Your Oxford DJ

We speak to the great and the good of Oxford DJs about their favourite tracks

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The Tab speaks to the people who control the tunes at your favourite club nights to hear their approach to being behind the decks.

DJ Leonard in action

Name: Neil “DJ Leonard” Leonard
Venue: Camera, Bridge, Anuba 

The Tab: How long have you been DJing in Oxford?

DJ Leonard: Ten years.

What is your favourite venue in Oxford?

Bridge and Camera, for the quality of people.

How would you describe your sets?

I just build the crowd up with commercial music.

Who is your favourite new artist?

(Long pause)……..I don’t really have one.

The track you play to fill the floor?

Gangnam Style by Psy

What track is your guilty pleasure?

The track you’ve probably played the most in sets?

We Found Love by Rihanna and Calvin Harris

The track you hate to hear in a club?

Gangnam style by Psy.

What’s the Oxford crowd like?

I prefer Oxford Uni students than Brookes students, they’re more appreciative of my music. 

 

Rap game’s Dan Udy

Name: Dan Udy, Brasenose student
Nights: Supermarket and Poptarts @ Babylove 

The Tab: What’s the Oxford crowd like?

Dan: The bits of the crowd I normally encounter are sweaty, drunk and shoved up against the grill in front of the Babylove DJ booth. What’s not to love?

What track is your guilty pleasure?

It’s All Coming Back to Me Now – Céline Dion. It’s essentially a Meatloaf track sung by a woman.

The track you’ve probably played the most in sets?

Push It – Salt N’ Pepa

The track you play to fill the floor?

Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child

The track you want played at your funeral?

The track you hate to hear in a club?

I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas. The telltale sign that your night is definitely not going to be a good night.

 

My man Natty $wift

Name: DJ Nathan Swift
Venue: Cheese Floor, Park End

The Tab: What is your favourite venue in Oxford?

Nathan: Obviously Lava Ignite.

How would you characterise the Oxford crowd? Do you like the crowd?

Unique! Love them!

How would you describe your sets?

Random as hell and crowd-dictated. It’s certainly not about what I want to hear!

The track you’ve probably played the most in sets?

Probably anything by One Direction.

The track you can’t wait to play in your next set?

One Direction – Kiss You

The track you play to fill the floor?

Again probably anything by One Direction

The track you’d play to show off your eclectic tastes?

The track you hate to hear in a club?

50% of what I play… But I love my job!!!

Thanks guys!