January

BUGGED OUT ZINE INTERVIEWS
Chilly Gonzales: The Canadian renaissance man on his Guinness world record, piano battles and jealousy.

Why did you retire in 2004?
It was a fun part to play – the retiring entertainer. I imagined I’d been doing it for 40 years, not 4. In Berlin we have this ritual where you roast someone. When you retire all your friends get together and make really mean speeches, lots of gentle insults. I set up a roast. I brought Peaches, Mocky, Feist – my crew from that time. There was a massive picture of me. We all sat around the table and they gave me a roasting. I then fled and moved to Paris. A new place to take advantage of – a clean break! Oh and I’m still retired.
You headlined Bugged Out New Years Eve in 2003 so we’re thrilled to have you in the Bugged Out tent at Field Day. What can we expect?
Maybe ask yourself this – can you all handle the Gonze?
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Diplo chats about his Mad Decent party on May 30th.
What can you remember being the highlights of last year’s May bank holiday Mad Decent party?
Let’s see, It was probably the best line up I was part of...Skream, Fake Blood and Boy 8 Bit and all the weird Italians! (Crookers). I love to play with Skream ‘cause he plays records that are so damn scary and weird and I’m like W.T.F.? and then everyone goes nuts and I realise I’m in England and you guys are all closet psychopaths.
What/who are you looking forward to on May 30th?
Just reppin’ the Mad Decent crew! Rusko, Maluca etc.
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In anticipation of the upcoming Planet Turbo tour and London date on May 1st, Tiga shares his thoughts on the project.

Tell us about the Planet Turbo Tour. What can people expect? 1. I don’t have to tour alone. I think the audience really wants to see me have a good time up there. There's nothing sadder in this world than unrequited fun. It can get lonely touring by yourself. You come offstage with the vitamin water sweats, looking for the right lady to rate tracks on a scale of 1 to 10 with. And there’s no one there for you. No one who really understands. Now there will be at least two people who understand.
2. It forces me to evolve as a DJ, which is a very beautiful thing for a crowd to witness. Digital. Analog. And back again? Count on it. I’m like a shark: if I stop grooving, I’ll die.
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Erol Alkan interview. 7 questions about the 7 hour set.

What were your highlights from last years set?
Doing the warm up at the front of the night was fun, as I don't get to play warm up sets any more since the end of Trash. Certain segments really stood out, especially the weird end of disco which I am a fan of.
How do you prepare for such a long set? Banana and a piss beforehand?
You need to have some type of structure, options and escape plans. Your only real preparation is what you choose to bring to the club, and lists of tracks which may work in theory can limit how you read the dancefloor on the actual night..
Any new tracks that you are writing that might get an airing?
Yes. The next 12" with Alex (Boys Noize) after Avalanche / Lemonade is almost done, so one of those tracks will definitely get an airing. There's a few other tracks which are unfinished which get played here and there, so I imagine they'll get tested too.
If you had a rare day off with 7 hours of free time, what would you do?
No idea. It never happens. I'd probably waste it somehow.
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Crookers interview

Crookers give us the run through of collaborations on their debut album, ‘Ton’s Of Friends’
1. We Love Animals - Crookers feat Soulwax & Mixhell 3:56
"We recorded this at their studios but their synthesizers were broken. The sound that you hear on this track is because the synth’s didn’t work properly!”
2. No Security - Crookers feat Kelis 3:10
"We sent her a lot of beats.140 bpm track in fact. When she sang on that beat we were like, 'Oh shit we don't like it'. We scraped it and had to start all over again.”
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Simian Mobile Disco Interview
Simian Mobile Disco run through their line-up for their Delicatessen party at Matter on Sat 20th Feb at Matter.
Green Velvet
Old school legend who is still making amazing stuff. His tracks have been staples in our DJ sets for ages now. Very excited to hear him play – ‘Cameras Ready, Prepare To Flash’.
Retro/Grade
Italo aficionado Serge Santiago has teamed up with Tom Neville to make Retro/Grade. Expect classy, souped up disco vibes from this exclusive live set.
DJ Pierre
Acid pioneer DJ Pierre absolutely nailed a remix of ‘Cruel Intentions’ for us. Watch him join the dots between acid old and new like no-one else.

Boy 8 Bit
Last years stellar Baltic Pine set Boy 8 Bit apart from the pack. His DJ sets are simultaneously pastoral and mean. A real British talent.
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Boy 8 Bit

Where are you right now and what are you doing?
Currently at home, doing that Monday thing of getting back into the swing of it after a 3 show weekend. Aiming to do a bit more work on some new material and maybe head out and start my Christmas shopping!
As you’ve released most of your EPs on many different and varied labels. Which is your favourite and why?
I don't really judge my release by label and have never really thought about it in that way. I'm proud of everything I have done over the years and I am honored to be on any label that believes in my music enough to put it out in the first place!
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Mumdance

Where are you right now and what are you doing?
I've literally just woke up & I'm just getting myself ready to head out & play a few dates on the Major Lazer tour this week. At the weekend I'm heading to France to play in Lille & at the Paris Social Club, its my first headline slot at the Social & I'm a bit worried that no one is going to turn up!!
It must be a hoot being in the Mad Decent camp? How did that come about?
I feel very privileged to be a part of it all. I guess it came about when a little while back Diplo did a remix of "Veni Vidi Vici" by the Black Lips. At the time I was working for Vice Magazine who put the record out. I did a little sneaky bootleg & remixed his remix, turning it into this weird Balie-Grime thing with Jammer on. I sent it to Diplo on Myspace and a few days later he got in touch with me & asked me to remix Santigold's "Creator" for his Top Ranking mixtape. It's just gone on from there really. I gotta big up Wes actually, he has been so supportive of me over the past couple of years & it has helped me out a lot.

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The Chemical Brothers

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
(Ed Simons): Although I know you have been based in London for years it still means Manchester and Sankeys Soap to me. Hearing those huge DJ’s playing in that back street club back then (1995). Also Jockey Slut’s (magazine) office was upstairs at the time so it all tied together.
Do you remember the Disco Pogo nights we threw before Bugged Out?
I remember one night was in Joshua Brookes and it was like an early incarnation of what we went on to do with the (Heavenly) Social. We played the Manics at the end (La Tristesse Durera). When we did Disco Pogo it was one of the first times we had travelled up from London to DJ. We were still playing records in our set we had bought from Moonboots at Eastern Bloc from our time (studying) in Manchester though. We were working on a remix of Faster for the Manics at the time. We went up to DJ and then came back and went straight to the studio to finish it off. We all fell asleep under the desk at one point, me, Tom and the engineer. Seems like a different time now.
The first time you played live at Sankeys it was in April 1995 as Very Special Guests from Planet Dust…
Yes the clue was in the title there wasn’t it (they had just changed their name from Dust Brothers to Chemical Brothers). Derrick Carter played and I remember thinking he was good. We heard (resident) James Holroyd for the first time too and he became a permanent fixture of our touring party. We also used Stuart James for the first time too and he has been our tour manager ever since. One of our crew on that night, Joe Wright is a director now, he directed Atonement and Pride and Prejudice. It was a small stage, quite ambitious to play live on. But back then we just used five keyboards, samplers and four strobe lights. It was always a bit hairy in Manchester at the time. We DJed once and decided to walk back to the hotel rather than get a cab. These locals shouted at us, Oi are you the Chemical Brothers? We were like, ‘Yes my good men’. And then they started throwing rocks at us.
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Boys Noize


What does Bugged Out mean to you?
A great team that always has a great taste in music and always supports the young unknown talents that get bigger one year later. I always have great moments at Bugged Out.
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Simian Mobile Disco

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Techno, that's a compliment.
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Mylo

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Um, you're the guys who do that gay disco right?
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Busy P

What were you doing 15 years ago?
I was learning how to look after two guys who wanted to be anonymous but who were changing the game in our music industry.
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Justin Robertson

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Friendship and a shared love of the absurdly fun, serious music not taken seriously, quality with tremendous shoes.
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JoJo De Freq

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Making an unforgettable mark in the history of dance music; being respected by being a respecter; making and breaking a multitude of DJ's and acts through influence and enthusiasm; and having un-waverable endurance the face of many ups and downs and reincarnations oh and not to mention many a proper, fun, messy night out!
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Matt Walsh

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
Quite a lot! Bugged was my favourite club night for about 8 years and now I’m a resident! It’s always at the forefront of current dance music and it has, by far, the best crowd in the world.
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Hannah Holland

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
It means pure quality clubbing with cutting edge dance music and an honour to be part of.
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Brodinski

What does Bugged Out mean to you?
I'm speechless. Best party in the world? I think so!!
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