9. Andy StottIt Should Be Us
It is dark. He makes quite terrifying records a lot of the time, doesn’t he? I think he’s amazing. He’s the most extraordinary human being, and quite an unassuming character. I was very fortunate to DJ after him last year and I’m very much in awe of him. I tried to let him walk past because I didn’t want to be a terrible nerd, and then I couldn’t, and I had to run up to him and tell him what a superfan I was. It’s the noises in it. I was always a fan of dub reggae, and I worked in this dub records warehouse department for a long time, basically just distributing dub, but he just does such a unique thing with it. I love how grumpy the records are. They always sound like the soundtrack to some sort of huge, very grumpy monster sloshing their way through the countryside. It’s kind of loose and there’s a kind of lazy sound to it, and it’s quite unique. I don’t know anyone that makes a noise like that, and it is really sinister and a sort of slovenly noise, but again, I find something very relaxing about it. You can’t dance to it. You can barely stand up to it, really. It’s kind of get down on your arse and stay there, but I think he’s amazing.
