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HEATSICK The leftfi eld house DJ explains how his early productions were shaped
S peak to your average DJ and you’ll find they usually had one of two reasons for getting involved with music. For some, their first clubbing experiences were right at the heart of a vibrant scene as it was taking off and they just went with the flow. Steven Warwick (aka Heatsick) is one of the other sort. ‘I started because I lived in a small town with nothing happening,’ says the 31-year- old, who was born in London but grew up in rural Lincolnshire. ‘I’ve been playing guitar since I was ten, then I started playing around with a dictaphone and the cassette recorder on my stereo.’
The latter trick, he says, saw him making musique concrete-style tape loops at the age of 14, even before he knew what they were, and before he was aware that just buying a guitar pedal would do the same job. It’s also not too far from what he does now, creating
vivid, compulsive, danceable grooves based on the patterns of classic house music, but with often discordant rhythms and vocal interventions. ‘I’m very much interested in the transition from ambient music, things like Manuel Gottsching, through to the kind of dance music that we hear in clubs,’ he says from his current home in Berlin. ‘I think I occupy the space in between that. In my mind there have always been references to club music in my music, but to go out to clubs here and see how people experience music, how they listen to it all day, it gives you a different perspective. It’s like club music as sound installation.’ (David Pollock)
Kino Fist & Huntleys & Palmers Audio Club, Nice‘n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Fri 14 Jun.
HITLIST THE BEST DANCEFLOOR ACTION
✽ Felix Da Housecat, DJ Pierre & Marshall Jefferson The club night of
the summer? We’re probably pushing the boat out there, but this convention of three Chicago legends will still be unmissable. Arches, Glasgow, Sat 29 Jun.
✽ i AM One of the city’s best midweekers will be welcoming guest Doubleheart
(JD Twitch and Neil Landstrumm’s new joint project). Sub Club, Glasgow, weekly Tue.
✽ This is Music Enjoy the eccentric mega bass
party as Sinden (usually found hanging out with The Count) guests. Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Fri 14 Jun.
✽ Eats Everything Presented by Rinse FM, this ‘all night long’ set from one of the
biggest emerging names in house will surely be rammed. See preview, page 52. Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 21 Jun.
✽ Heatsick See preview, left. Nice‘n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Fri 14 Jun.
✽ Illusion Reaching their all-important first birthday, the house night is joined by
Flashmob (Defected) and Claptone (Exploited). Annexe at the Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 22 Jun.
✽ The Shimmy No, not the one with mirrors in the toilets. This is the one adding
Brazilian duo Digitaria (Hot Creations) to their impressive list of guests. See preview, page 52. Saint Judes, Glasgow, Fri 14 Jun.
✽ Access DJ Graeme F provides a mix of dance and chart hits at this inclusive night
designed to be enjoyed equally by anyone and everyone ‘regardless of background or disability.’ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Sun 30 Jun.
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