Bill Brewster Tracklist Wednesday 30th April
PART ONE
Popular People’s Front - Funk Encounters of the Nerd Kind (PPF)
Belleruche - It’ll Come (Yam Who? Mix) (Tru Thoughts) (taken from Shapes)
dOP - Foly (B-Schnitte Remix) (Milnor Modern)
Munk - Live Fast! Die Old! (Gomma)
Telespazio - Telemetric (Arto Mwambe Remix) (Tiny Sticks)
40 Thieves - Huffbochente (Permanent Vacation)
Cro-Magnon - Take Me Higher (Fli Mix) (CD-R)
Rodamaal ft Claudia Franco - Insomnia (Kemistry Mix) (Buzzin’ Fly)
PART TWO
Mark E - Ray Gun (Jisco)
Five Letters - The Kee THa Tha (Strut) (taken from Disco Italia)
Mugwump - Boutade (Misericord)
Steve Kotey & Max Essa - Salon De L’Herbe 1981 (Electric Minds)
Dedication - It’s A Dedication (CD-R)
Munk - Under Kontrol (Gomma)
Laurent Garnier - Back To My Roots (Innervisions)
Faze Action - Disco Motion (Faze Action Dub) (Faze Action)
Wight Light Orchestra - Chaos & Consciousness (Care In The Community)
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One minute he’s rocking the roof off at Fabric with his tough and funky big-room underground house; the next he’s charming the pants off a more intimate crowd with everything from dubby disco, funk and hip-hop to trip hop and Latin electronica. Armed with a sensitivity and sense of occasion that few DJs possess Bill Brewster knows how to work a crowd in the best possible sense.
Originally a chef, a football pundit (co-editor of fanzine When SaturdayComes) and record collector, Bill began DJing in earnest in the late 80s while living in New York and running DMC’s US operation. He cut his teeth playing ‘Low Life’ warehouse parties in Harlem and the East Village, and anyone hearing Bill today can see how these New York ‘roots’ shine through. For eclecticism, surprises, amazing unique music and sheer long-haul dedication to the dancefloor, Bill’s your man.
His other life is as a writer. Together with long-term pal Frank Broughton, Bill is author of the definitive history of DJing, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, and has contributed his acid Grimsby wit and encyclopaedic knowledge of music to just about every dance rag there is, not to mention The Guardian, Independent and Mail On Sunday. The Brewster-Broughton double act unveiled their latest hit in 2002 with the uniquely sardonic DJ manual How To DJ (Properly).
He’s an industry insider, having brought Twisted Records to the UK and launched his own highly successful deep house label Forensic. In his spare time he is often found in the studio, either with Fat Camp partner, Theo Noble, re-editing old disco, funk and rock records; or producing original music.
As his hero Kid Creole would say, 'Annie I'm not your daddy.'
Residencies:Fabric, Faith, Low Life (London)