happen. Some do better than others, some have serious memory lapses, some don’t realize that the ones who are doing well are simply repeating stuff from 20/30 years ago, but at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter anyway. It is what it is. But there’s no doubt - when I started seeing the big auction houses selling pieces off for silly money, it made me squirm a little and I can see why some brilliantly talented graff artists have diversified into other mediums, a bit of a dash to get back under the rocks to the less commercial, graffiti on a birthday card darkside.
Onto the current musical side of things – do you feel you’re now writing songs rather than slices of music to be mixed? I’ve always written songs, I’m probably writing less dance floor fuelled instrumentals than before - There’s obviously an age factor involved. The last time I was in Ibiza doing a 7 week residency at Space, I remember looking up and thinking ‘you stupid old git – you’re the oldest f*kker in the building’. I have to acknowledge that there are kids younger than MY kids going to the clubs these days and I have to ask myself whether I really know what those kids want to be dancing to. And the simple answer to that is that I probably don’t. So the message is always going to change, but saying that, I still think my ears are good and my musical instincts are sharp, and while I do what everyone’s parents do – namely cringe a bit when I listen to some of the new music coming through, I think my music’s solid. Yes – it is firmly anchored in the past, but I believe it’s got a bloodshot eye on the future as well.
there, but the tracks that stood out more were probably the more ‘industrial’ ones. I think Unique 3 has always had two sides to its coin and maybe one side has come out and accentuated itself more as time went on … like the grey hairs on my chest.
Are you a bit of a sentimental old fool? I’m a broken hearted old fool, aren’t you?! Or at least the songs I write might make you draw that conclusion. My wife tells me that you need to take at least 4 Co-Codamols to listen to any of my songs & funnily enough … we regularly do.
Way ahead of you – done at least 4 this Do you feel you’ve embraced melody more as morning. So look – you’ve seen all the twists and turns in the dance music scene – how do the years rolled on? you feel about the demise of the DJ as a role I’m not sure that’s the case actually. I think in it’s own right as producers get all the gigs Unique 3 has always been melodious – if whether they’re any good at working a crowd you look at tracks like Rhythm Takes Control, or not? No More & Take This Love – it’s always been I don’t think it’s something that DJ’s can moan Early sleeve art sketches by Lewis Campbell