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David Pollock chats to the king of out and paste, DJ Yoda, as he brings his audio-visual show to Headspin for their Festival special.
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in llix omi right thankx to the Septemher releaxe ot' hix dehut alhtun proper '/'/It' .lmurme .'\(/\'('IIIIH'('\ of.
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time to prepare the xet. to “1;!GC xure that e\aetl_\ the right ehp tx pla}mg hehind the right hit ol' tnuxie. that‘x \xh} it'x xomething l tour. rather than itixt
heing a one-ol‘l' l).l xet that l ean take in an} direction. The ‘(ioex to the .\lo\'iex' xho\\ ix . . . \\ ell
. it'x a proper xhou.‘
l‘anx ol' Yoda‘x \olumex ol’ llon‘ In (’ul (HUI I’m/e xerateh mi\tapex \xon't e\aet|_\ he aghaxt at the direetion he‘x taking here. ‘I ehooxe \ideo elipx in the xame \\a_\ ax muxieal xamplex.‘ he xa} x. ‘\\hieh haxieall} meanx l uxe an_xthing that inxpirex me. I eome l'rom a hip hop haekground. xti that l‘ormx the haxe ol' the inuxie and a lot ol the mo\ iex are related. l‘rom there l take it in exer} direetion. touardx anything I lind amuxing or limit}. I tixe a lot ol‘ Htlx tilmx. a lot ol‘ Will Ferrell. .lapanexe mmiex. \xexternx a there are a l(l() l5tl lilmx in there.‘
Yoda'x l‘ortheoming alhum xeex him meld all M hix muxieal inxpirationx together. ‘lt‘x a hit like in} l).ling.‘ he xa} x. ‘all o\er the plaee. I tried to get all m} inl‘lueneex on one alhum: there'x lotx ol' hip hop. a drum & haxx traek. a reggae one. a via// one. a hluex one. I \xorlxed \\ ith ahout 3t) rapperx too. it'x an L‘ClL‘L‘IiL‘ l]ii\.'
llandil). hix ereating the Me \ixualx to go \tith the alhum tour meanx that eaeh xong \xill alxo tune a read}made \ideo. "the \\a} l xxork ix dexigned tor e\er} emironment.‘ he xa}x. 'You ean danee to it. )titi ean xit dou n and \xateh it. I don't think there'x an} douht that in ten }e;ii'x' time a lot more l).lx \till he doing \\ hat I do. Then I might e\ en he ahle to eall Ill} xL‘llitilLl-xclltitih
‘DJ Yoda Goes to the Movies’ will be part of Headspin at the Bongo Club, 558 7604, 12 Aug, 1 1pm-Sam, £10.
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