5/26/2023 0 Comments Djdecks view forum![]() In 2004, I bought tickets to see Machel Montano at Kentish Town Forum, a night I will remember for ever, as it turned out to be where I proposed to my wife, Sara. It’s where I first heard calypso and soca, and I became hooked on the music. In the early 1980s, my dad’s job as a mackerel fisher meant that he got approached to work with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which took us to amazing places such as Trinidad. Quite a few strands of my life run through this image – particularly that T-shirt. Which was just her way of saying, “That was great.” Most of all, I remember a woman who beckoned me over after my set and said: “That was disgusting!” and walked off. My hands were shaking and I really didn’t want to stick out among all these heavyweight DJs. When I got there, the room was way bigger than I expected. Hedkandi – a huge house music name – was on before me and I thought: “Blimey, I am slightly out of my depth.” The guy who was running the show had been vague and said: “I’d like you to do something, I’ll let you know a bit more about it nearer the time.” So I was hugely surprised a few weeks before the event when I saw the running order. The gig was a festival in Regent’s Park organised by Innocent Drinks, and I hadn’t quite realised what I’d been signed up for. ![]() I was really nervous when this photograph was taken, and it’s clear that I am concentrating.
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