Still, a few dedicated punks in Bangkok makes for a well rounded community in my books. These fine standing citizens hanging out, drinking Leo at the end of my road are a welcome addition to sukhumvit 71.

Make yourselves at home lads!. Reminds me of London.

Colin “Drums of Death” Bailey was kind enough to offer up a couple of comps (thanks Colin, via Raf “The2Bears” Rundell), and with wristbands waiting at the PR desk outside there was no excuse for a no-show this year.

I ended up spending what must have been 85% of the evening at the Dude Sweet stage, initially simply because the dancing robots were keeping me thoroughly entertained with their surreal antics. I could go on to describe the Blue Peter style DIY outfits on show, though sometimes YouTube speaks louder than words. These guys were great!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvYO58onskw

Following the fancy dress performance of the techno robots came the main event (for me at least): Drums of Death. What came was undoubtedly the best set of the evening, with a varied selection of pretty much everything you could think of, including a couple of inspired Guitar Hero moments.

Between the trance kids prancing around the Slinky warehouse (urgh), and the Horesmeat Disco lads mincing about the stage next door, the real “culture” of Culture One was being banged out of a MacbookPro by a Scotsman made up to look like death. Add in the dancing robots working overtime at the front of the stage and you have all the ingredients of an evening of Awesomness.

Here’s a snippet of Drums of Death dipping into a bit of piano rave. Nothing smugly ironic at all, testimony to the ease in which this guy blends one random track into another. It just worked…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxTUP6d_ORw