There were rules for annoying a DJ
With Chris’s Ibiza debut approaching, Scott collected the things DJs least wanted to hear from people in a club. The list included requests to “play something we can actually dance to”, birthday dedications, complaints that nobody liked the current track and the dreaded suggestion that somebody could simply plug a song in from their phone.
Other irritations were more practical: asking to put a drink or jacket in the booth, wanting to press buttons, demanding the microphone or simply trying to climb into the DJ area. Scott’s concern was that Chris was far too polite and would probably say yes to all of them.
Chris wanted to know what was on his rider
Scott then decided that if Chris was going to behave like a real Ibiza DJ, he should find out what sort of artist treatment he could expect. Chris phoned Adam, one of Radio 1’s dance-music bosses, to ask about the weekend.
Only Chris could hear Scott whispering suggested questions into his ear. That meant Adam heard Chris awkwardly trying to establish exactly what his role was, who was in charge and, eventually, whether he was entitled to a rider.
The whole exercise was designed to make an already slightly ridiculous booking sound even grander. Chris was playing in a proper club, but his booth was still in the Wild Corner beside the toilets.
The Pete Tong game returned
Scott and Chris also returned to a game built from Pete Tong’s authoritative dance-music voiceovers. They heard names of DJs and producers and had to decide which were genuine acts and which had been invented by the production team.
Pete’s delivery made even the fake names sound plausible, which was the entire problem. Chris’s own dance-music knowledge was about to be tested rather more publicly in Ibiza.
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