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‘Anything with lavishments that’s funky, I love it all’ Stacey Kidd
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STACEY KIDD
Trouble at the Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Apr; Subculture, Sub Club, Glasgow, Sat 1 May
For a ‘new’ DJ, Stacey Kidd’s been on the block a while. After all, the 30-year-old decksman, remixer and producer grew up at house music’s ground zero, Chicago, so he came of age just as modern dance culture was being born on his very doorstep.
Kidd is both charming and engaging, with a singsong voice that could nearly be described as high-pitched. ‘I started out playin’ the more hard stuff,’ he remembers. ‘But I wouldn’t call it techno; here in Chicago we call it bootymoosic. This was back in 90 when I started professionally. Before that I played the old disco stuff and Chicago house and then around 94 I moved over to the other side. It was [old-school Chicago head] Paul Johnson who got me away from the crazy, hard ghetto stuff and back into the soulful, disco feel of smooth house}
So what is it about a tune that moves Mr Kidd these days? ‘I love a nice vocal, anything with lavishments that’s funky, pumpin’, a nice sample, a one-part loop, I love it all. I’m movin’ back to my disco roots. I’m a real big Stevie Wonder fan, and I used to experiment with the old equipment I had, tryin’ real simple tricks to
make my own Stevie Wonder track. I couldn’t do it,’ he laughs. ‘But then I met Paul Johnson and he got me in the studio, showed me what to do.’
Now Stacey’s a producer in his own right, having released tunes on Chicago’s Dance Mania, Dusttraxx and Silk Entertainment, New Jersey’s Yellorange, France’s Rivera and London’s very own Ministry of Sound. He’s also worked on Louie Vega and Kenny Dope’s Masters at Work subsidiary Kenlou Records, been named one of Chicago’s hottest new producers by DJ Magazine, and is currently remixing Jamiroquai as well as finishing an album.
Yet he still enthuses about the live experience, particularly this, his first visit to Scotland as part of triptych (though, amusingly, his Edinburgh date doesn’t come under this banner as the Cellar Bar doesn’t stock Tennents). ‘You know, I ain’t played in Chicago in six months,’ he muses. “Because I been all around the world playing in places I never even knew had a scene. The only place I’ve played in the UK has been Manchester, but I’ve been on the Sub Club website - I like to do that from time to time under another name, just to see what’s happenin’ — and there’s a lot of folks there who seem to know about me and my music. So yeah, I’m looking forward to it. After all, you gotta go please the people.’ (David Pollock)
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DJ DOPEY
The Sub Club, Glasgow, Wed 12 May; Missing at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sun 16 May
Can a DJ be too good? It's something most (:Iubbers have asked themselves at some stage. as the intently frowning guy behind the decks manipu|ates a stmpIe piece of Vinyl into new and impressive shapes. and the daneelloor looks on ll) admiration »- and wonders when it can actually start dancing.
If its technical skills you're atter. DJ Dopey is your man: after cutting his teeth in the )anadian Cham;)Ionships. the 'I'oronto hip hop and funk DJ won the 2003 [)MC
World Chamtnonships. It entertainment is more on your mind, it might be worth noting that Dopey (aka Jon Ryan Santiago) has preViously shared stages With the likes of Fminem. Slum Village. Gang Starr and Kid Koala.
‘I guess I am more of a turntabhst than a party DJ.‘ he explains. 'But I enjoy playing out. I try to get a good balance. maybe starting off With a hot. party rocking set. and always keeping an element of that. then ending up With a set similar to what I played at the DMC Ch;implonshtps. lfven when I'm not playing somewhere underground I'll always throw in a quick set so people know what I'm on about.‘ (James Smart)
WORDUP
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PRESSURE IS HOLDING A closing party on 28 May at the Arches. Before you all get too depressed they’ll be back in September and have plenty of specials throughout summer lined up (including T in the Park, Coloursfest, Sonar and a few Slam Year Zero Sessions), but this semi-goodbye at the Arches promises a killer line-up including Danny Howwells, Umek and the 20:20 Soundsystem. That’s followed by a Slam Cruise and Never Get Out the Boat party on the Renfrew Ferry on 30 May. Tickets are limited so act fast.
TIME FOR A VERY QUICK C(‘)mpetition and we mean very QUICK. so as yOti'II need to be on the ball for this one. Goth. rock and metal night the MISSION hits five years at Studio 24. Edinburgh on 1 May. And we have five pairs of tickets for the birthday special to give away. So send an email marked MISSION With your name and a daytime phone number to (:ltibszzilist.co.uk by no later that 5pm on l-‘riday 30 April. In the words of Chris Tarrant. 'tastest finger first'.
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