“The longer the note, the more dread.”

Not my words, but the words of the mystical power that is Matt King in the guise of Super Hans.

Before attending this gig, it was extremely hard to predict what I was going to experience from this hedonistic, morally corrupt icon of the new millennium. It soon transpired that this performance was a celebration of everything that the character of Super Hans represents; a blissful ignorance to inadequacy and a constant desire for thrill seeking and uncensored pleasure.

To open the set, Matt King struts onto the stage and roars to the crowd ‘big beats are the best….get high… all of the time’ in true Super Hans style. The performance then moved through an entertaining as well as eclectic range of sounds including The Beatles, Michael Jackson and a clumsily delivered riff of Stone Roses’ ‘Fool’s Gold’ played by King himself.

This ability to satirise the cocky persona of Peep Show’s best loved character was only further established when, about an hour in, King decides to light up a (fake?!) joint. This blasé attitude towards conservative social expectations again demonstrates King’s intrinsic understanding of Super Hans’ symbolic importance in this ultimately cynical, modern society.

In addition, a personal highlight for me was the merging of David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ and True Faith’s ‘Take Me Away’, which only added to the surrealist masterpiece which was this Super Hans’ set at The Wardrobe. The line between this performance being ironically terrible and genuinely a good DJ set is so perfectly sculpted that the only way to describe this night was one of comedic genius.

Long live Super Hans.

Ellie Montgomery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA

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