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Sarah G hits the tidy NYE Weekender
Reported by TEK-DJ Management
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Submitted 21-12-05 18:21
Sarah G is a name that has echoed across dance floors around the globe for many years and in doing so always setting her stamp of sheer excellence in the form of audio pleasure to many 1000s of clubbers that have given the small but loud one the G-force that drives her on to this day. From her days as bar manager to dancer to DJ and part of Resistance Management, Sarah G knows a thing or two when it comes to her absolute passion of playing out to the many dance floors that have frequented her. With worldwide tours for Sundissential, Slinky and many more under Sarah G’s belt she is about to set both feet firmly behind the turntables of the tidy NYE Weekender and not before time!
Sarah, many thanks for taking some time out of your hectic schedule to answer a few questions. How are you these days?
Hey it’s my pleasure mate — just hope my verbal dihorrea doesn’t get the better of me! All well and happy thanks — life is sweet despite having swollen blue fingers and a strapped up hand due to a recent Thai Boxing incident. Hmmm attractive… don’t ask, I think I must be the most accident prone dj on the planet, it’s actually a novelty for me to have four fully functional limbs when I’m playing.
So how did you go from being a bar manager to being signed by Resistance as well as working from them, and then the gigantic leap forward to the world tours that you have accomplished?
Luck, determination and pure stubbornness I think… In the early to late nineties I worked behind the bar at Bakers in Birmingham and bought my first set of decks off the club — they were absolutely nailed but knowing that every big name dj had played on them kind of gave me some confidence and obviously some luck. Within six months I had already played for Flashback at the Que Club, held a residency at Lovesexy alongside Lisa Lashes and came second in Mixmag’s national dj competition. I got a new residency at Forbidden at Club City in Leicester and from there everything just snowballed, Mixmag gave me a massive amount of support and ran a 3 page feature article. I signed to Resistance Artist Management who were looking after Fergie at the time and ended up working for the agency because they were a great team and dance music was something that I definitely knew a lot about. The world tours I have been involved with have been a major bonus and they generally come about by people just asking me to play for them or from some much appreciated recommendations to international promoters. Lucky me!
Who would you say your main influences are as a DJ?
I’d have to say Scott Bond to start with — I learnt so much off him whilst I was working at Bakers and he was resident at Republica. I had only just started getting into djing and suddenly dance music had taken on a whole new meaning, so hearing and watching Scott every week taught me a hell of a lot about how to build and deliver a set properly. At the same time for me Tony de Vit was God and I would travel far and wide to see him play - no one could ignite a room the way he did, so again there must be huge influences from him. I think after a certain amount of time you simply develop yourself as an artist following whatever direction your heart takes you rather than being influenced by what other djs are doing.
It has to be said, your diversity and skill of playing a wide range of styles such as trance, hard house, house, tribal and techno has been noticed by many. Do you feel this is an important factor of a DJ to be varied in style and set programming?
For me personally variety is the spice of life but jumping across genres is by no means an easy route to take particularly in the UK where it can be difficult to be accepted across the board for playing different styles. Once you get recognised for one particular sound it can be hard to diversify so I do consider myself incredibly lucky to be able to get out there and play everything that I love. If I was confined to one style I would genuinely get bored — call me greedy but I am hopelessly devoted to so many different types of music it would be a terrible shame if I didn’t get to share my passion with people who are on the same wave length. As long as you truly understand the dancefloor that you are playing to and you can work it properly giving the crowd what they want in your own style I think variety is a good thing. Having a bit of versatility allows you to play any set at any time — it is so important for djs to be able to do this and not just target themselves at peak time slots only.
The tabloids stated that you blew the roof off at Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, how did that make you feel?
Chuffed to bits! My first GCSSS appearance was in 2000 when I played the opening set in the hard house arena. Firing up the mother of all sound systems and seeing the tent fill to bursting point within half an hour of the gates opening was just awesome. The view from the stage was unbelievable — when you see that many people dancing together the whole crowd seems to move in a wave and it is the most amazing sight I’ve ever seen. Gatecrasher gave me loads of support, some cracking reviews and some of the best memories that I have as far as performances go for which I will always be eternally grateful. Thinking about it now still makes my hair stand on end.
Many have commented that you have a Td:V blood in you with your style. You also mixed part 2 of ‘Afters & Past Masters’ with part 1 being mixed by the late Tony de Vit. How does it make you feel knowing that you are one of a few who has actually had a CD in the same tin as Tony’s?
My roots in the hard house scene do go way back so maybe I picked up a thing or two without even realising it whilst I was mincing around on a podium or stomping away to some of Tony’s sets. I can think of no greater honour than to be invited to mix a cd to accompany one of Tony’s in a box set — I’m clearly not worthy! It was really hard choosing what to play — Tony’s mix was so fierce there was no way I could follow it so I decided to try to make my mix represent the direction that hard house has moved in over the last few years and threw in a bit of everything just like I do in my normal hard house sets — brand spanking new stuff, proper classics and some remixes of older tracks. I never make a conscious effort to play in anyone else’s style, I don’t rehearse sets, I just play what feels right at the time because you’re never going to have that time again.
You were nominated by Andy Farley as ‘One to watch’ in the DJ Magazine top 100 DJS. It must be good to have a DJ in Andy’s status recognise your skill in this way?
Andy has always been an artist and friend that I respect to the max — he is technically brilliant and without a doubt the true queen of dance! To receive that sort of professional recognition from him for what I do really means the world to me. He has helped me out so much along the way giving me advice, support and opportunities that I could never even dream of — I mean who else can say that they’ve survived an 8 hour back to back set with Mr Farley and still been standing at the end?! At least I think I was still vertical, but I’m not so sure about him….
You have held some fantastic residencies. This past year has seen you jetting back and forth to Angelz of Funk @ BCM where you have played more on a house tip. Tiring but rewarding yes?
Incredibly! It’s been brilliant — with the help of BCM I’ve somehow ended up playing for four different clubs over in Majorca this year. I’m so grateful to Vicky Devine for getting me involved with Angelz of Funk in the first place because playing for them at BCM suddenly opened up a whole new world of opportunities for me on the house front — the house sound that I really like to play is dirty, rude, percussive and tribal which is something the Spanish crowd seems to go bananas for. Honestly, nobody parties like these guys do — the atmosphere is electric and I’ve been able to really develop my own house sound which has been a true pleasure and a very valuable experience.
Your track ‘Flight Path’ was signed to ID&T’s Defqon Album. Do you have any more tracks in the future? You are known for being very meticulous in the studio and taking your time. Do you believe a good track is like a fine wine, the longer you leave it the better it is?
Not necessarily so — I think that when a track is right you know it’s right, the hard part is knowing when to stop messing around with it. I think it does you good to walk away and let it rest for a couple of days before you listen to it again with fresh ears and work out how and if you can possibly make it any better. Maybe I’m too much of a perfectionist but a track has to have that magic spark and if it’s not there for me it simply doesn’t get released. I was really pleased with Flight Path and I am definitely going to be bringing some more goodies out of the studio in the future although I must admit that I do like to keep a few tracks back just for myself so I have some real one off tunes to play.
Sarah you are about to set your feet firmly behind the decks of the tidy NYE Weekender. Got to say not before time and fair play to you. You richly deserve this. How do you feel and what are the Tidy Crowd going to expect from you or are you going to keep them in suspense?
I’m so EXCITED!! I can’t believe I still haven’t been to one of these events before and I’m over the moon about playing New Years Eve. It was an unexpected surprise and what better way to see the New Year in than to spend it losing my tidy Weekender virginity? It’s been a long time coming and I just hope that I can deliver something really special. I can’t tell you what I’m going to play because that depends on the crowd and the atmosphere when I get there, but needless to say everyone will be well into the party spirit and I’ll probably turn up with about seven record bags so I have the biggest choice of the fattest tunes known to mankind.
So what is in store for you next year? You are keen on the house side of things and your skill behind this sound is natural like with your other sounds. So is it a case of see you in the main room and then back in the second room?
Oh hell yeah — that would be nice then I would get the best of everything wouldn’t I?! In an ideal world that would be perfect – I guess it just depends if people could put up with me taking over the decks twice in one night! I get such a buzz out of playing each style of music and the atmosphere that can be created in a house room as opposed to a hard house room is so completely different I love to experience and be part of both. Yes I will be pushing my house sound in the UK a lot more next year — I seem to play it everywhere else in the world but not so much here.
Is there anything you would like to add before we finish?
Just a massive thanks to everyone that has helped me achieve all the very best things in life and see you at the tidy Weekender!
Many thanks for your time and have a great Christmas & New Year. Oh and don’t forget to create dance floor mayhem at tidy!
Oh trust me — I will do my very best... well it would be rude not to!
Big thanks. xx
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From: Yojo - Cyberkitten on 21st Dec 2005 20:42.32
Excellent interview!
Sarah G - a TOP feline with amazing skills 
Look forward to you gracing the CK decks in 2006 babe 
 xx
From: sophie sugar on 21st Dec 2005 21:04.55
Nice one Sarah - have a wicked NYE and hope to see you soon xx
From: TEK-DJ Management on 21st Dec 2005 21:08.17
Sarah is nothing but a top girl, top DJ and a credit to the industry!!
From: Steve Gillen on 22nd Dec 2005 17:03.13
 good stuff
From: Jay Tee on 23rd Dec 2005 11:43.10
Add your comments here !
Love her or love her !...Sarah G should be the number one female DJ in the world, skills and tune selection are second to none, Sarah is a Real person and a Real DJ, Not some plastic wannabe famous type we all meet in the industry. I've seen Sarah play over 40 sets and have hired her for over 20 gigs in the last 2 years with Sarah's residency with the Hotdog brand
Wishing you and yours, all the best for 2006, may all your dreams come true!
All our love
J.T, Hotdog's, poodles & puppies xxx
From: FLUFFY DANCER on 23rd Dec 2005 19:37.51
Hello lady!! Great interview, we all luv u and your music what more can i say (top bird), more of you in heels and skirts please!! lol x hav gud crimbo and new year x meet soon after. lynette
From: anushka007 on 25th Dec 2005 11:02.02
Cool chick and very down to earth for the first time I heard her play in Oxygen club up in Scotland, I rememer dancing and screaming that I love her  ha ha ha... She and her music rocks, mixing is fab and I hope to see her play in London 
From: ~deleted12163 on 27th Dec 2005 18:32.45
Top Dj.... Watch this space........
From: ajay on 27th Dec 2005 19:33.03
Sarah G - always a pleasure to hear you play!!! My fave memory has to be Hotdog NYE 2001 at Nottingham Trent, you dropped TdV "Burnin' Up" - legend!!!!!
From: Miles Gorfy on 28th Dec 2005 14:27.03
Sarah G - what a darling - good luck
From: James Ellis on 28th Dec 2005 23:40.34
Sarah is a fantastic DJ across a number of music styles and she's technically brilliant. She is very well grounded and has worked hard for her status within the industry. Its been great workin alongside her.
(Sarah do you really have a copy of Burning Up!!!???? please please please.....)
From: storm4ce on 30th Dec 2005 22:56.56
Wow - you're all way too kind! If I could go pink with embarrassment I would!! (Ahem...)
Big thanks for all your support and have a fantastic New Year.
Biggus Kissus
Sarah G
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P.S Yes James - not one but two copies of that little beauty (one to stroke and one to poke)
From: karl davis on 5th Jan 2006 11:14.56
great stuff
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