Heard any good rumours lately?
Just Elvis was spotted last week in Peckham in the local chippie…
What’s the best night out you’ve ever had?
Every night is a good night out…
What’s your favourite club?
So many to choose from… one of them being Fabric, a wicked little club in Dublin I played at in the weekend put on by the Bassbin boys… just too many to choose from! Also looking forward to the wicked Innovation tour in Spain this summer.
What’s your favourite record of all time?
Can’t put my finger on absolutely just one… but listening to nightmare on wax ‘dextrous’ and still sounds fresh, wicked b’line tune.. the genesis of what’s going on now.
What record can’t you stand?
These manufactured boy and girl bands… what happened to originality?
What was the first record that you bought?
Christ..I remember going into Woolworths and buying ‘Ma Baker’ or ‘Daddy Coo’l by Boney M
What was the last record that you bought?
A loads of dub plate acetates from the cutting plant
What’s you favourite record shop?
BM Soho formally known as Blackmarket Records, which I’ve been there for nearly 15 Years .. .part of the furniture. Just like the mice in the mouse organ Bagpuss!
Name your three biggest influences?
My parents and my wife and kids!
What’s your poison?
It’s got to be Guinness.
Who would play you in ‘Nicky Blackmarket’ the movie?
Jim Carey
What’s your dream?
QPR wins the champions league!
How do you escape?
There’s no need to escape it’s perfect!
What is your favourite possession?
My records of course.
What’s your greatest passion other than music?
Watching a good footie match.
What / Who makes you laugh?
Nearly everything!
When was the last time you committed a crime?
On the motorway at the weekend going the excessive speed of 70.01 miles p/hour
What is your life philosophy?
Enjoy life to the fullest and believe in him upstairs
What is the best piece of advice that you have been given?
Probably from my parents… something like be positive in what you’re doing and stay focused.
What is in your pockets?
Tissues..
If you were an animal what animal would you be and why?
A cat. Because they live a life of leisure and seem to play all the time
You are having a party whom, dead or alive is on the guest list?
It’s got to be Elvis, as he’s just down the road. ,James Brown ‘cos he can do a live PA and the under estimated actor George Bush.
When was the last time that you embarrassed yourself?
All the time…!
Tell us something that we don’t know about Nicky Blackmarket?
There isn’t!
