This weeks interview & mix comes from Josey Rebelle
Introduce yourself and tell us about the part of the UK you’re from?
I’m Josey Rebelle, a club and radio DJ born and bred in London!
Can you tell us a bit about what you’ve been working on recently?
As well as playing at clubs and festivals in the UK and abroad, I’m always kept busy with my weekly three-hour radio show on Rinse FM – but I love it so much. Playing the music that makes me feel happy in life on radio every week is one of the greatest feelings ever, and having to fill three hours each week means I’m always digging for music. My collection has increased dramatically in the three years I’ve been doing it!
And can you talk us through the mix?
I loved putting together a selection of music by British artists, and I usually play a lot of classic music so it was really good to focus more on new stuff – although I couldn’t resist dropping a couple of old school gems in there too.
Nice, give us a taste of some of your favourite British artists at the moment?
All the tracks on this mix are produced, co-produced or remixed by British artists. There is a huge amount of amazing music coming from the UK right now, and we have an incredible heritage to build upon. Having grown up listening to early house and techno, I’m very excited by artists who have also been influenced by that period but are adding in their own vibes, people like FunkinEven, Ikonika and Bok Bok. And there are so many great new artists coming through in addition to legends like Dego and Nightmares on Wax who are still making sick music. It’s all very exciting!
Sadly two artists featured on the mix – Mark Bell of LFO, and The Spaceape – have very recently passed away, so I’d like to send a salute out to them.
Cool, tell us about some of your British DJ Heroes and influences in general?
My initiation onto the clubbing scene was jungle music, so my biggest DJ heroes are the likes of Randall, Andy C, Grooverider and DJ Trace. In jungle, you couldn’t even think about approaching the turntables unless both your skills and selection were impeccable, so it’s been a great standard to try and live up to.
And what’s on the cards in the immediate future?
Just keep playing the music I love really – that’s about it!
And finally, where is the best place in the world you have DJ’d and why?
I’ve been really fortunate to have played in some really special places – a big highlight for me this year was playing The Fort Arena 1 at Dimensions Festival in Croatia, where I thought I might burst with joy. But home is where the heart is, and I always feel happy at Plastic People in London – it’s dark and has an amazing sound system and great people coming through the doors. What more could you want?