Skip to main content
Rusty Egan

Rusty Egan

British musician and DJ

Oct 18, 2026

25:41
know.
25:42
So I never touched drugs, anything, and drink.
25:47
Or had any desire to.
25:51
I went in 1988 to Mick's house and he was depressed.
25:58
He was really down.
25:59
He had a little studio in the basement.
26:01
Don was around, you know, his mates were around, but he was depressed.

12 MINS LATER

37:44
You have to jump on both feet.
How To DJ

How To DJ

Rusty Egan

Oct 2 · 1h 0m

40:15
Tell me about the new album.
40:17
Let's get every DJ, 'cause this is a podcast, how to DJ.
40:23
Everybody knows that they can DJ, they can make a room jump on a Friday night.
40:28
Okay, fine.
40:30
And then at the end of the night, they might say, "Ah, but I wanna play this song, 'Careless Whisper.'" And "Careless Whisper," what a song.
40:39
Well, in my day you'd say, "Right, we'll play 'Vienna.'" Oh, what a song.
40:43
So you go Midyar, what a song.

12 MINS LATER

53:11
You are.
37:22
Yeah, yeah.
37:23
Okay.
37:24
And he also sought out, um, Rodelius, Moebius, Can, Holger Czukay, krautrock.
37:35
He did all the research, and Bowie just showed up.
37:40
And if you do know, Bowie didn't like airplanes, so he took trains, which is Trans-Europe Express, me, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie.
37:52
And then if you go onto YouTube and put David Bowie going through Poland, he found a Polish album and did Warszawa, right? It's from a Polish local music.
38:08
So David Bowie was researching all this German music while he was in, living in Berlin, and obviously going to the Romy Haag Club, the SO57, where Joy Division played with Mark Reidah.

7 MINS LATER

45:08
Mm-hmm.

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.