Backstage with Bok Bok
Bok Bok is a name you need to get to know if you haven’t come across it already. Besides producing, DJ-ing, designing, putting on nights in London, he is a top bloke and enjoys his cactus once in a while. Reason alone to take the man backstage and ask him a few silly questions.
Photography by Steve Braiden, top talent.
1. It’s your first gig in a series of 3 in 2 days. Do you: A. Do the sensible thing (pick up your records after you’ve finished, finish the beer and head for the hotel) or B. Get gently pushed out the venue an hour after closing time having lost your records, hat, jacket, phone. Elaborate answer please.
Ok firstly I have LOST too much shit over time and I’m done losing stuff now even if I’m kinda crunked or whatever. I’m kina OCD when it comes to that stuff nowadays!
I’m somewhere in the middle of these two scenarios! Hotels SUCK and are boring so the best situation is if someone has a nice setup back at their place, have a little mix / private party.
2. We’re backstage, open bar, anything goes. Fjork the promoter is from Iceland and you need to get her drunk, please provide the poison list you will use to get the job done.
HAHAHA what is this customs? Shall I empty my pockets? Whiskey and green should do the job, though I dunno about this Fjork character. Kinda tempted to go check out some local sights right about now!
3. You’re playing to a hype crowd and at 2:35 when you’re about to drop your biggest record Calvin Harris walks up and asks to play a few records. What do you do?
I’d be like ‘Sup Calvin but
I’m not sure he’d make such a good b2b partner but who knows maybe he’s sitting on some VIP dubplate mixes of that tune he did with Rascal that aren’t completely shite.
4. The line-up for the next Night Slugs looks serius (2562, Claro Intelecto, Jackmaster, Untold, etc.) Who would you like to play at a Night Slugs Festival?
If there was a Night Slugs festival I’d love to bring the greats – DJ Deeon, Slugo, Kenny Dope, EZ, Slimzee, DJ Gregory, Kode 9, DJ Cleo, Wizzbit, Wiley if he DJed, uh… Prince? Herbie Hancock?? Sun Ra (in person)???
5. Boomkat was all over your recent release with L-Vis. What’s next for the duo?
Haaa yeah man! We’ll we’re keeping busy both playing a lot of shows and doing the club nights in London pretty regularly. We’ll be touring the US in November.
Also Night Slugs will be launching as a label in late November, with our first release lined up from the man like Mosca, which we’re very hyped about.
Download this lovely mix from duo infernale Bok Bok and L-VIS 1990, it’s their debut on Rinse.Fm! (keep trying if the d/l doesn’t start, their server is, er, rinsed)
Get your Night Slugs EP from Boomkat and watch out for Night Slugs the label!
