Rob da Bank
May 15th, 2002 by freddie96
Name?
‘Rob da Bank.’
‘Job’?
‘DJ / label boss / promoter / producer.’
Habitat?
‘Deepest recesses of Brixton, South London.’
Hobbies / Passions?
‘Filling every available space at home with records… Camping in my yellow VW hippy bus… Seeing the world… Lying in fields watching the clouds throwing shapes.’
Favourite food?
‘Lobster linguine.’
Drink?
‘Water, with a dash of lager.’
Ideal evening chilling at home?
‘Wife, wine and wild ideas.’
Ideal evening chilling out?
‘Crawling across a festival site on all fours examining the wildlife.’
Favourite places?
‘Ibiza, Glastonbury, Whitstable, La Vendee.’
What are you reading these days?
‘Elevator Music by Joseph Lanza.’
Are you a political animal?
‘No comment.’
What gets the goosebumps rising for you musically at the moment?
‘Röyksopp – still!’
Top ten influences of all time (musical or otherwise)?
‘Girls. Acid. Glastonbury. DJ Harvey. Toys. The sea. Andrew Weatherall. John Peel. Pasta. Love.’
What are you working on at present?
‘Sunday Best 4 compilation, Real Ibiza 5, mine and Mr Dan’s Lazyboy album, line-up for Sunday Best in Ibiza, finishing Sunday Best weekly without crying, Radio One show The Blue Room.’
What would most like to achieve over the next five years?
‘Happiness.’
What would you like to see change most in the world over the next five years?
‘Less greed, more love… and more visits from me.’
Highlight of your life?
‘Getting engaged to my wife Josie on my hands and knees in amongst the jacket potatoes and fag butts at Glastonbury.’
Top Big Chill moment?
‘Kruder & Dorfmeister, Lulworth Castle 2001. Hexstatic’s mind-blowing audiovisuals, Norfolk 1996.’
Describe the essence of The Big Chill in a few words…
‘Irie vibrations for all people and things. Real life living.’
Rob da Bank has just released ‘Sunday Best 3′ as well as ‘Real Ibiza 5′.
[galleryurl=http://www.bigchill.net/gallery.html?id=20]Photos of Lulworth Castle 2001[/galleryurl]
