The track I’ll be opening my next DJ set with
The Bug: Skeng
The drop goes off at every rave and the intro is 13 seconds long – you do the maths.
The track I always play to rescue a dancefloor
SBTRKT: Wildfire
A bit mainstream for me but everyone knows it. Better safe than sorry in these scenarios.
The track that currently gets the most rewinds
DJ Hazard: Bricks Don’t Roll
A risky choice: if you don’t like drum’n’bass you’re definitely leaving the room, but if you have good taste you’re not going anywhere except up, some may describe it as “levitating”.
The track I think has been unfairly slept on this year
Sir Spyro: Side By Side
A good number of grime tracks have recently hit the UK top 40, and this should have been one of them! The beat is hard and the Big H and President T verses kill it; so gassed!
The track I wish I’d never played
Sweet Female Attitude: Flowers
It’s cheesy. I played it by accident once, I was meant to select a different track but had to just roll with it. To be honest, though, it went down really well; I think everyone was smashed.
The track that got me out of bed this morning
The Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock Alarm
My flatmate uses a deafening 113dB-loud alarm in the mornings which he sleeps through for regions of up to an hour before I’m banging his door in.
The best track by my favourite new artist
Section Boyz: Lock Arff
They’re like a 2015 version of Roll Deep, but with more of an American influence on the beats. Got to support them in London recently and this went off – hard!
The track that should have been a crossover hit
Adesse Versions: Pride
Described as a “dancefloor damager” and “track of 2015” but released only on vinyl?! Adesse Versions could have been the next Calvin Harris.
The track I’d play at sunset in Ibiza
Pepe Bradock: Deep Burnt
An Ibiza banger but one for the heads. Never about playing a bait house tune everyone’s heard loads.
The track I’d play at my funeral
R Kelly: The World’s Greatest
“I am the people. I am a helpin’ hand… I am a hero.” A few words to inspire and remind everyone who I was and what I was about.
Barely Legal plays Cosmic Ballroom, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tuesday; Smack, Leamington Spa, Friday
