MUSIC. NIGHTLIFE. CULTURAL RIOTS. LONDON TINGS. BY KATE HUTCHINSON.
This month, I got the chance to chat for an exceedingly long time about what every superstar DJ dreams of talking about in an interview: Basingstoke. Or as James Zabiela, my incredibly patient DJ interviewee likes to call it: Amazingstoke. But aside from talking up my home town, he also chats about his new label, [...]
You can get the abridged version of this interview in Time Out this week, but to read it in full, check it after the jump. DJ History on the record player revolutionaries Some DJs are more than just nerdy looking blokes flipping records on and off some decks. Or, these days, should we say: more [...]
I interviewed trance’s answer to Matt Damon, Armin van Buuren, ahead of his headlining set at the South West Four Weekender and the release of his new album, ‘Mirage’, which features pouty pop dame Sophie Ellis-Bextor. But it’s not a mirage though, is it? Is it, Armin? After all, he’s so nice and clean cut [...]
I’ve got lots and lots of time for (Graeme) Sinden. An illuminating DJ and genre-mangler, he’s got a regular show on Kiss Fm; he ran a successful dubwise house night with Sinden, Get Familiar, at Fabric; he got some of that chart and mainstream success with pal Hervé as The Count & BEEPER BEEPER BEEPER [...]
Oops! Time Out Live and I fused our best squishy parts and a little party came out. We’re putting on a jumbo club night at East Village on Friday May 7 for Shoreditch coolsters who want some more bass for their buck. Oh, and there’s plenty of bang too: party Tron, DJ Yoda, is working [...]
NYC’s Drop The Lime’s a pretty fucking awesome be-quiffed DJ and he’s back in London this week, spinning at East Village in Shoreditch, London, tomorrow night. Read my mini-interview with him at the beginning of summer here. [This link has expired] Find info on the night here.
I buzzed the dance music granddaddy after touch down in London to talk about the success of his Wonderland night at Eden in Ibiza and what it’s like to be back at Ministry of Sound.