Inside Out - London Belongs To Me

Andrew Weatherall

Rotters Golf Club, London

The third episode of our London focused Inside Out format, "London Belongs To Me', is a journey through the UK's capital with none other than Andrew Weatherall - one of the most prolific and important British DJ/producers of all time. Weatherall has worn a lot of hats in his career: Pop-star producer, Balearic figure-head, electronic experimentalist, peerless explorer of the minimal techno sound, rockabilly enthusiast and the original moody DJ. His history goes back to the beginning of the British acid house scene having swung gigs for himself at Danny Rampling's legendary Shoom night, his connections with the original Boys Own record label (and fanzine) led to artist releases, remixes and a string of legendary London clubs such as Blood Sugar, Circulation, and of course Sabresonic. It was through Primal Scream that Andrew first made his name however, as the producer of the generation defining Screamadelica album, which fused narcotically challenged rock and acid house. Andrew's collaborations with the radioactive Keith Tenniswood as Sabres of Paradise and later Rotters Golf club were only marginally less influential whilst his more recent work has seen him take more and more inspiration from the rock and roll music that he has harboured as a passion for all these years. Our journey here follows Andrew around the streets of Soho, where he shares his rich knowledge of the area's murky history, and recalls buying the first Psychedelic Furs single from a stall manned by The Pogues' very own Shane MacGowan, via the National Gallery - a place he often visits for artistic inspiration, and ends up at the Crossbones Graveyard in Borough. The tunes that soundtrack this nostalgic trip include The Clash, Chris and Cosey, Primal Scream and of course some hand-picked Weatherall productions.