BEATS OF LOVE
178. Halucifuge (Freaky Chicken Peck) by Freaky Chakra
WINCING AS I reflect on my first failed attempt at DJing back in February 1994.
It mattered to me coz I still recall the tunes I played to my imagined audience that sounded groundbreaking and brilliant. Then the very same tunes in an actual Oldham boozer a week later with Jeff and Tim.
Freaky Chakra's tremendous Halucifuge (Freaky Chicken Peck) shouldn't follow the mighty Augustus Pablo. It didn't, as I was so dumbstruck with nerves I had to tap Jeff on the head to cue it up. I ended on a high with U-N-I (You And I) awe inspiring Don't Hold Back The Feeling (Key Trip Dub) but they did not ask me again.
They weren't perfect. Tim wanted to entertain and would play anything, whereas Jeff liked to play credible tunes. By credible, I mean his own records. When this partnership played the Wigan Pier with some record company freebies, tensions snapped as Jeff couldn't compromise enough to keep folk content and Tim didn't have enough free records himself.
Real DJs sound like cities, apparently. If I'd at least sounded like a large town such as Oldham, I might not be wincing, recalling the bemused look on folk's faces.
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