Published
Wed, Nov 8, 2006, 23:30
- This week Coxy gives us the lowdown on his top ten.
This week Coxy gives us the lowdown on his top ten.
Carl Cox is one of the UK's oldest champions of electronic house and techno. He cut his DJ teeth in the early hardcore rave scene before later switching to his signature sound of today: funky, sometimes Latin, sometimes tribal techno. Carl also runs the Intec label best known for big releases by Renato Cohen ('Pontape') and Smith & Selway ('Move') plus this summer's Space terrace hit 'Bad Clock 04' by Sebastien Leger.
From the quirky techno of Dan Curtin to the hard jacking Chicago house of Green Velvet's Relief label, Carl's chart draws mostly on artists on the other side of the Atlantic. He's just wrapped up a tour of the US and Canada and his top ten also includes several producers who came along to his gigs and handed him a CD. Check now, it could be you!
Carl has been in the biz longer than most, but even he is not immune to the occasional oddball gig. Carl on a recent gig in New York:
"They told me not to bring any techno, house or music with a kick drum so I ended up mixing it up with David Bowie, Phil Collins, M.A.N.D.Y, 'Mr.Brightside' etcetera. I just downloaded a bunch of tracks from iTunes. It was great, but some people were like, 'Is that Carl Cox?'. But I just sat there sipping my cocktails thinking this gig is so easy. I got to play a lot of music that I wouldn't normally play. And Drew Barrymore and Ewan McGregor were there."
2006 has been another busy year for Carl with the release of a new single 'K'Pasa/Spoon' and two new compilations: 'Carl Cox at Space' and the just released 'Global' on Resist. Next up for Carl is a short time-out in Australia where he hopes to spend some time in his new studio before returning later for some big gigs in on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
RA tracked Carl down to his hotel in L.A. and he happily turned over the loot.