Godhead Concert Review
Written by Louis Counter   
Saturday, 15 May 2004

The DNA Algorithm may be long gone, but band member Daniel Bedingfield has been pushing up hard in both the UK and US charts for sometime now. Psalmistry, after seven years of music, called it quits in December 2003. — Editor


13th June, GODHEADZ at Folly`s End Church, Croydon Folly`s End Church is situated above several shops in Surrey Street market. You could be forgiven for thinking the small doorway looks like an entrance to some offices but on Saturday night it was the entrance to GODHEADZ, a regular evening of “High NRG Dance Worship” as the flier says.

This was the second GODHEADZ event, featuring live sets by both The DNA Algorithm and Psalmistry, a line up made more impressive when you consider that the first event boasted Mr Nsoul, Scott Blackwell, on the only London date of his UK tour.

The dance area certainly looked the part and DJs STI Project were warming up those who had turned up early and the sounds were banging out good and loud.

In a second area (mildly quieter, but not much) there were several stalls (Crossways Music, Presence Holy Clothing, GODHEADZ selling cans of drink and both bands selling merchandise) as well as several TVs running visuals throughout the whole evening. From the off you can tell that GODHEADZ are interested in putting on an event that is going to look professional. The sound and lights were great even before the bands hit the stage.

The DNA Algorithm (a three piece dance outfit from Lewisham) got the audience going with a set that covered a lot of different styles from ‘Woman’ (a track more than reminiscent of Eternal) through to big beat tracks such as ‘My Way’ and ‘Warrior’. The DNA Algorithm have a message which is centred in holy living and which really seemed to connect with the audience who danced their way through a great set.

After another short DJ set by STI Project, Psalmistry took to the stage. Psalmistry have a unique sound with their pounding big beat worship. It`s easy to see why people keep comparing them to The Prodigy but they very much have their own sound, screaming analogue synths and just when you think you`re safe the pounding bass kicks in again. Psalmistry however transcended a heavy techno set and managed yet again to get a real focus on worshipping Jesus. A new twist to their set was the inclusion of a track called ‘Fireworks’ ; it's unusual to hear a purely acoustic track (guitar and vocals) in the middle of such a pumping set but the audience didn`t seem to mind one bit. Psalmistry are now boasting a new female vocalist and Helen replaced Lucy admirably on the night , from Psalmistry classics like ‘By Your Side’ through to newer numbers like ‘Bullet’.

Overall GODHEADZ was a superb evening, and for £3.50 was cheap as well. The only thing GODHEADZ seemed to lack was a larger audience; the guys think they got about 80 people through the door and lost quite a bit of money on the event. However that isn't putting anyone off. They will be putting on an event with Secret Archives of the Vatican and others in September. It should be well worth going to. GODHEADZ is definitely one to watch.