Dan Graham is a good mate of mine. I’ve known him since 1999. He’s absolutely sound and his years as a DJ pre-date most of us even having been born - including myself.
He got a lot of flack for playing cheese, but some of that was due to pressure where he was being booked and also because he was on the radio, so there were certain expectations set upon him from promoters and punters alike. His heart has always been well and truly into the progressive trance/progressive house sounds. The stuff he’s playing and producing now is absolutely wicked!
He used to hammer my track ‘The Fear’ on Kiss when he had his show for about three months, so that obviously makes me even more loyal to him.
He’s also crazy fit for his age (66), absolutely hilarious, comes up to my waist and could out-cane any of us - so there’s that too. He’s a lovely chap whose DJ career spans five decades. He was more instrumental in the rise of house music in the UK than he gets credit for. Pete Tong was dreaming of playing records when Graham was actually doing it. Respect where respect is due!
