Dom Servini – Influences

With twenty-odd years of experience filling dancefloors, Dom Servini must be a man with rather immaculate tastes to have been such a key figure of the scene for such a lengthy spell. His open-minded approach to music sees his sounds take in all sorts of styles and he's about as likely to get trapped in a box as a cat with a real attitude problem. Having mastered everything from running his own label to radio to journalism to steping behind the decks and thrilling crowds for hours on ends, Dom now takes the time time fill us in on some of the sounds that have influenced him throughout his career.
See Dom Servini at this year's Southern Soul Festival in Montengro from 25th-28th June, click here for more information.
Taken from the most excellent 1972 album The Blues and the Soulful Truth, this unlikely dance floor destroyer has one of the most haunting and dramatic introductions I’ve ever heard. As the groove takes hold it’s underpinned by Middle Eastern sounding instrumentation and Leon’s trademark yodeling. With its dark lyrical content and minor feel, it was the first tune that made me realise that not all music has to be uplifting and positive to make a serious dent in the dance.
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