In our CasinoBeats Rhymes and Life feature we are revealing the soundtracks that provide a backdrop for the gaming industry.
In this edition, we spoke to Ed Pattman, Producer at Northern Lights Gaming, who underlined his love for one of Britpop’s staple bands, an admiration for The Rolling Stones’ incomparable longevity and the song that has him “lifting weights like Superman”.
What was your first-ever gig, and what was it like?
Rather embarrassingly it was the Beautiful South…but I have a good excuse! My older sisters were going to watch them with their friends and one of them dropped out. So I got to go out with them all to London and feel like a proper grown up! The concert was great, but the whole experience was brilliant.
What’s the best performance you have ever seen live, and why was it so good?
Blur. Proper Blur back in the late nineties early noughties. I went to watch them a few times over the years and they were amazing. One year they had Pulp supporting them and that was just an awesome gig. Blur were my favourite band and they always played with such energy but also technically they always sounded great too.
What is your most cherished album, and what makes it so special to you?
I hate this question! I suppose it should be an album that has been with me forever and has probably the most plays I guess, so I reckon that is either Wu Tang forever, Blur by Blur OR as an outsider Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. All those albums have been with me for years and everything I listen to I remember milestone events, school, college, uni, my kids being born etc.
What song always makes it to your gym playlist? What activities do you usually do in the gym while listening to it?
“Rari workout” by Lethal Bizzle! That song will get you lifting weights like Superman I swear!
Is there an artist who, in your eyes, can do no wrong? If so, why?
Toss up between Damon Albarn, who has always released some of my favourite music whether with Blur or solo, or Jagger and the Stones. I mean the fact they are still making amazing music after years of such incredible stuff is mind blowing.
Which artist or song helps take your mind off work? Why have you chosen this artist and genre?
Jazz. Proper old school stuff. Miles Davis Kind of Blue is the one thing I will play at the end of a day, normally whilst cooking tea or something, which totally bookends the working day and stops me thinking about whatever went wrong that day!
If you could go on a night out with any musician, who would it be, and where would you take them?
Keith Richards, I mean it has to be right? And as if I would get a say as to where we went or what we would do…Or what country we would end up in!
