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JOHN DIGWEED
First record you ever
bought? Patrick Hernandez
‘Born To Be Alive’
Weirdest thing you’ve seen
all year? Sven Väth being
carried on a security guard’s
shoulders, who was being
carried by another security
Style: Electronic house
guard, in front of thousands
Best known for: Transitions
at a festival in Sydney. Classic
radio shows, my Bedrock stuff!
label and DJing all over the
Top gadget of 2008? iPhone
planet.
3G
Tune of 2008: Timo Maas
Your year in fi ve words...
‘Subtellite’ (Cocoon)
Non-stop but really, really
Producer of 2008: Guy J
amazing.
Most important thing you’ve
learned recently? However
busy you are, you need to
make more time for family and
friends.
TRANSITIONS? If one word sums up the career of start and offer a bit of guidance as to where the recent ‘Bedrock 10: Past, Present, Future’ CD into
John Digweed that would certainly be it. One of album should go has been really gratifying,” lends a pure nostalgia exercise. Instead, the decade
the original DJ superstars and a previous Top 100 Digweed. anniversary CD is a triple CD celebration of future
winner, Digweed is still re-inventing himself at the “Guy’s music has soul and that’s why it’s touching promise with a host of classic Bedrock tracks freshly
cutting-edge with a sleeker tech fused sound that so many people. It hits you somewhere and remixed by ascendant talent and plenty of modern
still carries all the melodic hypnosis upon which his combines elements of techno and house." favourites amongst the odd old school original.
sound fi rst rode to success.
“I’ve been playing more and more techno for a few Digweed’s Bedrock label is also enjoying a As for Digweed’s personal DJ excursions, it’s been
years now and have always played right across the renaissance after a few years in the post-vinyl limbo another non-stop year on the road with a March
board so it seemed strange that people still wanted period. tour of Australia followed by a rekindled back-to-
to call me a progressive DJ,” he admits. “I think “When sales fi rst started to drop it suddenly made back tour with Sasha throughout America, Canada
people have fi nally started to realise that the music running the label very, very costly,” refl ects John. and Mexico.
and the sound has moved on. I’m not trying to tag “Before you’d even sold a record the running costs “Ever since Australia it’s been full-on. There was a
what I do with anything.” were through the roof. We had to trim everything whole array of festivals over the summer, I was back
down. I spent 2007 going through things step by out to Asia in October and I’ve got South America to
In today’s times of genre-blurred pollination, it’s step and trying to make sense of it all, working out look forward to at the end of the year,” says John.
testament to Digweed’s diverse, astute tastes where we could save money and not lose out.”
that Guy J’s ‘Esperanza’ LP became one of 2008’s Both celebrating its 10-year landmark and a Somehow Digweed still found time to mix arguably
true revelations with DJs from all corners hailing rejuvenated presence, Digweed’s Bedrock label the best DJmag covermount mix of the year,
Digweed’s discovery as a modern masterpiece. is again living up to its name as a touchstone for drop the fourth edition in his ‘Transitions’ CD
Indeed, roll back six years and the idea of Sven deep, quality electronics with the dreamy prog-tech series, get back in the studio with Nick Muir to
Väth, Sasha, Tiga and Chris Liebing all playing of Christian Smith’s ‘Flyertalk’ and the uplifting record ‘Aquatonic’ and promote his Bedrock 10th
the same Bedrock releases would have seemed tech-house of Jim Rivers’ ‘Empathy’ EP just two anniversary party at London’s new technologically
laughable but all are calling upon Guy J’s melody recent highlights. perfect über-club, matter.
strewn soundscapes to add texture to their sets. Confi dent of the corner turned, it’s telling that ALLAN MCGRATH
“To have been involved in the project from the Digweed neglected the temptation to turn the
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