Every DJ has one.
A night when everything that can possibly go wrong does – and it does so in spectacular fashion. ClashMusic brings you DJ Disasters, featuring some of the most respected figures in the dance world reminiscing about those moments when it all went badly wrong.
An always in demand DJ, Brodinski’s quick mixes can keep any dancefloor on the move. Equally adept as a producer, the French soundsmith recently embarked on two – very different – high profile projects.
Invited to take charge of a mix in the FabricLive series, Brodinski responded with typical flair. Refusing to simply replicate his club set, the French DJ opted instead to craft something subtle, down tempo.
But it’s not always like this, as Brodinski explains…
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So it was a month ago in France, in the city called Grenoble. It was up in the mountains, in the middle of France. I had to get there by train and the train was late so we arrived two hours after, we arrived just before the gig started. So we arrived and I met up with a friend of mine. The guy came with his car, he brought his car to the party so we had to take the funicular up. It’s like an elevator which brings you to the mountain.
We took one and got to the party, which was in a castle like outside because the weather was really good. Dixon was playing actually, and then after a few people it was me. Actually the guys were so happy that we were up there because two bands cancelled for the party so it was pretty much a disaster from the beginning. Then when Agoria starts to play it begins to rain – like crazy – and the party was outside so the gig had to stop. Everybody had to get back down on the funicular, but there were 1000 people and the elevator can only take like 300 people in an hour. So we had to wait like four hours up there in the mountain.
It was outside, it was freezing cold and the rain was coming down like crazy strong. We had to wait four hours before getting on the elevator again to get down. When we got down I was pretty chill about it but I didn’t play because the party was cancelled when I arrived. I arrived downstairs and met my friend, who went to get his car so we could go back to the hotel. We get in the car and then the car didn’t work! Seriously, I laughed because this time I was in a pretty good mood because I didn’t say anything but it was a pretty big deal for the guy because he was super annoyed. The guy was super stoked for his party but everything went wrong it was the worst situation ever. The car didn’t work anymore – we had to push it through the streets!
Seriously one of the worst experiences I’ve had. The guy was just so sad. He organised this party and then most of the bands cancelled it and then we had to get in this fucking elevator. A crazy week for this guy and a crazy party for us!
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‘FabricLive 60: Brodinski’ and Bromance 001 (a split EP with Gesaffelstein) out now.
