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THREE YEARS AGO, a remixed version of recordings, and the ‘Best Of Times’ album
Freak’s ‘The Creeps’ became a club smash, is followed by a new single,
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breaking into the UK top ten, appearing ‘UMakeNoSense’.
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Luke Solomon and Justin Harris, friends owned by Damian Lazarus (whose album
since meeting at Middlesex University in Solomon has just fi nished producing) and
1991, with offers of a follow-up. backed by a Radio Slave remix, it’s the CARL LONGMAN
Like the protagonist of the concept album kind of reaction to any notion of
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it came from, however, 2003’s ‘The Man popularity that Solomon says he’s had STRADDLING the line between sublime
Who Lived Underground’, they vanished since school. electronic disco, house and techno, Carl’s
from the mainstream, and returned to “It’s our deep breath record,” he says. Electrifi ed mixes have caught our ears for a
their roots in leftfi eld house music and “Let’s make a record like we used to, not while now. Running a night at Indigo,
rediscovered what it meant to be a Freak. giving a shit what people think. It’s Clapham, number eight in his series of DJ
completely mental and is going to get mixes typifi es what it’s about with DFA,
The result is best of album, ‘Best Of people going, ‘this is brilliant!’ or ‘this is Legowelt and Mock & Toof sitting alongside
Times’, released on Music For Freaks on rubbish!’” DJ Koze, Alex Dolby and Chateau Flight,
1st March, and accompanied, when with even masters of reinvention, Massive
bought through iTunes, by a new EP of Whether it’s at the top of the charts, or in Attack, getting a look-in on the (ec)static
material and a free hour-long mix. the back room of the tiniest, sweatiest ride.
Bursting with their unique, odd ball club, Freaks continue to polarise opinion
vision of life, and including an extended by playing it their own way, and 2010 will
How it works
crew of collaborators including vocalists see the plentiful fruits of the past three Post a link to your mixes, tunes or live sets on DJMAG.COM’s ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’ forum. We listen
Diz and Stella Attar, it’s a kick in the balls years, including a Robert Owens
to as many posts as we can and pick the best each issue! Remember to include a pic and a
to any accusations of selling out, newbies collaboration on Rebirth and Solomon’s
brief biog with your post!
like ‘Don’t Feed the Bears’, a hairy, second solo album.
expletive-fi lled, disco romp that starts “From being partying youngsters to being
with John Lydon declaring “rave’s the ‘responsible adults’, very little has
order of the day,” proving equally as changed,” admits Harris. “We’re still
WHERE
ARE

eccentric as boompty classics of the past really good friends, and we challenge
such as, ‘Washing Machine’, an ode to each other musically, so something
THE
Y NOW?

Solomon doing his laundry, or the unexpected always comes out in the
rage-fuelled ‘Angry’. studio,” citing the iPhone as their newest
“The track took its own course,” admits musical toy. “I’ve run it through a big
What are the stars of
Harris, looking back on ‘The Creeps’ saga, system, and it sounds great. With so many
yesteryear doing today?
included in an unreleased dub version. “I weird and wonderful noises, I’m sure it’s
found myself at numerous venues where going to be the future cult instrument,
I’d been booked because of the like the Stylophone or Speak and Spell.”
NICK
mainstream mix of ‘Creeps’. But if I can
go in and walk away having played a Solomon, taking time out from recording
GORDON
Intention’s ‘America’. Freelancing in
22-year-old Ron Trent record, surely The Whip’s new album, is equally grateful.
that’s better than not playing that club?” “It’s very rare in music to recreate a
BROWN
artist and label management
afterwards, working with Phats & Small
reaction, good or bad, and do and Renaissance amongst others, 2005
During a hiatus from Freaks, in which something,” he says. “It’s all down to NICK GORDON BROWN was head of saw Nick turn to football.
Solomon released his debut solo album Freaks. Because of that, we’ve got to do Stress Records for most of the ’90s. His Setting up t-shirt site goalfood.com in
and Harris continued work on his label, exactly what we want to do. It’s been a 16 reign saw the label produce many of the 2005, its success has seen a fanzine
Paranoid Records, run with Lil Mark, and year career, and there’s still a lot more to decade’s most memorable records, from added, with contributions from DJ
resurrected his North & South DJ come.” Bedrock’s ‘For What You Dream Of’, which History’s Bill Brewster (himself
partnership with House of 909’s Nigel featured in seminal Brit-Flick originally a football writer) continuing
Casey, the duo amassed a huge body of Trainspotting, through to Kathy Brown’s acid house’s early football/dance
classic vocal belter ‘Turn Me Out’ and Full music connection.
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