Mamy still Rocks The amazing story of Ruth Flowers


NORMALLY when we discover a new talent, it’s someone barely out of their fresh-faced teens. So the story of Ruth Flowers, aka Mamy Rock, proves that there’s hope for us all. Almost 70 years old, when she reached retirement age rather than settling down to a life of bingo, crochet and crosswords, she decided that she was going to become a glode-trotting DJ. And that’s precisely what she did. Declaring, “I’d rather sign a contract with a record company than to sign up for the nursing home”, July saw the release of her single ‘Still Rocking’, while she spent the summer playing gigs everywhere from Glasto to Canne and being treated like a superstar wherever she went. With a penchant for bling, huge wrap around shades and shiny tracksuits, she might just be the female version of DJings earliest pioneer, Sir Jimmy Saville. The only question now is, how long do we have to wait for a Granny Rock?


FREE FRIENDLY FIRES TRACK


FRIENDLY FIRES superb Bugged Out! present Suck My Deck compilation came out on K7 last week. Skilfully weaving together everything from the German breakbeat techno of Redshape to Munk’s remix of The Phenomenal Handclap Band, it displays an open- mindedness that many ‘professional’ DJs would do well to follow. A huge highlight is ‘Stay Here’, Friendly Fire’s own collaboration with our favourite camp Canadians, Azari and III, which you can download free now.


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