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033: Josh Butler Mar 24, 2021

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Josh Butler has had a meteoric rise within the scene as a talented producer, an in-demand DJ and a personality who, in the words of Pete Tong, is “one of the UK’s premier house music talents.” After discovering a love of creating music via sequencing tracks on his PlayStation, a young Josh moved to New Zealand with his family and it was there that he began to produce the tracks that eventually led him back to the UK to study music tech at university. Josh’s breakthrough single “Got A Feeling” (originally championed by Will from Chase & Status) was such a success that it paved the way for Josh to play all over the world, setup his own label where he has worked with some of house music’s original maestros such as Todd Terry and tour with bona-fide disco legend Nile Rodgers and Chic.

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032: Alan Fitzpatrick Feb 24, 2021

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Alan Fitzpatrick is a DJ and producer who has pushed the scene into new and exciting directions with his commanding style of heavy dance music rhythms. Growing up on the South Coast of the UK, Alan’s entry into the electronic music community first came via raves and these eventually led him to experience the euphoria of the dancefloor at places like Slinky in Bournemouth back in the late 90s. Whilst attending college to study music tech, a young Alan dropped out due to getting a single signed and he quickly went on to become not only a mainstay at iconic venues such as Fabric, but head of the hugely successful We Are The Brave label as well. In this chat we discover how Alan first landed that debut gig at Fabric, how his recent success sampling a Patrice Rushen classic came about and the interesting collaborators he has been working with during the pandemic.

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031: Anja Schneider Jan 27, 2021

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Anja Schneider is a techno superstar who has influenced the scene with her long-running radio shows, epic DJ sets and iconic record labels. Falling in love with electronic music via listening to Kraftwerk whilst growing up in and around Cologne, Anja felt herself drawn to Berlin to visit the legendary Tresor and then decided to move to the city a few weeks later. Once she had made the capital city her home, Anja cut her teeth working behind the scenes at a pirate radio station where it wasn’t long before she made her own debut in front of the mic with many DJ bookings following after. Now one of the leading lights of the scene, in this chat we uncover what the atmosphere was like on that fateful first visit to Tresor, how she made her journey from a radio programmer to one of the biggest dance music radio DJs in the world, her experiences of playing at the legendary Berlin Love Parade and how she is helping fellow German artists and promoters through this difficult lockdown period.

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030: Danny Tenaglia Dec 16, 2020

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Danny Tenaglia is one of the most well respected DJs in the scene and, with his huge musical knowledge and passion for his craft, is often cited as the DJ's DJ. Growing up in Brooklyn New York, Danny was musically inspired by tapes of local DJs as well as his visits to The Loft and the Paradise Garage. After buying some equipment and playing at many local venues, Danny moved to Miami in 1985 and it's here he introduced a new sound called house music to his enraptured audience. Then perfectly placed to star at Miami's new Winter Music Conference event, Danny would play epically long sets that got him noticed amongst the industry and, after moving back to New York, he would go on to regularly play alongside Sasha & Digweed at his legendary residency at Twilo as well as create his own iconic night called "Be Yourself" at Vinyl. In our chat we cover all of this and also find out the production secrets behind his biggest successes as well as get his thoughts on his own future as a DJ in the scene.

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029: Graeme Park Dec 09, 2020

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Graeme Park is a DJ that defined the sound of house music in the UK through his residency at the legendary Hacienda in Manchester. Honing his selector instincts by working in record shops in his youth, it was when the owner of one such shop bought a club, and twisted his arm to play there as a DJ, that he discovered his passion for entertaining a crowd from behind the decks. A fan of all genres, it was his eclectic sets with a sprinkling of this new sound called house that put him on the radar of Hacienda resident Mike Pickering – who asked Graeme to cover for him whilst he went away on holiday. The gig proved such a success that a partnership between the two was formed, the echoes of which can still be felt across dancefloors to this day. Still very active on the scene, in this chat the beloved ‘Parkie’ takes us through his entire career up until now as well as gives his thoughts on the future of the scene.

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028: David Morales Nov 25, 2020

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David Morales is one of the biggest DJs in the world and has built his career working through four decades within the scene. He’s played at parties in every corner of the globe, produced some of house music’s most iconic tracks and worked alongside some of the greatest artists of all time, including: Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, U2 and Madonna. In this wide ranging chat we talk about all aspects of David’s career including how, as a 21 year old, he landed his first ever Manhattan gigs playing at the Paradise Garage, the hilarious backstory behind the creation of his anthemic track “Needin U”, what it takes to break a new record in a club environment and how his Sunday Mass live streaming shows have reaffirmed his love for the art of DJing.

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027: Slipmatt Nov 11, 2020

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Slipmatt is a hero of the hardcore scene and is quite rightly known as the Godfather Of Rave. Fascinated with playing vinyl on his parents’ record player before he could even walk, the young Matt Nelson quickly developed a thirst for soul music that lead him to start buying imported records at an extremely young age. Inspired by a DJ in a local Essex nightclub, Slipmatt was perfectly placed for the rave explosion that soon followed and played at every legendary event that took place during that time. Also having enjoyed chart success as one half of SL2 as well as helping run a pirate radio station back in the day, Slipmatt’s story is a fascinating journey through the scene that brings us right up to now where he still rocks dancefloors with his unmatched technical ability behind the decks.

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SPECIAL: House Gospel Choir Nov 04, 2020

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To celebrate the launch of the House Gospel Choir’s incredible debut album RE//CHOIRED, we caught up with the collective’s founder and creative director Natalie Maddix to talk about the formation of the choir and the recording of the album. In this chat we discover what went down at their very first gig at Glastonbury in 2014, what it was like working on the album with some genuine dance music icons and how the group have been lifting the spirits of house music lovers across the world during lockdown.

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026: Buckley Oct 28, 2020

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Buckley has been a DJ on the scene since the early 90s and has held residencies at some of the most prestigious clubs and club nights in the world. Discovering house music on a visit to Manchester’s Hacienda, Buckley bought some decks and quickly found himself appearing at the venue as a regular DJ himself. He then went on to play the opening set at the first ever Renaissance party, became a resident at the legendary Leeds night Back To Basics for over a decade and also graced the infamous Space Terrace in Ibiza many times as a resident of We Love. In this chat we not only find out about the behind the scenes antics that went on at some of the historic clubbing institutions he has played, but also how his love of travelling has expanded his mind and brought him full circle back to where he belongs behind the decks.

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025: Shades Of Rhythm Oct 13, 2020

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Nick Slater and Lanx are two-thirds of the legendary old skool dance music group Shades Of Rhythm. Inspired by the jazz funk sounds being played at their local school disco by the older kids, Nick and Lanx started travelling out of their hometown of Peterborough to explore the records shops of London and Nottingham and soon started buying their own equipment to produce their own material. Pressing up their debut album themselves, they quickly gathered interest from major labels and what followed was a whirlwind of success taking in all of the huge parties that happened during that rave era. In this chat you’ll hear the guys reminisce about those crazy days, what it was like to play alongside acts like The Prodigy and just how nerve-wracking it was to take the plunge as professional musicians.

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