is Colleen Murphy, who was socialized musically by no other than David Mancuso. Hence the young New Yorker was the first female to DJ at the legendary «The Loft». She also hosted her own radio show on WNYU, worked in record stores and finally moved to London. Here she runs her own record label Bitches Brew, operates an experimental dance music project called Wild Rumpus and conducts a remix/DJ-venture with Ashley Beedle called DarkStarr.
Leo Tolstoy: «War And Peace» / Mikhail Bulgakov: «The Master and Margarita» / Kurt Vonnegut: «The Sirens of Titan» / James Baldwin: «Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone» / Maurice Sendak: «Where the Wild Things Are»
5 favorite cartoon characters
Lisa Simpson / Blue Cow / Peggy from King of the Hill / Charlie and Lola / All of Gary Larson’s Far Side animals
5 favorite cities
London / New York / Tokyo / San Francisco / Paris
5 favorite drinks
Coffee / Hot Chocolate / Still Water / Cava / Rioja
5 favorite fruits
Bananas / Mangos / Clementines / Apples / Pears
5 favorite human inventions
Turntable / Pre-am / Amplifier / Speakers / Vinyl Record
5 favorite magazines
Observer Food Magazine / Vanity Fair / The Observer Magazine / National Geographic / FACT
5 favorite moments in time
Giving birth – believe it or not / My wedding to Adam / Playing at «The Loft» for the first time / A very special holiday in Trinidad / Moving to NYC at the age of 18
5 favorite months
October / November / December / May / June
5 favorite movies
George Lucas: Star Wars – the whole series / Coen Brothers: any thing by them but especially «Fargo» / Woody Allen: anything by him but especially «Annie Hall» / Zhang Yimou: anything by him but especially «Raise the Red Lantern» / Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather – the trilogy
5 favorite personal belongings
My record collection / My Bozak and hi-fi system. / My books / My photographs / My letters
5 favorite personal tragedies
I’m pretty lucky as I haven’t had any personal tragedies except for the death of 2 grandparents and a great friend. Oh – and I had my record box stolen once.
5 favorite records
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And the Sinner Lady
The Beatles - L.O.V.E.
David Bowie - Low
Ash Ra Temple - Ash Ra Temple
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
5 favorite remixes
Way too difficult!
5 favorite sayings
Wow! / Cool / Alright then / Excellent! / Riiiighht
5 favorite things that make you sexy
DJ-ing / Frost French skinny jeans / Jean Paul Gaultier Perfume / Killer heels / D’Angelo
5 favorite things about London
How Londoners say «Awight Luv» all the time / The multitude of parks / The music scene is one of the best in the world / The people and variety of ethnicities / Great curries
5 favorite things to be afraid of
Anything bad happening to my child / Heights – but I still go to the tallest building in each city / Being upside down / Crowds and crowd mentality even though I work in them / Drowning even though I’m a strong swimmer
5 favorite TV shows
The Office / I’m Alan Partridge / Fawlty Towers / The Simpsons / Channel 4 News
5 favorite personal victories
Having a child / Having a happy marriage. / Producing a record that I like / Playing at «The Loft» with David Mancuso / All of the things I’ve done in Music for the past 24 years
5 favorite ways to leave your lover
I don’t have a favourite way.
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