Part of the Weekend Never Dies Page #3

where you remixed all the big stars,

big electro acts,

Kylie Minogue, Justice, Daft Punk...

How do you choose your artists?

No, no, I don't want to talk

about that. I'm really pissed off.

They're not finished

with the f***ing remix for us

and they did a remix for Justice.

Soulwax remixes,

the drums always go...

Always.

It's that noise...

You know? That horrible noise

that makes your head hurt.

But at the same time it's the...

What's that thing for making

holes in teeth? It hurts.

Horrible.

I love the Justice one.

I play it every night.

I finally figured out

that you have to play it at the end

so that that long annoying pause,

which for me is so obnoxious

and I would never do that...

Just the other night

I finally nailed it.

Every set, I was playing it

and everyone looks at you like...

"Did you screw up?" And you're like,

"No. Just calm down, Mr Promoter,

I got this under control,

this is Soulwax. Just cool your jets."

But now I learnt. In Munich,

I just played it late enough

so that when the break comes

it's believable that the night's over.

So then it gives time for them to

chant your name, throw things at you,

cheer, lights gone,

and you just totally relax, man.

You just sit back and like...

Start putting away my records,

shake a few hands...

I think every DJ should be forced

to be in a punk band for a year.

'Cause DJing,

next to video game tester,

may be the most ridiculous, simplest,

most overpaid job on the planet.

Excuse me.

- We have an artist pass...

- Straight on.

It's an artist pass.

I think before 2ManyDJs existed

I didn't really care about dance music

or DJing or that whole culture.

And I think what they did

is kind of helped people

who are used to playing in bands

and stuff to get into dance music

and realise that dance music

can be interesting

and just as exciting as pop,

prog, rock or any other genre.

Or nu rave.

Absolutely insane. Upside down.

People going... Just having to scrape

people from the walls or the ceilings

or the floors.

- OK.

- OK, I'll do it.

Let me get out for a sec.

They kind of destroy it.

A lot of the time they really...

For years I didn't want

to play after them, it was annoying.

I didn't want to... It's true. I don't

know exactly how to build a groove

after Blur mixed with Ace of Spades

with like Aretha Franklin on top.

But yeah, they made the job

for all the boring guys harder.

That was like a deeply bizarre...

...like stadium rock concert DJ set.

People went... It was like

there's 8,000 people here,

I don't know

how you would DJ to 8,000 people.

Who've just watched a band.

Everybody went crazy

and I was really psyched about it

and I was really like,

"I get this! This is f***ing nuts."

Someone took a picture of me

in the crowd, screaming and jumping,

and I think it's really an image

of the power Dave and Steph can throw

at the audience when they are DJing.

I've actually seen

a lot of 2ManyDJs shows,

like just as a fan.

And people are just mad,

they're just like...

It's amazing.

- Are they on drugs?

- Totally on drugs.

- Is it like this?

- Yes.

You can edit all this, can't you?

You f***er! F*** off!

It's always a good start when somehow,

inevitably, something goes wrong;

the power goes out or the promoter

gets angry and turns the sound off.

You know,

there's always some incident.

And the music just stops

for a couple of minutes.

And there's this pregnant pause,

there's tension.

Are they going to go on or not?

Is this it? Are they going to finish?

Then the music starts

and the crowd goes crazy,

tearing out their eyeballs and their

hair, punching each other in the face,

and, you know, it's a good trick.

...naked. But once you're naked,

"What do I do now?"

There was a cocktail bar with

chocolate sauce and strawberry sauce.

Covered in this crap

and I just jumped

into the crowd and just...

I remember...

I feel so sorry for this girl.

She must have been no older than 14,

and I just remember losing my balance

and then I got up and my cock

was just banging against her face.

And she was so traumatised.

She was about... She was so small.

Thank you very much.

Love!

Thank you for your nice act!

2ManyDJs are cool!

Soulwax!

This is my night to myself.

I was like, "I want to go to the gym,

make some dinner and just hang out."

And he was like, "You have

to come to the show with me."

And I said, "OK, I'll go,

if you promise and swear to Christ

that you'll go to

The Favourite Sons on Saturday."

I always play the same song,

over and over again.

He's getting better and better.

...like out of his arse,

and then calls you.

- I heard about that.

- Awesome.

And then he realised,

in the middle of the conversation,

that he would be so f***ed

if he tried to do it.

And he was just like,

"Hold on five minutes."

And then Sean called you

while he was on hold...

Blah, blah, blah, Soulwax...

Everybody gets it,

because don't have to get it.

You have to f***ing dance.

We were in Mexico a few years ago

and they were playing remixes of a hip

hop song that nobody would dare do.

Everybody started to dance.

Yes, but...

We should rephrase the question.

"Which guy in the band

have you f***ed?"

This one, this one, this one...

And Soulwax were still touring.

And still touring.

And they're still touring.

It's never-ending.

So, NYExcuse... I hate that song.

I hate the sound of that song.

And every time I'm some place

and I can hear the beginning,

my skin starts to crawl and I can't...

I have to get away.

But the story behind it

is very sweet and clever.

They had a song

that was just instrumental

and Steph had this idea

of having a female vocal on it.

I was living in New York, and he was

living in Belgium, recording in London

so we just didn't get

to see each other very much.

So the song was an excuse

for him to fly to New York,

paid for by the label,

so that we could see each other.

And then we did the song, we recorded

at Plantain with James Murphy...

Steph's there, I'm there,

got some time, got the studio,

Nancy's there,

got a mic set up, checked it,

got the compressor, pre-amp...

Hm...

What do we do?

And then we came with the lyrics:

"This excuse that we're making,

is it good enough

for what you're paying?"

That's where it comes from.

You're fantastic.

We're Soulwax, the Nite Versions.

Thanks to everyone who played tonight

and all the other nights.

And don't forget. You pay!!!

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