Dan and I go fairly far back after hosting some memorable gigs with him over the years including an insane all nighter for his Daphni album launch. I was already a fan of his earlier Caribou music and happened to be doing things around London and particularly at Plastic People, just as he was getting into DJ’ing. So it’s been exciting to see how the two projects have evolved and overlapped over time.
Another fairly infamous gig was his first time playing at Plastic People. I remember being on the dancefloor at PP when Four Tet played this wild record with a William Onyeabor sample that I recognised, but was blown away by. It turned out to be ’Ye Ye’ which was getting roadtested for the first time and Dan, who I didn’t know at that point was also there with a huge cheeser!
Shortly after we put together a party with Dan playing Plastic alongside Floating Points, I’m pretty sure it was the first time they met, but that might be getting a bit too Forrest Gumpy.. It was def very early on and marked the beginning of them doing more and more fun stuff and great music together.
We had a fun catch up on and off mic, as we played a record each for the duration.
I haven’t listen to this in a while but it will undoubtedly hold up ~
