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Crate Expectations: Sultan + Shepard

Prepare to unleash your inner Whitney Houston.

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: Sultan & Shepard.

THUMP: What's the first song you ever loved?
Sultan: Europe - "Final Countdown"
Shepard: Billy Joel - "Why Should I Worry"

What are the first two songs you ever mixed together?
Sultan: Greece 2000 - "Three Drives on Vinyl" with Hybrid - "Unfinished Symphony"
Shepard: Fatboy Slim's remix of Groove Armada - "I See You Baby" with Pete Heller - "Big Love"

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What is your worst guilty pleasure song?
Sultan: Richard Marx - "Ocean's Apart"
Shepard: Eric Carmen - "Hungry Eyes"

What song have you had on repeat in the last month?
Sultan: Rudimental - "Never Let You Go"
Shepard: Oh Wonder - "All We Do"

Which track of your own do you love the most?
Sultan: "Walls"
Shepard: "Keep Moving" with Boxer Rebellion

What track of your own do you hate the most?
Sultan & Shepard: "Eyespy"

What track are you most excited to drop in a set?
Sultan: Our remix of Whitney Houston - "It's Not Right, But It's Okay"
Shepard: Our new collaboration with Felix Leiter - "Be With U"

What's your favourite track that you wish worked in a set?
Sultan: Maxi Priest - "Close to You"
Shepard: Cosmos - "Take Me With You"

What's the last song you want to hear before the lights go on?
Sultan: Oasis - "Wonderwall"

Shepard

: Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"

Sultan + Shepard will be performing at New City Gas in Montreal, Quebec on Friday, October 30th. Tickets and information are available here.

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