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TECHNO DAVE CLARKE
Pressure at the Arches, Glasgow, Fri 31 Oct
Dave Clarke, the man John Peel dubbed ‘the baron of techno’, the man behind the seminal stabbing ‘Red’ series, has to be the main attraction at this month’s Pressure. Slam always pulls out the stops, so big names come as no surprise to the faithful. We get Ivan Smagghe, Jon Carter, Agoria, D’Julz, Maurice Fulton and Mu (live) joining Slam themselves. But all that pales in comparison with Clarke’s live set - a rare and beautiful thing.
It’s been eight long years since his first long player, Archive One, and his new album, Devil’s Advocate, out on 3 November. His live sets this year are the first for six years. ‘l’ve only done one before and that was 1997 at Tribal Gathering,’ explains Clarke. ‘That was pretty amazing as Carl Craig and Kraftwerk were down there, it was when British festivals actually cared about Detroit and music. It’s weird because I never really enjoy playing my own music when I’m DJing, I find it a bit nepotistic. I mean, I do play it and I can be seen dancing quite badly to it, but I wouldn’t play lots of it. But live, obviously it’s all your own work.’
Clarke’s never been one for sitting still, and the hiatus between albums was mainly due to legal wrangles with former record label Deconstruction. Now with Skint, Devil’s Advocate mixes punk, hip hop and even reggae, featuring vocals from DJ Rush, Chicks on
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