- With a discography that spans nearly 20 years, Maurice Fulton has a well-earned reputation as an excellent DJ and producer. You could see the breadth of his fan-base at The Yard in Hackney when he played there last month: lots of youngsters, but just as many people in their 30s and above.
Wearing a vastly oversized T-shirt and a hat obscuring his face, Fulton was like a hyperactive human jukebox behind the decks, flitting through his seemingly limitless collection of soul and funk, occasionally dropping a beat track or noisy electronic interlude. It was unashamedly feel-good stuff. Fulton was never shy with the filters, and at one point even started scratching. But rather than showmanship, what made the set was the sheer quality of the music he played, most of which was quite old. Electro classics like Up Front's "Infatuation" (sampled by Omar-S on "A Victim") got an airing, as did The Isley Brothers' "My Pride" and Goody Goody's "It Looks Like Love."
Whenever things started getting predictable, Fulton would throw a complete curveball in the form of some obscure edit, or something so different to the preceding track that it simply demanded attention—for instance, when he somehow mixed Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place" between two disco tracks. This one neatly encapsulated the night: a bit funky, a bit quirky and a lot of fun.