attend meant that this incredible ‘Dubstep, Drum and Bass and much more’ event sold out two weeks in advance of the doors opening. Featuring possibly the best line-up for a Shit The Bed so far, people queued from seven thirty for a nine thirty open time to get their hands on the 100 tickets sold on the door. Highlights of the night included sets from Scratch Perverts with Dynamite and drum and bass legend Subfocus with MC Jakes, to name but a few, but the most anticipated set was a collaboration between dubstep royalty Plastician and Skream, who pulled out all the stops in a 90 minute set that saw the main room and balcony jammed all the way to the back.

Aside from the main room there was more action to be had in the upstairs rooms, as the Brookes Brothers opened the night by filling the attic room with raving drum and bass fans and later on Reso entertained clubbers into the early hours of the morning with dubstep that certainly kept everyone awake. In fact, it wasn’t until hours after the sun rose that the club began to empty and those hardcore enough to stay until the end certainly got their money’s worth with ten and a half hours of wild music and crazy dancing under their belts. Despite the rain, as the smokers huddled underneath the marquee outside and the non-smokers were glad they didn’t have to, everyone agreed that Shit The Bed 9 was a night to remember.

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Rory Evans