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The experts: DJs on how to pick tracks that will get everyone dancing at a Christmas or New Year’s party


Fatboy Slim, Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, DJ Paulette and Sherelle offer tried-and-tested tips for making sure your festive do goes off with a swing

Is it to make people dance, or is it to put on in the background when they are eating dinner?” asks Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy, who hosts the London Loft parties and presents the Balearic Breakfast radio show. DJ Paulette was the first female resident at the Haçienda in Manchester and still plays reunion events for the historic club, including last weekend at the Warehouse Project. When BBC Radio 6 Music’s raver-in-chief Sherelle went from playing gigs with two people to huge spaces such as north London’s Drumsheds, she used to plan a lot, but now she responds much more to the audience.

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