Next up on my hit list : James Zabiela and Afrika Bambaataa. I am really excited about meeting Afrika Bambaataa because he was one of the original hiphop pioneers together with Grandmaster Flash and Kool G Herc. And yes, that was before Eminem was even born.

The first DJ that I was going to interview in the year of 2004 is Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman.

This is not the first time he has been in Singapore. He spun at the very first Zoukout and I remember being there when he did his set.

I could tell that he wasn't feeling too good because he was coughing and groaning throughout the interview. He isn't incredibly warm but I guess he did well enough to finish the interview proper. It was actually one of the easier interviews that I have done because he didn't stray off the questions and he answered them straight to the point. This makes the transcribing alot easier. I have made no secret that I actually hate doing the transcribing.

Thanks to him, I do get to see the "International DJ attitude" in action. He checked himself out of his Copthorne suite just three hours before the gig and moved to Ritz Carlton instead! Best part is that he only informed Zouk when the damage was done. I remember the faces of bewilderment and digust on some of the local DJs around the table when the news broke.

To think that this was part of his answer to one of my questions : "...that was before all the international DJ hype, the money, the fame and the bullshit..."

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