Niki Dimensions – From Pirate Radio to Centreforce | Crate Diggin'
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This episode of Crate Diggin' I'm round at Niki Dimensions' gaff... Centreforce DJ, ex-pirate and a proper digger.
Niki got his first decks before he was old enough to get into a club. A few years later he was on the pirates, doing the graveyard shifts and getting the night bus home. Then came Labrynth, Raindance, One Nation... the best part of ten years working at Juno Records... and since 2019 a weekly show on the mighty Centreforce, the same station his older brother told him about when he was a kid.
We go through the crates: LFO, Shut Up And Dance, Renegade Soundwave, 808 State, LTJ Bukem's Demon's Theme, an original Tom & Jerry #1 bought new in 1992... plus his nan's time in quality control at EMI, checking the pressings, the flood that wrecked hundreds of his sleeves, and the guilty pleasure he picked up for a quid.
Big up Niki for having me. Catch him every week on Centreforce.
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PEACE!!!!
0:00 Intro
0:41 Earliest memory of vinyl
2:55 The first record he bought
4:32 First dance tune bought
7:01 From Centreforce fan to Centreforce DJ
7:41 How many records?
8:26 How the collection is organised
9:12 Acid house and the early rave scene
11:13 First rave: Camden Palace
12:14 Becoming a DJ
13:16 First gig
15:02 Favourite era of music
15:56 Five tunes from that era
19:38 Other music on vinyl
21:20 Record digging stories
22:39 Most spent on a record
23:44 Most valuable record
24:34 The wants list
24:58 Still buying records
25:20 Producing
26:19 Vinyl vs digital
27:27 Pirate radio to Centreforce
29:59 Vinyl in a digital world
31:22 Guilty pleasure
32:29 Records linked to life events
35:06 House on fire: which box?
35:34 A Bristol mix and final words
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Niki Dimensions – From Pirate Radio to Centreforce | Crate Diggin'
VinylJunkieTV
1,330 views
This episode of Crate Diggin' I'm round at Niki Dimensions' gaff... Centreforce DJ, ex-pirate and a proper digger.
Niki got his first decks before he was old enough to get into a club. A few years later he was on the pirates, doing the graveyard shifts and getting the night bus home. Then came Labrynth, Raindance, One Nation... the best part of ten years working at Juno Records... and since 2019 a weekly show on the mighty Centreforce, the same station his older brother told him about when he was a kid.
We go through the crates: LFO, Shut Up And Dance, Renegade Soundwave, 808 State, LTJ Bukem's Demon's Theme, an original Tom & Jerry #1 bought new in 1992... plus his nan's time in quality control at EMI, checking the pressings, the flood that wrecked hundreds of his sleeves, and the guilty pleasure he picked up for a quid.
Big up Niki for having me. Catch him every week on Centreforce.
🎧 Records: www.vinyljunkie.uk
📺 Subscribe for more Crate Diggin', IBYDKT and Junkie Jukebox
PEACE!!!!
0:00 Intro
0:41 Earliest memory of vinyl
2:55 The first record he bought
4:32 First dance tune bought
7:01 From Centreforce fan to Centreforce DJ
7:41 How many records?
8:26 How the collection is organised
9:12 Acid house and the early rave scene
11:13 First rave: Camden Palace
12:14 Becoming a DJ
13:16 First gig
15:02 Favourite era of music
15:56 Five tunes from that era
19:38 Other music on vinyl
21:20 Record digging stories
22:39 Most spent on a record
23:44 Most valuable record
24:34 The wants list
24:58 Still buying records
25:20 Producing
26:19 Vinyl vs digital
27:27 Pirate radio to Centreforce
29:59 Vinyl in a digital world
31:22 Guilty pleasure
32:29 Records linked to life events
35:06 House on fire: which box?
35:34 A Bristol mix and final words
Follow Vinyl Junkie:
Website → https://www.vinyljunkie.uk
Instagram → Instagram: vinyljunkieuk
Facebook → Facebook: vinyljunkie.uk
TikTok → TikTok: vinyljunkieuk