Crate Expectations: Letherette

Like most people, DJs and producers have specific songs tied to events throughout their lives. In Crate Expectations, we extract a playlist from their memories to tell their story. This week’s subject: Letherette.

What’s the first song you ever loved?

Richard Roberts: The Four Tops’ “Reach Out, I’ll Be There.”

What are the first two songs you ever mixed together?

RR: A very long time ago, we wrote a two part counterpoint guitar piece on Andy’s Fostex’s multitrack tape recorder. I’ve got no idea what the track was called!

Andrew Harber: i think it was Madonna’s “Holiday” (Acapella) and Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better With You.”

What’s your worst guilty pleasure song?

RR: I honestly haven’t got one! If I like it, I couldn’t care less if it wasn’t seen as cool!

AH: “We’ve Only Just Begun” by the Carpenters.

What song have you had on repeat in the past month?

RR: Grizzly Bear’s “Yet Again.”

Which track of your own do you like the most?

RR: “After Dawn.”

AH: “Restless.”

Which track of your own do you hate the most?

RR: I’d never release something I hated!

AH: Yeah, if I didn’t like, it wouldn’t get released.

What’s the last song you want to hear before the lights go on?

RR: Prince’s “I Wanna Be Your Lover.”

AH: Snoop Dogg’s “Gz and Hustlas.”