Headliner Magazine #6

THE BARON OF TECHNO UK-BORN DJ, PRODUCER, REMIXER, AND RADIO PRESENTER, DAVE CLARKE, NOW RESIDES IN HIS BELOVED AMSTERDAM – THE CITY THAT PLAYED HOST TO HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE 1980S. CLARKE TALKS ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE ALBUM, AND HOW DANCE MUSIC HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE YEARS – AND HE’S WORTH LISTENING TO... NOT ONLY IS HE AN AUDIO MASTERMIND, HE’S ONE OF THE VERY FEW THAT MADE IT ONTO JOHN PEEL’S LIST OF ALL-TIME FAVOURITE ALBUMS – AND LISTENING TO PEEL’S RADIO SHOW WAS ALWAYS HIS FAVOURITE WAY OF DISCOVERING MUSIC. IT’S LITTLE WONDER, THEN, THAT CLARKE CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH...

WORDS PAUL WATSON