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pic: gabriel green
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Skull Juice are Alex & Ben, a dual headed DJ tag team
mascarading behind the name of a rubbish Heavy Metal band. "We are
totally metal though" they proclaim, simultaneously decapitating
a family of bats, "But just because the power of the Gods of
Metal beats like molten Iron through our veins, doesn't mean we
can't like Disco more than a room full of leather clad Bears doing
Gloria Gaynor impressions", and to reinforce the point, they gesture
downwards and I notice for the first time they are both dressed in
Identical John Travolta 'Saturday Night Fever' suits covered in
tiny, tiny bells. So, I postulate, Skull Juice are a record-playing
duo of extreme contrast then? "Not really, I mean you aren't actually
likely to find us playing Heavy Metal, followed by a Disco record,
we haven't quite broken away from the traditional DJ format of
attempting to meld the greatest records you've (n)ever heard into
a seamless DJ set that will send your brain into outer space to
dance with the ghosts of Sun Ra, Ron Hardy & Armando through sheer
exuberant Dance Joy." They both speak at the same time, voices
sounding at once like Nina Simone & DJ Assault, Prince & that drunk
bloke from Noze. And as they speak, I notice they are tapping out a
perfect techno rhythm on the table at which we sit, as if reading my
mind they instantly confess to a love of the genre "It's not a genre"
they proclaim, standing and raising their voices to the sky (while
continuing to beat out the rhythmic pattern on their chests), "It's
a way of life, an all pervading and encompasing mindset upon which
all other coherent thought must be based!" And with that they were
away, concealed rocket boosters in their shoes activating and
blasting them swiftly into the stratosphere, as they departing cries
faded into the ether I caught their last few words; "Sorry mate, we're
late for tea with Jeff Mills..." and with that they were gone.
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BOOKINGS
skulljuice AT gmail DOT com
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BLOG
http://skulljuice.blogspot.com
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PRESS
Dummy Magazine - Mix & Interview (July 2009)
erolalkan.co.uk - Wise Words With: Skull Juice (March 2008)
Northern Nights - Interview (June 2007)
Time Out - London DJ's Article (June 2007)
Fact - Producers Of 2007 Article (February 2007)
ESC - Interview (October 2006)
One Week To Live - One To Watch Profile (September 2006) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RESIDENCIES
WALK THE NIGHT (Our night which happens now & then, here & there...)
BLOGGER'S DELIGHT (Casper C's monthly do at the Lock Tavern in Camden)
HIGH HORSE (Our night with Matt Walsh & Casper C, which we play on rotation)
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UPCOMING
Thursday 18th February:
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