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If it wasn’t Kerri Chandler, the award for best set of the weekend (if there was one) would have gone to Catz n Dogs. The Pets Recordings label bosses took to the stage like true bosses and performed a masterclass. A solid hour and 45 mins of a style that oozed rhythmic grooves and round basslines, quality techno with a real Berlin-esque feel to it. To close the night House & Techno great Kerri Chandler completely bossed it. A real ground hugging performance picking up from where the the queen of jackin house Heidi had left off, taking the floor on a real journey through sound. Kerri had us all within the palm of his hands as he stood a mere few meters away from a room full of dishevelled ravers who had, through the sheer energy and quality of the track selection, mustered enough energy to party right through to 3.30am on a Monday morning ending the Bugged out weekend on a high. We’re already looking forward to more of the same next year.
Jozef K is one of the UK’s fastest rising stars who has respectively earned himself a residency at Sankey’s Manchester and Tribal Sessions in London nightclub Fire. We managed to catch up with jozef K for a quick chat after warming the room and opening for DJ Koze.
How did you get into the game, how did you start?
When I was 17 I went to Sankeys and I just thought, this is for me, this is my domain and I want to be a part of this. After one of the Tribal Sessions nights, they gave out flyers to do work experience in the office, so I applied for that and luckily I was chosen out of 200 applicants. I started working in the office, and though I enjoyed working and learning about the industry I found it really difficult at times - I always did it with the ulterior motive of becoming a full time DJ.
Who were the artists around at the time that heavily influenced you?
Greg Vickers who was the main resident at Tribal Sessions was somebody always looked up to. At the time I was listening to a lot of Minimal Techno artists like Stephen Bodzin, Magda, Marc Romboy and DJ Koze, who I just