If Every DJ in My Position Were to Rest on Their Laurels, Then the Whole Industry Would Be Fucked
“If every DJ in my position were to rest on their laurels, then the whole industry would be fucked. In fact, that’s the reason the industry IS fucked, because DJs are resting on their laurels.” RENEGADE MASTERJackmaster has hit the big league in recent times. The DJ who started out in a local Glaswegian bar has now made a name for himself worldwide, yet with those international tours has come assorted pressures and temptations. DJ Mag follows the Numbers boss from Glasgow to Glasto to hear about his unstoppable rise... Words: ADAM SAVILLE Pics: BRIAN SWEENEY & SARAH GINN 026 djmag.com 026 djmag.com djmag.com 027 Untitled-1 1 13/07/2017 16:32 bring all my dates here,” Jack Revill Jackmaster & Eats Everything announces with a cheeky grin and glint in his eye as he steps into his favourite Glasgow bar, in Fin- nieston, just a few blocks from the Numbers office. Obviously, we’re flattered. Ordering a pint — at 2pm on a Wednesday — we’re both trying to remember the last time we’d bumped into one another. On a BA flight back “Ifrom Brazil, this reporter remembers. Jack had just been booked to play during carnival in Warung’s breathtaking main room. An impromptu b2b with Maceo Plex only lasted a couple of tunes until management (not his) intervened, perhaps fearing what affect one of dance music’s most eclectic and energetic selectors would have on the Ellum Audio boss’ tidy prog-techno set. The point is, Jack will play with pretty much any- one he respects as a DJ — he just loves DJing.
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