Crate Digging

Crate Digging: DJ Yoda

The fast-paced cut-and-paste master shares some of his favourite tunes ahead of his slot at Pressure

I’ll start with Kanye West ‘I Don’t Like’ (Mercury). My love/hate relationship with hip hop continues, but I’m pretty much always interested in what Kanye is doing. His newest stuff is bang on trend in terms of the current sound of rap music, but still…

Crate Digging - Truss/MPIA3

DJ and producer shares some of his favourite tracks ahead of set at Unseen’s first birthday

Truss (also known by his ‘aggressive brutal electronic’ alter ego MPIA3) shares some of his favourite tracks ahead of his guest set at techno night Unseen’s first birthday. My first pick is DJ Richard ‘Leech (White Material). I was chatting to Bill…

Crate Digging: Animal Farm's Darren Quail and Charles Turtle

The DJ/promotion outfit share their favourite club tracks

Quail: Mike Huckaby ‘Flashbacks from the M1’ (SYNTH) [from The Versatility EP] is a remastered classic from 1997 and simple Detroit techno at its best. It’s got a kick, a hi-hat, a clap and a synth hook that would deepen the shallowest of souls, it’s…

Crate Digging: Gavin Richardson

First up is Cassegrain & Tin Man ‘Sear’ (Killekill), the pick of the bunch on their Carnal EP. Killekill has been one of the stand-out labels for us over the last year, and they have a special tenth release coming soon. Blawan – one of our birthday…

Crate Digging - Teamy

The Wrong Island DJ gives a peek at his record collection ahead of the club night's fifth birthday

First up is Shirley Lites ‘Heat You Up, Melt You Down’ (West End Records). It’s one of those quintessential records that I never get tired of, I’ve had it in my head all week actually. It’s from 1983, and it’s a great example of the point where disco…

Crate Digging: Caspa

The dubstep producer delves into his record bag ahead of his Festival appearance at the Liquid Room

One of my favourite tracks at the moment is my new single Caspa ‘War’ (Positiva), which has got Keith Flint from The Prodigy on it. There’s a Subscape remix, and his remix has everything, it’s dancefloor but it’s not overly cheesy, it’s very heavy but…

Crate Digging: Foamo

The house and heavy bass producer tells us about 5 of his favourite records before he guests at XY

I’ll go with Justin Martin ‘Don’t Go’ (Dirtybird) from his new album [Ghettos & Gardens] – he’s been one of my favourite producers for a while. I think he has a similar vibe to the stuff I make, where he is quite into his drum & bass and brings some of…

Crate Digging: Rebecca Vasmant

The young Glaswegian DJ is set to play Ministry of Sound & Mixmag's Warehouse Party

I love jazz music, and as much as I love house music too, I don’t think it has the same timelessness. My first choice is one I got about a year ago, it’s PE Hewitt Winter Winds (Now-Again), a three-LP box set of material self-recorded by a 16-year-old…

Crate digging: Nick Curly of Kehakuma

The German house DJ shares his favourite tracks ahead of a set at Return to Mono

I’ll start with ‘Easy’ Sante feat Daniel Wild (8Bit) for me it’s the best club record of the moment, people go crazy when I play it and there’s a great vibe on the vocal. I have two labels and sometimes you sign a track and you realise, ‘boom this is…

Crate Digging: The Riddim Tuffa Crew

Edinburgh based duo Adham and Frontline Selecta pick some tunes prior to their Wee Dub Festival set

Last year was a really good year for us as we managed to launch our own label and put out a few records. Riddim Tuffa feat Little Kirk ‘Kill Them Out’ (Tuffa Dubs) is a regular stamper in our DJ set. The groovy bass and amazing vocals from Kirk is a…

Crate Digging: Playdate's Steven and Stewart

On the eve of the leftfield house night's fourth birthday, the residents pick some tunes for us

Steven Nôze ‘Remember Love’ (My Best Friend) features one simple piano loop with two drunk Frenchmen reminiscing over what could have been in broken English with rolling choppy drums that will never get old. Franco-knees-up-party-starting…

Crate Digging: DJ Astroboy, resident at Departure Lounge

The club night's defining moments, prior to its final instalment

When we started the night back in 2003, as a group of friends who just wanted to hear some different music in the club, little did we think it would take off like it did. The mixture of live music and DJ sets of African, Latin, jazz and soul influenced…

Crate Digging: Scuba

The Hotflush label boss gives us his top five tracks ahead of his set at the debut EQTV party

The first track they did together, ‘Swims’, still isn’t out yet but it’s one of the most recognisable club tunes of the year; however I think Boddika & Joy O ‘Froth’ (Unreleased) is much better. It’s a lot deeper, a lot more atmospheric, though still…

Crate Digging: Deetron, aka Sam Geiser

The Swiss DJ gives a sneak peak in his record crate ahead of his appearance at No Strings Attached

Scuba ‘Adrenalin’ (Hotflush Recordings) has been a constant in my set since I got it a few weeks ago, because the crowd reactions are always amazing. The combination of Detroit-ish bassline, euphoric pads and the vocal works beautifully, it’s a real…

Crate digging: Ahead of his DJ date at RockNess, Glasgow’s David Barbarossa gives us five of the best

Fern Kinney ‘Baby Let Me Kiss You’ (WEA) lurks on the B-side of mums’ favourite ‘Together We Are Beautiful’, and it’s a slow, sleazy electronic killer. Right from the impassioned moan that introduces the track — I’m not convinced it’s just kissing she…

Former Lionrocker Justin Robertson shows us his vinyl

Featuring King Creosote, Factory Floor, Lisa O Piu, Mac Sims and more

It’s always hard for me to pick my favourite tunes as I change my mind all the time, so here’s a selection I’m currently digging. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins ‘Bubble’ (Domino) is a remarkably delicate song, it’s so fragile but it has a drama that only…