35 guide 12-18 Aug 2017 clubs
The groundbreaking selector
and Notting Hill carnival stalwart
empties his psychic record bagThe track I always play to rescue a
dancefl oor Cheryl Lynn Got to Be
Real I have, on occasion, switched
off the music for a moment then
restarted again with this. Just
hearing the intro always elicits
the broadest of smiles.The track that currently gets
the most rewinds Bob Marley
Jamming I love rewinds. It’s
a cultural thing among us
DJ selectors. A moment to
savour when the crowd and
music are one.The track I wish I’d signed to
my label Jamiroquai When You
Gonna Learn Ever heard of Dick
Rowe? Legend has it he famously
turned down the chance to sign
the Beatles for Decca records. It
reminds me of my A&R tenure
at Talkin’ Loud records back in
the day when we tried to sign
Jamiroquai and my then-boss
said a big fat no.The track that got me out of
bed this morning Stanley Myers
Cavatina (theme from The Deer
Hunter) Bed?! Chance would be afine thing! But when I do wake up
after nodding off at some crazy
after-gig party, I sometimes find
myself humming along to this;
breathtakingly beautiful and
great to stroll home to.The track I wish I’d never played
The Clash White Riot Never ask
your ex-punk wife to bring along
her Clash CD to your gig. I had
forgotten my copy from which
I would normally play London
Calling. Unbeknown to me, her
copy contained a different track
running order to mine. And so,
in front of thousands of mainly
black Notting Hill carnival-goers,
I played White Riot by mistake.
The entire crowd stood silent in
utter disbelief as I styled it out for
the duration of the track.The track that should have been
a crossover hit Goldie vs Ulterior
Motive ft Natalie Duncan I Adore
Yo u I really can’t understand why
this beautifully crafted piece of
abstract drum’n’bass hasn’t done
much better out there. Goldie is
the Picasso of our contemporary
dance music scene
Norman Jay plays Night Thing
at The Jazz Cafe, NW1, Fri; his
compilation Mister Good Times
is out on 25 AugPampa Records, run by clubs
bohemian house head DJ
Koze, is arriving in London
in a hail of moustaches
and pointy dancing for
its fi rst showcase since- Robag Wruhme
and Roman Flügel are on
the decks, and there’s a
live set from microhouse
great Isolée (Oval Space,
E2, 19 Aug). This week,
Northern Ireland techno
institution Twitch has
Levon Vincent and Joey
Anderson going back to
back with emotional,
driving techno (Queens
Student Union, Belfast,
Sat), while east London
basement XOYO
celebrates fi ve years
with horrorcore grime
from CASisDEAD (EC2,
Wed) and blunted hip-
hop from Stones Throw
beatmaker Knxwledge
(pictured, Thu). Mr Ties,
whose sweat-drenched
sets traversing the
dark corners of house
and disco should be on
your clubbing bucket
list, hits the UK for
two dates (Sub Club,
Glasgow, 25 Aug; Hidden,
Manchester, 26 Aug);
and beloved old-school
house and techno session
Body Hammer returns
at a new home in a north
London warehouse (Low
Profi le Studios, N4, Sat).
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Harangue the DJ Norman Jay
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