35 guide 14-20 Oct 2017 clubs
The British, Berlin-based hybrid
DJ and producer empties the
contents of his psychic record bagThe track I always play to rescue a
dancefl oor LOFT Ye s I don’t really
have an SOS track, which says
something about my limitations
as a DJ. But I do have this
deranged two-and-a-half minute
drum solo, which should confuse
the crowd long enough for me to
slip out the nearest exit.The track that currently gets the
most rewinds Gage & Kevin Jz
Prodigy Bad Bitch I spend a lot of
time behind the decks wondering
whether a monstrous banger is
actually a little too obscene for
the moment. This track might
be the most obscene of them
all. When I do play it, it’s worth
savouring the moment.The track I’d play at my auntie’s
wedding Hall & Oates I Can’t Go
For That (No Can Do) What can be
said that hasn’t already been said
about the indisputable greatest of
all Dad Classics?The track I’d play to show off my
eclectic tastes Venetian Snares
Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole
Frothing gabber-breakcore mightbe one of the last frontiers of
good taste. I’m a sucker for it,
though. Roll on next year’s Bang
Face Weekender.The track that got me out of
bed this morning Joanna Brouk
Invocation I don’t tend to listen
to music first thing: when you’re
working with your ears all day,
an hour of silence is golden. But I
reckon this 36-second recording
of an alpine horn would work
great as an alarm.The track I wish I’d never played
Meredith Monk Gotham Lullaby
I love this song: the emotional
chords, the nonsense lyrics,
the ululating bits. The crowd in
Amsterdam in 2014 definitely
didn’t. In retrospect, I shouldn’t
have insisted on playing an
ambient set at 1am on a Friday.The best track by my favourite
new artist K-Lone In the
Dust of This Plane Brilliant,
unplaceable sounds from a
young British producer. The title
makes me think of apocalypse,
but I suspect the actual third
world war won’t be anywhere
near this poetic
Minor Science plays No Bounds
festival, Sheffield, SatOne of the big clubs
underground acts of the
year is Or:la (pictured),
whose sets plot a course
through deep house and
techno, with a pipette’s-
worth of junglism. As
well as solo dates and
support for Hessle
Audio, Bicep and Joy
Orbison, she’s touring
with Hotfl ush boss Scuba
(Sub Club, Glasgow,
24 Oct; Sneaky Pete’s,
Edinburgh, 25 Oct). Posh
Isolation is a fearsome
Copenhagen label
blending noise, coldwave
and techno: its stars
Damien Dubrovnik,
Croatian Amor and
Varg infl ict their foul
moods on Salford’s
White Hotel (21 Oct).
Another talented Scando,
Norwegian producer
Skatebård, brings his
cosmic disco over for a
rare UK date (The Old
Market Assembly, Bristol,
Sat), while mournful,
soulful drum’n’bass duo
SpectraSoul celebrate
their new LP How We
Live at two launch parties
(XOYO, EC1, Thu; Wire
Club, Leeds, 24 Nov).
And amid the bands at
Bristol’s Simple Things
festival, there are killer
dance names such as
Jlin and Daphni (various
venues, 21 Oct).
Ben Beaumont-ThomasHarangue the DJ Minor Science
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