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As the Disco revival reaches a satisfied, belly-full plateau with more nights per capita than any other genre, you'd have to be a little longer in the tooth to remember where the alumni of the last Larry Levan-inspired glitterfest ended up. Among the most revered of the British crop, DJ Harvey, sensibly cashed in chips earned everywhere from Brighton beach to Ministry of Sound (back when it had some designs on credibility) and headed of to LA to pursue so-called beardy house and obscure funkadelia in warmth and peace. Inevitably now there are more than a few disco enthusiasts looking in his direction, with his former party buddies Thomas and Eric (now of Rub N Tug) appearing in London to show selectors du jour like Prins Thomas and James Murphy how we used to do it. One man who rarely misses Harvey's Sarcastic Disco parties in LA is another ex-Londoner, Woolfy, who's been quietly honing a sleazy disco sound both as a dj and as part of his band Projections. So just before he goes nuclear by releasing his solo LP on the Midas-like DFA records at the turn of the year, he's popping into a cosy venue in East London to play alongside Atlantic Conveyor, best known for their proverbial hot cake Discolexia edits.
I caught up with Woolfy to try and persuade the LA disco-expats to move back to London.
LK- How would you describe your sound?
Pub funk, sleazy disco, with a touch of love. Adults only.
LK- What's coming up from you this year?
A solo LP on Rong/DFA, a Woolfy Vs. Projections release on Permanent Vacation, and then our disco funk outfit Projections has an LP on Sunshine Entertainment out of Austria. Then quite a few remixes on the way as well.
LK- Who are your biggest influences?
My family, my friends, my vices.
LK- Who's exciting you at the moment musically?
Thomas from Map of Africa/Rub N Tug , he's got a new cut on WWW [Whatever We Want], that's definitely exciting me. Dope shit.
LK- What do you think of the disco revival in uk/europe?
As long as disco's happy, I'm happy.
LK- Favourite track of all time?
Ahh come on, are you serious? Sonny by Bobby Hebb. But the question's not fair.
LK- Why did you move to LA? How does the music scene / taste compare to london?
My dad was in the music biz, and brought us out here. Our scene out in LA is really small, maybe 400 to 500-strong and the only time you'll find all of 'em out at once is for the Sarcastic Disco Parties with Harvey. Not to be missed.
LK- Any chance of you (or Harvey) coming back to the UK?
I've definitely considered it – the music's great, money's great , beer's great, but I'm a Cali boy for now. As for Harvey, we're quite happy with him here.
Woolfy plays at Visions Video, Kingsland High St. on Friday 15th August, from 11pm. Full details http://www.sofrito.co.uk/
Rodrigo Davies
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