Parklife 2009 Interviews

Funkagenda Q&A

1. What did you want to be when you were very young?

An archeologist... and not even the Indiana Jones kind... The actual Tony Robinson kind! I was well into dinosaurs and ancient mythology...

2. What was your first ever job?

Roadie for my dads band. I learned a LOT about music tech doing that actually... I started when I was about 14 so no Newcastle Brown Ale for me...

3. What is your most vivid childhood memory?

I used to go to my Grandads house and play on his Lowry Organ when I was young... I always remember that! It was a massive BEAST of a keyboard with a huge leslie speaker cabinet...

4. Whats your guilty pleasure?

Hmmmm... Probably studio stuff... I reckon I have bought more than most people know I have! Or more recently chocolate... Mmmmm chocolate synths... now THERE is an idea!

5. Who was your teenage crush?

Well celebrity crush would have been Kristin Scott Thomas... Closer to home was a girl called Vanessa in my class at school...

6. Apart from DJing, what other talent do you have?

I make the worlds best Pot Noodle... FACT. Honestly, if you ask anyone who has had one that I have made they will tell you...

7. What 3 words would your girlfriend/wife or best friend use to describe you?

Ridiculous Wonderful Geek...

8. Which other acts/Djs are you hoping to see perform at Parklife this year?

Well Bart B More is great and so is Linus Loves so maybe those guys... And I will be interested to meet up with Huggy + Dean Newton cuz I featured one of their tracks on my Essential Mix!

9. What are your 3 essential festival items, apart from your own Tunes?

My driver/mate Paul - At global gathering when it was really muddy he was piggy backing me to the loos so my trainers stayed clean...
Benadryl - I have CHRONIC hayfever... :-(
My Belt - To be honest I forget my belt wherever I go...

10. Give your three all time biggest festival anthems:

Underworld - Dark + Long
Mindtrap - Much Better Man
Sasha + Emmerson - Scorchio

11. Take this opportunity to plug what you have going on at the moment/production/gigs/anything you want...

Well I have my new label "Funk Farm" starting up in a month or so. The first release will be my single "Astana" backed with a more mellow track called "Minke". I have also just finished the Good Times