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Not actually sure which bit is more tedious – reading DJ biographies or the punishing task of writing them (often with a gun nuzzled to your brow, lets you get big ideas and say what you really think). Typically, these screeds of verbiage are characterised by a great tangle of sycophantic waffle and the kind of desperate self-promotion traditionally reserved for hookers, politicians and other soldiers of ill repute.
But Polaroidfades – who this particular screed is about – is not like the others. He doesn’t subscribe to the idea that DJs are avatars, the cult of the superstar DJ utterly repulses him.
Polaroidfades experienced the fickle, all-consuming nature that had come to epitomise dance music in the late 90s. When Polaroidfades arrived in Tokyo @ 2006 he changed his artist name and took time out to reflect...
But Polaroidfades – who this particular screed is about – is not like the others. He doesn’t subscribe to the idea that DJs are avatars, the cult of the superstar DJ utterly repulses him.
Polaroidfades experienced the fickle, all-consuming nature that had come to epitomise dance music in the late 90s. When Polaroidfades arrived in Tokyo @ 2006 he changed his artist name and took time out to reflect...
