45/7 #20 ARTIST: STRICTLY KEV aka DJ FOOD by 45/7 VINYL CLUB published on 2016-03-01T08:56:40Z 1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection. I'm Strictly Kev aka DJ Food, I've been DJing for over 30 years now and collecting vinyl for longer. I've no idea how many records I have but it's probably in the region of 10,000 7", 12" and LPs plus lots of other odd formats that I collect as well as just the music. It's housed in my studio in custom built shelves that include drawers for 45s, cassettes and CDs. There's a fairly extensive article with photos on the Dust & Grooves website with a special mix of my musical influences http://www.dustandgrooves.com/djfood/ 2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format. I like that the songs are short and sweet, there's no chaff so the track says what it needs to and then it's done, which is essentially what a DJ needs in today's ADD society. I like the size and weight of them compared to 12"s and LPs because I've used digital means to DJ for 8 years now and, when I do go back and play vinyl, I don't want to break my back like I used to lugging a 30 kilo record box around. 3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix? There's a lot of guitars, fuzz and distortion in this one, lots of solid drums too, I'm really digging a lot of the funkier side of rock and psyche in my 45 sets and this comes out here. Some of it is where rock and electronica cross over though so you'll have DJ Shadow remixing John Spencer Blues Explosion, Brendan Lynch's dub mixes of Paul Weller or Graham Massey's Toolshed project. There's also straight up rock by The Zutons, The Go! Team or Primal Scream and more diggers delights like The Protein Bros, Chaps and Alan Copeland. I try and have a good mix of contemporary stuff in there too, the 45 format shouldn't always be about old, hard to find stuff from the 60s and 70s, there's plenty of great new music around, just as hard to find too. 4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music? My Mixcloud is a good place to start https://www.mixcloud.com/strictlykev/ and I've also contributed to Coldcut's weekly Solid Steel radio show for over 20 years now, some of which are archived here on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/sets/dj-food You can find out where I'm playing by checking my dates on www.djfood.org 5) Top 5 all time fave records Hahahahahahahahahah! Impossible Genre 45/7 Comment by SHIMÖFEEL nice 2023-01-11T23:33:45Z Comment by user 9052156548 so cool! 2022-09-07T06:22:56Z Comment by ott3r . 2022-05-29T13:07:34Z Comment by ott3r . 2022-05-29T12:19:20Z Comment by Steve Hunt yuck scary uncle music 2018-03-29T16:32:00Z Comment by rightLeg :^) 2017-02-08T14:20:19Z Comment by xxRCRxx jsbx 2016-11-11T03:05:18Z Comment by Mr. MumbleJinx thanks so much! this mix is great! 2016-05-02T11:27:41Z Comment by bazedjunkiii woot? amazing tune. 2016-04-03T19:09:59Z Comment by ceetronic Nice.. 2016-03-09T10:44:04Z Comment by ttolip awesome!!! 2016-03-03T15:46:10Z Comment by wallcreature great mix! 2016-03-01T21:29:47Z Comment by Strange Blues Wow. This is awesome. 2016-03-01T20:35:56Z Comment by RedVelvet Tracklist: http://www.mixesdb.com/w/2016-03-01_-_Strictly_Kev_-_45/7_20 2016-03-01T18:46:10Z Comment by Ayakon yessss too good 2016-03-01T12:38:51Z Comment by Gareth Gray 6 Is there a tracklist? 2016-03-01T12:18:33Z Comment by djhdd Nice intro - on the download to listen later. 2016-03-01T11:04:18Z