Influences: Jordan

In my early teens I was a fairly dedicated listener to late night radio, and in particular Fergie’s Radio One Show. These shows were single-handedly responsible for introducing me to records by the likes of Roman Flugel, Phil Kieran, Thomas Schumacher etc who I was very inspired by around that time. I used to be a member of online techno forums where swap we would swap tune ID’s and it was shortly after that this slightly weirder, synthy electronic stuff was the sound I heard when I started going to clubs. I remember hearing Silent Shout shortly before my 16th birthday lying in bed with the headphones on and being a bit transfixed by how it managed to be both tense and euphoric at the same time.

The tripped out minimal sound was a staple diet for me for the next few years, and this was a proper anthem around the time. The crunchy percussion sound plus the complete infectiousness of that hook makes this a complete winner. My mates and I definitely thought we were the dogs balls listening to this stuff when the rest of friends were into emo rock. I actually spent my 18th birthday at Fabric for a M_NUS night as was my obsession with this sound at the time. Think I seen Hawtin 6 times that year.

This has become an anthem at The Night Institute over the past two years and possibly a perfect example of the love I’ve developed for our Italo house & disco roots over the past while – an influence that I’d say is pretty evident in my own productions. It’s got everything really. Rolling basslines, big chord stabs and of course a big portion of mince. I can’t really say enough about this. I fucking love it.

Those who know, know. This is by two producers from Belfast with enviable record collections putting their stamp on some rarities found on their travels around Europe’s record stores. With my personal tastes being so deeply rooted in drum machines and synths an introduction to afro-influenced music was a well-needed introduction to instilling some organic sound into my DJ sets, and this is a perfect example of the stuff that works so well to add soul to an extended DJ set.

Not a track in itself, but this indie movie had me obsessed with subculture – electronic music or otherwise. The idea of how a scene and community can spring up out of hardship and in the most unlikely of circumstances as a proper inspiration in itself – the cinematic quality of it is amazing and the soundtrack is so good I ended up doing an edit of Anne Clarke off the back of watching it.

A local DJ called Boyd Sleator gave me a load of records around 2004/2005 and this was amongst them. I loved the rowdy punk attitude of it and the oddball nature of the artwork, and actually went through a phase of collecting electroclash stuff thinking it was the future though the rest of it was terrible and I’m pretty certain it had already died by then. I was young. Forgive me for my sins.

The rise in this plays tricks with your ear on a proper soundsystem, and as much as I wish I had the balls to play it in a club now, I’m not sure I do. The beats are amazing in it and I spent hours trying to cut out the vocal in Sony Soundforge to sample in Fruity Loops with no luck. I remember being a light jockey slash warmup DJ at a club called Precious in Belfast which tried running techno nights for a while, and the mixture of the riser and the strobes making me uneasy on my feet.

I have to alternate New Order tracks on my drives as I run the fear of playing too many in one set, so this is the current one doing the rounds. In my eyes the only downside is that I didn’t make it.

I’m pretty certain this was my first introduction to Tiga’s music – a love affair that’s continued via all his incarnations. I think there’s a possibility I discovered this in the same record collection where I discovered Fischerspooner – and the Amanda LePore video is another one of those seedy arty pieces I love in dance music. I was lucky enough to actually release a record on Tiga’s Turbo Recordings last year so it’s funny how things can come full circle.

Chuggy, synthy, 80’s euphoria. It’s got it all. I re-edited this for my Boiler Room earlier in the Summer. It doesn’t touch the original but it makes it more clubby for sure. I’m going to put this Youtube back to the beginning and listen the whole way through again.