THE ALLERGIES | Star Wax Magazine

2023-02-22

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THE ALLERGIES

Your first experience to music production?

As a duo we released our first digital Ep in 2013, called « Heartbreaker »

 

Your first experience to Djing?

We both been Djing since our late teens, and started playing together around 2010 at festivals across the UK and Europe

 

Your definition of a festival in few words?

A place to be yourself or better with good good music and glorious weather, if you’re lucky

 

Top 5 European festivals

- Veszprémi Utcazene Fesztivál (Hungary)

- Green Man Festival (Wales)

- Secret Garden Party (UK)

- Roskilde Festival (Denmark) 

- Fusion Festival (Germany)

  

Vinyl or digital files?

Both. We play strictly 7” vinyl sets, and also use Serato and digital files for live shows. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, and knowing both rounds out your Djing

 

Party on a human scale or big venue?

You can’t beat a few thousand people bouncing as one


The Dj that puts you crazy systematically?
As in, who do we like? Mr Scruff, Yoda, Mr Thing, Z-Trip, Skratch Bastid, The Gaff, A.Skillz, The Nextmen, Krafty Kuts…Anyone funky with cuts!


To dress, a pair of?

Brass balls. You got have them to be in this game this long.


What you learned while Covid-19 lockdown?

We both learned to explore all the walks and nature outside our door, when we were allowed to leave the house. And we gotta mention Twitch – The online platform for broadcasting live DJ sets. It really helped keep us sane and share and play the music we love with the people that love it. 


Mountain or sea ?
Mountains. It’s a long way up, but the more you travel, the better the view. Like life. 


Your favorite track from the « Promised Land » Lp and why?

The title track, ‘Promised Land’. It combined our love of sampling with emotion and groove. It’s tricky to get that balance right, but the gods were smiling on us when we made that one

 

Your favorite venue in Bristol?

The Old Market Assembly, Lost Horizons, The Attic, Motion, and Fiddlers


Which job would you like to do if you weren’t a Dj?

Comfy chair testers, on double pay

 

Top 5 new releases?

- Too Many T’s “Everything Will Be Alright”

- Andy Cooper “P.A.R.T.Y”

- Ursula 1000 “Kinda' Kinky”

- Heroes of Limbo “Don't Sweat The Tech”

- Kid Acne “Copacetic” 

 

Top 5 oldies?

- Chubb Rock “Treat Em Right” 

- Biz Markie “Let Me Turn You On”

- Freedom “Get Up And Dance”

- James Brown “Superbad”

- The Wiseguys “Start The Commotion” 

 

Interview by Cosh… / Photo by Khali Ackford ©

Green Light Go (feat. Andy Cooper), by The Allergies

Mash Up The Sound, by The Allergies

Stanky Funk (feat. Bootie Brown), by The Allergies

Tear The Place Up (feat. Andy Cooper), by The Allergies

Hypnotise, by The Allergies

Reconcile (feat. Charles Morgan), by The Allergies

Never Gonna Let Go, by The Allergies

Interpretación De Mamá, by The Allergies

Vamonos (feat. Andy Cooper & Marietta Smith), by The Allergies

Sometimes I Wonder, by The Allergies

Push Right Through (feat. Andy Cooper & Marietta Smith), by The Allergies

Treat You Right, by The Allergies

Take Another Look At It (feat. Marietta Smith), by The Allergies