Norman Jay

5 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages Audio, 13 July 2000
The legendary DJ talks in depth about growing up black in London: the racism of the police; underground soundsystem culture, and blues parties. He goes on to recount the history of his Good Times soundsystem; the impact of visiting New York in the early '80s; the Notting Hill Carnival riot of '76, and his own involvement in Carnival from their first try as a soundsystem in '79 up until the present day, with digressions into the meaning of dance and DJ culture.
File format: mp3; file size: 91.4mb, interview length: 1h 35' 13" sound quality: ***
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"This will not be a party weekend."
Report by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, October 1997
CAFE DEL MAR ALBUM ON ROTATION, TIM WESTWOOD SILENT, RECORD SHOPS SHUT AND CLUBS PLAYING 'WONDERWALL'. HOW DID DIANA'S DEATH AFFECT THE CLUB WORLD? ...
Report by Carl Loben, Melody Maker, 5 June 1999
Orbit's minute-by-minute descent into delirium ...
Good Times: The Stately Sound of London
Sleeve notes by Frank Broughton, Nuphonic Records, 2000
"IT'S VERY SIMPLE," says Norman Jay behind his shades, as we drive round the hallowed sites of the Notting Hill Carnival. "Good Times is about… ...
Interview by Sonia Poulton, Muzik, November 1996
Chopper fanatic, sound system supremo, founder member of Kiss FM, former Talkin' Loud A&R guru, all-round celebrity and man of the people... What more do ...
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