Today I’ve got another guest article to share with you all. It’s a write-up from this year’s Splendour In The Grass festival that went down a couple of weekends ago at Byron Bay. I wont babble on any longer as this is a pretty damn long write-up…
The Splendid Adventure – by Waz
A couple of weekends ago I had the pleasure, and I suppose the luck, of attending Splendour In The Grass 2006. I say ‘luck’ due to the fact that this year’s tickets … [read more]
Interview time! This one is with ex Art Brut guitarist/songwriter Chris Chinchilla. As ever, being in Australia (where?!) time difference is a shitter, so Chris was good enough to stay up till the unsociable hours to speak with me. But what was said? Read on…
Gav: Good evening, Chris, and thanks for staying up late to speak with me. Shall we start the usual way, you explaining to the readers exactly who you are and what you do?
Chris Chinchilla: Right… I am … [read more]
Today I bring you an interview with Rusty Sheriff. He’s a pal of mine that just so happens to make fantastic music. He combines turntablism, samplism, and dirty-breakalism… ok, you probably were thinking I made the second word up, but now you definitely know I made the third one up! But, enough of my nonsense, I’ll let you read the transcript from the interview…
Gav: Good day to you kind sir and thank you for taking the time out to do this interview. Do … [read more]
I had the good fortune of going to the DMC's a few times whilst I worked for one of the key sponsors of the competition in the UK between '99 and '04, so generally speaking I know all about the championships, but some of you wont. Some of you wont even be interested, but that's cool, I'm gonna give you a little lesson anyway.
Firstly, DMC stands for Disco Mixing Club. The DMC World DJ Championships are an annual event where by the worlds top … [read more]