Pogo is the happy, bouncy symbol of the best attitude towards music. A DJ's not doing his job unless he's jumping up and down like a loon so much that he sometimes makes the record skip (thank god for CDs).
James Furness & Stewart Gudgeon play an eclectic mix of "boring" minimal, tech and prog; bouncy, dirty electro and silly, filthy, funky breaks.
Shakes
Born in Dundee, Scotland and growing up in Grantham, Lincolnshire Stewart Gudgeon never knew anything about music apart from what was in the charts and the Genesis albums that were always playing in his dad's car. When he moved to university in Sheffield, however, he was suddenly subjected to Indie, Metal, Ska Punk, Hip-Hop (not R&B), Drum & Bass and much more through the university events and other local nights. Wanting to be a part of the musical phenomenon and being incapable of playing an instrument it wasn't long before a student loan instalment was blown on turntables, and many subsequent weekly trips to the local Drum & Bass record shop.
Towards the end of his time in Sheffield a few key events changed the way his record box was made up. Firstly seeing the Stanton Warriors and Adam Freeland at Wakestock in 2004 as well as a friend's enthusiasm for Breaks persuaded him that the BPM could be dropped a bit. Shortly after, he was told about some guy called James Zabiela and, upon seeing him combine Breaks with Tech and a bit of Progressive House, it finally all clicked - why stick to one genre when there was so much good music out there?
So now depending on the crowd, as long as two records are roughly the same speed they never know when they might meet as they pass through the mixer together.
James Furness
James has been into music since before he was born and could even be heard singing from his mother's stomach. He started his musical journey playing many instruments including the piano, saxophone, guitar and the triangle. He got so good however that, to be fair on the rest of the world, not a single person ever hears him play. Having given up on the traditional musical styles he turned to the 'Dance Compilation' section of the record shop and discovered the likes of Gatecrasher style trance, funky house and, more importantly, Sasha & Digweed.
On moving to London in 2001 he came upon a few chance encounters with good music at Turnmills, Fabric and The Cross among other places. Shortly afterwards he bought some turntables and the rest is history (or the future).
Whilst living in Manchester in 2004, a one-off trip to sleep on Stewart's sofa in Sheffield and see James Zabiela started a weekly pilgrimage to Urban Gorilla. This firmly cemented Tech House, Breakbeat and Minimal as James' genres of choice.
He is quoted as saying he likes 'waffles, bourbon and French fries'. The truth is he likes sweet & sour, wine and breasts. He apparently dislikes 'warm sodas, horoscopes and cold water beds'. He actually dislikes sausages, walking slowly and Stewart.
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30.12.08
Electro, Bassline, Dubstep
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17.12.08
Breaks
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