My take on a CBGBs classic. Just percs, re-arrange and new FX. Hope you like...

TH - Same As It Ever Was (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Part of DJ Duo The Pop Kids [Anton M, Denis K]

Bookings: yasmin@wesayas.com

Raising brows and dropping beats

Andy Jackson aka Jackster started his DJing journey in a student pub in Birmingham in 1988 playing a mix of indie, pop and very early house before venturing south to London and in the mid 90s Soho superbar scene held residences at Quo Vadis and Circus plus the infamous Cobden Club in Ladbroke Grove. He relocated to Sydney in the early 2000s where he held longstanding residencies at Home & Kink as well as running his own monthly Clean & Serene parties. Upon moving to Singapore in 2013 Andy kept busy running Vinyl House Masters parties at Mambo Beach Club plus appearances at W Hotel Sentosa, Bayside, Artemis Sky Bar, Skyfall Rooftop Bar & Limelight club in central Singapore. He now resides in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Over the years Andy has played alongside Roger Sanchez, David Guetta, Bob Sinclar, Armand Van Helden, DJ Falcon, Mark Knight, ATFC, Smokin Jo, DJ Gregory, Jo Mills, Stonebridge, Mark Doyle, Lottie, Mark Moore, Alan Thompson, Alister Whitehead, Darren Emerson & Tim Deluxe.

Andy is a DJ that has always been happy playing other people's music and whilst he won't win any technical awards his ability to read a room and drop the right record at the right time has stood the test of time over a 30 year period of playing music people enjoy dancing to.

If ever there was someone who the phrase “How does he find time to make that?” was about, serial editor and remixer Pete Le Freq is it. His reworks have been played on BBC Radio 6 regularly by Craig Charles, and DJs the world over, and the sheer number of tracks he produces have caused people to suggest he doesn't sleep much.

Pete started producing over 12 years ago, and made a bit of noise with his house label Llama Farm Recordings. He's been remixed by Jay-J, Eric Kupper and Kenny Summit, appeared on compilations with Joey Negro and LCD Soundsystem, and played alongside  the likes of Crazy P, Inland Knights, CagedBaby and a few others. 

Since discovering the things he was sampling were better than the things he was making, Pete found that retouching and reworking the originals gave him his producing mojo back, and soon after Alpaca Edits was born. 

The York based edits label has since become home to disco superstars such as Dr Packer, Chuggin Edits, and Mannix. He’s been resident DJ at Sotano in York for the last 7 years, and this has fuelled his productions to greater heights. He’s known for playing 5 hour sets that incorporate both his new productions and others versions of serious disco action.

2019 has seen Pete get a vinyl release alongside the likes of Fingerman, Al Kent and Sleazy McQueen on Samosa Recordings, produce remixes for the likes of Hot Digits and Midnight Riot, as well as having 4 eps of his reworks on his own Alpaca Edits. He’s also debuted at Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, and made a return to rock the Toil Trees stage at Beatherder for the second year running. 

November saw him support Michael Gray and Fingerman at Distrikt in Leeds and Derek Kaye in York. The year ended with him beating the likes of Mousse T and Ray Mang in the Traxsource Nu-Disco Top 100 Artists of the year. 

Lockdown saw Pete go into rework overdrive, running a weekly Thursday night stream, as well as starting a regular show on Street Sounds Radio. He also worked with Ashley Slater of Freak Power on some original tracks.

2021 has seen the return of Pete’s That Needs An Edit nights in York, and will culminate in December with a guest slot from Shaka Loves You.
Roll on 2022!

TH - Same As It Ever Was (Pete Le Freq Refreq)

Pete Le Freq Refreqs