the flows of music

I usually focus my interests on transnational global flows but the other day a whole other type of flow struck me. It was at the Old Blue Last , where the bar was having a concert promoting a new independent rock magazine. A group from Liverpool came on stage and first thing they said to to get the crowds was "oh come on Shoreditch, we've heard so much about you". This is globally local. They're not talking about any prejudice they may have on London (like is the case in most instances) but about an east-end neibhourhood. They're not so much playing in London than in Shoreditch -and they associate the crowd to the neighbourhood. They were referring to a non spatial element, more human than geographic; a humanised neighbourhood characterized by a specific place in time. Interestinglty, are we in a space of places or of flows. Is Shoreditch made up of Shoreditch (like they say) or by people like themselves who make and change Shoreditch ?

Thankfully (for the group and for myself) the crowd was slightly more low key than your traditional Shoreditch folks. It was a micro locale in a space of flows.