The track I’ll be opening my next DJ set with
Redlight ft Roses Gabor: Metronome
Taken from my debut album X Colour, released last week. Plug! Plug! Plug!
The track I always play to rescue a dancefloor
DJ Haus: Make It Hot
This tune didn’t leave my selections all summer. If the dance is dipping, get this on and the sweat starts dripping!
The track I think has been unfairly slept on this year
ANOTR: Strobe
A little 90s vocal workout. I was spinning it from early.
The track I’d play to show off my eclectic tastes
DJ Puncho: Phreak Whores
I picked this one up the other day in Detroit. Vibes for miles.
The track that got me out of bed this morning
Section Boyz: Trapping Ain’t Dead
Get your automatic hustle on, straight out the shower.
The track I wish I’d never played
Redlight ft Ms Dynamite: What You Talking About!?
Most of the time, if I regret playing something it’ll be one of my own that I haven’t finished properly, so the mix isn’t right yet. I can remember the first six months of playing this in 2010 and everyone just stood there scratching their heads; then it went crazy.
The ideal festival track
MANDY Vs Booka Shade: Body Language
I don’t know of any other classic that has been played by as many DJs over the last few summers.
The track I’d play at my auntie’s wedding
UK Apache & Shy FX: Original Nuttah
My cousin got married a few years back and I caught my mum and her sister shaking their legs to this on the dancefloor at 1am; true story.
The track I’d play at sunset in Ibiza
Billie Black: I Don’t Need Another Lover
A new artist I’m really into at the moment is Billie Black. I was lucky enough to get a session in with her for a track on my album over the summer. I think she’s a talent and set to do big things in the future.
The track that should have been a crossover hit
Radio Slave: The Clone Wars
How this didn’t make daytime radio I just don’t know. Kids on the school run would have been snapping necks to this one.
The track I’d play at my funeral
Ray Charles: Hit The Road Jack
There’s only one way to bow out in style.
Redlight’s album X Colour is out now on Lobster Boy; he plays Annie Mac Presents at O2 Academy Sheffield, 21 November; The Warehouse Project, Manchester, 26 & 27 November; Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 28 November; Brixton Academy, London, 4 & 5 December
