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DESCENDING the steps of London’s foremost nightclub amid a smoke machine haze would normally proceed an all-nighter listening to drum and bass or techno.
But tonight the main room does not grace us with the presence of an anonymous DJ but the sunny Anna Meredith and her (very) fun band, complete with guitarist, drummer, tuba player and cellist all mic-ed up to the nines.
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