I was 15 and could only get into 1 nightclub. That was the Aquarium. Thursday nights were special and the main room hosted the citys top DJs like Lee Butler, Mark Simon & Pez Tellet playing all the massive Scouse tunes. These were the DJ's everyone idolized and young DJs wanted to become. When these left the Thursday nights there was a void in the main room which needed to be filled.... Step in Ian Redman! A smoking, skinhead who worked in Plastic Records and played Disco / Funky house as a warm up before the main room (Upstairs) opened at 11pm. When i seen him lugging his bag & box of records upstairs at 10:50pm i wondered how his take on the usual Thursday nights would unfold. I didn't know he played anything other than what he played as a warm up in the downstairs room. I wasent let down. I cant really remember a lot of the tunes he played (due to being high as a kite) but he covered the whole spectrum of Scousehouse in a 3/4 hour set. I highly rated his tune selection, mixing and his stubbornness to not reveal the name of a tune. For me he was the best at the time, even though he didn't have a radio show or play at the most obvious club in the city, his selection of music hit home to me far more than any other DJs selection. I later became good friends with him (and finally found out some of the names of the tunes he played haha.) I recently found an old CD of his when moving house. I thought id upload it to share with you the memories & journeys he used to take me on, at the age of 15/16. Ian Redman Live! (Early 2000's, Not a CDJ in sight) by Woodzey-MakeSomeNoize
