Nero – review

Academy, SheffieldDaniel Stephens and Joe Ray haven't become the commercial kings of dubstep by being subtle. When they appear atop a giant console made of TV sets, at the centre of a giant lightshow, the crowd greet them with football-terrace chants of "Nero! Nero!" They fuse portentous synthesiser wails and bowel-movingly loud bass. They mix trance, rave and – presumably the kitchen sink was unavailable – 80s pop. Bobbing about amid the maelstrom, they look like an updated version of 1990s...

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