Carl D

What year did you start DJing?
Late 80s

Favourite music genre?
I hate to be pigeon holed - There's only 2 types of music: good & bad. I hope I spin the former!

Most treasured LP/album?
Signed Don Blackman LP

Favourite artist/band/singer?
Stevie Wonder (and have the Stevie tattoo to prove it)

Name your favourite club or club night, past or present.
Chocolate Soul which I co-promoted for 5 years

Who was your inspiration as a DJ?
Too many to mention

Favourite single, 7” or 12”?
I Think I'll Call It Morning - Gil Scott-Heron

Biggest artist to inspire you musically?
Changes with each week and each mood

What musical artist would you invite to dinner?
Snoop Dogg (as he's so skinny there would be loads for me)

How many records do you have in your collection?
Over 30,000

Best live concert or performance you’ve seen?
Soul: Maze Funk: Trouble Funk Gospel: Sounds of Blackness Hip-Hop: Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim & LL Cool J

Away from music, what do you enjoy most?
What? There is something away from Music????

What record would be played at your funeral?
Stevie Wonder - Please don't go!

If you had to play one record to a stranger to describe you and your musical taste, what would it be?
One of my mash-ups - Marvin Gaye versus Soul II Soul, called "Back to What's Going On" as it would should the classic soul alongside the hip-hop style beats (but I'd need to find some jazz & reggae to add in somewhere)