Ralph Lawson – Influences
Ralph Lawson has played a rather large role in the world of the electronic for the past two decades with his label 2020Vision. He holds down residencies at Back To Basics, We Love… Space and Barcelona’s The Loft as well as regular appearances at Berlin’s Watergate and London’s Fabric. Ahead of his appearance next weekend at 2020Vision, we asked the illustrious Mr Lawson to rattle off some tales regarding some of the tracks that have influenced and inspired him.
Ralph Lawson appears at 2020 Vision Day / Night on Bank Holiday Sunday 24th August 2014, click here for more information.
I often get asked the question every DJ dreads, which is – “What is your favourite track of all time?” It’s a bit like asking a painter what their favourite colour is. The strange thing is I actually think I can answer it and it’s this one. I realise there were more important records made by Derrick May, as far as their timing or pioneering work, such as ’Strings of Life’, ’Nude Photo’ or ‘It is What it Is’ but as an individual piece of classic Detroit techno music, that perfectly manages to fuse man and machine, he absolutely nailed it with his remix of ‘Wild Times.’ It also doesn’t hurt that I first heard the record just after I swished through the plastic dividers that separated the entrance from the dance floor at The Hacienda in Manchester. The power of the first drop matched by a sea of delirious clubbers left an indelible imprint on my young mind.
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