Standing in DC-10 last summer listening to Jamie Jones’s set when he dropped ‘‘Perplexer’’ for the first time. How about personally, what were some of your favorite moments of last year? I love doing things for a good cause, it was a emotional event and he smashed the anticipated target. hHe did a charity event in Leeds with Abode last November at Mint Warehouse to raise money to build a music school for students in Uganda. Playing for my good friend Ashley aka Kreature. Looking back to 2018, what were some of the highlights for you’re as a producer/DJ? I recently saw Resident Advisor list some rare vinyl presses and that was among them, so quite chuffed I made that purchase. I have a rare acetate press of ‘’LFO’’ with an unreleased B-side which I bought from Hard To Find Records for £100 back in 2002. That’s an easy one, my mum actually bought it for me on 12’’ “House Nation’’ by The House Master Boyz… I still hear this track get played!ĭo you have a favorite record in your collection? What was the first vinyl you ever purchased? I think Frankie Knuckles, Adonis Smith, Reese & Santonio, A Guy Called Gerald, and Todd Terry stood out around that time for me. Who were some of the first producers/DJs you listened to? When she used to go out I’d be spinning them on her single JVC deck with added tape-to-tape so I spent hours recording all the albums she’d bought which was highly addictive ! She was older than me and used to buy every “House Sound of Chicago’’ album along with various other acid house and Detroit techno vinyl. You’ve been passionate about electronic music since you were very young. A few weeks later Jamie emails me asking if they still available to sign, I said “Yes take them!” Then in summer of 2018 I sent him 3 tracks which I’d made over a few months. It all started off around 3 years or so when Jamie Jones message me on Facebook asking for a track of mine called “Pie Bass.” I thought to myself, “My music must be decent if he’s asking me for a track, it’s usually people firing tracks at him!” So from that day I just kept sending him music I thought would suit his sound and ultimately Hot Creations. How did that come about by the way, getting your music to the right ears at the label and ultimately approved for release? I think for any producer/DJ to be part of such a big label like Hot Creations is a huge privilege which most people dream of having, it’s given me a boost in confidence to carry on making the music I love to play and not to follow current trends. You recently debuted on Hot Creations, congrats! How was that milestone for you as a producer? The club has been closed down permanently for redevelopment in the next coming months which is such a shame.
I was playing down at Mint Club in Leeds for the last ever NYE party alongside Michael Bibi, Mason Maynard, Kreature to name a few. Hi guys, and a very Happy New Year to you all. Hi Jamie, Happy New Year! Where did you spend NYE? We took the opportunity to talk to him about this fervent passion that continues to burn within him right through to this day.
Sizeup, the alias of Jamie Burley, has had a passion for electronic music from a young age, hauling a bag of vinyl to his school discos with choice wax from legendary producers including Frankie Knuckles, Kevin Saunderson and Todd Terry.
He “wanted a track with impact, something groovy, and something to sit nicely in the middle of the two, which would work peak time, or early on in a set”. When making the EP, Sizeup explains that he wanted to create three tracks that were individual and different from one another. In a bid to put York on the musical map, northern producer and DJ, Sizeup, served up some tasty peaktime goodness with his debut on Hot Creations titled Perplexer, out today!
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