“Every now and then I played downstairs.
It was a lot techier, which is what inspired
me to start producing tech-house and
techno. My pseudonym for my techier
tracks is Juan Kidd. Say it really fast! I was
in Australia and I just heard someone say
it.”
You’re looking very dapper for today’s
photo shoot. We hear Dolce & Gabbana
have been helping fill your wardrobe...
Jason: “I had an Italian agent and she
organizes music for Dolce & Gabbana
fashion shows. ‘I Can’t Get Enough’ was
massive at the time so they flew me over
and asked if I’d do a party for them. They
told me what they wanted and I designed
it, with loads of mash-ups, like one of The
Doors. They loved it so they asked me to
DJ on the catwalk in Milan. It was the
spring/summer collection so all the girls
were in bikinis putting their arms round
me! I did that with Donna Summer, who
was amazing, very humble.
“I also played the Cannes Closing Party
and the Monaco Grand Prix. I can now call
up Dolce & Gabbana to say I have to do a
photo shoot and they sort me out a few
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looks.”
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Lisa Millett. How did you go about
planning the set?
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Jason: “Byblos is the Sankeys of Scotland.
It’s quite small and intimate with low
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ceilings, the kind of place I want to play. I
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asked if we could do it there because the
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new music. Then Lisa came and did vocals.
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“I recorded it on an M-Audio MicroTrack II,
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which is the size of a mobile phone. You
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really soulful house tune.” and it records everything.
“The set reflects past, present and future
Coming from Manchester, how much of tracks for my label. I wanted to show how ds: JOE R
an influence was the Hacienda? we were funky house but now we’re vocal
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Jason: “It was amazing. Manchester had house.”
Northern Soul, then we had US garage, Lisa: “Jason and I have known each other
stuff like West End Records that Graham for a while. I’ve done ‘Bad Habit’, which is
Park and Mike Pickering used to play. I being re-released, lots of stuff with ATFC
remember seeing Jocelyn Brown one New and One Phat Deeva, Soul Heaven with
Year’s Eve… the Pasta Boys, Bini & Martini, the early
“The way I see it is that funky vocal house days of Paul Oakenfold and The Perfecto
is a progression. Electro was a big jump — All Stars. I’ve had quite a lot of chart hits
people were bored of hearing the same but somehow you never quite see that I’ve
disco loops — but now I think it’s going been involved though you might
Left to right: Katherine Ellis, Lisa Millet, Abigale Bailey, Jason Herd, back. Not to funky house but to house recognise my voice.
Rita Cambell & Steve Edwards that can be played in big rooms with “I also know Steve Edwards through a
vocals. People want a bit of soul back but Sheffield band called the All Seeing I. That
still with club beats.” was a couple of years touring interesting
“People want a bit of soul
leftfield dance music.
You were resident at Sankeys. Did that “Me and Jason had been talking about
back [in their music] but
influence your sound? doing a track but never got around to it.
Jason: “I played upstairs most of the But Jason got demanding this year so he
still with club beats.”
time, dropping stuff like you’ll find at the came down to London and we just got into
end of this issue’s CD, tougher music but the studio. We’ve done a lot of gigs where
with some vocals because people wanted he was DJing and I was doing a PA so the
Jason Herd
that. live thing was natural.”
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