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: Nathan BaratoTHUMP: What's the first song you ever loved?
Nathan Barato: Shit who remembers? The first thing that comes to mind is Boney M "Daddy Cool". My parents, aunts, and uncles played the crap out of Boney M back in the day.
Nathan Barato: Shit who remembers? The first thing that comes to mind is Boney M "Daddy Cool". My parents, aunts, and uncles played the crap out of Boney M back in the day.
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What are the first two songs you ever mixed together?
I wanted to DJ like my big brother Jason and he told me to mix Depeche Mode's "World In My Eyes" with "Black Betty" by Ram Jam, but it was some alternative remix. I can't remember who did it. But he told me to mix them together, gave me a couple pointers and left…took a while but eventually I got it.What is your worst guilty pleasure song?
I don't have a problem with liking shit music at times, so I don't get guilty, really. At this very moment, I have "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by my girl Brit Spears stuck in my brain. But it's kind of mashed up with "Backstreet's Back" by The Backstreet Boys.What song have you had on repeat in the last month?
Nuyorican Soul's "Nautilus (Mawtilus)".Which track of your own do you love the most?
I go through phases of this…one day it's one and another day it's a different one. Lately it's been "Under Dirt".What track of your own do you hate the most?
I don't hate any of my tracks, c'mon!What track are you most excited to drop in a set?
Right now, it's this remix I just finished of "Hans Trippy" by Darius Syrossian. It's coming out later this summer on his new label called Our Rhythm.What's your favourite track that you wish worked in a set?
Kendrick Lamar's "Wesley's Theory".What's the last song you want to hear before the lights go on?
The Beatles' "Come Together".
I wanted to DJ like my big brother Jason and he told me to mix Depeche Mode's "World In My Eyes" with "Black Betty" by Ram Jam, but it was some alternative remix. I can't remember who did it. But he told me to mix them together, gave me a couple pointers and left…took a while but eventually I got it.What is your worst guilty pleasure song?
I don't have a problem with liking shit music at times, so I don't get guilty, really. At this very moment, I have "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by my girl Brit Spears stuck in my brain. But it's kind of mashed up with "Backstreet's Back" by The Backstreet Boys.What song have you had on repeat in the last month?
Nuyorican Soul's "Nautilus (Mawtilus)".Which track of your own do you love the most?
I go through phases of this…one day it's one and another day it's a different one. Lately it's been "Under Dirt".What track of your own do you hate the most?
I don't hate any of my tracks, c'mon!What track are you most excited to drop in a set?
Right now, it's this remix I just finished of "Hans Trippy" by Darius Syrossian. It's coming out later this summer on his new label called Our Rhythm.What's your favourite track that you wish worked in a set?
Kendrick Lamar's "Wesley's Theory".What's the last song you want to hear before the lights go on?
The Beatles' "Come Together".
Catch Nathan Barato at Bestival Toronto on June 13 on Hanlan's Point.Nathan Barato is on Facebook // SoundCloud // Twitter