Club Elevate 050 - Moopie | A Colourful Storm & The Value of a Record
Moopie joins Club Elevate for episode #50. The Beijing-born now Naarm/Melbourne based DJ sits down with host Ricky Nord at Solace Bar. Tracing early nights at the Mercat Basement, an architecture degree, and a philosophy on records that sits somewhere between pure function and emotional attachment.
This is an insight into a globally-respected selector's mind — what a record is really worth, and the intention behind one of Australia's most quietly respected underground labels.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Summer of cricket & Pat Cummins
6:30 - How we met — Alley Tunes, 2021
10:00 - Early exposure to music & Melbourne club scene
16:30 - Mercat Basement, New Guernica & first gigs
21:00 - Architecture school & the move to full-time music
26:30 - Festival prep — instinct vs preparation
33:00 - Digital digging method & binge downloading
38:30 - Playing records vs digital — the tradeoffs
44:00 - Playing b2b — Helena Hauff & Ben UFO
50:00 - Records in the room — Damon Wild & Klon Dump,
59:00 - A Colourful Storm — 10 years, genre fluidity & what fits
1:06:00 - Ed Kent's question — what keeps you going?
1:10:00 - Ricky's Quickies
1:14:30 - The Space Coyote tattoo
1:16:00 - What's next
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