The View from the Booth Podcast

The episode this podcast was created for. This 6-headed beast does it like nobody else. Can't Mix Won't Mix Shouldn't Mix Don't Mix (aka Cake Mix) grew organically from the underground parties and clubnights of Liverpool, and ended up on some of the biggest stages this country has to offer, leaving a trail of laughter everywhere they went. Matt Seamless JJ Da Funk Bobby Mowack Jazzbo Chris Carney...

Chris Mac would probably make a face if I called his music career enigmatic, but I'm doing it anyway. As a musician from 28 Costumes to Silent Sleep and now Haarm, and as a DJ from Liquidation to Lark Lane to Bongo's Bingo, he's been all over the musical dial - from the impossibly cool to Cotton Eye Joe. He tells me exactly how he's managed to fit in all of these worlds, and the madness they conta...

In my 5 years at La'Go, there was always a great gang of bar staff. Not just the usual happy-go-lucky wreckheads, but plenty of music nerds that I could feed off of when the crowd wasn't giving me anything. They all loved to ask questions, but there was one who asked what I call DJ questions. I knew he'd caught the bug. 8 years later and Joe is 5 years into his DJ career, taking over from me at La...

You may not know if you've heard an It's Charlie set - she may have been hidden by the smoke machines in Heaven, or by the crowds of revellers bustling through Concert Square. However, you can always recognise her by the steady stream of club classics she delivers, from all around the House music spectrum. We talked about her musical background, ambitions as a producer, and the joys of seeing so m...

Up-and-coming star Nikki Chong is a name you need to know. You may have seen this energetic Techno queen supporting some of the biggest and best acts when they hit the city, at a festival this summer, such as Bluedot or Secret Garden Party, or on the radio at Melodic Distraction. Now you get to hear her thoughts on her remarkable start in Australia, and taking the leap across the world to ful...

Seeing as I got to spend 9 glorious days on Worthy Farm this year, it felt like a great idea to take advantage of the wealth of DJs onsite and grab a few words. Well...despite some technical issues and text messages lost in the ether, I managed to bag myself a belter. Jamie Howie has been an integral part of Glastonbury's South East Corner for the last 10 years, as stage manager for Shangri-La, an...

Che Burnley is a man I've known for many years who I've been able to call a friend, colleague, employee, employer, and most often a knobhead. You may know him best as a comedian, but he's already decades deep into his DJing life, and he takes us along the journey of student unions, bars, and playing support when the big guns come to town. From Basshunter to Lamb of God, we cover the whole musical...

The creator of the Festival Phenomenon Beatles Dub Club. Chris Arnold is a man of many talents and madcap capers. Chris talks us through his early days around the clubs in Sheffield, exclusive edits from Fatboy Slim, and playing every major festival going over the last two summers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce my guest for episode 1 of The View from the Booth: Stephen Hollands, the man they call Morf. Legitimately a local legend, Morf has held it down at Seel st staple  @lago_seelst  for longer than any of us can remember. We talk about where it all began, and how he's had to adapt over the years as he's become an elder statesman of the scene. He had...